Boxoffice-September.04.1978

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Columbia Promotes
Sales Executives
NEW YORK — A scries of important
promotions from within the sales department
ranks was revealed by Ray McCaffert>.
vice-president and general sales manager of
Colombia Pictures.
Wa\ne Case, branch manager of Columbia's
San Francisco office, has been
named general manager of Columbia Pictures
of Canada, succeeding Irving Ivers,
who has returned to the studio as vicepresident
of publicity and promotion.
J. Edward "Ted" Shugrue jr. has been
elevated from Denver-Salt Lake City, where
he was branch manager, to succeed Case,
with Kenneth Newbert, Minneapolis branch
manager, succeeding Shugrue.
Jack Ignatowicz, a Columbia Minneapolis
salesman, has been promoted to
branch manager of that city.
McCafferty also disclosed that Harold
Saltz has been promoted to executive manager
in Minneapolis.
Michael Rudnitsky, a salesman in the
Philadelphia branch, has been upped to
branch manager in Milwaukee.
Completing the lineup is the addition to
the company of Harvey Applcbaum, who
will be administrative assistant to McCafferty.
Case joined Columbia as a trainee in
Mary Steenburgen Is Set
For Role in WB's 'Time'
ULRHANK— .Mary Steenburgen will coslur
m Warner Bros.' "lime After Time,"
the Herb Jaffe production which is scheduled
to begin filming Monday (18) on location
in San Francisco with Nicholas Meyer
directing from his own screenplay.
Ms. Steenburgen, who made her motion
picture debut opposite Jack Nicholson in
his production of "Coin' .South," will play
the feminine lead and joins Malcolm Mc-
Dowell and David Warner in the romantic
thriller-comedy in which H. G. Wells
chases J;u.k the Ripper from the past into
the
present.
Free Blackhawk
Films Catalog
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'Ins J price intfo-
Juclory oilers on
Laurel & Hardy
W C Fields.
and more.
Ol SupiM «
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with the Moliiin Picture .Vss'n of
.Aiiiuricu, has been named tiec-prvsldeiit
of the assucialiun, it was announced
b> Jack \ alenti, MHA.V president.
.Atlawaj's duties hIII
include responsibility
f«»r all MP.\.\ matters pertainin);
to the Federal Coniinunicatiuns
Commission, includin}; lho.se involvin);
TV, CATV, pay-cable and related
eonimunications concerns.
Valenti slated: "Fritz Attaway is a
lawyer of considerable abilities who
has a wealth of knowledge and experience
in telecommunications. His
achievements with the MP.V.V have
been of a consistent high order."
.Vtlaway joined the MPAA in January
1976 after serving with the Federal
Communications Commission's Cable
Bureau. He received his law degree
from the University of Chicago in
1972.
Col. Names Fields Ad-Pub
Creative Services Head
BURBANK.^R;indolph S. Fields has
been named to the position of director of
1966. Prior to moving to San Francisco,
creative services for Columbia's advertising
he served as manager of Columbia's Seattleand
publicity department, it was announced
Portland branch. Shugrue joined the company
in 1972 as a salesman in the Boston
by Robert W. Cort. vice-president and general
manager of advertising and promotion.
branch. Newbert and Saltz have been with
In his new capacity. Fields will supervise
Columbia since 1975, while Ignatowicz
and direct the creation and production of
joined Columbia in 1970.
advertising material on all the company's
releases. In this function he will work with
Jack Brodsky and Irving Ivers.
Fields started his career in the film industry
with Avco Embassy 1 1 years ago.
He was a.ssistant exploitation manager,
eventually becoming executive coordinator
of advertising and publicity. For the past
two years, he has been advertising manager
for Columbia Pictures.
'Corvette Summer' Grosses
Zoom in Canadian Cinemas
Nl W ^()KK-MCi.\l\ ( orsciic Summer"
has set a fast pace in Canada, where
it has registered an outstanding gross of
$38.^,061 in 14 theatres in six major
territories for periods ranging from three
days to five weeks.
The biggest business was reported for
ihe Toronto area, where the United Artists
release racked up $116,042 at five hardlops
(12 days) and three ozoners (five
A total of $188,724 was grossed in other
major engagements, including: Calgarv,
Market Mall 5 and 6, 21 and .11 days
respectively; Fdmonton. Paramount. 17 days
and Ciolden West Drive-In. 17 days; Hamillt>n.
Ont., Tivoli, 17 days; London, Out.,
( apiiol 2. 17 days; Ottawa. Place de Ville 2,
17 d;iys, and Vancouver, Capital 6 (Cinema
2). three days, and Delia Driveln. three
days.
Purvis to Head Sales
For MCA Videodiscs
LNiVhRSAl. Cli^— Archie C. Purvis,
director of industrial marketing for MCA
DiscoVision, also will head the company's
national sales force for consumer videodiscs,
it has been announced by John W. Findlater,
president of MCA DiscoVision. Inc.
As director of national sales for consumer
videodiscs. Purvis will develop and manage
the field sales organization currently being
established to market the product. His new
duties are in addition to his responsibilities
for worldwide marketing of industrial
applications
of DiscoVision's optical videodisc
system.
In announcing the appointment. Windlaier
said, "Purvis' additional function is of special
importance to us at this time, because
of the upcoming market introduction of the
consumer videodisc system."
The first market introduction of the optical
videodisc system is expected before
year's end.
Purvis joined MCA in January 1977 after
having been a partner in Lear Purvis Walker
& Co.. management consultants. Previously,
he had been national sales manager
in the industrial division of Polaroid Corp.
and earlier had been affiliated with General
Foods.
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