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• MARCH 13, 197iB<br />

NATIONAL EXECUTT^rtDITION iWtc<br />

Including the Settional News Pages o< All CdltlOiu<br />

(IM LANKFORD • JAMES DAUGHTON • SUSAN PLAYER jARREAU MICHAEL LUTHER • and STEPHEN OLIVER<br />

executive producer NEWTON P.JACOBS • produced bv MARILYN J.<br />

TENSER • directed by ROBERT J.<br />

ROSENTHAL<br />

R<br />

written by CELIA SUSAN COTELO and ROBERT J.<br />

ROSENTHAL • director of photography JAMIE ANDERSON<br />

musical supervision bv MICHAEL LLOYD • A CROWN RESTRICTED^<br />

INTERNATIONAL PICTURE COLOR BY DELUXE UnSt' 1' '(4Lii'r% JCCompjnvini; Pjitnt O' Adull £uiri)i*n<br />

W CROWN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES #<br />

292 S. La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills, Ca. 90211 Tel: (213) 657-6700 ^<br />

NEWTON P. JACOBS<br />

Chairman of the Board<br />

MARK TENSER<br />

President<br />

Li<br />

GEORGE M. JOSEPHS<br />

Vice Pres./Gen. Sales Mgr.


—<br />

THE NATIONAL FILM WEEKLY<br />

Published In NirTe Sectional Edition's<br />

BEN SHLYEN<br />

Editor-in-Chiel and Publisher<br />

RALPH M. DELMONT ..Manaoinj Editor<br />

MORRIS SCHLOZMAN ...Business Mjr.<br />

GARY BURCH Equipment Editor<br />

RALPH KAMINSKY Western Editor<br />

Puijiication Offices: 825 Van Brunt Blvd.<br />

Kansas City. Mo. 64124. (816) 241-7777<br />

Western Offices: 6425 Hollywood Blvd.<br />

Hollywood, Ca.. 90028 (213) 465-1186.<br />

Eastern Offices: 1270 Sixth Avenue, Suite<br />

240:i. Rockefeller Center. New Vorli, N.T.<br />

10020. (212) 265-6370.<br />

London Office; Anthony Gruncr, 1 Woodberry<br />

Way, Finchley, N 12. Telephone<br />

Hillside 6733.<br />

THE MODERN THEATRE Section Is<br />

Included in one issue each month.<br />

Albuquerque: Chuck Miltlestadt. P.O. Bol<br />

8514. Station C 87108. Tele. 265-<br />

6578, 265-1791.<br />

Atlanta: Genevieve Camp, 166 Lindbergh<br />

Drive. N.B. 30305.<br />

Baltimore: Kate Savage. 3607 Springdale,<br />

21216.<br />

Boston: Ernest Warren. 1 Colgate Road,<br />

Needham, Mass. 02192. Tele. (617)<br />

444-1657.<br />

Buffalo: Edward F. Meade. 760 Main St.,<br />

14202. Tele. (716) 854-1555.<br />

Chicago: Frances B. Clow, 175 North<br />

Kenllworth, Oak Park. 111. 60302. Tele.<br />

(:!12) 383-8343.<br />

Cincinnati: Jeffrey Alexander, 7122 Carnation<br />

Ave.. 45236. Tele: (513) 791-<br />

7749.<br />

Charlotte: Blanche Carr. 012 E. Park<br />

Ave.. 28203. Tele. (704) 376-1815.<br />

Chas. J, Leonard sr.. 318 Queens Rd.,<br />

28204. Tele: (704) 333-0444.<br />

Cleveland: Elaine Fried, 3255 Grenway<br />

Rd. 44122. Tele. (216) 991-3797.<br />

Columbus: Jim Pearce, 230 Graceland<br />

Blvd.. 43214. Tele. (614) 885-2610.<br />

Dallas: Mable Oulnan, 5927 Wlnton.<br />

Denver: Brace Marshall. 2881 S. Cherry<br />

Way, 80222.<br />

Des Moines: Cindy VIers. 4024 E. Maple,<br />

50317. Tele. 266-9811.<br />

Detroit: Vera PhUllps, 131 Eliot St.<br />

West, Windsor, Ont. N9A 5Y8.<br />

Hartford: Allen M. Wldem. 30 Pioneer<br />

Drive, W. Hartford 06117, Tele. 232-<br />

3101.<br />

Indianapolis: Robert V. Jones, 6385 N.<br />

Park, 46220. Tele. (317) 253-1536;<br />

Jacksonville: Robert Cornwall. 3233 College<br />

St., 32205. Tele. (904) 389-<br />

5144.<br />

Memphis: Barllne Eans, 3849 Maid Marian<br />

Lane, 38111. Tele. 452-4220.<br />

Miami: Martha Lummus, 622 N.B. 98 St.<br />

Milwaukee: Wally L. Meyer, 13637 N.<br />

Green Bay Rd.. 52 West. Mequon, Wis.<br />

53092. Tele. (414) 242-0643.<br />

Minneapolis: Bill Dlehl, St. Paul Dispatch,<br />

63 B. 4th St., St. Paul, Minn.<br />

New Orleans: Mary Greenbaum, 2303<br />

Mendez St. 70122.<br />

Oklahoma City: Eddie U Greggs. 410<br />

South Bldg., 2000 Classen Center,<br />

73106.<br />

Palm Beach: Lois Baumoel, 2860 8<br />

Ocean Blvd., No. 316, 33480, Tele.<br />

(305) 588-6786.<br />

Philadelphia: Maurle H. Orodenker, 312<br />

W. Park Towne Place, 19130. Tele.<br />

(215) 567-4748.<br />

Pittsburgh: R. F. Kllngensmlth, 516<br />

Jeanette. Wllklnsburg 15221. Tele.<br />

(412) 241-2809.<br />

Portland. Ore.: Robert Olds, 13640 SB<br />

King Rd., 97236.<br />

St. Louis: Fan R. Krause, 8I8A Longacie<br />

Drive, 63132. Tele. (314) 991-<br />

4746.<br />

Salt Lake City: Keith Perry, 264 E. 1st<br />

South. 84111. Tele. (801) 328-1641.<br />

San Antonio: Gladys Candy, 519 Cincinnati<br />

Ave. Tele. (612) 734-5527.<br />

San Francisco: Cathy Meyer, Jan Zones<br />

Agency, 1221 Jones St., Suite lOF,<br />

94100.<br />

Seattle: Stu Goldman, Apt. 404. 101 N.<br />

4fith St.. 98103. Tele. 782-5833.<br />

Tucson: Gib Clark, 433 N. Grande, Apt.<br />

5 85705<br />

WashlUEton: Virginia R. Collier, 5112<br />

Connecticut Ave., N.W, 20008. Tele.<br />

(202) 3620892.<br />

IN CANADA<br />

Calgary: Majlne McBean, 420 40th St.,<br />

S.W., F3C IWl. Tele, (403) 249-<br />

6039.<br />

Montreal: Tom Cleary, Association des<br />

Proprletalres de Cinemas du Quebec,<br />

3720 Van Home, Suite 4-5, H3S 1R8.<br />

Toronto: J. W. Agnew, 274 St. John's<br />

Rd., M6P IVS.<br />

Vancouver: Jimmy Davie. 3245 W. 12,<br />

V6K 2R8.<br />

Winnipeg: Robert Hucal, BOO-232 Portage<br />

Ave., R3C OBI.<br />

Member Audit Bureau of Circulation<br />

Published weekly, except one Issue at<br />

yearend. by Associated Publications, Inc..<br />

825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri<br />

61124. Subscription rates: Sectional<br />

EdlHon. $15.00 ger year, foreign, $25.00.<br />

National Executive Edition: $25.00, foreign.<br />

$30.00. Single copy, 75c. Second<br />

class postage paid at Kansas CItv, Mo.<br />

Publication No 062260<br />

MARCH<br />

Vol, 112<br />

1 3, 1978<br />

No, 23<br />

Guest Editorial<br />

"<br />

//le TuA& e^ im /yl&^o&n. T^ctuA^ yncL6Z\<br />

A BRIDGE OUT OF SIGHT<br />

By DON CARLE GILLETTE<br />

THE<br />

"BRIDGE TOO FAR" of the war<br />

drama released last year was no more<br />

elusive than the production-distribution-exhibition<br />

bridge that has kept the film industry in<br />

a state of flux and turmoil almost from the<br />

start.<br />

Nor are there any concrete signs yet that the<br />

situation is going to change—at least none were<br />

noted by keen observer Robert W. Selig at the<br />

recent ShoWesT '78 gathering, an otherwise very<br />

worthwhile annual event in which he plays a top<br />

role as organizer, administrator and all-around<br />

enthusiast.<br />

Selig is no defeatist. But when optimism is<br />

confronted with hard reality, exhibitors like anyone<br />

else can't just keep playing the game by ear.<br />

Like many other theatre executives, Selig, who<br />

is righthanti man to Pacific Theatres president<br />

William R. Forman, finds it incredible that the<br />

manufacturers and distributors of a product<br />

would persist in policies that can ultimately<br />

destroy their retailers.<br />

It may be expected, in a sellers' market, for the<br />

film suppliers to push for the absolute maximum,<br />

says Selig, but the point of diminishing returns<br />

to the exhibitors, and the escalating expenditures<br />

by the big producer-distributors of doing business<br />

this way, can cause casualties on both sides.<br />

There is some hope, Selig agrees, in the way<br />

independent film suppliers are forging ahead,<br />

acquiring better story properties, casting them<br />

with more boxoffice stars, and increasing their<br />

output. But the majors have an eye on that trend.<br />

If the indies turn over important pictures to the<br />

majors for distribution, it only will add another<br />

middleman who takes a piece of the action off<br />

the top. Dealing with exhibitors directly might<br />

well be preferable.<br />

Any indie producer-distributor with a desirable<br />

attraction these days will be welcomed with<br />

open arms and given every consideration by<br />

both the big circuits and the small theatre operators.<br />

Selig assures.<br />

But exhibitors themselves are doing something<br />

that seems senseless to any informed observer<br />

while complaining about product shortages, they<br />

keep building new theatres and adding screens.<br />

The proliferation of multi-screens is bound to<br />

reach the point of disaster, Selig believes.<br />

Another big mistake by exhibitors, according<br />

to Selig, was to wage a long and costly war<br />

against pay-TV instead of aligning themselves<br />

in some way with the new medium so they coU;<br />

have a voice in its progress. Selig believes tl<br />

movie business should be part of any entertar<br />

nient venture that uses motion pictures as i<br />

basic product, no matter in what form it is adap<br />

ed, whether over the air, wire, cassettes or wha<br />

MCA-Universal, Warner Communications ar<br />

Wometco Theatres have pay-TV links, and a fe<br />

others are marginally involved, but they are n^<br />

enough.<br />

The ideal pay-TV formula from the stani<br />

point of exhibitors, says Selig, would be to tel<br />

cast the films from a theatre at the same tin<br />

they are being shown to the cinema audienc<br />

Thus folks who are satisfied to see theatric,<br />

motion pictures on a midget screen can get the<br />

at home while fans who prefer the fullness<br />

the big screen can go to the theatre.<br />

Of course, this would put theatres in compel<br />

tion with pay-TV in a sense, but if the exhibitoj<br />

have some stake in pay-TV they could make oi<br />

okay. Film rentals charged the cinemas would 1<br />

much less; total theatre programs could incluc<br />

additional components not offered on the hon<br />

screen; and perhaps most important, the teleca<br />

surely would induce many viewers to see a goo<br />

picture again—on a theatre's big screen.<br />

In short, pay-TV can be an effective word-o<br />

mouth carrier and booster for attendance at th<br />

atres. Free-TV already has demonstrated a fili<br />

can draw more ticket-buyers in repeat bookinj<br />

after its video showing.<br />

Human nature being what it is, pay-TV nev«<br />

will keep a big percentage of folks cooped up<br />

home all the time. I^ook at the high percentaj<br />

of people who like to drink and can do all tl<br />

imbibing they want at home for less moneyyet<br />

cocktail hars and beer gardens keep mull<br />

plying.<br />

So, if exhibitors want to do better than ju<br />

endure conditions as they are in the industr<br />

Selig's advice is to at least get together in oi<br />

unified organization. The big producer-distribi<br />

tors don't have two associations. Why shorn<br />

exhibitors? Because of dissenters? If there we<br />

100 organizations with just .50 members apiec<br />

each unit still uould have dissenters witliin i<br />

ranks. A combined unit could reduce the discoi<br />

and increase the clout.<br />

In any case, the dedicated and indefatigab<br />

Selig believes in doing ratlier than fruitless or<br />

tory and, since Pacific Theatres is the maji<br />

force in the drive-in field, the circuit has som<br />

thing on the drawing board that mav well rev<br />

lutionize ozoner operations, even bucking pa<br />

TV. More on that later.


I<br />

Starts<br />

AnVEKTISKMKNT<br />

SPECIAL"NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE "ISSUE<br />

on Vhkv 11 |<br />

———<br />

New York.Monday, March 13. I97X<br />

[XHIIIS li[[ BIG BIIX IN NATlAi rilM YHX<br />

First Major<br />

CoUegeYocker<br />

Since Oakie<br />

llniversal Studios staled today<br />

ihat the comedy " \aiional iMmpoim's<br />

Anmia! House" will be the first giant<br />

college movie since the halcyon days<br />

ol Jack Oakie. The college pic<br />

concerns a small campus in W(i2and<br />

how [he school's worst lratcrnit\<br />

earns its reputation. Roman orgies,<br />

car wrecks and the demolition of a<br />

small town are interspersed with<br />

scenes where actors talk to each other<br />

Schlock Director<br />

Helms "House"<br />

John Landis. whose tirst directorial<br />

outing "Schlock'" grossed<br />

$43.50 (US-Canada only) and<br />

whose second pic "The Kentucky<br />

Fried Movie" has made Sl67.i)Ot).tK)0<br />

plus, makes "S'aiional l.amiuion's<br />

Animal House" under the Simmons<br />

/<br />

Reitman banner lor Universal<br />

Landis recalls that as a child he<br />

had visions of Laurel and Hardy.<br />

Chaplin. Keaton. Lloyd and the<br />

Marx Bros. "W.C Fields told me"<br />

claims the 27-\ear-old director<br />

•'never take points overcash upfront"<br />

Early reaction to comedy pic has<br />

been so tremendous lhat Landis'<br />

agents have been forced to install a<br />

telephone "It I knew it was going to<br />

be this funny I'd have asked for more<br />

money" says Landis.<br />

MnYuck<br />

And Mr. Canuck<br />

Make Ha Ha Pic<br />

Producers Matl\ "Mr Comedy"<br />

Simmons and Canuck Minimogul<br />

Ivan Reitman eyeballed the first cut<br />

of their new color talkie "Sainmal<br />

iMmpoim's Animal House ""It's got<br />

the warmth of "Jaws." the intimacy<br />

of "Star Wars," with the slick<br />

commercial charm of "Saturday<br />

Night Fever" say the happy duo. "If<br />

we knew it was going to turn out this<br />

funny we would have asked for<br />

more money"<br />

Universal City, March 1<br />

llniversal Studios head "Ned"<br />

Tanen said today that the first<br />

National Lampoon film "Saiionul<br />

Lampoon's Animal House" ^\\\<br />

premiere in August '78 The flick<br />

Uds produced by \aitonal lMmpoon\<br />

chief honcho Matty Simmons and<br />

Canadian movie maker Ivan Reitman<br />

Pen-Men Score<br />

With First Flick<br />

"If we knew it was going to turn<br />

out this funnv we would have asked<br />

for mtire money" says Harold<br />

Ram is, Doug Kenney and Chris<br />

Miller (in that order) writers of<br />

"Sational Ijimpiton's Animal Hoii\f"<br />

SHOOT IN BEAUTIFUL<br />

and was directed h> luhn I andis<br />

The picture stars John Belushi.<br />

Tim Matheson, John Vernon.<br />

Verna Bloom. Tom Hulce and<br />

Donald Sutherland as "Jennings,"<br />

The Uni\ersal laffer was wrapped<br />

on schedule in picturesque Eugene.<br />

Oregon in early tiecember I he epic<br />

was budgeted at 56.1.000,000 and<br />

s<br />

came in $1.17 00 over budget or<br />

S76.000 under budget, depending on<br />

which of two Universal accountants<br />

one wants to believe Both CPA's<br />

have brought their arguments to the<br />

National A c c ti u n t a n t s Review<br />

Board and to New West Maga?ineto<br />

get a final analvsis


.<br />

A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ID EXHIBITORS<br />

We are pleased to announce that<br />

after eight years of publishing the<br />

most popular adult humor magazine<br />

in the world and anything else that<br />

they could cash in on, the lovable<br />

folks at the National Lampoon have<br />

created and now completed filming<br />

movie:<br />

their first<br />

"NATIONAL LAMPOON'S<br />

ANIMAL HOUSE''<br />

Here at<br />

Universal we're proud to<br />

be associated with this hilarious film.<br />

Nervous. . .but proud.<br />

The movie is about college life in<br />

the early 1960's. It's the story of the<br />

battle between the Deltas, the craziest<br />

Fraternity on campus. . .and just<br />

about everyone else.<br />

The picture will premiere around<br />

the country in late July.<br />

When it does. .<br />

• A four color booklet will be inserted into the<br />

then current issue of the National Lampoon<br />

(monthly readership about four million)<br />

which will not only promote the movie but, for<br />

the first<br />

time in a national magazine, give the<br />

names, addresses and phone numbers of the<br />

theaters showing the film.<br />

• Advertising for the movie began on the<br />

pages of the National Lampoon as early as this<br />

February and will continue through all of 1978.<br />

• A saturation radio and T.V. campaign with<br />

commercials written by Natlamp humor writers<br />

will<br />

kick off in July.<br />

• The stars, director and producers as well as<br />

editors of the National Lampoon and others<br />

associated with the movie will attend premieres<br />

in cities throughout the U.S. and<br />

Canada, cities that will include major college<br />

towns as well as big population centers. Big<br />

press coverage on this.<br />

• Major advertising in magazines as well as<br />

newspapers.<br />

• National release of a special full color,<br />

illustrated novelization of the movie, distributed<br />

for the 1 St time on newsstands as well as<br />

in<br />

bookstores.<br />

• Giant kickoff party (we can't give the details<br />

here — all very top secret) in New York...<br />

"NATIONAL LAMPOON'S<br />

ANIMAL HOUSE"<br />

Produced by Matty Simmons & Ivan<br />

Reitman.<br />

Directed by John Landis.<br />

Written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney<br />

and Chris Miller.<br />

Brought to you by UNIVERSAL PICTURES.<br />

''NATIONAL<br />

ANIMAL<br />

LAMPOON'S<br />

HOUSE''<br />

CONTACT YOUR UNIVERSAL AGENT


Keir DuUea Will Attend<br />

First S-A-R 21 Breakfast<br />

KANSAS CITY — Keir Dullea, star of<br />

"Leopard in the Snow." will be spotlighted<br />

Keir Dullea<br />

at the first breakfast gathering of Show-A-<br />

Rama 21, to be sponsored by New World<br />

Pictures Tuesday (14).<br />

Dullea is best known for his sensitive<br />

jxirtrayal of a young man in an institution<br />

for the mentlly ill who has a touching relationship<br />

with a young girl patient in<br />

"David and Lisa." His other film credits<br />

include "The Fox," "2001: A Space Odyssey,"<br />

"Bunny Lake Is Missing," "The Thin<br />

Red Line" and "DeSade."<br />

In "Leopard in the Snow," Dullea plays<br />

a maimed, reclusive world-class racing car<br />

driver who has been reported killed in a<br />

crash. He lives with a pet leopard in a lonely<br />

mansion in the country.<br />

"Leopard in the Snow" is a first effort at<br />

film production by the Toronto-based pub-<br />

[lishing house. Harlequin Enterprises. For<br />

over 60 years Harlequin has provided a<br />

unique brand of romantic reading for<br />

vomen throughout the world. Along with its<br />

Jritish subsidiary. Mills & Boon, Ltd., plus<br />

publishing outlets in many countries, the<br />

Jarlequin novels now are bought by more<br />

an 80,000,000 readers a year.<br />

Jreakfast host New World Pictures retly<br />

announced a 20-picture release sched-<br />

|for 1978, making the company one of<br />

[largest independent sources of films in<br />

idustry.<br />

ren First Has Joined<br />

iern Talking Picture<br />

YORK—Steven C. First has joined<br />

Talking Picture Service as account<br />

in the Chicago sales office at<br />

prudential Plaza. Modern is the<br />

largest distributor of sponsored molures<br />

and videocassettes.<br />

Ito joining Modern, First was marnanager<br />

for Dial Financial Corp.<br />

Sere his responsibilities included the dedppment<br />

and coordination of promotional<br />

lerials and media advertising and new<br />

rketing programs development.<br />

Over hSOO Registrants Are Expected<br />

For 4-Day Show-A-Rama 21 in KC<br />

KANSAS CITY—Featuring personal<br />

appearances<br />

by motion picture personalities<br />

Barbara Eden. Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Sandy<br />

Duncan. Lisa Lucas, Keir Dullea, Jimmy<br />

Osmond and Mark Hamill, as well as widely<br />

known radio personality Wolfman Jack, the<br />

21st annual Show-A-Rama convention and<br />

tradeshow opens today (13) at the posh<br />

Crown Center Hotel. The four-day event,<br />

sponsored by the United Motion Picture<br />

Ass'n and the second largest convention of<br />

film industryites in the world, is expected<br />

to attract more than 1,500 registrants from<br />

all regions of the U.S., as well as delegates<br />

from Canada and other countries, according<br />

to Norman Nielsen, UMPA president.<br />

Twentieth Century-Fox will be honored<br />

as "Motion Picture Company of the Year"<br />

at the Thursday evening (16) "Evening With<br />

the Stars" banquet. At the same time, major<br />

awards will be presented to screen personalities<br />

and Alan Ladd jr.. president of 20th-<br />

Fox, will be honored with Show-A-Rama's<br />

"Man of the Year" award.<br />

Diverse Seminars Slated<br />

Enhancing the convention for exhibitors<br />

and their suppliers, the program is packed<br />

with valuable seminars on limited markets,<br />

FM radio advertising, stereo sound, safety<br />

precautions, concessions, showmanship and<br />

security. Augmenting this informative program<br />

will be a vast tradeshow which will<br />

give all in attendance the opportunity to<br />

observe and receive detailed information<br />

about the very latest in equipment, services<br />

and supplies.<br />

Exhibitors also will be guests at the screening<br />

of a new motion picture, "Hanging on a<br />

Star," at the Empire Theatre Monday afternoon<br />

(13) and Wednesday evening (15) they<br />

may view a forthcoming release at Dickinson's<br />

Glenwood Theatre in Overland Park,<br />

Kas. At the Crown Center headquarters,<br />

product reel showings will be offered by a<br />

host of producers, including April Fools,<br />

Melvin Simon Productions, New World Pictures,<br />

Universal Pictures, Crown International.<br />

Zanuck-Brown, Inter Planetary,<br />

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, American International<br />

and others.<br />

Impressive Ladies' Program<br />

An unusually extensive ladies' program<br />

has been arranged by chairwomen Sylvia<br />

Stone and Mary Lightner, with activities<br />

spanning a three-day period. Among the<br />

many attractions on the schedule is a screening<br />

of 20th-Fox"s "An Unmarried Woman"<br />

at the Seville Cinema on the Country Plaza;<br />

a wine party hosted by AIP, and luncheon<br />

at the Carriage Club through the courtesy<br />

of Buena Vista.<br />

Breakfast hosts include New World Pictures,<br />

1-M Services, National Screen Service/National<br />

Theatre Supply and American<br />

Sign Indicator Corp. The early morning<br />

get-togethers in each instance will be the<br />

prelude to the presentation of interesting<br />

and valuable products, adding immeasurably<br />

to the overall Show-A-Rama learning<br />

experience.<br />

Many awards other than those for screen<br />

celebrities will be presented, including several<br />

to Show-A-Rama 21'$ Honored Showmen<br />

and Honored Show-Women. Some unannounced<br />

salutes very likely have been<br />

arranged by UMPA and will not appear on<br />

the printed programs.<br />

Coca-Cola Set as Host<br />

The closing "Evening With the Stars"<br />

banquet saluting 20th-Fox will be, as in<br />

past years, presented with Coca-Cola USA<br />

as a host. Entertainment for diners will be<br />

offered by nationally known chanteuse Kay<br />

Dennis, who comes to Kansas City direct<br />

from an engagement at the Los Angeles<br />

Continental Hyatt Hotel. Dress for the occasion<br />

may be in consonance with the individual's<br />

taste (black-tie optional).<br />

Following the presentation of major<br />

awards, the evening in the Century Ballroom<br />

will end with dancing to the music of<br />

Tony DiPardo and his orchestra.<br />

Academy's Featurette Now<br />

Available to Exhibitors<br />

HOLLYWOOD—Oscars First 50 Years,"<br />

a seven-minute featurette hosted by Jack<br />

Lemmon, has been prepared by the Academy<br />

of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for<br />

distribution to theatres in connection with<br />

the promotion of the 50th awards presentation.<br />

The film presents an overview of the<br />

Academy Awards presentation, including<br />

film montages of presenters asking for "the<br />

envelope, please" and of unusual and historic<br />

acceptance speeches. Also included are<br />

unrehearsed and other memorable moments<br />

in Oscar history. The film was produced<br />

by Chuck Braverman and written by Martin<br />

M. Cooper.<br />

Screenings of the short and availability<br />

of prints is being arranged by Frank Mancuso,<br />

vice-president in charge of distribution<br />

for Paramount Pictures, which is distributing<br />

the film as a courtesy to the<br />

Academy. Exhibitors interested in playing<br />

the featurette between now and April 3<br />

should contact their local Paramount<br />

branch.<br />

Directors of Coca-Cola<br />

Elect Five Officers<br />

ATLANTA—The Coca-Cola Co.'s board<br />

of directors announced the election of the<br />

following officers at a meeting held Thursday<br />

(2):<br />

Ovid R. Davis, senior vice-president,<br />

public affairs; Earl T. Leonard jr.. vicepresident,<br />

public affairs; Marion B. Glover<br />

jr., vice-president, corporate strategic planning;<br />

Dr. Alex Malaspina, vice-president,<br />

external technical affairs, and Samuel W.<br />

Magnider, vice-president, flavor manufacturing<br />

operations.<br />

amCE :: March 13, 1978


—<br />

rive for Authenticify in Filming<br />

'Gray Lady Explained to Newsmen<br />

By RALPH KAMINSKY<br />

SAN DIEGO—Universal Pictures pre<br />

miered the Walter Mirisch production of<br />

"Gray Lady Down" at the Loma Theatre<br />

here Friday (3) as a benefit for the Naval<br />

Memorial Monument Ass'n, with 33 entertainment<br />

writers flown in from all points<br />

of the country to participate in the showing<br />

of the suspense drama about the deep-sea<br />

rescue of a submarine that had crashed.<br />

Three of the stars of the picture— Charlton<br />

Heston, Stacy Keach and Ronny Cox<br />

with director David Greene and Mirisch<br />

and his brother Marvin, head of the Mirisch<br />

Corp., participated in the premiere spectacular.<br />

The next day this entire group met<br />

with press representatives for face-to-face<br />

discussions about the picture and their<br />

participation<br />

in it.<br />

Critically Qualified Audience<br />

The film, dealing in great detail about the<br />

Navy's techniques and equipment used in<br />

rescuing personnel from a sunken submarine,<br />

premiered before one of the most<br />

critically qualified audiences that could be<br />

brought together.<br />

Almost everyone in the theatre was Navy<br />

connected—either an active Navy man,<br />

many of them officers who daily deal with<br />

the equipment used in the picture, or retired<br />

Navy men or wives and companions<br />

of Navy personnel.<br />

The gala occasion was topped off with a<br />

cocktail party at the Admiral Kidd Club at<br />

the Naval Training Station. Funds raised by<br />

the benefit premiere will be used to further<br />

the Naval Memorial Monument Ass'n's program<br />

to raise scholarship funds for children<br />

of Navy personnel who died in service.<br />

For the journalists, the premiere activities<br />

included an all-day tour Friday (1) of<br />

the Navy's nuclear submarine base, with a<br />

visit to a nuclear sub's unrestricted areas,<br />

a detailed view of the DSRV (Deep Submersible<br />

Rescue Vehicle) which is the Navy<br />

"hero" of the picture and the USS Pigeon,<br />

the mother ship of the DSRV. In addition,<br />

the news people boarded two Spector Class<br />

PBs for a brief trip into the harbor where<br />

the boats offered a vantage point for viewing<br />

the Navy's East and West Coast parachute<br />

jumping teams go through a practice<br />

drill.<br />

Good PR for<br />

Navy<br />

For the Navy, the journalists' tour provided<br />

a public relations opportunity to build<br />

its image with the public and, at the same<br />

time, give the writers a first-hand view of<br />

seldom-publicized and sophisticated rescue<br />

equipment. For Universal, the tour added<br />

to the writers' own personal knowledge of<br />

what the actors and director worked with<br />

in making the picture.<br />

During the Saturday press conference<br />

both Marvin and Walter Mirisch stressed<br />

that their new picture is "not a disaster<br />

film" but,<br />

primarily "an action-suspense picture<br />

that grips audience attention because<br />

they care about the people involved and<br />

what happens to them."<br />

Marvin Mirisch, as the business head,<br />

stressed that the Navy's involvement in the<br />

picture-making did not cost the taxpayers a<br />

cent, that all costs were reimbursed by the<br />

moviemakers. The film, he said, was budgeted<br />

at $5,400,000. The Navy was "glad to<br />

co-operate." Marvin pointed out, because<br />

of the opportunity to show the public its<br />

capability to rescue its personnel in case of<br />

a sinking.<br />

Walter Mirisch conceded that, although<br />

the film is based on the book "Event 1000,"<br />

by David Lavalee, much of the story was<br />

changed "to deal on a more realistic level"<br />

with the rescue of men from a stricken submarine.<br />

"The book had too great a flight of<br />

fantasy," Mirisch said, involving fictitious<br />

incidents with a Russian submarine. "What<br />

we wanted was to<br />

show what would really<br />

happen if a crash occurs." he explained.<br />

Signing Charlton Heston for the submarine<br />

commander's role "was a natural,"<br />

Walter commented. "The audiences recognize<br />

him in that kind of role. He has the<br />

bearing that gives him the audience's sympathy."<br />

Heston<br />

Researched Role<br />

Heston researched his role in part by<br />

taking a cruise on a submarine "for a<br />

couple of days" to observe the conduct of<br />

the commanding officer and crew. He said<br />

he hovered next to the captain most of the<br />

time trying to capture the feel and the tone<br />

of voice in which the officer uttered his<br />

commands and instructions. "It's easy to<br />

learn the lines and issue commands. But it's<br />

much tougher to use the right tone of voice,<br />

to get just the right nuance into the words,"<br />

Heston remarked.<br />

He was "enormously impressed," Heston<br />

said, with his exposure to the submarine<br />

personnel and their expertise. Their work,<br />

he pointed out, "gives a unique quality to<br />

the film, making it a real rescue story,<br />

showing the capacity of genuine crews to do<br />

the<br />

job."<br />

Ronny Cox, who plays the officer who is<br />

about to succeed Heston as commander of<br />

the ill-fated submarine, said he originally<br />

was due to die in the crash of the vessel.<br />

"But then we saw we needed someone as a<br />

foil for Heston, so they let me live longer,"<br />

he said. "It was great fun to play the role<br />

of a man who lost his cool," he said of his<br />

role which required him to accuse Heston of<br />

contributing to the fatal crash.<br />

Director David Green had a totally different<br />

problem in approaching the picture.<br />

As a British subject. Green was not permitted<br />

to board a nuclear submarine, cramping<br />

his own learning process somewhat. But<br />

he was able to spend time on a diesel-powered<br />

sub and thus get the feel of what he<br />

had to contend with.<br />

Pleased at the Navy reaction to the film<br />

the premiere, Green emphasized that the<br />

at<br />

movie is "a straight-line suspense adventure<br />

story. We don't waste time getting into the<br />

story of the rescue. The rescue system is put<br />

to the test and it transports the audience<br />

into a new world."<br />

Technical advisers always were close at<br />

hand to give him pointers, not only on how<br />

the highly specialized equipment is used but<br />

also on the way the crew members would<br />

conduct themselves while using it. Green<br />

conceded that, at times, he was mildly at<br />

odds with Navy advisers in his conception<br />

of dramatic conflict between various characters—a<br />

factor which the Navy people<br />

sometimes frowned upon.<br />

"But we take pride in our work. It's accurate.<br />

And it passed muster at the premiere,"<br />

he asserted.<br />

Lisa Lucas to Be Honored<br />

As the 'Star of Tomorrow'<br />

KANSAS CITY—Seventeen year-old Lisa<br />

Lucas will be honored at Show-A-Rama 21<br />

Lisa<br />

Lucas<br />

with the "Female Star of Tomorrow" award<br />

during the four-day gathering in Kansas<br />

City. Lisa is featured as the daughter of<br />

Jill Clayburgh in Paul Mazursky's "An Unmarried<br />

Woman" from 20th Century-Fox.<br />

"An Unmarried Woman" is Lisa's second<br />

film credit; she was cast as the nondancing<br />

teenage daughter of Shirley MacLaine in<br />

"TTie Turning Point." She starred in four<br />

TV movies: "Thanksgiving Treasure,"<br />

"Easter Promise," "TTie House Without a<br />

Christmas Tree" and "Addie and the King<br />

of Hearts."<br />

Born in Arizona, Lisa was reared in New<br />

York and attends the Professional Children<br />

School. She started in the business doing<br />

voice-overs for TV commercials.<br />

The "Star of Tomorrow" award will be<br />

presented to Lisa during the Thursday (16)<br />

"Evening With the Stars" banquet hosted<br />

by 20th Century-Fox and Coca Cola USA.<br />

Other awards to be presented that evening<br />

include the "Actor of the Year," "Actress<br />

of the Year" and the "Man of the Year"<br />

award to Alan Ladd jr. Twentieth Century-<br />

Fox will be saluted as the "Motion Picture<br />

Company of the Year."<br />

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Julia will visit Los Angeles Tuesday (14), it<br />

was announced by Murray Propper, president<br />

of Variety Club Tent 25. Mr. and Mrs.<br />

Morley will be honorary guests at the 1973<br />

Heart Award luncheon honoring Henry<br />

Winkler, to be held in the International<br />

Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel Tuesday<br />

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Morley will present a life patron card to<br />

Winkler for his fund-raising efforts for<br />

needy children, as well as helping to bring<br />

joy, laughter and happiness to millions of<br />

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From Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. Morley<br />

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Keller Is Named to Board<br />

Of Osmond Productions<br />

HOLLYWOOD — Max Keller,<br />

head of<br />

Inter Planetary Pictures, has been appointed<br />

to the board of directors of Osmond Productions,<br />

it was announced by vice-president<br />

Alan Osmond.<br />

"We are absolutely del'ghted to have Max<br />

join our board of directors. His expertise<br />

in film and film distributing has been invaluable<br />

to us in establishing our new motion<br />

pictures division and Osmond Distribution<br />

Co. We look forward to a long association,"<br />

Osmond said.<br />

Keller and his wife Michelene both are<br />

lawyers and work as a team heading Inter<br />

Planetary Pictures, a Beverly Hills-based<br />

distribution company. The O-monds are<br />

working in conjunction on the release and<br />

distribution of the first Osmond Productions<br />

feature film. "The Great Brain," which<br />

stars Jimmy Osmond and is slated for a<br />

June release.<br />

They also will work in conjunction on<br />

Donny and Marie's first major feature,<br />

"Aloha Donny and Marie," which goes into<br />

production on location in Hawaii in March,<br />

Osmond said.<br />

Moving Images Planning 3-Day Film,<br />

Video Conference Near Years End<br />

NEW YORK — Moving Images, a national<br />

film and video distribution conference,<br />

is being planned as a three-day event<br />

in Boston near the end of the year by Filmwomen<br />

of Boston, a nonprofit media resource<br />

center. Filmwomen member Marcia<br />

Zalbowitz, experienced in distribution<br />

and film programing, is project director and<br />

Niti Salloway is to direct audio and video<br />

production during the conference. Consisting<br />

of lectures, workshops, seminars and<br />

caucuses, the conference is designed to provide<br />

a forum for the film and video community—viewers,<br />

producers and distributors—<br />

to explore ways in which distribution<br />

can be undertaken.<br />

The advisory board of Moving Images<br />

includes Jane Fonda; filmmaker Yvonne<br />

Anderson, Yellowball Workshop; James<br />

Card, international film consultant. Conservatoire<br />

D'Art Cinematographique; Peggy<br />

Charren, executive director. Action for<br />

Children's Television; Royal Cloyd, president,<br />

Boston Center for the Arts; Johanna<br />

Gill, department head, Media and Performing<br />

Arts, Massachusetts College of Art;<br />

Herb Hurwitz, senior vice-president, General<br />

Cinema; filmmaker Richard Leacock,<br />

Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Elma<br />

Lewis, executive director, Elma Lewis<br />

School of Fine Arts, and Ruby Rich, film<br />

department, Chicago Art Institute.<br />

Plan Distribution Talks<br />

Aspects of distribution to be covered include<br />

commercial TV, TV syndication,<br />

cable, museum, library, international and<br />

inontheatrical as well as theatrical distribution.<br />

Workshops will confront the issues of<br />

self-distribution, working with a commercial<br />

distributor, artists' co-ops, contractual<br />

arrangements and making programing and<br />

exhibition decisions. The legal aspects of<br />

contract negotiations, the management of<br />

finances and publicity will be emphasized.<br />

Reaching new audiences, publicizing film<br />

showings in the community and improving<br />

the quality of programing in all areas of the<br />

industry are to be covered. Film festivals<br />

and open screenings at local film societies,<br />

theatres and university film and video clubs<br />

will accompany the conference. Major portions<br />

of the conference will be recorded on<br />

audio and video tapes, the proceedings to<br />

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and otlieis upon request.<br />

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The tentative listing of speakers begins<br />

with the Friday night introductory debate<br />

on commercialism, creativity and the bottom<br />

line in the industry, with such participants<br />

as John Cassavetes, Fred Silverman, Joan<br />

Tewksbury and Cloe Aaron. A Saturday<br />

morning roundtable on feature film distribution<br />

will focus on independent distributors<br />

as opposed to Hollywood outlets, the<br />

use of feature films in nontraditional settings<br />

and an acquisition policy; participating<br />

will be filmmakers Ray Silver and Joan<br />

Micklin Silver and representatives from<br />

New Yorker Films and New World Pictures.<br />

International distribution will be the topic<br />

Saturday evening, with speakers from the<br />

International Film Exchange and Confederation<br />

Internationale des Cinemas d'Art et<br />

d'Essai, among others, plus Charles Cooper<br />

of Contemporary Films, London. Following<br />

numerous other presentations, the concluding<br />

session set for Sunday evening centers<br />

on action-oriented caucuses to discuss minorities<br />

and women in the media, the relevance<br />

of the American Film Institute and the<br />

Corp. for Public Broadcasting, equality in<br />

marketing and competition for screen and<br />

air<br />

time.<br />

EEI in Home Video Market<br />

CORAL GABLES, FLA.—Entertainment<br />

Enterprises International announced that it<br />

is preparing to enter the home video entertainment<br />

market. A library of feature films<br />

on videocassettes is being established.<br />

THE COACH LEADS THE TEAM—Cathy Lee Crtsby, who stars in the<br />

title role of Crown International's "The Coach," preps Crown sales representatives<br />

on the finer points of the film. A screening of "Coach" climaxed the three-day sales<br />

meeting in Beverly Hills at which the group also viewed "Malibu Ueach." Crown<br />

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HOLLYWOOD — "Dad would bust his<br />

buttons tonight," Henry Fonda declared<br />

after hearing almost two hours of praise<br />

heaped upon him Wednesday (1) when the<br />

American Film Institute presented him with<br />

its annual Life Achievement Award at its<br />

banquet at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.<br />

His father mever wanted him to be an<br />

actor, convinced that he should not give<br />

up a chance for a future with a retail credit<br />

company in Omaha where he might even<br />

become a branch manager. Fonda revealed.<br />

His father stopped speaking to him when<br />

Fonda took his first stage role in "Merton<br />

of the Movies'" in Omaha. But all was well<br />

after the opening when, hearing a touch of<br />

criticism of his son's performance, the elder<br />

Fonda exploded with: "Shut up. He was<br />

perfect."<br />

Lauded by<br />

Celebrities<br />

That sentiment dominated the night's<br />

proceedings when 19 celebrities, including<br />

his son Peter Fonda and his daughter Jane<br />

Fonda, took the podium to characterize the<br />

veteran actor's 53-year career with such<br />

phrases as "The definitive American actor,"<br />

from Jack Lemmon: "Honest—blazingly<br />

honest, we have only a handful of his caliber,"<br />

from Richard Burton; "Salute you<br />

for what you have done for our art,"<br />

from<br />

Lillian Gish; "I'm so very proud of you,"<br />

from Barbara Stanwyck; "You damned well<br />

deserve it," from Lloyd Nolan; "The joy<br />

Hank spreads on the set," from Lucille<br />

Ball, and "Honoring the man I idolize, a<br />

consummate actor," from Jane Alexander.<br />

Others participating were: James Stewart,<br />

Bette Davis, Fred MacMurray, Gregory<br />

Peck, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston.<br />

Kirk Douglas, Richard Widmark, Ron<br />

Howard, Billy Dee Williams, Marsha Mason,<br />

George Stevens jr. and John Wayne.<br />

Each had anecdotes to tell and praise to<br />

utter. James Garner, recalling that he performed<br />

in a stage play with Fonda, told how<br />

for 200 performances he did not utter a<br />

word, simply sat and watched the back of<br />

Fonda's neck. "I learned more about acting<br />

just watching the back of your neck," he<br />

declared.<br />

Fonda's Leading Lady<br />

Miss Alexander recalled that Fonda and<br />

her father went to Omaha High School together.<br />

I grew up with my father telling me<br />

many stories about him. Being on stage with<br />

Henry Fonda is the safest place in the<br />

world," Miss Alexander declared. She was<br />

Fonda's leading lady in "First Monday in<br />

October," a play which just ended its<br />

Broadway run.<br />

"You never caught Hank in the act of<br />

acting. He does the most difficult thing to<br />

do—be simple," Lemmon declared. Stewart<br />

recalled Fonda's own advice to an interviewer:<br />

An actor "when he performs a<br />

character should not try to let his acting<br />

show. That gives believability a chance to<br />

sneak in."<br />

Excerpts from 40 of the 98 films that<br />

Fonda has made were shown. Among them<br />

were "The Lady Eve." "Mister Roberts, '<br />

"Trail of the Lonesome Pine," "Young Mr.<br />

Lincoln." "Jezebel," "The Grapes of<br />

Wrath," "The Ox Bow Incident," "12<br />

Angry Men," "My Darling Clementine,"<br />

"The Best Man." "The Longest Day" and<br />

"Alexander Graham Bell."<br />

SEI Has Acquired Rights<br />

To 30 First-Run Films<br />

NEW YORK—Richard Salzburg, president<br />

of Salzburg Enterprises, Inc., announced<br />

that SEI has acquired the nontheatrical<br />

distribution rights to some 30 firstrun<br />

feature motion pictures distributed by<br />

the Irwin Yablans Organization and Dimension<br />

Pictures within the past two years.<br />

Eight features were obtained from the Yablans<br />

Organization and 21 films from Dimension<br />

Pictures.<br />

Negotiations currently are taking place<br />

with another top independent film company<br />

concerning the acquisition of an additional<br />

feature film library of 25 titles, Salzburg<br />

said.<br />

The domestic nontheatrical field has become<br />

a prime source for additional income<br />

for motion picture producers, Salzburg said.<br />

This market includes distribution of product<br />

to governmental agencies, religious and<br />

ethnic groups, schools and libraries, colleges<br />

and universities, transportation, prisons and<br />

institutions, as well as clubs and home rentals.<br />

In many situations, Salzburg said, the nontheatrical<br />

booking of a feature motion picture<br />

on a college campus will generate more<br />

film revenue than the exhibition at the<br />

town's first-run film houses.<br />

ORG Announces Increased<br />

Revenues and Earnings<br />

AZUSA, CALIF.—Optical Radiation<br />

Corp. announced second-quarter results as<br />

follows:<br />

Sales for the first six months were $5,-<br />

205,216. a 28 per cent increase as compared<br />

to the first six months of fiscal 1977<br />

sales of $4,054,332. Second-quarter sales<br />

were $2,476,092, also a 28 per cent increase<br />

over fiscal 1977 second-quarter sales<br />

of $1,933,562.<br />

Net income for the second quarter fiscal<br />

1978 rose 283 per cent to $192,922, equal<br />

to<br />

14 cents per share, compared to the prior<br />

year's income of $50,379, equal to four<br />

cents per share. Net income for the first<br />

six months increased 246 per cent to income<br />

of $412,733, equal to 29 cents per<br />

share, compared to the first six months of<br />

fiscal 1977 income of $119,137, equal to<br />

nine cents per share.<br />

Optical Radiation Corp. manufactures and<br />

markets electro-optical systems and optical<br />

components.<br />

EYE-( .V I ( ! IINC; BOUTIQUE—National Screen Service's "Movie Boutique"<br />

merchandising booth at the recent ShoWesT convention held in Coronado. Calif., attracted<br />

the attention of, left to right: Ed Stuart, Mann Theatres; Debbie Harwood,<br />

Mann Theatres; Bill Rector, Mann Theatres; Seymour Kaplan, director of merchandising<br />

and national sales, NSS; Larry Levin, Larry Moyer Theatres, Portland; Stewart<br />

I>. Jlarnell, general sales manager, NSS, and William Lustig, NSS regional sales<br />

n»anager, Los Angeles.<br />

American International<br />

Acquires Two Pictures<br />

HOLLYWOOD—U.S. and Canadian distribLifon<br />

rights have been obtained for "Matilda"<br />

by American International Pictures.<br />

Slated for summer release, the Elliott Gould<br />

and Robert Mitchum starrer about a boxing<br />

kangaroo was directed by Daniel Mann<br />

and produced by Albert Ruddy.<br />

A May premiere is planned for "Highhallin',"<br />

a Canadian entry starring Peter<br />

Fonda. The production was directed by<br />

Peter Carter and produced by Jon Slan and<br />

will be filmed worldwide.<br />

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Jerome Gordon<br />

Jerome Gordon Named<br />

NATO Chief's Ass't<br />

NEW YORK— Marvin Goldman, president<br />

ol the N;\tionaI Ass'o of Theatre Owners,<br />

announced the<br />

.ippointment of Jerome<br />

Gordon of Newport<br />

News. Vu., as<br />

special assistant to the<br />

president, a new consultant<br />

position with<br />

NATO. In<br />

addition to<br />

these duties, Gordon<br />

will retain his post as<br />

executive secretary of<br />

Metropoli-<br />

NATO of<br />

tan D.C. and NATO<br />

of Virginia, Goldman said.<br />

Gordon, with his brothers, operated Gordon<br />

Theatres in the Tidewater section of<br />

Virginia for many years and, before that,<br />

worked with Fox West Coast Theatres in<br />

Los Angeles. He long has been active in<br />

NATO affairs, serving two terms as president<br />

and then as board chairman of NATO<br />

of Virginia. Additionally, he has chaired<br />

several national committees,<br />

Goldman indicated that his new special<br />

assistant will specialize as a liaison between<br />

NATO and its many regional units to improve<br />

the many services that NATO and its<br />

affiliates offer to its membership and to<br />

attempt to expand these services.<br />

WB's 'Straight Time' Set<br />

To Bow in NYC March 17<br />

NEW YORK—"Straight Time," a rew<br />

film drama starring Dustin Hoffman, will<br />

open in New York Friday (17) at the<br />

Coronet Theatre in Manhattan, as well<br />

as at the Cinema 150 in Syosset, L.I., and<br />

in New Jersey at the Bellevue in Upper<br />

Montclair and the UA Middletown in<br />

Middletown. Hoffman portrays a newly released<br />

convict in the film version of Edward<br />

Bunker's novel, "No Beast So Fierce."<br />

Co-starring in the SweetWall production,<br />

a First Artists presentation from Warner<br />

Bros., are Theresa Russell, Harry Dean<br />

Staton, Gary Busey and M. Emmet Walsh.<br />

Ulu Grosbard directed the drama from<br />

a screenplay by Alvin Sargent, Edward<br />

Bunker and Jeffrey Boam. Bunker, an exconvict<br />

himself, served as technical adviser<br />

for the motion picture and also has a featured<br />

role in the film.<br />

Stanley Beck and Tim Zinnemann produced<br />

"Straight Time," which was photographed<br />

almost entirely on locations in<br />

and around Los Angeles. Owen Roizman<br />

was director of photography.<br />

The relationship between Hoffman and<br />

Grosbard dates back to when Hoffman<br />

was Grosbard's directorial assistant on the<br />

New York stage production of Arthiu-<br />

Miller's "A View From the Bridge," for<br />

which Grosbard won both the Obie and<br />

Clarence Derwent awards. Hoffman, of<br />

course, went on to star in "The Graduate,"<br />

"Midnight Cowboy," "Lenny," "All the<br />

President's Men" and other hits.<br />

Candace Farrell Succeeds<br />

Weissman as Lorimar V-P<br />

HOLLYWOOD — ( andacc 1 arrcll has<br />

been named vice-president of advertising<br />

and publicity for Lorimar Productions, succeeding<br />

Murray Weisman, who resigned<br />

to organize his own public relations marketing<br />

company.<br />

Ms. Farrell previously had been with Seiniger.<br />

Morrison Associates, a motion picture<br />

advertising firm, and before that, she was<br />

with McCann-Ericson and Ogilvy &. Mather<br />

advertising companies.<br />

She will supervise all advertising, promotion<br />

and publicity for Lorimar's schedule<br />

of theatrical films and TV projects. Her immediate<br />

emphasis will be on the recently<br />

completed "Someone Is Killing the Great<br />

Chefs of Europe," to t>e distributed in the<br />

U. S. and Canada by Warner Bros.<br />

Final Music Hall Show<br />

A Benefit for Variety<br />

NEW YORK—The final<br />

performance of<br />

the traditional Radio City Music Hall show<br />

Wednesday evening. April 12, 1978, will<br />

be held as a benefit for the Variety Club<br />

Foundation of New York, it was announced<br />

by Charles R. Hacker, executive vice-president<br />

and chief operating officer of Radio<br />

City Music Hall.<br />

"Because of the tremendous demand for<br />

tickets for the last stage and screen show<br />

and because of the many millions of children<br />

we have entertained over the past 45<br />

years, we have decided to donate the funds<br />

from this performance to the greatest children's<br />

charity in the world—Variety Clubs,"<br />

Hacker stated.<br />

The principal charity of New York Variety<br />

is the Mental Retardation Institute of<br />

New York Medical College, which has recently<br />

named its newest hospital unit of its<br />

$85,500,000 complex "The Variety Club<br />

In-Patient<br />

Pavilion."<br />

Tickets for the final performance of<br />

Warners' "Cros.sed Swords," together with<br />

the traditional Glory of Easter Pageant<br />

and Peter Gennaro's "Springtime Carousel"<br />

on the great stage, are available at the Music<br />

Hall boxoffice or directly through the mail,<br />

c/o Variety Club of New York, 1600 Broadway,<br />

Suite 605. New York, N.Y. 10019.<br />

Tickets are priced at $50, $25, $10, $8 and<br />

$5 and are tax-deductible.<br />

Steven Spielberg Will<br />

Produce 'Growing Up'<br />

PHOENIX—Production is slated to begin<br />

here May 15 on "Growing Up," to be<br />

written, produced and directed by Steven<br />

Spielberg for Universal. Robert Zemeckis<br />

and Bob Gale are preparing the script with<br />

Spielberg; Gale and Zemeckis also wrote "I<br />

Want to Hold Your Hand." an upcoming<br />

Universal release.<br />

Spielberg, who also will produce "I Want<br />

to Hold Your Hand," and "1941" has 28<br />

days of shooting scheduled for "Growing<br />

Up." The cast as well as most of the crew<br />

will be unknown, said Spielberg.<br />

AIP Slates Overview<br />

Of Product at S-A-R<br />

HOLLYWOOD— American<br />

International<br />

Pictures will be utilizing Show-A-Rama<br />

21. the nation's largest annual meeting<br />

of exhibitors and distributors, in a completely<br />

new and revolutionary manner, it<br />

was announced by Milton Moritz, AIP<br />

senior advertising-publicity<br />

vice-president.<br />

Under the umbrella heading "American<br />

International Pictures 1978 and Beyond,"<br />

.MP will be presenting a preview look at<br />

all phases of advertising, markelirg and<br />

promotion of upcoming product. Included<br />

will be ad campaigns in progress, trailers<br />

(TV and radio spots), brochures and the<br />

continuous showing of the various product<br />

reels focusing on upcoming AIP releases.<br />

Included will be "The Chosen," "Our Winning<br />

Season." "California Dreaming," "TTie<br />

Norseman," "Here Come the Tigers,"<br />

"Starcrash" and "Matilda."<br />

"With the volume of product about to<br />

be released in the next 18 months, we<br />

feel it is essential to develop a more<br />

fluent dialog with the exhibitor, making<br />

him part of our marketing and promotional<br />

activity," states Moritz. "With multimillion-dollar<br />

films like 'Force 10 From Navarone'<br />

set for Christmas release and 'Meteor'<br />

locked in for Easter 1979, we have already<br />

developed detailed campaigns, marketi ig<br />

concepts and promotional tie-ins on every<br />

media level."<br />

Moritz continued, "A special display area<br />

has been constructed to house "American<br />

International Pictures 1978 and Beyond' and<br />

many of our publicity and advertising<br />

executives will be available for discussion<br />

and planning sessions. We hope that providing<br />

these guidelines and sharing our<br />

future plans witth the exhibitor will be<br />

mutually beneficial."<br />

In addition, AIP's "Our Winning Season,"<br />

due for release in June, has been<br />

selected for screening in its entirety a;<br />

Shjw A-Rama Wednesday evening (15).<br />

AIP executives in attendance include<br />

Milton 1. Moritz, Leon P. Blender, Robert<br />

B. Steuer, Michael Gerety, Ronni Chasen,<br />

Ld Russell and Teri Korban.<br />

MCA Announces Dividend,<br />

Stockholders Meeting<br />

UNIVERSAL CITY—Lew R. Wasserman,<br />

chairman of the board of MCA, Inc.,<br />

announced that the board of directors had<br />

declared a quarterly cash dividend of 30<br />

cents per share, payable April 12, 1978, to<br />

common shareholders of record Wednesday<br />

(29).<br />

Wasserman finthcr announced that the<br />

board determined that the annual meeting<br />

of the stockholders of MCA, Inc.. will be<br />

held at the First Chicago Center. One First<br />

National Plaza, Chicago, May 2i. 1978, at<br />

10:30 a.m., Chicago time. Only holders of<br />

record of common stock of MCA at the<br />

close of business April 3 will be entitled to<br />

notice of and to vote at the meetinc.<br />

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Chambliss Named EMC<br />

Gen'l Sales Manager<br />

LOS ANGELES—In a joint statement issued<br />

Thursday (2), Harry Gurwitch. chiel<br />

executive officer of<br />

John Chanibliss<br />

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as vice-president and executive assistant to<br />

Mike Ripps.<br />

Chambliss anticipates no immediate or<br />

major changes in the sub-distribution system<br />

EMC presently employs, although he<br />

stressed that the firm has developed a<br />

unique equation for predetermining the<br />

profitability of proposed engagements and<br />

plans to initiate the program for the upcoming<br />

spring and summer releases "At Last<br />

... At Last." "Convention Girls" and<br />

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Chambliss began his distribution career<br />

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Frank Yablans 'The Fury'<br />

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NEW YORK-—Kirk Douglas. Carrie<br />

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Palma and Frank Yablans in New York the<br />

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25, 1978, at the Americana Hotel, New<br />

York, business representatives of the 24 lA<br />

Hollywood film production locals presented<br />

an "Appreciation Award" to international<br />

president Walter F. Diehl for his years of<br />

dedicated service to the lATSE and its<br />

members.<br />

Over 800 guests consisting of management<br />

and labor officials attended the affair and<br />

witnessed New York's Lt. Gov. Maryann<br />

Krupsak's presentation of the Unity Award<br />

to<br />

president Diehl.<br />

Labor dignitaries representing England's<br />

ACTT attended with that organization's<br />

general secretary Alan Sapper presenting a<br />

Waterford decanter and glasses. Sapper<br />

stated that he and his organization felt honored<br />

when the lA extended the invitation<br />

to their union.<br />

the New York WOMPI Club<br />

In addition,<br />

honored Diehl with the organization's symbol<br />

of a doll.<br />

Congressman Fred Richmond, sponsor of<br />

HR 1042, "Arts and Education Bill," addressed<br />

the guests and stated that the proposal<br />

had been endorsed by 150 organizations.<br />

.Additional support is sought on this<br />

vital bill, he said.<br />

The lA general executive board sponsored<br />

the first Unity Award with proceeds<br />

going to the I.ATSE Scholarship Fund and<br />

the New York Variety Club for its Sunshine<br />

Coaches.<br />

Public TV Feature Slated<br />

On D. W. Griffith's Life<br />

NLW ^ORK.- 1. W. limreck, executive<br />

producer, has announced plans for the first<br />

dramatic motion picture about the life of<br />

D. W. Griffith.<br />

To be tilled "American Biograph," the<br />

film for Public Television will portray the<br />

pioneer film director between 1908 and<br />

1913, when he was the production chief and<br />

principal director of the American Biograph<br />

& Mutoscope Co. During this period, Griffith<br />

made more than 450 one-reel films that<br />

introduced the first personal directorial<br />

style and strongly influenced future filmmaking<br />

techniques.<br />

"Most nimgoers know Griffith as the man<br />

who directed "The Birth of a Nation,' 'Intolerance'<br />

and other epics," Timreck said,<br />

"but when he began working, the scale of<br />

film production was so small that entire<br />

films were shot in one room of a converted<br />

lownhouse at 11 East I4th St., known as<br />

the Biograph Studio. Adding excitement to<br />

this project is the propect of recreating old<br />

New York, the birthplace of the film industry.<br />

Griffith's story will unfold against the<br />

backdrop of the city's architectural landmarks."<br />

The filming of several scenes from Griffith's<br />

one-reelers will be recreated to show<br />

the style and techniques used during the<br />

period. Research for the project is being conducted<br />

at the Museum of Modern Art.<br />

"American Biograph" is scheduled to<br />

start production this summer.<br />

Vadib Entering Nat'l<br />

Distribution Field<br />

HOLLYVVOOi:) — Vadib International<br />

Pictures has annoimced its entry into the<br />

national distribution field with the release<br />

of its first production, "Keoma—The Avenger,"<br />

starring Franco Nero and an international<br />

cast, according to president Adolfo<br />

Veronese.<br />

A large multiple opening for "Keoma"<br />

in a major city, replete with saturation TV,<br />

radio and newspaper publicity, will be annoimced<br />

shortly, according to vice-president<br />

and general sales manager Irving Sochin,<br />

veteran distributor who has held top executive<br />

sales posts with 20th Century-Fox<br />

and Universal.<br />

From his national headquarters in San<br />

Francisco, president Veronese stated, "Vadib<br />

is here to slay. We feel we will get a<br />

strong start with 'Keoma' and are keenly<br />

interested in acquiring distribution.<br />

"We are financially soimd and professionally<br />

competent to do the job," stated the<br />

37-year-old president, son-in-law of former<br />

San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto.<br />

Vadib headquarters in San Francisco are<br />

located at the Embarcadero, Pier 33 North,<br />

94111. The phone number is (415) 421-<br />

5255; Telex: WU 1675 I 5. The company also<br />

has offices in Rome, Italy,<br />

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National advertising agency for Vadib is<br />

Goodman/ Nemoy & Partners.<br />

Col.'s 'Spider-Man' High<br />

Grosser in Singapore<br />

NEW YORK—"Spider-Man," the liveaction<br />

film based on the Marvel Comics<br />

character, has opened to very good boxofficc<br />

response in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur,<br />

according to Columbia Pictures International<br />

executive vice-president Patrick M.<br />

Williamson.<br />

Setting boxoffice records for the company<br />

in both cities, "Spider-Man" registered<br />

total grosses of 523,483 in its first three<br />

days.<br />

The film was directed by E. W. Swackhamcr<br />

from a script by Alvin Boretz. Edward<br />

J. Montagnc produced for executive<br />

producers Charles Fries and Daniel R.<br />

Goodman. Nicholas Hammond stars in the<br />

double role of Peter Parkcr/Spider-Man,<br />

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Bloeser, Layhew Moved to Top Posts<br />

With MPAA's Film Security Office<br />

NEW YORK — The appointments of<br />

Richard H. Bloeser as director and of<br />

Ewing G. Layhew as executive director of<br />

the Motion Picture Ass'n of America's Film<br />

Security Office were announced by Jaclc<br />

Vaienti, MPAA president.<br />

Said Vaienti. "I am delighted to announce<br />

these appointments. Bloeser and I.ayhew<br />

have a tremendous amount of experience in<br />

combating motion picture piracy and are<br />

uniquely qualified to lead the Film Security<br />

Office."<br />

In addition, Vaienti disclosed that effective<br />

Wednesday (1) the Film Security Office<br />

moved to new and larger quarters at 6464<br />

Sunset Blvd., Suite 520. Hollywood. Calif.<br />

90028. phone number (213) 464-3117.<br />

Bloeser. the new director of the Film Security<br />

Office, has been an assistant director<br />

of FSO since 1976. Before then, he served<br />

as an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation<br />

26 years, most recently as coordinating<br />

supervisor for the intelligence division<br />

of the FBI's Los Angeles office.<br />

Layhew, who will be executive director<br />

of the Film Security Office, has been assistant<br />

director of FSO since 1975. Before<br />

then, he served as an agent of the Federal<br />

Bureau of Investigation 24 years, most recently<br />

as a special agent supervisor in the<br />

FBI's Los Angeles office specializing in investigations<br />

of organized crime, kidnaping<br />

and extortion.<br />

Univ. TV Show Will Bally<br />

'Blue Collar' Openings<br />

HOLLYWOOD— Universal Pictures is<br />

planning a TV campaign that will feature a<br />

90-minute special dealing with the problems<br />

of blue collar workers in each city where its<br />

"Blue Collar" feature opens this month.<br />

The promotional idea blossomed in Detroit,<br />

locale of the story about the lives of<br />

three blue collar workers in an auto plant.<br />

Universal's field staff put together a 90-<br />

minute discussion program aired on<br />

WXYZ-TV and centering around working<br />

conditions of blue collar workers in that<br />

area.<br />

The good ratings and excellent audience<br />

response convinced Universal that similar<br />

discussions shows would be a natural booster<br />

for the film. Participating in the seminar,<br />

made when Yaphet Kotto, one of the picture's<br />

stars, was in Detroit on tour, were a<br />

sociologist, a union steward, a quality-control<br />

supervisor, a production line worker,<br />

an administrative assistant to the vice-president<br />

of the United Auto Workers union and<br />

seven factory workers who had walked off<br />

Ihcir jobs last summer when the plant<br />

temperatures rose to 134 degrees (Fahrenheit).<br />

"Blue Collar" stars Richard Pryor, Harvey<br />

Keitel and Kotto as auto assembly<br />

line workers who run afoul of their union<br />

officers and factory supervisors. Film clips<br />

from the picture were used to highlighl<br />

In addition to Bloeser and Layhew. the<br />

FSO staff includes Robert U. Mann, who<br />

previously served as an FBI special agent<br />

26 years, and William D. Andrews, who<br />

previously served as an FBI special agent 25<br />

years.<br />

Vaienti noted that substantial progress<br />

had been made in combating motion picture<br />

piracy since the FSO was established in<br />

March 1975. He cautioned, however, that<br />

because of the advent of new technologies<br />

which make it much easier to duplicate motion<br />

pictures, piracy will remain a serious<br />

problem for the foreseeable future.<br />

Because of the seriousness of the industry's<br />

piracy problem, Vaienti said that the<br />

FSO shortly will open an office in New<br />

York City. He noted that the Continental<br />

Film Security Office already has been established<br />

in Paris, France, headed by Paul M.<br />

Pequignot, former inspector general of the<br />

French National Police.<br />

Vaienti added that the Kinematograph<br />

Renters Society in London, the trade association<br />

for British producers and distributors<br />

of motion pictures, also has an antipiracy<br />

office which works very closely with<br />

MPAA security offices.<br />

The activities of MPAA's security offices,<br />

as well as other aspects of MPAA's program<br />

to combat piracy, arc coordinated by James<br />

Bouras, vice-president and deputy general<br />

attorney of the MPAA.<br />

specific points about labor when they were<br />

brought up by the discussion participants.<br />

The film is a TAT Communications Co.<br />

production, directed by Paul Schrader from<br />

a screenplay he wrote with Leonard Schrader.<br />

The film opened Friday (10) in Los Ange-<br />

and throughout the U.S. the same day.<br />

les<br />

Avco Embassy Is Riding<br />

High With Big Grosses<br />

LOS ANGELES—Avco Embassy Pictures<br />

is riding very high these days with<br />

three pictures racking up huge grosses at<br />

the boxoffice, according to Herb Robinson,<br />

vice-president and general sales manager.<br />

Joseph E. Levine's presentation. "The<br />

Tempter," a gripping suspense film about<br />

possession and exorcism, opened on Friday,<br />

(3) in eight theatres in San Antonio, grossing<br />

$51,511 in three days. Mel Ferrer<br />

and Arthur Kennedy head the cast.<br />

Joan Rivers' zany new comedy, "Rabbit<br />

Test," which opened February 17 to excellent<br />

grosses in six prereleases, is showing<br />

strong holding |X)wer, in its fourth week.<br />

Avco Embassy's suspense thriller, "The<br />

Manitou," had a big opening at the Royal<br />

Ihealre, Honolulu, Hi., and continued to<br />

reap outstanding figures over the weekend.<br />

The four-day gross was $IS,34I.<br />

Also in the Charlotte territory, "The Manitou"<br />

conliiiUL'il lo do impressive business.<br />

Para. Collection Book Now<br />

Available From Academy<br />

HOLLYWOOD—A two-volume inventory<br />

of the Paramount Pictures Collection,<br />

the largest single special collection in the<br />

Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy<br />

of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has<br />

been compiled.<br />

The inventory is a title-by-title listing of<br />

all material in the collection, with extensive<br />

cross references. It was prepared by Samuel<br />

A. Gill, the library's archivist, and is available<br />

for $22.50 from the Academy Foundation.<br />

8949 Wilshire Blvd., Beverlv Hills,<br />

Calif. 90211.<br />

Paramount Pictures donated the collection<br />

to the Academv Foundation in the<br />

fall of 1977. The collection consists of 949<br />

linear feet of material. It includes still photographs,<br />

scripts and story department<br />

data, as well as 41 volumes of pressbooks.<br />

photographs are from Paramount<br />

The still<br />

feature films from 1914 to 1970. An estimated<br />

1,700 titles are represented in the<br />

more than 200,000 individual photographs.<br />

The scripts and story department data<br />

cover the full range of Paramount feature<br />

production from 1912 to 1962. Some 2,828<br />

titles are represented in the collection, which<br />

contains the original source material on<br />

which a film is based, treatments, synopses,<br />

several versions of the script and release<br />

dialog continuities. The quantity of script<br />

material per title varies from a one-page<br />

synopsis to several folders of material.<br />

ITC Entertainment Charts<br />

Production of 'Firepower'<br />

LOS ANGELES—ITC Entertainment<br />

will produce "Firepower," action film to<br />

star Sophia Loren, James Coburn and O.J.<br />

Simpson, with other major stars soon to be<br />

set for additional leading roles, according<br />

to ITC chairman Lord Grade. "Firepower"<br />

will be filmed in New York. Miami and<br />

Washington, D.C., with additional locations<br />

in the Caribbean Islands of Antigua, St.<br />

Lucia and Curacao.<br />

Michael Winner will produce and direct<br />

from a script bv Gerald Wilson. Filming<br />

will start in April 1978.<br />

"Firepower" concerns an attempt by the<br />

U.S. government to get back onto .American<br />

soil a multimillionaire financier to face<br />

charges of tax evasion, fraud and other<br />

criminal acts.<br />

The $8,000,000 movie is another major<br />

international film from Lord Grade. It is<br />

the second film for Grade and Winner, who<br />

recently worked together on "The Big<br />

Sleep," which Winner produced, wrote and<br />

directed for Grade and Elliott Kastner.<br />

Sperling Not at S-A-R 21<br />

KANSAS CITY— Phil Sperling of Los<br />

Angeles-based Eastwood Carpel Co.. which<br />

supplies l'!cono-PleaI wall drapery systems,<br />

advises Boxoi i kf. that due to a relapse he<br />

will be imable to attend Show-A-Rama 21<br />

and meet with dealers. However, Phil assures<br />

that he will be looking forward to<br />

seeing them ai ihc I liealie Equipment<br />

Ass'n convention.<br />

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British Academy Award Nominations<br />

Are Dominated by<br />

NEW YORK—Having earned an unprecedented<br />

total of 41 out of a possible 56<br />

nominations. United Artists releases strongly<br />

dominate this year's race for the British<br />

Academy of Film and Television Arts<br />

Awards. In addition, with all the nominees<br />

for best film, best actor, best direction, best<br />

screenplay and best editing to its credit,<br />

U.\ is guaranteed a strong showing Thursday<br />

(16) when HRH Princess Anne presents<br />

the coveted awards in London.<br />

Most named among UA's nine nominated<br />

releases is Howard Gottfried's production<br />

of "Network." which is up for nine awards.<br />

In addition to best film, best actress (Fayc<br />

Dunaway), best actor (both Peter Finch<br />

and William Holden) and best director (Sidney<br />

Lumet). the film has received nods for<br />

best screenplay (Paddy Chayefsky), best<br />

supporting actor (Robert Duvall), best editing<br />

(Alan Heim) and best soundtrack (Jack<br />

Fitzstephens. Sanford Rackow, Marc M.<br />

Laub and Dick Vorisek).<br />

'Bridge' Gets 8 Nods<br />

With eight nominations including best<br />

film, Joseph E. Levine's "A Bridge Too<br />

Far" also is contending for best director<br />

(Richard Attenborough), best supporting<br />

actor (Edward Fox), best cinematography<br />

(Geoffrey Unsworth), best film editing (Antony<br />

Gibbs), best production design (Terence<br />

Marsh), best sound (Peter Horrocks,<br />

Gerry Humphries, Simon Kaye. Robin<br />

O'Donoghue and Les Wiggins) and the Anthony<br />

Asquith Award for Original Film<br />

Music (John Addison).<br />

Echoing his triple entry in this year's<br />

U.S. Oscar sweepstakes. Woody Allen is<br />

nominated for three personal awards in<br />

Britain for his screenplay (with Marshall<br />

Brickman), direction and starring performance<br />

in "Annie Hall." Also nominated for<br />

best film, best actress (Diane Keaton) and<br />

best film editing (Ralph Rosenblum), "Annie<br />

Hall" came up with a total of six nominations.<br />

'Rocky'<br />

Receives Five<br />

Last year's Oscar winner, "Rocky," received<br />

five nominations in this year's British<br />

race. In addition to best film, best actor and<br />

best screenplay (Sylvester Stallone) and best<br />

director (John G. Avildsen), a technical nod<br />

went to the film editing by Richard Halsey<br />

and .Scott Conrad.<br />

Sidney Lumet, already in (he race with<br />

"Network," also is represented by this year's<br />

"Equus," which received five nominations<br />

in the categories of best screenplay (Peter<br />

.Shaffer, from his play), best supporting<br />

actress (both Jenny Agutter and Joan Plowright),<br />

best supporting actor (Colin Blakcly)<br />

United Artists<br />

and the Anthony Asquith Award for Best<br />

Original Film Music (Richard Rodney Bennett).<br />

Producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin<br />

Winkler, already in the runming with<br />

"Rocky," also are represented by their productions<br />

"Valentino" and "New York, New<br />

York," the former receiving three nominations<br />

for best cinematography (Peter Suschitsky),<br />

best production design (Phillip<br />

Harrison) and best costume design (Shirley<br />

Russell), while the latter was named twice<br />

for best soundtrack (Kay Rose, Lawrence<br />

Jost, Michael Colgan, James Fritch and<br />

Richard Portman) and best costume design<br />

(Theadora Van Runkle).<br />

Britain's own James Bond was honored<br />

this year with two nominations for his latest<br />

adventure, "The Spy Who Loved Me," one<br />

for best production design (Ken Adam), and<br />

the other the Anthony Asquith Music<br />

Award (Marvin Hamlisch).<br />

In addition to the eight above-mentioned<br />

United Artists releases, "Joseph Andrews,"<br />

a UA co-production and overseas release,<br />

was nominated for best costume design<br />

(Michael Annals and Patrick Wheatley).<br />

Michael Klinger in LA<br />

For Distribution Talks<br />

LOS ANGELES— British film producer<br />

Michael Klinger arrived in Los Angeles<br />

from London Sunday (5) for a stay of at<br />

least two weeks. He plans meetings with<br />

major distribution company chiefs to discuss<br />

U.S. release of his recently completed<br />

"Tomorrow Never Comes" and "Blood Relatives."<br />

PRIZE WINNER—Earl Murray,<br />

right, manager of the Shepherd Twin,<br />

Oltlahonia City, is presented a silver<br />

inlaid trophy by John Hinks, regional<br />

vice-president. Sunn Classic<br />

Pictures. In addition to the trophy, as<br />

one of the 22 winners in Sunn Classic's<br />

theatre managers' "The Lincoln Conspiracy"<br />

promotional contest, Murray<br />

received a check for $500 for his demonstration<br />

of showmaaship in merchandising<br />

the film. Points were earned<br />

through special showings, group sales<br />

and outside promotional activities on<br />

behalf of the October '77 release. Presentation<br />

of the trophy (and check) was<br />

made at the February 2 TEXPO '78<br />

banquet held in Oalla.s' Fairmont Hotel.<br />

Debonair's 3-D Combo<br />

Scores Lofty Grosses<br />

LOS ANGELES—Debonair Films' .VD<br />

triple bill of "Playmates." "Wildcat Women"<br />

and "Lollipop Girls" has recorded<br />

smash grosses in drive-in dates for this<br />

time of year, according to Jack Gilbert,<br />

national sales manager. "The show is the<br />

first color 3-D combo of its kind to be able<br />

to play drive-ins," Gilbert noted. "Some<br />

of these playdates are in towns where 3-D<br />

has not been shown for over 25 years. It's<br />

an entirely new experience for drive-in<br />

audiences."<br />

Small-town drive-in grosses in Florida<br />

have been especially encouraging, with business<br />

two and a half times normal for this<br />

time of year. Other impressive grosses have<br />

been racked up by the Pacific circuit in<br />

Los Angeles, with one Orange County<br />

drive-in setting an all-time opening-night<br />

gross, Gilbert said.<br />

May ozoner openings now are planned<br />

for the Buffalo/ Albany, Detroit, Chicago/<br />

Milwaukee and Seattle/ Portland exchange<br />

areas. "The show is installation free," Gilbert<br />

noted. "No painted screens, special<br />

lenses or expensive 3-D glasses are required."<br />

'Close Encounters' Opens<br />

Across Two Continents<br />

NEW YORK—"Close Encounters of the<br />

Third Kind," from Columbia Pictures, began<br />

its first international engagements over<br />

the past weekend and scored a smashing<br />

success in 22 theatres in seven cities on two<br />

continents.<br />

According to Patrick M. Williamson,<br />

executive vice president of Columbia Pictures<br />

International, the boxoffice take for<br />

three days was just over $940,000, a figure<br />

far beyond anything for similar playing<br />

time in the company's history.<br />

Leading the way was Tokyo, where the<br />

motion picture ran up a record $306,530<br />

in three theatres over the first three days.<br />

At the same time, two houses in Osaka ran<br />

up $194,169. Similar results were recorded<br />

in Nagoya and Fukuoka and a quick check<br />

of records indicated that at least eight attendance<br />

records of various kinds were established<br />

over the weekend.<br />

In Paris, playing in nine theatres. "Close<br />

Encounters . .<br />

." registered a gross of $201.-<br />

553. with attendance the equivalent of ten<br />

capacities over the three days. Single house<br />

engagements started in Stockholm and .'\thens.<br />

In the Swedish capital, $25,250 was<br />

recorded, while im the Greek city the figure<br />

was $6,089, or 9 per cent ahead of the<br />

first three days' figure for "Star Wars" in<br />

the same house in December.<br />

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind," a<br />

Columbia presentation in association with<br />

EMI, starring Richard Drcyfiiss, Francois<br />

Truffaut, Teri Garr and Melinda Dillon, was<br />

written and directed by Steven Spielberg<br />

and produced by Julia Phillips and Michael<br />

Phillips.<br />

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Bob Kilgore to Group I<br />

As Ass't Sales Manager<br />

HOLLYWOOD—Bob Kilgore has been<br />

named assistant sales manager for Group I<br />

Films, reporting to<br />

sales manager Jack<br />

Leff. with whom he<br />

will work on sales and<br />

promotion plans for<br />

the slate of ten films<br />

the company plans to<br />

release this year. The<br />

appointment was announced<br />

by Brandon<br />

Chase, president and<br />

chief executive officer<br />

Bob Kilgore<br />

of Group L<br />

Kilgore most recently was vice-president<br />

and general sales manager of Entertainment<br />

International Pictures. He began in exhibition<br />

with Loews Theatres in New York and<br />

has worked throughout the Southeastern,<br />

Midwestern and Eastern areas of the country.<br />

New Book Offers Insight<br />

Into Color Film History<br />

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—A new book on<br />

the history of color motion picture processes<br />

developed in the U.S. between 1900 and<br />

1975 is now available from Eastman Kodak.<br />

Titled "A History of Motion Picture Color<br />

Technology," the 272-page book was authored<br />

by Dr. Roderick T. Ryan, district<br />

sales manager for Eastman Kodak in Hollywood.<br />

The book is a product of 20 years of<br />

research done by Dr. Ryan and it emphasizes<br />

the laboratory aspects of the various<br />

color processes used in the last 75 years.<br />

Included among the many topics are tinting<br />

and toning, additive processes, lenticular<br />

additive processes and subtractive processes<br />

and an explanation of color.<br />

Intended for use by motion picture and<br />

TV engineers and scientists, the book also<br />

can prove a valuable aid to film historians<br />

as well as to students. Published by Focal<br />

Press, Ltd., "A History of Motion Picture<br />

Color Technology" is available from book<br />

dealers or from Focal Press, 10 East 40th<br />

St., Suite 3705, New York, N.Y. 10016.<br />

Dr Pepper Reports Record<br />

Year; $200 Million Sales<br />

DALLAS—Dr Pepper has reported its<br />

best fourth quarter ever for 1977 as sales<br />

and profits reached record levels for the<br />

20th consecutive year. A 29 per cent increase<br />

in fourth quarter sales brought the<br />

total 1977 figure to $226,750,490, a 21<br />

per cent total increase over the previous<br />

year. Profits for 1977 increased 14 per<br />

cent to $20,321,771.<br />

Per-share earnings were $1.01. up 15<br />

per cent from 1976, while dividends paid<br />

to shareholders amounted to 53 cents.<br />

Chairman and president W. W. Clements<br />

noted that while it took 88 years for the<br />

Dallas-based soft drink company to reach<br />

$100,000,000 in sales, the $200,000,000<br />

mark has been achieved since 1974.<br />

'Mountain Part 2' Wins<br />

The Silver Halo Award<br />

Hollywood—The Southern California<br />

Motion Picture Council presented<br />

its Silver Halo Award to Universal's<br />

"The Other Side of the Mountain Part<br />

2" at the group's monthly awards<br />

luncheon held Wednesday (1). Accepting<br />

the plaque was Marilyn Hassett,<br />

who stars in the film as paralyzed skier<br />

Jill<br />

Kinniont.<br />

Now in national release, the drama<br />

also stars Timothy Bottoms. A Filmways<br />

production of a Larry Peerce-<br />

Edward S. Feldnian film for Universal,<br />

"The Other Side of the Mountain Part<br />

2" was directed by Peerce and produced<br />

by Feldnian from a screenplay<br />

by Douglas Day Stewart.<br />

'Panther' Exits Hong Kong<br />

For European Locations<br />

NEW YORK—Blake Edwards' "Revenge<br />

of the Pink Panther" completed location<br />

photography in Hong Kong February 20,<br />

according to executive producer Tony<br />

Adams. Edwards was filming comedy<br />

scenes with Peter Sellers and the rest of<br />

the cast along the streets and docks of<br />

Hong Kong during the two-week Chinese<br />

New Year celebration. The company now<br />

has moved to Europe, Adams said, to continue<br />

principal photography on European<br />

locations.<br />

The screenplay for "Revenge of the Pink<br />

Panther" was written by Frank Waldman,<br />

Ron Clark and Blake Edwards. The film<br />

will be released by United Artists.<br />

Leisure Concepts Plans<br />

Film Production Entry<br />

HOLLYWOOD—Leisure Concepts, Inc.,<br />

a New York-based business complex, will<br />

expand into the motion picture development<br />

field and already has acquired rights to two<br />

novels with plans to turn them into major<br />

motion picture projects.<br />

Leisure Concepts is headed by Stanley<br />

A. Weston, chairman/president and chief<br />

executive officer. He said the two acquisitions<br />

are "Paris One," by James Brady, a<br />

contemporary suspense drama published by<br />

Delacorte Press and to be Dell's paperback<br />

selection in July, and "Love Life," a romantic<br />

social drama by Charlotte Vale Allen,<br />

also published by Delacorte. Anitra<br />

Earle has been signed to write the screenplay<br />

based on the latter.<br />

Spring Start Scheduled<br />

On 'Galaxy' Production<br />

LOS ANGELES—Virginia Lively Stone<br />

Productions has announced the upcoming<br />

production of "Galaxy," a space adventure<br />

budgeted at $9,000,000. Filming will begin<br />

this spring and release is projected for summer<br />

of 1979.<br />

Ms. Stone will produce and ilircci the<br />

screenplay by .). A. S. McComhie.<br />

Wordof-Mouth Screenings<br />

For Univ's 'House Calls'<br />

UNIVERSAL CITY— Universal held 24<br />

"word-of-mouth screenings" of "House<br />

Calls," starring Walter Matthau and Glenda<br />

Jackson, prior to the picture's national<br />

opening, set for Friday (17).<br />

The advance previews were presented in<br />

theatres which will play "House Calls" in<br />

its regular rims. Cities involved in the Friday<br />

and Saturday (3, 4) and Friday and<br />

Saturday (10, 11) screenings were: Los<br />

Angeles, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle,<br />

San Diego, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City,<br />

St. Louis, Atlanta, Columbus, Cincinnati.<br />

Indianapolis, Miami, Washington, D.C..<br />

Baltimore. Chicago. Cleveland. Pittsburgh,<br />

Detroit, Minneapolis, New York City, Boston<br />

and Philadelphia.<br />

A Jennings Lang production, "House<br />

Calls" also stars Art Carney and Richard<br />

Benjamin. Howard Zieff directed, with Alex<br />

Winitsky and Arlene Sellers producing.<br />

Lang was executive producer.<br />

'Butch and Sundance' Now<br />

Before Cameras in Colo.<br />

TELLURIDE. COLO. — Filming began<br />

here in late February on the new 20th Century-Fox<br />

comedy-western adventure, "Butch<br />

and Sundance: The Early Days," a Pantheon/William<br />

Goldman production produced<br />

by Gabriel Katzska and Steven Bach<br />

and directed by Richard Lester from an<br />

original screenplay by Allan Burns.<br />

The picture stars Tom Berenger and William<br />

Katt in the roles of Butch and Sundance,<br />

immortalized by Paul Newman and<br />

Robert Redford in the 1969 all-time favorite<br />

20lh-Fox film "Butch Cassidy and the<br />

Sundance Kid," written by Goldman, who<br />

now serves as executive producer.<br />

Slated for an 11 -week all-location shooting<br />

schedule in both Colorado and New<br />

Mexico, "Butch and Sundance" is being<br />

photographed by Academy Award-winning<br />

photographer Lazzlo Kovacs.<br />

'Close Encounters' Clicks<br />

In Engagements in Tokyo<br />

TOKYO—Here, as in the U.S. and elsewhere,<br />

"we are not alone" is the key advertising<br />

copyline for Columbia Pictures'<br />

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind." But<br />

in Tokyo it also describes what is happening<br />

at the theatres in which the motion picture<br />

is<br />

playing.<br />

Sunday, February 26, the second day of<br />

the "Close Encounters" engagement at the<br />

Theatre Tokyo and Yuraka-za and Shinjuku<br />

Plaza theatres, a total gross of $145,068<br />

was achieved.<br />

In addition, the theatres reported that an<br />

unusual number of patrons failed to leave<br />

the houses at the conclusion of the various<br />

showings, which prevented an even higher<br />

attendance figure.<br />

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind," a<br />

Columbia presentation in association with<br />

EMI, stars Richard Dreyfuss, Francois<br />

Truffaul, Teri G;irr and Mclinda Dillon.<br />

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Washington Foreign Press<br />

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HOLLYWOOD — Nineteen members of<br />

the Washington foreign press corps met with<br />

officials of the Ass'n of Motion Picture and<br />

Television Producers Friday afternoon (2)<br />

as part of a two-day study-tour of labormanagement<br />

relations in the motion picture<br />

industry.<br />

AMPTP executive vice-president Joseph<br />

A. Adelman led the discussion at the<br />

AMPTP offices, joined by first vice-president<br />

Edward P. Prelock: Alan Brunswick,<br />

vice-president and secretarv'; John M. Pavlik,<br />

director of public relations, and Alfred<br />

P. Chamie, legal consultant.<br />

The journalists, all Washington-resident<br />

members of the foreign press corps, were<br />

on a one-week tour of the U.S. Information<br />

Agency to learn about "the American worker<br />

and his union."<br />

Following their meeting with AMPTP<br />

officials, they were briefed on the operations<br />

of the Contract Services Administration<br />

Trust Fund by co-directors Eileen Leonard<br />

and Jack Carlson and Robert Rivers, director<br />

of Human Resources. In the evening<br />

they were invited by Walt Disney Productions<br />

to a screening of "Return to Witch<br />

Mountain" at the studio.<br />

The group met in Hollywood the previous<br />

day at the Screen Actors Guild with Michel<br />

De Mers, assistant national executive secretary<br />

of SAG; Judith Rheiner, director of<br />

information for SAG; William K. Howard,<br />

president of the Hollywood Film Council;<br />

Mac St. Johns, business representative of the<br />

Publicists Guild; Donald Zimmerman, international<br />

representative of the International<br />

Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees,<br />

and Marl Young, secretary of Local 47,<br />

American Federation of Musicians.<br />

They also were hosted by Gary Paster,<br />

president, and Charles Byloos, director of<br />

industrial relations, at the Burbank Studios<br />

on a walking tour of the studio oriented toward<br />

giving a special view of the work force<br />

in operation. The tour, led by Byloos and<br />

tour director Richard Mason, was followed<br />

by a lunch in the studio cafeteria.<br />

The journalists, representing Australia,<br />

Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France,<br />

Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, the<br />

Netherlands and Switzerland, were accompanied<br />

on the trip by Serge Markov of the<br />

Voice of America and Edward McHale and<br />

Darrell I. Drucker of the USIA.<br />

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Appeals Board Sustains X<br />

On 'For Laughs Only' Film<br />

NEW YORK—The Classification and<br />

Ratings Appeal Board, after a hearing February<br />

28. has sustained the X rating given<br />

to the film "It's a 'Stagg Movie' for Laughs<br />

Only."<br />

In an appeal brought by Jack Broder,<br />

producer of the film, the board heard a<br />

statement on behalf of "It's a 'Stagg Movie'<br />

for Laughs Only" from Carroll L. Pucialo,<br />

who represented Broder.<br />

The Classification and Rating Administration<br />

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Commonwealth Has<br />

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S.ANSAS CITY—Richard H, Orear.<br />

^ lairman of the board, and Douglas J.<br />

Lightner, president. Commonwealth Theatres,<br />

jointly announced improved operating<br />

results for the first quarter of the 1978<br />

Fiscal year ending Dec. 27. 1977.<br />

Operating revenue for the Commonwealth<br />

circuit diu'ing the quarter was $7,395,692.<br />

compared to $5,746,507 in the same period<br />

in<br />

1976. Net income of $23,758 was recorded<br />

for the current 1 3 weeks, compared to a<br />

loss of $23,480 last year.<br />

First-quarter earnings per common share<br />

were reported to be two cents.<br />

The increase in operating revenue was<br />

generated by new theatres added during the<br />

1977 fiscal year, as well as from improved<br />

operations of continuing theatres. Orear and<br />

Lightner noted. Commonwealth added a<br />

total of 22 screens during 1977.<br />

"During the 1978 quarter, excellent results<br />

were realized in our larger communities<br />

from mot'on pictures such as 'Oh, God!',<br />

"Looking for Mr. Goodbar." "Saturday Night<br />

Fever.' "Semi-Tough' and "Close Encounters<br />

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""The increased paid attendance for these<br />

films produced improved operating revenue<br />

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from both boxoffice admissions and refreshinent<br />

center sales."<br />

They pointed out, however, that the films<br />

cited were ""licensed at film rentals substantially<br />

higher than rental terms on films<br />

available in the 1977 first quarter." Orear<br />

and Lightner added that the major portion<br />

of annual net income is earned each yeai<br />

during the months of .\pril through September.<br />

"The first five weeks of the 1978 second<br />

quarter also have generated stibstantially<br />

improved operating revenue. In view of this<br />

and the outstanding film product to be<br />

available in the coming months, management<br />

looks forward with optimism for a 1978<br />

fiscal year of continued progress and improvement."<br />

they continued.<br />

The Commonwealth circuit was expanded<br />

'n October 1977 by the opening of the new<br />

Cinema Twin in Lawrence. Kas.. while Feb.<br />

9. 1978. the Southgate Twin Theatre opened<br />

for business in Liberal, Kas. Both duos<br />

are leased by the circuit from the builders.<br />

It was emphasized that Commonwealth is<br />

continuing to negotiate for additional theatres<br />

to achieve greater operational expansion.<br />

Goldschmidt Named Chief<br />

Of European Production<br />

NEW YORK—Ernst Goldschmidt. United<br />

Artists senior vice-president and foreign<br />

manager, also will be in charge of European<br />

production, effective immediately, it was<br />

announced by Andy Albeck, president and<br />

chief executive officer. He takes over these<br />

production duties from Danton Rissner,<br />

who recently was named senior vice-president<br />

in charge of West Coast productions.<br />

UA maintains production subsidiaries in<br />

two European capitals: a Paris office headed<br />

by Jean Nachbaur and a Rome office<br />

headed by Ottavio Oppo. Both will report<br />

to Goldschmidt.<br />

Appeals Board Sustains R<br />

For Universal's Nunzio'<br />

NEW YORK — The Classification<br />

and<br />

Rating Appeals Board, after a hearing Tuesday<br />

(7), has sustained the R rating given to<br />

the film ""Nunzio."<br />

In an appeal brought by Universal Pictures,<br />

the board heard a statement on behalf<br />

of ""Nunzio" from Jennings Lang, cvecutive<br />

producer of the film.<br />

The Classification and Rating Administration<br />

was represented by Richard D. Heffner,<br />

its chairman.<br />

Moon Is Traffic, Security<br />

Chief for the Oscar Show<br />

HOLLYWOOD—Jerry Moon will be in<br />

charge of traffic and security for the 50th<br />

annual awards presentation of the Academy<br />

of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Howard<br />

W. Koch, Academy president, annoimced.<br />

This will be the seventh Oscar show for<br />

Moon, chief of security for Walt Disney<br />

Productions.<br />

The 50lh awards program will be held<br />

Monday, April 3.<br />

May 9-10 New Product<br />

Seminar Set by ITOA<br />

NEW YORK—The Independent Theatre<br />

Owners Ass'n of New York will hold its<br />

second annual '"New Product Seminar" May<br />

9-10 in New York City, it was announced<br />

by Bernard Goldberg, president of the trade<br />

association.<br />

"'Carl M. Levine. general manager of<br />

Brandt Theatres, will serve as chairman of<br />

the meeting for the second year in a row,"'<br />

Goldberg disclosed. "Because of the fine<br />

turnout last year and the tremendous response<br />

by distribution so far to participate,<br />

the seminar was expanded to two days to<br />

accommodate everyone and provide a complete<br />

review of upcoming spring and summer<br />

releases."<br />

Levine commented: '"Although we are<br />

confident that all major distributors will<br />

send representatives, at this time American<br />

International, Buena Vista, New World.<br />

Paramount. United Artists, Universal and<br />

Warner Bros, all have consented to display<br />

product reels and discuss advertising and<br />

marketing strategy on some of these features."<br />

Last year's seminar attracted 150 exhibitors<br />

encompassing the area from Washington,<br />

D.C., to Maine. The committee anticipates<br />

double that attendance this year.<br />

The program thus far includes lunch and<br />

dinner both days, two full screenings of<br />

major feature films and the showing of<br />

product reels.<br />

Applications for registration are available<br />

through the ITOA office at 1600 Broadway,<br />

New York, N.Y. 10019, telephone number<br />

(212) 246-6460.<br />

UA's 'Last Wave' Grossing<br />

Very Well in Australia<br />

NEW YORK—United Artists sender vicepresident<br />

and foreign manager Ernst Goldschmidt<br />

has announced outstanding Australian<br />

grosses for ""The Last Wave," a<br />

McElroy & McElroy production made in<br />

Australia, starring Richard Chamberlain.<br />

Hal McElroy and James McElroy produced<br />

the feature in association with Derek<br />

Power, the South Australian Film Commission<br />

and the Australian Film Commission.<br />

Peter Weir directed the screenplay he cowrote<br />

with Tony Morphett and Petru<br />

Popescu.<br />

""The Last Wave" grossed $517,297 in<br />

initial engagements in major Australian<br />

cities, making it the third most successful<br />

release of the season, following only "The<br />

Spy Who Loved Me" and "Star Wars."<br />

CIC Appoints John Neal<br />

Mng. Director, Australia<br />

NEW YORK—John Neal has been appointed<br />

managing director of Cinema International<br />

Corp. in Australia, effective immediately,<br />

it was announced by eompanx<br />

president Pedro Teilelbaum. Neal is based<br />

in Sydney and has been general manager<br />

of CIC in .'\uslralia fi\c years.<br />

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Hew Product Plans Firmed<br />

By Peter Peny Pictures<br />

LOS ANGELES — Peter Perry<br />

Pictures<br />

h?.s announced three features for spring and<br />

— summer release "The Young Cycle Girls,"<br />

•'Mag Wheels" and "Punk Alley."<br />

Jules Gerelick. general sales manager,<br />

slates that "Tlie Young Cycle Girls" played<br />

to very good grosses in Texas in November<br />

and December, despite rain, sleet and snow.<br />

He also said that "The Young Cycle Girls"<br />

was booked in Florida, Georgia, Alabama<br />

and Mississippi for February-March playdates;<br />

Detroit in April; Kansas City. St.<br />

Louis, Omaha, Des Moines, Sacramento,<br />

Seattle and Portland in May. and Cincinnati,<br />

Indianapolis, New England, Philadelphia<br />

and Washington, D.C., in June.<br />

"Mag Wheels" will follow the same pattern,<br />

opening in Atlanta and Jacksonville in<br />

May, with Seattle and Potrland engagements<br />

following. "Punk Alley" is now in production<br />

and will be ready for late summer and<br />

early fall playdates.<br />

Gerelick told <strong>Boxoffice</strong> that the same<br />

type of successful campaign will be used on<br />

the ne.xt three pictures as was utilized for<br />

"Hollywood High," which generated over<br />

7,000 playdates nationally. All newspaper<br />

ads, trailers, radio and TV spots, etc., will<br />

cater to the youth-oriented market, as well<br />

as to young marrieds, segments which comprise<br />

90 per cent of the moviegoing audience.<br />

New Peter Perry product will be introduced<br />

at Show-A-Rama 21 in Kansas City<br />

by Gerelick, with production reels, presentations<br />

and displays.<br />

Bruss, Flohr Appointed<br />

AIP Branch Managers<br />

HOLLYWOOD—Leon P. Blender, executive<br />

vice-president in charge of sales and<br />

distribution<br />

for American International Pictures,<br />

has announced the appointment of<br />

Kal Bruss as branch manager in the Detroit<br />

exchange and Alan Flohr as branch manager<br />

in the AIP Denver exchange.<br />

Bruss was with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in<br />

distribution in Detroit 17 years, then was<br />

affiliated with ABC Theatres three years<br />

before serving as branch manager for Cinerama<br />

and Cinemation.<br />

Flohr previously was an AIP advertisingpublicity<br />

fieldman.<br />

The appointments are effective immediately.<br />

Blender stated.<br />

Al Ruddy Will Address<br />

American Film Institute<br />

LOS ANGELES—Albert S. Ruddy will<br />

speak before faculty and students of the<br />

American Film Institute Wednesday (22) on<br />

the making of his latest film, "Matilda,"<br />

which is the fanciful story of a kangaroo<br />

who becomes the leading contender for the<br />

heavy-weight boxing crown. Ruddy will<br />

make available to the AFI prints of two<br />

earlier films, "The Godfather," and "The<br />

longest Yard," for screening prior to his<br />

appearance and will show excerpts from<br />

"Matilda" during his address.<br />

MOTION PICTURES RATED<br />

BY THE CODE & RATING<br />

ADMINISTRATION<br />

The following feature-length motion pictures<br />

have been reviewed and rated by the<br />

Code and Rating Administration pursuant<br />

to the Motion Picture Code and Rating<br />

Program.<br />

Tirle Dislributor HaMng<br />

The Greek Tycoon (Univ)<br />

The Legend of Frank Woods(*)<br />

(Variety Infl)<br />

Return From Witch Mountain (BV)<br />

Seven Cities to Atlantis (Col)<br />

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:(*)JRerat-ing: Supersedes rating listed in Bulletin No.<br />

441.<br />

Harvey L. Schein of Sony<br />

To WCI as Executive V-P<br />

BURBANK—Harvey L. Schein will join<br />

Warner Communications, Inc.. as executive<br />

vice-president of the corporation, it was announced<br />

by Steven J. Ross, chairman of<br />

WCI. Schein has been chairman and chief<br />

executive officer of Sony Corp. of America.<br />

During his tenure at Sony, Schein presided<br />

over the enormous growth of the<br />

company in the U.S. Prior to joining Sony,<br />

he spent 14 years with CBS, Inc. Schein<br />

joined Columbia Records in 1958 and three<br />

years later was appointed general manager<br />

of Columbia Records International. After a<br />

number of posts with the CBS International<br />

division, in 1967 he was named division<br />

president. At the time of his departure from<br />

CBS, he was president of the CBS/ Columbia<br />

group, a vice-president of the corporation<br />

and a member of the CBS board of directors.<br />

Commenting on the<br />

announcement, Ross<br />

said: "The decision by Harvey Schein to<br />

join WCI as an executive vice-president<br />

gives me and my associates great pleasure.<br />

An executive with Schein's talents and outstanding<br />

achievements with both CBS and<br />

Sony Corp. of America will bring to WCI<br />

an unusual combination of abilities. His<br />

leadership as the chief executive officer of<br />

one of America's most successful corporations<br />

brings to Warner Communications a<br />

wealth of management experience for WCI's<br />

diversified worldwide entertainment and<br />

communications operations. We look forward<br />

to Schein's playing an important role<br />

in Warner Communications' exciting future."<br />

Donald Gillin Appointed<br />

EMI Sales Consultant<br />

HOLLYWOOD— Donald Gillin<br />

has been<br />

appointed sales consultant for EMI Films to<br />

work on three of the company's five pictures<br />

slated for release this year.<br />

Gillin will be working with the sales departments<br />

of United Artists, which will distribute<br />

"Convoy" June 28; Paramount, set<br />

to release "Death on the Nile," and Universal,<br />

which will distribute "The Deer<br />

Hunter."<br />

'Silent Flute' Is Already<br />

Sold in 44 World Markets<br />

BEVERLY HILLS—Tremendous worldwide<br />

interest has greeted a major new martial<br />

arts feature, "The Silent Flute" starring<br />

David Carradine and based on an original<br />

story by Bruce Lee. according to Mark<br />

Damon, whose Producers Sales Organization<br />

has separately licensed the film in 44<br />

of the 45 major foreign territories in the<br />

world.<br />

While the film still is in post-production<br />

stages, the only country where distribution<br />

plans have not been set is Spain, which is<br />

presently in negotiation, said Damon.<br />

Among the distributors with whom arrangements<br />

have been made are: Rank FD<br />

(England, Australia, South Africa); Astral<br />

Films (Canada); Shaw Bros. (Southeast<br />

Asia); Nippon Herald (Japan); PAC (Italy);<br />

AMLF (France); Europa Film (Sweden),<br />

and Residenz-Film (Germany, Austria).<br />

" 'The Silent Flute' has all the feel and<br />

look of a class martial arts picture," says<br />

Damon, "and after a rash of inferior films<br />

and then a period of no new martial arts<br />

pictures being offered the world markets<br />

now are ready for one that offers such<br />

stature."<br />

The Sandy Howard-Richard St. Johns<br />

production stars David Carradine, Christopher<br />

Lee, Jeff Cooper, Erica Greer, Eli<br />

Wallach and Roddy McDowall. It was directed<br />

by Richard Moore from a screenplay<br />

by Stirling Silliphant and Stanley Mann<br />

based on the original story by Lee, James<br />

Coburn and Silliphant.<br />

"The Silent Flute" was filmed on locations<br />

in the Middle East and Africa.<br />

Other distribution agreements have been<br />

reached with Cosmos Film (Greece); Fram<br />

Film (Norway); City Film (Netherlands);<br />

Nordisk Film (Denmark); Excelsior Films<br />

(Belgium); Adams Filmi (Finland); Lusomondo<br />

(Portugal); DFG (Switzerland); Italia<br />

Film (Middle East); Empresa Cines Unidos<br />

(Venezuela); Distri Films (Argentina); International<br />

Telefilms (Mexico); Ouro Imf)ortadora<br />

(Brazil); American Distributors<br />

(Central America, Chile, Colombia, Peru);<br />

Naz Film (Iran); Success Films (India, Pakistan);<br />

Transit Films (East and West Africa),<br />

and International Film Distributors (West<br />

Indies).<br />

'Coming Home' Opening<br />

Records in LA and NYC<br />

NEW YORK— "Coming Home," starring<br />

Jane Fonda, Jon Voighl and Bruce Dem,<br />

set an opening-day record at the 479-seat<br />

Westwood I Theatre, Los Angeles and also<br />

rolled up smash business at the 700-seat<br />

Cinema I, New York. The figures were reported<br />

by Al Fitter. United Artists senior<br />

vice-president for domestic sales.<br />

The widely acclaimed film, released by<br />

UA, was produced by Jerome Hellman and<br />

directed by Hal Ashby from a screenplay<br />

by Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones based<br />

on a story by Nancy Dowd. The director of<br />

photography was Academy Award-winner<br />

Haskell Wexler. Bruce Gilbert was associate<br />

producer.<br />

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filming Start for 'Embrace'<br />

United Artists' "Last Embrace" is scheduled<br />

to begin principal photography in May<br />

on East Coast locations with Jonathan<br />

Demme directing. David Shaber wrote the<br />

. . .<br />

scrsenpjay based on Murray Teigh Bloom's<br />

novel. "The Thirteenth Man" . . .<br />

"Good<br />

Luck. Miss Wyckoff." a Raymond Stross<br />

production to be directed by Marvin Chomsky,<br />

based on William Inge's "Picnic," began<br />

shooting Thursday (2) in Kansas with<br />

Anne Heywood starring. Polly Piatt wrote<br />

the screenplay about the sexual awakening<br />

Arnold<br />

of a 35-year-old school teacher<br />

Kopelson's Film Packages. Inc.. plans a<br />

production start in mid-March on "Lost<br />

and Found." to be produced and directed<br />

by Melvin Frank, who also co-wrote the<br />

script with Jack Rose. Kopelson will be<br />

the executive producer.<br />

ITC's 'Escape to Athena' Is<br />

Shooting in Rhodes, Greece<br />

ITC's "Escape to Athena" began filming<br />

February 27 in Rhodes. Greece, with George<br />

Cosmatos directing and Roger Moore. Telly<br />

Savalas and Elliott Gould heading the cast<br />

. . . John Daly, chairman of the Hemdale<br />

Film Group, plans a Tuesday (21) start on<br />

"The Passage." starring Anthony Quinn. J.<br />

Lee Thompson will direct the picture. Daly<br />

and Derek J. Dawson will be executive producers<br />

on the Monday Film and Passage<br />

Productions feature and John Quested will<br />

produce. Principal photography is planned<br />

in the Pyrenees Mountains and the French<br />

countryside. Malcolm McDowell. Patricia<br />

Neal and Kay Lenz will co-star . . Michael<br />

.<br />

Winner will produce and direct ITC Entertainment's<br />

$8,000,000 "Firepower" from<br />

Gerald Wilson's script about an attempt by<br />

the U.S. to extradite a multimillionaire to<br />

face tax-evasion charges. Sophia Loren.<br />

James Coburn and O. J. Simpson will star,<br />

with production to begin in April.<br />

Saul David. John Hyde Teamed<br />

For Production of 'Ravagers'<br />

Saul<br />

David and John Hyde have partnered<br />

to produce "Ravagers." a $4,000,000<br />

feature film described as a post-encounter<br />

adventure set in the near future. The film<br />

stars Richard Harris. Ernest Borgnine, Ann<br />

Turkel and Art Carney, with Woody Strode<br />

co-starring. Richard Compton is directing<br />

the picture, which got under way Saturday<br />

(4) in Huntsvillc, Ala. Hyde is producing<br />

with David executive-producing under the<br />

Cinecorp. banner. Donald S. Sanford penned<br />

the screenplay, taken from the Edward Alter<br />

best seller, "Path to Savagery." which<br />

involves location sites such as the Redstone<br />

Missile Range in Huntsville. the city of<br />

Birmingham and the international shipping<br />

harbor in Mobile . . . Principal photography<br />

on "Lovely but Deadly," the first of Star<br />

Cinema Productions' three projects, got<br />

under way on location in Santa Barbara,<br />

Calif., Friday (10). Produced by Lawrence<br />

Foldes with Thomas Singer as associate producer,<br />

the contemporary action drama is<br />

based on John Buckley's original story of<br />

violent backlash by the teen generation.<br />

Screenplay is by Buckley and Singer. The<br />

picture will be shot entirely in the Santa<br />

Barbara area.<br />

Alfie Wise Set for Key Role<br />

In 'Stuntman' for Warners<br />

Alfie Wise has been signed to play an<br />

obnoxious motion picture assistant director<br />

in Warner Bros.' "Hollywood Stuntman"<br />

. Peter Boyle will play a private detective<br />

in Columbia Pictures' "Hardcore"<br />

and Season Hubley has been cast as a prostitute<br />

who helps George C. Scott seek his<br />

missing daughter . . . Jeff Corey will repeat<br />

the role of sheriff Ray Bledsoe in "Butch<br />

and Sundance: The Early Days," the 20th<br />

Century-Fox sequel to "Butch Cassidy and<br />

the Sundance Kid." The picture went before<br />

the cameras Thursday (2) in Southern California.<br />

Colleen Dewhurst Wins Star<br />

Role in<br />

Kemeny's 'Castles'<br />

Colleen Dewhurst has been inked by producer<br />

John Kemeny for a starring role in<br />

"Ice Castles." which Donald Wrye will direct<br />

from his screenplay. The John Kemeny<br />

production is a Columbia Pictures release<br />

w'th Rosilyn Heller as executive producer.<br />

The film also stars Robby Benson and introduces<br />

Lynn-Holly Johnson in her motion<br />

picture debut. "Ice Castles" is a tender love<br />

story in which the actress is cast as the owner<br />

of a Midwest ice rink, a tough but compassioinate<br />

woman who encourages the<br />

young skater in her struggle to reach for the<br />

impossible. Miss Dewhurst, who made her<br />

debut in 1952. has won many stage and TV<br />

awards. Her motion picture credits include<br />

roles with Audrey Hepburn in "The Nim's<br />

Story," with Sean Connery in "A Fine Madness"<br />

and with John Wayne in "The Cowboys"<br />

and "McQ." Most recently, she starred<br />

in the Israel-filmed TV special. "Jacob<br />

and Joseph," and appeared on Broadway in<br />

"Almost Perfect Person." An International<br />

Cinemedia Center production, "Ice Castles"<br />

is based on an original story by Gary Baim<br />

on locations<br />

and began filming Monday (6)<br />

in Minneapolis and Colorado Springs.<br />

Jack Bernstein Is Associate<br />

Producer on 'Butch' Sequel<br />

Jack B. Bernstein has been named associate<br />

producer on the 20th Century-Fox feature,<br />

"Butch and Sundance: The Early<br />

Days," a Pantheon/William Goldman production.<br />

Directed by Richard Lester, Gabriel<br />

Katzka is producing . . . Roy<br />

Budd will<br />

write the music for Euan Lloyd's "The Wild<br />

Geese" . Blakely will siiiu the<br />

theme song for Gianni Bozzacchi's "Chine<br />

9. Libert 37" Roger Gorman's New-<br />

World Pictures<br />

. . .<br />

has signed Gene Warren<br />

and his Excelsior Productions to handle the<br />

special effects for "Avalanche" . . . Producers<br />

Edgar J. Scherick and Daniel H. Blatt<br />

have signed Rolf Zehetbauer, an Oscar winner<br />

for "Cabaret," as production designer<br />

and Toni Richmond, whose credits include<br />

"The Eagles Have Landed" and "The Greek<br />

Tycoon," as director of photography on<br />

"The Ringer." The comedy-caper stars Jeff<br />

Bridges, Ned Beatty and Bianca Jagger and<br />

is filming at Bavaria Studios in Munich<br />

. . . William DeDiego will be cinematographer<br />

for Star Cinema Productions' "Lovely<br />

but Deadly," with Dan Perry slated to do<br />

the editing chores. Set designer is Donald<br />

Eaton, with Nick Vincent as production<br />

manager. Wayne Berwick is in charge of<br />

the sound and scoring the film is Steve<br />

Myland.<br />

Jorge Cervera Jr. Is Signed<br />

For a Role in 'Cloud Dancer'<br />

Jorge Cervera jr. has a featured role in<br />

Mel Simon Productions' "Cloud Dancer,"<br />

set to begin production later this month in<br />

Arizona . William Devane has joined the<br />

. .<br />

cast of Universal's "Yanks" . . . German<br />

. . .<br />

actress Sybil Danning has a featured role in<br />

"Meteor." which just resumed filming (for<br />

an avalanche sequence) in Austria<br />

Stephanie Fracy has been signed for a role<br />

the Mel Simon production of "When 'You<br />

in<br />

Comin' Back Red Ryder." set to begin lensing<br />

April 10 in El Paso with Milton Katselas<br />

Brad Dillman will star in<br />

directing . . . "Piranha" for executive producer Jeff<br />

Schechtman. Jon Davison is producing and<br />

Joe Dante directing the joint venture between<br />

New World Pictures and United<br />

Chuck Connors has been set by<br />

Artists . . .<br />

producer Charles Band to star in "Tourist<br />

Trap," set to roll Monday (20) under the<br />

Charles Band Productions' banner with Jon<br />

Van Ness co-starring. David Schmoeller is<br />

directing "Tourist Trap." which he scripted<br />

with J. Larry Carroll.<br />

MGM's 'Brass Target'<br />

Filming Under Way<br />

MUNICH—MGM's "Brass Target." the<br />

highly controversial suspense drama that<br />

places suspicion of criminal conspiracy on<br />

the death of Gen. George S. Patton. began<br />

production here Monday (6). with Sophia<br />

Loren. John Cassavetes, Max von Sydow,<br />

Patrick McGoohan, George Kennedy, Robert<br />

Vaughn and Bruce Davison in the starring<br />

roles.<br />

John Hough directs "Brass Target," with<br />

Arthur Lewis producing from the screenplay<br />

by Alvin Boretz, based on the Frederick<br />

Nolan novel, "The Algonquin Project."<br />

Filming will subsequently take place in<br />

Interlaken. Switzerland. Bern. Switzerland,<br />

and the Black Forest, with production to<br />

he completed in Munich in May.<br />

"Brass Target" is an Arthur Lcwis-Berlc<br />

Adams production and will be released by<br />

United Artists in the U.S. and Canada and<br />

by Cinema International Corp. in the rest<br />

o'i the world.<br />

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Product Reels,<br />

Seminars, Awards<br />

Build Interest at Show-A-Rama 21<br />

KANSAS CITY — The introduction of<br />

actress<br />

Barbara Eden, star of "Harper Valley<br />

PTA," will be the kickoff event of<br />

Show-A-Rama 21, which gets under way<br />

today (13) at the Crown Center Hotel in<br />

Kansas City, it was announced by Norman<br />

Neilsen. president of the United Motion<br />

Picture Ass'n. sponsor of the world's second<br />

largest exhibitor-distributor convention and<br />

tradeshow. Following the afternoon screening<br />

of the new film "Hanging on a Star" at<br />

the downtown Empire Theatre, the evening<br />

hours will be highlighted by the in-person<br />

appearance of Farrah Fawcett-Majors. who<br />

stars in Martin Poll's "Somebody Killed<br />

Her Husband." described as a "romantic<br />

comedy."<br />

Ms. Fawcett-Majors will be presented<br />

Show-A-Rama's "Legend of the 70s" award<br />

at the Monday evening (13) dinner hosted<br />

by Melvin Simon Productions.<br />

The four-day convention program (subject<br />

to change), as announced by Chuc Barnes,<br />

executive secretary of the United Motion<br />

Picture Ass'n. follows:<br />

MONDAY, MARCH 13<br />

8 a.m. -7:30 p.m.—Registration<br />

1 p.m.— "Harper Valley PTA" in session,<br />

Centurion Room<br />

Barbara Eden is presented award by Dale<br />

Stewart<br />

Product reels. Jack Poessiger moderator<br />

Wolfman Jack appearance. Jack Poessiger<br />

emcees<br />

3:20 p.m.—Adjourn<br />

3:30 p.m.—Limited Market Meeting, Centennial<br />

B<br />

Elmer Bills jr.. Bob Buscher, S. H. Bagby<br />

jr.<br />

3:30 p.m.— Buses pick up guests. Pershing<br />

Road entrance, for screening<br />

4:30 p.m.—Screening. "Hanging on a Star,"<br />

Empire Theatre<br />

4:30 p.m.—UMPA annual meeting (membership).<br />

Centennial B<br />

5:15 p.m.—Adjourn<br />

7:15 p.m.—Century Ballroom opens for<br />

dinner (cash bar)<br />

7:30 p.m.— Introduction of head table by<br />

Fred Broski<br />

7:35 p.m.—Farrah Fawcett-Majors enters<br />

Invocation: Fred Harper, "Lord's Prayer"<br />

Dinner service—Host: Melvin Simon Productions<br />

Arthur Murray dancers<br />

Welcome to delegates by Norman Nielsen<br />

Crowning of Miss Show-A-Rama (Annette<br />

Walker) by Bob Zuerweste, KBEQ, and<br />

Jack Poessiger<br />

Melvin Simon introduces producer Martin<br />

Poll<br />

Farrah f-awcett-Majors' award presented<br />

by Martin Poll and Joel Resnick<br />

Martin Poll introduction by Milton Goldstein<br />

Host message, Milton Goldstein<br />

Introduction of product reel<br />

Product showing<br />

Adjourn<br />

TUESDAY, MARCH 14<br />

7:30 a.m. -7 p.m.— Registration<br />

7:45 a.m.—Breakfast emceed by Darrell<br />

Manes. Century Room<br />

Host: New World Pictures<br />

Keir Dullea. star of "Leopard in the<br />

Snow," is spotlighted<br />

Host message: Joel Rapp, advertising director<br />

Product reel<br />

9:30 a.m.—Adjourn<br />

9:45 a.m. — "Advertising-FM Radio" in<br />

Centennial A<br />

George Kieffer, moderator<br />

Bob Zuerweste, KBEQ: Bill Goetze,<br />

KMBR<br />

Capitol Publications: Charles Napier<br />

10:45 a.m.—Adjourn<br />

1 1 a.m.— "The New Stereo," Centennial A<br />

Gene Krull. moderator<br />

loan Allen. Dolby<br />

Al Boudouris. EPRAD<br />

11:45 a.m.—Adjourn<br />

12:30 p.m.—Luncheon, Centurion Room<br />

Host: Universal Pictures<br />

Head table introduction by Fred Broski,<br />

emcee<br />

Invocation: Leon Hoofnagle<br />

Luncheon service<br />

Product reel/ "Jaws"/ Host message<br />

Will Rogers Message: Martin Newman<br />

Will Rogers film<br />

2:15 p.m.—Adjourn<br />

2:30 p.m. -6 p.m.—Tradeshow. Roanoke<br />

Foyer<br />

— 7:15 p.m. "An Evening With Crown,"<br />

Centurion Room<br />

Dinner<br />

Hosts: Crown International Pictures and<br />

Thomas & Shipp Films. Inc.<br />

7:30 p.m.—Head table introduction by Fred<br />

Broski, emcee<br />

7:40 p.m.—Dinner service<br />

Glitter Girls<br />

"How Crown Is Moving," Mark Tenser,<br />

president<br />

Product reel introduced by George<br />

Josephs<br />

More Glitter<br />

"Coach" Talk. Spence Steinhurst<br />

Film preview<br />

9:30 p.m.—Adjourn<br />

WEDNESDAY, MARCH IS<br />

7:30 a.m. -6 p.m.—Registration<br />

7:45 a.m.—Reel Breakfast, Century Room<br />

Host: I-M Services<br />

Product reels and welcome, Doug Stone<br />

emcee<br />

9:15 a.m.-—Adjotirn<br />

9:30 a.m. "Hazards (Safeguards. Dangers)"<br />

seminar. Centennial A<br />

Ed Bomberger, emcee<br />

Dr. Anthony Marshall, lla. Inter. Univ.<br />

10:30 a.m.—Adjourn<br />

10:45 a.m.— "Sccuritv" seminar. Centennial<br />

A<br />

Greg Rutkowski, emcee<br />

Mikey Gitlin, Dale Systems<br />

11:15 a.m.— Adjourn<br />

A<br />

1 1:30 a.m.— "Concessions" seminar. Centennial<br />

Kent Dickinson, emcee<br />

"Do's and Don'ts"<br />

12 noon—Adjourn<br />

12:15 p.m.—Luncheon. Centurion Room<br />

Host: Inter Planetary Pictures<br />

12:30 p.m.—Head table introduction, Fred<br />

Broski, emcee<br />

1:20 p.m.—Host introduction<br />

Introduction of the Osmonds<br />

Jimmy Osmond Award presented by<br />

Roma Cooper<br />

Product showing<br />

2 p.m.—Honored Showmen presentation by<br />

Russ Beckner<br />

Recognition of Ladies Committee<br />

2:25 p.m.—Adjourn<br />

2:45-6 p.m.—Tradeshow. Roanoke Foyer<br />

6:30 p.m.— Buses load for Glenwood Theatre,<br />

Pershing Road side<br />

7:15 p.m.—Introduction of host<br />

Jim Markley<br />

Milton Moritz<br />

7:25 p.m.—Screening, Glenwood Theatre<br />

9:30 p.m. "Late-Nite Champagne Breakfast,"<br />

Glenwood Convention Center<br />

Jim Markley. emcee<br />

Host: Sunn Classic Pictures<br />

Music by Adelphoi, Kansas State University<br />

10:45 p.m.—Buses load for return to hotel<br />

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7:45 a.m.—Silver Dollar Continental Breakfast,<br />

Century Room<br />

Host: N$$/NT$ and American Sign Indicator<br />

Jack Winningham. emcee<br />

8:05 a.m.—210 Silver $ given away<br />

8:30-11:30 a.m.—Tradeshow, Roanoke Foyer<br />

I 1:45 a.m.—Luncheon. Centurion Room<br />

Host: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer<br />

12 noon—Head table introduction, Fred<br />

Broski. emcee<br />

12:15 p.m.—Luncheon service<br />

Mark Hamill presented award by Glen<br />

Dickinson<br />

Host's message<br />

MGM product<br />

reel<br />

"NATO and You": Marvin Goldman<br />

1:45 p.m.—Academy Award film<br />

2:05 p.m.—Adjourn<br />

2:15 p.m.—20th-Fox seminar, "The Driver,"<br />

Ryan O'Neal, Centennial A<br />

Mike Forsythe, emcee<br />

2:45 p.m.—Adjourn<br />

3 p.m.—Product showing. Centurion Room<br />

Jack Poessiger, moderator<br />

5 p.m.—Adjourn<br />

6:15 p.m.—Cash bar. Centennial Foyer<br />

7:15 p.m.— Ballroom opens (Century Ballroom)<br />

7:30 p.m.—Head table introductions. Fred<br />

Broski, emcee<br />

Motion Picture Company of Year Awards<br />

(black-tie optional)<br />

Dinner<br />

Recognition of Coca-Cola USA, host<br />

Product reel, upcoming 20th-Fox films<br />

Awards presentations<br />

Dinner songstress. Miss Kay Dennis, direct<br />

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NSAS CITY<br />

gaui Dirmanris, Thomas &. Shipp branch<br />

manager, was honored at a farewell<br />

kmcheon last Friday as he prepared to depart<br />

for Seattle, Wash., where he plans to<br />

open his own independent film distribution<br />

exchange. He will remain in Kansas City<br />

for Show-A-Raina 21 before heading west.<br />

Valetta Rogers, New World secretary,<br />

spent a peppy three days in Las Vegas last<br />

weekend as she and a friend took a whirlwind<br />

tour of nearly every casino in the city.<br />

According to Valetta, they plunked down<br />

chips in the MGM Grand, Caesar's, the Las<br />

Vegas Hilton, Horseshoe, Mint and Fremont,<br />

to give just a partial listing. Blackjack<br />

was their main game, with small side<br />

excursions to the slot machines, crap tables<br />

and roulette wheels. The trip imfortunately<br />

did not result in a profit but, if nothing else,<br />

the weather afforded a nice change of pace.<br />

Las Vegas basked in 80-degree weather Sunday<br />

but the previous day was marred with<br />

flash flooding. Valetta's spirits were not<br />

dampened, however. "We didn't get too<br />

wet," she said. "We stayed in the casinos."<br />

Motion Picture Booking Agency operator<br />

Mary Jane Silver noted that drive-ins are<br />

being forced to open much later this spring<br />

because of the long, late winter and heavy<br />

snowfalls. As an example, she cited Parsons,<br />

in southeastern Kansas, which normally<br />

opens in mid-February. The target this year<br />

is<br />

Easter.<br />

Filmrow welcomed back Mary Hayslip,<br />

Thomas & Shipp films, last week after a<br />

five-and-a-half-week absence due to her<br />

hospitalization and convalescence. Good to<br />

have you back in action, Mary.<br />

Good news for you calorie collectors. The<br />

WOMPIs will have another of their deliciously<br />

fattening bake sales Thursday morning<br />

(23) in the Kansas City Ticket office.<br />

Be sure to come early, because some ravenous<br />

gluttons always seem to show up first<br />

and wipe out the inventory.<br />

Jack Marshall, United Artists' exploitation<br />

man from Denver, was in Kansas City<br />

last week preparing for this week's Show-A-<br />

Rama 21 convention.<br />

American Multi Cinema's Dorothy Collins<br />

has a son who dribbles and apparently<br />

dribbles well. His name is Tom (kindly collect<br />

all your snappy Tom Collins name jokes<br />

and forward then anonymously to Dorothy)<br />

and he plays basketball for Shawnee Mission<br />

East High School, which happens to be<br />

bound for the Kansas State Basketball Tournament<br />

this year. With his mother working<br />

for AMC. Tom should have an outstanding<br />

career ahead of him: an athlete with show<br />

buisness connections.<br />

We neglected to mention last<br />

month that<br />

if Warner Bros.' Terri Gray looked particularly<br />

tan for someone surviving in our worldfamous<br />

Midwestern three-month cold snap,<br />

its because Terri found time to scoot off to<br />

the Bahamas for a week. It seems she has a<br />

friend whose husband is an entertainer and<br />

who landed a five-week engagement in the<br />

Bahamas. So. Terri went along for the ride<br />

for a week. Not a bad ride, at all.<br />

The Universal office announced two local<br />

promotions last week. Ken Durbin, formerly<br />

the St. Louis booker, was named St. Louis<br />

sales representative. Rose Cutting, assistant<br />

Kansas City booker, was promoted to St.<br />

Louis booker. Congratulations to Rose and<br />

Ken.<br />

There's a beautiful earth-toned quilt on<br />

display this week in the registration area at<br />

Show-A-Rama and that quilt can be had!<br />

It was handmade by members of the Kansas<br />

City Women of Variety and it is being<br />

offered in a raffle to be held Thursday (16),<br />

the final day of the convention. Tickets for<br />

the raffle are $1 or six for $5.<br />

As mentioned, the drive-ins are opening<br />

later this year but the work to get them<br />

open still needs to be done. Marvin Hembree,<br />

Missouri exhibitor with three drive-ins<br />

in Bolivar, Stockton and Eldorado Springs,<br />

was on the Row last week lining up product<br />

for the coming season.<br />

Some sticky-fingered mail order fiend last<br />

week pilfered a Sears & Roebuck catalog<br />

from Lois Clark at National Screen Service.<br />

Catalogs no longer grow on trees (nor are<br />

they supplied free) and this spring and summer<br />

edition cost Lois $2. So, whoever took<br />

it, order what you want and order it fast,<br />

then please return the catalog.<br />

Twentieth Century-Fox beauties Sherry<br />

Handzel and Carol Hobbs have the latewinter<br />

doldrums and to shake those blues<br />

they've decided to offer their own escort<br />

service during Show-A-Rama. "I want some<br />

excitement in my life," cooed the sensuous<br />

Miss Hobbs, while the voluptuous Miss<br />

Handzel just giggled.<br />

Mary Jane Silvers reports that at least two<br />

of her clients will be attend'ng the convention.<br />

Gwen and Lou Stein from Parsons,<br />

Kas., and Pearl Richardson from Coffeyville,<br />

Kas.<br />

Warner Bros, secretary Eileen Wilkerson<br />

is bursting with pride as the red-letter day<br />

of April 13 approaches. That's the date her<br />

baby is due. Nevertheless, she is not letting<br />

her family way interfere with her secretarial<br />

duties. "I may have it in the office." she reports,<br />

"because Tm working right up until<br />

the day it's due."<br />

United Artists office manager Tom Hazard<br />

beat it out of town last week, abandoning<br />

the snow-covered beauty of Kansas City<br />

for the balmier climes of the West Coast.<br />

Tom originally was heading for California<br />

but late reports indicate that he veered off<br />

toward his old homestead of Seattle.<br />

Show-A-Rama could be a profitable experience<br />

if you pull the lucky ticket in the<br />

WOMPI raffle. The prize is $50. cash money,<br />

and tickets are available at the WOMPI<br />

booth or from any member at the modest<br />

price of only three for $1. One buck for<br />

three shots at 50 isn't a bad deal.<br />

. . .<br />

Screenings at Commonwealth: Tuesday<br />

(7), "Here Come the Tigers" (AIP). and<br />

Wednesday (8). "Pretty Baby" (Para)<br />

Screening at Midwest: Wednesday (8), "The<br />

Fury" (20th-Fox).<br />

Topar Films' "Wackiest Wagon Train in<br />

the West" has been rolling right through<br />

Kansas City, Topeka and St. Joseph, In fact,<br />

playing a multiple of approximately 36 theatres,<br />

it racked up a total gross of about<br />

$72,000, in spite of the crummy weather.<br />

After scoring better-than-average business<br />

in practically all situations, "Wackiest<br />

Wagon Train in the West" has been held<br />

over for another week's unreeling . . . Tom<br />

Parker, president of Topar Films, is in<br />

town to attend Show-A-Rama 21 and to<br />

meet, of course, industry people.<br />

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located east of town on Highway 160, is expected<br />

to open on schedule this spring, despite<br />

damage caused by a recent fire. The<br />

blaze apparently broke out in living quarters<br />

occupied by Jim and Pat Felts but, despite<br />

some delays in getting an alarm turned in,<br />

the volunteer fire department from Lamar<br />

confined the conflagration before extensive<br />

damage was done. Both the contents and the<br />

building were covered by insurance.<br />

"The Buddy Holly Story" was filmed on<br />

K>cation in Texas. New Yovk City and Los<br />

Anueles.<br />

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Smerican International's "Mean Dog<br />

Blues" opened Friday (10) at Cinema 4,<br />

Hi Poinle and Stadium 2 and in Illinois at<br />

Eastgate, Alton and Fairview, Belleville.<br />

Starring in the saga of a country musician<br />

framed and sent to jail where he must outwit<br />

a pack of killer dogs to escape are Gregg<br />

Heniy, George Kennedy. Kay Lenz and<br />

Tina Louise, known for her TV commercials<br />

for beauty products.<br />

"Citizens Band," a Paramount release<br />

with a PG rating, is on the screens of the 4<br />

Seasons, South City, Twin City, Paddock<br />

and Manchester. Concerning itself with<br />

truckers, their buddies and adventures, the<br />

screenplay was written by young Paul Brickman<br />

and directed by newcomer Jonathan<br />

Demme. It was filmed entirely on location<br />

and stars Candy Clark and Paul Le Mat of<br />

"Aloha, Bobby and Rose" fame.<br />

Veteran entertainer Roberta Sherwood,<br />

who was born here and whose father had a<br />

small theatre away back when in what then<br />

was known as "Kerry Patch," the Irish section<br />

of the city, in a recent note to Globe-<br />

Democrat columnist Bob Goddard, said she<br />

had completed an engagement at the Vapors<br />

in Hot Springs. Ark., and hopes to be working<br />

here sometime soon.<br />

"Absurd Person Singular" will be at the<br />

Plantation Theatre through Sunday (19)<br />

. . .<br />

with a buffet-dinner preceding each performance<br />

Ron Furrer in "A Touch of<br />

Elvis" will open in concert Tuesday (21) at<br />

the same theatre with an Easter Sunday family<br />

special including dinner and show for<br />

$8 and accommodating children under 12<br />

for $5 at both afternoon and evening performances.<br />

Entries are open for the area's "Miss<br />

America" scholarship programs. Qualified<br />

entrants, 17 through 26 years of age, may<br />

call the regional field director at 352-0122<br />

during the day or at 892-2835 in the evening.<br />

How about an entrant from the White<br />

Building? You might end up in the glamor<br />

department of the industry!<br />

Dr. Donald Kinsley was the featured<br />

speaker at a symposium held Saturday<br />

(11) at the Child Center of Our Lady of<br />

Grace, 7900 Natural Bridge Rd. The agency<br />

for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents<br />

is supported by funds from Variety<br />

Club Tent 4. The symposium provided<br />

mental health professionals with an opportunity<br />

to confer with Dr. Rinsley of the<br />

Menninger Foundation and clinical professor<br />

of psychiatry at the University of Kansas<br />

School of Medicine. The seminar opened<br />

at 8:30 a.m. and workshops led by members<br />

of the Child Center Residential staff were<br />

held in the afternoon.<br />

'Annie Hall' Is No. 1<br />

With KC Film Critics<br />

KANSAS CITY—"Annie Hall," a United<br />

Artists release, was voted "Best Film of<br />

1977" by members of the Kansas City Film<br />

Critics' Circle at the group's 12th annual<br />

luncheon meeting Wednesday (1) at Rockhurst<br />

College. The same motion picture won<br />

top honors for Woody Allen as "Best Director"<br />

and Diane Keaton as "Best Actress."<br />

Richard Dreyfuss was voted the "Best<br />

Actor" award for his performance in "The<br />

Goodbye Girl" (MGM/WB).<br />

Other top honors went to Jason Robards.<br />

voted "Best Supporting Actor" for his role<br />

in "Julia" (20th-Fox). and to Vanessa Redgrave,<br />

as "Best Supporting Actress" for her<br />

portrayal in the same film.<br />

"Cousin Cousine" (les Films Pomereu-<br />

Gaumont production distributed by Northal)<br />

was selected "Best Foreign Film,"<br />

while "Pumping Iron" (Cinema 5) walked<br />

away with "Best Documentary Feature"<br />

laurels.<br />

This marked the second consecutive year<br />

that the circle had voted Robards "Best Supporting<br />

Actor." He similarly was honored<br />

in 1976 for his role in "All the President's<br />

Men," a Wildwood production released by<br />

Warner Bros.<br />

Dr. James K. Loutzcnhiser. chairman of<br />

the Kansas City Film Critics' Circle since<br />

its inception in 1966, conducted the meeting.<br />

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The Illinois Department of Fiscal and<br />

Economic Development, led by Lucy Salenger.<br />

is being credited for bringing some of<br />

the filmmakers to Illinois. Gov. Thompson<br />

is asking for a 76 per cent increase in the<br />

office's budget for a continuation of moviemaking<br />

in the state.<br />

"One Sings, the Other Doesn't," a new<br />

Cinema 5 film, opened in Chicagoland theatres.<br />

It was an entry in the last Chicago<br />

Film Festival. The story relates to the friendship<br />

between two women, one of whom is<br />

left with two children when her lover commits<br />

suicide; the other is a street singer<br />

whose unsuccessful marriage to an Iranian<br />

leaves her with a son. Agnes Varda wrote<br />

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PG-rated film with Alexis Smith, Robert<br />

Webber and Murray Hamilton. As a film<br />

for everyone in the family, it will be an Easter<br />

season special. Matthau has the role of a<br />

Cajun quarter horse trainer with three motherless<br />

children. Bad luck pursues Matthau.<br />

who plays Lloyd Bourdelle, until a combination<br />

of luck and larcency puts a fast<br />

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John B. Sloane, who was a member of<br />

Local I 10, died February 24.<br />

WaJIy Heim, Midwest manager of advertising<br />

and publicity for United Artists, spent<br />

a few days in St. Louis in behalf of "The<br />

Big Sleep." Candy Clark, star of the film,<br />

accompanied Heim for the publicity rounds.<br />

Robert Mitchum and Sarah Miles are costars<br />

in this new movie which opens in a<br />

number of Midwest cities in late March.<br />

Heim also will be working in the metropolitan<br />

area this month with Jane Fonda,<br />

Jon Voight and Bruce Dern in connection<br />

with "Coming Home." Some 125 media<br />

members from the Midwest will be here to<br />

talk with the "Coming Home" principals.<br />

Meanwhile. United Artists' "Semi-Tough"<br />

started a second sub-run for two weeks.<br />

Veteran theatre operator and distributor<br />

Richard Stern has taken over the Three Penny<br />

Cinema. 2424 North Lincoln. The 500-<br />

seat movie house has been closed for some<br />

time and it reopens following extensive repair<br />

and renovation work which has been<br />

in progress during the past six months. At<br />

this time Stern plans to present the same<br />

movie shown at his Devon on the city's far<br />

north side and at the Wilmettc. which is<br />

an exclusive northern suburb.<br />

A belated welcome to Dennis Kuczajda<br />

who joined United Artists as assistant to<br />

Wally Heim, Midwest manager of advertising<br />

and publicity. He formerly was associated<br />

with the Kerasotes circuit in Carbondale.<br />

Following a series of press rounds for the<br />

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to New York for continued exploitation.<br />

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Corp. . . . John Pilmaier is back from<br />

the West Coast and again is serving as district<br />

manager for Buena Vista in the Midwest<br />

. Pictures set up sub-run<br />

openings of "The Choirboys" and "Which<br />

Way Is Up?" starting Friday (3 0.<br />

Bob Stockniar of United Artists was saluted<br />

by friends on his birthday as he attended<br />

the WOMPI "Man of the Year"<br />

limcheon.<br />

Grosses for the first showings of "Rabbit<br />

Test" in Columbus, Ohio, area theatres give<br />

Avco Embassy Midwest district manager<br />

Milt Levins confidence in predicting that<br />

business for openings here also will be tops.<br />

Shirley and Dave Schatz of Chicago Used<br />

Chair Mart just returned from the Palm<br />

Beach area, where they combined business<br />

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in the West Palm Beach Mall theatres<br />

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8lsy' Still Leads<br />

.C.<br />

Screen Fare<br />

KA.NSAS CITY—"The Betsy"<br />

still held<br />

a strong 550 lead this week, with "Close<br />

Encounters of the Third Kind" (525) and<br />

"Candleshoe" (415) placing second and<br />

third in attendance. Grosses were generally<br />

high with nine first-run features generating<br />

Georgia's Picture<br />

Industry Thrives<br />

ATLANTA—Georgia has produced more<br />

motion pictures over the past ten years<br />

than over the previous 60 years. "The<br />

Double McGuffin" went into production,<br />

with stars Ernest Borgnine and Elke Summer.<br />

February 1 in Decatur. It marks the<br />

over' 300 at the boxoffice. New openers,<br />

101st professional film produced here since<br />

however, including "Equus." "The Man Jimmy Carter created the state's film commission<br />

while he was governor. Prior to<br />

Who Loved Women." "The Boys in Comply<br />

C" and "Citizens Band." didn t tare<br />

that it is doubtful if 15 movies were filmed<br />

as well.<br />

here.<br />

(Average Is lUU)<br />

155<br />

Embassy—Equus (UA) The film commission estimates that more<br />

,<br />

l^^r^Telefon (MGM-UA), llfh^*''<br />

35<br />

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r"e Arts—The Man Who I^_yed Women (SR) 135 than $100,000,000 has added to the state<br />

fine Arts- ^ ...^<br />

550<br />

Five theatres-The Be sy (AA<br />

economy as a result of industry activity<br />

Five theatres—The B.ll.on Dollar Hobo<br />

^^<br />

(Inl'l Picture Show), Md wK<br />

during the last five years. Ed Spivia, the<br />

'^'"i'r^u Five theatres-The Boys m Company C (Col) .195 commission's director, said that registrations<br />

Five theatres—Citizens Bmd (Para)<br />

3rii<br />

Four theatres—Cand^eshoe(BV, wk<br />

at welcome centers increased 40 per cent<br />

Four thecrtres—The One and Only (Para),<br />

320 and that there was a 12 per cent increase<br />

Fo* *MtVes-The Other Side of the Mountain<br />

in travel money spent. Part of this, he feels,<br />

150<br />

Part 2 (Univ), 3rd wk ^ —<br />

Gladstone—The World's Greatest Loyer<br />

is traceable to the interest in Jimmy Carter's<br />

(20th-Fox), 10th wk<br />

Tvirivind<br />

Glenwood—Close Encounters oi the Third Kmd birthplace. Plains.<br />

(Col), llth wk --•-<br />

525<br />

Glenwood—Star Wars J20lh-Fox) '40th wk 375 Four Georgia-made Burt Reynolds films<br />

SS?-T^r?urZ^g P^oi<br />

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'(20.fVox)^^4^^^^^^^<br />

^,^^g j,^,, ^^^,^„ ;„ ^,^,, than $200,000,-<br />

-^^-^"^ 000 at boxoffices in 'his coiintry^ Universa^<br />

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Ptea—The Goodbye Girl (WB), 10th wk^<br />

Seville—Pardon Mon Allaire (SR), 2nd wk<br />

Six theatres—The Late Great Planet Earth<br />

(P.I.E.), 2nd wk _ . . .<br />

Six theatres—The Mouse and His Child<br />

(SR)<br />

Threl. rtfeatres-Coma (MOM^UA), 3rd' wk<br />

Three theatres—High Anxiety (20lh-lox),<br />

4th wk ;-- 1<br />

v-V,-j<br />

Watts Mill—1900 (Para), 2nd wk<br />

..380<br />

..200<br />

..365<br />

...155<br />

_.285<br />

..325<br />

..100<br />

Boys ill Company C Steals Lead<br />

From "High Anxiety' in Chicago<br />

CHICAGO—As holdovers continue to<br />

make up the programing in movie theatres,<br />

and as news regarding Academy Awards is<br />

related, grosses for the past week were surprisingly<br />

good, weather notwithstanding.<br />

Bolingbrook—The Boys in Company C (Col) 375<br />

Carnegie—The Turning Point (20th-Fox),<br />

^^^<br />

;"'"""'I"300<br />

Chicagt>-^Blue Collar (Univ), 3rd wk. ...<br />

Cinema—The Laeemaker (New Yorker),<br />

Eight theoi'res—Coma (MGM-ijA), S'rd wk 300<br />

Four theatres—Candleshoe (BV), 3rd wk 245<br />

Hyde Park—A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a<br />

Sandwich (New World), 3rd wk. --,.-,- '"<br />

Nine theatres—Close Encounters of the Third<br />

Kind (Col), Ulh wk<br />

-- 3<br />

Seven theatres—The Betsy (AA), 3rd wk ^45<br />

Seven theatres—The Goodbye Girl (WB),<br />

10th wk. ...- - ^'^<br />

,<br />

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Seven theatres—The One and Only (Para),<br />

- '^<br />

4lh wk ...-<br />

Seven theatres^^aturday Night Fever (Para),<br />

llth wk , 3ub<br />

13 theatres—High An:dety (20th-Fox), 4th wk 240<br />

Water Tower—Julia (20th-Fox), 18th wk 275<br />

Orson Welles Cinemas Get<br />

Full House at Sci-Fi Set<br />

BOSTON—The Orson Welles Cinema<br />

pulled capacity crowds to its third annual<br />

Sci-Fi Marathon during Washington's Birthday<br />

weekend February 19-20 with 19 films<br />

running 24 hours and not one of them repeating<br />

any shows at previous marathons.<br />

The films included: "Invaders From<br />

Mars," "'Voyage to the End of the Universe,"<br />

"The Crawling Eye," "The Fly,"<br />

"1 Married a Monster From Outer Space"<br />

and "They Came From Within." Shorts and<br />

film clips of new sci-fi movies were shown<br />

"unannounced surprises."<br />

as<br />

C-26<br />

claims well in excess of $125,000,000 in<br />

ticket-take for "Smokey and the Bandit, a<br />

relatively inexpensive product whose re-release<br />

will add to that tally.<br />

Tim Conway, TV comedian, has become<br />

a force in motion picture comedy as a result<br />

of his work with funnyman Don Knotts,<br />

also a TV original, in "The Apple Dumpling<br />

Gang" which became a boxoffice bonanza<br />

in 1975. Conway is now a key figure on the<br />

Disney team.<br />

Meanwhile, a fledgling company. The Independent<br />

Picture Show (TIPS), an Atlantabased<br />

production-distribution organization,<br />

signed Conway for their first venture "The<br />

Million Dollar Hobo." It was marketed in<br />

November in 59 Indiana situations, netting<br />

substantially more than $100,000 in Hoosierland.<br />

Using this figure as a yardstick,<br />

TIPS president Lloyd Adams predicts glowing<br />

success for his opus. Since February 1<br />

the "Hobo" has been showing in Atlanta,<br />

Knoxville and Houston with the Carolrnas,<br />

Florida, Texas and Oklahoma next on the<br />

list. By summer all of Dixie should be see-<br />

will move—shud-<br />

ing the film after which it<br />

der—to Yankeeland. With such rosy prospects,<br />

Adams announced that they will start<br />

filming his next epic with Conway, "They<br />

Went That Way and That Way," in Atlanta,<br />

Tuesday (28). He gave two reasons for picking<br />

Atlanta: (1) the Southern flavor and (2)<br />

TIPS' intention to shoot most, if not all, of<br />

their product in that city. He added that<br />

they will concentrate on family entertainment<br />

with a four-film-per-year schedule.<br />

Looking to the future, Spivia ticks off<br />

other movies tentatively slated for production<br />

here: Robert Evans' "I Love You," an<br />

Al Pacino opus to be directed by Dan<br />

Petrie, "High Steel," and two major film<br />

company projects. All in all, "thar's more<br />

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$752,807 Is Pledged<br />

To Tent 4 Telethon<br />

ST. LOUIS—The 12th annual Variety<br />

Club Tent 4 telethon broke all records, with<br />

$752,807 pledged when the telecast ended<br />

Sunday. February 26, at 5:30 p.m. after a<br />

19-hour stretch which began at 10:30 p.m.<br />

the previous evening. The telethon followed<br />

the 10 p.m. newscast on KSD-TV, Channel<br />

5, which donated its equipment, services<br />

and staff to the big event, which annually<br />

assists 154 children's agencies locally.<br />

Monty Hall and talented Carol Lawrence<br />

were co-hosts for the telethon, which originated<br />

from the Khorassan Room of the<br />

Chase-Park Plaza Hotel. The video event<br />

was preceded by a $IOO-per-plate "Dinner<br />

With the Stars."<br />

Ed McMahon of the "Tonight" show,<br />

Lou Rawls, George Maharis and maestro<br />

Skitch Henderson flew in to lend a hand<br />

with the big broadcast when they found they<br />

had other commitments in the area. There<br />

was local talent aplenty, including popular<br />

bands, singers Bob Newkirk, Sue Raney,<br />

Cheri Ann Schear and bellv dancer Opa.<br />

pLind-raising<br />

chairman Joe Simpkins and<br />

his family put their money where Joe's<br />

mouth is and pledged $100,000 to swell the<br />

grand total!<br />

Congratulations for a job well done again<br />

are due John Londoff. president of Tent 4.<br />

and Ray Karpowics, vice-president and general<br />

manager of KSD-TV.<br />

Kohlberg Launching New<br />

Approach at Oriental<br />

CHICAGO—As has been reported, a<br />

new approach to entertainment is being<br />

launched at the Kohlberg Oriental Theatre<br />

in the Loop.<br />

Since the programing actiially is an experiment.<br />

Thursday nights will be devoted<br />

to "Oriental Thursday Extravaganzas." The<br />

first show scheduled for Thursday, April 20,<br />

will be "The Great Caruso."<br />

Shelmon Masce of the Kohlberg Theatres<br />

Service Corp. publicity department said the<br />

management has received inquiries as to<br />

what happened to the caliber of films that<br />

used to be presented downtown.<br />

There has been one outstanding apparent<br />

answer to a change in nighttime Loop business—a<br />

change in Loop citizenry and a<br />

coinciding increase in crime which has<br />

caused a gradual decrease in former Loop<br />

devotees. As the change has taken place,<br />

it became apparent that the movies which<br />

once brought appreciative aiidiences from<br />

all areas to the Loop did not maintain drawing<br />

power.<br />

Recently top authorities and political<br />

figures decided to make an effort to restore<br />

the Loop image. This will take a great<br />

deal of constructive effort and cooperation<br />

from all directions.<br />

In speak 'ng for the Kohlberg and Oriental<br />

Theatre management, Masce said, "We are<br />

hoping that through the news media we can<br />

reach enough interested parties to make<br />

our goal a success . . . We are offering the<br />

(Thursday night) series as a partial answer<br />

to their questions."<br />

"The Great Caruso," starring Mario<br />

Lanza and Ann BIyth. had its first Chicago<br />

run at the Oriental some 20 years ago<br />

and will be shown again. Music on the<br />

Wurlitzer Piiblix No. I Pipe Organ, installed<br />

in the Oriental in 1926, will be an<br />

integral part of the special programs. David<br />

Hamilton, International Recording Artists,<br />

will present the concerts to accompany the<br />

special<br />

films.<br />

The second film scheduled for Thursday,<br />

May 4, will be "Show Boat." starring<br />

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the Rain." "The Great Waltz." "The Toast<br />

of New Orleans," "Naughty Marietta,"<br />

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Sears to Market, Service<br />

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CHICAGO—Current reports indicate<br />

that Sears, Roebuck & Co. will market and<br />

install units of a pay-TV system in the Los<br />

Angeles area under an agreement with National<br />

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headquarters here, will promote and sell<br />

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in the San Fernando Valley. The deal marks<br />

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Zoning Law Hassle<br />

Grows in Indiana<br />

INDIANAPOLIS—While the Indiana<br />

Supreme Court upheld the rights of cities<br />

to pass laws regulating massage parlors, the<br />

Marion County Circuit Court in Indianapolis<br />

blocked a local effort by the city to<br />

close down art film theaters, adult bookstores<br />

and massage parlors via a zoning<br />

law, called unconstitutional by circuit judge<br />

J. Patrick Endsley.<br />

The zoning ordinance, passed in 1976,<br />

set up Class One regulated commercial<br />

uses covering the parlors, theaters and bookstores.<br />

The city ordinance banned such establishments<br />

from being located within 500<br />

feet of a residential district, an historic<br />

preservation district, the Market Square zoning<br />

district, a park zoning district, a university<br />

quarter zoning district and several<br />

other special types of zoning districts, as<br />

well as any public or private school.<br />

The judge ruled that application of the<br />

ordinance to established businesses within<br />

15 months after passage of the ordinance<br />

was unreasonable, and denies due process<br />

of law to those businesses affected by it.<br />

The effect of the niling would appear to<br />

allow such businesses established in violation<br />

of the ordinances to remain in their<br />

locations as nonconforming uses, but to prohibit<br />

any new businesses to locate without a<br />

variance.<br />

Judge Endsley issued an injunction<br />

against enforcement of the law dealing only<br />

with Class One regulated commercial uses.<br />

He said the customary "grandfather clause"<br />

is not contained in the ordinance so that<br />

pre-existing and vested uses could continue.<br />

He said plaintiffs who brought the action<br />

against the city have contractual obligations<br />

and vested property rights.<br />

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massage parlors, including licensing<br />

requiring therapists to wear non-transparent<br />

outer garments, banning massage therapists<br />

from massaging a person of the opposite<br />

sex or touching the genital area of a<br />

patron,<br />

etc., the court extended the ruling to other<br />

cities which regulate massage parlors<br />

through licensing requirements.<br />

The high court reversed a superior court<br />

decision which said the law was an unconstitutional<br />

attempt by the city to enact a<br />

criminal law involving an area already covered<br />

by state law. The supreme court said<br />

that since the penalty for violating the<br />

Indianapolis ordinance was revocation of<br />

the parlor's license, not jail or fine, the bill<br />

is a licensing not a criminal law.<br />

Pro's Frown on Hollywood<br />

Slars as Speedway Drivers<br />

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA.—The mere<br />

mention of the names of Paul Newman.<br />

Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman as entrants<br />

in the February 4 24 Hours of endurance<br />

racing at the local Daytona International<br />

Speedway generated enthusiasm<br />

among the thousands of racing fans pouring<br />

into town.<br />

But it wasn't to be.<br />

The only one showing up from Hollywood<br />

was Bob Carradinc, brother of David<br />

("Kung Fu") and Keith ("Nashville") and<br />

the son of John Carradine. It turned out<br />

that Newman was too busy making a<br />

movie, Eastwood gave it some thought but<br />

decided not to compete. Hackman did his<br />

best but his racing car was damaged in a<br />

road accident en route to Florida.<br />

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other movie stars and actors try to race.<br />

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CHICAGO—As industry people deplored<br />

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profound hindrance to operations, the<br />

WOMPIs, as is their custom, forged ahead<br />

with some noteworthy activities. The winter<br />

spell was broken Wednesday (1) by presenting<br />

the "'Man of the Year" award to<br />

exhibitor Bill Miller.<br />

Miller, a kindly man whose operation of<br />

his six theatres in the state of Indiana match<br />

his cooperation with distributors and his<br />

observance of philanthropy, was the fifth<br />

person to be so honored. Between 1965 and<br />

1972, the awards were presented to "Boss<br />

of the Year."<br />

The event also revealed that a number of<br />

organizations have, within the past months,<br />

benefited by proceeds resulting from<br />

WOMPI fund-raising projects.<br />

A check in the amount of $2,500 was<br />

presented to Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital<br />

for cancer research. Another check in<br />

the amoimt of $2,500 was given to Grant<br />

Hospital to further asthma research. The<br />

WOMPI contribution was in addition to a<br />

fund established by Diane and Bill Saley<br />

who lost a daughter, Catherine, at the age<br />

of ten because of asthma; still another check<br />

for $2,500 was awarded to the Variety Club<br />

Women to further one of the newer Variety<br />

Club projects, the artificial limb bank. This<br />

contribution was accepted by Edyth Stein,<br />

president of the women's division.<br />

Bene Stein, past pres'dent of Tent 26,<br />

whose group was instrumental in launching<br />

the artificial bank program, acknowledged<br />

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Sterns Now Control<br />

Cinemette Theatres<br />

PITTSBURGH— Ernest Stern took control<br />

of Cinemette Corp. of America as executive<br />

officer after buying out the circuit's<br />

foreign investors. This marks the corporation's<br />

return the Associated Theatres' fold.<br />

Ernest and his cousin George built up<br />

the Associated circuit 25 years ago and<br />

transferred the units to Cinemette six years<br />

ago. They loaned the latter most of the<br />

money to purchase the original company's<br />

assests and then moved out of area exhibition.<br />

They then built a circuit in Ohio based<br />

upon units of the former RKO-Stanley Warner<br />

operation which sprouted from the defunct<br />

Rowland and Clark network. Cinemette,<br />

in the meantime, established its base<br />

of operations in the Fulton Building owned<br />

by Ernest Stern whose father, the late Norbert<br />

Stern, pioneered drive-ins throughout<br />

the<br />

mideast.<br />

Industry experts doubted Cinemette's<br />

chances of success from the start as the<br />

newcomer engaged in debit financing and<br />

absorbed independent theatres and small<br />

circuits. Paul Grossman and John Harper<br />

jr.. executives of the rookie circuit, were<br />

tabbed "the Whiz Kids" by the media despite<br />

the fact that they were in financial hotwater<br />

from "day one." Inexperience was another<br />

handicap as Grossman had limited exposure<br />

only with NSS and Harper had no<br />

background at all.<br />

Throughout its life, cinemette was a<br />

"mystery operation" in the trade. Creditors<br />

kept popping up at every turn and at an<br />

alarming rate, adding to the growing sense<br />

of desparation. Finally Grossman was retired<br />

and Harper struggled on in a vain<br />

effort to salvage the business. It became increasingly<br />

clear that the end was at hand.<br />

Disappointing theatre revenues kept the<br />

Cinemette owners from going public as they<br />

had wished and there was no way to disseminate<br />

stocks. The sinking circuit's repayment<br />

plan to the Sterns was never revealed<br />

to the trade and at last the "mystery corporation"<br />

expired as predicted so many<br />

years ago.<br />

in<br />

Several years ago, George Stern stepped<br />

as Cinemette vice-president directing film<br />

licensing and other activities in addition to<br />

looking after Associated's Ohio theatres and<br />

booking and buying for area independent<br />

houses. It was to prove a futile last-ditch<br />

gesture.<br />

Now the industry can only hope that the<br />

Stern's will turn things around. The new<br />

officers are Ernest Stern, president and<br />

Chairman; George Stern, vice-president; son<br />

Richard Stern, Secretary and Frank Falcioiio,<br />

treasurer.<br />

Philly Cultural Director<br />

Is Forced Out by Expose<br />

PHILADELPHIA—.'X 60-second appearance<br />

by the executive director of the Philadelphia<br />

Cultural Affairs Council in a softcore,<br />

X-rated movie, back in 1974 has come<br />

back to haunt the city official. In spite of<br />

the fact that he was fully clothed and there<br />

were no nudes in his scene in the movie<br />

titled "Starry Eyed," it forced Dallas Alinder<br />

to hand in his resignation to Mayor Frank<br />

S. Rizzo, whose dislike of pornographers is<br />

well known.<br />

Alinder's role in the movie was "exposed"<br />

by the local newspapers following its showing<br />

under the title of "Divine Obsession"<br />

at the downtown Theatre 1812. At first denying<br />

he was the "pimp" in the film trying<br />

to muscle in on a madam's territory, Alinder<br />

admitted he played the role. He said he was<br />

an actor in 1974 and agreed to take the<br />

walk-on part of the flim only after he<br />

stipulated there would be no nudes in his<br />

scene and that his name would not be used.<br />

Alinder said he was a struggling actor al<br />

the time and he agreed to play the role "to<br />

pay the rent and as a favor to someone."<br />

The favor was done for a friend, Lloyd<br />

Kaufman, who made all the location shots<br />

in Philadelphia for the Academy Award<br />

winning "Rocky." Alinder said Kaufman<br />

talked him into doing it.<br />

Alinder came here from Newark, N.J.,<br />

on May 21, 1976. to be executive producer<br />

for the "1776" musical presented at the<br />

Independence Mall tent theatre as a Bicentennial<br />

attraction. He was appointed to head<br />

Cultural Affairs Council by Mayor Riz-<br />

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zo on January 10, 1977. The Council presents<br />

a variety of artistic and cultural events<br />

throughout the year as city-sponsored programs.<br />

While not asked to resign, he handed in<br />

his resignation, effective April 15. feeling<br />

that his effectiveness in the city post ha.s<br />

been "shot down" because of the adult<br />

movie "exposure." An ironic note pointed<br />

out by Alinder is that Herb Rickman. a<br />

lawyer and aide to New York's Mayoi<br />

Edward Koch, also appeared in the same<br />

movie scene with him. While that news had<br />

been exposed in all the New York papers,<br />

Rickman is still working for Mayor Koch.<br />

Lincoln Gets Public Show<br />

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LINCOLN. NEB.—The popularity of the<br />

travelog "Hawaii" led to changes in screening<br />

arrangements according to this item<br />

from the Journal:<br />

Because of the increased seating capacity<br />

resulting from moving the Cooper/ Lincoln<br />

Theatre's travel and adventure film "Hawaii"<br />

to other locations in the city, all<br />

showings Tuesday and Wednesday will be<br />

open to the public, officials announced today.<br />

Because of the coiilraclual arrangement<br />

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Encounters of the Third Kind," the travel<br />

film will be shown at 2 p.m. Tuesday and<br />

Wednesday at the Stuart Theatre and at 8<br />

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BOSTON—A crackdown on child pornography<br />

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children. Timothy O'Neill, assistant Suffolk<br />

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in New England are coming in<br />

now, lawmakers are wasting no time in<br />

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Public attention was focussed on child<br />

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shown involved in sex. The penalty for a<br />

first offense under the law is a maximum of<br />

seven years in prison, a $200 fine or both.<br />

"The new law has been quite effective,"<br />

Sen. Robert F. Preston said. "It's dried up<br />

just anything that w.is there."<br />

Bar Outside<br />

Producers<br />

In Massachusetts a bill is now before the<br />

legislature that would provide criminal penalties<br />

of from five to seven years for anyone<br />

convicted of using a person under 1<br />

for pornographic purposes. A key provision<br />

of the Massachusetts law is aimed at preventing<br />

an influx of child pornography into<br />

the state from producers elsewhere.<br />

Rhode Island has enacted a law which<br />

makes it a crime to use any child under 16<br />

for pornographic purposes. In Maine, a<br />

bill is being filed that would prohibit the<br />

use of persons under 18 for pornographic<br />

purposes and outlaw the sale, distribution,<br />

production and use of such material. The<br />

bill will provide a sentence of from five to<br />

15 years in prison, and a fine of from $15.-<br />

000 to $25,000. or both upon conviction on<br />

a first offense. In Vermont, a bill will be<br />

filed making sexual abuse of children a<br />

crime.<br />

The proposed Massachusetts law would<br />

give some leeway to a jury so that the prosecution<br />

doesn't have to prove a child's age<br />

if the material is from out of state. It allows<br />

a judgment to be made on visual representation.<br />

There has been little more than token<br />

opposition to the new laws, mostly from<br />

those who assert such laws may be a violation<br />

of the First Amendment. The American<br />

Civil Liberties Union supports efforts to ban<br />

the sexual abuse of children, but opposes<br />

any move to prevent the sale of pornographic<br />

materials featuring children, according to<br />

Aryeh Neier, executive director.<br />

Prosecution Draws Support<br />

"It is entirely proper to prosecute people<br />

who exploit children." Neier said, but the<br />

prosecution of sellers of child pornography<br />

is a violation of the First Amendment."<br />

Rep. Jaspar S. Wyman of Maine, who is<br />

sponsoring the bill to prohibit child pornography<br />

there, said: "This kind of literature<br />

never deserves First Amendment rights."<br />

Massachusetts state senator Robert McCarthy<br />

said: "We've tried to balance First<br />

Amendment rights, and at the same time<br />

provide protection for children."<br />

A US house-senate conference committee<br />

has already approved legislation that would<br />

make it illegal to be in any way connected<br />

with child pornot-raphy as a producer, camera<br />

man. financial backer, film processor,<br />

printer, shipper, receiver or seller of pornographic<br />

materials involving children in interstate<br />

commerce. Conviction under that<br />

law could result in a ten-year jail term, as<br />

well as a $10,000 fine. Arden P. Kosalka,<br />

spokesman for US Rep. Jack Murphy, one<br />

of the federal bill's main sponsors, said.<br />

Even though the proposed federal law<br />

could prohibit the distribution of such films<br />

"Romeo and Juliet," and "The Exorcist,"<br />

as<br />

due to scenes in which minors are involved<br />

in sex, he said that representatives of the<br />

motion picture industry voiced support for<br />

the bill at a public hearing held in Los<br />

Angeles. He cautioned that the federal law<br />

would affect only child pornography shipped<br />

in<br />

interstate commerce, and "to be effective,<br />

it requires parallel state legislation."<br />

The six New England states are filing<br />

bills similar in content to the federal legislation.<br />

Films of Nine Countries<br />

Are Offered in Festival<br />

FORT WAYNE. IND.—The third International<br />

Film Festival under way at the<br />

Indiana University-Purdue Fort Wayne<br />

campus is offering diversified cinema fare<br />

from nine countries, including the controversial<br />

Cuban documentary "Memories of<br />

Underdevelopment." Other classics included<br />

in the program are the classic American<br />

silent picture, "Gold Rush," by Charles<br />

Chaplin, as well as "I Never Sang for My<br />

Father," starring Gene Hackman and Melwyn<br />

Douglas.<br />

Sponsored by the Student Union Board<br />

of Governors' Intercultural Committee and<br />

the International Club, screenings are in<br />

Walb Memorial Union Rooms 224, 226 and<br />

228. Admission is $1 for student activities<br />

cardholders and $1.50 for others.<br />

Other films offered during the festival<br />

are: "The Vagabond." Charlie Chaplin; "Les<br />

Biches," Claude Chabrol; "Captive's Island,"<br />

Mashiro Shinoda; "The Adversary,"<br />

Satyajit Ray; "La Guerre Est Fines," Alain<br />

Renais; "A Report on the Party and the<br />

Guests," Jan Nemec; "Reach for Glory,"<br />

Harry Andrews; "The Passengers," Annie<br />

Tresgot; "Cry the Beloved Country," with<br />

Sidney Poitier, and "Rebellion in Patagonia,"<br />

Hector Olivera.<br />

Purdue Retrospective Is<br />

Slated for March 16-18<br />

LAFAYETTE. IND.—A retrospective of<br />

works by British filmmaker Peter Watkins<br />

will highlight the third annual Purdue University<br />

Conference on Film, Thursday<br />

through Saturday (16-18) at West Lafayette,<br />

Ind.<br />

Watkins won an Academy Award in 1966<br />

for "The War Game" and his other wo^'ks<br />

include "The Diary of an Unknown Soldier,"<br />

which Watkins made while still an<br />

amateur; "The Battle of Culloden"; "The<br />

Gladiators," and "Forgotten Faces." Watkins<br />

biographical film. "Edvard Munch,"<br />

and "Punishment Park" also will be lensed.<br />

Highlighting the conference will be the<br />

American premiere of "The "70s People,"<br />

documentary on adolescent suicide, along<br />

with the Midwest premiere of "Evening<br />

Land." Film journalist Jim Welsh will lead<br />

the discussions following the films. Additional<br />

information can be obtained from<br />

Prof. Ben Lawton, Stanley Coulter Hall,<br />

Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.<br />

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CHICAGO—According to Lloyd Sachs.<br />

a long, nostalgic look at the neighborhood<br />

theatresfor the Daily News here, 20 of this<br />

city's 80 "nabes" have closed in the last<br />

four years. Pointing out that today's moviegoers<br />

no longer go "to the movies" as a<br />

habit but prefer to choose individual films<br />

carefully. Sachs goes on to explain some<br />

elemental facts of distribution to show why<br />

those hit films seldom appear at the small,<br />

independent houses which once were traditional<br />

gathering places for the children of<br />

a neighborhood.<br />

Quoting an unnamed booker in the area<br />

who said. "There is no second run any<br />

longer: from a financial standpoint it just<br />

doesn't make sense any more," Sachs notes<br />

that the modern multiplex offers its owner<br />

the flexibility to move a hit to another<br />

screen to extend playing time, while still<br />

honoring booking commitments.<br />

The independent "nabe" obviously docs<br />

not have that option, said Oscar Brotman.<br />

owner of a circuit of smaller theatres. "What<br />

do (the distributors) care about the small<br />

theatres anyway?" Brotman asked. "When<br />

you make $100,000,000 on 'Close Encounters<br />

of the Third Kind' on the first run.<br />

nothing else matters."<br />

The owner of the Logan Theatre, Chris<br />

Vaselopulos, concurred. "It's a seller's market."<br />

he said. "The policy is one of 'That's<br />

it; if they don't like the terms, let 'em go<br />

elsewhere.' " Vaselopulos has operated the<br />

Logan for 20 years and the house has been<br />

in his family since 1920. The other four<br />

theatres in the same neighborhood have<br />

closed in<br />

recent years.<br />

Citing the rise of the conglomerate control<br />

of the industry. Vaselopulos explains<br />

the reasoning behind his refusal to raise<br />

ticket prices. "If we go from $1.25 to $3.<br />

we'd jeopardize a long-standing policy. Remember,<br />

we have to compete with other<br />

forms of entertainment. At $1.25. if someone<br />

doesn't like a film, they still might try<br />

the next week. At $3. they think about it<br />

the next time—maybe they'll stay home and<br />

watch a TV movie instead."<br />

The neighborhood houses that have survived<br />

often have done so by scheduling<br />

tmusual films or combinations which patrons<br />

otherwise might not have had a chance<br />

to see. One such theatre has been Jim Burrows'<br />

400 Theatre, which caters to nearby<br />

Loyola University film freaks with offbeat<br />

items which may even have been commercial<br />

flops in general release but spark interest<br />

with their subject matter, style, or the<br />

names of those involved.<br />

THEWTRE EQUIPMENT<br />

"Evervthing for the Theolrc"<br />

339 No. CAPITOL AVE., INDIANAPOLIS,<br />

Burrows formerly was partnered with<br />

Clyde Klcppcr in the K-B Adelphi Co..<br />

owners of the Devon, Adelphi and 400 theatres.<br />

Two of the houses have been sold.<br />

Also mentioned in Sachs' article are<br />

art houses here, including the Biograph,<br />

Devon, Wilmette and Homewood. all booking<br />

art films which otherwise might not<br />

have had commercial exposure in Chicago<br />

at<br />

all.<br />

Special derogatory mention is given the<br />

local city amusement tax. which further encourages<br />

expansion to the suburbs. With<br />

"film production at an all-time low" and<br />

the "nabes" the last bastion of houses with<br />

"personality," Sachs closes his article with<br />

the discouraging thought, "It's enough to<br />

drive you to<br />

the tube."<br />

Ohio Exhibitors Quietly<br />

Fighting Bingo Rulings<br />

COLUMBUS, OHIO—The status of<br />

some anti-bingo actions will be decided in<br />

an appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court, with<br />

the state bingo-for-charity-only law under<br />

fire. The outcome will decide whether the<br />

Ohio attorney general's office can put funds<br />

bingo operations (not giving the<br />

from illegal<br />

profits to charity) into trusts. Film exhibs<br />

have long charged that bingo games have<br />

siphoned off a lot of former movie fans,<br />

and arc quietly supporting any moves to<br />

lessen the availability of such recreation.<br />

The appeal was filed by Ohio Attorney<br />

General William J. Brown in a case against<br />

a Dayton bingo operation. Concerned Citizens<br />

for Sickle Cell Anemia. Inc.. that was<br />

dismissed earlier by the Second District<br />

Court of Appeals. In the first trial, the<br />

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court<br />

ordered Sam Hearn and three associates in<br />

1976 to pay $311,151 to the Drew Health<br />

Center, a black neighborhood facility. This<br />

amount was said to be one-third of the<br />

gross proceeds from a bingo game that existed<br />

from Feb. 1, 1975 to Dec. 29. 1975<br />

and which netted more than $1,000,000. of<br />

which none was given to any charity, according<br />

to the lower court's decision.<br />

A day after the ruling, the building occupied<br />

by the bingo game burned down<br />

and most of its records were destroyed. A<br />

year later, the court upheld the attorney<br />

general's contention that he could regulate<br />

the proceeds of illegal bingo operations by<br />

putting the money into trusts.<br />

However, the Second District Court of<br />

Appeals overturned the lower court decision,<br />

two to one. The appeals court ruled<br />

that<br />

the criminal section of the law did not<br />

apply, because it had been changed in<br />

1976 after Sickle Cell Anemia, Inc.. operated<br />

its game. It also ruled that the trial<br />

court had made several errors, but foimd<br />

the bingo operation in question was criminal<br />

in<br />

nature.<br />

The Ohio Constitution prohibited all<br />

bingo games at the time the Dayton operation<br />

began in 1975, but in November of<br />

that year, it amended the law to permit a<br />

state-wide, state-operated lottery. In 1976,<br />

the legislature changed the law to permit<br />

bingo games for charity, under several conditions,<br />

but did not give the attorney general<br />

power to regulate funds from any illegal<br />

operations.<br />

Gene Rodenberry Is<br />

'Star Trek' Leader<br />

CLEVELAND—A large banner proclaiming,<br />

"Star Trek Lives," floated above<br />

the head of Gene Rodenberry, "Chief Treker"<br />

of the 10,000 Star Trek groupies at the<br />

Richfield Coliseum on Sunday night, February<br />

21. Although this popular TV series<br />

first ran in the 1960's no new episodes have<br />

been filmed. Studio executives concluded<br />

that the popular appeal of the outer-space<br />

drama had passed. They misjudged the loyalty<br />

of the fans of "Star Trek." They held<br />

conventions, sold and exchanged memorabilia<br />

and demanded re-runs.<br />

Gene delivered a low key presentation to<br />

his yoimg and enthusiastic loyalists. Even<br />

though it all started a half-hour late because<br />

of the traffic jams getting into the Coliseum<br />

on this cold, snowy night, everyone was<br />

patient and well behaved. He spoke quietly<br />

and with eloquence of his long struggle to<br />

convince studio brass of the appeal of the<br />

series and finally new episodes were authorized<br />

for TV. Then came the stunning success<br />

of "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters<br />

of the Third Kind" and the TV series was<br />

changed into an idea for a full length screen<br />

presentation. So, at present. Paramount is<br />

building sets, writing scripts, re-hiring the<br />

original cast and preparing a lavish production.<br />

The program opened with a screening of<br />

some of the bloopers that occurred during<br />

the making of the series. The fans were<br />

delighted with the mistakes made by their<br />

idols and all was received with good humor.<br />

A set of transparencies of the new sets<br />

built by Paramount were shown. This was<br />

followed by a 30-minute. didactic lecture delivered<br />

by Rodenberry. Some of the areas he<br />

covered were the stifling of creativity by<br />

outmoded TV censorship, the failure of TV<br />

to live up to its potential for good by influencing<br />

the population against the many<br />

well known evils that beset our daily living.<br />

Gene felt very strongly that TV could educate<br />

for a better life without sacrificing its<br />

entertainment value. The same philosophy,<br />

of course, applies to movies. Dramas of<br />

outer-space are particularly suited to this<br />

approach. A whole new civilization can be<br />

created in a future century in which the<br />

evils of racial prejudice, economic exploitation,<br />

denigration of all minorities and fear of<br />

diversity can be eliminated. Viewing a new<br />

and more perfect civilization in the 23rd<br />

century might hasten reforms in the 20th.<br />

At intermission Rodcnherr\ received the<br />

press in the Loimge and answered numerous<br />

questions about the new Paramoimt production.<br />

He elaborated on his struggles to overcome<br />

non-essential controls, restrictions and<br />

censorship. He demonstrated graciousness.<br />

combined with idealism and interest. The<br />

Coliseimi publicity gal. Maggie Jones, managed<br />

the session with style. She saw that<br />

everyone was introduced, well fed and watered<br />

and she ended the conference before it<br />

became a protracted bore.<br />

Irwin .Mien's production of "The Swarm"<br />

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Middle America Turning Off the TV,<br />

Dining Out and Going to<br />

NEVADA. MO.—The Nevada Daily<br />

Mail made some statements which we feel<br />

are worth serious consideration in an editorial<br />

headlined "Downtown Alive" published<br />

February 14. The newspaper commented:<br />

"For years—ever since the advent<br />

of TV as America's favorite indoor sport<br />

downtown Nevada has been something of<br />

a ghost town after 5 p.m. when businessmen,<br />

clerks and customers head for home.<br />

As has been said of many another town<br />

that has suffered the same fate— practically<br />

all the towns and cities in the country:<br />

'You can shoot a cannon down the main<br />

street at 8 p.m. and not hit a soul."<br />

"But no more. Something has happened<br />

here and elsewhere, a combination of circumstances<br />

that has stirred people out of<br />

their houses at night and back to<br />

of things.<br />

"As we see it.<br />

Nightime Viewing Off<br />

the center<br />

three things have occurred:<br />

(1) The novelty of TV has palled and a<br />

deteriorating fare on the tube has made it<br />

possible for more and more people to turn<br />

the darned thing off. There are figures to<br />

prove it. Various TV rating services recently<br />

reported a drop of from 3.1 per cent to<br />

5 per cent in nighttime viewing.<br />

"Time Magazine says it's because. 'Many<br />

people, mostly outside the (TV) industry,<br />

believe that audiences are nibbling less because<br />

they like the menu less." Former<br />

FCC chairman Newton Minow believes<br />

that 'the public is smarter and wiser than<br />

people who make programing decisions.<br />

the<br />

A lot of the network programs are not up<br />

to the level of the audience." (2) Movies<br />

are better, especially better than the infantile<br />

commercial-interrupted shows presented<br />

on TV. Further. Americans are rediscovering<br />

the fact that it's more fun to watch<br />

a good movie surrounded by kindred souls<br />

where the laugher and cheers are not<br />

canned as they usually are on TV. (3) More<br />

Americans are dining out— possibly because<br />

the inflated cost of groceries has narrowed<br />

the differences between eating at home and<br />

eating in a restaurant.<br />

Square Center of<br />

Activity<br />

"AH this was evident on the Nevada<br />

Square this past week. For several nights<br />

running, the south, east and west sides of<br />

the square were packed with parked cars<br />

belonging to people who were taking in the<br />

exceptionally good show at the Fox Theatre,<br />

'Oh. God!', or dining at Bob Moore's<br />

Restaurant. Both establishments were<br />

jammed.<br />

"In past discussions of promoting the<br />

perpetuation and revival of downtown Nevada<br />

as the principal center of the community,<br />

little thought has been given to he<br />

importance of theatres and restaurants. The<br />

success of the town's two remaining outposts<br />

of nighttime activity here suggest that<br />

all is not lost.<br />

a Movie<br />

"As Donald Hoffman wrote in Sunday's<br />

Kansas City Star: 'What the downtown interests<br />

want—and what most people interested<br />

in any downtown want— is some life<br />

seven days a week, evening as well as day.<br />

That is where entertainment and the arts<br />

come in. Theatres, restaurants and "bistros"<br />

create the atmosphere of a lively downtown<br />

and the lively events are what attract people,<br />

thus business<br />

. . . revenues The entertainment<br />

industry is particularly important<br />

to a place such as downtown—not only for<br />

the direct revenue and the business spinoffs,<br />

but for the sake of "image" ... Entertainment<br />

and the arts attract people and,<br />

in the words of Robert Goodfriend of<br />

Downtown. Inc.: 'From people comes business.'<br />

"If the Star's observations are correct<br />

and if the popularity of present nighttime<br />

activities in downtown Nevada reflect a<br />

continuing trend, then perhaps those interested<br />

in the renaissance of the central business<br />

district should seek more of the same.<br />

"Perhaps the management of the town's<br />

sole surviving indoor theatre—BT (before<br />

TV) there were three—should reconsider its<br />

policy of closing down the Fox when it<br />

opens its drive-in facility for the warm<br />

months of the year. There are, after all.<br />

lots of movie fans who prefer a sit-down<br />

theatre to a drive-in. Perhaps the soda fountain<br />

trade, largely abandoned by drug stores,<br />

needs to be revived. Perhaps other restaurants<br />

could thrive on the square at night.<br />

It's food for thought."<br />

March-April Programs Are<br />

Announced by Film Center<br />

CHICAGO—In announcing its program<br />

plans for March and April, the Film Center<br />

of the Art Institute included a retrospective<br />

of the works of West German director<br />

Wim Wenders. It starts with Chicago's first<br />

run of "Kings of the Road." The world<br />

premiere of Jill "Antonia" Godmilow's<br />

newest film, "The Popovich Brothers of<br />

South Chicago," begins Tuesday (28). The<br />

film focuses on a family of Serbian musicians.<br />

Also to be shown in March are the comedies<br />

of Ernst Lubitsch called "The Lubitsch<br />

Touch." April ends with a special screening,<br />

Werner Herzog's "Heart of Glass,"<br />

which is a Midwest premiere.<br />

The Film Center, which generally charges<br />

$1.75 admission for each show, is offering<br />

Shirley Clarke's picture about drug and<br />

jazz junkies, "The Connection."<br />

The center also has scheduled the U.S.<br />

premiere of "C'est la Vie Rose." a new<br />

German comedy. Jazz buffs are expected<br />

to find a special interest in "Legends Saved<br />

on Screen," a compilation of clips and<br />

shorts featuring such musicians as Charlie<br />

Parker, Jinmiie Lunceford and Hrskinc<br />

Hawkins. Admission for this particular pro-<br />

"ram will be $3.<br />

Daylon Trio Picked<br />

As Oscar Nominees<br />

DAYTON, OHIO—Three Dayton filmmakers<br />

were named as candidates for the<br />

motion picture academy's supreme accolade,<br />

the Oscar. Daily News entertainment<br />

writer, Vince Staten. captured their<br />

reaction to the signal honor:<br />

"The first thing my mother wanted to<br />

know was what was I going to wear to the<br />

awards show," laughed Julia Reichert.<br />

Reichert, a Dayton filmmaker, had just<br />

called her mother to tell her that "Union<br />

Maids." a film Reichert made with two<br />

other Dayton filmmakers. Jim Klein and<br />

Miles Mogulescu, had been nominated for<br />

an Oscar as Best Documentary of 1977.<br />

"Union Maids." A portrait of three female<br />

union organizers in Chicago of the<br />

twenties and the thirties, had its Dayton<br />

premiere in spring of 1976, but qualifies<br />

for the 1977 Academy Awards because it<br />

wasn't shown theatrically until January<br />

1977.<br />

Word came to the three members of the<br />

Dayton Community Media Workshop at<br />

7:30 p.m. Tuesday night. "We got a call<br />

from some friends in New York who said<br />

we had been nominated," said Reichert.<br />

"But we didn't believe it. The whole house<br />

was here and everybody was jumping up<br />

and down, but we weren't sure if it was<br />

true so we called the Academy."<br />

An Academy representative read the list<br />

that, sure enough, included "Union Maids"<br />

on the Best Documentary list and two hours<br />

later a telegram arrived confirming it all.<br />

"I'm amazed, but happy," said Reichert.<br />

Reichert, Klein and Mogulescu will be in<br />

Hollywood April 3 for the awards show.<br />

"I wouldn"t miss it for the world." .she said.<br />

Maumee Officials Meet<br />

With Ozoner Screen Foes<br />

TOLEDO, OHIO—Three Maumee city<br />

officials plan to meet with a seven-member<br />

group representing Concerned Citizens of<br />

the Maumee area, a group opposing proposed<br />

construction of a second screen at the<br />

Maumee Drive-In. near Toledo, and have<br />

invited theatre spokesmen to attend. The<br />

"roup is circulating petitions objecting to<br />

the new screen and "consequent forced<br />

viewing of objectionable films by the genoral<br />

public." The claim is based on the fact<br />

that from some locations, the screen is visible<br />

to non-ticket-buyers. In addition to objecting<br />

to the new screen, the group wants<br />

the city council of this suburb to ban the<br />

showing of X or R-rated films in the area,<br />

regardless of whether they are in a hardtop<br />

or a drive-in.<br />

According to one of the petition sponsors,<br />

in studying a list of films shown at the<br />

drive-in during the last 38 weeks, 27 were<br />

classified as PCi, 47 were R and one was<br />

X-rated. Spearheading the drive against ilic<br />

ozoner is Loretta Cory, who asserted that<br />

the present large screen permits viewing of<br />

films by children from the backyards of<br />

some homes, to children at various fast food<br />

spots and at a skating rink on Conanl Street.<br />

C-38 BOXOFHCE :: March 13. 1978


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Four-Wall Distribution<br />

to Be Used<br />

arketing Leopard in the Snow'<br />

WINNIPEG—Robert Martin, writing in<br />

the Toronto Globe and Mail February 7,<br />

noted that a unique venture in film marketing<br />

which started in Brandon, Man., in two<br />

days had spread to this city and to a dozen<br />

other places. By the time it has run its<br />

course, he said, 46 towns in Canada's heartland<br />

will have been involved.<br />

In a by-lined article headed "Women's<br />

Potboiler Romances Invade Movie Market,"<br />

Martin said: "The marketer is Harlequin<br />

Enterprises, Inc., of Toronto and the product<br />

is "Leopard in the Snow,' the publishing<br />

firm's first feature film. Based, appropriately<br />

enough on a Harlequin Romance by<br />

Anne Mather, it stars Keir Dullea as a crippled<br />

and embittered racing car driver and<br />

Susan Penhaligon as the woman who stumbles<br />

into his hermetic existence in snowbound<br />

northern England."<br />

Review Wasn't Desired<br />

He continued, "The film itself is unimportant.<br />

It is reputed to be very faithful to<br />

the book and, if the book is any indication,<br />

the film is a romantic potboiler. The producer,<br />

Christopher Harrop, said recently<br />

that he had 'no apologies' to make for the<br />

movie. 'There is not a great deal of action<br />

or adventure as males would know it but<br />

its primary audience will be female,' he<br />

noted in comparing it to 'The Other Side of<br />

the Mountain.' Harrop admitted that the<br />

last thing he wanted to see in print was a<br />

review of the film before it opens locally<br />

(in Ontario), an event that won't occur for<br />

several months.<br />

"What makes 'Leopard' interesting is the<br />

way it is being sold. It may end up being<br />

the most heavily advertised Canadian-made<br />

film ever. The hero of that story is Harrop,<br />

who is working closely with Daniel Weinzweig<br />

of Toronto-based Danton Films, Ltd.,<br />

in releasing the film. Harrop, who has a<br />

background in arranging business mergers<br />

and corporate acquisitions, is concerned<br />

with delivering a product efficiently. He<br />

decided the best way to sell 'Leopard' was<br />

through the 'four-wall' technique.<br />

Opening in<br />

Manitoba<br />

"Four-walling, as it is called in the film<br />

industry, involves a saturation TV and<br />

radio advertising campaign aimed at a specific<br />

local market, renting theatres outright<br />

while keeping all the boxoffice receipts, and<br />

fast turnover . . . Harrop feels the technique<br />

itself has merit. It allows for careful control<br />

of the way the film is sold and, if the film<br />

is successful, for retention of a greater share<br />

of the profits. 'Leopard' is opening in Manitoba<br />

because the area has traditionally been<br />

a strong supporter of Harlequin Romances.<br />

In fact, the company started in Winnipeg in<br />

1949. After Manitoba, the film's 30 prints<br />

will make their way westward gradually to<br />

the Pacific across Saskatchewan, Alberta<br />

and British Columbia. Then they will leap<br />

to the eastern seaboard for a tour of the Atlantic<br />

provinces before finally opening in<br />

Ontario in September. So for there are no<br />

plans to show the film in Quebec, although<br />

that may occur later because 'we sell Harlequins<br />

in French.'<br />

"Harrop said recently, 'We're trying to<br />

tap a new part of the population, the people<br />

who don't normally go to the movies.' There<br />

are the housewives who normally sit around<br />

reading Harlequin Romances. He's planning<br />

to ask some theatres, that normally<br />

have only evening performances, to add matinees<br />

to attract these women. Heavy TV and<br />

radio advertising will be used as the film<br />

hits each town. The commercials have the<br />

same subdued style as those now being used<br />

to sell Harlequin Romances. They consist<br />

of mature women with gentle voices selling<br />

virtues of not any specific book but of the<br />

whole Harlequin concept.<br />

'Passport for a Dream'<br />

" 'The name engenders a certain expectation.<br />

There's no overt sex or violence.<br />

There are no four-letter or ten-letter words.<br />

They're clean, upbeat and they always, always<br />

end in marriage,' Pam Goldsworthy,<br />

public relations person for Harlequin, adds.<br />

'A passport for a dream,' she calls them,<br />

citing their exotic settings and descriptions<br />

of natives, food and local color as common<br />

and popular characteristics.<br />

"The company sells the name Harlequin<br />

rather than a specific title or author on its<br />

books. Each month, it issues eight Harlequin<br />

Romances at 95 cents and four Harlequin<br />

Presents, a higher-priced series, at $1.25.<br />

All are sequentially numbered, like hockey<br />

. . . Virtually all Harlequins are<br />

trad ng cards, to help collectors keep track<br />

of them<br />

read by at least one reader other than the<br />

original purchaser. It is a practice that Harrop<br />

would like to stop since it cuts into sales<br />

and profits. That is one advantage to movies,<br />

he noted. 'You can't lend a theatre ticket.'<br />

Production Expenses Priority<br />

"Harrop hopes to sell Harlequin movies<br />

the same way the company sells its books,<br />

by guaranteeing that the viewer will have<br />

her expectations fulfilled, regardless of who<br />

is in the movie or who made it. 'That's why<br />

we decided to go with names that were<br />

known but not stars. We made a low-budget<br />

movie and spent most of the money below<br />

the line (for production values rather than<br />

stars' salaries). In Hollywood, they spend<br />

$1,000,000 on the movie and $4,000,000<br />

on the stars. I'd rather spend $1,000,000 on<br />

the movie and $4,000,000 on marketing and<br />

promotion.'<br />

"If 'Leopard' makes money, Harrop will<br />

embark on a regular program of Harlequin<br />

films. 'If we could do two or three films a<br />

year, that would be fine. We would like the<br />

Harlequin name to mean to women's entertainment<br />

what Walt Disney means to kids*<br />

movies.' At the moment, Harrop is proceeding<br />

more conservatively at the rate of<br />

one production per year. The company is<br />

committed to starting a second film in May<br />

or Jime titled 'Island of Dreams.'<br />

"The Market for which Harrop is airing<br />

is exclusively female. It is extremely difficult<br />

for males to read Harlequins."<br />

Theatre Will Be Reopened<br />

As Violations Eliminated<br />

WESTFIELD, MASS.—The city's sole<br />

four-wall cinema, the Western Massachusetts<br />

Theatres' Strand, was to reopen shortly,<br />

a corporate officer indicated. The "very<br />

minor" building and fire code violations<br />

will be corrected, he said.<br />

As reported in <strong>Boxoffice</strong> earlier, city<br />

building inspector Thomas Baker condemned<br />

the theatre, padlocking the doors, and in<br />

a letter to WMT listed 14 violations that<br />

he and fire inspector Gregory Oleksak had<br />

discovered during a recent check. The<br />

Strand, operating only four days a week<br />

(Friday-Monday), was allowed to deteriorate.<br />

Baker said.<br />

The Baker-Oleksak report listed the violations:<br />

Extreme accumulation of flammable<br />

materials, such as old seats and general<br />

debris; balconies open to the public in areas<br />

previously condemned; loose and deteriorating<br />

exterior masonry tile, exposed electrical<br />

wiring in the stage area; exit lights defective;<br />

doors with no "panic handles" and<br />

(doors) becoming worn and at times difficult<br />

to open; holes in carpeting which, in<br />

the event of a fire, could hinder persons<br />

exiting the building; holes in plaster walls<br />

where a fire could spread; and some fire<br />

extinguishers which have exceeded by 16<br />

months, the date for recharging.<br />

Baker said that he had ordered the ouilding<br />

closed "because it was in no way safe."<br />

'Our Gang' Contest Held<br />

PORTLAND, ME.—"A Little Rascals"<br />

look-alike competition was sponsored by<br />

WGAN-TV. in conjunction with its showing<br />

of the syndicated Hal Roach-produced<br />

"Our Gang" comedies of some 45 years<br />

ago. Boxes of candy were given to those<br />

named winners by a committee of station<br />

personnel, headed by weatherman Bob<br />

O'Wril. Photos were submitted by viewers.<br />

Indiana Drive-In Beats<br />

Rap On a Technicality<br />

DANVILLE, IND.—Because a search<br />

warrant did not name the allegedly obscene<br />

films to be seized. Special Judge James E.<br />

Harris has ruled that the warrant was defective,<br />

a decision which means a criminal<br />

case against the Maplecroft Drive-In in<br />

Hendricks County will be dismissed. The<br />

theatre management had been charged with<br />

holding obscene performances.<br />

Judge Harris made the ruling that the<br />

two confiscated films could not he used as<br />

evidence after defense attorneys made a<br />

motion to suppress the evidence. The theatre,<br />

located west of Plainficld, Indiana, was<br />

raided last April, after complaints from<br />

neighbors. The films in question were "My<br />

Master, My Love," and "Anyone But My<br />

Husband," both X-rated.<br />

A second raid was made two months<br />

later, but this case was dropped when the<br />

two men charged in the raid were found<br />

murdered near Grecncastle. Ind.<br />

C-40 BOXOFFICE :: March<br />

1."^. 1978


New Jersey Legal Machine<br />

Is Working in High Gear<br />

TRENTON, N. J.—A measure to<br />

furlhci<br />

help promote New Jersey's fledging film industry,<br />

motion pictures and television shows<br />

which feature child stars, will f)ermit such<br />

filming in the slate. Neu legislation sponsored<br />

by assemblyman Byron M. Baer,<br />

Democrat of Bergen County, lifts a state restriction<br />

against employing children under<br />

the age of 18 in films and theatrical productions.<br />

The measure was signed this vseek<br />

by Acting Gov. Joseph P. Mcrlino, the<br />

president of the slate senate who is filling<br />

in while Ciov. Brendon T. Byrne attends<br />

thj National Conference of Governors in<br />

Washington. DC.<br />

However, the new measure prohibits child<br />

actors from appearing in performances that<br />

are deemed indecent or immoral. The bill<br />

provides even stiffer penalties for producers<br />

of "kiddie porn" films. It makes employment<br />

of a minor in a pornographic film or<br />

production a high misdemeanor with penalties<br />

of up to seven \ears imprisonment and a<br />

S2.000 fine for each count.<br />

It was also announced this week that<br />

Gov. Byrne has definitely pocket vetoed<br />

the latest attempt to draft an anti-pornography<br />

bill that would stand up in court. The<br />

governor's official statement on the bill said<br />

was an unsatisfactory solution to the problem<br />

it<br />

of pornography which the legislature<br />

enacted in haste.<br />

Gov. Byrne's rejection of the bill was<br />

expected. He had voiced objections to<br />

it since last summer on both practical and<br />

consiiiutional grounds. In his formal statement,<br />

the governor said he particularly objected<br />

to a provision giving each of New<br />

Jersey's 567 municipalities the power to<br />

prosecute obscenity as a disorderly persons<br />

offense according to each community's local<br />

standards. Some coimties are currently obtaining<br />

pornography convictions under<br />

sterner misdemeanor penalties.<br />

The governor added that court decisions<br />

striking down obscenity statutes in other<br />

states have not invalidated the entire New<br />

Jersey obscenity law. Gov. Byrne said<br />

he favored state controls on "commercial<br />

pornography and pornography which victimizes<br />

children, " as proposed last year in a<br />

plan overhauling the state's criminal code.<br />

Barring that, he said he would prefer the<br />

status quo.<br />

Ice Show, Variety, Living<br />

Memorials to J.H. Harris<br />

PII rSBURGH—John H. Harris will be<br />

a part of the entertainment scene here, and<br />

across the nation, as long as there is an Ice<br />

Capades performing in an American arena<br />

or a Variety Club meeting here.<br />

Harris died a long time ago, but the ice<br />

extravaganza was born in the Duquesne<br />

Garden, which he owned 'way back when.<br />

He owned a pro hockey franchise from<br />

l'^16-63 as well as the first circuit of motion<br />

picture theatres, inherited from his father.<br />

Ho began encouraging ice skating acts which<br />

he booked between periods of the hockey<br />

games. It was from this beginning ihal he<br />

de\eloped the idea for an entire ice skating<br />

show.<br />

His father, the late John P. Harris and<br />

his uncle, Harry Davis, purchased ,uid used<br />

short reels of film to gel audiences in and<br />

out of Iheir legitimate theatre. Ihey biult<br />

this use of movies into the first all-movie<br />

house, the Nickelodeon. The younger Harris<br />

then surmised if his father and uncle pioneered<br />

an area of entertainment, he could<br />

do the same on ice. His gamble payed oti<br />

from the start and Ice Capades has become<br />

something akin l


B R O A D W AY<br />

/^MERICA-S SWEETHEART: The Mary<br />

Pickford Sforj'-" a new film about the<br />

legendary star, will be presented Monday<br />

(20) at 8:30 p.m. at the Museum of Modem<br />

Art. The premiere at the museum has<br />

been arranged at the request of Miss Pickford,<br />

in recognition of its work in preserving<br />

her films. Her husband Charles "Buddy"<br />

Rogers will introduce the film and its co-producer,<br />

Matty Kemp, managing director of<br />

the Mary Pickford Co., also will comment.<br />

Kemp and Michael Small produced the<br />

film from a screenplay by John Edwards,<br />

who directed the co-production of the Pickford<br />

Co. and Polytcl Films. Ltd., of London.<br />

Scenes from many of the Pickford<br />

classics and nijwsrcel footage of Pickford<br />

and husband Douglas Fairbanks are shown<br />

in the 78-minute feature, which also is<br />

scheduled to be shown at 6 p.m. at the museum.<br />

Narrated by Henry Fonda, with commentary<br />

highlights by Miss Pickford, the<br />

film has special commentary by Rogers.<br />

Gene Kelly. Lord Mountbatten. Yvonne<br />

Vallee (once Maurice Chevalier's wife) and<br />

Galina Kravtchenko. who recorded the<br />

portions which were made in the Soviet<br />

Union.<br />

•<br />

Another legendary silent screen actress.<br />

Lillian Gish. will appear in person at Town<br />

Hall Tuesday (28) at 8:30 p.m.. to help introduce<br />

the Metropolitan Opera Guild's<br />

presentation of the 1926 silent version oj<br />

"La Bohenie," in which she starred. Francis<br />

Robinson, tour director of the Metropolitan<br />

Opera, will be host for the evening as Miss<br />

Gish shares her memories of the making of<br />

the film.<br />

Metropolitan Opera conductor Richard<br />

Woitach will provide piano accompaniment<br />

especially adapted for the performcmce. The<br />

original piano score of the silent did not<br />

include the music from the opera, since Puccini's<br />

copyright was still in effect, so this<br />

will be the first time it will be heard with<br />

the film.<br />

King Vidor directed "La Bolieme" for<br />

MGM. with the production designed by<br />

Erie. The famed silent screen lover John<br />

Gilbert starred with Miss Gish and Renle<br />

Adoree, Edward Everett Norton and Roy<br />

D'Arcy co-starred. It was adapted, as was<br />

the opera, from the story by Madame Fred<br />

de Gresac, suggested by Henry Murger's<br />

"Life in the Latin Quarter." Tickets for the<br />

Town Hall evening are $10 and $6 and are<br />

available from the guild's special events departnienl.<br />

•<br />

New<br />

David Wollos has joined Kino international<br />

as director of operations from its<br />

York office. A theatrical distributor of specialized<br />

films, the firm is headed by Donald<br />

Krim. Wollos, who holds a master's degree<br />

in commimicalions from Boston College<br />

(1977), was director of technical services<br />

with United Artists Television International<br />

from 1971 lo 1975.<br />

•<br />

Openings: "A Doll's llou.se." the /97.f<br />

Joseph I.osey film made in Norway and<br />

starring Jane Fonda, finally opened Wednesday<br />

(8) for a week's run at the Thalia.<br />

It originally appeared at the 1973 New York<br />

Film Festival and then on ABC-TV at the<br />

end of that year, this marking its first theatrical<br />

exhibition here. Listed as a General<br />

Electric release, the drama by Ibsen also<br />

stars David Warner. Trevor Howard. Ldward<br />

Fox and Delphine Seyrig.<br />

"House Calls," a Jennings Lang production<br />

for Universal starring Walter Matthau.<br />

Glenda Jackson. Art Carney and Richaid<br />

Benjanun. bows Wednesday (IS) at Loews'<br />

Tower East, the Syosset (Long Island), and<br />

the Cinema 46 in Totowa (New Jersey).<br />

Howard Zieff directed the comedy of a recently<br />

widowed doctor who determines lo<br />

become a Casanova.<br />

"Casey's Shadow." a Columbia release of<br />

a Ray Stark-Martin Ritt production, also<br />

starring Matthau. opposite Ale.xis Smith, begins<br />

Friday (17) on showcase including the<br />

Baronet and Loews' Slate II. RitI directed<br />

the comedy drama of the horse racing<br />

world, on locations in Louisiana and New<br />

Mexico.<br />

"Madame Rose." which won star Simone<br />

Signoret a Cesar (the French Oscar) for Iter<br />

performance as a Jewish e.x-prostitute who<br />

becomes involved with (Ui Arab hoy, has its<br />

American premiere Sunday (19) at the PlaTa<br />

Theatre, rather than Wednesday (15) as<br />

originally scheduled. Atlantic Releasing<br />

Corp. is distributing the film here, it having<br />

been nonunated for a Best Foreign Film<br />

Academy Award. This nuirks director Moshe<br />

Mizrahi's third film to be so nominated.<br />

•<br />

The Museum of Modern Art is offering<br />

a program on the history of the American<br />

mLisical movie, consisting of eight lectures<br />

on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and Saturdays at<br />

8 p.m., scheduled to run from Saturday (II)<br />

till April 5 as the second of this year's<br />

"Looking at Film" series. Albert Johnson,<br />

an assistant professor at the University of<br />

California at Berkeley and program director<br />

of the San Francisco Film Festival for<br />

many years, will conduct the series, each<br />

lecture to be accompanied by excerpts or<br />

full-length features. Stephen Harvey is program<br />

coordinator, the series funded by a<br />

grant from the National Endowment for<br />

the Humanities as a Learning Museum Program.<br />

The cost is $15 for the entire schedule.<br />

A special program on Sunday. April 2.<br />

will be devoted to singer Kay Thompson,<br />

who worked as vocal arranger for the Arthur<br />

Freed Unit at MGM and was responsible<br />

for the distinctive sound of many of the<br />

legendary post-war musicals.<br />

•<br />

Showcases for Wednesday (8) included<br />

the horror bill "Kingdom of the Spiders"<br />

and "Ruby"; 20th Century-Fox's "An Unmarried<br />

Woman." by Paul Mazurskv. starring<br />

Jill Clayburgh and Alan Bales, on mi i-<br />

showcase, including the Beekman. I'aramouni<br />

and Murray Hill in Manhattan:<br />

"High An.xiely." "The One and Onlx." "Annie<br />

Hall," "Coma," "Julia," "The Boys in<br />

Company C." "Star Wars." "The Betsy."<br />

"Beyond and Back." "Saturday Night Fever,"<br />

"The Goodbye Girl," "The Turning<br />

Point," "Close Encounters of the Third<br />

Kind" and "E.xpectations."<br />

Friday (10). "Gray Lady Down" began<br />

at Universal Blue Ribbon theatres.<br />

Opera House Art Theatre<br />

Plan Is Now Dead Issue<br />

WILMINGTON. DEL.— Plans to construct<br />

an intimate motion picture theatre in<br />

the basement of the rebuilt and restored<br />

Grand Opera House here have been<br />

scratched. The Opera House had been operated<br />

as a theatre by Warner Bros. TTieatres<br />

and was destined to be torn down when the<br />

movie screen was darkened. However, civic<br />

groups two years ago started a movement<br />

to restore the historic theatre.<br />

Restoration plans called for a 180-seat<br />

movie house to be operated as an art theatre.<br />

While operating the 1,000-seat theatre itself,<br />

the Opera House board said it did not want<br />

to get into the movie business and for the<br />

past two years has been trying without success<br />

to find someone to operate the proposed<br />

cinema. As a result, the Opera House<br />

board annoimced this week that the plans<br />

for an art film operation have been dropped<br />

Trio Sponsors Film Contest<br />

TRENTON, N. J.— In a promotional<br />

tie-up with WPST Radio and Liberty Travel,<br />

the Quaker Bridge 4 cinemas by the sub-<br />

Lirban Quaker Bridge Mall is helping to<br />

bring Hollywood to the shopping mall in<br />

sponsoring a "Movie Star Dress-a-Like"<br />

contest. Designed to help build mall traffic,<br />

the grand prize offer provides a fourday<br />

trip for two to Hollywood with roundtrip<br />

air-fare via American Airlines. The winner<br />

will get a day at Disneyland, a tour of<br />

the Universal Studios and $200 spending<br />

money.<br />

Major prizes will be given for best actor,<br />

best actress, best picture, best child star and<br />

best science-fiction dress-a-like categories.<br />

In addition, all the contestants will be guests<br />

of the Quaker Bridge 4 for a special<br />

screening<br />

following the judging.<br />

Group Plans Anniversary<br />

PHILADELPHIA— Plans for the forthcoming<br />

45th anniversary luncheon of the<br />

Philadelphia Motion Pictiue Preview Study<br />

GroLip were finalized at a luncheon meeting<br />

of the group held Wednesday (1) in the<br />

Community Room at the Bonwit Teller<br />

Store. Mrs. Armand G. Loeb, preview<br />

chairman and vice-president of the group,<br />

is chairman of the anniversary limcheon,<br />

which is scheduled lor Thursday. May II.<br />

at 12:30 p.m., at the Hilton Hotel on Civic<br />

Center Boulevard.<br />

At the March meeting. Mrs. Arthin- Goldsmith,<br />

president of the group, chaired a<br />

special discussion on the films recently previewed<br />

by the women's group. The local<br />

group is a charter member of the Federation<br />

of Motion Picture Councils.<br />

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sent out invitations for a trade screening ot<br />

Op#ration Thunderbolt" (PG) at Holiday<br />

1 Theatre.<br />

Minna Zackem, Buffalo booker for<br />

American International Pictures and the<br />

office manager, is recuperating at home after<br />

undergoing surgery in Buffalo General<br />

Hospital. We all wish her a speedy recovery.<br />

John Serfustini, branch manager for 20th<br />

Century-Fox. sent out invites to a double<br />

screening to be held at Boulevard Mall Cinema<br />

Two and Holiday Theatre One.<br />

Marty Hollander of American International<br />

held a trade screening of "The Last<br />

Survivor" in the Motion Picture Operators'<br />

Screening Room. 498 Pearl Street.<br />

Joe Garvey, general manager of Holiday<br />

Six Theatre, screened the Crown International<br />

feature "Coach."<br />

Chuck Van Dusen, office manager for<br />

Paramount Pictures, is an old movie buff<br />

and a collector of movie memorabilia from<br />

the 1920s, "JOs and '40s. The Sunday Buffalo<br />

News ran a half-page of art and feature<br />

story on Chuck's hobby.<br />

Hansel and Gretel, the famous opera by<br />

Humperdinck, gave two performances in a<br />

scaled down version especially for young<br />

children at Shea's Buffalo Theatre. Performing<br />

were the Syracuse Opera Company and<br />

Syracuse Youtheatre.<br />

Charles Fonlana, member of a theatrical<br />

Buffalo family, is appearing in a production<br />

of "The Changeling" a revived 17th century<br />

tragedy by Thomas Middleton and William<br />

Rowley, at the Three Muses Theatre in New<br />

York's Ansonia Hotel. He is the brother<br />

of Thomas M. Fontana, whose play "The<br />

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the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Fontana<br />

of Buffalo.<br />

Happy with their scouting trip to Buffalo,<br />

the producers of MGM's "Hide in Plain<br />

Sight" said they will return here soon to begin<br />

"a good eight weeks" of filming. "We<br />

thought the cooperation from everyone was<br />

sensational" Rick Rosenberg told the Courier-Express.<br />

Rosenberg and Bob Christianson<br />

will produce the film starring lames<br />

Caan based on Leslie Waller's book about<br />

Kenmore cement mason Tom Leonhard's<br />

eigth-year battle with the federal government<br />

to locate his children.<br />

"Pardon Mon Affaire," French film at<br />

the Maple Forest Theatre, is a cut above a<br />

lot of other affair movies, "Cousin Cousine"<br />

or "April Fools" to name two from opposite<br />

sides of the Atlantic, said reviewer Doug<br />

Smith in the Courier-Express.<br />

June 10 and 11 were approved by the<br />

Common Council as the dates of one of<br />

Buffalo's most popular events, the annual<br />

Allentown Outdoor Art Festival. The Council<br />

action authorized the temporary closing<br />

of Delaware Ave. from North to Tupper Sts.<br />

during show hours.<br />

Actor James Caan received the key to the<br />

city of Buffalo from mayor James Griffin<br />

when he came to town to check on possible<br />

locations for his new film and to meet his<br />

real life counterpart Thomas Leonhard.<br />

upon whom the movie is based.<br />

A special series of silent movies, including<br />

Charlie Chaplins rarely seen 192.^ film<br />

"Woman of Paris," was presented by Media<br />

Study/ Buffalo. The silents were shown at<br />

the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society.<br />

Schedule follows: Saturday (4) "The<br />

Kid Brother," (1927) starring Harold Lloyd,<br />

(18) Cecil B. DeMille's "Madame Satan,"<br />

(1930) Reginald Denny. April 1, "Woman<br />

of Paris ""(1923) Chaplin; April 15. "Lost<br />

Squadron," (1932) Eric von Strohcim and<br />

"Crazy House" (1943), Olson and Johnson;<br />

April 29, "Our Dancing Daughters,"<br />

(1928) Joan Crawford. May 13, "Exit Smiling,"<br />

(1926) Beatrice Lilly.<br />

The films "Louise Nevelson" and "Barbara<br />

Hepworth at the Tate" were screened<br />

at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery February<br />

19.<br />

Harvey & Corky's films at the Century<br />

Theatre were "The Chicken Chronicles,"<br />

"Bobby Deerfi;ld." "Fritz the Kat" and<br />

"Easy Rider."<br />

Disney Nature Films, a new series announced<br />

by the lonawanda Public Library,<br />

will be shown Thursday evening through<br />

March 30.<br />

Experimental films by outstanding New<br />

York filmmakers were shown at the Rochester<br />

Institute of Technology, sponsored by<br />

Rochester's White Ox Films, Inc. and funded<br />

by the New York State Coimcil on the<br />

Arts. The first film was "The Return" by<br />

David Michalak of Binghamlon, followed<br />

hv "Print (iencralio'ns," some shorls and the<br />

newest film, "Movie Stills," by J. J. Murphy.<br />

Woody Allen's "Annie Hall" was shown<br />

at the University of Buffalo's Elliott Complex.<br />

Amherst campus. "The Night of the<br />

Living Dead," in Squire Hall; and Led Zeppelin's"The<br />

Song Remained the Same," also<br />

in Squire Hall.<br />

A twin cinema is scheduled to open about<br />

April 15 in the Alamanca Mall. Two Cattaraugus<br />

men, Jerry Wienk and Larry Studd,<br />

expect both Cinemas 1 and II will have a<br />

200-seat capacity. The pair presently operate<br />

the theatre in Gowanda, N.Y.<br />

In a letter to the editor. Mrs. John Burgon<br />

protested the name change for Shea's<br />

Buffalo Theatre. Instead she suggested keeping<br />

the "grandeur of the past" alive for the<br />

future, by installing a "star" sidewalk, the<br />

first, large star to go to George D. O'Connell,<br />

who did much to preserve the theatre<br />

prior to his death.<br />

"Saturday Night Fever" can strike any<br />

night, as shown when about 1.000 turned<br />

out for a dance contest sponsored by Paramoimt<br />

Pictures, Bantam Books and SRO<br />

Records at an Amherst Disco. Winners Jeff<br />

Re del of Snyder and Debbie Speen of Buffalo<br />

will get expense-paid trips to the scene<br />

of the John Travolta disco film, the 2001<br />

Odyssey Club in Brooklyn.<br />

Buffalo police officer Joseph Lascola.<br />

portrayed an undercover policeman in a<br />

Canadian Broadcasting Company television<br />

police show called "Sidestreet." The show<br />

received a three column art break in the<br />

Buffalo Evening News.<br />

" 'Equus' film lays an egg as Button<br />

serves up ham" headlined the Courier-Express.<br />

"In spots of an intelligent screenplay"<br />

wrote reviewer Patricia Ward Biederman,<br />

the presence of honey-voiced Richard<br />

Biuton, and the considerable reputation of I<br />

the play on which it is faithfully based,<br />

"Equus' is a cinematic chunk of cement, a<br />

remarkably static film that flashes to life<br />

only briefly and much too late to serve the<br />

enterprise."<br />

PITTSBURGH<br />

Jaysoii MacBride, pornopix superstar, will<br />

be seen next in Jack Deveau's "A Night<br />

. . . Myron<br />

. . John<br />

at the Adonis" "1900"<br />

. . . is on view at<br />

K'ngs Court after being up for a week . . .<br />

Fulton has "High Anxiety"<br />

Cohen appeared with Ginger Rogers in her<br />

new show, three evenings at Heinz .<br />

Denver comes to the Arena Thursday (23)<br />

. . . Stanley, offering mostly rock shows,<br />

plans to install a restaurant and bar in the<br />

downstairs lounge.<br />

Warner Conununicutions, Inc., one of<br />

probably eight CATV outfits competing for<br />

the city CATV franchi.se. owns many such<br />

systems along with Wanner Bros, pictures,<br />

major record labels<br />

"Superman" comics, six<br />

and the New York Cosmos soccer team.<br />

The Warner Cable Co. ;illows viewers to<br />

conununicate with the TV cable studio via<br />

live hudons on the 3()-channel QL'Ul" console.<br />

You mav respond to questions posed<br />

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. . Keystone<br />

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by program hosts, guests or advertisers from<br />

your receiver at home or in your office. The<br />

system has been operational in Colimibiis<br />

for more than three months. Special programming<br />

such as sports events, first run<br />

movies and the like are available on the pay<br />

TV channel, via Warner's system, for less<br />

than the price of a ticket to the theatre.<br />

A. J. Livhiii, film historian, will discuss<br />

Eastern European movies, the subject of his<br />

recent book, at Carnegie Institute Lectiue<br />

Hall. Sunday April 2. at 1:^0 p.m. Screened<br />

will be the 1961 Polish feature "Mother<br />

Joan of the Angels." The History of Film<br />

scries for the spring season will cover I95.'


. . . Thursday<br />

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PHILADELPHIA<br />

(Continued from preceding page)<br />

Keith Carradinc, who has appeared in<br />

several feaiure films with his father. John<br />

Carradine. is appearing here as a singer<br />

rather than as an actor at the Bijou Cafe.<br />

Lee Starkey, of Borlnick Advertising<br />

Agency, handling the promotion for "Return<br />

From Witch Mountain." hosted a private<br />

screening of the Walt Disney production for<br />

Top of the Fox<br />

the media representatives at<br />

Screening Room. The feature opens Friday<br />

( 17) at 16 area theatres.<br />

Frederick Goldman, director of the Middle<br />

Atlantic Film Board and competition<br />

coordinator, enlisting student filmmakers<br />

here to enter the contest sponsored by the<br />

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences<br />

and the American Telephone and<br />

Telegraph Co.<br />

"A Brand New Life," with subtitles added,<br />

is being shown as a film for the deaf at<br />

the Northeast Library Branch of the Free<br />

Library of Philadelphia, At the Philadelphia<br />

City Institute in center city, the Free Library<br />

will present a Tuesday afternoon film series<br />

for children 3 to<br />

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years of age.<br />

Tri-County Theatres has shuttered its<br />

Washington Theatre in Washington. N.J..<br />

to turn the house into a twin cinema. The<br />

announccmet reads: "We're expecting<br />

twins!"<br />

There will be more feature films for late<br />

night television viewers. Station WTAF, local<br />

UHF station, will add a "Theatre of Last<br />

Resort" at 2 A,M,. following its late movie<br />

show starting at 11:.^0 P.M. The new late,<br />

late show will offer such evergreens as<br />

"Operation Lovebirds," "The Trunk" and<br />

"Babes in Khaki,"<br />

BALTIMORE<br />

pour theatres are presently charging $L50<br />

for all .seats-all times, the Churchlane<br />

Cinema. Boulevard. Grand and Arcade, the<br />

latter three in the F,H, Durkee Enterprises<br />

The bill to reconstruct the Md,<br />

circuit , , ,<br />

State Censor Board has passed the state sen-<br />

, , ate and now goes to the House , The new<br />

minimum wage bill was introduced in the<br />

Mike Davis,<br />

city council on Monday (6) , . ,<br />

his wife Jean and two year-old Roseanne returned<br />

from a three day visit to Jean's family<br />

in Roanoke, Va., on Friday (3). Mike is<br />

manager of Rome's Super-170 Drive-In.<br />

. . . George F.<br />

Bea Woodland and Robert Williams, comanagers<br />

of Rome's Apollo Theatre are concerned<br />

about their respective relatives in<br />

Johns Hopkins Hospital<br />

Eitel, regional representative for the National<br />

Theatre Siipply Co., was out of town<br />

twice during the February-March period.<br />

On February 24 he attended the funeral<br />

of his father, John George Eitel, who had<br />

died four days earlier in Kearny, N.J,, and<br />

on Monday (6) he reported back to the<br />

office after spending a week in Dallas where<br />

he had gone for a company sales meeting.<br />

lATSE, Local 181, is planning their annual<br />

spring banquet and dance to be held<br />

April 29 with three caterers under consideration.<br />

It probably will be Martin's West,<br />

a very popular one in Baltimore, opined Roland<br />

Bruscup, president of the Local. Banquet<br />

chairman for the impending event is<br />

Aaron Goldbloom, boothman at the Mini-<br />

Flicks I and II (Schwaber World-Fare<br />

Cinemas) . . Phil Gaynor. confined for a<br />

.<br />

fortnight with the flu, reported back to work<br />

at Schwaber's Pulaski Drive-ln the weekend<br />

of Saturday (11). He is the projectionist<br />

(9) was a "Red Letter" day, his<br />

birthday, for Roland Bruscup, As usual,<br />

wife Myrtle baked him a luscious chocolate<br />

cake with chocolate frosting, "She's on a<br />

diet," he said. "I can eat the whole thing.<br />

My boys will probably help me finish it."<br />

On Sunday. April 30, at 8 p.m. at the<br />

Lyric Theatre, Ella Fitzgerald will appear<br />

with the Tommy Flanagan Trio and special<br />

guests the Billy Taylor Trio. This is their<br />

only appearance in Md. and Young Audiences<br />

Inc. is presenting this evening with<br />

the<br />

artists.<br />

Starting February 28 and continuing for<br />

three weeks film star Forrest Tucker is appearing<br />

in "Hanky Panky" at the Limestone<br />

Valley Dinner Theatre in Cockeysville .<br />

On Wednesday (8) the Women of Variety<br />

Tent 19 held a meeting at Stewart's, Reisterstown<br />

Plaza with lunch at noon and a business<br />

meeting. Rosa Schevker, treasurer,<br />

handled the reservations.<br />

Alexander H. Cohen, the Broadway producer<br />

who has booked the city-subsidized<br />

Mechanic Theatre for the past two seasons,<br />

will not renew his Baltimore contract when<br />

it runs out in June, the theatre announced.<br />

The leading candidate to replace him is<br />

Philip Langner, the president of the New<br />

York-based Theatre Guild. Langner stated<br />

he is "very interested" in the job and will<br />

come to Baltimore Monday (20) to discuss<br />

a<br />

contract.<br />

The University Baptist church is presenting<br />

a film series on the history of Western<br />

thought and culture. The series, by Dr.<br />

Francis Schaeffer. consists of ten. half-hour<br />

episodes at 1 p.m. on consecutive Sundays,<br />

excluding Easter. The series is hased on a<br />

book by Dr, Schaeffer entitled "How Should<br />

We Then Live."<br />

"Galapagos," a nature adventure film lecture<br />

was presented by Dr. Stephen Kress in<br />

Dumbarton Junior High School; the program<br />

was sponsored by the Maryland Ornithological<br />

Society,<br />

A documentary film on the Sun papers<br />

has been nominated for an Oscar in the<br />

short subject category. Makers of the film.<br />

"First Edition," are Dewitt L. Sage jr., a<br />

native of Baltimore County, and his associate,<br />

Helen Whitney of New York.<br />

Two Americans, Gena Rowlands and<br />

Craig Russell, won Silver Bear awards for<br />

best actress and best actor at this year's<br />

Berlin Film Festival. Rowlands was honored<br />

for her performance as an aging actress in<br />

John Cassavetes' "Opening Night," Russell<br />

was cited for his performance as a homosexual<br />

hairdresser in the Canadian film<br />

"Outrageous" Cassavetes' film also shared<br />

the Otto Dibelius Film Prize, given by a<br />

Protestant church jury.<br />

Genevieve Bujold, now 35, born in Montreal<br />

of French-Canadian parents, was in<br />

Washington. D.C.. to talk about "Coma."<br />

superior suspense thriller in which she plays<br />

an intern. Lou Cedrone. Evening Sun film<br />

critic, interviewed her in the living room<br />

of the suite at the Sheraton Carlton. She<br />

plans to give more attention to her career.<br />

Before, whenever she was "committed" to<br />

it. it took second place. Now. she is ready<br />

to work, and that means taking to the road<br />

to promote the films she does.<br />

Trans-Lux to Make Tender<br />

Offer to Purchase Stock<br />

NEW YORK— Richard Brandt, president<br />

of Trans-Lux Corp., announced that the<br />

company is preparing to make a tender offer<br />

to purchase 200,000 shares of its common<br />

stock at $3 per share. Such an offering<br />

is subject to permission by the Securities &<br />

Exchange Commission,<br />

The corporation will be offering to pay<br />

15 cents per share for each share tendered<br />

through a broker.<br />

The corporation presently has 1,993.047<br />

shares outstanding, which are listed and<br />

traded on the American Stock Exchange,<br />

Annual May Day Screening<br />

Is Planned for April 29<br />

PITTSBURGH—The eighth<br />

Day Open Screening is scheduled to take<br />

place at the Carnegie Institute lecture hall<br />

on April 29, The public will be invited to<br />

attend the sessions which are free<br />

annual May<br />

and begin<br />

with the 8mm, Super 8 and video, at 10<br />

a.m„ continuing at 3 p,m. with the 16mm.<br />

The order of showing will be alphabetical<br />

by filmmaker.<br />

The deadline for submission has been<br />

established as April 21. Entries may be in<br />

the following categories: Smm, Super 8mm,<br />

16mm, color, black and white, optical or<br />

magnetic strip sound, silent, color or black<br />

and white video on reel or in cartridge Viinch<br />

or -'i-inch.<br />

Selected works from this program will be<br />

extended an invitation to be included in the<br />

city's June Art Festival.<br />

London Hotel Acquired<br />

LONDON— Loews Hotels, division of<br />

Loews Corp., New York (parent company<br />

of Loews Theatres), has acquired the Montcalm<br />

Hotel in the fashionable Hyde Park<br />

district.<br />

lim Doty Pumps "Mr. Goodbar'<br />

ROCHESTER. N, Y,— Jim Doty, Loews<br />

Theatres, planted a two-column art break on<br />

Paramount's "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" in<br />

the Rochester limcs-Unioii.<br />

E-8<br />

BOXOFTICE :: March 13, 1978


Sunset Theatre Booth Is<br />

Staffed by 12-Year-Old<br />

CONNELL. WASH.— In October 1974.<br />

Ted Ruymcnt acquired Ihc Sunset Theatre<br />

in Connell, a town with a population of ap-<br />

Rick French, 12, handles all booth<br />

dudes at the Sunset Theatre In Connell,<br />

Wash. Theatre owner Ted Raynicnt bclie>es<br />

Rick to be one of the youngest<br />

skilled projectionists in all of U.S. exhibition.<br />

proximately 2.000—and still growing. The<br />

389-seat house has done a thriving business<br />

with a G and PG-raled film policy, according<br />

to Rayment. who has been in show business<br />

since the age of 14.<br />

Explaining the policy of the Sunset, Rayment<br />

commented. "The small town would<br />

not tolerate some of the R films and certainly<br />

none of the X-rated stuff. Moreover, that<br />

would be against our belief. We try to give<br />

the kids some good, wholesome entertainment<br />

and sometimes th.tt realls is hard to<br />

do."<br />

Having become involved in exhibition at<br />

an early age. it perhaps is not imusual that<br />

Rayment uses the services of a young projectionist.<br />

Rick French. 12. may have to<br />

stand on a film can in order to see through<br />

the porthole for the changeoNcrs but he is.<br />

nevertheless, an accomplished boothman.<br />

Rayment. describing French, said: "He<br />

handles the whole booth—changeovers.<br />

splicing, rewinding, the complete show. He<br />

does an excellent job and I believe that he's<br />

one of the yoimgcst (if not the yoimgest)<br />

projectionists in the business. We really<br />

think he is the greatest."<br />

'Blind Rage' Opening<br />

Set for Openings<br />

IKJl 1 N\\()(M) li.uis World Films has<br />

scheduled Friday (24) for the opening of<br />

"Blind Rage," in seven cities in the East.<br />

Midwest and South. The film stars D'Urville<br />

Martin, with Fred Williamson in a<br />

special guest role.<br />

Openings have been set in Boston, New<br />

York. Baltimore. Washington. D. C. Atlanta<br />

and Cleveland, plus several cities in<br />

the Carolinas and Florida.<br />

Actor-Director Burt<br />

Be Inducted Into the<br />

HOI l.YWOOD — Film actor-director<br />

Uurt Reynolds will become the 1.69.'ith entertainment<br />

luminary to be honored by the<br />

Hollywood Chamber of Commerce when his<br />

star is dedicated in the walk of Fame at<br />

noon, Wednesday (15).<br />

His star will he located at 6.S3S Hollywood<br />

Blvd.. between the stars previously<br />

dedicated to Jan Sterling and Pee Wee Himi.<br />

Scheduled to preside at the traditional<br />

sidewalk ceremonies are: Chamber president.<br />

Jack Foreman. Hollywood's honorary<br />

mayor. Monty Hall and Walk of Fame chairman.<br />

William F. Hertz.<br />

Reynolds" star will bear the motion picture<br />

indicia in recognition of his numerous<br />

starring roles in major motion pictures although<br />

he gained earlier fame in four TV<br />

series.<br />

Frequently referred to by critics and moviegoers<br />

as the "modern Clark Gable." Burt<br />

Reynolds" many-faceted talent has enabled<br />

the actor lo portray a wide variety of roles<br />

ranging from outrageous comedy to serious<br />

drama.<br />

Born of Italian-Cherokee-Scottish ancestry<br />

in Waycross. Ga.. Reynolds was raised<br />

in West Palm Beach. Fla., the son of the<br />

city's chief of police.<br />

Attributing his rebellious childhood days<br />

10 a reaction to his father's position in the<br />

commimity and being the yoimgest of three<br />

children. Reynolds credits his interest in<br />

athletics with "keeping my feet on the<br />

groimd."<br />

A high school football star, he attended<br />

Florida State University where he scored well<br />

academically and well enough on the gridiron<br />

to be named All-Florida and All-Soulhjrn<br />

Conference running halfback.<br />

A pro contract with the Baltimore Colt'<br />

was voided when he suffered severe injuries<br />

in an automobile accident.<br />

For awhile he drifted in New York, working<br />

as a dishwasher and dance hall boimcer<br />

before returning lo Florida and acting<br />

classes at Palm Beach Jimior College.<br />

His debut in the school's production of<br />

"Outward Boimd" won him the Florida<br />

George Brent Leaves Home<br />

For Role in 'Born Again'<br />

SOLANA BEACH. CALIF.—George<br />

Brent, who marks his 74th birthday Wednesday<br />

(\5), left his home for a cameo appearance<br />

in "Born Again" at the Warner<br />

Bros. Studios, now known as the Biirbank<br />

Studios. The film is about Watergate figiue<br />

Charles Colson's religious conversion. The<br />

role marked a rare studio visit for Brent.<br />

In an interview with the Associated Press.<br />

Brent said that his closest friend is Millburn<br />

Stone of CBS-TV's long-running "Gimsmokc"<br />

scries, a nearby resident. Additionally,<br />

old friend James Cagnev was due here<br />

for a visit.<br />

Reynolds Will<br />

Walk of Fame<br />

Drama .Award and a scholarship to Hyde<br />

Park Playhouse in New York.<br />

Joanne Woodward was starring in the<br />

first play he appeared in as an apprentice.<br />

Thanks to her assistance." Reynolds remembers.<br />

""I secured my very first agent."<br />

Reynolds made his Broadway debut costarring<br />

with Charlton Heston in New York<br />

Center's revival of "Mr. Roberts"" and a<br />

subsequent feature role in an "'M Squad"<br />

TV episode led to a seven-year contract with<br />

Universal Pictures Television.<br />

After 26 segments of the '"Riverboat"'<br />

series. Reynolds laughs, '"I was fired!"<br />

Turning to being a stunt specialist. Reynolds<br />

eked out a livelihood until he landed<br />

the half-brcod blacksmith role in "Gunsmoke."<br />

From "Gunsmoke" days imtil "Deliverance."<br />

Revnolds reports he can't remember<br />

how many movies he made playing feature<br />

or starring roles.<br />

•Deliverance," one of the top critical and<br />

linancial successes of 1972. marked a major<br />

turning point in Reynolds' career.<br />

He has starred in the title roles of two<br />

prime time TV series. ""Hawk"" and ""Dan<br />

.August."" and accelerated his movie career<br />

by starring in "Fuzz." "Shamus.'" "White<br />

Lightning." "The Man Who Loved Cat<br />

Dancing.^' ""The Longest Yard." ""W.W. and<br />

the Dixie Dance Kings."" "Lucky Lady." "At<br />

Long Last Love."' "Hustle." "Gator." "Nickelodeon."<br />

""Smoky and the Bandit."" "Semi-<br />

Tough" and ""The End."'<br />

In 1972. he returned to the legitimate<br />

stage to play to SRO audiences in "The<br />

Rainmaker" at the Arlington Park Theatr.-<br />

in Chicago and. frequently without fanlare.<br />

still "sneaks"" back to the "live"' theatre to<br />

sharpen his already considerable directorial<br />

talent.<br />

Reynolds maintains residences in Los Angeles<br />

and in Georgia.<br />

He also owns a ranch in Florida, managed<br />

by h's parents, and recently became a restaurateur<br />

when Burt's Place opened in Atlanta.<br />

Trolley Has New Quarters<br />

SAl I I AKl- CITY—Trolley Theatres<br />

Inc.. announced the recent opening of their<br />

superb, new headquarters. They advised<br />

BoxoFMCE that all correspondence should<br />

now be addressed to them at ."^l.^ South<br />

7th East. Salt Lake City. Utah 84 102. The<br />

new business number is (801) 264-7231.<br />

Trolley also reported tremendous response<br />

lo the recent special screening of "The<br />

One and Only." the Carl Reiner opus that<br />

stars Henry Winkler and Kim Darby.<br />

Spokesmen said that, if the comments of<br />

the people in attendance are any criterion.<br />

Paramount has a big hit on its hands.<br />

David Rawlins has been signed as film<br />

editor of "Power."<br />

BOXOmCE :: March 13, 1978 W-1


JON\S ROSHNFIELD JR., markeiing<br />

consultant to Universal Pictures and<br />

former vice-president of worldwide advertising,<br />

publicity and promotion for 20th<br />

Century-Fox, will use Joan Rivers' newfilm,<br />

"Rabbit Test," as an example of modern<br />

marketing strategy in a six-week course<br />

that he will teach at the University of Southern<br />

California. Herman Kass. vice-president<br />

of advertising and publicity at .Avco Embassy<br />

Pictures, which released the film, will<br />

join Rosenfield in analyzing the marketing<br />

plan. Rosenfield"s course will be given each<br />

Wednesday night beginning April 5. Students<br />

also will get an analysis of how advertising,<br />

sales and promotion dovetail in<br />

master-planning a marketing concept.<br />

•<br />

United Artists has scheduled Harold Robbins<br />

for a four-country personal appearance<br />

tour in Europe for key press and TV interviews,<br />

which began Monday (6), timed to<br />

the opening of "The Betsy." He was in Paris<br />

Monday (6) through Thursday (9) and the<br />

rest of his itinerary takes him to Nice, Friday<br />

and Saturday (10. II); Rome. Simday<br />

(12) through Tuesday (14); Mimich, Wednesday<br />

(15); Hamburg. Friday (17). and<br />

Copenhagen. Friday (17) through Sunday<br />

(19).<br />

*<br />

Walter Matlhau will serve as a presenter<br />

at the 50th annual Academy Awards presentations,<br />

making his seventh appearance on<br />

the Oscar show, to be held April 3 at the<br />

Los Angeles Music Center.<br />

*<br />

John Schuck will serve as master of<br />

ceremonies at the annual installation dinner<br />

of Girls Friday of Show Business to<br />

be held Tuesday (21) at the Sportsmen's<br />

Lodge.<br />

•<br />

"Repo," a First Artists production starring<br />

Darren McGavin, completed principal<br />

photography Wednesday (1). Katherine<br />

Brown produced and Don Weis directed.<br />

•<br />

Deborah Castle has been named vicepresident<br />

in charge of project development<br />

for Film Packages. Inc. for the last five<br />

years she was with General Cinema Corp..<br />

uhere she became the highest-ranking female<br />

vice-president.<br />

"Our Winning Season."<br />

an American International<br />

Pictures release, starring Scolt<br />

Jacoby. will be screened at the USA (Dallas)<br />

Film Festival which opened Friday (10)<br />

and will continue through Sunday (19). The<br />

film also will be screened at Show-A-Rama<br />

in Kansas City. Participating in the Dallas<br />

screening will be Jacoby; Louis S. Arkoff.<br />

executive in charge of production; producer<br />

Joe Roth; director Joe Ruben; screenwriter<br />

Nick Niciphor. and AIP publicity executive<br />

Mike Gerelv.<br />

*<br />

Mort Abrahams, executive producer of<br />

"The Greek Tycoon." will conduct an eightweek<br />

seminar for the University of Southern<br />

California on "Your Theatrical Film—from<br />

Concept to Screen." Thursdays beginning<br />

May 4. holding the sessions at Universal<br />

Studios.<br />

•<br />

A two-week symposiimi for film educators<br />

will be conducted July 16-28 by the<br />

American Film Institute at its Center for<br />

Advanced Study in Beverly Hills. College<br />

and university educators from across the<br />

country will get first-hand experience of the<br />

center's approach to teaching the art of film<br />

and video.<br />

•<br />

"The Fury." produced by Frank Yablans<br />

for 20th Century-Fox. will open in theatres<br />

throughotit Los Angeles Wednesday (15).<br />

Starring are Kirk Douglas. John Cassavetes.<br />

Charles Durning and Carrie Snodgress.<br />

•<br />

PSO (Producers Sales Organization) recently<br />

formed by Mark Damon as a<br />

foreign<br />

sales company, has named Ira Teller as consultant<br />

creative advertising director. Arianne<br />

Ulmcr Cipes has been appointed vicepresident<br />

of sales and services and Janet<br />

Blair Fleming has been named vice-president<br />

of sales and administration.<br />

*<br />

Steve McQueen will serve as a presenter<br />

at the 50th annual awards presentation of<br />

the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and<br />

Sciences to be held April 3 at the Los<br />

Angeles Mtisic Center.<br />

•<br />

Edward Carroll has been named a sales-<br />

man in Paramount Pictures' Los Angeles<br />

branch office. He joined Paramount as a<br />

bookcr-lraincc in April 1976 and later<br />

became head booker.<br />

•<br />

The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce,<br />

flooded by requests of performers who want<br />

stars dedicated in their honor in the Hollywood<br />

Walk of Fame, has set a quota of<br />

only 12 stars to be assigned each year.<br />

Those selected for stars in the 1978-79<br />

year will be annoimced May 17 by a nomination<br />

committee set up to process the requests.<br />

The committee will operate over a<br />

60-day nominations period which began<br />

Wednesday (8) and will continue through<br />

May 8.<br />

•<br />

"How to Watch a Film Watching Us:<br />

Antonioni's 'The Passenger' " will be discussed<br />

by Dr. William Arrowsmith of Johns<br />

Hopkins University in a lecture Thursday<br />

(16) in the Annenberg School of Communications<br />

at the University of Southern California.<br />

The humanist analysis of the film<br />

will be the second of a three-part lecture<br />

series sponsored by the USC Center for the<br />

Humanities.<br />

•<br />

Jon Myers, former employee in the publicity<br />

department of American International<br />

Pictures, became a father February 28 when<br />

he delivered his own daughter. The delivery<br />

was a family affair, occuring in the apartment<br />

of grandfather Julian Myers. AIP<br />

publicist. Mother Nancy and daughter are<br />

doing just fine.<br />

•<br />

Sybil Danning. starring with Oliver Reed,<br />

Raquel Welch and George C. Scott in<br />

"Crossed Swords," can now be seen in<br />

"Night of the Askari." a Lord Film-Eichberg<br />

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Also. Christopher Lee. who stars with Anthony<br />

Quinn and Jennifer O'Neill in "Caravans."<br />

currently can be seen in "Night of<br />

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Promotions are continuing on Paramount's<br />

"Saturday Night Fever," by the Dorothy<br />

Matin Agency as a "Saturday Night<br />

Fever" boat cruise eminated out of Vacouver's<br />

Disco with some $32,000 worth of<br />

free TV time and prizes to announce the<br />

happening. John Maynard, a deejay from<br />

Vancouver, promoted the event every night<br />

at the disco: KSTW-TV. an independent.<br />

also promoted the event airing approximately<br />

ten 30-second spots per day right up to the<br />

actual date, .'\dmission was charged for the<br />

boat cruise with the money donated to the<br />

Seattle Chapter of Muscular Dystrophy.<br />

The check for the money will be presented<br />

by Maynard to a representative from Muscular<br />

Dystrophy, on TV, during the upcoming<br />

Jerry Lewis telethon. The grand prize<br />

was a chauffeured evening for two plus<br />

dinner. The other prizes included "Saturday<br />

Night Fever" movie tickets, albums and<br />

books.<br />

.<br />

Heading to Show-A-Rama 21 for their<br />

convention were Stu Goldman of Fun and<br />

Dorothy Matin of the Dorothy Matin<br />

Agency sneak previewed<br />

"House Calls" at the Bellevue Crossroads<br />

Twin, Friday (3) and at the SeaTac Mall<br />

Cinema Friday (10). It begins at both Cinemas<br />

on Friday (17).<br />

"Rabbit Test" was sneaked at the UA<br />

Cinema 70 Fridav (3). No official date on<br />

1100 Flower St., Glendale, Ca., 91201 - (2i3) 247-6550<br />

this film's opening at this writing . . .<br />

Screenings<br />

in the Jewel Box on filmrow were:<br />

Universal's "Skateboard" Tuesday (7) and<br />

The Benson & Hedges' 100 series "42nd<br />

Street" Thursday (9). The latter will be the<br />

second film in that series at midnight (10)<br />

and (1 1) at the Northgate theatre . . . Randy<br />

Finley took over the Ridgemont Theatre<br />

Wednjsday (1) and opened Friday (3) beginning<br />

with a special Repertory program<br />

of foreign and American classics. Dan Bettis<br />

is the manager.<br />

.Stu Goldman returned from 20th Century-Fox's<br />

junket for "The Fury " and Universal's<br />

junket for "Gray Lady Down." His<br />

right hand man, Joe McCann was able to<br />

join him for the latter held in San Diego.<br />

"The Fury" is set for a Wednesday (15)<br />

opening throughout the territory, and "Gray<br />

Lady Down" began last Friday (10) throughoiU<br />

the area.<br />

Still doing fine business on the local scene:<br />

"The Betsy" at the Seattle Aurora, Bellevue<br />

Overlake. Everett Mall. Tacoma Villa Plaza<br />

and Renton Village Cinemas; "Candleshoe"<br />

at the Everett. Lake City, Lynn Four, Lewis<br />

& Clark 3 and John IJanz theatres; "The<br />

Other Side of the Mountain Part 2" in the<br />

Bay and SeaTac 6 Cinema; "Star Wars" at<br />

the UA Cinma 150; "Close Encounters of<br />

the Third Kind" in the King and Everett<br />

Mall Cinemas; "Satiu'day Night Fever" at<br />

the Music Box and Everett Mall Cinemas<br />

and "Coma" in the Renton Village. Seattle<br />

Aurora Cinemas; "Julia" at the Guild 45th;<br />

Talk<br />

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"The Goodbye Girl" in the Cinerama: "The<br />

World's Greatest Lover" at the UA Cinema<br />

70; "Semi-Tough" at the Coliseum. Bellevue<br />

Crossroads and SeaTac Mall Cinema<br />

and "The Turning Point" in the Varsity.<br />

Mike Mercy of Yakima, Washington, announces<br />

that he is in the process of fourplexing<br />

the Mercy Twin at Yakima, and expects<br />

it to be ready early this summer. Each<br />

Cinema will have approximately 266 seats<br />

. . . "Manitou" was sneaked at the Cinerama<br />

theatre February (24) with "The Goodbye<br />

Girl."<br />

John Bretz, area manager for Tom Mover's<br />

Luxury theatres, now is also managing<br />

their Crossroads Twin Complex in Bellevue.<br />

Washington.<br />

Four Newcomers Are<br />

Welcomed in Denver<br />

DENVER—"Dersu Uzula" (190). "Buffalo<br />

Rider" (120). "Beyond and Back (150)<br />

and "The Man Who Loved Women" (300)<br />

broke into the local exhibition scene. "Close<br />

Encounters of the Third Kind" was still the<br />

pacesetter with a 480 as "Candleshoe" tied<br />

"The Man" for the runnerup position. "The<br />

One and Only" trailed the latter pair by a<br />

scant ten points as a wide range of figures<br />

was posted by local product.<br />

(Average Is 100)<br />

Century 21—The Turning Point (20th-Fox),<br />

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Centre, Northglenn Tlie Boys in Company C<br />

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Cherrv Creek. Villa Italia The Goodbye Girl<br />

(WB). 10th wk 200<br />

Colorado Four A Special Day (SR) fith wk 9n<br />

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Colorado Four—Equus (UA), 'Olh wk 90<br />

Cooper Close Encounters of the Third Kind<br />

(Col), 11th wk 480<br />

Esquire—Mr. Klein (SD), 4th wk 90<br />

Fhck Cinema—Dersu Uzula (SR) 110<br />

Five theatres—The Betsv (AA), 3rd wk 250<br />

Four theatres Candleshoe (BV), 3rd wk 300<br />

Four theatres Saturday Night Fever (Para),<br />

11th wk 190<br />

Four theatres The One and Only (Para),<br />

4th wk 290<br />

Four theatres The Other Side of the Mountain<br />

Part 2 (Para), 3rd wk 135<br />

Nine theatres Buffalo Rider (SR) 120<br />

Paramount The Bodyguard, Goodbye Bruce<br />

Lee (SR), 2nd wk 150<br />

Seven theatres Beyond and Back<br />

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Tamarac Six—lulia (20th-Fox), 18th wk 200<br />

Three theatres Coma (UA), 3rd wk 175<br />

Three theatres Rabbit Test (Emb), 2nd wk 275<br />

University Hills The World's Greatest Lover<br />

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Valley 3—The Serpent's Egg (Para), 2nd wk 100<br />

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Arrivals at Oscar Show<br />

HOLLYWOOD — Army Archerd. Daily<br />

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arrivals at the Los Angeles Music Center<br />

on Oscar Awards night, Howard W.<br />

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be ready for its reopening date Wednesday<br />

(15.)" In addition to clean-up work after<br />

the winter's closing, Hansaker is restoring<br />

the concessions, reinstalling most of the<br />

equipment which has been in storage and<br />

also is hiring a new staff.<br />

"Star Wars" will "play forever," laughs<br />

Call Ellertson, manager of Plitt's Center<br />

Theatre. "Star Wars" began its 40th week<br />

at the Center February 22. "It's surprising<br />

how many people arc just seeing 'Star Wars'<br />

for the first time," remarks Ellertson. The<br />

George Lucas blockbuster will continue at<br />

the Centre through the Academy Awards<br />

and into June, completing a year's engagement.<br />

"Close Encounters of the Third Kind"<br />

continues to draw extremely large crowds at<br />

Plitt's Regency Theatre. A number of patrons<br />

say they are delighted to get in after<br />

three or four tries. "Close Encounters" is<br />

expected to run into late spring and early<br />

summer.<br />

TUCSON<br />

H six-week workshop program offered by<br />

the Arizona Filmmakers Workshop began<br />

Tuesday (7) at the Tucson Museum of<br />

Art school with a fee of $150 per person<br />

prevailing. Curricula consists of scripting,<br />

shooting, editing and directing under the<br />

aegis of workshop coordinators Mark Headley<br />

and Mark Davis of the American West<br />

Films and local filmmaker Stephanie Allen.<br />

Production of color and black and white,<br />

sound and silent films will be previewed at<br />

the Gallagher theatre on the University of<br />

Arizona campus May 10. The workshop is<br />

co-sponsored by the U. of A. Student Union<br />

Activities Board and TMAS, with funding<br />

in part by the Arizona Commission on the<br />

Arts and Humanities. Guest lecturers in the<br />

series include cinematographers Lee Garmes<br />

("Gone With the Wind" and "Scarface") and<br />

Ernest Laszio ("A Star is Born," "Airport<br />

'75" and "Logan's Run").<br />

The new show at U. of A.'s Grace Flandrau<br />

Planetarium is "Cosmic Mysteries"<br />

narrated by Leonard Nimoy, the actor who<br />

played the part of Mr. Spock on "Star<br />

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a three-hour tribute February 20 on KUAT<br />

showing seven of his outstanding documentaries<br />

including the premiere of his newest,<br />

"Fever." the pre-lenten carnival in Bahia,<br />

Brazil. Atwood is the proud possessor of<br />

scores of awards including eight Golden r<br />

Eagles awarded by CINE (Council on International<br />

Non-Theatrical Events).<br />

Arizona's wettest winter in 1 00 years insulted<br />

in no shutdowns or damage to startops,<br />

at least in Tucson town; Phoenix was<br />

hard hit but there were no negative leports.<br />

However, the deluge of "cactus juice" has<br />

made the current crop of mountain-top cotton<br />

so soggy that plantation owners have<br />

sought relief from the federal government's<br />

Alpine Cotton Development, Stabilization<br />

and Parity Support Bureau.<br />

Winkler Will Receive<br />

Variety Hearl Award<br />

HOLLYWOOD—TV and screen star<br />

Henry Winkler will be given the 1978 Heart<br />

Award by the Variety Club of Southern<br />

California Tent 25 at a 12 noon luncheon<br />

Tuesday (14) in the Beverly Hilton's International<br />

Ballroom, it was announced by<br />

Murray Proppcr, president of the show<br />

business organization devoted to aiding<br />

physically handicapped and underprivileged<br />

children in Southern California.<br />

"The officers and members of Tent 25<br />

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honor Henry Winkler in recognition of his<br />

extensive fund-raising efforts for needy<br />

voimgsters, as well as helping bring joy,<br />

laughter and happiness to millions of people,"<br />

said Propper.<br />

Phyllis and Jay Stewart, luncheon chairmen,<br />

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DENVER<br />

Cherin Wood and Greg Albertini have<br />

packed up and moved the offices of<br />

iheir Film Brokers. The company is now<br />

located in Suite 206. 1642 South Parker<br />

Road. Denver, Zip Code 80231. New telephones<br />

have been installed and the number<br />

is (.30.3) v."; 1-1464.<br />

David llorsley, who operates the Ford<br />

Theatre in .Ation. Wyoming, has taken over<br />

the operation of the Victor\ Ihcatre. Kenimerer.<br />

Wyoming from Wilford Williams . . .<br />

Sympathy is extended to Jim Moss, Gila<br />

Theatre. Silver City. New Mexico, whose<br />

father passed away in<br />

Illinois.<br />

Many .summer releases were screened \h\^<br />

past week. United .Artists screened "Coniini;<br />

Home" and Film Brokers screened "Buckstone<br />

County Prison." Bates Farley screened<br />

Crown's "Coach," American International<br />

viewed "Here Come The Tigers." Paramount<br />

showed "Pretty Baby" and J and B<br />

Film<br />

Distributors screened "Hi Ride.<br />

Larry Zidc, Western divisional manager<br />

for Dimension Pictures, was in town conferring<br />

with Jack Felix and Jack and Bett\<br />

Micheletti of J and B Film Distributors .<br />

The local Paramount exchange has been<br />

mailing out availabilities and letters to announce<br />

their sales drive which started on<br />

February 2.*^ and concludes on July 31. The<br />

local crew hope to secure a lot of playdates<br />

so that they can finish "in the money" in<br />

the contest.<br />

The retjiilar monthly luncheon of the<br />

Rocky Mountain Motion Picture Ass'n was<br />

held at the Continental Broker. Ralph Batschektte<br />

and Frank McLaughlin reported on<br />

the ViWesT meeting and Ron Hccht '"' reviewc^his<br />

plans for the upcoming Denver<br />

Film Festival. Guest speaker was Denver<br />

newscaster John Lindsey who spoke on the<br />

"Impact of Television and the Motion Picture."<br />

Lindsey also related some of his experiences<br />

during in his cameo appearance<br />

in the picture "Close Hncounters of the<br />

Third Kind" while segments were being<br />

filmed in Wyoming.<br />

Jerry<br />

Collins, branch manager for .American<br />

International Pictures, has resigned.<br />

Alan Hohr. who previously handled publicity<br />

for the company, has been upped to the<br />

James R. Pierson.<br />

branch manager post . . .<br />

Rustic Hills Theatre. Colorado Springs, was<br />

in Denver visiting the exchanges. Pierson<br />

has been convalescing from rather serious<br />

injuries suffered in an automobile acciden!<br />

in the Springs.<br />

Herman llallbere has opened the offices<br />

for his new Hallberg Theatre Services Co..<br />

in Suite 401. at I.SS Fillmore Street. Denver<br />

S0206. The new telephone has been installed<br />

and the number is (303) 320-1774.<br />

Joe Camp co-wrote the script and is producing<br />

and directing "The Double McCiiiffin"<br />

for Mulberry Square Productions.<br />

MARII^^ IIASSKn. it would<br />

seem, has this "thing" about beards.<br />

The fait that the hirsute adornnient is<br />

attached to the ph\siounoni> of director<br />

i.arry I'eerce niaj ha\e sorncthiiii; to<br />

do with her fascination, however. I he<br />

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JOUIN CO.SIA, left, wears a welldeserved<br />

grill as he receives a silver<br />

plate and a check for $500 from Rich<br />

Richardson, Sunn Classics' branch manager.<br />

Costa won the bauble and the<br />

booty for his superb promotional campaign<br />

on behalf of Sunn's "The Lincoln<br />

Conspiracy." Costa manages Seattle's<br />

Aurora Theatres.<br />

Tucson Columnist Recalls<br />

Inierview With Tim McCoy<br />

TUCSON— He was admired by film experts<br />

as being the most aiuhentic of all the<br />

early screen cowboy heroes. He sat ramrodstraight<br />

in the saddle wearing a widebrimmed<br />

white Stetson hat. He will be remembered<br />

as a symbol of the "West That<br />

Was." Don Shellie, popular Tucson Citizen<br />

columnist, provides some intimate glimpses<br />

of this mean, the late. Colonel Tim McCoy,<br />

in a recent reminiscence of an interview<br />

with McCoy at his antique-filled home in<br />

Nogales, Arizona in April. 1974.<br />

"Back in those days," proudly recalled<br />

the tall, lean, steely eyed McCoy, "when<br />

one of our pictures was playing at a theatre,<br />

you never saw a sign outside that said<br />

'For Adults Only.' There was no profanity,<br />

of course. We were the hero-symbols. Profanity<br />

wouldn't go. Not even a 'hell' or a<br />

'damn.' And kissing? We never kissed our<br />

leading women. The kids didn't want that.<br />

They said it was sissy. In fact, I was the<br />

first to get away from kissing the leading<br />

lady."<br />

According to McCoy, kissing wasn't<br />

necessary. "It seemed ridiculous for me to<br />

step over the bodies ("dead villians" strewn<br />

around the floor after a fight scene) to get<br />

to the little woman and embrace her." Mc-<br />

Coy explained that a suggestion only was<br />

needed, a meaningful glancL- that all would<br />

be well.<br />

McCoy was outspoken in his disdain of<br />

present-day westerns. "I don't think they're<br />

worth a hoot. If you're going to make a<br />

western, it should he a western. They<br />

shouldn't try to make it anything else. The<br />

minute moviemakers lost sight of making a<br />

western solely for entertainment, not a<br />

preachment, a psychological case study, it<br />

was the end of the western."<br />

McCoy mused: "I've had my day in pictiues<br />

. . . nothing could be more gratifying<br />

than to have seen the last of the Old West<br />

as I did."<br />

'Hollywood in Desert' Is<br />

Flourishing as 78 Begins<br />

TUCSON— In China, its the year of the<br />

horse. In Tucson it looks great for the year<br />

'78. Th;re are a total of nine independent<br />

film production companies; Old Tucson<br />

major motion picture and TV center; a<br />

fully equipped costume shop including theatrical<br />

makeup; a 16mm animation company;<br />

two complete-service motion picture<br />

equipment and supply companies for major<br />

film production; a motion picture distributor<br />

and exchange; a laboratory; two film libraries;<br />

several casting and service companies<br />

and a widening pool of Tucson acting<br />

talent. Truly. "Hollywood in the Desert."<br />

Recent annoimcements call for two new<br />

theatres in the city, including a four-screen<br />

for the projected $6,000,000 expansion of<br />

El Con regional shopping center on the mideastside.<br />

With a new restaurant (near the<br />

theatre), and 12 to 14 new retail stores in<br />

the proposed, new, enclosed air-conditioned<br />

west mall, the total project will amoimt to<br />

$12,000,000 bringing El Con to the status<br />

of being the major regional shopping center<br />

in Southern Arizona with 1.500,000 square<br />

feet in area.<br />

August Opening is<br />

Goal<br />

The project is targeted to coincide with<br />

the August opening of the new Goldwater's<br />

department store opening into the new mall<br />

which, according to John Damron, Mortgomery<br />

Ward manager and president of El<br />

Con Merchants Ass'n "will be done in a<br />

Southwest flavor with a lot of Spanish tile."<br />

The other new theatre is planned for inclusion<br />

in a new regional shopping center,<br />

the city's third largest, on the southeast side.<br />

The burgeoning film industry in Tucson<br />

has caught the attention of KGUN-TV,<br />

Channel 9, which is featuring "the roll call<br />

of stars at Old Tucson" in a series on the<br />

station's "News on 9" newcasts.<br />

Director Suzanne Joe, entering into the<br />

enthused spirit of it all, declared "1978<br />

could be the greatest in the history of Tucson<br />

movie production," in the initial news<br />

t.'lecast February 27 in the "Report on<br />

Filmmaking in Tucson" segment of the<br />

newscast. Sue stated that $5,000,000 v\as<br />

spent on moviemaking in the Tucson area<br />

during 1977 and that $10,000,000 is the projected<br />

figure for 1978. From an original<br />

seven employees at the time Bob Shelton<br />

rescued the crumbling "Arizona" set (Old<br />

Tucson) from suncrushed oblivion, the<br />

movie and family fim center now has over<br />

100 employees. Carried away with the bigness<br />

of it all, Sue compared "the longest<br />

western set in the world," at Old Tucson,<br />

with the Grand Canyon itself, as the second<br />

greatest tourist attraction in the state.<br />

Certainly not to be excluded is the pacekeeping<br />

production of TV series and commercials<br />

practically constant at Old Tucson<br />

also figuring in the millions of dollars. Currently,<br />

"Go West Young Girl" is videotaping<br />

at Old Tucson by Columbia Picliires,<br />

starring Karen Valentine. There are two<br />

TV production and distributing companies<br />

in Tucson.<br />

Goodman, Gillum Combine<br />

Art Talents in Agency<br />

LOS ANGELE.S— Paul Goodman and Ed<br />

Gillum. formerly on the CMA staff, have<br />

opened their own full-service art and advertising<br />

agency at 5 1 1 North La Cienega<br />

Blvd. in Los Angeles. Under the banner of<br />

Studio G. Inc.. they and their staff are continuing<br />

to do action picture and commercial<br />

advertising campaigns, both nationally and<br />

on the local level, which Gillum originally<br />

initiated some ten years ago.<br />

Goodman, who began his art career at<br />

ABC-TV, has been associated with Gillum<br />

the past eight years. During that period,<br />

they designed and executed campaigns for<br />

such studios as 20th Century-Fox, Universal,<br />

Walt Disney Productions, American<br />

International Pictures, Warner Bros., numerous<br />

independent producers and major record<br />

companies.<br />

Previous to entering the motion picture<br />

advertising field, Gillum did graphics for<br />

such commerical accounts as Standard Oil,<br />

Pabst Beer, Caterpillar. Allis Chalmers,<br />

Eastern Airlines, Nehi and Olympia Beer.<br />

In addition to the full graphics department.<br />

Studio G also offers complete photographic<br />

facilities.<br />

Two Films Begin Lensing<br />

In Colorado This Month<br />

DENVER—March will see the start of<br />

the filming of two motion pictures in Colorado.<br />

The state has the weather, scenery<br />

and other conditions that make filming in<br />

the state a pleasurable experience.<br />

Filming began on Saturday (4) on "Butch<br />

and the Sundance Kid." In the starring roles<br />

are Tom Berenger and William Katt. Recent<br />

films for these two were "Looking for<br />

Mr. Goodbar," in which Beringer appeared,<br />

while Katt was in "First Love." This f''*''' is<br />

a 20th Century-Fox production and i oeing<br />

shot in the country aroimd Telluride. Colo.<br />

"Avalanche," starring Rock Hudson and<br />

Mia Farrow, will be shot in the Purgatory<br />

ski area near Durango, Colo. Production is<br />

scheduled to start Wednesday (22) with<br />

Corey Allen directing. This is a new World<br />

Productions film.<br />

The JF Images talent agency handles<br />

most of the Colorado talent signed for both<br />

productions. It is expected Colorado is furnishing<br />

at least 'iO actors and actresses who<br />

will have lines in the film. .According to<br />

Jo Farrell, owner of JF Images, this is the<br />

largest nimnber of local actors tapped for<br />

speaking parts in a film in Colorado's history.<br />

Neil Simon was Honored<br />

In Long Beach March 12<br />

l.OS ANCiELES — Neil Simon was<br />

honored for "his vast contributions to the<br />

entertainment world" by the Long Beach<br />

Convention Center at an invitational gala<br />

Sunday (12).<br />

Thj event was the grand opening of the<br />

$51,500,000 arts and culture center, which<br />

includes the .\l4l-seat Terrace Theatre and<br />

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Marquee changes: Omni. South OeKalb.<br />

Greenbriar. Suburban Plaza. Town &<br />

Country. Old Dixie. Mableton. Roswell,<br />

Jonesboro Twin and Weis, Doraville, (special<br />

limited engagement). "Beyond and<br />

Back"; .\kers Mill. Cobb Center, Greenbriar,<br />

Perimeter Mall and Tower Place,<br />

"The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2";<br />

North Springs and Toco Hill (all seats 99<br />

cents). "Looking for Mr. Goodbar"; Georgia<br />

Twin, "A Special Day"; Cobb Center. Lenox<br />

Square. North DeKalb. Parkaire, South De-<br />

Kalb. Westgate, "The Boys in Company<br />

C"; Cobb Ci"nema. "Equus"; Belmont, Westgate<br />

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Anxiety": Westgate. N.E. Expressway. South<br />

Expressway. Lithia. Roosevelt. North Starlight.<br />

"Gone in 60 Seconds" and "Herowork."<br />

The fourth annual Georgia Area Emmy<br />

Awards dinner and telecast has been scheduled<br />

for June 17 in the Grand Ballroom of<br />

Charles Lipton. piesidcnt of the local<br />

the Omni International Hotel. The announcement<br />

of the schedule was made by<br />

chapter<br />

of the National Academy of Television<br />

Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Danny<br />

Royal, general Emmy Awards chairman for<br />

the chapter. The event will be telecast live<br />

by WTCG-TV, the Turner Communications<br />

outlet here. Royal said entry forms and eligibility<br />

rules and procedures have been mailed<br />

out to members of the chapter, Georgia TV<br />

stations, advertising agencies, independent<br />

producers and production centers around the<br />

sate. He said the entry deadline is Wednesday<br />

(15).<br />

Twentieth Centrry-Fox Film Corp. announced<br />

that it has acquired Coca-Cola<br />

Bottling Midwest for $27,500,000. Dennis<br />

C. Stari^fill, chairman of the board and chief<br />

executive officer of 20th-Fox, said the acquisition<br />

followed approval of Midwest's<br />

stockholders at a special meeting in St. Paul,<br />

Minn. Under terms of the acquisition 20th-<br />

Fox will pay $26 for each outstanding share<br />

of Midwest common stock. Based on the<br />

firm's 1,060.000 outstanding shares, the acquisition<br />

will cost the film company $27,-<br />

600,000. Slanfill said present Midwest management<br />

will continue to operate the company<br />

. . . David W. Hamilton has been<br />

named vice-president and regional manager<br />

in this city for Warner Cable TV's Southern<br />

region. The company has 40 CATV systems<br />

in nine states in this region.<br />

Cox Cable Communications locally based<br />

major operator of cable TV systems, announced<br />

that it has connected its 500,000th<br />

subscriber. Cox Cable, operator of 41 cable<br />

systems in 17 states, identified the Larry<br />

Campbell family of Roanoke. Va., as the<br />

half-millionth customer and presented them<br />

with a color TV in honor of the occasion.<br />

Cox Cable is a wholly owned subsidiary of<br />

Cox Broadcasting Corp., also based here.<br />

l>ou Ouderkirk, 20th-Fox director of<br />

promotion and advertising, gathered a group<br />

of regional members of the press and TV<br />

for a'three-day seminar involving "An Unmarried<br />

Woman." starring Jill Clayburgh<br />

and Alan Bates.<br />

Alan Sniirin, a partner in the Moonshadow<br />

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Club Tent 21 and soon found out he was<br />

getting on a merry-go-round, starting with<br />

Irvin Schiff, author of a book titled. "The<br />

Biggest Con," with a seminar at Duffey's<br />

Royal Coach on "How to Dodge the IRS.'<br />

Following that he produced a show in the<br />

McDonough Peanut Palace (a former film<br />

theatre) with proceeds going to the Georgia<br />

Epileptic Foundation. He is scheduled to<br />

produce a charity benefit for B'nai B'rith.<br />

featuring the Dixie Dregs, in this city's<br />

Jewish Community Center. He recently returned<br />

from a promotional trip for American<br />

International Pictures' "Mean Dog<br />

Blues." covering North and South Carolina<br />

AlP's Southeastern flack.<br />

for Dave Tribble.<br />

Tradepress screenings at the Century<br />

Cinema Corp.'s facilities included "Seniors"<br />

and "Operation Thunderbolt." distributed by<br />

Chappell Film Releasing; "Heroes" and<br />

"Jokes My Family Never Told to Me." New<br />

World Pictures of Atlanta; "The Medusa<br />

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Al Rook and his<br />

wife Betty were visitors<br />

in this city and invited a small group of<br />

their Filmrow friends to have lunch with<br />

them at the Garden Terrace. Al distributed<br />

a flyer with a picture titled "The Black<br />

Pearl" which has done better than good in<br />

this territory, according to Al.<br />

WOMPl Notes—A Saturday meeting at<br />

the home of WOMPI Martha Johns, on<br />

Powers Ferry Road, was a Sara Coventry<br />

party and members were busy selling advance<br />

orders on this jewelry. The "Buck of<br />

the Month" drawing was held and Iris Smith<br />

of Universal Pictures won the top prize of<br />

$50. Don O'Brien and Tom Gattish each<br />

won $25 prizes . . . Nell Castleberry. United<br />

Artists, and Marie Freeman and Susan<br />

Franks of Jack Rigg's represented WOMPI<br />

at the Cinema Club screening of "High<br />

Anxiety" at the Tower Place 6 . . .<br />

WOMPIs<br />

Margie Roberson. Harriett Woodall. Judy<br />

Stevens. Sandy Easley. Cindy Byerly and<br />

Lynda Norris manned the telephones for<br />

the Cerebral Palsy telethon.<br />

Don Shafer has joined Warren Teal's Sunn<br />

Don formerly worked<br />

Classic Pictures' staff.<br />

for Sunn and resigned to take a position<br />

with Film Ventures International as its<br />

promotion and advertising director. He resigned<br />

from that job to join Pacific International<br />

and now has returned to Sunn. He<br />

married his sweetheart February 4 in a Unitarian<br />

Church and honeymooned in Tennessee.<br />

Gordon Craddock Is<br />

TIPS' New Vice-Pres.<br />

ATLANTA — The International<br />

Picture<br />

Show (TIPS) announced the appointment of<br />

its national sales manager for the East,<br />

Gordon Craddock, to the post of vice-president.<br />

Don Hall, chairman of the board,<br />

made the announcement. February 24. the<br />

same day the company announced the establishment<br />

of a West Coast sales office in Los<br />

Angeles.<br />

Craddock. a 30-year industry veteran,<br />

earned warm praise from Hall. The new<br />

vice-president has worked for such giant<br />

corporations as Universal. Samuel Goldwyn<br />

Productions, Eagle Lion Films and Rank<br />

Distributors of America. In addition, he<br />

headed his own company for a dozen years.<br />

Hall pointed to the success of their first<br />

release, "The Million Dollar Hobo," with<br />

Tim Conway and Will Geer, as a major<br />

factor in the move westward. Thus far in its<br />

brief run "Hobo" has made $600,000 at<br />

125 theatres. He viewed it as evidence that<br />

the public wants family entertainment and<br />

that bodes well for "They Went That Way<br />

and That Way," their next production which<br />

gets into gear this month in Atlanta.<br />

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who is filming in or around this<br />

city need only turn to the Golden Pages<br />

directory published by Doug Kauffman at<br />

15221 NE 21st Avenue. Starting with 20<br />

pagjj, it has grown to 286 pages with 3.000<br />

listings . . . Red Buttons, Academy .Award<br />

winner, was honored at a Footlighter gala<br />

Friday (3). On the dais were Norm Crosby<br />

and Pat Henry along with Eddie Schaffcr.<br />

the MC for the Konover Hotel affair. The<br />

organization stages its annual "Parade of<br />

Stars" Monday (13) at the Miami Theatre<br />

of the Performing Arts as a benefit for indigent<br />

performers and musicians. The<br />

"Dean" of Footlighters. Buddy Walker, is<br />

still ill and confined to his home at 982<br />

SW 9th Street. We are sure he would appreciate<br />

hearing from his friends.<br />

Singer John Davidson teamed with comic<br />

Norm Crosby, at the Diplomat, in an enitagement<br />

that ended Saturday (11) . . .<br />

Ring Lardner jr., is said to be working on<br />

a new book about the International Brigade<br />

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another Broadway role . . .<br />

Inverrary Golf classic earned $50,000 which<br />

is earmarked for the South Florida Boys<br />

Clubs and Scouting . Tony Orlando was<br />

honored for his work with retarded citizens<br />

in Dade County. The Dade County Ass'n<br />

serves retarded youngsters at Preschool<br />

South in the First Christian Church. Homestead.<br />

Orlando is honoran.' chairman of the<br />

National Ass'n of Retarded Citizens. During<br />

his recent appearance at the Sunrise<br />

Musical Theatre, he donated 40 pairs of<br />

tickets to the children.<br />

The first 500 fans at Hialeah wearing<br />

pink on Thursday (2) and Friday (3). and<br />

the first 1,000 who wore pink on Saturday<br />

(4) were given free ducats by MGM in an<br />

effort to assist director Franco Zeffirclli<br />

who needed the background for his filming<br />

of racing scenes for the picture "The<br />

Champ" . of the Louis Badamis<br />

filled the Gigi Room of Fontainebleau Hotel<br />

for the annual King and Queen of Hearts<br />

luncheon sponsored by the Variety Children's<br />

Hospital Women's Committee. The<br />

coronation ceremony was performed by<br />

Colonel Robert Pentland who crowned and<br />

robed the Badamis. They were honored for<br />

their support of the foundation. Mrs. Robert<br />

Wattles gave the invocation in Italian,<br />

in honor of the Badami's birthplace. Mrs.<br />

Edward Melniker presented the couple with<br />

a gold king and queen trophy, Dario Cassini.<br />

San Carlo Opera, sang an Italian aria.<br />

Jordan Davidson recited a poem and then<br />

made a generous donation. Timothy Smith<br />

presented them with ceramics created by<br />

Mrs. George Swisher and Mrs. Arthur Huttoe<br />

and Darlene Searl played key roles in<br />

the program.<br />

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" which<br />

plays before an audience that almost participates<br />

in each scene, is now the longest<br />

rinning show in town, logging 36-sellout<br />

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"WHERE'S WILLIE" a big success! Our eyes are open to the<br />

wonderful cooperation you have given our warm family "G" rated<br />

movie which was made in Texas. Above all, we wish to say<br />

"THANK YOU" independent exhibitors for advances you each paid<br />

prior to the playdate and the promptness of forwarding your boxoffice<br />

reports and overages. This makes the producer and the investors<br />

happy knowing they have a future with "WHERE'S<br />

WILLIE" as we move into the other southern stales. To date.<br />

"WILLIE" has played in 249 theatres in the Texas area to a total<br />

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CHARLOTTE<br />

T ynn Younce, a newcomer to Filmrow, is<br />

the receptionist at Tar Heel Films.<br />

Good luck to ya' Lynn . . . Bill Glaser, Tar<br />

Heel Films, has two saturations in March,<br />

namely -Riiby" Friday (3) and "The Redesmcr"<br />

slated for Friday (17) using 60<br />

prints and TV and radio promotion.<br />

Stewart & Everett Theatre notes — Welcome<br />

to the world. Little Avis Honeycutt<br />

was born Febniary 17. The bundle of joy<br />

weighed in at 7 lb., 6 oz. Mama and Papa<br />

are doing fine. He was supposed to be a<br />

girl. Mother is the advertising department<br />

secretary to Eddie Marks, advertising and<br />

promotion executive, and. of course, is on<br />

leave of absence to learn all about being a<br />

mother. In her stead Dianne Lambert, wife<br />

of Tommie of Lambert Films, is handling<br />

the job nicely.<br />

Jack Wadsworth, retired from Warner<br />

Bros, years ago and then became an exhibitor<br />

running and manager of Belvedere<br />

Theatre until it closed.<br />

Renewing acquaintances around Filmrow:<br />

Bob and Tena McClure and Jimmy Murphy<br />

of Variety Films returned from Hollywood<br />

where they stayed at Century Plaza and attended<br />

Crown Pictures meeting, calling on<br />

distributors and looking at screenings of<br />

their new product. While there. Bob and<br />

Tena visited their son "Boobie" who works<br />

at Universal Stud'os. They dined with two<br />

former Charlotteans, Bob Saxon, Flora Releasing<br />

Corp., an exhibitor at Hampton,<br />

S.C, and on board of directors of the North<br />

and South Carolina Theatre Ass'n, also<br />

Dave Freeman, Entertainment Ventures,<br />

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Screenings at Car-mel: "Coming Home,"<br />

United Artists; "Coach," Variety Pictures;<br />

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"Emanuelle in Bangkok." Lambert Films.<br />

Top grossers of the week: "The Manitou."<br />

Eastland Mall; "Saturday Night<br />

Fever," Eastland Mall; "The Boys in Company<br />

C," Charlottetown Mall IIL "The<br />

Goodbye Girl," Southpark 1; "High Anxiety,"<br />

Manor; "Close Encoimters of the<br />

Third Kind," Park Terrace 1.<br />

New films on the screen: "The Manitou,"<br />

Eastland Mall 1: "The Late Great Planet<br />

Earth," Regency IL<br />

Several exhibitors and distributors will be<br />

. . .<br />

attending Show-A-Rama 21 at Kansas City<br />

Monday-Thursday (13-16); Frank Jones,<br />

Southern Booking; Foster McKissick and<br />

Fred Curdts, Fairlane/ Litchfield Theatres,<br />

Easlcy. S.C; Larry Phillips, Charlotte Theatre<br />

Supply and Art Farmer, Lenoir, N.C;<br />

Ken Mitchell, Howell Theatres, Southfield,<br />

N.C; Roy McElveen, Exhibitor's Service<br />

Alien A. Lecke, Southern Booking<br />

Service Company, announced they will do<br />

the booking for the Southgate Theatre in<br />

Thomasville, N.C. The theatre has been<br />

completely renovated with a seating capacity<br />

of 488 seats. It will be reopened Friday (17)<br />

with an appropriate St. Patrick's Day event.<br />

The new owner is J. P. Davis and it is located<br />

in the Southgate Shopping Center.<br />

Lucille Nantz is now working in the inspection<br />

department of Universal Pictures<br />

and her husband Bob, formerly of the nowclosed<br />

Albermarle Drive-In, is working for<br />

Bob Schrader. Piedmont Theatres, as Plaza<br />

Bob McClure and<br />

Pussycat manager . . .<br />

Jimmie Murphy. Variety Films, screened<br />

the new Crown production, "The Coach,"<br />

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NEW ORLEANS — Grosses were good<br />

again this week. "The Turning Point," with<br />

1 1 Oscar nominations, held the lead in its<br />

tenth week at the Lakeside Theatre. "The<br />

One and Only," in its second week, took<br />

second place with 500 and "Saturday Night<br />

Fever," in its 11th week, still a big drawing<br />

card with a high 475.<br />

(Average Is 100)<br />

Ldkeside 2,3—Candleslioe (BV), 3rd wk 400<br />

Lakeside 4 The Turning Point (20th-Fox),<br />

lOlh wk _ BOO<br />

Lcfkeside 1— The Other Side oi the Mountain<br />

Part 2 (Umv), 3rd wk ...SCO<br />

Loews State Kung Fu Exorist (SR) 200<br />

Orpheum Short Eyes (SR), 3rd wk _...450<br />

Plaza The One and Only (Para), 2nd wk. 500<br />

Plaza Smokey and the Bandit (Univ) 400<br />

Robert E. Lee A Special Day (SR) 300<br />

3 theatres—Saturday Night Fever (Partf),<br />

11th wk 475<br />

Four New Film<br />

Offerings Appear<br />

On Memphis Exhibition Horizon<br />

MEMPHIS—"The Betsy" (290), "Candleshoe"<br />

(200) and "Coma" (220), broke<br />

into a line-up of first run holdovers that<br />

was led by "The Turning Point" (520). In<br />

contrast to the wide margin enjoyed by the<br />

front-runner, second place was "up for<br />

grabs" with "High An.xiety" (320), "Which<br />

Way Is Up?" (300) and "The Betsy" locked<br />

in a virtual dead heat. From that point on<br />

product is pretty well spread out clear down<br />

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to a pair of near misses. "The World's Greatest<br />

Lover" (90) and "The Gauntlet" (90).<br />

Malco Quartet 3 The Turning Point<br />

(20th-Fox), 4th wk 520<br />

Malco Quartet 4 The World's Greatest Lover<br />

(20th-Fox). 8th wk 90<br />

Memphian, Ridgeway Four 4 The One and Only<br />

(Parcr). 2nd wk 240<br />

Muhammed All—Which Way Is Up? (Univ).<br />

8th wk _ SCO<br />

Paramount 1 Saturday Night Fever (Para),<br />

9th wk 16'^<br />

Plaza 2, Raleigh Springs 1 The Betsy (AA) 290<br />

Ridgeway Four 3 Across the Great Divide<br />

(PIE), 4th wk<br />

120<br />

Southbrook 2 Candleshoe (BV)<br />

200<br />

Southbrook 3 The Gauntlet (WB), 8th wk. . 90<br />

Three theatres—Semi-Tough (UA), 4th wk. . 160<br />

Three theatres High Anxiety (20th-Fox),<br />

2nd wk<br />

320<br />

Three theatres Coma (UA)<br />

220<br />

Film Depicting Christ as<br />

Gay Draws Maine Protests<br />

AUGUSTA—The Maine house has reversed<br />

itself and joined the state senate in<br />