Boxoffice-August.29.1977

AUGUST 29, 1977
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Al till- NSS iiuttii g ill New York Cilj arc, slaiidinj;, lett lo right: Kaiid>
Gulbranson. Los Angeles: Roy Woodall. Dallas; Robert Hirshberg. Boston; Norman
Robbins, executive vice-president of NSS; Craig Hyland, Seattle; Frank Bruins, Los
Angeles, and John Swarts jr., executive administrator, sales and marketing for
NSS, New York. Seated, left to right are: Sue Foreman, Philadelphia; Barbara
Bullis, Chicago; Jan Taylor, Atlanta; Debbie Richeson, Kansas City, and Terry
Peavlev, Cincinnati.
NEW YORK—National Screen Service
recently called all its Paramount Pictures
account representatives to New York for a
tw/o-day meeting to give the staffers a
chance to meet each other, as well as the
executives of NSS and Paramoimt Pictures.
The conclave also afforded the opportunity
to restate the importance, in this joint pilot
project, both companies place on their roles
as distribution's "eyes and ears" at the point
of sale.
The greatest concern, beyond getting
trailers to theatres as quickly as possible are
methods for insuring their usage. Account
representatives spend a large percentage of
their time telephoning individual theatre
managers at night to determine if the right
trailer has been received and that it is being
used.
Other ideas are being discussed and a
new communications system, AutEx, has
been installed to assist in the process of
tracking trailers and keeping tabs on inventories.
'Search for Joseph Tully'
On 20th-Fox 78 Slate
NEW YORK—"The Search for Joseph
Tully" has been set for 1978 production by
20th Century-Fox by producers Ronald
Shedlo and Marion Rosenberg, according to
Jay Kanter. sen'or vice-president, worldwide
production. Gary A. Sherman will
adapt the screenplay from William S. Hallahan's
novel, which is due for fall paperback
release with a $ 1 00,000 campaign by
Avon book publishers. Gabe Katzka will be
executive producer of the film.
Co-producer Rosenberg previously was
the vice-president in charge of creative affairs
for British Lion prior to its merger
with EMI. His partner Shedlo will be making
his first feature film since heading the
TV division of Albert S. Ruddy's company.
'Screen Play' by Glasser
Has Opened in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES—"Screen Play," a new
play by former tradepress reporter Barry
Glasser, opened Saturday (27) at the Cast
Theatre in Hollywood after several previews.
The show focuses on the stormy
friendship of four young movie critics and
two would-be actresses who meet once a
week in the basement of an old Manhattan
apartment building to watch old movies
and to play trivia. Performances will be
Thursdays through Sundays.
Glasser once worked for the trade publications
Motion Picture Daily, Motion Picture
Herald and the Independent Film Journal.
The cast of the Prom Productions presentation,
as directed by Mark Rosin, includes
six young actors who have appeared
on the stage, in films and on TV. They are:
Jed Mills, soon to be seen in Joan Rivers"
film comedy "Rabbit Test"; Cynthia Hoppenfeld.
recently seen in "A Star Is Born";
Renny Temple, to be seen in MGM's "Stingray":
Ken Lerner, who plays Rocco on
TV's "Happy Days" show and can be seen
in the film "Grand Theft Auto"; Marsha
Meyers, a member of the War Babies improvisational
comedy troupe at the Cast
Theatre along with Hills and Temple; and
Gary Weber, an Actors Studio member
who played in the hit film "Joe."
Glasser also is co-author of the upcoming
Brut Productions feature "Body Work."
held over for long runs in Canada. Two of
the latest situations are the Imperial Theatre
in Toronto, where the film has played
26 days, and Loews in Montreal, 19 days.
With an accumulative gross of $58,603 for
the two houses, the runs are continuing.
David Forbes to Rastar
As Head of Marketing
HOLLYWOOD — David M. Forbes resigned
as director of marketing for Rastar
Pictures, effective Monday (29). Forbes has
moved into Rastar headquarters at the Burbank
Studios to begin work on three current
productions.
First on the list of anticipated releases
is Neil Simon's "The Goodbye Girl," a romantic
comedy starring Richard Dreyfuss
and Marsha Mason. Others are "Casey's
Shadow," starring Walter Matthau in the
Ray Stark-Martin Ritt production of a comedy-drama
about quarter-horse racing, and
Neil Simon's "The Cheap Detective," starring
Peter Falk.
Forbes also will follow through on "Smokey
and the Bandit," produced by Mort
Engelberg for Universal. Forbes started in
show business ten years ago when he became
manager of the Cooper Theatre in
Omaha. For two years he was MGM's field
man in Detroit and transferred to the company's
headquarters in Culver City where
he became assistant
national advertising coordinator.
He joined 20th-Fox in 1974 as director
of special projects and eventually became
director of marketing services.
Marvin Goldman to Speak
At TONE Closing Banquet
NEW YORK—NATO president Marvin
Goldman, continuing his close liaison with
the membership, will be attending the 15th
annual convention of the Theatre Owners of
New England to be held at Treadway,
Samoset Resort Golf and Racquet Club,
Rockport, Me.. Monday (29) through
Wednesday (31). The exhibitors will meet
in conjunction with the Northeast regional
group of the National Ass'n of Concessionaires.
During informal sessions with the exhibitors,
Goldman, accompanied by Joseph G.
Alterman, executive director and vice-president,
will give an updated report on recent
national NATO activities and discuss issues
of vital importance affecting TONE and
other regional associations.
Goldman will deliver his formal address
at the closing banquet Wednesday evening
(31).
Key City Playdates Set
For 'Pardon Mon Affair'
BURBANK—"Pardon Mon Affair." latest
souffle of a French-language comedy
from Paris distributed by First Artists, is
reporting excellent boxoffice grosses in engagemeiits
in New York City, San Francisco,
Minneapolis, Chicago and Washing-
'Moreau' Scores in Canada ton, D.C. The film will have its Los Angeles
BEVERLY HILLS—American International's
"The Island of Dr. Moreau" is being Beverly Hills and it is set to open in early
premiere September 28 at the Music Hall in
September at the Guild 54th Street in Seattle,
as well as in Boston.
"Pardon Mon Affair" stars Jean Rochefort,
Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos, Victor
Lanoux, Daniele Delorme and Anny Duperey.
BOXOFFICE :: Augus;t 29, 1977

August 29, 1977

: -ahandisePlan
S^naraling Interest
NEW YORK—National Screen Service
executives reported Friday (19) that ongoing
negotiations with Columbia. Warner
Bros.. Paramount and Buena Vista regarding
national sale and distribution of "Movie
Shirts" to theatres are proceeding with great
enthusiasm.
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Interest in
this new merchandising project
high, based on the outstanding reaction of
theatres around the country to NSS" initial
offer of "Movie Shirts" on "Star Wars" atul
"New York. New York." "The Deep" and
such superstar personalities as Farrah Fawcetl-Majors
and Sylvester Stallone.
Sales have been "gratifying beyond our
highest hopes." Stewart Harnell. NSS general
sales manager, stated. "What's more,
each week more and more circuits are coming
into our fold since we've proved that
we have the merchandise and can deliver."
In addition to the successful "Movie
Shirt" campaign. NSS has entered into a
special promotion campaign with Paramount
Pictures on its Christmas release "Saturday
Night Fever." starring John Travolta, which
will inaugurate the sale of one-sheet posters
as well as "Movie Shirts" in theatre lobbies.
This unique merchandising offer includes an
onscreen promotional trailer which will be
free to exhibitors with every sizable quantity
purchase of the posters.
The most recent development resulting
from NSS' push into the merchandisingthrough-theatres
campaign is a rush of interest
by large manufacturers of novelty
accessories, who now are bidding for NSS
distribution of their new products.
Columbia Announces Sept.
Opening for 'Deerfield'
NEW YORK.—"Bobby Deerfield," Columbia
Pictures' romantic drama starring
Al Pacino and Marthe Keller, will have its
world-premiere engagement at both the
Coronet and the Baronet theatres in New
York Thursday. September 29. a dual opening
unprecedented in the history of the two
theatres.
A benefit premiere will be held the previous
evening, September 28. at the Coronet,
followed by a supper-party at the new
restaurant, Jim McMullen's. Proceeds for
the benefit will to go the Lenox Hill Hospital.
Hospital benefit chairman is Mrs.
Donald S. Stralem.
Produced and directed by Sydney Pollack.
"Bobby Deerfield" also stars Anny
Diipercy. The screenplay is by Alvin Sargent
and the score by Dave Grusin. John
Foreman is executive producer.
TEXPO 78 Dates Are Set
DALLAS—TEXPO '78, the annual
NATO of Texas convention, will be held
Jan. 31 -Feb. L 1978, in the Fairmont Hotel,
Dallas. The Texas NATO board of dir'ors
also voted recently to stage TEXPO
•he new Hyatt Reucncv Hotel in
29-31. 1979.
BUS STOP—Three shapely girls-
Carol Weinstein, Sandy Schwartz and
Pam Knapp—along with producer-director
Bert I. Gordon and a giant ant,
wait for a bus in Beverly Hills, Calif.,
to take them to a picnic. Actually, the
eight-foot-tall, ten-foot-long "nionster'^
with mandibles and stinger tail
was all part of promoting a new film
in which ants grow into ferocious creatures
after feeding on atomic waste.
The picture? "Empire of the Ants,"
from American International Pictures,
starring Joan Collins. The "ant" is
Michael Kahn, a UCLA student. The
feature opened Wednesday (24) in the
Southern California area.
'Children of Rage' Opens
In Florida September 30
NEW YORK—"Children of Rage." set
in the Middle East in the aftermath of the
Six-Day War, will open September 30 at
the Varsity Theatre in Tampa. Fla., in the
first playdate of many across the country
planned by Coliseum Films, Ltd.
The film also is scheduled to open October
12 at the Quad Cinema in New York
and October 14 at the Omni Theatre in
Miami. Subsequent dates will be announced
shortly by Coliseum for Washington. D.C..
Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and
other cities.
"Children of Rage" is the story of an
Israeli doctor who seeks to establish a personal
line of communication with the leaders
of the Palestinian movement. The film
has been screened for delegates at the United
Nations, members of the diplomatic
corps in Washington and the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
20th-Fox Film Retitled
NEW YORK—"Damnation Alley" is the
final title of the film previously titled "Survival
Run." Directed by Jack Smight. "Damnation
Alley" stars Jan-Michael Vincent.
George Peppard. Dominique Sanda and
Paul Winfield. The feature was produced
by Jerome M. Zeitman and Paul Maslansky.
with Hal Roberts and Bobby Roberts
as executive producers. The picture will
open in New York during the fall season.
Prudhomme Is a New
Production Source
NEW YORK— Prudhomme Productions,
an independent production company, has
been formed with offices in New York and
Los Angeles. Gil Gerard is the president,
Joel Goldstein the secretary-treasurer and
Ed Mann the vice-president of creative
affairs. The company recently completed its
first project. "Hooch."
Starring Gerard and directed by Mann.
"Hooch" was written by Mann with
Goldstein as executive producer. The
comedy about three mobsters who attempt
to take over a North Carolina moonshine
operation was shot in Shelby. N.C. It is now
in F>ost-production editing and will go into
general release this fall.
Prudhomme will be engaged principally
in the production of films for TV and theatrical
release. The company is now acquiring
several properties to comprise its production
agenda over the next year.
Weiss Is Leaving Rastar
For Post at Martin Poll
HOLLYWOOD—Nathan Weiss will resign
as vice-president in charge of advertising
and publicity at Rastar September 9
to join Martin Poll Productions as executive
director of creative affairs, heading the company's
distribution, marketing and promotion
activities.
Weiss will take over his new duties September
12 and will continue his present separate
position as publicity coordinator on
the Herbert Ross film "The Turning Point,"
for 20th Century-Fox.
Before joining Rastar, Weiss was production-publicity
director for MGM in Europe
and before that he was publicity manager
of 20th-Fox when the home office was in
New York.
Poll formed his company last month with
Saul Steinberg with plans to concentrate
on major motion pictures and exceptional
TV events. Poll has announced that he has
signed Farrah Fawcett-Majors to make her
movie debut in "Somebody Killed Her Husband."
a romantic mystery-comedy written
by Reginald Rose.
Monarch Acquires Rights
To 'Emanuelle in Bangkok'
NEW YORK—Allan Shacklcton, president
of Monarch Releasing Corp.. has announced
the acquisition of "Emanuelle in
Bangkok." starring Laura Gemser, for release
October 19. The continuing story of
Emanuelle's quest for happiness and her exploits
throughout the world, the picture was
filmed in Thailand, Casablanca and in exotic
Far East locations.
"Emanuelle in Bangkok" is one of five
new releases which Monarch is presenting
for the fall. Others are: "The Naked Peacock,"
"The Tiger From Hong Kong," "My
Secret Garden," starring Jamie Gillis and
Jennifer Welles, and "Star Pilots," starring
Kirk Morris and Gordon Mitchell.
BOXOFFICE :: August 29. 1977

Commonwealth Has Higher
Third-Quarter Earnings
KANSAS CITY—Commonwealth Theatres"
quarterly dividend rate was increased
by the board of directors to 10 cents, up
from 7'2 cents, for payment September 30
to holders of record September 21, it was
announced by Richard H. Orear. chairman
of the board, and Douglas J.
Lightner, president.
Theatre operations in the third f'scal
quarter ended June 28 resulted in net income
of $371,151, up from $293,424 in the
same period last year. Other income reported
dropped from $110,886 in 1976 to $35,-
943, resulting in total earnings of $407,994
for the quarter, as compared with $404,310
year ago.
a
Theatre operations for the nine months
amounted to $596,471, while the 1975 ninemonth-period
figure was $639,077. Accounting
for the lower income was a drop
in income from sales of land and other
assets—$42,606 for the current nine-month
report period, as against $125,004 year a
ago.
Third fiscal quarter operating revenues
were $9,231,228, compared to $8,500,329
in 1976. The nine-month revenues of $22.-
151.250 compared with $20,448,054.
Per-share earnings for the quarter were
38 cents, against 32 cents last year: for the
nine-month period, 47 cents, compared to
58 cents in 1976.
The improved third quarter was attributed
to the excellent boxoffice results achieved
with such motion pictures as "The
Deep,"" "A Bridge Too Far,"" "Herbie Goes
to Monte Carlo," "Exorcist II: the Heretic,""
"The Rescuers'" and "Smokey and the Bandit."
Commonwealth's newly constructed Coronado
4 theatres in Albuquerque opened for
business as scheduled June 15 and the new
C'nema Twin in Lawrence, Kas., is targeted
to begin operations during October
1977. The circuit May 24 completed a lease
on a twin to be constructed in the Southgate
Shopping Center in Liberal, Kas., to
complement an existing hardtop and ozoner
in that community. Negotiations are continuing
for the lease
of other shopping center
hardtops in Roswell, N.M.: Rapid City.
S.D., and Casper, Wyo.
Benji Is Set for Two TV
Network Specials in 78
NEW YORK—Canine star Benji will be
featured in two major specials on the ABC-
TV Network in the 1978 season, it was announced
by Edwin T. Vane, vice-president
and national program director of ABC Entertainment.
The first special, "The Phenomenon
of Benji," is scheduled to air in
the first quarter of 1978. The second telecast
will be shown as a Christmas special in
December 1978,
Joe Camp, creator of Benji and the president
of Mulberry .Square Productions, said
that all previous TV offers had been rejected
until "we could achieve the best possible
exposure in the proper mood with the
right spirit."' The specials will be produced
by Mulberry Square.
Augu 29, 1977
Coca-Cola Co,
Completes Voluntary
Probe Into 'Questionable Payments
All ANIA— Ihe Coca-Cola C\\ Wedncsda)'
(10) announced the completion of a
nine-month investigation of questionable
payments or practices which confirmed that
approximately $1,300,000 was involved.
This is the same amount disclosed by the
company April I, 1977, when the investigation
had been under way six months.
The investigation was conducted voluntarily
under the general guidance of the
finance committee of the company's board
of directors and carried out by Arnold &
Porter, a Washington, D. C, law firm. Its
purpose was to determine the extent to
which the company or its divisions and
majority-owned subsidiaries were involved
in questionable payments or practices from
Jan. 1. 1971, to completion of the investigation.
Improper Payments Small
In filing a current report on Form S-K
with the Securities & Exchange Commission,
the company stated that the Arnold &
Porter report showed that
"neither improper
payments nor improper business practices
are normal and accepted business practice
within the company." Additionally, the
Arnold & Porter report said that "the transactions
found to be illegal or improper were
small both individually and in the aggregate
and were not material in relation to the
company's overall operations."
J. Paul Austin, chairman of the board,
said, "We have reviewed the Arnold &
Porter findings and it is the belief of company
management that employees involved
in these illegal or improper transactions
were acting in a manner which they felt
was in the best interest of the company.
The report revealed no evidence that present
employees of the company received personal
gain by any of the illegal or improper
pavmcnts or practices."
Austin added, "One former employee at
a low-level position in an overseas subsidiary
may have gained personallv but the
amoimt involved was minor."
Involved 20 Countries
The approximately $1,300,000 in illegal
or improper payments or practices were
made by the company, its divisions and majority-owned
subsid'aries in 20 countries
from Jan. 1, 1971, to completion of the
investigation, a period of six and a half
years during which the company reported
revenues of more than $14,000,000,000
from operations in 135 countries.
Most of the payments were made outside
of the U.S. to government officials and employees,
political candidates and parties,
as well as union officials in connection with
applications for governmental approvals
(approximately $60,000); political contributions
(approximately $140,000); approvals
of price increases (approximately $380,-
000); tax and other legal disputes (approximately
$95,000); termination of employees
(approximately $98,000); cflorts to obtain
favorable business treatment and goodwill
(approximately $165,000); efforts to expedite
routine governmental matters in foreign
countries, including customs clearances,
where such facilitating payments are customary
(approximately $145,000), and other
miscellaneous matters.
During the period under investigation,
approximately $14,500 of illegal or improper
payments were made in connection with
the operations and activities of the company
and its divisions and subsidiaries in the
U.S. Of that amount, approximately $8,000
was expended for improper U.S. political
contributions. At least $50 of the $8,000 of
political contributions was contributed illegally
to a candidate for federal office.
Some of the other political contributions
included in the $8,000 also may have been
illegal. Others were included in the Arnold
& Porter report because they were inaccurately
recorded on the books of the company's
subsid'aries. Arnold & Porter was
able to identify only 25 recipients of about
$2,200 of the political contributions and
was unable to identify recipients of the remain-ng
$5,800 of such contributions. The
largest single contribution identified was
approximately $500.
Largest Pa.vment Was $6,500
The remaining $6,500 was disbursed in
the U.S. by an outside consultant who advised
the company that he had used the
mon'es for improper payments to three
low-level government employees in connection
with matters involving customs clearances
and municipal approvals. The largest
single payment included in the $6,500 was
$4,000.
None of the illegal or improper political
contributions investigated was found to
have been made by the company to
candidates
for Ihe U.S. presidency, the report
said.
"The illegal or improper payments and
practices have been terminated," Austin declared,
"with the exception of individually
small expediting payments made in those
foreign countries where such payments are
customary, which will be properly recorded."
Kane's 'French Quarter'
Distribution by Crown
HOLLYWOOD — Crown International
Pictures" president Mark Tenser has announced
the company"s acquisition of
worldwide distribution rights to "French
Quarter."' produced and directed by Dennis
Kane.
The story of Storyvillc at the turn of the
century was filmed on location in New
Orleans and stars Bruce Davison. Virginia
Mayo, Lindsay Bloom, .Ann Michelle,
Lance Legault, Vernel Bagneris and introduces
Alisha Fontaine.

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Bm 1
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Masii-Markel Films
By JOHN COCCHI
NEW YORK—When yoifre only 22 and
you ve produced and directed a hard-core
adult film, where do you go from there? In
Bill Lustig"s case, you progress to massmarket
features. New York-based, Lustig
made "The Violation of Claudia" when he
was just 21. having worked his way up from
an apprentice film editor to the man who
calls all the shots. Associated with several
sexploitation films, including the R-rated
version of Peter Savage's current "Sylvia."
Lustig was able to raise money for his own
project.
Quality Features Charted
Now. by his own admission, he wants to
do "legitimate, respectable and commercial
films with mass appeal." Lustig plans to
produce quality features for under a halfmillion
dollars each, such as New World or
American International can do. With the
budgets on most X movies, one learns to
control costs and Lustig will apply this
abilitv to his init'al ventures. "Fear City"
and "Slay Ride."
A contemporary thriller to be made with
an R in mind, "Fear City" is to be directed
by Armand Weston from his own screenplay.
A close friend of Lustig. who will
produce for his own Caliber Films, Weston
is the writer and director of such films as
"Expose Mc Lovely" and "Defiance" and
also is anxious to get out of the "adult"
field. Filming is slated for New York locations
in the late fall and half the production
money already has been raised. Lustig may
g:t the balance from the eventual distributor,
be it a major or an independent.
•Violence
But Not Gore'
Violence—but not gore— is the main ingred'ent
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Philip D. Pinder Elected
To Bahamas Parliament
NASSAU. N.P.. BAHAMAS—Elected in
•he July 19 ceneral elections to the Bahamas
House of Parliament
was Philip
Donald Pinder. He is
a director of Sunshine
Theatres. Ltd.. the
urgest theatre circuit
in the Bahamas.
Pinder. .^9 and a
Ireshman. is the governing
Progressive
(PLP)
—
Liberal Party
representative for the
I>. Pinder Delaporte constituency,
Philip
one of the western districts of
New
Providence.
The director of Sunshine Theatres is one
of 29 PLP representatives.
Crown Announces Sales Up
50 Per Cent Due to 'Van'
HOLLYWOOD — The
'Crownmanship
•77 Sales Drive'" has hit the halfway mark
and currently is running 50 per cent over
the '76 sales drive, according to Crown International
general sales manager George
M. Josephs.
The main reason for the increased percentage.
Josephs stated, is the popularity
of "The Van." which has been setting many
boxoffice records in its summer playdates.
A total of $8,000 prize money is to be
awarded to the leaders of the 22 exchanges
serving Crown product at the end of the
drive. The No. 1 leader is now Denver,
with Los Angeles in second place, Minneapolis
third and San Francisco/ Seattle placing
fourth, according to tabulations of July
29.
Farrah Fawcett-Majors
Signed by Martin Poll
HOI lAVVOOD — Farrah Fawcett-Majors.
who stepped out of her starring TV
"Charlie's Angels" with the announced
role in
intention of making motion pic-
tures, has been signed to star in Martin
Poll's feature "Somebody Killed Her Husband."
The actress still faces a decision on her
TV walkout as of press time. The show's
producers. Aaron Spelling and Leonard
Goldberg, maintain that she is still under
contract to them. Ms. Majors has insisted
that she never signed a long-term contract.
Poll has scheduled an October 3 start on
the picture, beginning on location in New
York City. Reginald Rose wrote the script
for the romantic mystery-comedy.
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'Rocky Global Receipts
Over $124,000,000
New York—United Artists' three
Oscar-winner "Rocky" continues its
boxoffice success worldwide, having
grossed $124,607,500 in 33 nations as
of Saturday (6), according to Eric Pleskow.
United Artists president and
chief executive officer.
The Robert Chartoff/ Irwin Winkler
production won Academy Awards as
best picture and for its direction by
John Avildsen and editing by Richard
E. Halsey and Scott Conrad.
Domestic distribution alone has
grossed $100,075,000 since Nov. 21,
1976. Overseas distribution, beginning
in Italy, France and South Africa in
late March 1977, has grossed $24,-
600,000, including playdates in Japan,
England, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, Australia,
Argentina, Venezuela and Finland.
Appeals Board Has Upheld
'Melting Man' R Rating
NEW YORK — The Code and Rating
Appeals Board, after a hearing Thursday
sustained the R rating given to the
film "The Incredible
(18),
Melting Man."
In an appeal brought by American International
Pictures, the board heard a
statement on behalf of "The Incredible
Melting Man" from Samuel W. Gelfman,
producer of the film.
The Code and Rating Administration was
represented by Richard D. Heffner, its
chairman.
'Annie Hall' Is Opener
At Edinburgh Festival
NEW YORK — Woody Allen's comedy
hit "Annie Hall" was selected to open the
-(1st Edinburgh Film Festival at the ABC
Theatre Sunday (21), with its regular British
engagement commencing at Edinburgh's
Cameo Theatre Sunday (28). One of the
year's outstanding critical and boxoffice
hits, the film bowed in New York April 20.
Allen and Diane Keaton star in "Annie
Hall." which was directed by Allen and
written by Allen and Marshall Brickman.
Charles H. Joffe produced the Jack Rollins-
Charles H. Joffe production, a United Artists
release.
Festival of the Americas
Will Feature 'Job Market'
ST. THOMAS, V.I.— J. Hunter Todd,
founder and president of the Festival of the
Americas, announced that the 1977 event
will feature a special "job market" to assist
film-TV firms seeking talent.
A special listing will he published during
the 1977 Virgin Islands Film Festival, to be
held November 11-20, which will list people,
experience, openings and contacts.
Ms. Peggy Crosby, festival assistant, will
coordinate the new job market, Todd said.
Comedian Groucho Marx
Dies in LA at Age 86
LOS ANGELES—Groucho Marx (born
Julius Henry) died Friday (19) at Cedars-
Sinai Medical Center. Los Angeles, at the
age of 86. The last remaining member of
the original Marx Bros, comedy team, an
which spanned the century's entertainment
world act
from vaudeville to Broadway
to Hollywood to TV. Groucho had been
hospitalized since June 22 with pneumonitis,
following extensive hip surgery earlier
this year.
The vivacious comedian's career began in
1906 when his mother Minnie got him a job
as a boy soprano. A tour with the LeRoy
Trio followed, during which he became
stranded in Denver while his voice changed.
Groucho worked his way back to New
York and by 1910 he had joined a vocal
group organized by Minnie called the Three
Nightingales. Changes in the act were frequent
on the major vaudeville circuits and
the group eventually led to the Four Marx
Bros., as Harpo. Chico and Gummo took
their places beside Groucho.
Their first film was Paramount's 1929
version of the Marx Bros.' Broadway hit
"The Cocoanuts." After a brief stint in London
playing in Charles Cochran's popular
"Vanities." the brothers returned to Hollywood
to make their string of comedy classics,
including "Monkey Business," "Horsefeathers,"
"Duck Soup," "A Night at the
Opera," "A Day at the Races" and "Room
Service." The last film to feature the Marx
Bros, together was "A Night in Casablanca."
the 1946 spoof. Groucho appeared alone in
"Copacabana" in 1947.
The author of four books—"Beds,"
"Many Happy Returns," "Groucho and
Me" and "The Groucho Letters"—Marx
also was successful in a 14-year run of
"You Bet Your Life" on NBC-TV.
He leaves his son Arthur; two daughters.
Maxine and Melinda. and brother Zeppo.
'Chicken Chronicles' Wins
PG From Appeals Board
NEW YORK—A PG rating has been
given to the film "The Chicken Chronicles"
by the Code and Rating Appeals Board.
The film previously had been rated R.
In an appeal brought by Avco Embassy
Pictures, distributor of the film, the board
heard statements on behalf of "The Chicken
Chronicles" from William Chaikin, president
of Avco Embassy Pictures, and Walter
Shenson, producer of the film.
The Code and Rating Administration was
represented by Richard D. Heffner, its
chairman.
'Schizo' Named for Award
HOLLYWOOD— -Schizo." a Niles International
release, has been nominated by
the Academy of Science-Fiction and Horror
Films as "Best Horror Film of 1977,"
according to an announcement by Dr. Donald
Reed, president of the academy. The
winning picture will be announced at the
awards ceremony to be telecast on national
TV in January 1978.
BOXOFFICE :: August 29. 1977

Paul Newman Set to Make
'Paradise' for Columbia
HOLLYWOOD—Columbia Pictures has
signed a deal with Projections Unlimited,
the George Englund-Paul Newman company,
to produce "Paradise," in which Newman
will star as a cunning and ambitious
casino executive at the center of a Las Vegas
operation.
The original story written for the screen
by David Shaber is centered on the complex
backstage of Las Vegas with its paradoxical
combination of Eastern financial
institutions and the Runyonesque men who
operate the casinos.
still
Englund, set to produce the film, has
made pictures in the past for MGM, Warner
Bros, and Universal through his independent
production company.
'Grande Bourgeoise' Sets
Record at LA's Royal
BOSTON—Toin Coleman and Mike
Rosenblatt of Boston-based Atlantic Releasing
Corp. reported that "La Grande
Bourgeoise," starring Catherine Deneuve
and Giancarlo Giannini, set a new house
record at the Royal Theatre in Los Angeles.
The gross surpassed the previous record set
by "Small Change."
"It has become obvious that this is going
to be the largest-grossing foreign film of
the year," stated Coleman, "especially when
you consider that, with a star such as
Catherine Deneuve, we are doing excellent
business outside of the normal 'art' market.
We have grossed over $100,000 in just
three weeks in Manhattan."
"La Grande Bourgeoise" soon will play
situations in San Francisco. Seattle, Portland,
Baltimore and Atlanta.
Videocassettes Available
From Modern Video Center
NEW YORK— Modern Video Center, a
division
of Modern Talking Picture Service,
has just published a new brochure of freeloan
three-fourths-inch U-Matic videocassette
programs. The programs are compatible
with U-Matic Videocassette Systems.
The brochure descibes videocassette programs
covering such diverse subjects as
sports, travel, home economics, science and
business.
The programs, presented in cooperation
with leading companies and organizations,
are available on free loan to schools, civic,
business and community groups and adult
organizations throughout the country.
Danny Thomas Presented
American Legion Award
DENVER—Danny Thomas was the
first
recipient of the American Legion's Humanitarian
Award at its national convention in
Denver Tuesday (23).
The award cited the veteran entertainer,
who spoke at the evening banquet, for his
"outstanding service to humanity" on behalf
of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
in Memphis.
CALENDARofEVENTS
S M T W T
12 3 4
5 6
7 8 9 10 n 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
4 5 6 7
T W T F S
AUGUST
29-31, Theatre Owners of New England and Natit
France.
9-18, Festivol of Festivols, Horbour Castle Hilton
Hotel, Toronto, Ont., Canado.
10-21, San Sebastian Film Festival, San Sebastian,
12-14, NATO of Idaho conventio
Twin Falls, Ida.
Blue
Lokes
15-18, VVOMPI Internationol convention, Hyatt Regency
Hjtel, Memphis.
Sept. 23-Oct. 9, 15th New York Film Festival, Lincoln
Center, Alice Tully Hall, New York City.
OCTOBER
3-5, Tri-Stote NATO convention, sponsored by NATO
of West Virginia, Ogelbay Park, Wheeling, W. Va.
3-7, CISCO tradeshow. Pare des Expositions de la
Porte de Versoilles, Paris, Fronce.
5-6, NATO of New Mexico convention, Albuquerque
Inn & Convention Center, Albuquerque.
16-21, Society of Motion Picture & TV Engineers convention.
Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles.
25-28, Nationol NATO convention, Fontoinebleau
Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla.
NOVEMBER
4-17, 13th Chicago International Film Festival.
11-20, Tenth annual Festival of the Americas, St.
Thomas, V.I.
15-16, Theatre Owners of lndi<
vention, Marriott Inn, lndi(
'Shrinking Woman' Charted
For Univ. by Lily Tomlin
UNIVERSAL CITY—Lily Tomlin will
produce and star in Universal's "The Incredible
Shrinking Woman." it was announced
by Ned Tanen. president of Universal
theatrical motion pictures. Jane Wagner
will write the screenplay based on "The
Incredible Shrinking Man," produced by
Universal in 1957.
This will be the first project under Ms.
Tomlin's contract with Universal, which
calls for her to produce and star in two
motion pictures over a three-year period.
Universal executive Thom Mount will
supervise the project on behalf of the company.
Stuntman Carey Loftin
Signed for 'Stingray'
ST. LOUIS—The dean of Hollywood's
car slunt drivers, Carey Loftin. has been
signed by executive producers Bill L. Bruce
and Donald R. Ham to coordinate the auto
action in producer Peter Maris" "Stingray."
starring Chris Mitchum. Sherry Jackson
and Sondra Theodore and currently filming
in St. Louis under Richard Taylor's direction.
In his 30-year career, Loftin has been
responsible for staging some of the most
spectacular car chases recorded on film.
including those in "The French Connection,"
"Bullitt" and "The Getaway."
J. Edward Shugrue Dies
Following Long Illness
NEW YORK— Private burial services
were held in Lowell, Mass., for J. Edward
Shugrue, who died Wednesday night (17)
following a long illness. He was 71 years of
age.
Born in Lowell, Shugrue was educated at
Yale University and spent his entire adult
for the Saturday Evening Post and the U. S.
Treasury Department. He also was director
of the motion picture and special events
section of the War Finance Division
of the
life in the motion picture or related industries,
producing the "Four Freedoms Show"
Treasury Department, director of public relations
and information for the American
Heritage Foundation and organized and directed
the Freedom Train activity.
Shugrue was executive director of the
Will Rogers Memorial Fund from 1951 to
1973. when he retired for health reasons.
He leaves his wife Martha: two sons, J.
Edward Shugrue and J. Christopher Shugrue.
and three sisters. Mrs. Harry Masterson
of New Haven, Conn.. Mrs. George
Davidson of Portland. Ore., and Mrs. Joseph
Rothchild. also of Portland.
The family suggests donations to the Will
Rogers Memorial Fund.
Sebastian Cabot Is Dead;
Film. Stage and TV Star
VICTORIA. B.C.—Sebastian Cabot, star
of motion pictures, stage and TV. died early
Tuesday (23) of a stroke at his home in this
Canadian city. He was 59 years old.
A native of London, England, Cabot
moved to the U.S. in 1955 with his wife
and family after a checkered career in his
homeland. Leaving school at the age of 14
to work as a helper in a garage, Cabot later
became a chef. Then, while working as a
chauffeur to British actor Frank Pettingell,
he became interested in the theatre and
joined a repertory company. His first London
stage role was in the show "A Bell for
Adano" (1945). In the U.S.. he appeared
on the New York stage in Sir John Gielgud's
"Love for Love."
Motion pictures which Cabot made in
England included "Othello," "Romeo and
Juliet," "Ivanhoe" and "The Captain's Paradise."
In America he appeared in a number
of films, among them "Kismet," "The Time
Machine" and "Seven Thieves." Additionally,
he was narrator for many films.
He is survived by his wife, two daughters
and a son.
Columbia Reports Lively
Grosses on 'You Light Up'
NEW YORK—Columbia Pictures' "You
Light Up My Life" reportedly is doing very
well in its first two opening engagements in
Seattle and Houston. The Joseph Brooks
film about a young girl's attempt to break
into the pop music industry grossed $41,134
in five days at five situations in Seattle,
In Houston, Tex., "You Light Up My
Life" opened to a three-day gross of $50,-
562 in 1 1 theatres.
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Midnight Express' Will Roll
In September for Columbia
Production is to begin in September on
"Midnight Express." a Columbia picture to
be produced by Casablanca Record and
FilmVVorks. with Alan Parker,
on locations
in Malta and Greece. Peter Guber will be
executive producer and David Puttnam will
produce. The script is by Oliver Stone .
Paramount has signed John Berry to direct
"The Bad News Bears Go to Japan." from
a screenplay by Bill Lancaster. Berry already
has begun preproduction in Japan,
with plans to begin photography September
1 . . . "Beatles 4 Ever" is the working title
for Universal's picture about six youngsters
from New Jersey and how their lives were
changed by the Beatles" first visit to America
.. . "Good Times. Bad Times." based
on the novel by James Kirkwood. will be
made by Bradley-Saslaw Productions, headed
by James Bradley and Gary Saslaw. Cliff
Robertson has been signed for the cast and
filming is set to begin in October in New
Hampshire . . . Independent producer Greg
H. Sims will begin shooting Monday (29)
on "Get It On," a youth-oriented feature
"'Figer Ten." based on a novel by William
Blankenship. will be directed by John
Frankenheimer under his exclusive contract
with Paramount Pictures. Robert
Rosen will produce the film, with a screenplay
Walt Disney
by Kenneth Ross
Productions is in preproduction stages on a
futuristic space film to be titled either
"Space Station I" or "Space Probe I." This
picture is expected to be the company's
highest-budgeted non-animation feature,
with an anticipated cost of approximately
$10,000,000. The screenplay about life in
the year 2100 is being written by Jeb Rosebrook.
Ron Miller, vice-president in charge
of production, will be the producer. Release
has been set for the summer of 1979 . . .
Silent Partners, Ltd., slated a Monday (22)
production start in Toronto on "The Silent
Partner," with stars Elliott Gould, Christopher
Plummer and Susannah York signed.
Garth H. Drabinsky is the executive producer
and Joel B. Michaels and Stephen
Young are producers. Daryl Duke is directing
the screenplay by Curtis Hanson .
The Oasis Co., headed by producer Michael
S. Laughlin, began filming .Saturday (27) in
Paris on "Paperback." an original screen-
• "iv written by British photographer David
^ l:'-v. who alsO'ts directing. In the' cast
T-'miit Berger, ?nul Morrissey and
.Vlarie Helvin .
. . Michael Gitter is planning
to make "Zelinsky's Chronicle" as a
project of Mijen Productions, which he
operates with his wife, actress Jennifer
Ashley.
Warner Bros. Has Acquired
The Thorn Birds' Rights
Warner Bros, has acquired rights to Colleen
McCullough"s novel "The Thorn
Birds." which will be produced by Edward
Lewis . . . The Movie Machine. Inc.. has
acquired "Snoop." an original screenplay
written by Jeffrey and Peter Bates . . .
Actor Peter Graves and director Jack Smight
have optioned British writer George Markstein's
new mystery novel "The Man From
Yesterday," about a CIA agent who becomes
a marked man unable to find shelter
in any country . . . Criterion Pictures of
Montreal has acquired rights to Gerald
Green's story. "Johnny Guts," and has set
Jack F. Murphy as producer, with filming
planned in Queens, N.Y. . Bros.
secured the rights to "The Bodyguard." an
original screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan
. . . Paramount has the film rights to Gene
Thompson's novel. "Lupe." a story of murder
by supernatural forces and the terror of
starring Jacqueline Kaye. with Susan Baldwin
and Gene Hamilton also signed for the witchcraft in 20th century California.
cast . . . Sandy Howard and Gabriel Katzka
have added Run Run Shaw as a third coproducer
Andrew Stevens Joins Cast
on "Meteor." on which photogra-
Of Frank Yablans' 'Fury'
news reporter covering a
Sportscaster Jim Murphy will play
national
a TV
union
phy will begin late this year with a budget Andrew Stevens has joined the cast of convention in "F.I.S.T."
expected to be approximately $11,000,000. "The Fury." which Brian De Palma is directing
for
Parslow Set as Executive
John Frankenheimer to Meg
producer Frank Yablans. Other
recent additions to the cast of "The Fury," Producer of 'I, Tom Horn'
'Tiger Ten' ior Paramount
which will be released by 20th Century- Philip L. Parslow has been signed by
Fox, are Donald O'Connor, Vivian Blaine, Steve McQueen's Solar Productions to be
Fiona Lewis, Carol Rossen, Joyce Easton, executive producer of "I. Tom Horn," First
Patric McNamara, Eleanor Mirriam, Melody
Thomas and Darryl Hannah . . . Hilary
Beane will play a high school teacher on a
computer date at a disco in Columbia Pictures'
"Thank God It's Friday." a Casablanca
Record and FilmWorks-Motown
production now being directed by Robert
Klane on location in Los Angeles. John
Friedrich is cast as a shy. sensitive college
student on the prowl for girls at a fantastic
nightclub in the contemporary comedy. Neil
Bogart is the executive producer and Rob
Cohen is the producer of "Thank God It's
Friday," an original screenplay by Barry
Armyan Bernstein and Klane . . Gianni
.
Russo has been set by producer Charles
Band to co-star in "Laser Blast." Charles
Band Productions film which started principal
photography Monday (22). Michael Rae
is directing from an original screenplav by
Frances Schachi and Frank Ray Pcrilli.
MGM Signs Nanette Ne'wman
For 'International Velvet'
British actress Nanette Newman has
joined the cast of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's
"International Velvet" in the role of Velvet
Brown, the character played as a youngster
by Elizabeth Taylor in the classic MGM
film "National Velvet." Christopher Plummer
also has been added to the cast of
"International Velvet." to be produced and
directed by Bryan Forbes from his own
screenplay. Shooting starts in Devon, England.
September 1 . . . Alexandra Hay has
been signed for "The Cop Who Played
God." a Cal-Am/ Atilla Films production
which got under way in June . . . Harry
Rhodes has been set in the role of a hospital
psychiatrist in MGM's "Coma." while
John Larch will play a hospital director.
Tom Selleck and Robin Cook will portray
patients in the picture.
Former Tarzan Jock Mahoney
Added to Cast of UA's 'End'
Jock Mahoney, a former Tarzan, has
been cast in United Artists' "The End," as
has Sam Jaffe, who will play a hospital patient
in the comedy written by Jerry Belson.
Burt Reynolds will direct; Hank Moonjean
is the executive producer . . . Jeffrey Kramer
and Dana Elcar have been cast in Universal's
"Jaws 2." with Kramer repeating
his "Jaws" role as an assistant to the police
chief and Elcar portraying a wealthy real
Kenneth McMillan
has joined the cast of Warner Bros.' "Bloodbrothers"
Ronee Blakley and Scott
. . . Glenn have been signed for "She Came to
the Valley," to be produced by Albert Band
and Frank Ray Perilli. Previously cast were
Dean Stockwell and Freddy Fender . . .
Gloria Grahame and her daughter Paulette
Howard will play mother and daughter in
"The Game," a Jack Sidney production .
Artists feature for Warner Bros. . . . Film
assignments for 20th Century-Fox's "The
Fury" include Richard H. Kline, cinematographer;
Paul Hirsch. editor; Bill Malley.
production designer; Theoni V. Aldredge.
costume designer, and Audrey Blasdel-Goddard,
set decorator .
Mordente will
be a choreographer for "The End," the
Lawrence Gordon/ Burt Reynolds production
for United Artists . . . Cydney Michals,
a registered nurse on the staff of Los Angeles'
Critical Care Services, is serving as
technical adviser on scenes in MGM's
"Coma" . Jones has been signed as
film editor on MGM's "Stingray"
Producer Euan Lloyd has selected Jack
Hildyard to be cinematographer for "The
Wild Geese." an African adventure film on
which shooting will begin October 3. John
Glen has set a supervising editor and second
unit director for the film. Andrew V. Mc-
Laglen is directing the cast which includes
Richard Burton. Roger Moore and Hardy
Kruger . Niciphor. who attended
the use Film School, has been inked by
Roger Corman to debut as a feature-film
director of New World Pictures' "Deathsport
2020," set to begin shooting in the
fall,
with David Carradine starring.
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Tor the Love of Ben/T (Mulberry Square)
Chosen June Blue Ribbon Award Winner
T IKE ITS predecessor "Benji," Mulberry Square's "For the love of Benji" was chosen
by the National Screen Council as a Blue Ribbon Award winner for June. Hxecutive
producer Joe Camp also directed and wrote the screenplay for the sequel in which
the popular canine star, now almost 18, becomes embroiled in an international oil
intrigue while visiting Greece. The original "Benji" was Blue Ribbon Award winner in
August 1974.
"For the Love of Benji" carries an
MPAA rating of G and has grossed about
225 per cent of average business in its
first-run bookings in key cities. Boxofficf
reviewed the winner in its issue of June 20.
stating in part:
"That lovable ragamuffin mutt from the
Burbank Animal Shelter is back again in
a new comedy adventure for the entire
family. Set in the cities and islands of ancient
Greece, it is a delightful, suspenseful
sequel to 'Benji." . . . Patsy Garrett, Cynthia
Smith and Allen Fiuzat continue in
the same roles as in the first film. Special
guest star is Ed Nelson . . . However,
these human beings are only supporting
players for the real star of the film, Benji.
This award-winning animal star is 'America's
most huggable hero.' . . . The familiar
music of Euel Box again enhances
the lilting quality of the story. Producer
Ben Vaughn co-authored the original story
with Joe Camp. The animal trainers again
deserve much credit for their successful
efforts . . . This picture should prove a
popular sequel and a solid hit which both
children and parents (and other adults)
will enjoy."
NSC members offered the following
comments as they registered votes "For
the Love of Benji":
Magic . . . Delightful
Even better than the original "Benji."
Josephine Thomas, Hickory Daily Record,
Hickory, N. C. . a doubt, a
real charmer for the whole family. Take
the neighborhood children.— Mrs. Harold
families, truly excellent fare these days.
Tom Hodge, Johnson City Press-Chronicle,
Johnson City, Tenn. . . . Always delightful.—Fred
Souttar, retired district
manager, Shawnee Mission, Kas.
Everyone loved "Rescuers," but I'm continuing
my loyalty to Man's Best Friend.
"Benji." Mighty fine entertainmcnti— Justin
Jacobsmeier, Dubinsky Bros. Theatres.
Sioux City, la. . . . Engaging entertainment,
done with fanciful flair.— Allen M.
Widem, syndicated columnist. West Hartford,
Conn. . . . They just couldn't resist
this pooch the second time around. Nathan
Street, WKSR Radio, Pulaski, Tenn.
... A real travelog of Greece with a
lovable little dog, with such expressive
eyes. A picture for just everyone.— Mrs.
Paul Gebhart, Cleveland WOMPI .
I'm a sucker for those eyes!— Holly D.
Spence, Lincoln Journal-Star, Lincoln,
Neb.
To me, another delightful picture for all
ages. This splendid dog. offsprirg of the
first "Benji," is equally excellent, and the
Greek scenes, authentic or not, are lovely.
— Mrs. Julie Steiner, New York City Federation
of Women's Clubs . . . Best of the
crop for the kids.—John Anthony, WITI-
TV, Milwaukee . . . Children and adults
alike must have enjoyed "For the Love of
Benji," as it is such a warm and exciting,
heartfelt movie.— Laura Ray, Indianapolis,
Ind. ... It was so wonderful seeing the
mothers and children filling the theatre.
Mrs. Henry Augustine, Sheboygan Better
Films Council, Sheboygan, Wis.
Along with many others, my famih
loves Benji. Suspense, adventure, and photography
add to the exploits of "For the
Love of Benji," certainly my first choicL\
Follow up "Benji" with "The Rescuers"
for a lot of entertainment, good entertainment.—Mrs.
C. M. Stewart, Soroptimist
L. Gee, Landmarks Council of Calif., Sacramento
. . . Mulberry Square rides again, outstanding selections of titles for this
International, Lincoln, Neb. ... Of the
with the greatest canine star of all.—Philip month, "Beau Geste" is funny but too deep
Wuntch, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, for children to comprehend: "Sinbad" is a
Tex. . . . Benji works a special magic for little too violent for the youngsters. Therefore,
"Benji" stands out as my choice to
entertain all.—Angelo J. Mangialetta,
WAGA-TV, Atlanta.
Take all the family to see "For the Love
of Benji." It is delightful, and it will make
you forget your worries.— Mrs. Shirley H.
Gunnels, GFWC, Fowler, Ind.
The Cast
Benji Himself Chandler Die/rich Ed Nelson
Mary Patsy Garrett Stelios Art Vasil
Cindy Chapman Cynthia Smith Ronald Peter Bowles
Paid ChapiiHin Allen Fiuzat Llizahcth Bridget Armstrong
Production Staff
Produced by Ben Vaughn. Animal Trainer Frank Inn
Joe Camp
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Directed and W riiten h\ Joe Camp
nirectnr of Phoiof;raph\ f i
Don R eddy
Based on a Story hy Ben Vaughn. ' 'l'>u-d in Panavision
Joe Camp Color b\ CFI
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This award is given each month by the National
Screen Council on the basis of outstanding
merit and suitability for family entertainment.
Council membership comprises motion
picture editors, radio and TV film commentators,
representatives of better films councils,
civic, educational and exhibitor organizations.
BOXOFFICE :: August 29, 1977

BOXOFFICE
BAROMETER
300
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This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in
cities five the 20 key checked. Pictures with fewer than engagements are not listed. As new runs
ore reported, ratings are added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in
to relation average grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as average,
the figures show the gross ratings above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills)

The
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New Yorkers Enjoy
'Hard Candy' Diei
NEW YORK— It was nothing but adult
films in the first three spots as "Hard Candy"
took the lead with a huge 670 in its
debut at Rialto II. "Inside Jennifer Welles"
was deposed for the first time, coming in
second but still very big (505) in the fifth
round at the World. Third was "Heat
Wave." 380 in the first week at Rialto I.
The new Italian horror thriller "Suspiria"
earned 370 and fourth place in the opening
at the Crit.'rion. "Outrageous!", the only
other holdover from last week aside from
"Jennifer," moved down from second to
fifth spot, while still being potent with 345
in the third installment at Cinema II. A
new Giancarlo Giannini film. "The Sensual
Man" (actually made in 1973, but being released
here for the first time), placed sixth
with its 260 opening week at the newly-reopened
Little Carnegie.
On showcase, it was "Star Wars" first, of
course, followed by "Sinbad and the Eye of
the Tiger," "The Bad News Bears in Breaking
Training," "Ruby," "The Deep," "A
Bridge Too Far," "The Spy Who Loved
Me." "Greased Lightning." "Smokey and
the Bandit." "Fantastic Animation Festival"
and the Disney bill "The Arislocats"
and "The Littlest Horse Thieves."
(Average Is 100)
Baronel—Pardon Mon Afiaire (First Artists),
9th wk
Beekman—La Grande Bourgeoise
215
(Atlantic Releasing), 5th wk 210
Cinema I— I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
(New World), 6th wk 195
Cinema II Outrageous!
(Steinmann-BaxNsr/Cinema 5), 3rd wk 345
Cinema 3— Cria! (i^-n Allen), 5lh wk 180
Cinema Si -i. Slroszek (New Yorker), 115
6th wk
Criterion Suspina • Fox) 370
f Fine Arts Sandakan ppercorn-Wormser)
8
2nd wk 115
Sensual Man
Uttle Cg:t:
(Peppt- 260
New Yo-E Chac wk 95
La Grande Bourgeoise
Pcrramo:.n
(Atlant- h . : 20
and While in Colo, Pans—Black AA
15th
P!aza-In the Realm of the Senses A-3ci Fi.rr.s),

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BROAD WAY
QADIO CITY MUSIC HAl.L will hold a
^
New York Pop Arts Festival September
i6-November 2. The aim is to bring varied
quality entertainment that exists in such
regional festivals as the Saratoga Festival
(New York), the Garden State Festival
(New Jersey) and the Greek Theatre (Los
Angeles) to the heart of Manhattan. This
will be the first of the series, which is to be
a semi-annual presentation, in fall and
spring, of major star attractions at the
Showplace of the Nation.
The program is as follows:
September 16-18. Marvin Gave. Motown
recording star; 19-20. September "Shalom
77." a multi-media program with the Official
Israeli Dance Company; September
21-22, "Yatran." marking the American
debut of the Ukrainian Dance Company;
September 23-24. Kris Kristofferson and
a blues show with B. B. King. Bobby "Blue""
Bland. Muddy Waters and Albert King, and
November 1-2. Helen Reddy. Additional
programs will be announced.
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WASHINGTON
ized by opulence and grace, read: '"Walt
Disney Productions and Buena Vista take
great pride in extending to you and your
leading lady on behalf of Miss Helen Hayes,
our leading lady, a warm welcome to 'Candleshoe."
"' The event will be held in White
Flint Mall's Movies 5. Rockville. Md.
Since the Supreme Court ruled in 197.^
that individual communities have the right
to decide what constitutes pornography, local
courts have been ruling on local standards
in connection with "pornographic matter."
Police here, as well as elsewhere, have
made numerous drives to close so-called
"adult" theatres. The results of a series of
studies, as expressed in the Post by Amitai
Elzioni, Columbia University professor, revealed
that suppression of alleged pornography
would "entail censorship far beyond the
closing of X-rated theatres. Censorship enhances
the material with the lure of forbidden
fruit. Pornography is not the cause
of prostitution or mugging and its concentration
in such places as Times Square is
largely the result of its being condemned
elsewhere.
"Were it accessible to those wanting it in
their own neighborhoods, X-rated theatres
would be sprinkled throughout the community."
Etzioni continued, "About half of
the antiporn people are intolerant, dogmatic,
arch-conservative Americans unwilling
to abide by the tenets of the Constitution."
The pres.s run of American Film, the
magazine of film and TV arts published by
the American Film Institute, for July-August
was 42,000 copies. Among the featrres
in the issue are George Weed's story on how
Buster Keaton produced "The General":
Andrew Sarris' clarification of his "auteur"
theory: a profile on director Joan Darling,
and an article titled "Considering De Palma,"
by Royal S. Brown.
Howard Smith, prodticer of "Gizmo."
while here to promote the film's world premiere
at David Levy's Key Theatre, explained:
"All successful innovations are
built on countless failed attempts." (Considerable
footage recorded the "calamitous
demonstration of some ingenious mechanical
device.") Howard continued: "I've tried
to structure the material so that audiences
who begin laughing at these people will end
up laughing with them." The Post's Gary
Arnold wrote: " "Gizmo' is an entertaining
miscellany . . . dredged up from the newsreel
libraries of the world." The Star's Tom
Dowling explained: "For parents it"s a Ci
fjarry Howar, Buena Vista branch manager,
picture in the best sense, a film that makes
through the courtesy ot Walt Dis-
the himian spirit of our oddly earthb

BUFFALO
pop music coming up: Leo Sayer plus Melissa
Manchester Wednesday (31) in the
Century Theatre: George Benson. September
s». Kleinhans Music Hall: Bob Marley plus
Garland Jeffreys September 30 in Toronto
Maple Leaf Gardens.
Magician Jay Malbroiigh of Buffalo has
been receiving extra attention from his fellow
professionals since the publication of
his book. "The Magic of the Forks Hotel."
.^s a result, he has been booked at the prestigious
Magic Castle in Hollywood, Calif.,
for a week beginning Labor Dav. September
5.
Swiss On Wry—"The Wonderful Crook,"
from Switzerland, is a gentle comedy about
a son and heir who has to turn to bank robbery
to make his late father's business pay.
It's on the highly successful foreign-film
series at the Valu-.S Cinema.
"Everything thafs good in my life I owe
to poverty— to running away from it," declared
comedian David Brenner, who did a
single show at Melody Fair Dome Sunday
Victor Danna sr., 95, who played with
the first Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
and later taught music in Buffalo schools,
died Tuesday (9) after a lengthy illness. For
a time Mr. Danna played in theatrical pits
for the silent movies, providing percussion
sound effects for rolling trains and thundering
horses. When the "talking" pictures came
around, Mr. Danna found employment in
area high schools and elementary schools as
musical director. He was a lifelong member
of Musicians' Union Local 92. His father,
Joseph, a professor of music, taught Mr.
Danna and his 1 I brothers and sisters to
play various instruments.
Dale Evan.s Rogers, the "Queen of the
Singing Cowgirls" has become the "Queen
of the Christian Evangelists" and her audiences
love her more than ever. A crowd of
more than 10,000 jammed into the Niagara
Falls Convention Center Thursday (11) to
hear her address the International Charismatic
Conference.
Pete Skoczwias, assisting manager Tony
Ragusa jr. in screen selections for the Valu-
5 complex in Cheektowaga, reports that attendance
at the summer film series has been
so good that it will be continued in the fall.
At least ten foreign and "uncommercial"
U.S. films are being lined up for the fall
months after the current scries, now featuring
the Swiss-made "The Wonderful
Crook."
Al Wright has installed in-car Cinema-
Radio at his East Twin and West Twin
drive-ins. Patrons now can tune car radios
to 1620 to pick up the sound from the
screens. It's more convenient, produces a
better sound, allows for tight windows on
chilly nights and, as it happily noted, in the
'ong run will allow for more parking, with
V- removal of the speaker poles.
The system operates off underground
cables; the sound can't be picked up much
more than 50 feet away from the cable, so
it won't jam the sound of autos passing on
Walden Avenue.
Shea's Buffalo Theater has re-appointed
Charles F. Chauncey as executive director
for another year.
"I Am a Dancer," featuring Rudolf Nureyev
and Margot Fonteyn was performed
at Shea's Buffalo Theatre Thursday (18).
"Can I Do It ... til I Need Glasses?"
was accompanied by a TV campaign at the
Valu 5 Cinema Thursday (11).
"Before the Revolution," Italian with English
subtitles, booked at the Valu 5 Cinema
(17): "Fire Sale," an Alan Arkin black
comedy Wednesday (17) at Holiday Theatre:
"March Or Die," Foreign Legion drama with
Gene Hackman at Amherst and Como Mall
Cinema Theatres (19).
Mini Reviews: Courier-Express on "For
the Love of Benji." further adventures
of a smart mutt, Tim Wendel, Friday (12);
"If it gets a little slow for you, watch the
kid in the next seat, that's where the show
is." (Three chairs). "Greased Lightning,"
Doug Smith, Friday (12): "A pleasant film
of fair-mindedness, perseverance and good
cheer." (Four chairs.)
Charles E. Funk, former general manager
of the Century Theatre here, has been appointed
general manager for Lippert Theatres
in Southern California, with headquarters
at the Americana 6 theaters in Panorama
City. The circuit has 28 screens
around town. Charlie has purchased a home
in Northridge.
Ike Ehrlichman of Frontier Amusement
Corp. and his wife Mary have returned
from a trip to Oceanside, Long Island, where
they attended the wedding of their son Richard,
to Vicki Shemin of that city and formerly
of Little Rock, Ark. After a honeymoon
to Bermuda the couple will reside in
Baltimore, where Richard will enter his
second year of Medical School at the Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine. Vicki, who
graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Johns Hopkins
University, will attend graduate school
at the University of Maryland, working for
her master's degree.
The editor of "Big Top," the monthly
publication of Variety Club Tent 25 is Dave
Friedman, a former member of Tent 7 here
and now a producer of films in Los Ange-
Thc world famous Vienna Boys Choir
ill open their 1977 American tour with
vo performances in Shea's Uiillalo Tlicalre
in September. The event is sponsored by the
Junior Board of Buffalo General Hospital.
The "Superman" company, which earlier
received permiss'on to
film the spoof on the
flying marvel in Ontario's Niagara Falls
Park, apparently has changed its mind. Lige
Brien, press relations for Warner Bros.,
which will distribute the movie once finished,
told the News that the shoot has
been canceled.
The Marine Band, traditionally referred
"The Own," again
Toronto openings: Sammy Davis, jr., at
the O'Keefe Center. Jay Boy Adams at the
to as President's will
perform here this fall under the sponsorship El Mocambo, Joe Hall at the Groaning
of the Evening News. The date is Thursday. Board. Canadian recording groups each evening
September 29, with two concerts, a matinee
and an evening performance in Kleinhans Pavilion
in the
Theater
Canadian
at the
Recording
Canadian
Industry
National
Music Hall.
Exhibition, which opened Wednesday (17).
Singer Tom Jones held forth at the Melody
Fair Monday (15) through Saturday
(20).
Superfcst 12. the last of the 1977 summer
season concerts in Rich Stadiimi, was held
Saturday (20). Music started at noon instead
of the slated 3 p.m. Gates opened two hours
before the show. British progressive rockers
Yes headlined, with Donovan, the T. GelK
Band and Bob .Seger and the Silver Bullcl
Band.
Paul Sharits showed and discussed his experimental
film "Razor Blades" in the University
of Buffalo's Baird Hall, Amherst
Campus Monday (15). Thom Anderson
showed and discussed his documentar\'
about Muybridge Thursday (18) in Fillmore
Collegiate Center of UB's Amherst Campus.
The musical "Gypsy" with Angela Lansbury
opened Monday (22) at Melody Fair.
The death of John Spense, musical conductor
and arranger, in Los Angeles, caused
the cancellation of the Thursday night (IS)
performance of Tom Jones at Melody Fair
here. The cast flew to the West Coast for
the funeral, and returned on Friday to finish
the weekend commitment.
Robbery Suspects Arrested
After Exchange of Gunfire
PHILADELPHIA — Two robbery suspects
were captiued by State Police after
they allegedly stole $2,000 from the night
manager of the Eric Twin Concordville in
Delaware County. The two suspects took
$2,000 in cash receipts at gunpoint which
the manager was taking to his car for a
night bank deposit, police said. The Eric
Twin Concordville is linked with the locally-based
Sameric Theatres.
The robbery suspects, James W. Walker
and Robert J. Bruce, led police on a highspeed
auto chase. Police exchanged gunfire
and finally arrested the men after shooting
out a right rear tire, disabling the escape
car. A third suspect ran from the car as it
stopped and eluded a police dragnet despite
the use of search dogs. The pair were held
in jail in lieu of $25,000 bail and charged
with attempted homicide, armed robbery,
resisting arrest and other offenses. .All the
money was recovered.
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BOXOFTICE :: August 29, 1977

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NORTH JERSEY
Jack Infald, owner ;ind opcralor oi the
Franklin in Niitiey. has taken over
operation of the Lincoln Theatre in the Arlington
section of Kearny, it was announced
recently. The I.OOO-seat Lincoln, oriainally
opened in 1937 by Maurie Stahl. had been
operated since 1956 by Stanley Sobelson.
an industry veteran of over 35 years. Ben
Broski. who has managed the Lincoln since
it was acquired by Sobelson. will remain as
manager under the new ownership. Broski.
also an industry veteran, had managed numerous
area theatres prior to the Lincoln,
including the Ampers in East Orange and
the Kent and West End theatres in Newark.
Fred De Anijelis, a former manager and
district manager with Stanley Warner and
RKO-SW in the North Jersey area for the
past 25 years, recently was appointed managing
director of Loews' State I and 2 on
Broadway in New York City. Most recently
De Angelis had served as district manager
for RKO-SW in the Bergen County area,
as well as managing the Stanley Warner
Triplex in Paramus. a post he had held
since 1966. Prior to that, he had managed
SW's Regent in Elizabeth for many years.
Veteran manager Margaref Wall retired
from the industry, ending a 36 year career.
all of which had been spent with RKO
Theatres. Mrs. Wall joined RKO in 1941 a*^
assistant manager of its Proctor's in Newark,
a post which she retained until the
theatre closed in 1969. Subsequently, she
was appointed manager of RKO-SW's Sanford
in Irvington. She remained at the
Irvington house until its acquisition two
months ago by Paul Peterson.
New .Tersey Gov. Brendan Byrne, comment'ng
at the recent swearing-in ceremonies
of members to the state's first Motion
Picture and Television Development
Commission, said he had been informed
that comedian Woody Allen was interested
in making a film in New Jersey. The governor
also told reporters that the producers
of the musical "Hair" want to use sites in
New Jersey for future films. Byrne attended
the swearing-in ceremonies at the home of
Sidney Kingsley in Oakland. Kingsley. a
Pul'tzer Prize-winning playwright, is the
chairman of the commission. Sworn in were:
stage and film actress Celeste Holm, who
resides in nearby Washington Township;
Jacqueline Beusse, director of planning and
development at Caldwell College in Caldwell;
Robert G. Thomas, president of a TV
product'on company located in Bloomfield.
and Paul Peterson, owner and operator of
six film theatres in Essex and Morris counties.
The commission's objective is to bring
the production of motion pictures, as well
as TV, back to New Jersey, where motion
P'Ctures began manv years ago in Fort Lee
and West Orange.
The Colonial in Seaside Heights on the
South Jersey shore, closed since 1972. has
been reopened by Tom Carr. The 6nfl-seal
house, operated many years as a summerseason-only
theatre by Waller Reade. imtil
its closing, reopened with "Jaws." Last
\ear, Peter Firmino had reopened Seaside's
only other theatre, the Strand, which also
had been closed by Reade in 1972. In addition
to the Colonial. Carr operates several
other shore area locations in various partnerships.
May Boyd, manager of UA's Colony in
Livingston, recently returned from a oneweek
vacation spent at Point Pleasant on
the Jersey shore. Taking over for her during
her absence was relief manager John Reynolds
. . . Loews in Parsippany is offering
special "Bargain Nights" every Monday and
Tuesday, at which time all seats are reduced
to $1.99 . . . Reade's Community in Toms
River presented midnight showings of "The
Rocky Horror Picture Show" Friday and
Saturday nights for three successive weekends.
Manager John Chrisman reports that
attendance for the special performances has
increased each week.
A double bill of "Superbug, the Wild
One" plus "Superbug, Super Agent," was
shown, matinees only, for one week at
Mann's Fox in Woodbridge and Grant's
Movies in Long Branch.
Spyros Lcnas' Sliowboaf cinemas 1-2-3-4
in Edgewater recently had a gala grand
opening which fealined ribbon-cutting ceremonies
by Edgewater Mayor Francis Meehan.
Opening attractions were: "A Bridge
Too Far," "New York, New York." "Ann'c
Hall" and "The Little Girl Who Lived
Down the Lane." The Showboat cinemas
seat a total of approximately 1,400 persons,
350 per unit. Charles Santora has been appointed
manager of the new quad.
Distance Between Ginyard
And Jailyard May Be Short
PHILADELPHIA — Detectives of the
District Attorney's office arrested 35-yearold
Virgil Ginyard, aka Isaiah Ginyard,
on charges that he is trying to sell prospective
investors in the production of a motion
picture. The film, called "The Distances Between,"
he told an unknown number of
people between February and May of this
year in selling them stock, would star such
personalities as Richard Pryor, Rosalind
Cash, Billy Dee Williams and Robert Hook.
Investigators said the actors knew nothing
about the film. The show, Ginyard allegedly
promised, would be released
through Paramount Pictures and would
gross $2 million. He also allegedly promised
that for each $100 invested there would be
return "bonus" of $5,900. The stock certificates
a
bore the corporate seal of "The
National Hair and Scalp Clinic of Pennsylvania."
Ginyard also used two other corporate
names. Virgil Ginyard Productions and Elegant
Productions Inc.. it was charged. Released
on his own recognizance following
arraignment to await trial on September I.
Ciinyard is
facing charges of theft by deception
:ind \iol;Uions of ihe stale's securities
BALTIMORE
piiil Glazcr, Associated Pictures honcho,
accompanied by his wife and his son
Charles, spent a lone weekend in Ocean
City, havinc left here Saturday (13) and returned
Wednesday (17) . . . Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Gettinger, Gettinaer Enterprises
Inc.. returned from a week of business activities
in Florida. Wednesday (171,
Theodore Bikel, inlernat'onally renowned
actor and singer, whose talents encompass
stage, screen, radio and TV, will appear at
the Jewish-American Festival at the Inner
Harbor, September 3 . . . Kris Kristofferson.
film star-singer, appeared in concert with
Rita Coolidge and special guest Billy Swan,
at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia,
Wednesday (17).
To err is human, to forgive divine .
we (the regional editor) were guilty of the
former and we hope that reporter Kate
Savaae. Rita Greenfeld (not Greenfield)
and Francia Feikin (not Feikinc. ex. not
present. JF Theatres publicity head) will
exercise the latter quality in our behalL
Mca Maxima Culpa!
Lawmen, Censors in Raid
On Pair of Adult Houses
BALTIMORE—Vice squad detectives
and Maryland Censor Board inspectors hit
two adult film establishments in three days,
confiscating five films and uncovering 200
censor board seals at one theatre.
Tuesday (9) they raided the North Cinema.
East North Avenue, corralinn three
allegedly pornographic films and 200 censors
seals discovered in the projection
booth.
Franc's Pollard jr.. the state board's chief
inspector stated that the agency, which licenses
all motion pictures shown in Maryland
theatres, had not reviewed these films
which were "definitely hardcore pornography."
Pollard said the films, "China Lust." "Run
Jack Run" and "Just Like Mother," were
viewed by the detectives and inspectors before
a search and seizure warrant autho.rizing
the raid was issued. He went on to point
out that they had raided the same theatre in
April and appropr'ated three other films the
board considered as "bevond the pale." The
North is owned by a California corporation.
Three days later. Friday (12). the team of
detectives and inspectors hit the Gayety
Plaza Theatre in the 400 block of E. Baltimore
St.. picking up a pair of films that did
not have the state censor's seal, according
to
police.
Confiscated were "Pleasure Before Business"
and "Innocent Girls."
A doorman at the house, located on "the
block" also known as the city's "Great
White Way." offered his opinion that the
strike was "unjustified" and adding that after
the raid the h;udlop was closed the balance
of the da\
BOXOFFICE August 29. 1977 E-5

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. . Rudolf
. . The
. . Coming
. . Tom
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. . Exhibitors
PITTSBURGH
rieoTge and Olga Elmo will observe their
sjolden
wedding anniversary September
2 in 'Miami and the "Class of 1928" of
Paramount Pictures here met at a luncheon
in the Pittsburgh Press Club Thursday (25)
to mark the occasions, their reunion plus the
Elmo anniversary. George Tice rounded up
Peg O'Connell. Phoebe Homer Gordon,
Minnie Gable Nixon. Belle Mandcl Rodin,
Rae Lefkowitz Firestone and Dave Kimmelnian.
who was Paramount branch manager,
and John Navoney was expected to be added
to the list. The "Class" was to be photographed
with a print copy delivered to the
Elmos at their affair September 2.
George Elmo. First National Pictures
aud'tor at Havana, came to this city in
1928 as Paramount branch auditor, then
became booker and later salesman. We
join with the Elmo friends here in extending
best wishes and greet the Paramount
"Class of 1928." old friends. Minnie Gable
Nixon of the Paramount clan is a classmate
of your correspondent and we plan to meet
in reunion with other surviving members of
our Wilkinsburg High School graduation
class of .5.5 years ago October 8 at Churchill
Valley Country Club.
Bob Galvin, manager of Cinema Follies
Club and the Penthouse Adult Theatre, vacationed
in Washington. D.C. CFC has
units at Atlantic City. Washington. Baltimore
and in this city . . . Amen Corner's
annual stag picnic is dated for Lovuola's
Farm. Grcentree. September 14. starting at
3 p.m. .
. . Sunday evening pro wrestling
has enjoyed a good season at St. John's
Arena. Steubenville. Ohio
Township Showcase cinemas will have a
total capacity of 3.000 in its five auditoriums
. Art Cinema gets a lot of free
publicity in the August Pittsburgher Magazine,
with a large photo of the exterior . . .
Homeowners here, as well as in Cincinnati.
Cleveland and Columbus, pay about twice
as much for electricity as those who live in
Seattle, Portland and other Pacific Northwest
cities.
The Chatham Cinema showed "And Now
My Love" . South Hills Village,
Creegan Productions' "Hooray for
Hollywood," seen in continuous showings
for several weeks, remains there through
Labor Day.
The Castelli brothers, longtime ownersoperators
of the Super 71 Twin drive-ins
near Belle Vernon, closed one of the ozoners
in mid-August, continuing the second
unit. The property vacated was being remodeled
into a McDonald's fast-food outlet.
Herb Joseph states that his parents, the
Abe Josephs, are in residence here and are
as well as could be expected at their age.
Abe. who was proprietor of the Triangle
rheatre. East Liberty, for many years, is
' The theatre was wiped away in a rede-
II program . Nureycv's
.1 Ken Russell production, is
opening earlv in October at the Squirrel
Garden offered "Sweet
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Hill
The 1977 "Raffle Night" at
Cakes" . . .
Variety Club Tent 1 is set for Friday. September
9. Action begins at 8 p.m.. with a
drawing at midnight for $1.500—or a Caribbean
cruise.
Area theatres have been offering "The
Deep." "Orca," "Thunder and Lightning."
"Relations." "Violation of Claudia." "The
Lords of Flatbush," "The Spy Who Loved
Me," "Stay Himgry." "Smokey and the
Bandit." "Dirty Mary Crazy Larry" and
other
films.
Minnie Silverberg, for a half-century a
leading film industry secretary-booker, died
at her Squirrel Hill apartment Monday (15).
The last of her family, her late brothers
Harris and Maurice "Red" Silverberg, were
among top film salesmen, the former being
one of the original Three Musketeers, along
with the late Harry Millstein and Abe
Schnitzer. Another brother. Minor, was a
noted baby doctor. Minnie started as a
clerk at the Universal exchange and for
most of her four decades there was secretary.
Until her retirement last year, she
had been Screen Guild secretary for another
decade. Efficient and hard working. Minnie
all held the respect of connected with
the
business.
Gibby Katz is "dying the death" at the
Sheridan Square where a second-run policy
failed to click. He sa'd he is losing $1,000
a week on his one-year lease at the East
Liberty house, the loss continuing with admissions
dropped from $3 to $1. Operator
of the downtown Palace burlesque stage and
screen theatre and the Ritz Mini on the
north side (with the same policy), Katz tried
adult movies when he took over at the
Sheridan Square. But authorities ordered
such films off the screen there, as a city
ordinance enacted last fall prohibits new
adult theatres from opening and prevents
established theatres from entering into an
adult film or stage plan. Katz may fight the
politicians in court.
William Jiidson, curator of film at the
Museum of Art, announces that Catherine
Newman is the new curatorial assistant, succeeding
Rebecca Craft, who resigned. Judson
says that the film section's monthly bulletin,
the Travel Sheet, to aid filmmakers
and exhibitors in the U.S. and abroad in arranging
screen'ng-lecture tours by independent
filmmakers, now has a European
counterpart, based in London.
Valley Cable TV's Microwave reception
facility on Crestas Terrace in North Versailles
is bringing Home Box Office pay
TV movies, special sports programs and
night club programs to most communities
east of Wilkinsburg . to the air
soon will be UHF^Channel 22. WBCP-TV,
from studios located in Wall Borough, four
miles south of the Turnpike at Monroevillc.
Showcase Cinemas at two locations here
have licensed Christmas films including
"Semi-Tough" and "The Gairntlet."
Miss Nude World (.lean Fisher. 2fi. aka
Annette Duchenc) and a male companion
were jailed here on charges of robbing a
man in an empty lot off Federal Street near
the Ritz Mini where the exotic dancer was
appearing.
Robert C. Kintz, president of Cinemette,
announces that the circuit advertising and
film department remains under the supervision
of George S. Stern, vice-president. Directors
elected Paul Simendinger as director
of advertising. Simendinger was a former
Associated Theatres house and district manager,
then served similar duties with Cinemette.
Dean Zaimes, youngest son of Tom and
Aglaia Zaimes of the Monroeville Drive-In
theatre, and Laurie Von Osinski were joined
in marriage in Holy Cross Greek Orthodox
Church, Mt. Lebanon, and will res-de
at Washington, Pa.
Nude love scenes in Nureyev's portrayal
feature . . .
of "Valentino" have pre-sold the Ken Russell
Boxoffice's full-page photo
of Henry Winkler, advertising Universal's
"Heroes" in the issue of August 1. is in
demand by fans of the Fonz.
The late Tex Ritter's son John continues
into his second season in the TV show
"Three's Company."
Quote from Doris Lilly's
Hollywood gossip
column: "At some Hollywood parties,
cocaine is being passed around instead of
dessert." . . . More and more restaurants
have installed 16mm projection equipment
for showing of oldtime silent movies, and
the bars in all directions have six-foot projected
television reception for the football
season. Some of the cafes show adult slides.
Hassan B. Mohamed, Art Cinema's longtime
good service floor manager, has been
vacationing, but will resume duties soon. He
is known as "Ruby" to thousands of theatregoers
here. In his younger years, "Ruby"
traveled the world as a circus performer.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will host a special
benefit premiere of "The Turning
Point" at Chatham Cinema November 21.
Ballerina Dagmar Kessler is in charge. The
movie will be the Christmas attraction at
the Chatham . . . Gina Martin, daughter of
Dean Martin, is a ballet member of Ice
Caoades, coming to the Civic Arena September
15-25 . Bate has completed
a quarter-century as backstage company
manager for the Civic Light Opera, starting
with CLO at Pitt Stadium, then following to
the Melody Tent, Civic Arena and in recent
years at Heinz Hall.
George Romero's locally-produced "Martin"
seems headed for an early premiere via
Cinemette here . Liberty advertised
"Bring Some My Way" . . . "Teenage Perverts"
was the Art Cinema offering, following
"My Fair Baby" and "Christy."
"Convoy Buddies" is handled here by
John Majdiak . took particular
interest in the Boxoffice Letters column
of Monday (15). from projectionist Frank
Bolkovac of the Monroe Theatre, Monroeville.
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BOXOFFICE August 29. 1977

Films, Felines. Forsythia
Fill Kathy Norman's Days
BAI.n.VIOKH—rilm^. Icliiics and lorsythia
arc fcutLircd in the busy world ol
Kathy Norman. Towson Theatre manager.
The film, in this case, is "Star Wars" which
has already been praised to death, yet draws
still more flowery oratory from Norman.
"It ("Star Wars') has been going great; it
has been terrific! Thousands of people have
come to see it. They just cat it up— they
live it! It's going marvelous. We had late
midnight shows the first two weeks, now
we are having them on Friday and Saturday
nights only." she raved.
"It's amazing." she continued "that they
still come to the midnight shows. We're
going into the ninth week and business has
only dropped 25% since opening day. Still
the volume continues to be great. For this
film we start at 1 p.m. instead of our usual
2 p.m. All ages like it—the middle aged as
well as the young and the elderly. Just
amazing."
Kathy derives a great deal of her offthe-job
pleasure from her cats and her
flowers. Tragedy struck, recently, when her
favorite feline "Blackie" was struck and
killed by a car, leaving her only "Kitty."
Anyone who has owned a pet knows that
such an accident is deeply felt.
The busy Towson hard-top manager also
finds time to work out in her garden and
she told us she "planted an informal hedge
of yellow forsythia along the sidewalk. It
makes a charming, natural fence."
Flowers, felines and film— Kathy Norman
certainly finds little time to be bored.
'Citizens Band' Scheduled
For Lincoln Center Film Fest
NFW YORK— Paramount Pictures' Citizens
Band." a Fields Co. production, has
been announced as a selection for this year's
New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center.
The festival, featuring new works by filmmakers
from around the world, will be the
15th to be held at Lincoln Center and will
run from September 2.'i through October 9.
Active Retiree Bringing
A Glow to Golden Agers
BAl IIMOKi; - Retired proieelionisl
Carrol Streeks and his wife do some of the
things common to most retirees— for instance,
travel. Early this month they spent
two weeks at the Ocean City Spa, staying at
the Ocean Villa on 75th Sfeet. In mid-
August they headed north for a fortnight in
Nova Scotia.
It is Carroll's other activity that sets him
apart, for it brings a glow to Golden Agers
confined to retirement centers and nursing
homes. Taking the skill and savvy he acquired
during his career, he shows 16mm
films to the senior citizens.
"In September I'll start showing films at
the homes." he said. "One is Mercy Villa,
a retired nun's home. I'll also go to the
Armacost Nursing Home and the Holly Hill
Nursing Home showing various pictiues
once a week."
He recently purchased some new motion
pictures including "Naughty Marietta,"
"Banjo on My Knee., "Road to Rio" and
"A Millionaire for Christy."
"I paid $150 for 'Naughty Marietta'." he
revealed. He also has a library of Jeanette
MacDonald classics: "Rose Marie," "Maytime"
and "Firefly," and presents his features
on the third Monday of each month,
normally.
"I'll be taking my camera along on my
Nova Scotia trip to film my vacation. I have
a Super-8." he told us prior to leaving. He
also pointed out that next month will mark
his sixth year as a member of the Green
Springs Valley Country Club.
More important, however, is his lifetime
membership in the exclusive fraternity of
people who care and do for their fellow
men.
Paul Newman will star in "Paradi
George Englund production.
PHILADELPHIA
^ajor Frank S. Rizzo officially proclaimed
National Film Day here on which
day local exhibitors and nine major film
companies contributed half their gross receipts
to the American Film Institute.
All the local TV stations pre-empted films
previously scheduled for Elvis Preslev features
during the weekend of his funeral
with one station. WCAU-TV, substituting
four Presley films in one day—one on Saturday
afternoon and three that same evening.
A teaser phone-in was set up to promot'^
the opening of "Naked Rider" at a dozen
ozoners in the area, more than half of them
linked with Budco Quality Theatres based
here.
A summer film festival of D.W. Griffith
and Cecil B. De Mille films offered without
charge at the Hoyt Library in Kingston,
Pa., starting with Griffith's "America."
starring Lionel Barrymore and Neil Hamilton.
Not getting the service
Linda Goldenberg, publicity and promotion
director for Budco Quality Theatre,
hosted two previews on successive evenings
for "You Light Up My Life" at the Top of
the Fox Screening Room.
U.S. Magistrate Edwin E. Naythons, in
U.S. District Court here, ruled in favor of
Budco Inc., and Budco Quality Theatres
Inc., as defendants in a suit brought by the
Savage Is Loose Co. The locally-based theatre
circuit was given leave to join Boasberg
and Boasberg-Goldstein, Inc., as third party
defendants and to file cross-claim against
the Savaee Is Loose.
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"Citizens Band" will be screened twice at
Alice Tully Hall, at a date to be announced
later. Except for the opening and closing
nights, which are held at Avery Fisher Hall,
all festival selections are screened at Alice
Tully Hall.
A comedy-drama about the current CB
radio phenomenon and its effects on personal
relationships, "Citizens Band" stais
Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark. Ann Wedgeworth,
Marcia Rodd. Charles Napier, Roberts
Blossom. Bruce IVlcGill and Ali.\ Elias.
Jonathan Demme directed from an original
screenplay by Paul Brinkman. the associate
producer of the film. Shep Fields is the
executive
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Deserve Critic's Laurels
Rich liiile and ihc
-ii., Broihers appeared at Painter's Mill
Music Fair from Tuesday through Sunday
(9-14). drawing the following comments
from Cindy Powers of the News-American.
"In 1925 there were four brothers and a
guitar. They could sound like all the instruments
of the orchestra and developed a
close-harmony style that influenced generations
to come.
"Today there are only three brothers
Harry. Herbert and Donald. An orchestra
accompanies most of their songs, but they
still have the harmony that Crosby. Sills
and Nash could envy . . .
"(Rich) Little is one of the few impressionists
who can still be considered a superstar.
His current show still gives gliinpses
into his character and humor.
'.
. . Little is still worth seeing. His impressions
are not the ones you'll hear and
see everyone doing.
"How many times have you seen impressions
of Jack Nicholson, Foster Brooks,
Raymond Burr and Peter Sellers?
"Not to mention the president?
"Although a few miss the mark Richard
Burton, Anthony Newley, Bing Crosby and
many others are bullseyes."
Century Circuit Offers
To Purchase Debentures
Nt;W HYDE PARK. N. Y.—Leslie R.
Schwartz, president of Century Circuit, has
announced that the company intends to
purchase up to S 1.000.000 principal amount
of its -TO-year subordinated debentures due
July 1. 1980. at a price of $950 net per
.$1,000 principal amount of such debentures.
Schwartz stated that the offer to purchase
was mailed Wednesday (24) to the holders
of such debentures. The offer will expire
Tuesday (30) unless extended.
Accrued interest will be paid by the company
to Tuesday (.10) as to all such debentures
validly tendered to and accepted by
Ih.' company prior to that date. In the event
the offer is extended, the company will pay
accrued interest from October 1 to the date
of payment.
As of Monday (1), there was $2,345,100
in aggregate principal amount of such debentures
outstanding. Holders of debentures
registered in the name of a broker or nominee
are advised to contact such broker or
nominee if they desire to tender their debentures.
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'Star Wars' Tops List
For 13ih Denver Week
DENVER— -Star Wars" remained at Ilic
pinnacle of the list for the 13th week with
grosses of 525 at the Cooper Theatre. The
newcomers to the area received a mixed
reception as "One on One" managed to
draw enough patrons to ten theatres to cam
an average of 225 while "Fire Sale" earned
a mark of 200 at the University Hills One.
However. "March or Die" finished it debut
week with 130 while "The Van" trailed
slightly beh'nd with 125.
(Average Is 100)
Cenlury 21—Rollercooster (Univ), lllh wlc i'
Centre—Suspiria (20lh-Fox), 2nd wit 1:
Cherry Creek. Villa Ilolia—The Other Side ol
Midnight (20th-Fox). 10th wk
I'f
Colorado Four—The Last Remake of Beau Geste
(Un.v), 6lh wk
1-'
Continenlal-MacArlhur (Univ), 3rd wk 2nn
Cooper— Star Wars (20th-Fox), 13th wk S."
Eight theatres—Smokey and the Bandit (Univ),
4lh wk IMi
Five theatres—March or Die (Col) 130
Four theatres—Race lor Your Lite, Charlie
Brownl (Para), 2nd wk 100
Nine theatres-The Van (SR) 125
Seven theatres— Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
(BV), 3rd wk I'O
Six theatres—The Bad News Bears in BreaWng
Training (Para), -I'h v.-k ICO
Six theatres-The Spy Who Loved Me (U.A)
Bth wk 135
Tamarac Six—New York. New York (UA)
8th wk i;'5
Ten theatres—One 225
on One (WB)
Three theatres—Final Chapter—Walking Tall
(AIP), 2nd wk 115
University Hills One—Fire Sale (20'h-rox) 200
University Hills Three. Fhck—labberwocky iSR)
4lh wk I?5
Army Helps 'MacArthur'
Opening at Regency
S.Al.l LAKE CITY — Several colorful
events and activities marked the opening of
"MacArthur" at the Regency Theatre Friday
(5), according to manager Richard Easter
and assistant manager Bill Abeyta.
Before both evening shows opening night,
the Army recruiting command presented a
color guard show with both U. S. and state
flags in addition to a filmed version of the
National Anthem.
Lobby displays were furnished by the
.Army recruiters. National Guard Univers'tv
of Utah ROTC and the Ft. Douglas
Museum Ass'n.
Military vehicles also were on display in
the parking lot. Rick Setner. information
officer for the 96th Unit, handled the arrangements
for all military displays.
Cheryl Smith in 'Laser'
HOLLYWOOD—Cheryl Smith has been
set to co-star with Gianni Russo in "Laser
Blast." feature film which will be produced
bv Charles Band Productions. Her last feature
part was in "The Choirboys." Michael
Rae will direct from an original screenplay
bv Frances Schacht and Frank Ray Perilli.
Chuck Sacci, Terri Nunn Signed
BURBANK—Chuck Sacci and Terri
Nunn have been signed for co-starring roles
in "Thank God It's Friday," a Motown-
Casablanca Record and FilmWorks production
for Columbia Pictures now being dilected
by Robert Klane on location in Holh
wood.
LIFE P.\TRON—Tom Fiiiu.). sck.ikI Iroin ri};ht, reeeiMd his lite palroii
card in Variety Clubs International from Donald I. Gillin, second from left, vicepresident
of Tent 25 in charge of the life patron program in Southern California.
Fenno is executive vice-president of Tent 25. At left is Murray Propper, president
of Tent 25, and at right. M. J. Frankovich, chairman of the charities committee
and past president of Variety Clubs International.
RKO-Stanley Warner Files
Suit in Federal Court
LOS ANGELES— RKO-Stanley Warner
Theatres, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Cinerama, Inc., Tuesday (23) filed a counterclaim
in federal court in New York
against United Artists Theatre Circuit and
various of its subsidiaries, as well as a thirdparty
complaint against Loews Corp. and
various of its subsidiaries; Century Theatres,
and a number of motion picture film
distributors. RKO-SW claimed a conspiracy
among them in violation of the antitrust
laws in the licensing and exhibition of motion
pictures in the metropolitan New York
area.
The alleged conspiracy, asserted to have
begun in 1970, consists of "refusal of the
parties to the conspiracy to permit RKO to
obtain the right to exhibition, on a first-run
basis, quality feature-length motion pictures,
unless RKO participated in certain
exhibition and theatre allocation arrangements
specified by the parties to the conspiracy.
The result of such conspiracy has
been to exclude RKO from the first-run
exhibition in the New York metropolitan
area of the most desirable motion pictures."
RKO seeks treble damages in excess of
$60,000,000 from the above theatre circuits
and from Warner Bros. Distributing Corp.,
Recent Personnel Changes
Made at Plitt Theatres
SALT LAKE CITY — Ernie Hoffman,
division) manager for Plitt Theatres' Intermountain
district, recently announced several
personnel changes, which began with
Robert Bathey, who worked in the Phoenix-
Tuscon district before moving north to his
new position as city manager for the Paramount
and Uinta theatres, Provo.
Richard Easter, who previously managed
the Paramount and Uinta theatres and also
worked for Mann Theatres in Provo before
returning to Plitt in March, is now headquartered
at the Regency Theatre.
Additional personnel changes at the Regency
included Bill Abeyta, who was appointed
assistant manager. Abeyta joined
Plitt in May as the assistant manager of the
Centre Theatre.
Grant Sorenson, former manager for
Mann Theatres in Utah and Montana who
has been working since May for Plitt as an
assistant manager at the Woodland Drive-
In under manager Ron Page, was transferred
to the Centre Theatre to work under
manaucr Calvin Ellertson.
Columbia's "Paradise" is being written
Universal Schedules Bob
Zemeckis' Beatles Story
UNIVERSAL CITY—"Beatles 4 Ever"
Universal Film Exchanges, United Artists is the working title for a Universal film
Corp. and Mctro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
project about six k-ds in New Jersey whose
lives are changed by the Beatles' first visit
Stein Goes to Far East
to .America. The film's executive producer
is Steven .Spielberg.
BEVERLY HILLS—Jules Stein, senior Shooting is scheduled to begin in early
vice-president of American International November. Bob Zemeckis will direct the
Pictures Export Corp., departed for the Far screenplay he co-wrote with Bob Gale. Tamara
Asseyev and Alex Rose are producing.
East, where he will meet with distributors in
Tokyo, Hong Kong and Manila regarding Gale is associate producer.
an extraordinarily large number of open-
for the screen by David Shaber.
BOXOFFICE :: August 29, 1977 W-1

Paramount pictures' -citizens
Band." a Fields Co. production, will be
>creened twice at the New York Film Fesaval,
to be held September 23 to October
*
Hugo Valasquez. Mexican still photographer
for United Artists" "Dog Soldiers," has
been commissioned by the Mexican government
to compile a touring exhibit of his
motion picture stills dating back to 1955,
when his first assignment was "The Tall
Man," starring Clark Gable, .lane Russell
and Robert Ryan.
•
l.con P. Blender, executive vice-president
in charge of sales and distribution for Amer-
starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
opened the Edinburgh Film Festival at the
ABC Theatre Sunda\' (21). The film began
its regular Brit'sh engagement in Edinburgh
al the Cameo Theatre Sundav (2

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Pictures for both tcature films and telemovies,
plus developing new TV series. Before
coming to Paramount, he was in production
and development for international
and domestic markets at Cinema Center.
He also has been a special projects executive
with 20th Century-Fox. an executive assistant
to the president of CBS 'Cinema
Center Films and handled special promotions
for Columbia Pictures.
•
The Manson Distributing Corp. has signed
an agreement to distribute "Too Hot to
Handle" in Hong Kong through Raymond
Chow's Golden Harvest Films. The feature,
a Ralph Desiderio-Don Scham production,
stars Cheri Caffaro and is released in the
U. S. through New World Productions.
•
Joseph C. Youngerman. for 27 years the
national executive secretary of the Directors
Guild of America, will leave that position
to become a consultant for the DGA under
a lifetime contract, with the title of national
executive secretary emeritus. He will leave
six weeks after a new contract with film
employers is signed.
*
Mrs. Phyllis Stewart, president of the
Screen Smart Set, has been presented with
a plaque for distinguished service to the
Motion Picture & Television Fund for
which the group has raised $613,000 during
the past nine years. The Screen Smart Set
was founded in 1968 by Lillian McEdwards,
mother of director Blake Edwards, and
Bettv Lou Oppenheim. mother of actress
Jill St. John.
*
"Homage to Chagall: The Colours of
Love," a feature-length film about the life
and works of painter Marc Chagall, will
premiere in I os .Angeles September 28 at
the Laemmles' Westland Twin theatres.
Sci-Fi Academy Nominates
Collins 'Best Actress'
BEVERLY HILLS— Joan Collins has
been nominated "Best Actress 1977 in a
Science-Fiction. Fantasy or Horror Film"
by the Academy of Science-Fiction. Fantasy
and Horror Films, for AIP's "Empire of
of the Ants" opens in the Los Angeles, area
Wednesday (24).
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foiii IVloyer of Luxiuv Thealics. Portland,
Ore., announced the appointment of
Ralph W. Ossood, who formerly work-d
for General Cinema Theatres, as openit'ons
manager of Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Osgood will be headquartered in Portland.
"Smokey and the Bandit" opened Friday
(19) at the followina theatres: .*ith Avenue,
SeaTac 6, Bellevue Crossroads, Renton Village,
Aurora and Valley.
Current attractions are; "You Light Up
Mv Life," Lewis & Clark I, Lake City.
John Danz and Lynn 2; "One on One,"
Southcenter, Northgate and Bellevue: "Kentucky
Fried Movie," Music Box; "Herbie
Goes to Monte Carlo," Aurora, Renton
Village, Bellevue Overlake, SeaTac 6 and
Sno-King; "Star Wars," UA Cinema 150;
"The Other Side of Midnight," UA Cinema
70; "The Spy Who Loved Me," Cinerama;
"Black and White in Color," Harvard Exit;
"The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training,"
SeaTac 6, Crossroads Twin and Varsity;
"MacArthur," Coliseum: "March or
Die," Bellevue Overlake, Renton Village.
ALirora and Valley: "The Last Remake of
Beau Geste." King, and "The White Buffalo."
Bel-Kirk and Duwamish.
Stu Goldman and Joe McCann of Fun,
the Entertainment Weekly continued to visit
stud'os, observe films in production and
talk with personalities whose films are readv
for release. They visited with Ron Howard
of "Grand Theft Auto," which will open in
the area Wednesday (31), and Henry Winkler
in regard to "Heroes." They also vis'ted
with Linda Haynes who has the female lead
in "Rollins Thunder," which will be released
in October. They previously visited
with Jeff Lee, Columb'a Pictures branch
manager; Pete Latsis, publicity staffer for
American International Pictures: Jeff Reiniis,
who works in AIP's advertising department,
and Julian Meyers who works for
.MP's publxitv department. They also viewed
"Coma" in production at the MGM
studios and had a personal interview with
Ants."
director and writer Michael Crichton.
the
Ms. Collins stars in the H.G. Wells drama Members of the motion pictLire industry
as a resort developer attacked by huge mutant
extend their deep sympathy to A. B. Mc-
ants. Final voting by the Academy's Glinchey, branch manager of National
400 members will be in December. "Empire
Screen Service, on the death of his \\'if«'
Christina. Services were held Wednesday
(10) at Green's Sunset Hills ChapM in
Bellevue.
Theatre Operators. Inc.
Holds Annual Convention
BIG SKY, MONT.—Theatre Operators.
Inc.. recently held its annual managers' convention
here at which time the "Manager of
the Year" award, which is given annually
to the city manager who does the best overall
job in supervising the theatres under him.
was given to Dan Klusman. the Bozeman
city manager.
Klusman and his wife received an allexpense-paid
trip to the national NATO
convention in Miami Beach this fall. The
"Showman of the Year" award was presented
to Lanny Wagner, the city manager
in Billings. This award is given to the manager
who best promotes a number of molion
pictures during the year. Wagner and
his wife will receive an all-expense-pa'd trip
to a national convention or a film company
convention.
A cash award was given to Ron Lewis.
manager of the Ellen Theatres. Bozeman.
for the best lobby display. The "Traveling
Cleanliness" award was given to the World
Theatre. Missoula. Mont. A cash award,
which was part of the prize, went to the
theatre's janitor for excellence in maintenance.
Approximately $1,500 'n cash prizes
were given for successful efforts to increase
sales during the annual popcorn and drink
contest
promotions.
Business sessions were held on two separate
afternoons, and a grand banquet concluded
the convention. Humerous skits were
used at the business sessions to introduce
the top'cs. which included concessions,
drive-in operations, personal growth, advertising
and miscellaneous revenue.
Mornings were devot-^d to recreational
ictivities such as horseback ridina, tennis,
hiking and aolf. A family picnic and marathon
volleyball game opened the three-day
conclave.
The chairmen of the convention were
Dan Klusman. Kelvin Plumb and Ron Lewis
of Bozeman. Theatre Operators is comprised
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"yVarner Bros, screened "Greased Lightning"
for a variety of groups in order
i;i build good word-of-moulh ... In town
for a sneak of "The Goodbye Girl" were
Neil Simon and Marsha Mason. The film
was screened Friday (19) at the Norihpoint.
Marilyn Chambers is in town for interviews
promoting "Rab'd," opening here
Wednesday (31).
UATC booker Bob Lenihan took the traditional
UAT bookers" summer trek—he
did a lour of the theatres in his Monterey-
Santa Cruz territory.
KTVU-TV's Bob Wilkins. host .il th:
popular "Creature Features," greeted himdreds
of his fans in Sacramento. San Jose
and this city Saturday and Sunday (20.21)
as he hosted special screenings of "Kingdom
of the Spiders."
Paramount will be doing a test engagement
of two classic sci-fi films. "War of the
Worlds" and "When Worlds Collide." The
double bill opens Wednesday (31).
The previously announced prenverc of
Lina Wertmuller's "Night Full of Rain,"
which was to have been the San Francisco
Film Festival's opening-night film, will not
be shown. The "Evening with l.ina Wertmuller"
also has been canceled. In explanation,
Wcrlmullcr said, "Because part of the
film was made in San Francisco, 1 had hoped
to rush completion in order to show it
for the first time anywhere in that city.
Unfortunately, as the date came closer and
closer, it became obvious that the production
schedule would not permit me to finish
in time." The new opening programs have
yet to be announced.
Snoopy made an appearance at Macv's
Saturday (27) to give away passes to his
newest movie, "Race for Your Life, Charlie
Brown!" The well-known beagle also handed
out Dolly Madison cakes and showed
h's new line of accessories for the back-toschool
season.
'Deep' Sets Columbia
Record in Australia
Sydney — "The Deep" pulled In a
Columbia Pictures record one-week
total of $230,133 in seven cities in
.Australia, it was reported by Patrick
,M. WiilianiEon, executive vice-president
of Columbia Pictures International.
Leading the way was the $100,505
gathered in a six-theatre engagement
in Sydney and suburb.
Two Mar Vista Features
At Deauville Festival
LOS ANGELES—Two Mar Vista product'ons.
"The Last of the Cowboys" starring
Henry Fonda, Eileen Brennan and Susan
Sarandon, and "Dogs" starring David
McCallum, have been selected for presentation
at the Deauville, France, Film Festival,
to be held September 4-10, it was announced
by Mar Vista president Allan F.
Bodoh, who also produced the two features.
Michael Leone served as executive prodiicer.
Another Leone film, "Meanwhile, Back
at the Ranch ..." also has been chosen for
showing at the festival.
"Dogs" currently is in release, both domestic
and foreign, while "The Last of the
Cowboys" is scheduled for fall release.
Giant Ant Stalked LA
To Promote New Film
LOS ANGELES—American International
Pictures attracted extra attention to the
opening of H. G. Wells' "Empire of the
Ants" throughout the area Wednesday (24)
by turning loose an eight-fool walking ant.
Like the giant mutant ants in the drama,
this model could walk upright, and did so
in many locations. Ominous in appearance,
it was shown on TV news programs and in
newspapers.
On Sunday (21) the ant battled Radio
K-lOO's Giant Wiener at the foot of the
Venice pier.
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Jerry Bullard who operates the Sage Theatre
in Upton. Wyo., was in the area
to visit the exchanges and set playdates.
Bullard's trip to this area was twofold since
he also visited various oil production companies
on behalf of his venture Goodwell,
Inc.. an oilwell logging and perforating service
that he also operates from his headquarters
in Upton.
Former Columbia branch manager Jerry
Smith, who now operates a buying and booking
service in Salt Lake City, was in town
to renew acquaintances and to set dates for
his theatres in this area . . . Dick Klein of
the Trojan Theatre, Longmont, Colo., and
Neal Lloyd of the Westland Theatres, Colorado
Springs, were also in the area to set
dates.
Columbia Pictures branch office is in the
final stages of settling into its new quarters
in suite 1102 in the Lincoln Tower Building,
1860 Lincoln St. The new phone nimibe7
is 303-861-9048.
City Restraining Order
Blocks Theatre's Plans
HOLLYWOOD — Vincent Miranda's
Walnut Properties has acquired the Buena
Vista Theatre in Duarte but faces a restraining
order obtained by the city which
blocks, at least temporarily, plans to screen
adult films, beginning with "Deep Throat"
and "The Devil in Miss Jones."
A court hearing has been set for September
2 on the city's move to enforce its new
antipornography zoning ordinance. As a
result,
the theatre must switch to other than
X-rated films within five
days.
Lack of Amenities Causes Exodus
HARTFORD—A regional conference of
the National League of Cities was told by
New Haven Mayor Frank Logue that a
"lack of amenities" has contributed to the
mass exodus of resident taxpayers from
northeastern cities. He grouped theatres with
libraries and museums among key amenities.
"Although such amenities are the most
expensive," he said, "they pay off."
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Gala Benefit Slated
At Fox in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS — A different type of
(.loLible feature" will be the atrraction at
Arthur's Fox Friday, September 2, starting
at 8 p.m., when a benefit film showing will
be accompanied by an organ concert. Slated
for unspooling is the classic motion picture
"Phantom of the Opvera," starring the
la;e, great Lon Chaney.
Stan Kann. former organist at the Fo.x.
who has been featured on network talk
shows displaying his antique household
gadgets, will provide the musical score for
the 1920s silent film playing the Fo.\ Wurlitzer
organ, which is second in size only
to the one at the Radio City Music Hall in
New York City.
The event will benefit the St. Louis and
Chain of Rocks Railroad, which operates
three miles of track along the Mississippi
River in the northern part of St. Louis
County and allows passengers to ride along
the route free the second Sunday of each
month. Proceeds from the concert will be
used to maintain and improve the railroad's
museum, which has a year-round program.
Tickets for the show are $4.50 in advance
and $5 at the door. A limited number of
benefactor tickets at $20 each are available,
providing reserved orchestra seating and an
after-the-event buffet at Stan Musial's restaurant
with a reception for Kann, who
formerly played the organ at "The Man's"
popular eatery before departing for California
where he now makes his home (it's
more convenient for Stan's TV appearances).
"The Phantom of the Opera" still is considered
by many film critics to be the greatest
horror presentation of the silent-picture
era. with the unmasking scene described as
one of the most brilliant episodes ever
photographed.
During the three-hour program, Kann
also will play favorite numbers from his
years at the Fo.x console.
Lincoln Village Theatre
Boosts 'Bad News Bears'
CHICAGO— Enthusiasm on the part of
Lincoln Village Theatre management and
staff has inspired patron interest and increased
volume at the boxoffice in relation
to a number of films. "The Bad News Bears
in Breaking Training" has been no exception.
As a preopening stunt, a 60x40-foot sign
on a side of the building drew a lot of preliminary
comment and subsequent substan-
business to the boxoffice.
tial
Advance publicity also included yellow
Bears pennants and baseballs in the lobby
and around the candy counter. With the
baseball motif as a feature in the overall
decor, a new price sign for bleachers, box
seats for adults and grandstand seats for
children was posted at the boxoffice along
with a showtimes scoreboard.
At a sneak preview, three youngsters representing
"Bad News Bears" were introduced
on the theatre stage by Robert Ken-
THE LINEUP—Old-timers a( Plitt llieatres were reminded of "the good old
days," back when patrons waited for some time to see film attractions at Balaban
& Katz theatres in the Loop, when they saw the moviegoers lined up recently at
the Orland Square 3 in Chicagoland. The eager ticket-buyers were waiting to enter
the triplex to see "The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training."
nedy, general manager of Brotman & Sherman
Theatres.
Credit for the effective exploitation also
goes to Bob Silverman, George Aniehini
and Hillside Theatre manager Bill Rivkin.
Chicago Was Filmmaking
Capital From 1907-1918
CHICAGO—Filming of "The Fury" in
Chicago is coming to an end. Shooting has
taken place in the Old Town area, the near
north side and in suburban Bolingbrook.
Interior lensing will be done on the West
Coast.
The moviemaking activity which was
done in Chicago during the past several
weeks reminded many longtime citizens that
the Windy City is where filmmaking began.
Research shows that in 1907 Chicago was
the film capital—and it remained so until
1918.
According to information gleaned by
George Estep of the Chicago Tribune, it
was in November 1918 that William N.
Selig, owner of the Selig Polyscope Co.,
was shooting "The Count of Monte Cristo."
A search for information revealed that Chicago
is where the serial movie came into
focus and it also has been revealed that
early stars, including Charlie Chaplin, Edward
Arnold, Ben Turpin, Francis X. Bushman,
Lillian Drew and a number of others,
appeared in films produced at the Essanay
Film Studios at 1333 West Argyle St.
As the story goes, Selig discovered Tom
Mix. Mix reportedly was a U.S. marshal in
Oklahoma but he started visiting Essanay
Studios while S:lig was shooting on location.
Selig, it is recorded, took Mix to Los .Angeles
for "Ranch Life in the Great SoiUhwest"
for scenic reasons but he kept his
Chicago studios.
The first full-length five-reel epic made
Chicago at Essanay was "Graustark,"
in
starring Francis X. Bushman.
Recorded among other Selig accomplishments
are "The Coming of Columbus."
which won Selig a medal from Pope Pius X.
Hartford vs. the Russo's
In Land War-Part II
HARTFORD—The Russo brothers, once
owners of the land on which the 2,100-car
capacity Meadows Drive-In was situated in
Hartford's North Meadows district, have
filed suit for $5 million against the Hartford
Redevelopment Agency in Hartford
County Superior Court.
Anthony and John Russo, who operate
an excavating company, seek the return of
the condemned 42.5-acres; when condemned
in July, 1975, the city paid $1,243,-
000, a price immediately contested in the
same court by the Russos. State referees
Louis Shapiro, Abraham S. Borden and Joseph
Klau have since awarded the brothers
$403,892 more from the city, but the Russos
argue the land was worth more than
$2.5 million.
The Russos assert that although the redevelopment
agency formed its final plan for
the North Meadows Industrial Business
Project in September. 1971, not until four
years later was their land condemned. The
delay, they continue, hindered continuing
negotiations to sell, lease or develop the
land. They add that at one point General
Cinema Corp. was ready to convert the
Meadows into a twin underskyer: this
project, however, was blocked by the condemnation.
The new suit claims that the redevelopment
agency illegally condemned the property
because the site did not fit the definition
of a slum area and was not really necessary
for the redevelopment project.
city
The Russos, for their part, claim that the
needs only "two or three" acres of the
property to relocate Weston Street. They say
that about nine acres of the land is illegally
leased by the redevelopment agency to
World Jai Alai of Hartford for use as a
parking lot. such use putting the redevelopment
agency into improper competition with
other parking lot
renters.
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JUIS
lyjfary Sfetgios has joined the Mid-America
Theatres staff as the newest employee
in ihe advertising department.
United Artists has scheduled a special
wide multiple double-dip which will begin
Wednesday (31). The duo is composed of
"The Return of the Pink Panther" and
•The Pink Panther Strikes Again." Both
features, of course, have Peter .Sellers starring
as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau.
Donald O'Connor, popular stage and motion
picture star who most recently appeared
in "That's Ent.-rtainmcnt!" and "That's Entertainment,
Part 2." will be starring in the
title role of "Charle's Aunt" at the Barn
Dinner Theatre through September 25
Smothers, actor-comedian-guitarist
(and brother of Dick Smothers who now
prefers auto racing to performing), comes
to the Plantation Dinner Theatre Tuesday,
.September 6. He will be starred in "Play
It Again. Sam." which runs through October
16.
For the fourth consecutive vear.
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the Muscular Dystrophy Ass'n of America's
research and service programs, will be carried
by KSD-TV. Channel 5. KSD-TV newsmen
Cliff St. James and John Auble will
co-host the live entertainment segments from
the Breckenridge Inn at Lindbergh and
With the aid of a grant from the Missouri Clayton Road and the Northwest Plaza
Arts Council, the University City Library Shopping Center from 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
hopes to have on its fall schedule of films September 4, through 5:30 p.m. Monday,
such attractions as "Cimarron." "A Woman
September 5. The fund-raising marathon
Rebels." "Dames." "Up Ihe River." orginates in Las Vegas. Aimee Lynn Weh-
"Mark of the Vampire." "This Day and meier of St. Charles is the Missouri MD.A
Age," "Shanghai Express." "Thunderbolt" 1977 poster child. A six-year-old victim of
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and "Cabin in the Cotton."
spinal muscular dystrophy. Aimee conlined
to a wheelchair. She will represent
the association in fund-raising campaigns.
Citizens Mount Anti-Smut Attack
CLAREMONT, N.H.—The display of
pornographic material is under fire in this
New Hampshire city, 500 persons signing a
petition asking Mayor Charles Puskta to
recommend that such material be displayed
at least six feet from the floor.
'Tall' Scores in KC Run
KANSAS CITY — "Final Chapter-
Walking Tall," a Bing Crosby Productions
feature starring Bo Svenson, grossed $76,-
622 in its first week in ten theatres in Kansas
City, according to James Whiteside,
BCP's vice-president in charge of sales and
marketing. The film is released by AIP.
RojoB Promotes 'Bears'
KANSAS CITY—Cookie Rojas, infieldcr
of the Kansas City Royals, helped promote
the opening of "The Bad News Bears
in Breaking Training" at the AMC Springs
4 theatres here by holding an autograph
session and giving away Square Shooter
suckers, a new concession item.
SALT Talks are Successful
In Syracuse Negotiations
SYRACUSE — A citizens group has
agreed to purchase the downtown Locw's
Theatre to save it from demolition.
The non-profit group, Syracuse Area
Landmark Theatre (SALT) will have 90
days to raise the $65,000 purchase price.
SALT wants to reopen and restore the
downtown "picture palace," according to
SALT president Joyce Schreiver.
At the contract signing Friday (12) Mrs.
Schriever said she is confident the $65,000
can be raised by the deadline. She reported
SALT has about $5,000 in membership
pledges in hand and gave $1,000 of that as
a down payment to the Sutton Real Estate
Corp.
Corporation vice-president Daniel Sutton,
who signed for the film, described the
possibility of reopening Loew's as a "much
needed shot in the arm for downtown Syracuse."
Peter Baum, SALT attorney, said Loew's
will not be reopened as the first run house
it used to be, but for "entertainment of all
types."
He noted that the 3,000-seat theatre,
built
in 1928, is the largest entertainment area in
the city outside of the War Memorial and
that SALT already has received inquiries
from agents anxious to book live shows into
Loew's.
He said the theatre could reopen in late
September or October.
City Councilor Armond Magnarelli, who
is
also a member of the State Council on the
Arts, said that he felt it would be possible
to cut taxes on the theatre since SALT is a
non-profit group.
The chairman of renovation and restoration
committee is Harris Cooper, who owns
a theatrical decoration business.
Ed Hunt will direct "War of the Ali
Norman Glick production.
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Variety of Grosses
KANSAS CITY—A mixed reception
awaited the newcomers to the area this
report week as the grosses ranged the full
gamut from 350 to 90. Newcomer "I Never
Promised You a Rose Garden" along with
holdover "Smokey and the Bandit" topped
the list. "The Last Remake of Beau Geste,"
which completed its first week at the Glenwood,
along with "MacArthur." which
completed its second week at the Plaza,
tied for second place with a mark of 300
while "Final Chapter—Walking Tall" took
the third place slot with an average of 250
at ten theatres.
Eight theatres—Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
(BV), 3rd wk 175
11 theatres—Outlaw Blues (WB) 125
r.ne Arts—Black and White in Color (AA)
3rd wk 95
Five theatres—Fire Sole (20th-Fox) 90
Glenwood I—The Last Hemake ol Beau Gestc
(Univ) 300
Plaza-MacArthur (Univ), 2nd wk, 300
Ranchmart—A Bridge Too For (UA), 9!h wk 55
Seville I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
(New World) 350
Six theatres—The Bad News Bears in Breaking
Training (Para), 3rd wk 230
Six theatres—Smokey and the Bandit (Univ),
3rd
.350
Ten theatres—Final Chapter-Walking Tall
(AlP)
Three theatres-The Other Side oi Midnight
'Suspiria' Tops Chicago List
For the Second Straight Week
CHICAGO— Although five new films
debuted in the area this week none of them
were able to capture the lead from "Suspiria."
which earned the highest grosses for
the second straight week. The second place
slot was shared by "Greased Lightning"
and "The Bad News Bears in Breaking
Training." which both earned grosses of
275.
Chicago, Hyde Park—Greased Lightning (WB),
3rd wk 275
Cinema—Block and Wiile in Color (AA),
8lh wk 250
Eight theatres—The Spy Who Loved Me (UA) 250
Five theatres—MacArthur (Univ) 225
Five theatres—Star Wars (20th-Fox), 12th wk 240
Five theatres The Last Remake oi Beau Geste
(Univ), 2nd wk 225
Four theatres—March or Die (Cc'.l 200
Golf Mill 2, Portage—Smokey and the Bandit
(Univ), 3rd wk 225
Highland Park 1, Riviera—Herbie Goes to Monte
Cotlo (BV). 3rd wk 150
Nine theatres One on One iWB) 2 =
Ookbrook, Woodfield 2—The Other Side oi
Midnight (20th-Fox), 9th wk :'50
Six theatres-The Bad News Bears in Breaking
Training (Para), 3rd wk 27,=i
Slate Lake— Suspiria (20th-Fox), 2nd wk .100
Three theatres—Fire Sale (20th-Fox) FO
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^idwest Films' Gene Irwin cekbrated his
birthday Friday (26)—and it was celebrated
in proper fashion, with co-workers
Mary Pickett. Jo Ann Bergman and Sharon
Richeson surprising him with a party on the
big
day.
Laurie Hanson, New World's office manager
and part-time jock, has racked up another
trophy for her showcase. Laurie played
on a coed Softball team in a Johnson
County Parks & Recreation League and she
and her mates just finished the season in
first place, with ten wins and no losses. One
wonders how much more awesome the team
could have been if they had played while
sober.
Biiena Vista held a special invitational
screening Thursday afternoon (25) at the
Fine Arts Theatre of the upcoming release
"Candleshoe," with David Niven. Cake and
coffee was served to augment the popcorn.
Summer is winding down and so are vacations
but a few people are still out there
getting their licks. One is Marilyn Pulver.
Universal clerk, who spent last week recreating
in southern Missouri, amidst the Mark
Twain National Forest in the Ozarks.
Nearly all the film exchanges will be closed
Monday, September 5, in observance of
Labor Day.
Valerie Hood, National Screen secretary,
reports she had a "wonderful" time on Florida
beaches earlier this month. Her time was
spent sitting in the rain on the beach. "It
was a nice option." she said. "You could
get wet in the ocean or get wet on the
beach." Valerie, incidentally, is a new member
of Women of Variety.
Universal has a new clerk-typist in its office.
Kathleen Huff began her duties Thursday
(18). She is a newcomer to the industry
but Kathleen is not a total stranger to Filmrow
personnel. Her mother Pat Nylund also
is a co-worker at Universal.
Debbie Richeson, account representative
for National Screen Service, traveled to
New Orleans last week to meet with Paramount
sales executives.
Bob Jackson and Jesse Graves each celebrated
25 years service with American Muiti
Cinema here. Both are custodians who
begin their AMC careers at the Roxy Theatre,
where they remained until the house
fell victim to the city's urban renewal
project in 1972. In recognition of their
combined half-century of service, the staff
and management presented Jackson and
Graves with gifts and congratulations.
Bev and Mary-Margaret Miller, Mercury
Film Co., went to Poplar Bluff Thursday
(18) to attend funeral services for Bev's
aunt Etta Gram, who died Tuesday (16)
at age 89 following a stroke. The Millers
returned to their Overland Park, Kas.. home
Simday (21).
Walt Disney is in the thoughts of people
in the Kansas City area. In the "TV Scene"
section of the Sunday (21) Kansas City Star
three writers to the "Mailbag" had questions
about Disney productions. One letter a.sked,
"Can you tell me why Walt Disney movie
classics such as 'Uncie Remus' and Mary
Poppins" and the like are not rereleased very
often? My son is coming to the age where I
would like to take him to see these movies,
hopefully a couple of times while he is still
a child. But it seems that many years pass
before these movies come back. Besides. I
want to see them again, too." The answer:
"Disney Productions has followed a strict
policy of reissuing the classics every seven
years. What is magic about a seven-year
cycle? 'Years ago we tried having them
come out more often.' Irving H. Ludwig,
president of Disney's distribution organization,
said. ".Attendance was not what we
hoped it would be. Every seven years a new
cycle develops and we stick to it, almost in
a religious manner.' "
Irving Marx, Buena Vista branch manager
in Minneapolis, was in town last week.
Screening at Commonwealth: Friday (26),
"The Contest" (Atlas), distributed by
Thomas & Shipp.
Cinema Prospects Studied
NARRAGANSETT. R.I.—A town council
authorized study on the possibility of
improving available entertainment within
the town limits for summer visitors is exploring
the prospects of a town supported
cinema. Narragansett at present has no such
facility. A report will be submitted to the
town council by Sidney Kramer at its
September 6 meeting. Thrust of the study
is understood to be geared to halt continuing
criticism of insufficient entertainment
for Narragansett's many summer tourists.
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'Siar Wars' Regains
Lead in Memphis
MEMPHIS—A decrease in the competition's
might enabled "Star Wars," which
toppled to the third place position last week,
into the second place slot with grosses of
420 while the area's newcomers faced receptive
crowds as "Orca" opened with substantial
grosses of 230 and "Jabberwocky"
ended its debut week with a mark of 210.
(Average Is 100)
Malco Quartel 1—Nasty Habits (SR), 5th wk 135
Memphian, Paramount 1—Star Wars (20lh-Fox),
_ 6th wk 435
3za 2—Iabber\
dgeway Four
(UA), 5th wk.
Ridgeway Four 3, Malco Quartet :—The Other
Side of Midnight (20th-Fox) 7th wk
Soulhbrook 2, ParamounI 2—Orca (PnrnJ
Three theatres—A Bridge Too Far (UA!
7th wk
Three theatres—The Spy Who Loved Me lUA)
2n6 wk
Rescuers (BV), 2nd wk.
Elvis Presley's Death
Mourned in Memphis
By EARLINE EANS
MEMPHIS — Local citizens were
shocked and saddened by the sudden death
of Elvis Presley who suffered a heart attack
Tuesday (16).
He was not only Memphis' favorite and
most famous citizen but a well behaved,
good and generous person whose contributions
to numerous charities and individuals
brought happiness to thousands.
The private funeral, which was conducted
by Rev. C. W. Bradley of Wooddale
Church of Christ, was held at Graceland
mansion and burial was in the mausoleum
at Midtown Forest Hill Cemetery, both of
which are located on Elvis Presley Boulevard.
Calls came from foreign cities and
people arrived from all over the world in
order to pay their respects to the rock 'n'
roll king who had touched so many lives.
Approximately 100,000 persons pressed
at the gates of the mansion in order to enter
and view the body and thousands were still
waiting in lines when the gates were finally
closed to the public. Many people spent
the entire night standing in lines and some
fainted and collapsed from the heat and
emotional strain. At one point a drunken
driver crashed into the crowd of mourners
and killed two teenage girls from Monroe.
La., also injiirina one airl from St. Clair.
Mo.
About 100 vans were required to transfer
the flowers, which lined the mansion's
driveway, from the mansion to the cemetery.
Memphians will miss their idol. Although
only a select group were allowed to enter
his gates and associate with him. the example
he set with wholesome living together
with the magnetism of his voice and personality
along with his generosity and graciousness
will live on.
Gov. Ray Blanton of Tennessee was
among llic crowd of about 200 persons iliai
attended the private services, l.imousuu's
were brought in for the celebrities that included:
John Wayne. Sammy Davis jr..
Ann-Margret, Burt Reynolds, James Brown.
George Hamilton, Chet Atkins and several
executives from RCA, the company for
which Presley recorded.
to recapture its previous position at the pinnacle
Pallbearers were Billy and Gene Smith,
of the list with grosses of 435. "The cousins of Presley; Joe Esposito, Presley's
Spy Who Loved Me" was narrowly edged road manager; Dr. George Nichopoulos,
Presley's personal physician; Charles
Hodge, a close friend; Felton Jarvis, a
Nashville producer who handled Presley's
records; George Klein, a former Memphis
radio announcer who is now the director
of Libertyland and a good friend, and Jerry
Schilling, road manager for the Beach Boys
and a longtime friend.
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late
President John F. Kennedy, visited the mansion
to pay her respects and later talked to
fans.
Presley kept busy the two weeks before
his death by enjoying a visit with his nineyear-old
daughter Lisa Marie and his father
Vernon Presley. He was scheduled to leave
on a tour Tuesday night that was to begin
in Portland. Ore., and end in Memphis Sunday
(28). Bill Minkus of American International
Pictures had scheduled a private
showing of "One on One" for Presley on
Tuesday night.
In addition to his success as a singer.
Presley had also made 31 movies.
Bert D. Benton Sr. Dies;
Famed Filmrow Veteran
JACKSONVILLE—Bert D. Benton sr..
the elder statesman to generations of Filmrow
people in exhibition, distribution and
allied industries throughout the Southeast,
died Saturday (13). Benton with his younger
brothers founded Benton Bros. Film Express,
which operated a fleet of freight
trucks.
Benton also headed the Jax Film Service,
which was an offshoot of Benton Bros. Film
Express, and held prominent positions in
Masonic orders.
Benton is survived by his widow, a son
Bert D. Benton jr., three grandsons, Bert
D., Patrick F. and James F.; a sister Mrs.
Arthur Swaim of Atlanta, Ga., and an aunt
Mrs. John Bishop of Marietta, Ga.
Giveaways and Displays
Highlight AMC Promos
GREENSBORO. N. C—Ron Anderson,
assistant manager of the Carolina Circle 6
theatres here, arranged a motorcycle giveaway
in conjunction with the Harley-Davidson
dealer here to promote "Viva Knievcl!"
The drawing was advertised over three local
radio stations.
A display of health club posters and stills
of the facilities of the Greensboro Health
Clubs was arranged by manager Don Emmert
of the same AMC multiplex to promote
Cinema 5's body-builder documentary
"Pumping Iron."
PROMOTION EFFORTS RE-
WARDED—Tony Bruguicre, manager
of the Santa Rosa Cinema III, Mary
Esther, Fla., is pictured above holding
the "Showmanship Award," which he
won for his promotion of "The Deep.''
Besides receiving the certificate, Bruguiere
also received a $100 check. Ogden-Perry
Theatres instituted the
awards program this year to reward
and acknowledge their theatre managers
who produce innovative and productive
promotion campaigns.
NC Pornography Law
Challenged in Suit
CHARLOTTE, N.C.—A suit challenging
the constitutionality of North Carolina's
new pornography law has been filed in federal
court here, presenting what is thought
to be the first test of the statute.
John G. Ncwitt jr.. a local lawyer, filed
the papers in the U.S. District Court here.
Newitt represents Jolar Cinema which
operates several peep shows, and W&S Enterprises,
which operates theatres and adult
bookstores in Greensboro and High Point,
N.C.
Newitt said he was challenging the new
law on "grounds of the First Amendment
freedom of speech and freedom of the press,
and second, on taking of property without
just compensation and without due process
of law."
Under the law, which took effect Monday
(1). an attorney general or district attorney
can seek to have firms such as X-
rated theatres and adult bookstores closed
as public nuisances. When the bill passed
the state Senate on June 30. state Atty.
Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten said he was concerned
about the bill's constitutionality and
was reluctant to become "a censor."
Edmisten was named as a defendant in
Newitt's suit along with local Dist. Atty.
Peter Gilchrist and Greensboro Dist. Atty.
E. Raymond Alexander jr.
Ncwitt said he hoped U.S. District Judge
James B. McMillan jr. would hold a hearing
on the suit within two weeks.
"It (the law) is the first of its kind that
I've seen in the U.S.," Newitt said.
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ATLANTA
Mg Elliott of locally based International
Pictures, which produces motion pictures
in addition to buying and distributing
lilms. was in Hollywood to put the finishing
touches on the company's new production
"The Billion Dollar Hobo." starring
Tim Conway and Will Geer. Anne Ander-
.son. Elliott's secretary, reported that the
company has moved to new headquarters at
Omni International, 500 North. Atlanta
.»0303. The telephone number is 522-7075.
Two locations quickly booked Elvis Presley
films and did a good business. Georgia
Theatres' Westgate Triple advertised "A
Tribute to the King—A Legend in His Own
Time" and offered the four films "Elvis on
Tour," "That's the Way It Is." "Girl Happy"
and "The Trouble with Girls." Storey
Theatres chose an outdoor showcase, the
North 85 Drive-In. for its trio of offerings,
with "That's the Way It Is." "The Trouble
with Girls" and "Spinout" advertised under
the banner "Elvis . . .
Three of His All-
Time Best Pictures."
Jack Rigg, head honcho at New World
Pictures, is an innovator when it comes to
arranging vacations for his family. Last
year they spent their holidays in Hawaii by
way of Mexico City. This year Jack opted
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led his entourage, including his wife, two
sons Champ and Kenny and daughter Carol.
into a plane destined for Boston. There they
boarded a Winnebago in order to take a
leisurely trip and enjoy the scenery of
Maine. Massachusetts. Connecticut. New
Hampshire. Vermont and Rhode Island.
Louise Cathy, Paramount's head cashier
and the historian for the WOMPIs, vacationed
with her daughter-in-law and grandchildren
for two days and then set out for
Columbia, S.C, where she participated in
a Fred Astaire Dance Studio competition.
Betty Smith, secretary to Paramount's
branch manager Mack MacAfee. returned
from a whirlwind holiday to such interesting
places as Virginia Beach, Baltimore and
Washington. D.C. She is now storing up
energy that she will need when she attends
the WOMPI International convention in
Memphis.
Trade and press screenings at Century
Cinema's facilities included "The End of
the World." distributed by Clark Film Releasing,
and "To Love, Perhaps to Die" and
"Black Tulip." distributed by Film Gems
International . . . Century Cinema's screening
room was pre-empted one evening by
Joe Harper, who is the vice-president of
Cobb Theatres in charge of booking, for a
party that was highlighted by the screening
of Paramount's "Islands in the Stream."
The WOMPIs staged their August board
meeting at the Century Cinema's plush quarters
and were delighted with the accommodations.
They hope to utilize the room in
the future due to its proximity to a large
segment of the membership.
The name of WOMPI president J one
Ackerly was inadvertently left off the list
of delegates to the WOMPI International
convention in Memphis. WOMPI presidents
automatically are delegates to the annu;
conclave.
arc determined to take over the illegal operation.
The film was written and directed by
Ed Mann, produced by Thierry Pathe and
stars Gil Gerard with co-stars Erika Fox and
Melody Rogers. After the local opening,
the film will break in the Charlotte. N.C..
and Jacksonville, Fla.. territories in early
fall.
Susan Morgan, New World Pictures'
billing
clerk, and Beverly Barnett. front desk
receptionist, joined the company's staff during
the summer.
Bob Oda and his wife returned from their
vacation in Ohio and Missouri where they
visited friends and relatives. Bob says that
his company is counting heavily on two
"biggies," "Valentino" and "Semi-Tough,"
which are due this fall and winter. The
former is set for October
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Pill South, a shipper for American International
Pictures, and his wife Frances
traveled to New York for a two week vacation
to visit relatives and sightsee.
Maggie Gaines, secretary for AIP's bookers,
spent a week relaxing at home and
visiting her parents . . .
Valerie Davis. AIP
staffer'^ spent her vacation at home on Chip
Road.
WOMPI president Deltine Craig of Malco
Theatres called a board meeting Monday
(15) to discuss plans for the International
convention that will be held in Memphis
September 15-18.
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II and Eastland Mall II; "Star Wars."
Charlottetown Mall II: "Greased Lightning,"
Charlottetown Mall III. and "The
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Mrs. Arietta Black ot Hxhibitors Service
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company Collins Film Distributors, which
is located at 115 Barkley Rd. He said that
his first film "Lovers Like Us" is doing
well in its opening engagements despite
heavy competition and that it is slated for
wide exposure in September.
Deepest sympathy is extended to the family
of Joe Rector of Drexel who died recently.
He worked as an exhibitor for several
years.
"The People That Time Forgot" debuted
in the area . . . Double Nickel" from
Galaxy Films was screened at the Car-mel.
Frank Savage, a salesman for American
International Pictures, made a recent swing
into the western part of the state to visit
the Coopers in Burnsville and Spruce Pine.
Doyle Norris of the Norris Drive-In,
Lenoir, is now recuperating from a heart
attack.
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MIAMI—Nu-Image Films in association
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In an unprecedented procedure "Chac."
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shown in other open-air screenings throughout
the country on the same date.
The film, which is G-rated and in a
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JACKSONVILLE
yyOMPI news: Community service events
during August included a social eveoms
at Woodstock Park that was attended
bv more than 100 handicapped teenagers
and a similar party for elderly residents of
the Florida Christian Health Center. Both
parties included games and refreshments
provided by the WOMPI hostesses ... A
group of 20 WOMPI volunteers continued
their support of educational TV station
channel 7. by answering 20 telephones during
a showing of -'South Pacific" in order
to'help boost the station's membership drive
Mrs. Estelle Greene, who is known as
the WOMPI "randmother in the local media,
is being cared for by WOMPI members
during a stay in St. Luke's Hospital following
a stroke.
R. L. "Bob" Jones, local manager for
ABC Florida State Theatres, reported that
five of the circuit's ten local theatres had
132 morning matinees for children from
June 6 to Wednesday (17), which set records
at the Regency I. Edgewood, Kingsley
I. San Marco and Florida theatres. The
Monday and Tuesday morning shows were
co-sponsored by the Duval County School
Board and the Wednesday shows were
billed as public service attractions by the
Florida Times-Union and the Journal,
which contributed large newspaper advertisements
four days each week. Attendance
at the 132 matinees exceeded 50.000 children
in addition to a substantial number of
parents.
Loews Names Manager
For Madison Theatre
NASHVILLE, TENN.— Kirby Jeffreys,
who has been with Loews Theatres since
1973, has been appointed manager of the
circuit's Madison Theatre.
Jeffreys joined the circuit as an assistant
manager at Loews Crescent and Melrose
theatres.
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Folks Hold Fun Day Picnic
BOSTON—The New England Motion
Picture Club unwound with a fun day picnic
at Harry Browning's estate on Mystic
Lake. The event was the culmination of
hard work by chairman Ben Cammack,
Universal, aided by Wendy Hess, Rita Keegan
and Richard Myerson. Festivities got
underway at 1 p.m. under sunny skies.
While the youngsters quaffed soft drinks
(known as tonic in New England) their
elders sipped somewhat sturdier stuff. The
usual outdoor menu of hot dogs, hamburgers,
cake, watermelon, etc., was available
to those who craved solid food.
Evy Titleman, Gasper Urban, Jack Keegan
and most of the small fry brought bathing
suits and romped in the cool water while
we less foresighted folks stood around and
suffered. Evy also kept busy assisting the
food service department, earning thanks
from one and all.
Even the flock of ducks patroling the
lake got in on the act as a certain distributor
(who shall remain nameless) threw two
pieces of bread upon the waters. One duck,
faster than the rest, outraced his feathered
brethren and gobbled up both tidbits, reminding
us of a certain exhibitor (who
shall also remain nameless).
Six of the more athletic types spent the
entire day playing games—poker. At approximately
five of the clock Ben, who had
been on the go constantly, was forced to
yield to a case of "the wearies" and Harry
the host made several attempts to say farewell,
some subtle and some otherwise, as
he noted that he was due at his drive-in in
Medford.
When all was said and done, it was a relaxing
and enjoyable outing and Ben, Harry
and all who made it possible must be
aware that their efforts were appreciated.
Faces in the Fun
Jim. Jeanne, John and Mark Engle with
Jim in a "Star Wars" T-shirt , . . Joe, Helen
and Kathy Leahy with Joe apologizing for
not bringing Harold Levin along . .
Jerry
.
Kravitz, Jay Sands in a "The Deep" T-
shirt and telling everyone how he threw a
frisbec about 100 yards into Joe Morana's
lap (arc the "Pats" still looking for a backup
quarterback?) Hoyt and
.
Anita Magee brought the glad tidings that
Tarsisio Fava, one of their bookers, was
married recently in Joe's presence, in New
York . . . George Abbot, Gasper Urban's
wife Blanche, Henry Neveau, Plainville
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Rancatore and Bruce Quackenbush
from Sunn Classic headquarters in Marblehead
Ray Swank. 16mm distributor
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WATERTOWN, MASS.—"Swiss Miss,"
Laurel & Hardy comedy classic, plus Buster
Keaton and Three Stooges shorts, were
shown at the Watertown Public Library as
a free attraction program.
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3^iK and Alyce Weinstock just returned
from a trip to Las Vegas. Alex reported
that they are renaming the poker
room of the MGM-Grand Casino after
him and Bobbie Gallagher and
iheir children left on Friday (5) for a two
week vacation in Montana and Colorado.
It's their first visit back home since moving
h;re one year ago ... Jim Carey, Wometco
Enterprises e.xecutive. and his wife Ruth are
anxiously anticipating their Labor Day departure
for Europe. They will be spending
three glorious weeks drinking and eating
their way across France. It is almost an annual
event for the Careys.
Happy anniversary to Manford and Berneice
Pickrell who celebrated their 50th on
•Saturday (6). Family members from all
over the U.S. arrived in Orlando for the
event including their son Pick, president of
Carbons. Inc. ... On the same date Fred
and Mary Anderson celebrated their 40th.
Mary said it was lovely despite having to
work that day. She is the manager of the
Village Theatre in Hialeah where she says
they have been filling the house with "The
Rescuers."
There has been standing-room-only business
the Wurtzburg's Movies of Kendall,
at which has been featuring "One on One."
Martin Hornstein, the producer of the film,
was in the area recently on a whirlwind
publicity tour accompanied by G. D. Spradlin
who plays the despicable coach of Western
University in the summer feature, which
also stars Robbie Benson and Annette
OToole.
Ted Freiwald has assumed the operation
of the Ruskin Drive-In, Ruskin. Fla,, from
the former owner Charles Utley.
Bill
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NEW ORLEANS
Qii National Film Day, Monday (22),
movie distributors and exhibitors coniiibtiied
part of the day's boxoffice receipts
to the American Film Institute. Andre
Guttfrcund and Peter Werner were in town
recently on pari of a ten-day tour to promote
the event since they have an interest
in the AFl— it paid for their Academy
Award-winning film "In the Region of Ice."
Gulf States Theatres hosted a reception for
the filmmakers and for members of the
press and this city's film exhibitors.
The tragic passing of Elvis Presley
brought the return of several of his films
to local screens. The films were "That's the
Way It Is" and "Elvis on Tour." Kenilworth
Cinema II and "Clambake" and "Frankie
and Johnny," Panorama.
The Midway Drive-In, Lake Charles, La.,
closed because of a recent fire that destroyed
the snack bar and projection building.
New titles on the marquees include: "The
Last Remake of Beau Geste," Lakeside Cinema;
"Empire of the Ants," four theatres,
and "Kingdom of the Spiders."
WOMPI news: At the first closed meeting
this year delegates were selected for
the International convention that will be
held September 15-18 in Memphis. The
delegates are Anna Power, president, and
Marie Berglund, first vice-president. Joan
Winstell and Catherine D'Alfonso were
elected alternates. Other members planning
to attend are: Eunice Peeples, Yvette Ogden,
Imelda Giessinger, Gene Barnette,
Earline Dupuis, Ruth Cook. Agnes Garcia
and Lee Nickolaus, who is one of only two
WOMPIs in the entire organization that has
not missed a convention since the first one
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other holder of a perfect attendance record.
Bernice Chauvin, social chairperson, and
her committee have been busy working on
plans for the annual "outgoing officer's party"
that was scheduled for Sunday (28) at
Bernice's camp in Little Woods.
Yvette Ogden, financial chairperson, reported
that her committee is in the process
of compiling a cookbook, which consists of
recipes that were donated by members and
friends. Currently advertisements are being
solicited to sponsor the project and anyone
who wants a copy can place an order with
any of the members. All proceeds will benefit
the ABBE Nursing Home and the Hickory
Heights retirement homes.
News from the Byrne Watts Storey Agency:
Luana Anders, who signed for an important
role in Paramount's "Goin" South,"
directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, is
reunited with Nicholson for the fourth time
cinematically. The three previous occasions
were "The Missouri Breaks," "Easy Rider"
and "The Last Detail" . . . Jack Warden,
who was nominated for an Oscar when he
co-starred with Warren Beatty in "Shampoo,"
has been signed by Beatty for a starring
role in "Heaven Can Wait," which is
a Paramount film currently before the cameras
in San Francisco that Beatty is producing,
co-directing and starring in.
When Agatha Christie's famed Belgian
detective Hercule Poirot returns to the
screen in Paramount's "Murder on the
Nile," the actor portraying him will be twotime
Oscar winner Peter Ustinov. Among
the murder suspects he'll be questioning on
a paddle-wheeler cruising on the Nile in
the 1930's will be several other Oscar winners
including Maggie Smith, Bette Davis
and David Niven . recording star
Yvonne Elliman who is currently scoring
with her smash single of "Hello, Stranger"
.
next record two songs composed by the
will
Bee Gees for Paramount's disco-drenched
musical "Saturday Night Fever," which
stars John Travolta for Mr.
Goodbar" is the third No. 1 bestseller that
Richard Brooks has directed for the screen.
The previous two were Robert Ruark's
chiller "Something of Value" and Truman
Capote's autopsy of American crime "In
Cold Blood."
Film to Help Raise
Funds for Memorial
MILWAUKEE—When Universal Pictures'
"MacArthur" opvened at the Northtown
and Southtown Theatres on Friday
(5), color guard from the U. S. Army
a
made a presentation of colors immediately
preceding the screening at 7:15 p.m. at
the south-side house. The army also displayed
a large, lighted exhibit of various
combat and non-combat aspects of the military
in the theatre's lobby. Army recruiters
were on hand to distribute copies of General
of the Army Douglas MacArthur's
moving farewell address that he had delivered
to the cadets at West Point. "Duty.
Honor and Country."
The Northtown Theatre also had an exhibit
set up in its lobby devoted to medals
and it contains every Army medal ever
given from the Medal of Honor to campaign
ribbons.
A native of Milwaukee, MacArthur left
his home here in 1898 to attend United
States Military Academy, West Point. N.Y.
Inasmuch as 1978 will mark the SOlh anniversary
of his entry to West Point, the local
War Memorial Corp. established a Mac-
Arthur Memorial Committee which has announced
plans to commemorate MacArthur
in the following ways: to assemble a major
MacArthur exhibit at the Milwaukee County
Historical Society; to place a historical
marker at MacArthur Square; to place a
marker at the MacArthur family home site
on Marshall Street; to prepare a booklet
on the MacArthurs in Milwaukee; and to
erect a statue of Gen. Douglas A. Mac-
Arthur to be placed at MacArthur Square.
The initial raising of funds for these
memorials have been coordinated with the
"MacArthur" film. A three foot-tall, bronze
miniature of the MacArthur statue will be
publicly displayed for the first time in the
lobby of the Southtown Theatre throughout
the exhibition of the film. The Marcus
Theatres management has announced it
shares the War Memorial Committee's enthusiasm
in commemorating Gen. Douglas
MacArthur. To help support these projects,
envelopes will be available at the
Southtown Theatre explaining the project
and requesting patrons to forward their
contribution to the War Memorial Corporation.
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VICTORIA, TEX.— Alter 42 years of
operation, the Uptown Theatre in the downtown
section of Victoria is scheduled to
give the Frels circuit 15 indoor screens and
one underskyer. The company already has
a fourplex in Victoria and a Spanish-language
house, as well as its luxurious Salem
6 multitheatre, which was unveiled May 19
and currently is enjoying a highly successful
run with "Star Wars" in Dolby sound.
The new Uptown, according to Sides,
very likely will have two auditoriums
equipped for stereo, as well as a completely
automated projection booth with platter
systems. A novel and attractive feature of
the yet-to-open quad will be a concession
stand with a patented barbeque pit for cooking
hamburgers, hot dogs, etc. This eatery
will be available to walk-in trade and not
confined to serving moviegoers exclusively.
A large, glassed-in portico will be provided
for the convenience of diners, many of
whom probably will be members of the
downtown business community.
Sides stressed that
stereo sound would be
offered in the new Uptown, since it is a
presentation plus for which Frel Theatres is
well known. "Like the other multitheatres,
the auditoriums probably will have Dolby
sound systems," he commented.
Will Rogers Fund Support
DALLAS— In a letter to Texas theatre
owners, NATO of Texas president Brandon
Doak urged Texas theatres to support the
industry's Will Rogers Hospital by conducting
audience collections for one week's performances
before school starts in late August.
Doak stressed the importance of the
hospital and called it a real fringe benefit
since theatre employees and their families
can receive the finest treatment available
for pulmonary problems. He said theatre
owners and managers should order the
trailer and campaign kit from National
SAN ANTONIO
^^ith siuns stating their sentiments, young
and old alike joined forces Saturday
(20) to protest the showing of two X-rated
movies at the Westwcod Twin Theatres,
which have become a member of the Pussy-
Mann Theatres has sold the Central Park
Fox Theatre 3 to Santikos Theatres Inc.
John Evans has been named manager of the
theatre complex. Ken Squier, director of
operations for Santikos Theatres, Inc., with
Tom Bridge, vice president and general
manager and Ken Higgins, booker were on
hand for the appointment of Evans and the
takeover of the theatre by the new owners
. . . Hollywood star Virginia Mayo is expected
to purchase a ranch in the hill country
near San Antonio to be near her daughter
and son-in-law Mary and Kent Johnston
who will move to San Antonio.
A "Can-I-Do-It Girl" contest is being
conducted by KBUC and the Century South
Theatre in conjunction with the showing
of "Can I Do It ... Til I Need Glasses?"
Included among the prizes are an AM-FM
clock radio, a dinner for two at the Royal
Street Crossing Cape Restaurant and Pub, a
gift certificate from Mary B's Boutique plus
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guts enough to play two Monty Python
movies together, "Jabberwocky" and
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Local theatres booked a number of Elvis
shutter after the last showing September 1,
Frels Theatres executive Bill Sides told cut Theatres of San Antonio. The films are
Presley films for showing following the
BoxoFFicE Tuesday (23).
"Eruption" and the double bill of "Resiurection
of Eve" and "Behind the Green San Pedro triple screen outdoor, the Trail
sudden death of the singing star. At the
The site, however, is not destined to become
another dark monument to a glorious Door." Admission is $3.50, for military outdoor and the Valley Hi outdoor it was
cinematic past. "We are making preparations
now, finishing the blueprints, to start tres in the circuit includes Woodlawn I & west Six consisting of "Elvis on Tour" and
with ID, $2.50 and couples $5. Other thea-
"Tickle Me" and a double bill at the North-
construction of the new Uptown October II and Josephine . Polunsky, whose "Elvis—That's the Way It Is" . . . The
1," "The new Flicker Footnotes appears San Antonio
"Monty Python
in the Sides explained. facility will
film Meets Light was in Hollywood attending a Fringe" will have its Texas premiere Sept.
Beyond the
be a quadplex with a total seating capacity
300 of 1.200, with approximately seats press conference for "The Other Side of
in
I and 2 at Trinity University.
each auditorium."
Midnight" and an interview with Susan
The addition of the quad, which tentatively
Sarandon.
Proceeds
from the showing will go to muscular dystrophy.
The film will be shown Sept. at
1
and and is slated for a June 1978 debut, will
7 10 p.m., Sept. 2 at 3:30, 7 and
10 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room of
a trip to Hollywood and a featured role in and Northwest Six.
a new, major motion picture . . . The North-
Trinity's Coates Center. Admission will be
75 cents . . . The San Antonio Film .Society
will screen "Au Hasard Balthasar" by Robert
Bresson, "The End of August at the
Hotel Ozone" by Jan Schmidt at the Chapman
Graduate Center of Trinity University.
The midnight show at the Olmos includes
"The Cool Cat Is Back." "Fritz the Cat,"
"Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat": the KTFM-
FM midnight show at the Northwest Six
was "Fantastic Animation Festival,": "The
Hills Have Eyes" was the attraction at midnight
at the Town Twin while "Can I Do
It ... Til I N2ed Glasses?" was featured at
Century South Six . . . New film titles appearing
here include "The Happy Hooker
Goes To Washington" at the Cine Cinco
and Movies 4; "Fantastic Animation Festival"
at the Northwest Six, Century South
Six and Cine Cinco; "Can I Do It . . . Til
I Need Glasses?" at the Century South Six
UGHTEDlMPULSESMJESSIGN.FRtt!
Screen Service and solicit the help of outside
groups (Scouts, church groups, etc.) to
help with passing collection cans. At driveins,
Doak suggested that a pretty girl in
shorts be stationed at drive-in entrances to
pass the collection can while customer's
cars are lined up waiting to buy tickets :ii
the boxoffice.
Robert Vaughn and Christopher Lee will
star in "War of the Aliens."
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SHOW BUSINESS IN
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:^ Dallas fireman, Grady Moore, of 13017
Vi-rdani Street. Kleburg, Texas 75145
is the new owner of the Showcase Theatre,
i.formerly the Showcase Cinema) in Balch
Springs. Texas. Tel. 286-5790. Claudia Elliott.
500 So. Ervay. Suite 603-B, Dallas,
Tel. 744-3165 will do the booking. Confirmations
and bids are to be sent to Claudia.
Contracts and payments will come from
Grady Moore.
Mary Crump, Genevieve Koch and Jo
Ellen Greenlee of the WOMPI Club visited
the Big Town Nursing Home Wednesday
(17) and took 240 tray-favors, (beautifully
wrapped cones filled with hard candies) and
a number of personal gifts to one of the
patients, a former United Artists Corp.
employee. Ila Sample. Visiting a nursing
home where residents are living far away
from their family and friends is a touching
experience. Ila has no family in the Dallas
area and the visit meant much to her. The
tray-favors were well received by the other
residents in this home.
Beverly Foster, a new WOMPI member
from 20th Century-Fox just returned from
her vacation in Tennessee.
Congratulations to Mozelle Jamison of
United Artist Theatres, whose husband
bought her a mobile home about eight weeks
ago. After spending the weekends at Cedar
Creek Bay area they have cleared out the
brush, had ih; water and light connections
turned on. so Mozelle could hardly wa't
for the weekend of Saturday (20) to get
down there in her new home on wh;els.
She feels proud that he bought it in her
name . a nice surprise gift.
Velde at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New
York. Wednesday (10). From Dallas there
was Mr. and Mr?. John Rowley. Rowley
is a member of the Board of Directors
of the Will Rogers Memorial Foundation.
Also, there was Brandon Doak, chairman of
the reg'onal Will Rogers Memorial fundraising
drive, Fred Mound and his daughter
Carol. From Houston there was Charlie
Paine and Bob Park. From San Antonio was
Maurice Braha.
Reports indicate great pride and satisfaction
with the new Will Rogers Memorial
plans and dedication services. Theatres
throughout the country are asked to participate
in the audience collection drive so
all funds can be in before school starts in
late
August.
The newly revived Windmill Dinner Thetre
has been sold to Perry Cloud, owner of
Granny's Dinner Theatre. Cloud is a successful
innovator in the field who will seek
to satiate Dallasites' thirst for "name" entertainers
... "I Never Promised You a
Rose Garden" at the Village, is labeled as
a "sleeper" . pundits are puzzled
by the failure of "New York, New
York" and the success of "The Spy Who
Loved Me."
"Semi-Tough" with a host of Dallasites
on screen got a sneak peek recently to generally
positive comments . . . Localite Buddy
Boren announced plans to film a semi-documentary
on drag racing . . . Dallas may also
serve as the site of "Semi-Tough's" world
premiere according to filmmaker Michael
Ritchie . Thunder" filmed in
and around San Antonio is slated for October
release.
From what we can learn Texas was well John Special and Gary Sebastian are
represented at the Will Rogers* Memorial working hard to make the Borzoi (named
Fund SlOO-a-phite dinner, honoring James after Sebastian's dog. Veruska) a profitable
operation with good films at prices the public
can afford. Formerly the Capri which
showed Spanish-language films before it
lapsed into the so-called "adult market,"
the Borzoi has been battling the stigma
associated with its predecessor.
Exhibitors, Distributors
Facing Antitrust Charges
HOUSTON—Tercar Theatre Company
said Monday (15), in a suit filed against 12
motion picture exhibition and distribution
companies, that it has been pushed out of
competition for superior first-run shows in
the Houston area.
The antitrust suit filed in federal court
alleged that competing circuits have agreed
among themselves to divide the first-run
films and are aided in the conspiracy by
distribution companies.
The defendants use an unlawful system
of bid-rigging to exclude Tercar, according
to the suit which seeks $5 million in damages.
It also said Tercar is prevented from
screening new pictures along with other
circuits.
Cinema Del Norte Open in Laredo
LAREDO—United Artists' Cinema Del
Norte opened Friday (12) at Mall Del Norte.
On the premiere bill were "Star Wars,"
"Sorcerer," "The Bad News Bears in
Breaking Training" and "Rocky." The new
quadplex uses a boxoffice computer system
that is a first for the UA circuit.
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patrons attending the showing of "Tentacles"
at the Allen Center, Almeda 9
Majestic OST, Northwest 4, Northwood
East,
6, Park 3, Shamrock 6. Soiilhway 6
and Town & Country 6 indoors and Irvington,
King Center 3, McLendon Triple.
Parkway, Thunderbird 2 and Tidwell driveins
are being given a miniature sea creature
while the supply lasts . . . "Smokey" Robinson
appeared live in concert in two shows
on Wednesday (17) at the Majestic Metro.
His movie "Big Time" was screened on the
same program with tickets $6.50 per person.
Tickets tor the capacity of the theatre
were sold for the two shows held at 7 and
10 p.m.
Big Splashc!i in
the Cinema was the theme
for the final week of the ninth annual Alley
Theatre simimer film festival. Tallulah
Bankhead in Alfred Hitchcock's "Lifeboat"
is to be shown Tuesday and Wednesday (30-
31): Esther Williams. Peter Lawford and
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Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell and Wallace
Beery in "China Seas" on .Sept. 3 and 4.
The Friday Midnight Sleaze series featured
the showing of "Carry on Camping" on
Sept. 2 . . . Cesar Romero ended his engagement
at the Windmill Dinner Theatre
in the stage production of "Never Get
Smart with an Angel." The play was well
attended by the many fans of the star.
New titles appearing on local marquees
include "Between the Lines" at the Galleria
and Westwood; "Happy Hooker Goes to
Washington" at the Tower, Woodlake and
Clear Lake and "Stas and Nell" at the Village
. . . The Rice Media Center screened
"Ulysses;" the Jewish Commimity Center
test presented "Captains Courageous" at
Kaplan Theatre; in the Children's Series the
Museum of Fine Arts presented "Ichabod
and Mr. Todd" and "King Kong" in Brown
Aud toriimi ... A number of drive-ins have
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Houston's own Annette O'Toolc is being
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seen in "One on One ciurently at the Almeda
9 East, Shamrock 6, Festival 6, Northshore
and Woodlake 3 . . . The Beatles have
taken over screen number 2 at the Bijou
Twin with "Yellow Submarine" and "Help!"
being shown ... In a recent column Houston
Post film writer Eric Gerber himnorously
recalled some of his more difficult interviews
from Ryan O'Neal to Ossie Davis.
OKLAHOMA CITY
^he death of Elvis Presley brought a raft
of calls to the United Artists' office to
book any Presley picture that they had
prints on. They had several of the MGM
releases, but were booked up as fast as possible
through August. This reminds us of
the time when Will Rogers was killed in a
plane accident. There was a great demand
for the showing of his movies. They too,
were big boxoffice.
Peggy Leasure, UA staffer, attended a
meeting of th; 15th district of lATSE
and MPMO held in Muskogee recently.
International president Walter DichI was
present.
Jerry Smith and his wife have returned
from Denver, to make their home here. Jer-
going into independent
ry is
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planning on
distribution. He was a former MGM
salesman.
Jack Box, Universal manager in Denver
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,\::d wife Lou were in to visit with children,
grandchildren and friends.
John Buffo, Liberty Theatre, Hartshorne,
IS recuperating here at St. Anthony Hospital,
alter open heart surgery. His wife Lou is
staying here to give him comfort.
George Gnibe. 14 Flags Drive-In is glad
to be back, at his desk, taking care of advertising
and bookings, after a trip to the
Baptist
hospital.
Jerry Brewster and Jerry Malone. U.-^
sales managers, made a trip to northeastern
Oklahoma, to re-acquaint Malone with former
customers. Malone had traveled this
territory for Columbia pictures several years
ago.
In lo book and buy: George Grube, 14
Flags Drive-In; Everett Mahoney. Guymon
and Perryton; Phil and Jake Guiles, Continental
Film Distributors, Dallas.
There was a Pearl Harbor Navy Motion
Picture Exchange get-together at Lake Tenkiller,
when Ed Ray, former Warner Bros,
office manager, George Friedel, and Jack
Whelihan. former 20th Century-Fox salesman
and Eddie Greggs. UA salesman, got
together and reminisced about their duties
distributing films during World War IL
Hookers in a Frail Tale
Of Goodnight-Loving Trail
WACO— ESI Films of Waco has just
completed location filming on a comedy
western entitled "The Hooker Bunch." The
film was shot entirely on location in southern
Montana.
Co-producers of the film, Zack and Mary
Belcher, said it is a rollicking story of an old
con artist and his three female companions
as they work their way up the Goodnight-
Loving cattle trail in 1885.
The picture stars veteran actor Dub Taylor
as Dr. Isiah Beauregard Hooker. He is
supported in the picture by Buck Taylor,
formerly Newly on "Gunsmoke." Also starring
in the film is Otis Sistrunk, defensive
lineman for the Oakland Raiders.
Dr. Hooker's three companions on the
trail are Gaetana Campbell, Danielle Hibbard
and Linda Mann, all
of Dallas.
At one point in the film, "The Hooker
Bunch" is ambushed by a group of drunk,
inexperienced bandits led by Hollywood
character actors John Chandler and John
Furlong.
"The Hooker Bunch" has the use of a
traveling "entertainment center" while they
work their way up the trail. A trick wagon
was constructed for the picture which includes
a dance stage complete with piano, a
complete bar and a gambling casino.
The Belchers say the film will be ready
for release in late October or early November.
It will probably be rated PG.
New Wage Law Proposal
NATO Write-in Target
DALLAS—HR 3744 proposes to increase
the Federal Minimum Wage from the
present $2.30 to $2.65 per hour. It is before
the House now and should be voted upon
very soon.
The NATO exemption attempt failed by
one vote in the Labor Committee but it will
be brought up again before the House.
NATO urges all members to write their
congressmen and senators and seek their
support of a minimum wage category for
employees under the age of 21 years. With
all the teenage unemployment, the new
minimum will further increase unemployment
for young people since most exhibitors
feel $2.65 is too high for teen help.
Dallas Industrialist
Enters Pay TV Market
DALLAS—A by-lined story in the Dallas
Times revealed that wealthy industrialist
Clint Murchison has purchased a controlling
interest in a New York-based pay TV equipment
company and has filed with the Federal
Communications Commission to operate
in several major metropolitan markets.
Subscription Television of America, a
new Dallas company owned by Murchison
already has an application filed in its behalf
to operate in Dallas according to STA
president Sam Price, who stated that a move
is underway to get the greenlight for operations
in other metropolitan areas.
All Theatre Exhibitors Are Invited
Southwestern Independent Theatre
Exhibitors
Association
Meeting Wed. Sept. 7th, 10 a.m.
at HOLIDAY INN — 4070 No. Central Expressway
DALLAS, TEXAS
Tel. Area 214 — 827-0880
Exhibitors from 7 States are invited . . . OKLAHOMA, TEXAS,
ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, NEW MEXICO,
COLORADO and KANSAS
IF
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THINK ING TOGETHER.
Heor President Tom Patterson of
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exhibitors and provide additional film product for Associated members.
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Post Office Box 30051 — Dallas, Texas 75230
Telephone Area 214 - 361-5381
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Ozoners Offer Plus
To Economy-Minded
DES MOINES—What kind of people go
to drive-ins? People who don't want to dress
up. people who balk at indoor theatre prices,
people who can't afford baby-sitters, people
who have trouble getting into theatre seats
and outdoor freaks.
Sure there are the unmarrieds who aren't
worried about admission prices and who
At an indoor theatre there is always the
chance of sitting close to theatre critics and
noisy children. Also, you can't prop up your
feet, you can't smoke or drink beer, you
can't make out with your date, and you can't
talk to your friends. There is also a cost factor.
Most drive-in admissions are $2.50 per
person with children under 12 free, a policy
long abandoned by traditional theatres. On
the other hand indoor theatres cost $3.50 a
head plus refreshments and cost of a babysitter,
if necessary. At a drive-in many people
come equipped with lawn chairs, coolers
full of pop, beer, popcorn and candy from
home.
"We have many people who come to
drive-ins saying that they can't go to the
movies during the winter because they can't
afford baby-sitters," says Blank. As for
bringing small children to R-rated movies
there usually is no problem. By the time the
show starts, the kids have had some popcorn,
watched the cartoons and are asleep
in the back seat. "I come here so I can get
some peace and quiet while the kids are
up there," said Marilyn Cheek of Des
Moines, whose daughter and a friend were
watching "Jaws" from atop the quilt-draped
car. "After a while, the kids poop out and
I can watch the second feature." The quality
of the picture is
not necessarily important.
Fewer Ozoners Now
Despite their advantages the number of
drive-ins nationwide has fallen from a high
of almost 6,000 in the early '60's to about
4,500 today. Skyrocketing land prices arc
a factor. "I used to be able to go out, get a
location outside the city, get ground at a
reasonable price and build a theatre," Blank
said. "But today land values have changed
and it costs a lot more to build. Also, you
can't use a drive-in for anything else." It
lakes aboiU 15 acres for the average drivein.
Long-time theatre owners were encouraged
to sell their holdings to shopping mall
and apartment complex developers. Despite
the financial problems, many operators are
struggling to keep alive the tradition long
enjoyed by filmgocrs who like to smoke,
eat, or neck while watching a show. The
key, say today's operators, is to attract a
full parking lot in order to offset high fixed
costs such as property taxes. Robert Selig,
chairman of the drive-in committee of the
National Association of Theatre Owners
says "Drive-ins are the great middle-American
pastime. "Where else can families go
films just don't pay for themselves."
Baltimore Radio Station
Working Film Promotions
BALTIMORE—Motion picture companies
are flocking to WLPL-FM for its promotional
assistance in publicizing their summer
releases.
American International Pictures' "The
Island of Dr. Moreau" received a great shot
in the arm by WLPL. The station promoted
the appearance of the Humanimal at the
Baltimore Zoo. A member of the Adventures
Group Agency, dressed in the himianimal
costume, was caged at the zoo on a
Sunday afternoon while Casey Jones,
WLPL's midday radio personality, solicited
donations for the Baltimore Zoo Animal
Fund. Two-for-one admission passes were
also given away with Humanimal T-shirts
on WLPL's "Constant Contest." The station
also staged a private screening of the film
at the JF screening room.
Ray Thompson & Associates gave 92FM
a chance to promote the new 007 feature,
"The Spy Who Loved Me" via an on-air
James Bond trivia contest. Audience response
was phenomenal, as this contest ran
two weeks. United Artists Records tied into
the promotion by supplying soundtracks to
be given away with complimentary passes to
see the film for all winners. United Artists
was interested in promoting the new Carly
Simon single, which is the featured song
on the soundtrack.
The Robert Kriger Advertising Agency
has used WLPL's "Constant Contest" as a
means of promoting the Paramount releases
of "Sorcerer," "Bad News Bears in Breaking
Training" and "Orca."
Twin Cities Expect
Fall Doldrums Early
MINNEAPOLIS—Even with its first-run
engagement "augmented" with competing
dates, "Star Wars" at the Park Theatre
continued to perform in leggy style, 310 in
its 12th orbit and still flying high enough
to lead the Barometer pack. As the summer
play-time neared its end, only three multiples
bowed . . . and "The Bad News Bears
in baby-sitters
don't have children need of
in Breaking Training" was easily the strongest
of these, hitting 235 in a three-screen
but who find theatre seats aren't too cozy.
for
"Drive-ins have always had
$5 and not have to
a reputation
pay for
for
parking, a spread. "The Teasers," exploitation fare,
baby-sitter,
being
or a
passion
big
pits." says Myron Blank,
expensive
president
of
dinner." Selig found a 125 across four screens. And "Final
insists the
Central States Theatre Corp. which
economic appeal of drive-ins will Chapter—Walking Tall" in a six-house
owns help
four Des Moines
them to
drive-ins. "But
overcome their current
I'd
slump. spread was in with a 1 15.
say about 80% of our cars normally have
That and maybe the fact that the industry "MacArthur" was marching along with
is planning
children.
to unveil
I don't think young couples have
new equipment next fall a 270 in a second lap at the Cooper, but
that will enable owners to show X-rated films other figures were trailing off with little
to go to drive-ins, they have other places to
go. According to a recent University of Minesota
to customers in the theatre on a special con-
product excitement in view. School starts
survey, people who tainment screen that will
go
appear totally
to drive-ins are
blank early here this year, even before Labor Day.
about ten years older than those who go to
And so the dreaded early-fall doldrums
to motorists outside. But, Blank says, the
indoor theatres." Comfort seems to rate the
highest priority in a recent check of Des
screen is a "very expensive, elaborate thing,
whether it will be profitable, I don't know."
could arrive prematurely.
(Average Is 100)
Moines drive-ins. Most of them felt that the
indoor theatres posed too many restrictions.
He added that he doesn't think it will ever
be in general use, although Selig said it has
.270
a future in theatres showing X-rated films.
Why the need for X-rated films if the industry
Perils of Hardtop
Edina 1—Jabberwocky (SR) 3rd v.-k
is so dedicated to the family? "Econom-
wk
11—Black Edincr and White in Color :AA1
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photos. Don was interviewed by the reporters
and quoted in the front page story as
explaining how the mishap occurred. He
said the two men heard the bridge give way
and tried to get out of the way but did not
have time.
Don tells Boxoffich "We are now in the
process of having our marquee sandblasted
and painted, and we are giving ii and the
neon a general facelift."
80 actors recruited from the Neenah-
Menasha area of Wisconsin were used in
the two-week filming of an Occupational
Safety and Health Act (OSHA) training film
made in New Holstein. Completed by the
first of August, the film is now being edited
and will be ready for viewing by the end of
November. It will be used primarily to train
management personnel, union representatives
and state and federal inspectors.
Another in the periodic series of Baker
Shoe Store display ads that look like movie
ads and are run on the local theatrical page
is the current one with its headline: "New
Rope, New Rope." Its stars are listed as
Liza Cushionelli and Robert De Neato with
the accompanying message: "Get high on
this sole story." Head drawings of the two
stars are located at each end of an illustration
of a shot possessing a very high, cushiony
sole. "Daily 16.99' the ad announces
and adds: "Now showing at the Bakers
near you."
PES MOINES
pick Hayes, Dick Hayes Enterprises, has
been hop-scotching the Midwest with
one of the most attractive and delightful
traveling companions imaginable: lovely
Linda Wong, star of the "Jade Pussycat."
During a promotional tour for her picture
the pair spent July 27— 30 in Kansas City,
Wednesday—Sunday (10-14) in Denver.
Wednesday— Friday (17-19) in Davenport,
and Saturday—Tuesday (20-23) at the 1536
Theatre in Des Moines. Producer Dick Aldrich
will join them their first day in Des
Moines for an appearance at the theatre.
Linda will continue her triumphant midwestern
tour after her visit here.
Central States reported several items of
interest leading off with the good news that
Gayle Gustafson of the hard top booking
department has been promoted to assistant
booker with Peggy Miller joining the organization
as Gayle's successor as secretary
ports that his wife Wilma is recovering nicel>
from nerve surgery at Mercy Hospital
. . . Phyllis Patterson, purchasing, spent a
week in Hudson, N.Y. enjoying a visit with
her son and his family . . . Richard Ellenberger,
a traveling auditor, retired Friday
(19) which is good news for Richard but
bad news for the company he has served
so well and where he will be missed.
Bill Dippert, erroneously listed as employed
by Paramount is actually on the
payroll at United Artists . . . UA"s division
manager, Carl Olson, visited here Tuesday
(16) and took off for Lincoln with Don
Bloxham the following day to talk shop
with Dubinsky and Brehm.
Dennis Voy, Maquoketa and Harold
Guyctte, Guy-Con, Kansas City, rounded
out the list of visitors to the area.
MINNEAPOLIS
gteve Johnston, Sunn Classic Pictures
branch manager here, reports that
Mitchell, S.D., exhibitor Jeff Logan (Roxy.
State Theatres) staged a benefit shoot on
behalf of the Variety Heart Hospital here
—and raised $1,000 in pledges . . . Meanwhile,
Johnston is set with "The Lincoln
Conspiracy," Sunn Classic's prime effort
of the coming season. It will break October
5 with 25 territorywide dates set.
Ted Bolnick, former manager of the Hollywood
and 5th Avenue Theatres. La Crosse,
Wis., returned from California (where he's
living in retirement) to visit old friends in
the Badger city. Bolnick helped open the
theatres in December of 1936—and was
manager until September, 1944. "Admission
was 35 cents in those days—and the theatres
were filled," he recalled. (Today, tickets
are $2.50.) Bolnick remembered that during
the 1930s, his theatres had Bank Nights,
"and I got cited once, not for not giving
the money but for blocking the street. There
were so many people lined up outside, the
Greyhound bus couldn't get through!" These
days, the 5th Avenue is the location of a
community theatre, and the Hollywood is a
Plitt theatre managed by Dave Teague.
Tent No. 12, Variety of the Northwest,
has set two September events. The 42nd
annual golf tournament will be held (with
the first annual tennis tourney) at the Minnesota
Valley Golf Club September 9. Tennis
starts at noon—and golfers may tee off
any time between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Golfers
arrange to play by calling Forrie Myers.
Paramount branch chief, at 544-01 12, while
tennis players set their times with Jim Wilson
at 333-2281. And the 25th anniversary
Stag Dinner will be held Sept. 15 at 7:30
p.m. at the Calhoun Beach Athletic Club.
Ben Bcrger at 333-6481 is dinner chairman.
Filmrow visitors: Bud Woodard. Chief
Theatre, Bemidji, Minn.; Jerry Hickcrson,
Galaxy, Thief River Falls, Minn.; Jeff Logan,
Roxy Theatre, Mitchell, S.D. . . .
Frank Zanotti, Universal branch boss, is
delighted with the performance thus far of
"MacArthur." "It's doing very nicely in
both of its Twin Cities dates," he says, "at
the Cooper Theatre here and the Grandview
in St. Paul."
Jeff McBride, former Paramount branch
manager here, who retired to St. Louis, is
seriously ill and is hospitalized. Cards from
his many friends in this territory would be
greatly appreciated by McBride. For mailing
details, contact Forrie Myers at the
Paramount branch here at 544-0112.
Wayne Peterson, Dell Theatre, Cottonwood,
Minn., now retired, was a Filmrow
caller, visiting his friends and swapping
stories . . . "One
on One"—in a multiple
run in both Minneapolis and St. Paul— performed
very well, and Warner Bros, kicked
off the second week with full-page ads in
both Minneapolis and St. Paul papers, a
rare push for the second stanza of an engagement
and for a picture not really rated
a major release. The ads were stunners and
were the talk of film folk in each city.
Action and Mutual Renew
Quebec Distribution Pact
MONTREAL—The continuation of an
exclusive distribution agreement between
the production company Action Films and
distributor Mutual Films was announced
here recently. Upcoming Action Films
product includes Alain Resnais' "Providence."
starring Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud,
Ellen Burstyn and David Warner; "La
Dentelliere," a film by Claude Goretta toplining
Isabelle Huppert, and Yves Boisset's
"Le Sheriff," starring Patrick Dewaere.
In production for Action Films are Jean-
Louis Bertucelli's "L'Imprecateur," "Reperages,"
by Michel Soutter, which stars Jean-
Louis Trintignant, Lea Massari and Delphine
Seyrig, the new Jacques Deray film
"Un Papillon sur L'Epaule (A Butterfly on
My Shoulder)," starring Lino Ventura, and
Francois Le Terrier's "Va Voir Papa,
Maman Travaille" starring Marlene Jobert.
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CINCINNATI
J^ew World Pictures' "I Never Promised
You a Rose Garden" premiered at the
Dayton Mall Cinema Friday (12). All female
patrons were given a red rose. The
film opened at the Kenwood and Studio
cinemas Wednesday (17).
The premiere of 'Billy Jack Goes to
Washington" was held at Midstales Theatres'
Skywalk Cinema Tuesday (23). The
premiere, which benefited the Campbell
Lodge Home for Boys in Campbell County,
Ky., was attended by several of the film's
cast including: Tom Laughlin, the star and
creator of the film; Laughlin's wife Delores
Taylor and daughter Teresa; John Lawler,
Dick Gautier, William Wellman jr. and
Kathy Cronkite.
Donna Bastillung and Ella Smith joined
the acounting department at Midstate Theatres
. . . Morris Hale, head booker at 20th
Century-Fo,\, and his family vacationed
in Florida for two weeks.
Susan Schadler of Midstates' film department
married Douglas Laws Sunday (7).
They spent their honeymoon in Gatlinburg,
Tenn.
Wednesday (10), which marked the first
round of softball tournaments for the Filmrow
sluggers, turned out to be a calamityfilled
day. A muddy and slick diamond
helped cause four disabling injuries. Buena
Vista's Jill Simminger broke her finger and
National Screen Service's Debbie Thullen
suffered a broken ankle. Tri-State's girls
received more than their share of injuries
when Rosie Boardman was hit in the eye
with the ball and Tina Von Bokern suffered
a severely sprained ankle that will require
her to stay on crutches for several weeks.
Production manager Joan Carson visited
Phil Borack to check on locations for the
filming of "Harper Valley PTA," which will
be a 1978 release by April Fools Productions.
"The Last Remake of Beau Geste"
opened at the Showcase Springdale and
Showcase Erlancer Fridav (19).
Hite Named Warner Bros.
Chicago Branch Manager
CHICAGO—Terry Semel, executive vicepresident,
general sales manager for Warner
Bros.. Burbank, Calif., announced the
appointment of Seymour Hite as Chicago
branch manager, effective July 18. Hite
previously served as sales manager in the
Windy City.
Semel said, "We feel Seymour Hite is an
excellent executive and are pleased to have
him in the key position he has assumed."
Hite joined Warner Bros, in November
1973 and previously had functioned for
other film companies as branch manager
in Milwaukee and Indianapolis and, for a
period of time, as an assistant branch manager
in the Chicago area.
Capitol Theatre to Reopen
Under New Management
FLINT, MICH.—The Capitol Theatre,
which has been closed since last fall, is lo
reopen under the direction of its new manager
George S. Farah who recently purchased
the theatre and the building that
houses it and about 30 other stores and
Farah said that through offering firstrun
films and live entertainment that is
suitable for the entire family he hopws to
make the theatre a focal point that will
instigate the revitalization of the downtown
area.
Farah bid on undisclosed first-nm features
for fall showings and is considering
offering ethnic films in their native languages.
He also may add international foods
to the menu at the concession stand. Plans
to convert the bowling alley in the building
into a night club are also underway.
Frank Marzonic will act as the "entertainmsnt
counselor" and Farah will manage the
theatre and continue to rent out the other
stores and offices. Farah feels that there will
be a great potential for the entertainment
business in the downtown area when the
University of Michigan riverfront campus
and other projects are completed.
Farah has hired the former Capitol employees
and cleaned the theatre. The stage
has been refinished and the lighting and
projection equipment have been overhauled.
The theatre was built in 1927 by the
Capitol Theatre Building Co. who eventually
leased it to Butterfield Theatres, Inc.. who
operated it until last fall.
Promotions for "Herowork"
Discussed in Cleveland
CLEVELAND— Paul Yeskel of International
Harmony Productions traveled here
to meet with Morrie Zryl of Selected Pictures
to design a campaign for "Herowork,"
which IHP is promoting.
Yeskel also met with Mike Mooney of
Academy Advertising regarding the "Fantastic
Animation Festival."
Political Era in Chicago
Subject of New Film
CHICAGO—The first feature length
spoof of big-city politics to hit the screen
in 25 years will take form this fall when
the movie version of "The Election
Chicago Style" is filmed in the Windy City
for national distribution.
Chicago Talking Pictures has acquired
motion picture rights to the paperback of
the same name written by a judge who took
shelter under the alias of "Ward Heeler."
The book has sold over 30,000 copies.
The entire film will be shot in this area
and a predominantly local cast with tvso
stars will be used according to Alan Davis,
who will serve as director, and Ray Saeger,
company president. The production budget
is $1,250,000.
Chicago Talking Pictures previously concentrated
on industrial and educational
films.
'MacArlhur' In Charge
Of Cincinnati List
CINCINNAII— It was a busy week for
area boxoffice personnel as numerous films
earned hefty grosses. "MacArthur" landed
on area screens and ended up towering over
the list with a mighty 1,000 mark for its
debut week. "Star Wars" orbited close behind
with an average of 950 for its llth
week while newcomer "Smokey and the
Bandit" stole a substantial share of patrons
and ended the week with 800.
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the St. Theodosius Cathedral with
a chemical to temporarily defoliate them.
Basso created forests for "Camelot." "Hello
Dolly" and "The Island of Dr. Moreau."
He is reputed to be able to convert a parking
lot into Central Park.
Five stage and screen personalities including
Kitty Carlisle. Olivia de Havilland
and producer Cheryl Crawford will lecture
to the Play House Women's Committee this
season. John Cairney. who has appeared
with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre in Europe,
and Robert Strane, the artistic director of
the Asolo State Theatre, Sarasota, Fla., will
also
lecture.
Ray Walston, an alumni of the Play
House, will return this season for guest appearances
in their productions. He has
many film roles to his credit including "Silver
Streak" and "The Sting." He will direct
and act in this season's opening production
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The Cleveland papers gave lengthy coverage
to the activities of Paul Newman who
is racing at Warren, Ohio. On a recent
Sunday Newman raced in the Sports Car
Club of America races at Nelson Ledges
Road Course. Newman, who is a native of
Shaker Heights and the defending SCCA
D-Production champion, started that event
from the pole in his TR-6, but finished in
the llth place slot. In the B-Sedan event,
Newman piloted a Datsun 510, but completed
only three laps before blowing his
engine . was seen dining on
chicken and cans of Budweiser beer at the
Mark Restaurant. Lakefront Airport. Newman
also visited the Cleveland Clinic.
Conscientious Mark Bladd, Detroit publicity
director for United Artists, visited the
area for two days to count heads at the
promotional radio screening of "New York,
New York" at the Village Theatre.
Films for both young viewers and adults
at area theatres are: "Star Wars," six theatres;
"Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo," five
theatres, and "The Rescuers," three theatres.
Alfred Hitchcock's "Topaz," which stars
John Forsythe and Karin Dor. was shown
free Monday (22) at the public library auditorium.
Bob Bruce, Buena Vista Cincinnati
branch manager, visited the area.
Margaret Ulmer Ezekiel, who was recently
promoted to associate professor of
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In Adult Store Case
HOUSTON—Adult book stores
and theatres
will continue to operate until the end
of August when a federal judge says he will
consider whether to permanently enjoin a
city ordinance that would close most of the
businesses here that sell adult books, films
and magazines, it was reported by Jorjanna
Price of the Houston Post.
U.S. District Judge Ross Sterling, Friday
recessed a hearing until Tuesday (30) and
extended an order which temporarily restrains
the city from enacting an ordinance
that forbids adult commercial establishments
to operate within 2,000 feet of a
church, school or other educational or
charitable
institution.
City Attorney Otis King said the city
would abide by a previous agreement to
forestall action against any adult commercial
establishment not protected by Sterling's
order.
A group of adult bookstore and theatre
operators won postponement of the ordinance,
due to go into effect last week, after
filing suit in federal court in opposition to
the antipornography law.
At Friday's hearing, a Spring Branch
woman. Nancy Brinsdon, testified that two
female leaders in the move to close adult
establishments warned her to leave town
and destroy a tape recording of an antipornography
rally that Brinsdon said she had
been asked to play at the hearing.
Brinsdon said she was threatened by Beverly
Heinrich and Geneva Kirk Brooks,
outspoken opponents of adult bookstores
and theatres. She said Heinrich told her to
say she did not have the tape and to destroy
it. Brooks suggested it would "be very convenient
for me" to leave town, Brinsdon
said.
Heinrich. sitting in the back of the courtroom,
shouted, "That's a lie." As she rose
to leave. Sterling admonished her.
Brinsdon said she also had received a
telephone call from an unidentified man
who said "I wouldn't make it to court with
the tape." The hour-long tape, played over
the objections of King, recorded the rt
marks of four city councilmen, state and lo
officials who spoke at a rally held by the
cal
Spring Branch Oaks Civic Center on June
21. Clyde Woody, attorney for the book
store and theatre owners, said he introduced
Brinsdon's testimony to show harassment.
Heinrich later denied she wanted the
tape destroyed and charged that Brinsdon
had committed perjury.
Parking Lot in Theatre's Spot
DES MOINES—History in the form of
the venerable Galaxy theatre, met destiny
in the shape of a wrecking ball, Po make
room for progress in the configuration of
a parking lot. The 64-year-old former RKO
house was the last of this city's grand old
cinemas. It was closed by its owner last
April because of low attendance and will
reopen,
according to the contractor, as a parking
lot.
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DETROIT
h.;:'.i\n Theatres' operations in East Lansing.
Ann Arbor and Benton Harbor
imII be handled by Leon Hoofnagle. who
.an be contacted at Mann Theatres. P. O.
Box 10180. Kansas City. Mo, Phone number
is 816-561-2920.
well.
Columbia Pictures presented "You Light
Up My Life" at a special advance screening
at the Towne Theatre Tuesday (23). The
film with music comparable to "A Star Is
Born" was billed as "intimate in nature,
modest in budget, which captures the hearts
of the moviegoing public—a film filled
with emotion, warmth and love."
The Detroit News letter box ran the following
note from a reader. "I've seen a
dozen current movies rated PG. No wonder
we hear such foul language from children.
I suggest PG be redefined as for liberal
parents and grandparents only—and not be
left to mean parental guidance."
The tip-off column of the Free Press
reported
that the wife of teamsters president
Frank Fitzsimmons will make her acting
debut in the film "Now I Lay Me Down
to Sleep." which is currently being shot in
the Ann Arbor area. The movie is a fictionalized
account of the slayings of seven
coeds in that area from 1967-69.
The filming of "The Betsy," a PG-rated
film based on the novel by Harold Robbins
that is planned for release next March by
United Artists, has received extensive media
coverage by local newspapers. Director Dan
Petrie and the entire crew and cast related
to a local paper that they "found Detroit
to be a delightful experience and that goes
for downtown Detroit as well. Wha^ is
more. I plan to spread the positive word
about your city, which is continually bad
mouthed" ... On another front. Little Harry's
Restaurant, which was used as a filming
site, has added a drink called the "Bcl-
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sy" to its list. It is made of champagne, blue
curacao and ice. The bartender has been
getting requests to mix a blue drink for the
extras . . . Larry Doss, president of New
Detroit. Inc., and Fred Matthaei jr.. chairman
of the company, were invited to meet
actor Laurence Olivier upon his arrival at
A Clark Theatre representative reported
City Airport where a scene was filmed. The
she plays opposite Richard Pryor and the
gave away that they are the sole agents for Toledo
station complimentary tickets to
invitation was made in appreciation of their
Cinema Systems, Inc.. which operates the
highlight the opening of the film at the
efforts and help in finding locations for
Vine North in Toledo . Pantheon
Hippodrome and Timonium drive-ins, Ray
filming in the city and for helping to expedite
Theatres. Toledo, will also be represented
Thompson & Associates coordinated Ms.
the shooting of the movie.
by Clark Theatre Service. The new lessee
Grier's promotional tour through Baltimore.
Inc.,
Scenes from the $5.5 million dollar movie
were shot at the Metro Airport, Kings-
and operator is Welcum Productions,
2.^09 Warren St.. Toledo. The president
WSID also has undertaken is
a major promotional
campaign with the AdVentures
wood School, the Detroit Towers penthouse
W. Charles Welch.
and at several other local sites . . . One area Agency to hypo Smokey Robinson's first
made Nate Levins of Levins Distributions, resident his apartment available for
film, "Big Time." Smokey is the executive
Southfield. is recovering from a severe hand
producer, as well as the composer of the
filming and even went to the expense of
injury. Although
Nate returned
the latest features
his hand
to work
are
is still bandaged,
and reported
doing exceptionally
that
having a white rug dyed for almost $400.
soundtrack music. "Big Time" stars Jayne
However. the apartment management Kennedy and Christopher Joy, who did an
thought that the filming would be "too disruptive."
As a result the disgruntled apartment
dweller left his $500 a month apartment
with the gripe that he felt the management
refused to help the company make
a positive movie about Detroit.
The Studio 4 Theatre in Birmingham,
which has been dark since May 1 1 when
the police ordered it not to open without
a license, has apparently closed. Since the
marquee, which once read "opening soon
for mature audiences." is now bare, the
residents will not have to worry for a while
at least about having X-rated movies in
their downtown area.
The Corn Corner of the Detroit News
printed the following item on Thursday
(18). "Bill Kreifeldt overheard the desk man
at Howard Johnsons in downtown Detroit
receive a complaint from a guest about an
R-rated movie 'The Sailor Who Fell from
Grace with the Sea." 'You shouldn't be
showing that movie on TV. It's all about
sex and my children are seeing it all.' she
said. 'How long have you been watching
it?', inquired the man. 'About an hour or
so,' she said. That's life."
'Rituals' Applauded
At World Premiere
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT.—The motion
picture "Rituals," $600,000 suspense
picture filmed north of here approximately
a year ago, received an enthusiastic reception
from a capacity audience at its recent
world premiere in this city. "Rituals" is the
story of five doctors who take their annual
vacations together. During their adventure in
the wilderness, the men find themselves individually
menaced by an unknown terror.
American Hal Holbrook, who played the
lead role in the film, attended the premiere.
"Rituals" was produced by Larry Dane.
with Peter Carter directing. The picture was
financed by Astral-Bellevue-Pathe-Canart
Films of Toronto, with additional funding
provided by the Canadian Film Development
Corp, and Famous Players.
WSID Steps Up Promotion
Of Black-Oriented Films
BALTIMORE—WSID-AM, this city's
very popular black station, recently has
been involved in promoting new black-oriented
films in Charm City.
Pam Grier stopped by the station to appear
on the Bob Greene show to discuss her
new starrer. "Greased Lightning," in which
interview with WSID's morning personality
Harry Boomer.
Additionally, the station is giving away
T-shirts
and soundtrack albums to ballyhoo
the film. Four of the lucky winners in a
contest staged by WSID were slated to be
chauffered in a limousine to join Harry,
Smokey, Jayne and Christopher for dinner
at the Chesapeake Restaurant. They also
were to attend Robinson's live concert and
the Baltimore premiere of "Big Time" at the
Hippodrome Theatre Thursday (11).
Peep Show Proprietor In
Plea Pictures Peekable
BALTIMORE—A total of 1 1 peep show
films have been submitted to the city circuit
court by the state attorney general after the
state board of censors refused to license
them on the grounds that they were obscene.
The films were listed in a suit filed
by the state against Anthony J. Varano of
Diversified Investment Corp., Ltd. Monday
(1).
Under Maryland law, the court is required
to set a hearing date and view the films
promptly. If the court concurs with the censors'
findings the peeps can be banned from
exhibition in the coin-operated projectors
usually found in
adult bookstores.
F. Todd Taylor jr.. an assistant attorney
general, stated in the suit that the board
turned thumbs down on the pictures in an
order dated July 29. The 200-foot-long
films are usually shown in 25 cent segments.
The state law has long required that
all films shown commercially, including
those viewed on coin-operated machines,
must be screened and approved by the censor
board prior to exhibition.
In a board-approved film the explicit
sexual activity associated with the peepers
would have to be blacked out which might
discourage potential peep show peckers.
Operators face a fine, under this law, should
they show films that do not have the approval
of the state regulatory agency.
Warner Bros, will distribute "War of the
Aliens."
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August 29, 1977

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BOSTON—Film business in Boston is
hitting high marks and exhibitors are experiencing
the best summer in 25 years.
Bigger pictures, bigger prices and bigger
grosses are the order of the day. Factors
include the elimination of smaller houses,
concentration of product with the same
picture playing two or more houses simultaneously,
perimeter breaks and moveovers
of films from house to house possible only
in large circuits. Another factor is this summer's
elimination of art houses and reissue
houses in downtown Boston. The heads of
the two biggest circuits based in Boston.
Sack Theatres and General Cinema agree
that this summer's business, paced by "Star
Wars" has been phenomenal.
This week finds exhibition moving right
along with two new big entries: "Outrage-
ous!" which is high above average. 225 at
the Orson Welles I and "Final Chapter-
Walking Tall." 300 at the Gary.
(Average Is 100)
Beacon Hill—One on One (WB), 2nd wk _ 130
II, Charles Chestnut Hill I—Morch or Die (Col),
2Tid wk 90
Cheri I—I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
(New World), 2nd wk 300
Chen II. Chestnut Hill Il-Bad News Bears in
Breaking Training (Para), 4th wk 75
Cheri III—The Last Remake of Beau Geste
(Univ), 6th wk - 130
Cinema 57 I, Circle Cii
(Univ), 3rd wk
Cmema 57 II—New York. New York (UA),
8th wk
.175
Exeter—Black and White in Color (AA),
5th wk liiU
Gary—Final Chapter—Walking Tall (AlP) 300
Orson Welles 1— Outrageousl (SR) 225
Pi Alley, Savoy I—The Spy Who Loved Me (UA),
3rd wk -..-600
Lightning (WB), 2nd wk 300
Thr the s—Star Wars (20th-Fox 12lh
Old Record Breaker Repels
Challengers in New Haven
NEW HAVEN—Three newcomers, brisk
grossers all, failed to outpace the season's
champion figure-setter, 20th Century-Fox's
"Star Wars" (an unprecedented 400 for its
sixth week, auditorium five. Redstone
Showcase 5). Universal's "MacArthur"
chalked up 275. auditorium one, same plex.
Columbia's "March or Die," auditorium
two, RKO-Stanley Warner Cinemart 2, and
auditorium one. General Cinema Corp. Milford
II. registered 250. And 20th-Fox's
"Thunder and Lightning" (double-bill). Milford
Drive-In. hit 175.
Cine I, North Haven—Smokey and the Bandit
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BOSTON
yA iinudson, vice-president of advertising
and publicity at Redstone Theatres.
be hard to live with after a glamor
»>ill
-Tuise of Europe. On his three-week hiatus.
Ed visited Great Britain, Denmark. Sweden.
Norway and Russia ... A belated, but
nonetheless sincere, "Happy Birthday" to
Redstone's Alan Naglin, assistant director
of advertising and a two-and-a-half year
veteran.
NFB Film Distributors office staff gave
a warm welcome to pert and purty Barbara
Hurlberl who is heading up the billing department.
Barbara lives in Franklin and was
with the Foxboro Co. before she came to
NFB . . . Harvey Appell and Paul Peterson,
also NFB. announced that their new
release "The First Nudie Musical" is rated
"R" and will open in September at Sonny
and Eddy's Allston Cinema.
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where he watched the National Tennis
Championships.
Richard Myerson and David Landau
proudly announce the formation of Regal
Films Distributing Co., Inc., 46 Church
St.. Boston. Two of their new releases.
"Mystery of the Gods" starring William
Shatner. rated "G," and "The Lion Who
Thought He Was People" also rated "G."
will be out this fall.
Bruce Gildstein and Monty Rome of the
Metro Provincetown continue to do the
unusual in promotions. Recently they
booked the original "Phantom of the Opera"
with Lon Chaney for showing at the stroke
of midnight accompanied by Lee Irwin, the
world famous master of the theatre organ,
in person at the Conn console. Irwin got a
standing ovation after each performance
and business increased with each succeed-
. . .
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Walter Dyer, sales manager at Universal,
was at
for of radio
the uninitiated) now living in Westbrook
soap operas, played regularly on the
and has generally week-ended there the past
Arthur Godfrey show and is often heard
few years. He's an ardent golfer (and not too
at the Carnegie Hall Cinema in
shabby on the links, either). He
New York.
played in a
member-guest tourney over the weekend
Under Personals in the Boston" papers,
of
ing show. The
NBC console
TV
master organist
hundreds
the
and
is a "Mainiac" (State of Maine native, to
August 6-7. with his twosome copping low
net honors with a tidy 59. That Sunday.
the following ad:
"Wanted! Former members of the French
Walter went around in 63 to walk off with
individual low net honors. Look out Tommy
Foreign
to take
Legion,
part in
officers
the opening
or enlisted
of Columbia
men.
Watson.
Pictures' spectacular adventure 'March or
Die" Please contact John Marklc. Columbia
Advance notice to all in the film district
8980."
Pictures. Telephone (617) 426-
that the New England Motion Picture Club
Markle. publicity chief at Columbia,
will hold their annual luncheon at Nick's
placed the ad as part of a widespread campaign
Restaurant. October 14, is hereby issued
to drum up interest in the film which
. Genial Solly Simons, Columbia sales
representative (retired) and now a perennial opened Friday (12) at the Sack Charles
vacationer was on Church Street gladhanding
Cinema and five shopping center houses.
old friends and regaling them with the Within
details of his two-week stay at the Mount
24 hours, according to John, he
was beseiged with responses to the ad.
Technical Advice Sought
From Woods Hole Institute
WOODS HOLE, MASS.—The Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institute has been approached
by two documentary film companies
for advice on technical problems involved
in location-shooting on a story about
finding and photographing the Titanic, according
to published reports.
An institute spokesman has now remarked
that an institute scientist (Robert Ballard)
had been approached by the film companies,
neither identified.
"It's still in the talking stage." the spokesman
added, "and nothing would be done
until 1979."
Marian Mack Will Attend
Buster Keaton Film Fest
CAMBRIDGE—J. D. Pollack, manager
of the Orson Welles Cinema here, announced
that a Buster Keaton Retrospective is
planned for September 28-Novcmber I. The
event, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of
Keaton's classic "The General." will be
highlighted by a visit from his leading lady
in the film. Marian Mack.
Miss Mack will be in town for two days
of receptions and interviews. The retrospective
will serve as this year's annual, fall
comedy series offering and will present the
following Keaton features and two-reelers:
"The General," "Sherlock, Jr.,"" "Battling
Butler," "Neighbors,"' "Playhouse," "Our
Hospitality," "Coney Island."' "The Scarecrow,"
"Steamboat Bill Jr.," "College,"
"The Butcher Boy,"' "The High Sign," "Go
West," "The Blacksmith," "The Haunted
House," "The Navigator," "The Saphead,"
"Seven Chances," "The Pale Face," "Good
Night Nurse," "Cops,"" "The Cameraman,"
"One Week," "Sunset Boulevard," "Tlie
Boar."' "Daydreams" and "Backstage."
Capitol Theatre Annex Doomed
NEW LONDON. CONN.—The New
London Redevelopment Agency has been
given City Council authority to demolish
the Capitol Theatre annex. The theatre itself,
once part of M&P Theatres and later
operated by American Theatre Corp., has
been shuttered in recent years: it was a
long-time eastern Connecticut premiere site
for Paramount Pictures.
INCORPORATIONS
— Connecticut—
Parmalee Hills Productions Inc.. Wallace
Parmalee Hill Rd.. Newtown 06470; Art
Wallace, president-treasurer; Carole Wallace,
vice president-secretary.
Ocean State Twin Bill Admission
PROVIDENCE—The one-time Loews
State, now called the Ocean State Theatre,
has adopted a double-feature policy, charging
$2 admission. Bulk of area cinemas
operate on a single-feature plan.
(Cost $25,000)
Make an offer
Route 9, Hadley, Mass. I
(413) 665-2518
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HARTFORD
J^Morney James H. Shulnian, 31. ol the
Shulmun exhibition family, has entered
the political wars, as predicted earlier in
BoxoFFicE. A partner in the Hartford law
firm of Ribicoff & Kotkin. he has been
nominated by the Democratic party in West
Hartford to run for the Board of Education
in November. His father Maurice W. Schulman;
uncle. Joseph L. Shulman; and grandfather.
Max Shulman. (all deceased) were
in exhibition, and his uncle. Albert H.
Shulman. is still in the industry in Connecticut.
WHNB-TV, the NBC affiliate, has
mounted a sizable promotion effort for a
continuing Sunday morning (7:30 starting
time) "Advenline Theatre" feature film
series comprised of vintage Warner Bros,
product, titles including "Silver River" (Errol
Flynn, Ann Sheridan); "Captains of the
Clouds" (James Cagney. Dennis Morgan);
"The Adventures of Robin Hood" (Flynn
and Olivia deHavilland). among others.
The Roger's Comer Drive-In. Pleasant
Valley, had a Friday and Saturday drawing
for two sets of tickets to Hartford Civic
Center boxing; on the screen were United
Artists' "Rocky" (which has a boxing
theme, of course) and "From Noon Till
Three."
William R. Daltoii, lifelong concert organist,
died recently at his Hartford home.
His theatre ties included status as featured
organist and associate conductor for a 50-
piece orchestra at Loews Ohio. Columbus,
and stints at New York's Radio City Music
Hall, among other showplaccs.
Westporter Paul Newman, a veteran
sports-car racing driver, entered the tougher
world of stock-car driving for a day. renting
the Stafford Speedway to see what it would
be like to drive a modified stock car. The
day's events were given considerable media
coverage across Connecticut.
The Greater Hartford Community College
introduces its fall/spring Friday night
free film series September 23 with "Small
Change." Since some of the titles are not
"G" rated, the college is emphasizing in
publicity releases: "All persons wishing to
attend the films may be asked to provide
proof of majority (college ID. driver's license,
majority card, et al)."
The Sampson & Spodick Grolon and
Norwich Cinemas 2 (auditorium two at
both theatres) advertised. "It's A Smash
Hit!" with playdale of Buena Vista's "Herbie
Goes to Monte Carlo."
Bigger Meal Tax Bite Planned
HARTFORD—The possibility of new
taxes on meals of less than $1. a move
expected to generate $15-million annual
state revenue, has been recommended for
Connecticut state legislative attention.
State Rep. Gardner E. Wright (D-Bristol).
of the finance committee, would
apply the existing 7-per cent sales tax to
meals under $1.
Woodward's TV Film Earns
Mass. Film Bureau Kudos
BOSJON~A major. made-for-TV. film
starring Joanne Woodward, is to be shot in
the Bay State, the newly formed Massachusetts
Film Bureau reported. The film will
be made by Projections Unlimited which
is owned by Woodward's husband, actor
Paul Newman and George England, who
is also the producer.
Woodward is cast as the divorced mother
of two, living in Boston, who decides to
attempt the internationally renowned Boston
Athletic Association Marathon. The 26-
mile. 385-yard event draws runners from
all over the world every Patriot's Day. During
this year's running, last April, Newman
got some shots of his wife chugging the
long road from Hopkinton to Boston.
Lensing is slated to begin in the Boston
area September 19 and continue for a
month. The entire film, interior shots as
well as exterior, is to be produced in the
state. Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III and
John J. Marino, state commerce commissioner,
praised this aspect of the film as
they pointed out that most filmmakers take
their work to New York or California
studios for the inside shots.
Richard Heffron. with a long and impressive
list of TV shows to his credit is
the director. The high caliber of the cast
and crew also drew words of approbation
from Marino as a key to attracting more
such ventures to the state. Economics, of
course, is the prime mover in such undertakings
and motion pictures bring dollars
into the state and provide a boost for tourism.
Marino added.
The film bureau was formed by Marino
to attract filmmakers to the area and it
is headed by Jack McGlyn, director and
his assistant. Patricia Barry, both of whom
have assured the production company of
the fullest across-the-board support before
and during the shooting.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
^^arners Bros.' "Greased Lightning" had
its New Hampshire premiere, day-anddate
at the Movie Center. Hookset; Hookset's
Skyray Drive-In and the Nashua
Drive-In.
The state cannot set fair tax rates lor its
local communities imtil the state legislature
acts in October on a state budget. Revenue
Administration Commissioner Lloyd Price
said last week. He added that New Hampshire
programs for $43-million in local aid
could change, thus upsetting any tax rates
set now.
Star to Make Horse Show Awards
WENHAM. MASS. — Actress Tatum
O'Neal and actor Anthony Hopkins, who
have been on location in England for MGM-
United Artists' "International Velvet." are
to participate in the Ledyard Farms International
Horse Trials here in October. The
players are to award trophies.
SPRINGFIELD
JJcw titles on Western Massachusetts marquees:
Columbia's "March or Die."
Warner Bros." "One on One," AIP's "The
Island of Dr. Moreau." United Artists' "The
Spy Who Loved Me." Universal's "The
Last Remake of Beau Geste." and 20th
Century-Fox's "Thunder and Lightning."
The Air-Line Drive-In, Chicopee, is continuing
its Monday and Tuesday "Date
Nile" plan, ads asserting, "Bring Your
Date Tonight—You Pay Regular Admission
and Your Date Is Free!"
General Cinema Corp.'s Eastfield Mall
Cinemas 2 participated in sizable promotion,
including use of cooperative newspaper
advertising, by mall businesses welcoming
the J.C. Penney Co. department store
chain to the shopping center. Ads were
captioned. "You'll find Big Values throughout
the mall during The Big Celebration!"
The Morning Union is now including
Motion Picture Ass'n of America (MPAA)
ratings after each title listed in its daily
amusement pages "Movie Timetable."
Newhouse News Service entertainment
writer Frances Taylor, writing in the Sunday
Republican, commented: "The real
movie fans of the U.S. are impatient for
more films. Money ready, they scan the
ads, searching for what they want and deserve.
"Where, for example, is Dustin Hoffman?
Who's seen him on any screen since
'All the President's Men?' This fine actor,
with his everyman quality, creates a strong
bond with his audience in any role he plays.
Dustin. we need you and want you .
"A return to the past isn't very healthy
and it's often a disappointment. I'm not
looking backward at all, just hoping for a
re-discovery of the fun of life as well as the
problems, hoping for movies that will give
us our favorite people in movies rich with
the materials of our lives."
Old 3 for 2 Trunk-Aided
BROCKTON. MASS.—Area police, investigating
a report that a couple had put a
man into a car trimk. tracked the vehicle
down with a registration supplied by an
onlooker. It was learned that the "body"
was the friend of the couple; the intent,
police said, was to avoid paying an admission
charge for the man at the nearby Avon.
Sports Arena Plans Greenlighted
NEW LONDON. CONN —The city
Redevelopment
Agency has approved plans of
Robert McKearnon and Coleman Burke for
construction of a .$2-million hockey rink
and sports arena off Winthrop Blvd.
Ghost Hunters Gamble at Granada
MALDEN. MASS.—The Granada Twin,
in a change-of-pace booking, scheduled the
Warrens, billed as "ghost hunters," for a
"live" 9 p.m. show on a recent Wednesday,
charging $2.50 for adults: $1.50. .senior
citizens and $1. children.
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To International Films
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Orphcc Arts has signed an agreement VMlh
Mutual Films for distribution of Orphce"s
films in both French and English versions
throughout Quebec and the Maritime provinces.
Orphee's upcoming product, included in
the agreement, includes a film of Albert
Camus" "The Plague"; "Giants on the
Road," a story of truckers on the Paris-
Afghanistan route; "Girl in Blue Velvet."
a '40s romance by Alan Bridges; "Stars," a
Hollywood story, and "Louisiana Love" by
Nicolas Gessner.
Mutual Films also has acquired Quebec
distribution rights to the thriller "Communion,"
which Allied Artists will distribute in
the U. S, and English Canada.
Films still in production for which Mutual
has distribution rights in Quebec include
Alain Resnais" "Providence." starring Dirk
Bogarde. John Gielgud. Ellen Burstyn and
David Warner; "Un Taxi Mauve," an Yves
Boisset film starring Philippe Noiret. Charlotte
Rampling. Fred Astaire and Peter
Ustinov; a new Claude Chabrol work with
Sylvia Kristel titled "Alice"; Jacques Rouffio"s
"Violette et Francois." starring Isabelle
Adjani; a biography in which Rod Stciger
plays "Mussolini." supported by Henry
Fonda and Franco Nero; "Je T'Aime, Moi
Non Plus" by Serge Gainsbourg. with Joe
Dallesandro and Jane Birkin. and Francois
Legrand's "Casanova et Co." toplining Tony
Curtis and Marisa Berenson.
Two other internationally respected directors
have films in the works which Mutual
will distribute in Quebec. Joseph Losey's
"Les Routes du Sud" stars Yves Montand
and Isabelle Adjani and Ingmar Bergman
will direct Ingrid Bergman and Liv
Ullman in "Sonate d'Automne."
Quadrant's Trent Plans
Independent Productions
lORONTO — Quadrant Films has anniuineed
that production manager John
licnt will expand his activities to include
is production is a three-hour limited scries
titled "The Albertans," directed by Ron
Weyman for CBC.
David Perlmutter continues as president
of Quadrant Films, supervising financing
and distribution of film product through
Quadrant's affiliated companies. National
Film Finance Corp. and Compass Film
Sales. Currently available Quadrant films
are "Love at First Sight." starring Dan Ackroyd.
and "Why Shoot the Teacher?", toplining
Bud Cort and Samantha Eggar.
Scheduled for fall release is "Alien Encoimter,"
produced by Hal Roach Studios.
VANCOUVER
Qordon Nojus is substituting lor manager
Dick Letts at the Downtown while
Dick enjoys his annual holidays. Since the
weather has been so warm and sunny, with
lovely evenings, it is safe to assume that
Dick has spent at least a part of each day
enjoying the air at Exhibition Park while
he handicaps the bangtails. Oh. that your
correspondent were there!
Bill Gibson, who spent a couple of years
up at the Capitol. Prince Rupert, now is
relieving for Famous Players in the lower
mainland . district manager Norm
Reay left on a holiday, as did Margaret
Copping of Victoria Film Services, who
spent a week at the transcendental meditation
seminar at UBC. Ellen McKeever,
16mm inspector, left for her holidays after
Margaret returned.
Kathy Kasendix of Bellevue Films had
a leisurely tour of Vancouver Islands and
the Gulf Islands during July—the Riviera
for one-fourth the price and no language
Cathy Froelich
or money problems
went just a short distance across the line
to northwest Washington's lake country to
join thousands of other British Columbia
people at Lake Whatcom.
Elsie Kalz left the office chores at Astral-
Columbia in the capable hands of Theo
Ross while she spent a couple of restful
weeks . . Janet Wisniuk, laid low by a
.
back ailment, was back at work
painful
at Canfilm. During her absence, Kevin
Norman did double duty covering her position.
The husband-and-wife team of Laara and
Zaie Dalen, as competent a show business
couple as has appeared in this province for
many years, went over to Victoria to promote
the opening of their picture "Skip
Tracer" in the Counting House Friday (5).
They returned Thursday (11) in time for a
session with CB.S's "Hourglass." after which
Laara flew to Toronto for a scries of interviews
and talks for a national release. Zale
The first two days of the August holidays
were not beach weather, so any house with
a kiddies picture got a very big play. Cashing
in—and in a big way—were "Smokey
and the Bandit" (Odeon Vancouver and
New Westminster. Haida, Dolphin, Totem.
North Vancouver, Clova and Surrey Drivein)
and "Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger,"
which was big in the Hillcrest Drive-In. with
both ozoners capitalizing on special duskto-dawn
shows one night . . . Once again.
Vancouver Island and the interior exchanged
weekend trippers with the lower
mainland to clog the highways and till the
motels and hotels. Places of amusement got
a big play but stores were almost uniformly
quiet on Saturday.
The Granville Mall scene: That bewitching
blonde beauty seen strolling downtown
really was Elizabeth Montgomery .
Clancy Loranger, veteran sports columnist
of the Province, told Johnny Bernard about
the Alpen Club type who tried to write a
new drinking theme song for the Oktoberfest:
couldn't get past the first two bars.
Ms. Terry Einfeld of Warner Bros, was
away enjoying the perfect August weather
and Vi Hosford returned from a couple
of weeks at her trailer hideout at Oroville.
Wash.
Mike Radulovich of the Auto-Vue Trail
says the only way to avoid the unending
parade of slow-moving campers and leisure
vehicles on our interior highways is to
travel at night—and then hit the lower mainland
after the commuters have left for work
in this city.
The August week which ended Saturday
(13) was a rare one in this city! You
could have fried eggs on the downtown
sidewalks and shot guns off in the stores
(and in some theatres) without hitting a
body. The drive-ins, however, were loaded.
CKNW's Bill Hughes, who runs the
longest-playing "Man on the Street" broadcast,
had his roving mike on a Greyhound
btis heading for the Howe Sound scenic
trip. Asking an English chap what he did
for a living, he was told he was a film salesman
and that his latest big one was "The
Spy Who Loved Me." He added that we all
should be sure to see it, if and when it ran
here. Bill didn't have the heart to tell the
man the film already was in its third week
at the Capitol 6 and had broken a house
record there. (Guess that to some of our
English cousins, this area still is "The Colonies.
Outpost of the Empirah.")
iiuicpendent producing and directing while d^d a long interview with CKVU-TV just
ni.iintaining his present office at Quadrant, before leaving for Victoria.
iS Isabella St. here. His current co-productuni
activities are involved with the CBC
The Varsity is now back to its regular 'Who Has Seen the Wind'
fare of outstanding films of more than passing
interest. Immediately following the In-
.mil independently with William Stevenson
Premiere Set for Fall
.Mui screenwriter Tony Sheer.
REGINA. SASK.— "Who Has Seen the
ternational Festival, it opened with "Edvard
front's first production assignment is
Munch," which
Wind," film version of W. O. Mitchell's
played a special holiday
I he Fighting Men." a 90-minute CBC-TV
novel, will premiere in Saskatchewan this
show last winter, winning customer approval.
drama to be directed by Don Shebib. Also
fall, according to Gwen Iveson of Souris
Rivers Films, Toronto, associate producer.
The original intention was to release the
EOXOFFICE :: August 1977
picture in the spring of '77; however, the
film's debut was delayed to permit extra
editing.
Plans are to hold the world premiere in
Areola. Sask.. near where the production
was made, in late September or early October.
Release in larger centers would he
scheduled for the following day.
Lensed entirely on location in southern
Saskatchewan last year at a cost of $1,100.-
000, "Who Has Seen the Wind" stars Canadian
actor Gordon Pinsent.

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Good Grosses
arned by All Colgary Newcomers
CALGARY — Receptive crowds gener-
.lU'd hefi\ boxofl'ice business that resulted
in substantial grosses for thj five newcomers
10 the area this report week, "One on One,"
"The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training,"
"Smokey and the Bandit" and "The
Last Remake of Beau Gestc" were joint
residents of the "excellent" category while
"Grand Theft Auto" checked in a notch
below with "very good" grosses.
Brentwood—For the Love ol Benji (PRl. 2nd wk Fair
Calgary Place 2—Orca (Para), 2nd wk Very Good
Chinook—A Bridge Too Far iUA),
7lh wk Excellent
Market Mall 1— One on One (WB1 Excellent
Market Moll 4, 5 d (^The Spy Who loved Me
(UA), 2nd wk. .
Excellent
Norlh Hill, Uptown I-Stai Wars ! : ),
6th wk
. .Excellent
Odeon l~Hollercoasler
Fair
Od-.-:: :-SIapShot ; . v.,: Good
Pa::.
Bad News Bears in
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Breaking Training Excellent
Pa..., .:.-.:: , Goes to Monte Carlo
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:L:V;:'; .. ,. Excellent
Three Ihealres- Grand Thell Auto (IFD) ..Very Good
Towne Blue—The Other Side ol Midnight
(BVFD), 6th .-.k Very Good
Towne Red—Smokey and the Bandit
(Univ)
Excellent
Uptown 2—The Last Remake oi Beau Geste
(Univ)
Excellent
Average Grosses Earned by Majority
Of Films on Vancouver Marquees
VANCOUVER—"Fair" grosses tended
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Para), 14th wk
Cajii d News Bear: Breaking
Traming Fara), ^nd
Cai;itol—The Island ol
Capitol— One on One (WB:i
Coronet—The Last Remake of Beau Geste
(Univ)
Coronet—The Other Side of Midnight (BVFD),
8th
Downtown—Outlaw Blues (WB)
Odeon—Smokey and the Bandit (Univ),
2nd wk
Park—MacArthur (Univ)
Stanley—A Bridge Too Far (UA), 8ih wk.
Vancouver Centre—The Rescuers (BV), 5th wk.
Vancouver Centre—New York, New York (UA),
5th
Vogue—Star Wars (BVFD), 7th wk Very Good
Variety of Nev^ Films Debut
On Edmonton Area Screens
EDMONTON—The grosses earned by

at the Provincial Museum Sunday (7) . . .
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"Treasure Island" was screened Friday (12)
by the National Film Theatre in its "Family
Film Favorites" presentation . University
of Alberta Chaplains" "Summer Session
Series" offered "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Monday (1) in the Tory Lecture Theatre.
The screening was followed by a discussion
on the theme of "The Quiet Violence
of Society."
Bill Chernyk, who has worked the past
20 years in his neatly pressed doorman's
tuxedo at the Westmount (previously known
as the Sahara Theatre), retired recently at
the age of 68. Bill's duties included everything
from maintaining order in the theatre
to rousing sleepy projectionists, he told Joe
Sornberger of the Edmonton Journal. Admitting
that he had seen few motion pictures
in their entirety. Bill's favorite film
probably was "The Sound of Music." The
one he liked least, he told Sornberger. was
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" "I never
gave a heck for that one," he explained,
"and that darned thing won an Academy
Award."
able on a loan basis to schools, associations,
community groups, etc.—in fact, to anyone
interested enough to screen them for a
group of people. Details of the various
movies and titles are available from Metric
Commission Canada, Box 4000, Ottawa,
Ont.
A big welcome to Harvey Levin, who is
booking again at Astral Films . . . More
news will be forthcoming on a new business
venture in this city that will bring a movie
buffs some of the greatest films ever made
in an earlier era. Flemming Nielson and
Don Carrol, both former CBC staff members,
have purchased the Plaza Theatre on
Kensington Road in the northwest section
of town and are converting it to an "art
house." The two neophyte theatremen are
even going back to the silent films hoping
that there will prove to be an audience for
such pictures in this city. It is a new approach
for Calgarians who like a "different"
evening at the movies.
Work is well under way—in fact almost
to the completion stage— at the two-screen
Mill Woods Drive-In, Edmonton. I'he theatre
is equipp>ed with heaters and will be a
year-round operation. Cinema 1 will have
a capacity of 442 cars, with Cincm;i 2 able
to host 355 vehicles.
Sandra McBean, daughter of Ken Mc-
Bean, Landmark Theatres, has enjoyed several
friends from Swift Current who have
been visiting with her. The young ladies
have taken in some of our more outstanding
attractions, gone on shopping jaunts, visited
with friends and—what else?— gone to the
movies. The primary reason for the girls
arriving in lown was to help Sandra celebrate
her birthday Tuesday (2), which they
did with a lovely supper at Ihe McBcan
home.
For the first time since its opening, the
Market Mall 6 here is showing one film in
three auditoriums. United Artists' "The Spy
Who Loved Me' bowed in Cinema 4, Cinema
5 and Cinema 6 to excellent grosses in
all
situations.
The big news here in the motion picture
industry is the shooting of some of the
footage for the upcoming feature "Superman,"
with auditions being held for
several "Superkids." The film company
scanned talent at the Calgary Inn and was
on the lookout for children (particularly)
in the age groups of three, five and ten
years.
Publicity director Gordon Arnell said
the youngsters will be involved in scenes
depicting the arrival from the planet Krypton
of the future Superman. It is expected
that these sequences will be photographed
in this area. The film has been under way
in southern Alberta and the crew was in
town to start lensing in the nearby Exhaw
area, as well as in the Blackie and Drum-
The poor Canadian taxpayer is footing
heller regions. Stars in the city, or arriving
the bill for yet another metric conversion
soon, to take part in the picture were Glenn
aid. This time, it is several films that have
been made specifically for Metric Commission
Canada to assist the general public Ned Beatty and Margot Kidder. Total bud-
Ford, Gene Hackman, Valerie Perrine,
with the system of measurements. In color
get for the feature is $25,000,000—and
and 16mm, the films are from 20 to 30 some of that will enter into Alberta's economy,
minutes in length. The pictures are avail-
as well as creating a number of spinoff
jobs in connection with the filmmaking.
Cinematheque 16 in Edmonton continues
to delight the true movie buff with classic
film fare. Pictures scheduled for August included
"Through a Glass Darkley," "Winter
Light." "The Silence" and "Smiles of
a Summer Night." The first annual Summer
Festival of International Cinema (presented
Thursdays and Fridays) offered "Bed
and Board" (France, 1970), "The Fifth
Horseman Is Fear" (Czechoslovakia. 1964).
"The Milky Way" (France-Italy. 1968) and
"Seven Samurai" (Japan, 1954). The very
knowledgeable Sam Koplowitz has arranged
for a new season of international features
and retrospective series to begin September
1. With Sam's know-how, the films should
make September a very interesting month
for Edmontonians.
Some time ago, there were plans afoot
to make a motion picture about the life of
Alberta's black cowboy, John Ware, but
the company involved ran afoul of the Security
Commission and to date the film has
not been completed. The National Film
Board, however, has made a documentary
on this colorful pioneer and his daughter
Jeannette (Nettie) has a top role in this
film. The interest in Ware was touched off
by the publication of the book "John Ware's
Cow Country." written by the Hon. Dr. J.
Grant MacEwan. During Stampede week.
the NFB crew was in Nanton shooting
footage for this interesting picture. Ware's
childhood was spent in slavery and much
of this time in his life is based on interviews
with his daughter. Ware came to Alberta
in 1882 and became known throughout the
West as a very capable roper, rider, sharpshooter
and rancher. A fall from a horse
in 1905 resulted in his death, just a few
months after his wife had died. Another
daughter. Mildred, still is living in Alberta,
with one son, Robert, living in this city.
Another, Arthur, makes his home in Vancouver,
No date has been set for the release
of the film.
.
Stan Phillip.s, 16mm booker lor Bellevue
It's not
Films, departed on vacation . .
that Susan Pietrowski of Victoria Shipping
Services has had more holidays than anyone
else— it's just that she has split up her
three weeks and is away for another short
hiatus from daily toil.
Edmonton has experienced some real deluges
of rain in the past few weeks— heavy
pounding rains that really have shown up
as poor nights at ozoner boxoffices. Lack
of rain in the south and east sections of Alberta
also has affected theatre attendance.
With no prospect of a crop in that area,
people are becoming very cautious in
money matters and reduced spending is reflected
in some very low grosses.
Cinemobile Display Set
As Feature of Festival
TORONTO— Parked at Harbourfront
and showing films which will include National
Film Board shorts and some fulllength
features, as well as films by independent
Canadian filmmakers and some animation
and classic films, will be the Cinemobile.
The Cinemobile is a van with an inflatable
theatre coming out of its back. It
looks like a giant carrot and has to be seen
to be believed!
This "inflatable" mobile theatre was devised
by Martin Heath, director of projects,
and Chriss Clifford, design engineer, of
Mobile Cinema Systems. It seats approximately
75. The balloon environment creates
excitement among adults and children,
creating a delightful new way to view film.
The Cinemobile is an all-weather yearround
mobile cinema with continuous projection
and a self-contained generating system.
In the environment created by the inflatable
auditorium, people become enthusiastic
about viewing film and in the process
seem to enjoy themselves and find that the
person next to them also is "getting off" on
the experience.
The Cinemobile will be at Harbourfront
the weekends of the festival, September 10-
11 and September 17-18. All of the films
are free and part of the festival's Harbourfront
activities.
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New Sreec/ of Filmmaker Making Mark
^ylth British Columbia Productions
By JIMMIE DAVIE
VANCOUVER—A new group of young
West Coast movie producers, far removed
from the types of the last decade who first
sought Canada Council grants before
shooting the "great" Canadian cultural and,'
or sex epic, have been learning their trade
quietly in local studios and on location on
behind-the-camera assignments associated
with documentaries, commercials and educational
subjects. Heading this list are the
Dalens of Highlight Productions, who have
just put the dramatically and artistically successful
"Skip Tracer" into release.
Zaie Dalen. who entered filmmaking
after he was fired as a news reporter, has
worked in commercial productions for others.
Dalen, 28. plays guitar and piano, rides
an antique Royal Enfield motorcycle, has
a pet Florida king snake named Andy,
practices fast-draw with his .44 magnum
and can take a cigaret out of your mouth
with a 12-foot bullwhip. He's also dedicated
Wife Versatile
Aide
His wife Laara also has spent considerable
time behind the cameras in assignments
ranging from gaffer to script girl. She's
also had some distribution experience, having
an educational subject which she told
your reporter grossed $14,000 in 16mm
film library rentals.
Barry Healey. creator of the super-short
"Outtakes," likewise has had a checkered
career in the field of "sink or swim" professional
show business. Everything he
owns, except his guitar and typewriter, is
jammed into eight cardboard boxes so that
he can move fast in pursuing his bread-andbutter
occupation as a folk singer. He
worked at this endeavor three years after he
left Vernon for a struggling band— to earn
tea and cakes. It was named, appropriately.
Heartaches.
Became Freelance Writer
Healey then became a freelance writer
for CBC doing variety and comedy shows
for such people as Mike Neun. He also
wrote for Rolph Harris and the short-lived
'Celebrity Revue," which was shot in Vancouver's
Cave for domestic syndication. He
got into films by being an extra in Trevor
Wallace's "Journey into Fear" and then was
CINERAMA IS IN
SHOW BUSINESS IN
HAWAII TOO.
When you come to Waikiki,
don't miss the famous
glljgjjUJjUi
[Smi^ Don Ho Show. .
mi^ Cinerama's Reef Towers Hotel.
IN WAIKIKI: REEF . REIT TOWOtt EDGEWATER
George Segal's stand-in for "Russian Roulette,"
also lensed in Vancouver.
Seeing the unconscious comedv that went
on behind the camera led to "Outtakes." a
comedy of the boo-boos committed during
the making of a motion picture that never
show up in the finished product.
His lead. Richard Romanus. played a hit
man in "Russian Roulette," which he does
again in "Outtakes." but for laughs. Local
performer Bill Reimer plays a movie director.
John Holbrook, who helped lens "Shadow
of the Hawk," was the director of
photography. The whole crew, Healey explained,
"was a feature-film crew" who. in
two days, shot enough film for a 118-minute
feature and it was "cut to 18 minutes
for short release." They gave a lot of love
to the project, according to Healey.
Belief
Always Works
He is optimistic about "Outtakes." explaining,
"Everytime I do something I believe
always works. I'm not going
the growth to of the British Columbia film
in, it to
industry and represented western Canada make a lot of money but it's a nice feeling."
on the Canadian Film Development Corp.
advisory committee.
To quote the Vancouver Sun's Les Wedman:
"In some ways. Phil Borsos is typical
of young filmmakers but he's also unique.
He's broke. He complains a lot and yet he
finds there is nothing as exciting as making
a film. He says he will never make another
short film yet he's already doing another
(since completed). That's what makes him
unique. He keeps doing and doesn't just
keep talking about making films."
Borsos is 23 and his short "Cooperage."
the story of barrel-making at Sweeney's,
won the Canadian Film Awards' Etrog as
the best documentary short in Canada last
year. It beat out the National Film Board's
competition—sweet justice, since the NFB
earlier had withdrawn its support from Borsos'
subject (he quite likely lacked the necessary
academic credits to qualify for the
august body). He got the film into theatres
across Canada and almost wound up with
an Oscar nomination in Hollywood.
Idea From Helicopter
Borsos got the idea for "High Rigger"
when he saw a Vancouver Sim photo taken
from a helicopter of a giant fir being toppled
in Capilano Canyon because it was
infected with dry rot. With the prestige and
the film rental results of "Cooperage" behind
him, Borsos swung a bank loan and,
recruiting a crew, was in business.
Unable to get the high-rigger he wanted
in British Columbia, he tabbed veteran
Washington timber-topper Hap Johnson of
Castle Rock. Next was young professional
stuntman John Thomas, to add the necessary
pizzaz, along with special-effects assistants
John Wardlow and Graham Langley.
After several false starts, due to high
winds and unexpected snow, they literally
were able to gel production off the ground
in April and. with the aid of high-rigger
Marv Trudcau of Honeymoon Bay and
Robbie Carrol, a speed climber from Squamish,
making set-ups and slinging cables
for cameraman Dave Geddes, managed to
get the actual aerial shots completed in four
days. Not seen—but very necessary—was
high-rigger Art Williams, whose bullhorn
instructions scared off the birds and bears,
while 12 cameras were planted high in the
trees.
Look for "High Rigger" first on TV this
fall, after which Borsos and his Mercury
Pictures. Inc.. hope to launch another short
which hopefully will be the pilot through
which he intends to sell investors to back
him on his first feature, a Pacific Coast
western.
Perhaps this might be a good place for
the circuits to invest their money—with
young, no-nonsense pros.
Unexpected Rain Dampens
Hot Comedy on Location
MONTREAL—Cinepix set up to begin
location shooting of its sex comedy "Heads
or Tails" at the J. K. Walden, Ltd., fur store
here but suddenly was rained out as the
lights on the set triggered the store's automatic
sprinkler system.
Cinepix insisted that the sprinklers had
malfunctioned but Superior Court Judge
Denis Levesque didn't see it that way. He
awarded $45,000 damages to the fur store
and the Tokyo Marine & Insurance Co.
Scriptwriting Contest
Has October Deadline
ATHENS, OHIO—October 3 is the deadline
for the first annual scriptwriting contest
sponsored by the Athens International Film
Festival. All scripts from both new and experienced
writers are eligible except those
that have already been produced or are in
the process of being produced for film or
TV.
The scripts, which must be of original
material and not adaptations from published
works, can be entered in the following categories:
Screenplay, feature film or short
story film; TV drama. 60 or 90 minutes, and
TV pilot, 30 or 60 minutes.
The contest's entry procedures require
that all scripts be typed on 8'/2 x 1 1 inch
white bond paper in master scene form for
film and a similar format for TV writing.
In addition, all scripts must be well bound
so that there are no loose pages and they
must have a title page that lists the author's
name and address and the title of the script.
All scripts submitted will be judged by a
panel selected by the festival management
that will include: Steve Barker, associate
professor of Cinema at Loyola University;
John Block, screen and TV writer and instructor
in screenwriting at the American
Film Institute; Peter Bukalski, chairman of
cinema and photography at Southern Illinois
University, and Richard M. Blumenberg,
associate dean and professor at Southern Illinois
University.
Additional information can be obtained
by writing to: Athens International Film
Festival, Scriptwriting Competition, Box
388, Athens, Ohio 45701.
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kin Ticklfr (78) ..C. Apr 77
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Srst of Laurel & Hardy (90) .
.MHENA FILMS,
LTD.
Conspiracy (87) Ho.
Belween Hoieti and Hell (87) . . D
Virility (87) C.
ImpMsible U»e (90) D.
JOSEPH
BRENNER
Rape Killer Oct 76
The Cheaters Oct 76
Autopsy Nov 76
Cry of a Prostitute Nov 76
The Winners D..
Evil Eyes Sus-D .
Ifs Not the Size Thai
Counts Sex C.
Bike Scimmer, VIncenI Price
Lady J Ac-Ad.
Naked Sacrifice Ad-D..
BURBANK INT'L PICTURES
Between the Covers Auo 76
Secrets of Sweet Sixteen Auo 76
Superknight Sept 76
Journey Into the Beyond . . . .Jan 77
The Holes (Les Gaspards) . . .Jan 77
14 and Under Feb 77
2069. a Sex Odyssey May 77
CENTRAL PARK FILM
Super Bug, Super Agent . S
Andy Warhol's Young Dracula
MISCELLANEOUS
Rel.
Date
The Booby Hatch (86) Jan 77
on Joy Miller, Rudy RIcd
The Groove Room (S3) Feb 77
Ollle Solloft, Sue Lonehurst
The Fabulous Fanny (87) ...Feb 77
.\lan SpUz. Diane Suromerfleld
Crazy House (89) Mar 77
Frankle Howerd. Ray MUland
Lucifer's Women (88) Mar 77
Urry Hankln, Jane Brunei-Cohen
Night of the Howling Beast ..Mar 77
Paul Naschy, Sllrla Solar
COUGAR PRODUCTIONS
BEEHIVE PRODUCTIONS
Assassin (82)
The Raw Report (70) StK C. Aug 77 I.in Hendry
MItcli Morrill. Polly nemcnto Tiger Bay (156)
Curves Ahead! (81) ..Sex C. Oct 77 .lasdish Prem, Itart Shankar
(Wrlif-near. W.K. Margoki
The Sky Is Falling (91) ....
Carnal's Duties (80) Sex C. Dec 77 Richard Tndd, Dennis Hopper,
.Muffin Macintosh
Carroll Baker
Rumps ... Is There One in
Shriek Out (90)
Your Past? Sex C. Feb 78 •Iiidd Hlrsch
My Brother Has Bad Dre,-ms/
Sisters of Satan (97/85) .
Paul VIcent/.Anne Hej-»ood
Saga of Dracula/Vcngeance of
the Zombies (91/91)
The Vampire Happenings/The
Swinging Monster (90/85) .
Pia neEermark, Tony Kendall
GOLDSTONE FILMS
Curse of the Devil
Kung Fu Brothers
Bruce Lee and I
Kung Fu Master— Bruce Lee Style
Shanghai Connection
Vampire Beast Craves Blood
North of the Yukon
Cops Is Cops
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Hlrls (Tiitlpll. Jacqueline 1,!
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CAMBIST FILMS
Emili!
licole
Two Against the Law .Aug
Swedish Minx (99) C.
By the Blood of Others Sept
Maria Lynn, Ble Warbiirc
The Slap (104) D. Sept 76
My
Girl on Her Knees D.
Husband, His Mistress and
(9S) C-D..Sept76
Easy Come. Easy Go C.
Something Creeping in the
It.-miis VptU. Heidi Ka[)plpi
Dark (90) Sus 76
Belmondo Is the Swashbuckler
(100) Hl-C-D. .Scpl76
CANNON GROUP
The Prophet (90) C-D. .Oi
Vlltnrln Cassman
Vnn-Marcret.
Three Way Love Mar 77
Sicilian Connection .. .Cr-D. Oct 76
Cherry Hill High Apr 77
What Might Have Been May 77
The Last Wilderness May 77
HEMISPHERE PICTURES, INC.
The Happy Hooker Goes
to Washington June 77 Refle
Bed
.Sex.
Intimate Playmates Sex.
Naughty Co-eds Sex.
Smartie Pants Sex
Hanky Panky Sex
Willing Wives Sex.
Terror From Under the
House
Sus-D
CINEMA S
HOLLYWOOD INT'L
Harlan County, USA
Her Last Fling (75) Sex D. Dec 76
(103)
Ultimate Pleasure
Pumping Iron (85) . Doc. .Jan 77 (80) Sex D. .May 77
Providence (104) F. Jan 77 Jungle Blue Sex C. .July 77
nirk Rneardp. RUrn nur^tvn
The New Adventures of
We All Loved Each Other So
Casanova Sex-Ad .. Sept 77
Much (124) Q and
b&w
C-D..June77
Vlllorlo Oa-wman. Ninn Manfredi
Jabberwocky INDEPENDENT-INT'L
(100) C. May 77
MlrhacI
Nurses for Sale (84) ...Ac
Palln. Max Wall,
Dcbt.rah
Losing Cousins (87) . . . . D.
Rallendcr
Volcano
The Naughty Stewardesses/
(100) O and b&w Doc
Blazing Stewardesses
(102/85) Sex C
The Lonely Woman (81) .0
Horror of the Zombies . Ho Jan 77
Girls' Hotel (93) D Feb 77
Uncle Tom's Cabin (108) D Mar 77
llorliert l.om, Olive Mooreflelrt
Nurse Sherri (92) Ho,.N
Game Show Models ..Sex D. ./
Cinderella 2000
(95) SFSex /
r.itharlnc Erhardt
Rel. Date
LIMA PRODUCTIONS
ttle Miss Innocence
(SO) Sex D.. May 77
MFI DISTRIBUTORS
Dicktator C-D.. May 77
s on 6th Street D.. Aug 77
An Affair in Cannes D.. Oct 77
The Abductor Cr. .Nov77
Man of
Convictions
Cr..Dec77
Fog 0., Feb 78
Raices
D..Mar78
MULBERRY SQUARE
For the Love of Benjl
(85) C-Ad..June77
Patsy Garrett, Cynthia Smith
NILES INTERNATIONAL
chizo (105) Ho. .June 77
Lynne Frederick, John Lfl>1on
Love All Summer
(95) C-D.. Aug 77
Rill Dana, Marty Allen
Wonder Who's Killing Her Now
(84) C. Aug 77
Rnb DIshey. .loanna Barnes.
Bill Dana
NMD FILM DISTRIBUTING
Invasion of the Blood Farmers/
She Beast/The Embalmer
(80/74/83) Ho.. Apr 77
The Carhops (88) May 77
The New Adventures of Snow
While (76) May 77
Naunhly School Girls/Teenage
Tramp/Teenage Hitchhikers
(86/80/74) May 77
OMNI PICTURES
Kiss of the Tarantula May 76
Death Driver (90) , . Apr 77
Frank Challenge— Manhunter
(88) Ac. Apr 77
PACIFIC COAST FILMS
My Wife the Hooker (65) ...Feb 77
Confessions of Linda Lovelace
(72) Apr 77
Do You Wanna Be Loved
(85) Aug 77
Please Please Me (75) Sept 77
Candy Stripers (SO) Oct 77
Mondo Magtc
Sandakan, No.
(120)
PETER PERRY PICTURES
Hollywood High (81)
SCOTIA AMERICAN
hrislian the Lion . .Ad-Doc .. Jan 77
Rlll Traver^^, VirRinla McKenna
The Ninhl They Robbed
Big Bertha's (88) C.
list CENTURY
The Demon Lover
Salut I'Artiste (96) ..C-D. N
M.in-tlln MastroiannI, Francoisi
l':ilii:n(. Cirla flravina
The Three Fantastic
llr.i.l lliirrli. Tony Kendall,
CLAMIL PRODUCTIONS
Magic Legend of the Juggler
Blood Freak (80)
Bedroom Magic (90)
Europa (80)
.357 Magnum .
KEY INTERNATIONAL
The Father Kino Story
(115) Ac-D .Sepl77
CONSTELLATION FILMS
Ulchard F.giin. Itlcardn Monlalban VANGUARD RELEASING, INC.
Battle Command (100) Jan 7? Run for Blue (86) .W-Doc. .Sept 77 The Hills Have Eyes
Frederick Stafford. Van Johnson
Itev Allen. Tanya Tucker
(89) Ac-Sus..June7
COMING RELEASES
ALLIED ARTISTS
NEW WORLD
The Betsy Feb 78 Deathsport 2020
SF-Ae.
Laurence Olivier, Katharine Ross, David Carradlne
Robert Duvall. Tommy Lee Jones Phibes Rejurrectus Ho-C
(A United .Artists Co-release)
Vincent Price. Roddy McDowall
Such Men are Dangertus
PARAMOUNT
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL Joseph Andrews
Mean Dog Blues Feb 78 (103) C-Ad..0ct77
George Kennedy, Kay Lenj
Ann-Margret. Peter Firth,
Rolling Thunder
John Glelgud, Hugh Griffith
William Devanc, Tommy Lee Jones Looking for Mr. Goodbar ....Oct 77
The Black Pirate Ad..
. le Keaton. Richard Kiley
Mel Ferrer
Pretty Baby Feb 78
ATLAS FILMS
Ann of St. Tropez
AVCO EMBASSY
Rabbit Test C. Oct 77
Jnan Prather, Alex Rocco,
Paul Lynde, Alice Ghostley
The Manitou
Susan Strasberg, Tony Oirtis.
Michael Ansara, Burgess Meredith
Yockowald
Tom Jones. Harry (Juardlno.
Su.san Sarandon, Kdth Carradlne
Born on the 4th of July
Al Padno
Fraternity Rov» (101) 0..
Peter Fox, Gregory Harrison
Seven Nights in Japan
Michael York
The Duellists
Harvey Keitel, Keith Carradlne
Sextette
Mae West, Timothy Dalton.
Dom DeLiilse, Rlngo Starr
First Love R-D-
WiUiam Katt, Susan Pey
Strother Martin, Arthur Hill
Bessie D .
20TH-FOX
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Aretha Franklin
Julia D.. Nov 77
Jane Fonda, Vanessa lledgrave,
Jason Rohards. Maximilian Srhell
BUENA VISTA
Survival Run Ac- Ad.. Dec 77
Pete's Dragon ....An M-F..Nov77 Jan-Mlchael Vincent, George
Helen Reddy. Mickey Rooney.
Peppard, Dominique Sanda.
Red Buttons, Shelley Winters
Paul Wlnfleld
Counterfeit Countesi Milo .
The World's Greatest
Jodie Foster. David NIven
Dee 77
Hero From Otherwhere Ad-F..
The Cat From Outer Space ..An..
Ken Berry. McLean Stevenson.
Dec 77
Sandy Duncan. Roddy McDowall
Hayburgh, Alan Bates
Return From Witch Mountain
A Wedding
Bette Davis, Oirlstopher Lee,
Carol Bun Geraldlne Chaplin.
Kim Richards
Lillian Gish, Lauren nntton
Turning Point ,;•••;''
Shlrlev MacLaloe .\nne Ranrrnfl
CINEMA SHARES
Aces High (114) ... .Ac-D. Oct 77
John Gielgud. Trevor Howard, UNITED ARTISTS
Richard Johnson. Malcolm McDowell Equus D. .Oct 77
Godzilla on Monster
Richard Burton, Tony Perkins
Island
SF-F..N0V77 Valentino "0177
Ultra Secret
Rudolph Nureyev, Ml-heite PhUlliis
Le.slie Carnn, Carol Kane
The Betsy Eeb 78
COLUMBIA
Laurence Olivier. Katharine Ross.
Close Encounters of the Third
Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones
Kind
SF..Nov77 (,\n Allied .\rtists Co-release)
Richard Dreyfuss, Terl Garr,
Semi-Tough
Francois Truffaut, Mellnda Dillon Riirt Revnolds, Kris Krlstoffersnn.
Six Weeks
Jill Oayburgh, Robert Preston
Audrey Hepburn. Tatum O'Neal
Eyes
Kris Krlsoff'ersVn'.'Ail Macljraw,
Faye Dunaway
Burt Yoimg, Ernest Borjnlne
Casey's Shadow
Coming Home "
Walter Matthau. Alexis Smith
Jane Fonda, Jon Volght,
Watch the Skies
Bruce Dern, Robert Carradlne
Richard Dreyfuaa
The Dog Soldiers •
The Cheap Detective
Nlrk Nolte, Tuesday Weld,
Ann-Margret. Peter Falk,
Gall Strickland, Michael MoMarty
Louise Fletcher, Stockard Channlng That's Comedy (MGM)
Telefon (MGM) Ho-Sus.
Annie Glrardot, Jacques DutronI Charles Brnnson. Lee Remick
CROWN INTERNATIONAL
Pom Girls. Part
Gym Teacher
The Coach .
Love Buggies
The Majorettes
DIMENSION
Cat
Noi
Donald Pleasence, Nancy Kwan
The Tiger's Claw
Bruce LI
Man Monster
The
GROUP 1
Alligator
The Deadly Menace
The Black Box
Eat It Raw
While Slavers
MONARCH
Emanuelle in
Bangkok , . .
Laura Oemscr
.Sex
Kirk Morris, (hirdon Mitchell
Shining Star
Harvey Keltcl, Ed Nelson,
Earth, Wind & Fire
Melo..0ct77
UNIVERSAL
9/30/55 D. Oct 77
Richard Thomas. Susan TMr.ll
Gray Lady Down Nov 77
Charlton Heston. Ciirndlne
David
Blue Collar C-D Feb 78
Ri'liard Pryor. Harvey Keitel
Which Way Is Up?
Richard Pryor
Heroes
C-D..
Henry Winkler. Sally Field,
Lawrence Turman
The Deer Hunter Ac-0..
Robert De Nlro. John Cazale
The Lonely Lady
Susan Blakely
Checkered Flag—or Crash
Joe Don Baker. Su=an Sarandon
WARNER BROS.
The Gauntlet Ad-D Dec 77
Clint Eastwood. Sondra Locke
A Piece of the Action C.
Sidney Poitler. Bill Cosby
Operation Daybreak Ac
Timothy Bottoms. Anthonv Mi.lr.-";
An Enemy of the People
Steve McQueen. Nlrnl Williamson
The Day the World Ended Ad. Sus
Yul Brynner. Henry Fonda
Oh, God
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Burns, John Denver
Stuntman C-Ad.
Reynolds
Bloodbrothers
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Paul Sorvlno, Tony LoBlancn
Straight Time
Hoffman, Katby Bates
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Who Loved' Hyped
¥id Media Blitzkrieg
.\ massive electronic media blitzkrieg
. launched in New England by North-
I Theatre Corp.'s Edgar A. Knudson.
.e-president. advertising and publicity, for
playdates of United Artists' "The Spy Who
Loved Me" at the circuit's Showcase cinemas.
In Springfield, where WHYN Radio has
an annual promotion at Mountain Park (all
rides are free, etc.). contests were conducted
live via remote broadcasts for a giveaway
campaign that involved 25 soundtrack albums.
25 Model 007 cars and 25 pairs of
passes to Showcase cinemas. Approximately
50,000 visitors were at the park on the day
of the promotion, which had received an
advance hypo through a total of 100 air
spots. Total value of the ballyhoo was pegged
at $2,000.
WLLH in Lawrence has been running a
"James Bond Trivia Contest," with five
questions daily for four days. The first caller
with the correct answer was awarded a
James Bond kit consisting of a pair of
passes, a 007 model car and a soundtrack
album. Fifty promotional spots were aired,
valued at S800. and 25 kits were given to
winners. An almost identical tub-thumping
campaign was carried out in New Haven
via a tie-in with WPLR. while WAAF in
Worcester sponsored a trivia contest, giving
out 25 kits. A $550 value was placed on
100 radio spot announcements.
In Hartford. WTIC-FM has a regular
jackpot promotion going which is called
"The Cash Connection." All listeners who
call in and don't win the jackpot are awarded
a consolation prize. As a tie-in with the
UA film, the latter was (for a given period)
a pair of passes to sec "The Spy Who Loved
Me" at Showcase cinemas, a soundtrack
album or a 007 model car. Seventy-five air
spots were valued at $1,500. it was reported
by Knudson.
As par! of the kickof/ for "A Bridge Too Far" when it opened at the Times Tinvne
Cinema in Cincinnati. Mid States Theatres' Don Wirtz arranged for a man in a
parachute to he suspended over the Sixth and Walnuts streets intersection in the
downtown area. A parade which wound its way through the business section of
the city incUided a color guard from the original 82nd Airborne Division, with
military music played by the award-winning Roger Bacon High School Band. The
end of the route was the Times Town Cinema and, at right. Shirley Gossett. secretary
of tlie 82nd Airborne, speaks to the throng assembled at the theatre for the
opening of the United Artists release. Looking on. right, is Wirtz. who conceived
the effective tub-thumping campaign for the debut of "A Bridge Too Far."
Selective Radio Campaign on 'New York, New York'
George Pritchett, manager of Ogden-
Perry's Jackson Mall Cinema in Jackson,
Miss., conducted a successful promotion for
the run of "New York, New York" at the
duo. relying heavily on the area's
electronic
media for saturation publicity.
Two months in advance of the opening
of United Artists' Liza Minnelli-Robert De
Niro starrer, the film was cross-plugged at
the twin with posters and trailers. Knowing
that "New York. New York" would appeal
to the over-30 group, the promotion was
designed to catch the attention of that particular
segment of the citizenry.
Pritchett arranged with WSLI (considered
the radio station for the "over 30" group)
for ballyhoo on Jackson's most popular talk
show and. in addition, the station gave
passes two weeks in advance of opening
day. The tie-in netted over $240 in free
radio spots and greatly aided grosses.
Through a tie-in with WJDX, Jackson's
top-rated station, another ticket giveaway
was held opening week, netting $300 in free
airtime.
The final phase of the promotion was
carried out by making up invitations for
special guests for the first and second showings
of "New York. New York." Among
those invited were Mississippi Gov. Cliff
Finch; Mississippi Lt. Gov. Evelyn Gandy,
Jackson Mayor Dale Danks, and members
of all the officials' staffs. Also included on
the guest list were regional TV personalities.
To add impact, the invitations were handdelivered
by Pritchett personally.
As a promotion for the
multiple engagement of
Cinema 5's "Jabberwocky"
in San Franci.ico. the Jan
Zones Agency staged a
"Monty Python Jabberwocky
Tournament and
Noble Twit of the Year
Contest" at the Cannery.
The zany put-on included
medieval swordfighting. a
mummer's play and dances
from the Middle Ages, all
staged by the Society for
Creative Anachronism.
The society is a Bay Area
group which specializes in
historical theme events and
creates its own costumes
and productions from
studies done on the period.
Needless to .uiy. the
promotion garnered plenty
of word-of-mouth.
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