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occupying Suite 358<br />

21.<br />

Qoger K. Hill, Warner Bros, branch manager,<br />

has died at the Massachusetts triple movie house and lacquetball spoils<br />

Ground was broken recently for a new<br />

General Hospital, about two months after complex adjacent to Kings Shopping Center<br />

he was critically burned in the March 29 on Camden Street, Rockland, Maine. The<br />

fire at the Copley Plaza Hotel. He had suffered<br />

severe second and third degree burns Roger Wedge, president of Cinema IV<br />

new venture was jointly announced by<br />

over more than half of his body. The early Corp. of Massachuseits, and Claude Broutin,<br />

Maine restaurateur and developer. The<br />

morning fire at the Copley and the nearby<br />

Sheraton-Boston Hotel forced into the streets movie operation will include three cinemas.<br />

about 1,200 guests, of which 68 were injured.<br />

A formei busboy, 18, has been charged<br />

with murder and arson in connection with<br />

CINCINNATI<br />

the fire.<br />

Dave Titleman, district manager of Associated<br />

Film Distributors, has announced<br />

J)oug Buckley is in from Chicago lo take<br />

over the branch manager helm at<br />

United Artists. Also at UA, Howard Loberfeld<br />

reported that Woody Allen's "Manhattan"<br />

was to open exclusively at the World<br />

East and World West theatres. "Rocky II"<br />

is scheduled for a June opening.<br />

Clevelanders have been privilaged to see.<br />

meet and talk with major figures in the film<br />

industry this month as the Cleveland International<br />

Film Festival continues. In town<br />

for the festival this past week were Linwood<br />

Dunn. Academy Award-winning cinematographer<br />

and president of Film Effects of<br />

Hollywood, and director Frank Capra, who<br />

appeared after a showing of his "It's a Wonderful<br />

Life," which he requested for the<br />

Irwin<br />

Loren Janes and Herbert Ross.<br />

"Butch and Sundance: the Early Days"<br />

will open in this territory June 15.<br />

CLEVELAND<br />

Tack Kaufman of Cinepix reports that<br />

Pic's Fabulous Bonus Offer: "When the Screaming Stops" will open<br />

soon in the Akron-Canton area and "Bread<br />

You Buy 200 Packs* rmii v.iu. $70.00<br />

'2 Large coils per pack, retail 35c<br />

and Chocolate" will open exclusively at the<br />

You get FREE - 16 Packs . . .mh v.iu. 5.60 Westgate Cinema June 1.<br />

TMal RMII Valia $75.60 Gordon Bugie, Avco Embassy branch<br />

Your Cost 200 Packs (21c each) .... .$42.00 manager, screened "A Very Big Withdrawal"<br />

at Loews Village Theatre May 12 to a<br />

Your Profit $33.60 capacity ciowd.<br />

Raphael D. Silver was in town recently<br />

BOSTON<br />

Plus FREE<br />

night of his visit. Also scheduled for appearances<br />

are producers Robert Chartoff<br />

that Associated is in<br />

to introduce his movie "On the Yard" al<br />

the<br />

the<br />

and<br />

Park<br />

film festival in the Cedar<br />

Winkler,<br />

Square<br />

Lee Theairc.<br />

Frederick<br />

Building,<br />

Wiseman,<br />

effective May<br />

Attractive Promotional Material

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