Boxoffice-September.04.1978

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grian Pinette's feature film "Fotgoiton
Lad>, " which was filmed in Houston
and stars Coieen Gray, will have its premiere
showing sometime this month. Costars
in the film with Ms. Gray include
local actors Filomcna. Dallas Hill. Beverly
Sutton. Charlie de Ainza. Ted Luedemann
and Lillette Rene. Ms. Gray also will star
in "Mother" which will be filmed by Pinctte
and which will co-star silent screen actress
Patsy Ruth Miller . . . KHOU-TV is lining
up Its movies for the new season. They will
include "Marathon Man." "Network,"
"Rocky." "Three Days of the Condor,"
"Black Sunday." "Bound for Glory." "Carrie."
"Gone With the Wind." "the Last
Tycoon." "Demon Seed" and "Buffalo Bill
and the Indians."
Tom Overston, Houston Post reporter,
interviewed Chuck Norris. retired undefeated
six-time world karate champion, who
is featured in the film "Good Guys Wear
Black." Next month Norris is planning on
starting work on a movie called "A Force
of One" . . . Leslie Bovee is being seen in
"Sex World" at the Village and in "Eruption"
at the Art Cinema while John C.
Holmes is being seen in "Son of Fulfillment"
at the village. "The China Cat" at
Cinema West. "Eruption" at the Art Cinema
and "All Night Long" at the Star Adult
Cinema.
Openings of new films and films returning
for additional playing time included
"The Last Laugh" (formerly "Outlaw
Blues"), with Peter Fonda and Susan Saint
James; "Piranha" which was partially filmed
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in San Marcos. Tex.; "All the King's Men":
"Good Guys Wear Black"; the double-bill
of "Fantastic Planet" and "Fantastic Animation
Festival"; "Face to Face." together
on the same bill with "Serpents Egg"; "Mr.
Klein." together on the same bill with "The
Servant"; "Cria!". booked with "Spirit of
the Beehive"; "Capricorn One." and "In
the Realm of the Senses."
Films featured at the Rice Media Center
included "The General," "My Night at
Maud's," "Claire's Knee," "Sex Madness,"
"Mystery of the Leaping Fish" and "Cocaine
Fields" . . . Chcech and Chong appeared
in concert at Cullen Auditorium
while their film "Up In Smoke" was on the
screen of the Clear Lake 2, Loew's Saks 2,
Mcyerland 2. Northline 2 and Town &
Country 6.
Judge Sends CATV Issue
Back to State Authority
H.AR 11 ()Rb- Superior Court Judge
Donald 1. Dorsey has sent a four-year-old
controversy concerning a cable TV firm's
rates back to the State Public Utilities Control
Authority for a ruling.
Judge Dorsey said that the state agency
should have given New London-based Eastern
Connecticut Cable Television, Inc..
which services some 10.000 customers, advance
notice of the PUCA's adverse rate
ruling for ECCT in March 1975. At the
same time,
the judge did not specify whether
ECCT is entitled to a new hearing on
rates.
Reginald Rose wrote the screenplay for
"Somebody Killed Her Husband."
JOHN TRAVOLTA
GLOSS%VoCK. FAN PHOTO
THEATRICAL ADV. CO.
Film Execs and Exhibitors
To Golf Tourney in Dallas
D.ALL.'X.S— .Many of the lop executives
from Paramount Pictures. Warner Bros.,
Universal, United Artists. 20th Centun,-
Fox and .American International Pictures
will be among those converging on Dallas.
Thursday (21)-Friday (22) for the annual
Variety Club of Texas golf tournament at
the Dallas Athletic Club.
The two-day extravaganza will meld the
top brass from the major film studios and
the top theatre circuit owners in the Texas
and Oklahoma area to compete in the tourney.
This is the first year the tournament
has been played at the Dallas Athletic Club
course.
More than 130 golfers will participate
in the tournament. Proceeds will be donated
to the Variety Club's Sunshine Coach program,
Dallas Rehabilitation Institute and
Ft. Worth Children's Hospital.
The Variety Club of Texas, an organization
whose members represent all facets of
the film industry in the state and nation,
has a membership of .^8.S volunteers who
conduct fund-raising activities to provide
monies to much needed programs for children,
focusing on complete physical rehabilitation
and transportation for the mobilely
impaired.
Tower Theatre Is Recalled
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wood fronting the entrance) like a surre\
and put the fringe on top. .\nd we had what
was like Houston's first X-rated film— it'd
probably be a PG now— with Brigitie Bardot.
"It was still a money-maker right up to
Ihe closing," Vallone continued, "provided
the feature was not available all over town.
Midway' did well. .So did Saturday Night
Fever.' And "Jaws 2." But negotiating a
deal to gel popular films limited to just a
lew houses has become increasingly difficult."
Over the years. Interstate has been
divesting itself of the older houses, like the
Ri\er Oaks and the Village, to concentrate
on nnilii-screcn houses in the sprawling
1 he d,i\s of ihc big. old theatres are
over. I'm afraid." Vallone concluded.
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