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PHILADELPHIA
T inda Goldenberg, Columbia Pictures' regional
publicity chief, arranged for a
"look-alike" contest in the Drummer, an
entertainment weekly here, in connection
with "The Buddy Holly Story." Those sending
in photos which are accepted as looking
like Buddy Holly or like Gary Busey. who
plays Holly in the film, will receive a Buddy
Holly T-shirt or an album from the film.
with the grand prize winner receiving a free
dinner for two at the Latest Dish restaurant.
Since 1967, Long Branch. N.J.. has been
begging cable TV companies to bring community
antenna TV to its residents. Until
now, nobody was interested. Suddenly, two
cable companies are vying for the right to
provide cable TV service to the city with
applications coming from Mid Jersey-Futurevision
Cable TV, of Eatontown. N.J..
and Telco Cablevision. of Ocean Township.
N.J.
Karen Allen and James Widdoes, who
co-star in "National Lampoon's Animal
House." came to town with Universal
Studios representatives to promote the opening
of the film at Budco's Midtown Theatre
and other area houses . . . Outdoor movies
are being made available to residents of
Red Bank. N.J.. being shown in Marine
Park there Thursday evenings with "Support
Your Local Sheriff" as a starter.
Weissman & Gross Associates, local public
relations agency, has been signed to
handle all public relations and promotions
in the southern New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania
and Delaware area for the forthcoming
Donny and Marie Osmond picture.
"Goin' Coconuts," for a four-month period.
A quiz contest, with winners to be picked
at random, is being conducted by the Courier-Post
across the river in Camden. N.J..
to promote the opening of "Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "National
Lampoon's Animal House." Those sending
in correct answers will win T-shirts, soundtrack
albums and posters of both film features
. . . "The Wonderful World of Harold
Lloyd" represents a four-part film series.
including the 1927 film "The Kid Brother"
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and other hits. The series is being shown
free this month at the Logan Square Free
Library in center city on Wednesday afternoon
and evenings.
An off-beat contest is being promoted b>
the Drummer, offering the first 25 respondents
a sound tra;k album of "National
Lampoon's Animal House" and a T-shirt.
The contest: "Tell us what four-legged animal
you think each of the members of the
Not Ready For Prime Time Players would
be if he (or she) were an animal."
The Cape May County (N.J.) Library has
instituted a "family film hour" Tuesday
evenings at 7:30 for free showings of a
variety of family films and short documentaries,
starting off the series with "The
Ox-Bow Incident." The children's department
of the library will show children's
films on Friday afternoons.
Joseph Friedman, director of the New
Jersey Motion Picture Development Commission,
is looking for an odd-shaped swimming
pool at a house with California-style
architecture and a view of the ocean as a
possible site for a film, (which the commission
isn't at liberty to name at this time).
The filming probably would be for one day
and the owner would be paid for use of
the facility.
A "Radical Movie Series" will be presented
at the Long March Academy-Coffee
House here. Seven films from the '50s and
'60s, experimenting with the liberation of
the film form, will be screened . . . Woodcrest
Cinema in the Woodcrest (N.J.) Shopping
Center, staged a "week-long film festival,"
bringing in old favorites ranging
from "The Graduate" and "A Lion in Winter"
to "A Clockwork Orange" and "Blow-
Up." along with a "Pink Floyd" midnight
show on Friday and a "Raggedy Anne &
.^ndy" kiddie matinee on Saturday. For the
festival, tickets were dropped to $2 weekdays
and $2.50 on weekends for adults, and
SI weekdays and $1.50 weekends for children.
The Variety Club Camp for Handicapped
Children in suburban Worcester Township
staged an open house for the public and
news media Sunday (20). Henry Moss and
David Rosen co-chaired the event. The highlight
was a special tribute to William Y.
Saltzman. chairman of the board of the
camp. Local radio personality Frank Ford
delivered the kevnote address.
Society of Cinephiles
To Meet in Syracuse
SYRACUSE. NY.—The annual convention
of the National .Society of Cinephiles.
the oldest and largest film convention in the
country, will be held September 1 through
4 at the Hotel Syracuse. Phil Serling. vicepresident
of the national society, is
president
of the local organization.
There will be screenings at the main ballroom
of Hotel Syracuse and its Empire
Room as well as special screenings at the
Carrier Theatre of the Civic Center and the
Syracuse Landmark Theatre, formerly the
Loew's.
Dr. John Kuiper, head of Eastman
House's Archives, will be speaker at the
banquet Sunday evening. September 2.
Audrey Kupferberger, motion picture director
of the American Film Institute, will
present a seminar on Al Jolson's "The Jazz
Singer." featuring newly discovered footage
on the making of the first talkie.
A screening of "Little Annie Rooney."
starring Mary Pickford will be held at the
Carrier Theatre. The film is from Miss
Pickford's own archives and has not been
shown in several years.
Already some 300 society members from
coast to coast have registered for the convention
and members are expected from
England. Australia and South America.
Third World Film Festival
PHILADELPHIA— .'X film festival of
Third World pictures has been scheduled
for the remaining summer weeks by the
Urban Studies Center at LaSalle College
here. Starting off with "Ceddo" by Senegalese
director Susmane Sembene. the Monday
night series includes "The Other Francisco"
from Cuba. Sembene's "Black Girl"
and "Passing Through" by Larry Clark. All
films will be screened in the college's OIney
Hall with admission at SI for the evening
screenings.
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