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United Artists. Since January. 1978, Stolber
had been vice-president of UA's business
affairs. He joined the company's legal department
in 1969 and in 1973 was appointed
executive assistant to the senior vicepresident
of business affairs. In 1977 Stolber
became director of business affairs.
Daniel R. Fellman has been promoted to
vice-president and assistant general sales
manager of Warner Bros. He joined the
company in April. 1978 as Eastern sales
manager, and formerly was vice-president
and director of CinemaNational Theatres.
Molber
Fellman
Jean-Louis Rabin, 20th Century-Fox vicepresident
of international sales for the past
two years, has been promoted to the newly
created post of vice-president, international
marketing.
Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez, 20th Century-Fox's
managing director for Italy for
almost four years, will be transferred to the
home office where he will assume the post
of vice-president of international operations.
Robert Dingilian has been named worldwide
vice-president of publicity and promotion
at 20th Century-Fox. In his post he will
oversee the publicity and promotional campaigns
on all Fox feature films throughout
the world, reporting to Asley Boone Jr.,
senior vice-president of domestic marketing
and distribution. Dingilian was executive
publicity director with the Association of
Motion Picture and Television Producers
and later formed his own independent firm
with David Gershenson.
Carl Molica has been appointed national
sales manager of Cinema Shares International
Distribution Corp. He has been with
Cinema Shares almost from its inception in
1975, most recently as Eastern district manager,
having worked previously for Embassy
Pictures, Cinemation, 20th Century-Fox
and Allied Artists.
John B. Tarnoff was named executive in
charge of creative affairs for the motion
picture division of MOM, For the past four
years he was associated with the agencies
of Mike I^>vy and Paul Kohner, heading
their TV department as well as serving as
literary agent in motion piclurcs and television.
Kevin P. Donnelly became head of
MGM's production department, succeeding
Dale Hutchinson. Donnelly began his career
with MGM in 1965 as an assistant
director, and has just completed a stint as
unit production manager of Joe Hamilton's
"Tenth Month."
Jerry Grice has been named director of
administration for 20th Century-Fox International.
Since 1972 Grice had been Fox's
manager of participation and he will continue
to make his headquarters in the Los
Angeles home office.
Penny Costigan joins the field marketing
department of Paramount Pictures motion
picture division as a senior publicist. Ms.
Costigan, who has been at work for some
months, is involved with regional magazine
publicity outlets. She joined Paramount's
staff in 1973.
Sam Weinstein succeeded Sid Newman
as worldwide director of nontheatrical sales
for 20th Century-Fox. Weinstein started in
Fox's New York office as a messenger boy
in 1946 and was operations manager of the
company's data processing center until named
branch manager accounting manager in
1972.
Jerome Sandy has been promoted from
Washington branch manager to Atlantic division
manager of American International,
covering Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Boston
and New Haven. Sandy has been with AI
for 24 years.
Ed Harridsleff has been appointed associate
executive art director of Diener/Hauser/
Bates Co. He has been with DHB for
ten years, serving in various art and creative
positions.
Sandy
Harridsleff
Fred Skidmore, formerly publicity director,
moves into the post of vice-president of
advertising and publicity, formerly held by
Farrell. They will be responsible for advertising
activities of all Lorimar divisions
film, TV, syndication, international distribution
and merchandising/licensing.
Stephen Bankler-Jukes was named director
of publicity and advertising for United
Artists in the United Kingdom. He comes
to UA from a varied career in the entertainment
industry, having been a journalist for
the Financial Times in London and a staffer
with several record companies. He was put
in charge of publicity for BBC-TVs feature
programs in 1973.
Richard Parks was chosen executive assistant
to Steven Bach, United Artists senior
vice-president for East Coast and European
production. Parks has worked in all areas
of creative development and production and
for the past eight years was associated with
the literary agency Curtis Brown Ltd.
Titles & Takes
Jnvasion of the Body Snatchers" continues
its pace, earning $9,648,645 in 444
theatres in three weeks across the United
States and Canada.
In Switzerland, "Odds and Evens" (WB-
Col) racked up $188,858 during its first
week in multi-lingual theatres. Fourteen out
of 16 German-language houses reported record
grosses, and the total was $91,393. Two
Italian-language cinemas earned $10,132,
while $87,333 was reported from seven theatres
in
the French-speaking region.
"Force 10 From Navarone" (Col
foreign
distribution) had a 32 percent increase in its
second-week gross in Paris, bringing the
two-week total to $503,745 from 17 theatres.
The film has pulled in $82,124 in 16
days in two Stockholm theatres, $47,824
from one Amsterdam theatre in 12 days and
$41,706 in ten days from one Helsinki theatre.
The first week in Copenhagen grossed
$33,658 from one theatre, while three theatres
in Brussels have brought in $49,868 in
12 days. Other action: Santiago, three theatres,
eight days, $29,135; Bogota, three theatres,
$12,251; Singapore, one theatre, 12
days, $53,495; Hong Kong, six theatres, 18
days, $434,157.
The Neil Simon comedy "California
Suite" scored $2,543,077 in 17 days of
business at 60 theatres in New York. One
weekend's total was $509,522.
Four foreign territories report high totals
for Warner Bros.' "Superman." which earned
$6,211,881 in the first few weeks. The
breakdown: United Kingdom. 145 theatres,
three weeks, $2,875,810: Australia, 51 theatres,
17 days, $2,265,759 (including 28
house records for a week's business); South
Africa, 28 theatres, three weeks, $738,320
(18 weekly house records); New Zealand,
16 theatres, 16 days, $331,992.
"Movie, Movie" (WB) has seen its
grosses
rise each weekend in an exclusive engagement
at the 400-seat Avco Center Cinema.
Warners' "Every Which Way But Loose"
in its third week reports $8,849,878 from
1,275 theatres, bringing its total to $33,-
012,463. Billings are expected to exceed the
$22,922,892 billed during the entire run of
"The Enforcer," previous record Clint Eastwood
starrer.
Nine cities in Brazil, including Rio de
Janeiro, have reported a gross of $301,414
for Warner Bros.' "The Wild Geese," four
days, 23 theatres.
"Ice Castles" (Col) gi'ossed over $53,000
in 12 days in Omaha, Portland and St. Paul,
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A French-Italian co-production, "La Cage
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Aux Folles," earned $5,117,000 in France,
42 days, 134 theatres. Most engagements
established records in either boxoffice performance
or length of run. Other action:
Italy, $2,863,500, 55 days, 80 theatres
(house records in Rome, Turin, Palermo,
Bari and Florence); Geneva, $187,592, five
weeks, one theatre; Lausanne, $54,496, one
theatre, two weeks; Belgium, $795,785, 44
days,
nine theatres.
BOXOFFICE :: January 22, 1979