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CHICAGO<br />

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event is X-rated and only men will be admitted.<br />

For tickets at $20 per person, contact<br />

Chic Schloss at 346-0471. Proceeds will<br />

benefit the Three-Sheeters charity activities.<br />

Things have been really looking up for<br />

American International Pictures with "Love<br />

at First Bite." The film is now set for a<br />

first sub-run starting June 8. AI's "The<br />

Evictors" (opened in Chicago May 18)<br />

promises to add to the company's 1979 successes.<br />

is currently playing very successful first run<br />

engagements at O.scar Brotman's Near Noilh<br />

Carnegie theatre, and at the Times theatre<br />

in Milwaukee. Sid Kaplan has the responsibility<br />

of setting up all other runs of this<br />

high-grossing attraction. The next Chicago<br />

release date is scheduled for mid-June.<br />

idea that this was a TV feature primarily<br />

for children. The illuminating promotion<br />

m mmmm<br />

has been creating an overwhelming response<br />

from exhibitors, according to members ol<br />

the company's Chicago office. Exhibitors<br />

are now exclaiming that the movie is greal<br />

entertainment for adults and children alike.<br />

Because the opening date here is AugusI .^,<br />

the advance promotion appears to be well<br />

timed.<br />

May 25 is >he dale for the Chicago opening<br />

of Associated Film Distribution's "Es<br />

cape From Athena."<br />

Once again Lucy Salenger, managing director<br />

of the Illinois Film Office, is undeistandably<br />

being recognized for her staunch<br />

efforts on behalf of bringing film production<br />

to the Midwest. There is promise l

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