Boxoffice-September.04.1978

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HARTFORD
Brea camera shop!> tied-up with United
Artists Ihealres" Westfarms Movies 3
lor Columbia's "Eyes of Laura Mars." prizes
including an expensive Nikon camera. Westfarms,
incidentally, is charging $1.50 (advertised
as "early bird matinee price") for
shows starting before 1 p.m. on a daily
basis, while its sister picx. Theatres East 3.
in the Manchester Shopping Parkade. is
charging SI. 50 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday afternoons.
Sylvia Slieber, .Avon Twin, brought back
United Artists" "Annie Hall." advertising:
"Last chance! "Annie Hall' being withdrawn
from all theatres!" Sylvia, who is current
president of the Connecticut Ass'n of Theatre
Owners, slotted 20th-Fo.\"s ""Damien
Omen 11" for the same week. And enterprising
gal that she is—well aware of what
splendid weekend weather can do for cinema
attendance in summertime—Sylvia inserted
this line in ad-: Matinees Sat-Sun
(Bad Weather Only).""
The Garde, New London, which has been
on a live entertainment policy in recent
months, started the projection booth again,
with scheduling of Paramount's "Saturday
Night Fever." Admission. Monday through
Thursday, was 99 cents for all scats at all
Sampson-Spodick-Ro.sen Norwich Cineiiias
2 and Groton Cinemas 2, with thj
eastern Connecticut premiere of Paramount's
"Grease,"' have been running 10:30
p.m. shows Fridays and Saturdays— rather
late time for feature programing in this region.
Business has been excellent in both
cities.
The Groton Drive-In, Groton. has come
up with a distinctive new ad logo. It has
the undcrskyer's idcniity imprinieil on a
sketch of a projection niaciiiiic.
Patrick Farrell, reviewing Warner Bros."
•Hooper"' in the Advocate, said, in part:
•However much "Hooper' is basically a
crash-bang demolition film like all the
others of its kind, it's never dehumanizing
like the rest. Its questions about the ethics
of stunting and moviemaking are naive, and
its answers half-baked, but even that"s pleasant
in a way that has everything to do with
Reynolds' split personality—something serious
and naive underneath the jaded wisecracking."
ear-old
controversy concerning a cable TV firm's
rat.-s back to the State Public Utilities Control
Authority for a ruling.
Judge Dorsey said that the state agcncv
should have given New London-based Eastern
Connecticut Cable Television. Inc.,
which services some 10,000 customers, advanc;
notice of the PUC.A's adverse rale
ruling lor ECCT in March 1975. At the
same lime, the judge did noi specif) whether
HCCr is entitled to a new he.iring on
rates.
Vintage Cinema Tickets
Come in Handy at Sale
SPRINtil 111 D. MA.SS.— One never
knows when vintage cinema tickets will
come in handy. R,iy Stone Ponliac-Buick.
for its 197K nuulel year-end sale, i>flered
to take "any old thing"' in trade, suggestions
including "ticket stubs Irom I i>ew's Poti."
1 iH'Ws Ihealres' Springlield onilei w.is
shui down many vears ago.
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