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JANUARY 

Vol. 100 

3, 1 972 

No. 12 

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W/TH AH EYE TO THE FUTURE 

has a way of eradicating mistakes 

of the past and replacing 

them with improvements for the future. 

But this is not accomplished without the 

persistent effort of those involved, which 

is especially true in the motion picture 

business. With an eye to the future, 

hopefully the immediate future, plans 

long in embi-yonic stages are beginning 

to take form and, with the aid of 

reasonable and practical approaches, 

they should materialize in substantial 

part in 1972. 

For at least half of the past decade, 

the motion picture industry has been 

neglectful, let us say, in putting forth 

the proper measure of joint effort—be 

tween exhibitors and producer-distribu 

tors in the common interest. This has 

been openly acknowledged yet mired by 

selfish motivations. However, brighten 

ing signs are commencing to appear and 

while tangible results are yet to come 

forth, steps to bring them about are be 

ing extended. 

Basic to the procedure is the laying 

of groundwork for improving theatre at 

tendance jointly with the cooperation of 

exhibition and distribution, which calls 

for reviving so-called "point of sale" promotion 

and publicity efforts on the part 

of exhibitors. But this is not and cannot 

be their sole responsibility. Distribution's 

participation is a "must"- if the maximum 

result is to be achieved. 

As the saying goes, "All business is 

local." But that does not shut off the 

national impact that can and is being 

attained when efforts to sell motion pic 

tures—or any other commodity—are 

given the greater and necessary impact 

by the chain effect spread across the 

country. 

This recently has been proved by sever 

al distributing companies that provided 

basic national campaigns effectively 

laying the groundwork for local exhibitor 

efforts. Currently Warner Bros, 

and Paramount are using national television 

commercials in this manner with 

excellent results. Additionally, Warner 

Bros, has taken an "in-depth" step to 

provide more information about its prod 

uct to exhibitors, at the same time giving 

inspiration to their greater individual efforts 

on behalf of these fUms. 

Significant thereof is the lette:- written 

to Leo Greenfield, president of Warner 

Bros. Pictures Distributing Co., by 

B. V. Sturdivant, of Yuma, Ariz., who is 

the chairman of the regional president's 

committee of the National Ass'n of Theatre 

Owners. The letter follows: 

"^'(lur exciting. 14-page section on Warner 

Ijruduct, now appearing in the tradepress, is 

the most significant and most highly appreciated 

gift that you could have presented to the motion 

picture industr\ this holiday season. 

"We join exhibitors over the nation in applauding 

\ou and your associates for this upiieat 

note in contrast to the dirge of gloom 

uhich presently is being heard from so many 

(ll ciiir industrv "leaders." 

"ôur rewarding product of the |)ast year 

piiJNcd tliat the audience is still here. 

"The preview of releases for 1972 reflects 

( (intiflence in the future and indicates your firm 

inteiilion. not only of adhering to a successful 

fiirnuila. but of attaining even higher goals. 

"V\ e in exhibition admire your courage, cheer 

\(>ur success and w isii for vou and your 'team' 

those future rewards lo which vou are so justl\ 

entitled." 

This, too, bespeaks the widespread impact 

that can be developed nationwide 

from inspired "seeding" of promotional 

and merchandising activity at the local 

level. 

At a recent meeting of NATO leaders 

with leading promotion representatives 

from distribution, plans were drawn for 

an industrywide revival of picture pro 

motion designed to stimulate such activity 

on a widespread basis. With a nucleus 

of what is being called the "Fabulous 

500," it is designed to expand this effort 

into every situation throughout the 

country. 

In commenting on this project, Roy B. 

White, newly elected president of nation 

al NATO, observed: 

"W t' all know that llie success of our business 

>larts with the picture on our screens. But that"s 

till it is. a start. How the picture ends up depends, 

to a large degree, on how well it is sold, 

from the point of its inception right down to. 

and including, the local theatre. And this is 

ulial \ATO"s latest, and tremendoush imporlaiil 

project, is all about. We want to bring 

back enthusiasm for selling the project on the 

local 

level." 

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Tatum and Walker to Top 

Disney Executive Posts 

BURBANK. CALIF. — Culminating a 

plan of succession iniliated b> Roy O. 

Disney in l*J67. the board of directors of 

Donn It. I aliin I . ( ardoM Walker 

Walt Uisne> I'rodiiclions elected Donn H 

Tatuni chairman of the board and chief 

executive officer, and H. Cardon Walker 

president and chief operating officer. 

Richard T. Morrow, recently named an 

advisory director of the company, has been 

elected to a full voting membership on the 

board of directors. The board's e\ecuti\e 

committee will be comprised of Tatimi and 

Walker, together with Roy K. Disney, a vicepresident 

and Roy (). Disney's son. and Ronald 

W, Miller, another vice-president. 

Both latum and Walker served with 

Roy O. Disney on the corporation's executive 

committee. Walker became a member 

of that committee in .April 1960, when 

he also was elected to the board of directors. 

Tatum joined the committee in November 

1964. when he was elected to the 

bo.ird of directors and to the position of 

vice-president and administrative assistant 

to the president, who, it the lime, ^^.ls 

Roy O. Disney. 

ABKCO's 'Blindman' Debuts 

In Chicago January 12 

Ni:\\ ÔKK \HK( () I ilnis' "Blindman" 

will have its American preniiere on 

Wednesday (12) at the Oriental I heat re 

in Chicago, .iccording to Allen Klein, president 

of .ABKC O Industries. Tony Anthony 

and Ringo .Starr have the leads. 

"Blindman" opened in mid-November in 

Rome. Venice and other major Italian 

cities, becoming one of the year's top 

moneym.ikers in Italy. .Saul .Swimmer and 

Anthony were co-producers. .Anthony's 

original screenplay was directed by I erdinando 

B.dili on lixation near .Mmeri.i. 

Spain. 

Films of Ireland Acquires 

'Jar With Brendan Behan' 

NEW Y()RK.^-A Jar With Brendan 

Behan," starring Niall "Borstal Boy" Toibin. 

will be released in North America by Films 

of Ireland, a siihsidiary project of Sherman 

I.ituni has served as president of Walt 

Disney Productions since Nov. 14. 196S, 

.1 three-year period of immense growth for 

the company. He came to the Disney 

organization from ABC, where he was director 

of television for the Western division. 

in 1956. 

E.xcept for a four-year tour of dut> in 

the U..S. Navy during World W ,ir II. w'alker 

has devoted his entire career to W.ili 

Disney Productions since his graduation 

Irom the University of California at l.os 

Angeles in I9.^S. 

He tirsi became an officer of the corpor.iiion 

111 lebruary 1956. when he was 

named vice-president in charge of advertising 

and sales. He became a member of 

the bo.ird ol directors .md the corporation's 

executive committee in April 1960, vicepresident-marketing 

in 1965. and was elevated 

to the position of executive vice-president-operations 

in November 1967. One 

year later, he became executive vice-president 

and chief operating officer, in which 

position he became responsible for the 

supervision of all operating divisions and 

creative activities of the company. 

.Morrow, vice-president-general counsel 

of Walt Disney Productions, became a 

vice-president in 1964 after II years in the 

company's legal department. He also is a 

trustee of the Disney F'oundalion. 

•A statement from the company said that 

during the five years since Walt Disney's 

death, the corporation, under Roy O. Disney's 

guidance, has grown from 4.000 employees 

to more th.in 15.000 eniplo\ees 

worldwide. Tatuni ,inJ \\ .ilkcr will continue 

its policy ol dedication to the field 

ol lamih' recreation .mil cnieri.iinnieiit. 

I ilnis. Inc.. il was .miiounced b\ .M Sherman. 

Produced b> Irish Contemporary Art 

Productions. Ltd.. of Dublin, "A Jar With 

Brend.m Behan" was filmed entirely on location 

in the Irish capital under the direction 

of Birgitta Pierre, who also wrote the 

.script, with Godfrey Clraham as director of 

photography. 

Robert Fryer Will Produce 

'Mame' for Warner Bros. 

Hoi I ^ Wool) kohcil 1 ivci h.i-. been 

signed to priKluce ".\lame." the Warner 

Bros, film version of the smash-hit Broadway 

musical, it was announced b\ Richard 

D. Zanuck. the companx's senior 

executive vice-president. 

rr\er w.is producer of the origin.d stage 

production, which ran on Broadway for 

more than three years, closing Jan. .^.1970. 

after 1,508 performances, 

"Mame" is based on the best-selling 

Patrick Dennis novel. "Auntie Mame." I he 

film is to be produced bv Warner Bros, 

in 1972. 

Cinema Vision's 3-D 

Ready for Market 

HOLLYWOOD Ired Briskin. president 

of Cinema National Corp.. Los Angelesbased 

international film distribution concern, 

announced the acquisition of exclusive 

worldwide distribution rights for a new .^-D 

s\stem that includes photographs .ind projection 

processes, plus an additional innovation 

that allows transmission of 3-D 

movies for television. 

Research and development of the threeunit 

process. Cinema Visit>n. has been accomplished 

oser a two-year period h\ a 

trio of industry figures. Richard Preble, 

a theatre architect and optics engineer. 

Darrel Presnell and Thomas .Alderman. 

Photograph) element of the new system 

is said to allow the widest possible latitude 

in making motion pictures equally efficient 

in all film sizes from Snim to 70mm to 

Cinerama. "All the shortcomings of prior 

systems have been eliminated." Briskin 

said. "Now directors have complete mobility 

on the set or on location." 

Unlike former 3-D camera systems that 

were ponderous in weight and unwieldy to 

operate except under minimal conditions. 

Cinema Vision weighs no more than six 

pounds and has been condensed to size 

that does not exceed a 10-inch square. The 

light-weight and diminutive size, coupled 

with .in adjustment that permits interocular 

compensation, makes photography, even 

with under-water adaptation, a feasible undertaking 

for an\ production, said Briskin. 

Complemenl.ir\ to the photography 

instrument is ihe projection device, completelx 

adapt, ible to an\ booth situation, 

indoor or drive-in. Briskin staled that the 

indiisiry never before has seen 3-D cinematography 

revealed on the screen with the 

clarity, drama and absolute versatility 

offered by Cinema Vision. Simple, unobtrusive 

installation even permits the booking 

of non-3-D second le.ilures .u exhibitor 

option. 

"loda> .uidiences nationwide have responded 

to optically processc^J reissues out 

ol 3-D films. Cinema Vision is the dawn 

o( a new 3-D era. one not bound to gimmickry, 

not limited to static scenario. In the 

hands of imagm.itive filmmakers, it becomes 

a new ihe.itre art form. Now writers 

can dream their grandest dreams and directors 

can add the ultimate in realism ui 

their film creations." Briskin said. 

Cinema Vision will make available both 

cinematography and projection processes 

as a single imii to production comp.mies. 

The new comp.un plans to extend activity 

to 3-D movies for airlines, hotel closedcircuit 

motion pictures, home cassettes, as 

well .IS 3-D for television. 

WB Featured in Esquire 

M \S "l ORk 1 

he .l.iiui.uA issue of 

Esquire features a nine-page illustrated 

article on Jon X'oighl. who stars with Burt 

Rcvnolds in "Deliverance" for Warner 

Bros. 

BOXOFFICE :: January 3. 1972

«(dt> 

$'(DOLLARS)ISUNOOUBT 

EDLYTHE BEST SOPHISTI- 

CATED HEIST FILM OF THE 

YEARII'm not sure 

butwhat it's the only 

one of the year, but in 

anycase, it's slick, 

"****! HIGHEST RATING! 

It's 

Richard Brooks' sly, subtle and hilarious account 

of an elaborately-planned.successfully executed robbery 

of a bank in Hamburg.THIS IS THE SEASON TO BE 

HAPPYAND JUST GO TO SEE '$'(DOLLARS)AND BE HAPPY!" 

-WANDA HALE, New York Daily News 

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Kerasotes Outlines 4 Points to 

Unfair Campus Film Competition 

INDIANAPOLIS—Four points designed 

to curb unfair competition from campus 

showings of current motion pictures were 

outlined by George G. Kerusoics. chairman 

of NATO's nontheairical competition committee, 

in his recent address before the 

NATO of Indiana convention here. 

Following a number of revelations to 

both distributors and exhibitors in the wake 

of his committee's investigation of campus 

film showings. Kerasotes said NATO and 

major film company sales managers had 

agreed to these points: 

1. No picture is to be released to nontheatricals 

unless it is two years old. 

2. Nonlheatrical showings will be limited 

to students and faculty members only. 

3. No advertising will be permitted in 

local newspapers except college publications. 

4. Exhibitors in the community will be 

given a last opportunity to play the picture 

before a college date. 

As to the revelations uncovered by his 

committee. Kerasotes said that in most 

cases campus movies are not run by the 

universities but by student groups, who 

select the films, arrange with the school 

for the u.se of the auditorium, advertise 

in the college paper and collect receipts at 

the boxoffice. which they use to fin.ince 

various campus activities. 

Culled '.Smart Film Buyers' 

Calling the sliidciil exhibitors "Mii.irl 

film busers." he said they select two or 

three pictures a year from each distributor 

— "their best boxoffice hits"—there is no 

charge for the use of the auditoriums and 

facilities, all furnished by the taxpayers, 

and the profits arc tax free. 

Rentals are as low as $12. .SO flat lo 

$.'>()() guarantee against 50 to 60 per cent 

of the gross, Kerasotes said, and distributors 

do not check campus theatres. "However," 

he said, "when wc showed the sales 

managers the ads on their product playing 

campus theatres, they found many discrepancies. 

Pictures were being bought for 

one day showing and actually were playing 

two or three. Unauthorized showings 

were taking place, some were having trouble 

getting their prints back." He charged 

one film was lost and never found, another 

was playing with stolen or "duped" 

prints, 

Kerasotes poinlcd out that theatres were 

actually competing for these same customers—the 

under-30 age group, and he concluded: 

"The college student averages one 

movie a week and the only reason he is 

lured to the campus theatre is the low 

admission, since college students are good 

movie fans. I hey like movies and buy the 

films in the higher art form. There are 

more college students than ever. If we 

have to compete with campus movies, let 

us m.tkf our tho.itres more .Tppenlinp and 

Curb 

comfortable and win them over to private 

enterprise. We do have the product first 

run." 

Milton H. London, N.^TO of .Michigan 

president, declared that the situation is 

"getting out of hand" in .Michigan. He 

disclosed that investigations confirm that 

student and nonstudent entrepreneurs are 

using tax-purchased, tax-maintained and 

tax-free public facilities without charge or 

compensation. The film companies. London 

Slated, "have been providing both Idmm 

and .I.Smm prints of current releases at a 

fraction of the film rentals being demanded 

from their theatre accounts. 

"There is nothing illegal about showing 

movies on campuses or elsewhere," 

London emphasized, particularly in those 

instances where the films already are being 

shown on television or were not made 

originally for theatrical release. 

Asked to Police Own Area 

London called on all exhibitors in affected 

areas to police their own local situations 

and report violations to Michigan 

NATO headquarters. "Obviously neither 

the film companies nor N.A TO can possibly 

know whether or not conditions are being 

complied with by those who rent 16mm 

prints unless we are informed and notified 

of violations," he noted. "Those theatre 

owners and managers directly affected must 

take full responsibility for policing all 

campus movies and immediately reporting 

all violations of the agreements wiih the 

film companies." 

Three danger signals were stressed b\ 

London: Screening of current releases: 

advertising in other than local campus 

media, and .idinission of the gener.il public. 

Jerry Gruenberg Is Elected 

To Allied Artists Board 

NEW ÔRK— Jerry Gruenberg. vicepresident, 

general sales for Allied .Ariists. 

I f , 

has been elected to 

the board of directors 

oi the motion picture 

company it was announced 

by Emanuel 

I Wolf, chairman of 

the hoard and presidenl 

o\ Allied Artists. 

Gruenhcrg's election 

to the hoard was 

s^ \oied .11 the com- 

p.iin's .innual stock- 

Jcrr>' (nicniKTR 

J , ; 

holders meeting on 

Ihursday. December 16. 

Gruenberg joined .Mlied .Artists as vicepresident, 

general sales, in July. Prior lo 

thai, he was Central division manager for 

20th Century-Fox Films. Previously, he 

was secretary and vice-president of .Sigma 

in. a motion picture distribution company, 

until its merger with Filmways. Inc. 

NGT Retires Three 

District Managers 

lOS .ANGELES— Ihree veteran district 

managers of National General Theatres 

Ray W. Davis of Seattle, John Meinardi 

of Kansas City and Oscar Nyberg of San 

Diego—retired Saturday (1). it was announced 

by Nat D. Fellman. president of 

the Los .-\ngeles-based circuit. 

In making the announcement. Fellman 

paid tribute to the trio "for their dedicated 

devotion to the principles of outstanding 

showmanship which have immeasurably 

contributed to forging the success of our 

company." 

Davis, who began his career in show 

business in 1922, joined the then known 

Fox Inter-Mountain 

Theatres when it was 

founded in Denver in 

1930. He later served 

as district manager 

for the Northern. 

Southern and Den\er 

theatre districts in 

Colorado and as are.i 

supervisor for Colorado, 

Wyoming. Utah 

and New Mexico. He 

assumed his present 

Ka\ W. l)a\Ls 

position in Seattle in 1965 when he was 

tr.msferred from Denver. 

Meinardi began his career as an exhibitor 

in 1923 in Herrin, III., with the 

then Fox Midwest 

Theatres where he 

also served at various 

John Meinardi 

periods in advertising, 

publicity and booking 

capacities. In 1948, 

he was named a district 

manager and 

subsequently covered 

NGT theatres in St. 

Louis. Salt Lake City 

and Denver, and in 

1970 was appointed 

10 his present post in Kansas City. 

Nyberg started in show business in Spokane. 

Wash., and joined the then Fox 

Evergreen Theatres in 

1932. He was promoted 

in 1948 lo 

district manager for 

the Washington-Oregon 

area with headquarters 

in .Seattle. In 

1963. he was transferred 

to Denver, and 

in 19 6 5. he was 

moved lo his present 

Pacific Coast district 

in San Diego 

Oscar N> ben; 

UATC Cuts Admissions 

MILWALKLE—A United Artists Theatre 

Circuit ad in the Milwaukee Journal last 

month .announced "a new admission price 

policy of SI for adults at all times and 

children 50 cents." Houses included in the 

ad were the Uptown. Oriental. Rubs Isle. 

Modjcska and Paradise. 

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Robert Naify Is Elected 

President of UATC 

NEW YORK—The board of directors 

of I'niiotl \riists Theatre Circuit. Inc., 

- - meeting in San Francisco 

December 13, 

elected Robert Naify 

Robert 

president. 

Naify had heretofore 

as e.\ecutive 

vice-president of the 

BfcrtL ^ company. Marshall 

HI ^kw^ Naify was re-elected 

^K ^*8^j^^^ chairman of the 

^^ ^^M| board. 

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„ . .- Richard A. Can- 

Robert Naify 

,^^ p^^^jj^^j ^^ ^^^^_ 

tor Management Associates. Inc., was 

elected to the board of directors. Those 

re-elected to the board include Robert R. 

Beck, A. C. Childhouse, A. H. Frisch, 

Salah M. Hassanein. Herbert L. Hutner, 

Donald J. Miller, Marshall Naify, Robert 

A. Naify, Odyssia Skouras Quadrani. 

Georgette Naify Rosekrans, John H. Rowley, 

Joseph M. Seider. Spyros S. Skouras 

and Herbert M. Watchtell. 

UATC's meeting of the stockholders was 

held on the same day. 

Roy O. Disney Dies at 78; 

Disney Board Chairman 

BURBANK. CALIF.—Roy O. Disney, 

chairman of the board and chief executive 

officer of Walt Disney 

Productions, who 

guided the business 

and financial aspects 

of the corporation's 

activities since founding 

the company with 

his brother. Walt, in 

1923, died December 

20 of a cerebral hemorrhage 

at the age of 

78. 

For 43 years, beginning 

when Walt Disney first arrived 

in California to begin a career in the animated 

motion picture field, Roy O. Disney 

provided the financial and business guidance 

for his younger brother, leaving Walt 

free to exercise the creative genius which 

entertainment empire, first as pioneers in 

the field of family entertainment. 

Together, the Disney brothers built an 

entertainment empire; first as pioneers in 

the animated cartoon medium, then as 

producers of quality live-action films and 

television programing for the family audience. 

And later, as the creators and builders 

of Disneyland in .Anaheim. Calif., and 

Walt Disney World in Orlando. Fla. 

After Walt Disney's death in 1966, Roy 

took personal leadership of the financing 

and construction of Walt Disney World in 

Florida and guided to completion the 

$400,000,000 vacation resort. 

Disney leaves his wife, Edna, a son, 

Roy Edward, a vice-president and member 

of the Disney board; four grandchildren; a 

brother and a sister. 

Harold Konover Organizes 

H. K. Film Distributors 

HARTFORD, CONN. — Harold 

Konover, 

Hartford-based real estate developer 

and owner of the 1,300-seat, first-run 

Strand Theatre, has entered the distribution-production 

field with the formation of 

H. K. Film Distributors, a company wholly 

owned by the Konover family. 

Konover says that his entry into this 

branch of the industry was caused by the 

shortage of quality first-run product. For 

the present, his firm plans to handle completed 

product, selecting attractions from 

submitted offerings and then selling across 

the U.S. and Canada. Konover eventually 

plans to get into co-production and production. 

"We'll be 'going' with a minimum of ten 

major releases in the first si.x months of 

1972. Titles are to be announced as we 

firm contractual commitments," Konover 

said. 

"We arc not going to get into the bind 

of merely accumulating product for numbers' 

sake," Konover added. "What we 

will take on are attractions of decided 

entertainment value. We won't turn down 

X-rated product, but, basically, we want 

GP and G-geared films because we happen 

to feel that the future of this industry lies 

in greater audience appeal—a wider range 

of age bracket." 

Konover has appointed Clayton G. Pantages 

as international sales director and 

Benjamin Weiner, assistant international 

sales director. Konover's son Henry was 

named creative design director. Pantages 

began his industry career as a student salesman 

for 20th-Fox, then went on to Magna 

Pictures, Cinema Distributors of America 

and Buena Vista and then, independent 

distribution. 

H. K. Film Distributors is headquartered 

on the seventh floor at 49 Pearl St. here and 

there are plans for adding a screening room 

later. 

Underreporting Suit Filed 

Against Ohio Exhibitor 

NEW YORK—^Ten major motion picture 

distributors have filed a lawsuit in Crawford 

County, Ohio, against Olin F. Martin 

and the Bucyrus Outdoor Theatre Corp., 

operators of the Tri-City Drive-In Theatre 

in Bucyrus, Ohio, and the Ohio Theatre in 

Marion, Ohio. 

The defendants arc charged with wilfully 

and deliberately submitting to plaintiffs false 

and fraudulent bo.xoffice statements as to 

the gross admission receipts of the theatres 

involved. The distributors also allege that 

defendants refused to allow a complete and 

comprehensive audit of their books and 

records, and such refusal is in direct violation 

of defendants' contractual obligations 

to plaintiffs. In addition to the accounting, 

the distributors seek to collect triple damages, 

consisting of actual amounts due, plus 

punitive damages equal to twice the amount 

of the actual damages. 

Support the Will Rogers Hospital. 

Four Loews Executives 

Receive Promotions 

NEW YORK—The promotion of four 

Loews Theatres home office executives has 

been announced by Bernard Myerson, 

Bernard Diamond 

Dan Cohen 

Frank Patterson 

Orville Crouch 

president of the circuit. The changes were 

effective Saturday (1). Bernard Diamond 

has been advanced to executive vice-president 

in charge of all theatre operations. 

Frank Patterson, chief film buyer who recently 

rejoined the company, was named 

vice-president in charge of film buying. 

Dan Cohen, Eastern general manager, has 

had vice-president added to his title as has 

Western general manager Orville Crouch. 

New York Film Critics Honor 

Warners With 3 Awards 

HOLLYWOOD—The New York Film 

Critics December 28 made known its motion 

picture awards for 1971 and honored 

Warner Bros, with wins in three out of seven 

categories. 

Stanley Kubrick won two of the accolades 

by winning as best director of the year for 

his film, "A Clockwork Orange," which was 

also honored as the best film of year. Jane 

Fonda won best actress of the year for her 

[X'rformancc in the mystery-drama, "Klute." 

Ben Johnson was chosen best supporting 

actor and Ellen Burstyn as best supporting 

actress, both for their roles in "The Last 

Picture Show" (Col). The screenwriting 

category ended in a tie for "The Last Picture 

Show" and "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" 

(UA). Peter Bogdanovich and Larry Mc- 

Murtry scripted the first and Penelope Gilliatt 

did the latter. 

Sunday Movies Approved 

YORK, PA.— Referenda to permit Sunday 

movies in Penn Township and Sunday 

sports in Windsor Borough were approved 

by voters in both municipalities last month. 

The only theatre in Penn Township is located 

in the North Hanover Plaza. 

BOXOFFICE :: January 3, 1972

the 

I o 

'Dream Factory' to Debut 

Over ABC-TV Jan. 10 

M \S 1 (JkK— Hollswood: I he Drcini 

Factory" will be the premiere presentation 

of the ABC-TV networks new series "The 

Monday Night Special' on Monday (10). 

The show examines the glamor that was 

once Hollywood, as the famous backlot 

of MGM is closed forever and unused 

props and costumes are sold at auction. 

Exclusive footage reveals the mechanics 

behind the making of some of Hollywood's 

most lavish productions. Film archives and 

records at MGM. previoush closed to the 

public, were made available tor the special. 

Moguls such as Thalberg, Selznick and 

Louis B. Mayer and superstars on the 

order of Gable. Tracy, Hepburn. Garbo, 

Harlow. Taylor (Robert and tlizabeth) 

and Crawford are examined. 

"Hollywood: The Dream Factory" was 

produced by the .MGM-TV DiKumentary 

Department .is the third of six new General 

Fleclnc Monogram sjjecials. "The Monday 

Night .Special." formerly announced as 

"The Show of the Week," is a series extending 

into such varied areas as musical 

eniert.iinnieni, documentaries and sports. 

UA and Elliott Kastner Set 

Major Two-Picture Deal 

\l \S ÔKK L niled ArllÎ^ .ind Hlliott 

Kastner have signed a major two-picture 

deal, it was announced by David V. Picker, 

president of United Artists. 

The first film will be "The Long Goodbye" 

based on the classic R.ivmond Chandler 

novel about super-sleuth Philip Marlowe. 

Production will begin early in 1972 

with Jerry Bick as producer. The screenplay 

is by Leigh Brackett. The director and 

cast will be announced shortly. 

"Cops .md Robbers." an origin.il suspense 

melodrama by Donald Westlake. will be 

the second motion picture and will be f)ersonallv 

produced bv Kastner. starting next 

fall. 

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Tlie liillowing feature-length motion pictures 

have been reviewed and rated by the 

Code and Rating Administration pursuant 

to the Motion Picture Code and Rating 

Program. 

ntU Dlitnbutoi Ratlnfl 

Hlindman 

(ABKCO) 

Boot Hill (Film Ventures) 

A Clockwork Orange (WB) 

Diamonds Are Forever (UA) 

& 

GP' 

® 

GP' 

S (Dollars) (Columbia) \r\ 

Exchange Student 

(Int'l Producers Distributors) [g] 

Four Times That Night (Cinevision) [r] 

Frenzy (Universal) [r] 

Gumshoe (Columbia) 

GP* 

J. W. Coop (Columbia) GP* 

Macbeth (Columbia) [g 

Nicholas and Alexandra (Columbia) GP 

Such Gix>d Friends ( Paramount > 

[r] 

Targets (reissue) (Paramount) GP* 

Vengeance (Cinevision) 

CiP' 

Wilbur and the Baby Factory 

(Boxoffice Int'l) (x) 

X Y & Zee (Columbia) [r] 

•"This film contains motcnol which may not be suitoble 

for pre-teenogcrs," 

The following feature-length films whose 

CiP ratings were announced in Bulletin 

Nos. 146-162 also carry the additional admoniiorv 

legend. "This film contains material 

which may not be suitable for preteenagers": 

, 

The Ballod of Billic Blue 

Black Jesus 

Buck and the Preacher 

The Cowboys 

The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Stroight 

Going Home 

Horold and Maude 

Hotchct for a Honeymoon 

The Honkers 

The Hospitol 

The Human Race 

Jeremiah Johnson 

Joe Hill 

Johnny Got His Gun 

Kotch 

Long Ago, Tomorrow 

Made for Eoch Other 

Mon in the Wilderness 

Minnie and Moskowitz 

The Red Sun 

A Sate Ploce 

Sec No Evil 

Something Big 

Sometimes o Greet Notion 

Squares 

Super Seven Calling Cairo 

Tam Lin 

Teenage Mother 

To Find a Mon 

A Ton of Gross Goes to Pot 

T R Bask in 

Whispers in the Dork 

Who Killed Mary Whots'ernomc!" 

Who Slew Auntie Roo? 

Winter m Mollorco 

CODE AND RATING APPEALS BOARD 

JH\q 

DtspOiition 

BEDROOM MAZURKA Roting Upheld 

Explonotlon: This film wos rolcd X by the Code 

ond Rotinq Administrotion (Bulletin No 127) After 

hearing an oppeol by the film's distributor, Shcrpix. 

Inc . Code and Rating Appeals Boord voted to 

sustain the Code ond Roting Administration's decision 

plocing the film in the X category 

Title 

Diipotition 

LOVING AND LAUGHING Rating Uphelfl 

EKplonofion; This film wos roted X by the C"-dc 

an:i Roting Administrotion (Bulletin No 160). After 

heoring an oppeol by the film's producer, Cincpix, 

Inc , the Code ond Rating Appeals Board voted to 

sustoin the Code ond Rotmg Administrotion's decision 

plocing the film in the X cotcgorv. 

LETTERS 

the hditor; 

What is Universal trving to prove? If 

you don't play their pictures two months 

after they are released, then you will play 

them after TV does. 

Iheir salesman told me that they ma\ 

give one or two pictures to TV after they 

have been out one year to the date of 

release. I booked "How to Frame a Figg" 

and "One More Train to Rob." 1 put a 

trailer on the screen and one-sheet up. 

Two weeks before 1 pla\ed the picture, it 

played on IV. so I cancelled it and I got 

a picture from another companv. This 

Saturday "One More Train to Rob" was 

on TV. I played "Raid on Rommel" in 

June, one month after it was released, now 

it has been on TV. 

I asked the salesman wh\ the\ were put 

on TV so fast and his reply was that they 

were not boxoffice hits. But when he sold 

them to me he wanted a percentage and 

good guarantees. It's really nice to advertise 

something for TV. Or it gives you a 

good feeling to have one of \our patrons 

come up and sav, "I saw "Raid on Ronmicl" 

on TV last week. I paid to see it :ii your 

theatre four months ago." 

I guess the only answer to this problem 

is to not play an\' more of Universal's pictures. 

They will probabK h.i\e ".Airport" 

on r\' bv February. 

BILL .SLLLLRS 

Ritz Cinema 

Bolivar. Ohio 

John L. John Promoting 

Cinemation Cartoon 

NEW YORK—John L. John. Cinemation 

Industries' director of exploitation, 

sf)ent a busy pre-Chrislmas week on behalf 

of "Fritz the Kat. " the X-rated cartoon 

feature which Cinemation is releasing 

in January. In California. John discussed 

promotion plans with the film's producer, 

.Steve Kr.intz. and met with prospective 

field men in Los .Angeles and other West 

Coast areas. 

Departing Los .\ngcles. John spent one 

day at the Hilton Hotel in D.ill.is. holding 

similar confabs wiih .Southwest area 

exploitation 

prospects. 

Gulf States Appropriates 

Million for Atdvertising 

MiW ORLL.W.S- Ciull .Sl.iles 1 hc.itrcs. 

Inc.. has awarded its million-diillar regional 

advertising account to M.i\ 'Xdvertising 

and Marketing Agency. 

The contract was signed jointly by T. G. 

•Solomon. Gulf States president, and Hoke 

May. president of the agency. 

•\s agencN. Ma\ will be directing and 

placing advertising for .ipproxiniateh \^0 

motion picture theatres in eight states in 

the Ciulf South ,irea. 

10 BOXOmCE :: January 3. 1972

Special Preview Held 

Al RKO 86th St. Duo 

NEW YORK—Matthew Polon. president 

of RRO-Stanley Warner Iheatres. hosted a 

special preview of the new RKO 86th Street 

Twin theatres December 21 for industry 

executives. The theatres opened to the public 

the next day, with the inaugural premieres 

of twj pictures. Twin One is showing 

MGM's "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot 

while Twin Two has AIP's "Kid- 

Straight." 

napped." 

The RKO 86th Street Twin theatres mark 

the return of the circuit to the area after an 

absence of three years. The dual facility replaces 

the RKO 86th Street Theatre which 

served as the area's entertainment center for 

nearly half a century. 

A common entrance, boxoffice, projection 

booth and refreshment stand serve both 

auditoriums. The main foyer is graced with 

a rotating sculpture of iron and bronze with 

the modern theme being carried through in 

the wall scones of polished stainless steel. 

Clear, polished mirrors are mixed with the 

"wet look" in blue, white, black and silver 

mylar. Carpeting is blue throughout. Both 

an escalator and stairs are available to 

reach the 

upper level. 

Jules Stein Visits Europe 

To Confer on AIP Films 

NEW YORK—Jules Stein, director of international 

sales for American International 

Pictures' export corporation, recently completed 

a two-week business trip to London. 

Paris and Madrid. 

In London. Stein conferred with AIP's 

chairman of the board Samuel Z. Arkoff 

and met with Michael Bromhead of Anglo- 

EMI and Alan Kean of MGM-EMI, discussing 

future AIP releases with the latter two. 

Arkoff was in London to speak with "Deke" 

Heyward. vice-presdent in charge of European 

production on the current filming of 

"The Return of Dr. Phibes." and to discuss 

plans on future filming commitments. 

Stein, in Paris, made arrangements with 

Armand Ruben of Europex to represent AIP 

in France. Ruben will distribute "Wuthering 

Heights," "Bunny O'Hare," "The Abominable 

Dr. Phibes," "The Vampire Lovers," 

"Count Yorga Vampire" and "Three in the 

Attic." 

In Madrid. Stein met with AIP representative 

Roberto Feo and concluded a distribution 

arrangement with Cesar Films for 

"Count Yorga Vampire." its sequel "The 

Return of Count Yorga." "The Oblong 

Box" and "The Abominable Dr. Phibes." 

In addition, Stein spoke with Joaquin Agusti 

of CEA regarding forthcoming release of 

the highly successful 'Wuthering Heights." 

Anna Greenberg Rites 

NEW YORK—Funeral services were held 

here for Anna Greenberg. 87, mother o! 

Warner Bros. International vice-president 

Mac Greenberg, who died Sunday, December 

26, in her East Rockaway home. 

Adult Film 

Assn Annual Session 

To Highlight Legal Implications 

By 

SYD CA.SSYD 

LOS ANGELES—One of the important 

aspects of the Adult Film Ass'n of America's 

fourth annual meeting Sunday through 

Tuesday (9-11) at the Deauville Hotel in 

Miami Beach, Fla.. is the growth of registrants 

from commercial theatres. Swelling 

the attendance from the art houses and 

circuits, the commercial theatres have 

started to realize the importance of product 

to draw audiences on the adult level, noted 

David I'. Friedman, AFAA president. Of 

400 registrants, 350 are theatremen. 

On this same level, Dan Cady, secretary 

of the organization, who covered 10,000 

miles promoting the AFA, told Boxoffice 

of the experience of a circuit of 18 theatres 

in the Midwest. The discussion centered in 

one theatre in a town of 25,000. 

The experiment, tried with adult films, 

took place on a Friday following advertising 

in local papers about a midnight show. 

Between ll;45 p.m. and midnight, 360 

people showed up, with a resultant gross 

of $840. This gross was higher than the 

rest the week for continuous shows. Because 

of the success with midnight shows, 

the circuit is trying it at two more houses 

on a twice-a-month basis. 

Cady suggested that Middle America, the 

smaller towns, can benefit by catering to 

the tastes of all their potential audiences 

and the boost in commercial theatre attendance 

at the convention is attributed to 

this fact. 

Don Davis, 

treasurer of AFA and speaker 

chairman, phoned Boxoffice from Alabama 

on the way to Miami to tell us that 

he had most of his speakers lined up, but 

that a few big "specials" would be announced 

Wednesday (5). 

One of the "big guns" already announced 

is a former AFA speaker, when he was an 

attorney in Memphis, Tenn. Recently appointed 

by the mayor of Memphis to the 

post of city attorney, Frierson Graves, who 

defended the principles of free speech and 

the right of adults to choose what they 

should see, takes office just one week before 

the AFA sessions. 

Discussing his ideas over the phone from 

his office, he told Bo.xoffice that he will 

present the "view from the other side." 

Asked to give some indication of this. 

Graves stated he thought it important to 

show what a city could do legally without 

emotional approaches, but on a basis where 

the AF.'\ businessman is not legally "harassed." 

"What is being used—is it or not proper?" 

he sLiggested is the basis for determination. 

At present, he noted, the lower court 

decisions are based on "nuisance value" or 

"license laws." rather than higher court 

rulings or the Constitution. "Perhaps when 

the present Supreme Court establishes the 

'limits.' it might stabilize the industry.'' he 

stated. 

Other speakers are Stanley Fleishman, 

noted attorney in the field of censorship, 

and Arm Gudgel, Tulsa attorney, active 

in the same field. 

Davis said a top highlight speaker will 

be Alan Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio, attorney, 

who will speak from first-hand experience 

in fighting the views of Charles Keating, 

who leads the bluenose movement against 

adult films. 

Sam Lake is the convention president 

and is a second vice-president of the group. 

Meeting in Miami Sunday (9) before 

registration Monday (10) will be the officers, 

board, counsel and speakers. Friedman 

is president; David H. Isacson, first 

vice-president; Lake, second vice-president; 

Dan Cady. secretary, and Don Davis, treasurer. 

Board of directors members from the 

Hast are Don King, Ed Saretsky and Jimmy 

Janu. In the Central area, Sam Chernoff, 

Carl Carter and Arthur Barnett represent 

the industry on the board, while in 

the West it's J. Fineberg. Armand Atanian 

and Wes De Pue. 

Jerry Frankel Is 

Elected 

NY MP Bookers Club Prexy 

NEW YORK—Jerry Frankel, assistant 

general sales manager of Audubon Films, 

was unanimously elected president of the 

Motion Picture Bookers Club of New York 

for 1972 at a recent meeting of the club. 

The annual installation dinner and dance 

will take place Friday evening, February 

II. at the Americana Hotel. 

The complete slate of officers follows: 

First vice-president, William H. Frankle; 

second vice-president. Fred Koontz jr., secretary, 

Ann Plisco; treasurer. Max Fried; 

financial secietary, Lee Herbst; sergeant-atarms. 

Howard Farber; trustees, Marty Perlberg 

and Hank Feinstein, and board of 

directors, Ronald Lesser, Ralph E. Donnelly, 

Marvin Friedlander. Marty Goldman, Richard 

Magan. Arthur Morowitz and Lou Solkoff. 

Donnell also is press representative for 

the 

club. 

Virginians I 

and 2 Will 

Premiere Wednesday (19) 

1 REDERICKSBURG. VA.—The Virginians 

1 and 2, located on Route 1 near the 

Fredericksburg Drive-In, will open to the 

public Wednesday (19), it is announced by 

R C Theatres. The new twin facility joins 

several other motion picture houses operated 

by the circuit in the Fredericksburg area. 

Easily accessible to the entire metropolitan 

area, Virginians 1 seats 500 patrons, 

while Virginians 2 will accommodate 285 

moviegoers. 

The dualer is supported by an unlimited 

well-lighted parking area and is equipped 

with full-range presentation facilities including 

xenon light source. 

BOXOFHCE :: January 3, 1972 E-1

Ahkc 

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The 

8th 

2nd 

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— 

Minnie and Moskowitz' Rates 610 

NY Debut; 'Clockwork Orange' 555 

NEW YORK—With ihe holidays upon 

us, all of Manhattan's shuttered theatres reopened 

to generally excellent business. 

"Minnie and Moskowitz." debuting at the 

small Cinema II. topped the list with a 610. 

mainly because the house has a very limited 

capacity. "A Clockwork Orange." which just 

won the New York Film Critics' Best Picture 

Award, racked up a 555 average at 

Cinema I to take second place in its initial 

week. In third was "Fiddler on the Roof," 

525 in its eighth frame at the Rivoli. 

Tied for fourth spot were two just-opened 

and widely different films. "The Garden 

of the Finzi-Conlinis" at the Plaza and "The 

Boy Friend" at the 59th Street Twin U. 

each with .i 400 average. Fifth was "The 

Hospital." a second-weeker at the Sutton 

with 370. Long-running "The Last Picture 

Show" was sixth this time, showing a still 

healthy 365 average in the 12th week at 

Columbia 1. 

Average Is 100) 

BoroneT— Such Good Friends Paro) 305 

Bcckman— Made »or Eoch Other (20th-Fox), 

2nd wk 240 

Corncgie Holt Cincmo—Rogo (Apple Films), 

5th wk 90 

Cini^S (Col) 235 

Cincmo I—A Clockwork Orongc (WB) 555 

Cinema II— Minnie and Moskowitz (Univ) 610 

Cinema 57— Mocbcth ^ 210 

Cineramo—The Gong That Couldn't Shoot Straight 

(MGM) 280 

Columbia I- The Lost Picture Show ;Cul) 

I2tti wk. 365 

Columbia ll~ Happv Birthday, Wonda June 

(Col), 3rd *! 85 

Coronet— Harold and Maude r*ara) 95 

Criterion— Nicholas and Alexandra (Col), 3rd wk. 25(! 

86tti Street Tw.n I The Gong Thot Couldn't 

Shoot Stroight (MGMl 29i 

B6tti Street Twin II— Kidnapped lAlP) 205 

Festivol — The Occomcron :UA 

, wk 160 

59tti Street Twin I Gong That Couldn't 

Shoot Straight MGM; 250 

59tti Street Tw.n II- The Boy Friend (MGM) . . . .400 

Fine Arts— The Trojan Women (CRC). 13th wk. . . 60 

i 

Forum— El Topo . wk 140 

Orpheum— Dirty Horry WB i 

160 

Poromount—Mode tor Eoch Other (20th-Foxj, 

2nd wk 

1 40 

Pans— King Lror Alturo), 5th wk 125 

Penthou Kidnoppcd AlP) 105 

Ploza— The Gordcn of the Finzi—Continis 

(Cinemo 5) .100 

Radio City Music Holl—Bedknobs and Broomsticks 

(BV), 7th wk 255 

Rivoli— Fiddler on the Roof lUA), 8th wk 525 

68th Street Ployhousc— Lo Boucher (CRC) . . 205 

State I— $ 'C^l) 220 

State II- Dirty Horry (WB) !!!! 250 

Sutton— The Hospitol (UA), 2nd wk. ...'...'.,.. 

! 

370 

34th Street Eost— Murmur of the Heart (Reade) 

6lh wk .'.110 

Tower East— $ (Col) 210 

Victoria— Hanky iHorris). 2nd wk 230 

"Diamonds Are Forever' High 335 

Dobut Woek in Baltimore 

BAL 11 MORL—.Seven brand-new releases 

bowed in for the holidays, hut it was ""Diamonds 

Arc Forever" that took top honors 

over its competitors, scoring a composite 

.135 at Cinema I, II and the Paramount. 

"Harold and Maude" made ;i good entrance 

at Wesiview II with 125. tying with the 

si,\th frame of "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" 

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in the above-average class were 

"Dirty Harry" at the Liberty II and Patterson 

and "Straw Dogs" al the Senator, both 

registering I I 5. 

Bvulovord. Colony, Grand - The Gong Thot 

Couldn't Shoot Stroight MGv 90 

Cinemo I, II, Paramount— Diamonds Are Forever 

ILIA) 335 

5 West—Joe Hill (Poro) 100 

Glen Burnie Moll, Liberty I—$ (Col) 90 

Liberty II, Pattcrscn— Dirty Horry WB) 115 

Playhouse— Sundoy, Bloody Sunday lUA), 8th wk, 100 

Scnotor—Strow Dogs iCRC 115 

Towson, Westview I— Bedknobs ond Broomsticks 

(BV), 6th wk 125 

Westview II— Horold and Moude Poro 125 

'Diamonds Are Forever' 250 

Second Week in Buffalo Dual 

BUhi-.M.U— Holida> crowds, spurred by 

post-Christmas shoppers and school vacations, 

gave local boxoffices a shot in the 

. 

arm. "Diamonds Are Forever." in its second 

week at Loews' Buffalo and Dipson's 

Colvin, snared a sharp 250 composite. 

Backstage—Sexy Susan Sins Again (SR), 2nd wk 100 

Boulevard Cinema I 

S ^Coli 160 

Buttalo, Colvin— Diamonds Are Forever :UAV 

2nd wk 250 

Center, North Pork— Sometimes o Greot Notion 

(Univ) 

Granado— Bedknobs and Broomsticks (BV), 

120 

6th wk. . 

140 

Holiday 1 —The French Connection (20th-Fox). 

8th wk, . 

130 

Holiday 2— Harold and Maude ^Poro) 180 

Kensington— The Gong Thot Couldn't Shoot 

Stroight (MGM 100 

Plaza North— Fiddler on the Roof iUA) 2nd wk 200 

Teck—Touch Me (SR), Party Girls (SR) 130 

Gala NY 'Macbeth' World 

Bow at Playboy Theatre 

.\l-\\ ÛRk .\ hvKl ol Ncu \o\\ 

celebrities were on hand at the new PI,ivho> 

Theatre here .Sunday evening. December 

19, for the gala invitational world premiere 

of Rom.in Polanski's "Machelh." the acclaimed 

director's unique inlerprclalion of 

ihe .Shakespe.irean tragedy for Piavboy Productions 

.ind Columbia Pictures. Polanski 

and Hugh Hefner hosted the black-tie 

opening and the parl\' th.il followed al 

the Playbos ( hib. 

.Among the notables slated lo attend Ihe 

gala festivities were Congresswoman Ik'll.i 

.'Vbziig. Helen Gurley Brown. Colleen Dcwhurst. 

Hillard Llkiiis, Joan Lonlaine. Milos 

Torman, Arlcne Francis, Al Freeman jr,, 

Rita Gam, Hermione Gingold, Dr. and 

Mrs. Leonard Gordon (Rita Moreno). Lee 

(rr.ini, llimtincion Hartford, Helen Haves. 

Jerome llclliii.in, Mr. and Mrs. Garson 

K.inin. .Sen. .ind Mrs. Jacob Javils, ,Stac\ 

Keach. I.arr> Kert and Ira Levin. 

.Also Mayor and Mrs. John 1 iiidsax. 

CIcavon Little. Mr, and Mrs. Joshua Logan. 

John McMarlin, Sylvia Miles. Julie Newmar, 

Arthur Pcnn, Mr. and Mrs. Otio 

Preminger, Mr. and Mrs. F.dgar Rosenberg 

(Jo. in Rivers), Mr. and Mrs. Dore Scharv, 

Stephen .Sondheim. Terry Souihern .ind 

Frit/ Weaver. 

Columbia Pictures was represented b\ 

Jerome Hvams, senior executive vice-president 

of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., 

.md Stanley .Schneider, president of Columbia 

Pictures, 

Judith Crist Reveals 

Favorite 1971 Films 

\LU MJRk t riiic Judith Crisi, in revealing 

some of her selections for the best 

films oi the year, stated that movies have 

become more positive in recent weeks and 

that the new trend advocates the joys of 

being alive. Mrs. Crist was the keynote 

speaker at the annual Cadillac Luncheon of 

Cinema Lodge. Bnai Brith. Ihursdav, December 

16. at the Warwick Hotel. 

Past president Norman Robbins. who was 

co-chairman of the Cadillac drive, most 

successful in the organization's history, announced 

that .Abe Goodman was the grand 

prize winner (S200) of the World Series 

pool. Winner of the Cadillac was M. Gordon, 

while the drawing for a color TV set 

resulted in Eleanor Horowitz' selection, 

Mrs. Crist, once a reporter on the New 

York Herald-Tribune and now a critic for 

NBC's Today .Show, TV Guide and New 

York Magazine, said that a Ten Best List 

for 1971 was difficult. No less so was the 

compilation of a Ten Worst List, since "it's 

not easy to find perfectly awful movies, just 

imperfectly awful. A lot of talent and intellectual 

dishonesty are needed." 

.Sex and violence in films are what our 

contemporarv lives are like, she asserted. 

However, aside from the "positive" trend, 

she admitted missing the schmaltz present 

in so many good old films.. On a recent 

weekend in Tarrytown. where she conducts 

movie weekends for customers at an inn. 

•Johnny Eager" (1941) proved to be a perfect 

example o( Ihe type of film no longer 

being made. Consiilcring herself more mature 

than most contemporary critics, she 

managed to dismiss many of the latter as 

""14-year-olds disguised as adults reviewing 

movies." 

Mrs. Crist said that these films were 

among those she liked the most in 1971: 

"Derby."" "'The Clow-ns,"" "Sunday, Bloody 

Siindav."" '"The French Connection." "A 

Clockwork Orange." ""Nicholas and Alexandra." 

"The Garden of the Finzi-Continis." 

"Claire's Knee." "The Hospital." "Little 

Murders." "Carnal Knowledge." "Hoa- 

Hinh" and "One Da\ in the Life of Ivan 

Denisovich." 

Renee Taylor, Joe Bologna 

To Tour for 20th-Fox Film 

M:W ÔRK - Rcncc fa\lor and her 

husb.uid Joseph Bologna, screenwriters and 

stars of 20th Century-Fox's critically acclaimed 

off-beat romantic comedy, "Made 

for Each Other," will begin an 18-day, eightcity 

promotional tour on behalf of the film 

Monday (.1). Cities to be visited include Los 

.Vngeles. San Francisco. Toronto. Washing- 

Ion. DC Miami. Boston. Philadelphia and 

Chicago. 

Miss Taylor and Bologna will participate 

in a complete schedule of publicity appearances 

and will be interviewed on radio, on 

TV and by writers for newspapers and 

magazines based in the various cities. 

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gTANLIV KUBRICK must certainly be 

the director of the year, having been 

honored as such bv the New York Film 

Critics for "A Clockwork Orange," new 

hit at the Cinema I. The 43-year-old director 

is probed in depth in "Stanley Kubrick 

Directs" b\ British film critic Alexander 

Walker. Published by Harcourt Brace 

JovanoMch, Inc.. the volume is another in 

the series "Visual Analyses of Film Techniques." 

For the Kubrick devotee, this is a 

must; for others, the price (S8.95) will 

have to be a consideration for such a comparatively 

slim book. .Selection of photographs 

is superior to their general reproduction. 

A si.\-page article m the Monday (3) 

issue of Newsweek, entitled "Kubrick's 

Brilliant Vision." concentrates on this newest 

film, which many already are calling 

his greatest work. Both the Walker book 

and the .irticle by Paul D. Zimmerman 

emphasi/c Kubrick's demand for total control 

over his films and the fact that he 

was initially persuaded to become a moviemaker 

by seeing so many bad films that 

he concluded he could do much better himself. 

• 

"Diamonds Arc Forever." the new James 

Bond film, swept across the showcase route 

to capture over SI, 000.000 worth of admissions 

in the first week here. The second 

week was keeping up the fast 007 pace. 

A milli(m dollars in diamonds, or 1.500 

carats, were placed on display in the lohh\ 

of the Century Green Acres Theatre in 

the Green Acres .Shopping Center. Valley 

Stream. I.. I., to kick off the UA films run 

there. 

• 

Matthew Polon. president of RKO-Stanlcy 

Warner Theatres, hosted a cocktail reception 

for industryites and the press December 21 

to inaugurate the opening of the RKO S6th 

Street Twin theatres. 

The guest list for the special preview and 

reception included such industry e.xeculivcs 

as Harvey Baran. Leon Blender. Ava Leighton. 

D. J. Edele. Irving Ludwig. Charles 

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Columbia's "7 he Go-Bctween." havini; 

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Jack .Servies. former president of National 

Theatre Supply Co.. was in the metropolitan 

area during the holidays with his wife Lucille 

to visit children and grandchildren in 

New Jersey. The Servies also met with 

Iriends and former associates. Servies. who 

retired in 1968, lives with his wile in Tcquestra. 

Fla. 

Bernard .\lyerson. president of Loews 

theatres, has been imanimously elected 

chief barker of the Variety Club's Tent 35 

lor 1972. Also elected were Martin H. 

Sewnum. executive vice-president of Century 

Circidt. as first a.s.'ii.Uanl chief barker: 

James R. Veldc. vice-president of United 

Artists distribution, as second a.ssistant 

chief barker: Donald T. Gillin. producers 

representative, as dough guy. and Phil 

l.\aacs. vice-president of GSF. as property 

master. 

New members of the crew include Sanlord 

"Bud" Wolff, executive director of 

.ATI RA; Harry Bu.xbaum. vice-president of 

Cinerama in charge of sales, and Martin 

Lcvine, vice-president and general manager 

of Barndt Theatres. Continidng on the crew 

are Mel Berman, James F. Gould and 

George Waldman. Retiring chief barker 

Salah Hassanein will continue as chairman 

of the annual Christmas party and program 

journal chairman of the I'CI convention. 

Each couple registering for the 4.'^th anniversary 

Variety Clubs International convention 

will receive a two-pound box of 

jumbo Hershey chocolate bars, courtesy of 

Ben Smerling. board chairman of .\HC Concessions 

Co.. a division of Ogden I'oods. 

Melvyn Berman. vice-president of Odgcn 

Loods and a member of the Variety Club 

Tent 35 crew, will serve as a co-chairman 

of the program journal to be published in 

conjunction with the convention. The convention 

will be held at the Hotel .Xmericana 

April 23-28. Frank Yablans and Steve Ro.ss 

are serving as co-chairmen. 

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Carrols' Cinema L 2 

Bow in Transil Mall 

lOCKl'uRl N.I.- 1 he nc^\ est additions 

to the western New York film community 

made their bow December 25. when 

Mall Cinema I and 2 opened in the new 

Transil Mall on Transit Road here. The 

houses, each seating 350 and with a common 

lobby, are fully equipped for all forms 

of modern 35mm projection. Capable of being 

operated as automated theatres, they are 

part of Carrols Development Corp. of Syracuse. 

N.Y.. which is he-ided by Herbert N. 

Slotnick. 

The organization now has appro.vimately 

60 theatres in opveration from coast to coast, 

according to David Connor, head of the 

firm's theatre division. The new cinemas 

mark the initial Carrols theatre operation 

in this area, although the corporation has 

been represented around Buffalo and Niagara 

Falls by five fast-food restaurants. 

The Lockport twin is being managed by 

William Burnett, transferred into the area 

from Binghamton. 

"Our policy is one of first-run films aimed 

at a general audience." said Connor. "I suppose 

you could .say we are pointing toward 

a family trade. At least neither of these 

theatres will be "skin houses.' " 

The gradual expansion of Carrols has 

m. irked one of the happiest success stories 

in upstate New York, The Slotnick family 

has been involved in theatre operations for 

well over two decades. Its expansion from a 

drive-in in a Syracuse suburb started during 

the 1950s, extending to restaurants and regular 

film theatres. In more recent years, its 

theatre division has l>een specializing in the 

development of small houses. 

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Joe Calunia ol ihc Wcstficid Drivc-ln 

brought smiles to the face of Sidney 

J. Cohen. NATO of New York Stale president 

and a member of the board of directors 

of the Will Rogers Hospital Fund, when 

Joe turned in a check for almost S4(H) for 

the fund. Ihe sum was gathered in collections 

at his famous ozoner. Cohen was enthusiastic 

because Joe collected even more 

than a lot of theatres in this city, beating 

even some of the large houses! "Congratulations. 

Joe." said Cohen. 

Sidney J. Cohen, NATO of New York 

presideni. will attend the meeting of regional 

presidents NIonday (17) in the Marriott 

Motor Hotel. Chicago. Cohen says the date 

wa.s selected in order that the recommendations 

of the various presidents can be 

brought before Ihe executive committee 

which meets, in Orlando. Fla.. Wednesday 

(19) and Thursday (20). The Chicago meetings 

will open at 10 a.m. Monday (17) and 

will be followed by a recess at 12:15 p.m.. 

a luncheon meeting at \2:M) p.m. an afternoon 

session at 2 D.m. and adjournment at 

4 p.m. 

The ( hristmas party held the other day 

by ihc Women of Variety for children at 

Ihe Rehabilitation Center brought smiles to 

the faces of the little patients there. Santa 

showed up also and there were gifts, refreshments 

and eniertainment— in fact, "the 

whole b:l. a^ one iillii.ei said. .Mis. Berth, 

.Meyers, chairman, and Mrs. Betty Emeweil. 

co-chairman, did a great job! Mrs. Joseph 

Schafer. presideni. was there to see that all 

The kids, the grandchildren, 

went well . . . 

the moms, pops and grandparents all had a 

grand and glorious time at the annual 

Christmas party of the Variety Club December 

19. Bill Shields was chairman and 

Santa Claus was there to handle the gifts 

lor the kiddies. There were refreshments and 

eniertainment and Tent 7 officials admitted 

it was Ihe best Yuletide party ever staged. 

.Mrs. Sidni-\ J. I'ohi-n now is in Ihe General 

Hospital, where she is recovering from 

a rather long illness. She will be glad to receive 

cards from her friends—and the receipt 

of a card helps to buoy her up. says 

the president of NATO of New York. Sidney 

J. Cohen. C"mon folks, start the card 

flood to Mrs. Cohen! 

.I«»hii 

Kobert-s, Cinerama Releasing branch 

manager, screened his company's new feature. 

"I Want What 1 Want." and later exhibited 

The Straw Dogs" for Ihealremcn. 

Both fe.itures were applauded by the exhibitors 

Anthony J. Mercuric, manager of 

. . . the Paramount office, arranged with Joseph 

P. Garvey. Holiday Theatres general manager, 

to hold a special preview of 'Harold 

and Maude" in Holiday 2. The prodiiciion 

opened Christmas Day in Hi^lid.iv I. 

Leon Back Re-Elected 

Md. NATO Presideni 

H.\Lll.\lURt— Ihe .N.\10 ol .Maryland 

board was called by president Leon B. 

Back, general manager of Rome Theatres, 

lor the purfKise of electing officers for 1972. 

These officers were selected from the board 

of directors which had been approved and 

announced at the annual meeting in the 

Holiday Inn Downtown November 18. 

The roster of men to hold the reins for 

the 1972 term are: Leon B. Back, re-elected 

for a second term as president: George A. 

Brehm. owner of Westview Cinema 1 and 

II. vice-president: Bill Brizendine. Schwaber 

Theatres executive, re-elected treasurer: 

Jack Whittle, reappointed executive director, 

and Mrs. Vera Wolfe, appointed sccretar> 

to Whittle. 

Members of the board of directors are: 

.St.mley Baker. Hicks-Baker Theatres: Irwin 

R. Cohen. R C and Tunick Theatres: Douglas 

Connellec. Elk Theatre. Elkton. Md.: 

Walter Gettinger. Gettinger .Amusement 

Co.: Joseph Grant. Grant Theatres: Meyer 

I.eventhal. Carroll Theatre. Westminster. 

Md.: John .Manuel, owner oi Ihe Squier 

Theatre. .-Xberdeen. and Belair Drive-ln. 

Churchviile. Md.: William Myers. Pocomoke 

Drive-ln. Pocomoke. Md.: Vernon 

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BALTIMORE 

Dhil Harris, chief barker-elect, reports that 

Variety Club Tent 19 will have its official 

installation of officers for the ensuing 

year at Overica Hall (on Beiair Road) 

Wednesday (12). 

Miss Reiia Bittman, payroll chief at 

Schwabcr 1 hcilrcs. is looking forward to 

February 12. when she will lake a two-week 

cruise on the British ship Queen Elizabeth 

II out of New York for various Caribbean 

Schwaber's Paramount TTieatre 

ports . . . 

has a new cashier. Miss Valerie Chishold, 

according to manager Arthur Hallock. 

Jack Whittle, NATO of 

Maryland executive 

director, has been released from St. 

Joseph's Hospital following a brief slay and 

will be convalescing at home for a short 

time. 

Leon Ruck. NATO of Maryland president 

and Rome I hcatres general manager, and 

Mrs. Back spent the Christmas holiday 

weekend in Norfolk. Va. Some of ihe Rome 

circuit's theatres are in Norfolk, so leon 

could combine pleasure with business. 

A benefit perfurniunce of "Diamonds Are 

Forever" for the National Retinitis Pigmentosa 

Foundation was held December 2.' 

at the Yorkridge Cinma 1 and II . . . The 

churches of West Baltimore will present a 

showing of "King: A Filmed Record 

Montgomery to Memphis" at 7:K) p.m. Friday 

(14), the 43rd anniversary of the birth 

of the late civil rights leader, in Ihe Edmondson 

High School auditorium, 501 Athol 

Ave. Tickets are $1.50 and are available 

at Hunting Ridge United Presbyterian 

Church, Fdmondson Avenue at Winans 

Way. 

Mrs. Mildred UoKh. Wolsh Theatre Service, 

had ,1 holid.is December 24 through 

Sunday (2). The Wolsh warehouse is closed 

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annually during this period . . . The city 

was indeed proud of Variety Club Tent 19 

during the holiday period! The group held a 

"Variety Week" in which it gave three 

Christmas parties at the Mount Royal Recreation 

Center on West Mosher Street lor 

h.indicapped and brain-damaged children. 

.About 45 moppets, jubilant, to say the least, 

attended each day and were given cookies, 

candies, hot dogs and a gift for each to take 

home. The occasions were beautifully handled 

under the aegis of Phil Harris, chief 

barker-elect, and the Women of Variety 

Tent 19. 

Mrs. Jerome Grant, whose husband is a 

partner in Cirant Iheatres. was the recent 

coordinating chairman of the Baltimore 

Council for International Visitors, which 

hosted a group of foreign students here during 

the Christmas season. Ihey came from 

Thailand, Turkey, Colombia, Brazil and 

Liberia . . . Another group which ascended 

the bandwagon oi sponsors of "Fiddler on 

the Roof" at the Randallstown Theatre (JF) 

was the Amity (juild. which sponsored the 

showing December 26. Proceeds from the 

theatre party will go to the Maryland Workshop 

for the Blind to build a new playground 

at its present facilities. 

The Apollo Theatre, where Marguerite 

Browne is manager, gave a Christmas party 

. . Phil Glazer, owner of 

for neighborhood children December 27. 

The youngsters were gifted with bags of assorted 

candies . . . Jack Burk will celebrate 

his fourth year as sales manager lor Milner- 

Fenwick in April . 

.Associated Pictures, made a trip to Los Angeles 

to meet with several West Coast producers 

to finalize distribution plans and advertising-promotion 

on new product. 

PITTSBURGH 

Qlint ta.stwood. NATO's Star of the 

Year," was on a triple bill at the Stanley. 

A sneak preview was added December 

IS and those entering at noon could have 

looked at four features, etc., until 10 p.m. 

Clint, at the same time, was seen at the 

Gateway in a single feature and he also 

came on screen at the Fiesta. 

William Friedkin, director of "The 

French Connection," following a 20-city 

lour, wrote to Morris M. Finkel that the 

local Chatham Cinema "is the most beauti- 

'ul and sensibly designed 1 think I've seen 

in this country— and the management 

couldn't have been nicer to me. I'm referriiie. 

of course, to Cieorge Pappas." 

Ileiii.' Hall, where imperfections are now 

corrected, plans special film events, particularly 

for Mondays, and hopes to exhibit the 

operas and old-time musical films. Manuel 

. . . The 

l.evine is director and the new Heinz Hall 

assistant manager is Don Craig 

.ince for viewing of "Star Spangled Girl," 

this being a benefit for Children's Hospit.il 

In 38 years, the Old Newboys in complete 

campaigns have raised $6,395,388 for the 

hospital. The presS' exploits the annual film 

premiere, 

.'Oth annual Old Newsboys premiere at the 

Warner was a sellout, with 1.300 in altend- 

Hal C. Davis, international president of 

the .American Federation of Musicians 

(AFI -CIO), who formerly headed the Pittsburgh 

Musicians Local for many years, was 

hailed for his efforts in promoting the sale 

of Israel Bonds at a testimonial dinner at 

the Plaza Hotel, New York City . . . Thieves 

broke into your correspondent's boxing gym 

Christmas Sunday and stole hundreds of dollars 

worth of gear, fixtures and equipment. 

Jules Curley, former RKO-SWT district 

manager, who in recent years has owned 

the offset printing firm, ADV Agency, in 

the Screen Guild-.AIP Building on old Filmrow, 

underwent surgery in Mercy Hospital 

and is now back on the job turning out 

hundreds of thousands of theatre heralds, 

etc. His wife Gertrude resigned as group 

theatre sales representative for "Fiddler on 

the Roof" at the Manor Theatre and her 

successor at the theatre post is Regina 

Murff. who is no stranger in this capacity. 

Mrs. Murff is vice-president of the Better 

Film A: TV Council of Greater Pittsburgh 

and is local reporter for Newsreel. publication 

of the Federation of Nfi-ition Picture 

Councils. 

Acknowledging with thanks more Christmas 

greeting cards Irom Da\ id Brown. Anne 

and George Tice, Mrs. John A. Smith, Earl 

R. Beckwilh, Adam G. Goelz, Vince and 

Ruth Josack. Yelta Wheeler-Jacquelyn 

Wheeler Stein. Chuck and Jean Warner. 

Charles and Dale Warner and Mom Warner 

and Miss Mac E. Shivcly. NATO of Western 

Pennsylvania . . . The holiday was saddened 

when one of your correspondent's boxing 

trainers, Larry Powers sr.. was killed in an 

auto accident near Greensburg. 

Michael Sno", independent filmmaker, 

will show and discuss his recent movies 

Ihursday (13) at 8:30 p.m. in Carnegie 

Lecture Hall . American Films 

opened feature film production studios here 

at 79 23rd St. 

All outdoor theatres, except the Greater 

Pittsburgh Drive-ln, were closed Christmas 

week and some of the indoor theatres also 

were closed, these including the Cinema at 

Greensburg. Sixteen ozoners were open December 

25-26. 

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NEWS AND VIEWS THE PRODUCTION CENTER 

(Hollywood Office— 6425 Hollywood Blvd., 465-1186) 

AMC Sixplex Debuts 

In Mall of Orange 

LOS ANGELES— Kansas City-based 

American Multi Cinema's Orange Mall 6 

theatres, located in the Mall of Orange on 

Tustin Boulevard south of Lincoln, off the 

intersections of the Riverside and Newport 

freeways in the city of Orange, opened to 

the public Wednesday. December 22. A variety 

of film fare was booked to mark the 

debut ot the si.xplex. 

Stanley H. Durwood, AMC president, 

cites variety of selection as one of the 

prime reasons for the success of the multitheatre 

concept. "The key is our ability to 

present a mi.\ of quality films simultaneoLisly 

with appeal to all ages. Adults may attend 

a film with adult appeal while their 

children are attending a film that appeals 

to them. We always are in the unique position 

of having something for everyone." 

To keep motion picture entertainment 

within the reach of everyone. Orange Mall 

6 theatres will strive to maintain a spread 

in ticket prices. AMC's "Twi-Lite Hour" 

bargain prices will be offered seven days a 

week at 90 cents admission for adults and 

students. Also, a student price that includes 

those of college age will be offered. 

"We are delighted with the vitality within 

and around both the city of Orange and 

Orange County. The entire community 

shows) an enthusiastic attitude that can only 

result in continued growth and economic 

balance," said Durwood. 

The first sixplex in the state of California, 

Orange Mall 6 has a total of 1,800 

seats. AMC is now operating or building 

203 theatres in 31 cities in 15 states. 

Orange Mall 6 is the sixth sixplex recently 

completed. 

Last Rites for Robert Lowery 

HOLLYWOOD—Funeral services were 

held December 29 for Robert Lowery, television 

and film actor whose career stretched 

back to the 1930s. Lowery, 57, died December 

26, apparently of a heart attack. 

After services at Pierce Brothers Mortuary 

Hollywood Chapel, private services 

were held. Films in which he appeared included 

"The Mark of Zorro," "Young Dr. 

Lincoln." "Drums Along the Mohawk," 

"The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond." 

"Charlie Chan in Reno" and "Free, Blonde 

and 21." 

Art Linkletter to Emcee 

Salute to Johnny Grant 

HOLLYWOOD — Art Linkletter will 

serve as master of ceremonies at the Variety 

Club of Southern California kmcheon Wednesday 

(5) honoring Johnny Grant, TVradio 

personality, in the Crystal Room at 

the Beverly Hills Hotel, it was announced 

bv Spero L. Kontos, chief barker of the 

showmen's organization. Over 400 persons 

have made reservations to attend the affair, 

according to Ervin L. "Duke" Douglyn, 

kmcheon chairman and district manager of 

Avco Embassy Pictures Corp. 

The Variety Club's Heart Aw.ird will be 

presented to Grant "in recognition of his 

civic and humanitarian achievements and 

for helping to bring smiles and laughter to 

the men and women serving in our armed 

forces." With Grant at the luncheon will 

be his current USO troupe consisting of 

Lori Stockton, Diane Cosby, Debbie Rubenstein 

and Katy O'Pace. He has just returned 

from his seventh junket to Vietnam and his 

21st Christmas away from home. 

Kontos said numerous show business 

celebrities will be on the dais, as well as 

civic officials including Mayor Sam Yorty, 

Supervisor Warren M. Dorn and Sheriff 

Peter J. 

Pitchess. 

3 Co-Chairmen Are Named 

For B'nai B'rith Dinner 

HOLLYWOOD—W i 1 1 i a m Foreman, 

president of Pacific Theatres, and film stars 

Jack Lemmon and Burt Lancaster have 

been named co-chairmen of the Beverly 

Hills B'nai B'rith "Man of the Year" dinner 

honoring Gordon T. Stulbcrg. president 

and chief operating officer of 20th Century-Fox 

Film Corp. 

The 25th annual award will be presented 

to Stulberg at the formal dinner in the International 

Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton 

Hotel March 12. More than 1.500 dignitaries, 

entertainment and sports celebrities 

and civic and social leaders will attend, according 

to Leonard E. Wasserstein, general 

chairman, and lodge president Duke Molner. 

Mac Benoff, writer of the screenplay 

"Bless the Beasts & Children." will produce 

the annual show at the award dinner featuring 

some of the most illustrious stars of the 

entertainment world. 

"J. W. Coop" was recently shown at the 

sixth Chicago International Film Festival. 

Salute to Chaplin Is 

Under Consideration 

HOLLYWOOD— Plans are bemg discussed 

here for honoring this community's 

greatest motion picture citizen, Charlie 

Chaplin. His films are part of the Charlie 

Chaplin Film Festival, playing its first run 

exclusive at the Music Hall. The Reade- 

Rosener circuit will play each film as it 

continues to draw audiences and then start 

with the next on the list. 

Dates for the West Coast premiere of 

two of the films, neither of which have 

played in the Los Angeles area, "Monsieur 

Verdoux" and "King of New York," are 

handled by Oliver A. Lingers Leisure 

Media, Inc., and Cla-ssic Features Corp. 

One of the highlights of the great master 

filmmaker's return to his home grounds 

can well be the honoring of his work by 

National General's Grauman's Chinese 

and/ or the Academy, as well as other 

groups. His name is not in the series of 

acknowledgments in the sidewalk on Hollywood 

Blvd. and the chamber of commerce 

is not overlooking that fact. 

The Music Hall Theatre in Los Angeles 

reported hefty grosses in its first three days, 

with Reade-Rosener's circuit head. William 

Katzky, highly optimistic because of audience 

response and the word-ol -mouth buikiine 

of new audiences. 

Peter S. Rodgers Named 

Executive V-P of NTA 

BEVERLY HILL.S, CALIF. — Bernard 

Tabakin, president of National Telefilm 

Associates, has announced the formation ot 

a cassette and cartridge division and named 

Peter S. Rodgers executive vice-president of 

NTA, as head of the worldwide project. 

The primary objective of the new division 

will be the sale, worldwide, as well 

as in the U.S.. of NT.A's vast library of 

full-length motion pictures, shorts, cartoons 

and other properties to the ca.ssette and 

cartridge fields. 

Rodgers, a principal executive of NTA 

for over 17 years, will have additional 

responsibilities in merchandising, marketing 

and licensing of properties presently 

distributed by NTA and all of its subsidiaries, 

as well as participation in the 

acquisition of new product. He also will be 

in charge of special projects or the company. 

BOXOFFICE :: January 3, 1972 W-1

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Hollywood 

fHh AMLKICAN HLM ISblllLU. 

board of trustees, meeting in l.os Angeles, 

elected Charlton Hesion vice-chairman 

of the board and re-elected Roger L. .Stevens 

chairman. Both positions are one-year 

terms. Heston succeeds .Sidney Poitier as 

vice-chairman. The vice-chairman leads the 

West Coast activities of the AFI board of 

trustees. Board members present at the 

meeting, held at API's Center for ,\d\.mced 

Film Studies, were: Ted Ashley. Richard 

Brandt. I'eggy Cooper. John .\l. C'ulkin. Ed 

Emshwiller. hmanuel Gerard. Charlton 

Heston, Deane F. Johnson, John Korty, 

Gregory Peck, Arnold .VI. Picker. John A. 

.Schneider, Cieorge Seaton. George Stevens 

jr.. Roger I.. Stevens and Jack V'alenli. 

• 

Jack Hale\ jr. will resume a long-term 

relationship with David L. Wolper as producer-dircctor-writer 

of the forthcoming 

"Hooray for Hollywood" scries, to be made 

in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 

* 

I he eighth .mnual Hugh O'Brian Acting 

Awards competition finals will be held in 

UCl-.'X's MacGowan Hall Tuesday. February 

15. 

* 

I he Hollvwood Radio & Television Society 

will honor its former presidents as 

a feature of the silver anniversary luncheon 

scheduled Tuesday (II) in the Beverly 

VVilshire 

Hotel. 

* 

I he .Arthritis Foundation has engaged 

Cicrard Pick, documentary film producerwriter, 

to produce a motion picture about 

arthritis, litled "I Can Live With It." the 

education.il film will show in story form 

the medical and social aspects of America's 

No. 1 crippler. 

* 

Joseph \V. Kosscff, president of United 

General Iheatres. announced the appointment 

of Samuel C. Niederberg as director 

of architectural services. His new duties 

will include ihe.itre designing and planning 

for the projected 1. ()()() mini-theatres th.it 

United General plans to have oper.iting 

within the next four years throughout the 

U.S. and Furope. 

* 

Writer-producer Gil L.iskv is in Furope 

to check production f.icililies in the F..isiern 

bloc countries and to set Cierman and 

Italian foreign distribution deals on Lasky/ 

Carlin's "The Night God -Screamed." 

• 

.Seymour Yack. president of the C olumbia 

Studio Fmployees Federal Credit Union, 

announced that James I.. Pe.ilross, manager 

of the credit union for the past 12 vears. 

Was elected to the bo.ird of directors as 

treasurer. Ron R. Christenson was appointed 

assistant treasurer. 

* 

Billy Byars. producer of "The Cjcnesis 

Happenings 

Children." Lyric Films Iniern.itional rcle.ise. 

hosted a screeninc of his ItalianlocaleJ 

lealure lor the Los .Angeles consular 

corps. 

Famed blues singer and actress Mae 

.Mercer, currently co-starring in American 

International Pictures' and Peter Thomas/ 

George Edwards' production of "Frogs," is 

recuperating at the Cedars of Lebanon 

Hospital from injuries received in an automobile 

accident involving Lance Rentzel. 

Los Angeles Rams football star. 

• 

Sandy Friedman has rejoined Rogers. 

Cowan & Brenner, effective Saturday (I), 

was announced by Warren Cowan, president 

it 

of the public relations firm. Friedman 

most recently was vice-president and music 

department head of Jav Bernstein Public 

Relations, a position he held for the past 

three years. At C&B, Friedman will be a 

top executive in the creative services department 

of the music division and will report 

directly 

RC&B in January 1962, upon graduating 

to Cowan. He originally joined 

Ironi the L'niversitv of .Southern California. 

Salt Lake City Postpones 

Action on Film Ordinance 

SAL1 1 (II >— Ihe Salt Lake City 

commissioners conducted a two-hour public 

hearing regarding their proposed ordinance 

to control "dirty films." The ordinance was 

brought before the commissioners three 

weeks ago but action was deferred as Commissioner 

Barker said they had many requests 

from people for and against the law 

asking to be heard. .About 100 persons attended 

the hearing. 

David K. Waikiss. attorney representing 

a number of theatre exhibitors, said. "If 

some filmmaker made a picture from the 

wording in the ordinance, the film would 

be obscene." 

L. Ray Gardiner jr.. counsel for the Motion 

Picture Ass'n of America, said that his 

clients were not opposed to "laws properly 

drawn up by the legislature but there are 

great di ubts about the constitutionality of 

this ordinance. You may be throwing out 

the baby with the bath." 

Mayor J. Bracken Lee. siding with the 

opponents of the ordinance, remarked that 

the wording of the ordin.ince was more 

smutty than the films. Heavy laughter came 

from the crowd when he asked if anyone 

had read the ordinance, following it up 

with, "If you have, shame on youl" Mayor 

Lee also said that Salt Lake City would he 

,1 laugh-ng stock if this were pa.ssed. 

The University of Utah students were represented 

by Conan P. Grames who reported 

that the students supported the new laws. 

Jack Sweeney, representing the Greater 

Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce 

board of governors, said they had adopted 

a resolution opposing the growth of "smut" 

and had asked the county commisîone^s to 

pass and enforce this law to protect the 

public. 

Westland Pueblo Duo 

Has Gala First Night 

I'LLBIU. CCJLtJ.— AUciiding ilic grand 

opening of Westland Theatres' Cinema 1 

and 2. located in the Belmont addition in 

the northeast section of the cit\. were John 

Dobson and Ron Giseburt. United .Artists: 

Lew Rolocheski. Warner Bros.: Jerry 

Smith, National General Pictures; Sue 

Tankersley and Don Gallagher. Western 

Service & Supply: Bates Farley, Metro- 

Goldwyii-,Ma\er: Jack Felix. Favorite 

Films: Jack Box. Universal Pictures: Chick 

Lloyd. .American International Pictures: 

Dick L'jtz. National Theatre SuppK. and 

independent distributors Joe Narcissian and 

Buck Winant. Larry Starsmore of Westland 

Theatres hosted a cocktail party and dinner 

at the nearby Ramada Inn prior to the 

grand opening. 

The wOmplex has two auditoriums, both 

of which are served by one lobby. fo\er 

and concession stand. Cinema 1, with 418 

seats, is done in shades of red. while Cinema 

2 is decorated in gold, wheat and 

brown. Soundfold draperies in the auditorium 

carry out the color schemes and .Alexander 

Smith Premiere carpeting has been 

installed throughout the building. 

The projection booth is fully automated 

with Simplex sound heads and xenon lamphouses. 

Automatic, movable maskings are 

installed around the Technikotc screens. 

Massey seating in both auditoriums assures 

maximum patron comfort. 

1 he building was erected with double-Tbar 

prestrcssed concrete and has separate 

heating and air-conditioning units for each 

cinema, as well as an additional unit for the 

lobby and foyer area. The hoxoffice and 

concession stand was built by Butler Fixtures 

of Denver. 

1 he twin theatres are surrounded by an 

amply lighted and paved parking area with 

room for .^00 cars. 

Construction was done by Whitlock Construction 

Co. and the luxurious facility was 

designed b\ Mel Glatz & Associates of 

Denver. 

Matthau, Lemmon Receive 

'Hollywood Salutes' Award 

HOLLYWOOD—Walter Matthau. star of 

.ABC Pictures' "Kotch." and Jack Lemmon, 

director of that popular comedy hit, were 

honored with "Hollywood Salutes" awards 

from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. 

The "Hollywood Salutes" awards have 

been given only three times previously and 

are in recognition of distinguished achievement 

b\ Matthau and Lemmon in the motion 

picture industry. The aw.irds were presented 

at a luncheon at the Holiday Inn in 

Los Angeles b> chamber of commerce 

president A. Ronald Button. 

"Kotch" was winner of the BoxoFFici; 

Blue Ribbon Award for November as "best 

picture of the month for the whole familv." 

W-2 BOXOFFICE Januan .^. 1972

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Phone: (2131 657-6900 

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'Diamonds Are Forever 800, Tiddler 

And Hospital' Lead LA First Runs 

LOS ANGELES—Christmas week proved 

to be a feast for area moviegoers as seven 

major releases made their debuts. Tops 

among the new entries was the latest James 

Bond entry. "Diamonds Are Forever." registering 

a brilliant 8U0 per cent at the 

Chinese. "The Hospital." starring George C. 

Scott, g(ossed an e.vcellent 450 at the Bruin 

and WIS followed closely—at 400 per cent 

by Stanley Kubrick's controversial "A 

Clockwork Orange" at the Hollywood Pacific. 

Ken Russell's production of "The Boy 

Friend." with British Twiggy in a major 

role, opened with 300 at the Picwood. Holdovers 

still showing superior drawing power 

were Fiddler on the Roof (560. seventh 

Wilshire) and "The Last Picture Show' 

(320, filth. Four Star). Among other new 

arrivals. "Such Good Friends" drew 26(i 

at the Crest. "Sometimes a Cireat Notion 

reported 175 at the Cinerama and "Macbeth" 

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LOS ANGELES 

Pob Carpenter, newly appointed assistant 

to the general sales manager of Universal 

Pictures in New York, was honored 

by industry members at a testimonial 

luncheon Tuesday, December 14, at the 

BevcrU Wilshire Hotel. Carpenter, who was 

Los Angeles branch manager for Universal 

from 1^63, assumed his new post December 

20 with Henr> H. "Hi" Martin. Universal 

v'ce-prcsident and general >Ailes manager. 

Davis Richoux. formerly of Detroit, 

succeeded Carpenter as Los Angeles branch 

manager. 

The world premiere benefit performance 

of Hal VValli-." production of "Mary. Queen 

of -Scots" December 22 at the Pacific Beverly 

Hills Theatre was sponsored by .SERVE 

(Servicemen's Emergency Recreational Volunteer 

Ivenlsl. 

"Lord harthin(;du>\ Holiday" is being 

represenlcd b\ Sl.ic\ 1 ilm Dislribulor>v. 

6118 Venice Blvd.. Los Angeles. The picture 

is reported lo be doing top business in 

the sexploitation houses. 

(iirls Friday of Show Business president 

J.ii.|Lie Hansen presented a check for SI.1I2 

10 the Crippled Children's Society. This 

money will provide reconstructive jaw 

surgery to a young girl who was born wiih 

24 extra teclh. 

An expansion move of LP Associates 

tinds ihc linn al a new address in the industrial 

complex in Beverly Hills close to 

the Litton Industries. L. Pincus gave out the 

address as 9249 .Vd St.. Beverlv Hills. 

Calif. y:)2 10 

Producer Ld Carlin journeys to London 

lo set European releases of Lasky/Carlin's 

current production starring Jeanne Crain. 

"The Night God Screamed" formerly titled 

"Whispers in the Dark 'I. 

American International has acquired 

"Wild in the Sk\."" .i spirited topical advenlure. 

with comedy, for worldwide release. 

The picture will bow in the U.S. and 

Canada March \5. 

C"apital Productions has signed Roberto 

E. LaiiK/, Snutli American public relations 

executive, to handle publicity and press in 

Latin .American countries. He will work out 

of the Hollywood office under Joe Mass. 

director of public relations. Lainez's first 

assignment is working on "'Keep Off My 

Grass"" and ""Amanda"' in Guayaquil. Ecuador. 

Ending the year on a note of happiness, 

the crew .ind several members of Variety 

Club of Southern California Tent 25 treated 

900 youngsters of the Variety Bo\s Club in 

east Los .Angeles, to refreshments, gifts and 

a screening of National General's ""something 

big" Thursday. December 23. The 

entire group of youngsters were guests of 

Metropolitan Theatres and Tent 25. Bruce 

Corwin. president of Metropolitan, welcomed 

the \ouths after the screening and 

his co-host. Spero L. Kontos. chief barker. 

and Louis R. Diaz, executive director of 

Variety's Boys Club, greeted them in the 

names of their respective organizations. 

Diaz told Ihem that the Tent 25 members 

supplied $100,000 a year for the activities 

of the 3.000-mcmber recreation facility. 

.Along with Konlos. Diaz and Corwin were 

Murray Propper. .Al Lapidus. Syd Cassryd. 

Art Gordon. Milton Moritz, Pete Latsis. 

.Archie Herzoff. Steve Brussa. Erwin 

"Duke" Douglyn. Bill Cooper and Al Kaplan 

. . . Tent 25 barkers also entertained 

350 underprivileged children December 17 

aboard the TSS Fairsca. After all were 

treated to a Christmas dinner (including 71) 

adults), the youngsters were entertained b\ 

film star Chill Wills, the ship's band and a 

group of girl singers, the Les Chanteuscs. 

Santa Claus (attorney Sanford Paul Kaufman) 

distributed gifts and delicacies. In attendance 

were chief barker Spero L. Kontos, 

Erwin L. "Duke" Douglyn, Steve Brussa, 

Syd Cassyd, Tom Fenno, Murray Propper. 

Pete Latsis and Zack Beiser. A plaque was 

presented by the Variety Club to Capt. 

lerruccio Rocconi for permanent installation 

on the TSS Fairsea. Said Kontos. "We 

are most grateful to Sitmar Cruises for 

hosting the gala party.'" 

Gary Paster, .issistant to Robert Hagel. 

general manager of the Rurbank Studios, 

and Jim Parker, Universal booker, are the 

proud fathers of baby daughters bom during 

the month of December. Paster's 

daughter was named Lindsay Anne and her 

grandfather is producer Robert M. Weitman. 

Parker named his daughter Kerri 

Suzanne. Mothers of the new arrivals are 

both doing fine. 

The l-os .-Vngeles exchange of .American 

Internalionai Pictures is now located at 90.3.3 

Wilshire Blvd. in BeverK Hills in the AlP 

natii'n.i! 

hciduiLirlcrs building. 

Metro-(jold«)n-.Ma>er"s " I he Gang That 

Couldn't Shoot Straight,"a Robert Chartoff- 

Irwin Winkler production, is the inaugural 

present.iiion of Red Carpet Showcase, which 

opened a group of selected theatres throughout 

the Southland during Christmas week. 

I iiiicd Artists, which owns, the reissue 

rights to the old Warner Bros, features, 

plans to open four of the classics in their 

original form this month at the Doheny 

Plaza Theatre in Beverly Hills. "Casablanca." 

starring Humphrey Bogart and 

Ingrid Bergman, will be paired with "Little 

Caesar." starring Edward G. Robinson, 

This will be followed b\ the Bogart starrer. 

"The Maltese Falcon." and the James Cagney 

classic. "Public Enemy No. 1," scheduled 

for Friday (21). The features will be 

shown prior to the West Coast premiere 

engagement of "Decameron." scheduled for 

earlv Fcbruarv. 

Licenses Are Deniecd Two 

Theatres in Las Vegas 

\lti\S-A I 

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600-Seat Playhouse 

Under Way in Aspen 

ASPEN. COLO.—Construction has started 

on the 600-seat Playhouse Theatre, located 

on Aspen's Main Street. The building, 

approximately 90x90-t'eet in size, will have 

some 8.400 square feet of floor space and 

will be one of the largest theatres in western 

Colorado. A mid-FcbrLiary opening is 

anticipated. 

Building the theatre, to be known as Playhouse 

Aspen, are Stephen Marcus of New 

York City. Philip Holstein and Don 

Swales, operator of the Wheeler Opera 

House in Aspen. Swales also operates the 

Crossroads Theatre in Vail. Colo., and has 

another theatre under construction in 

Breckenridge. Colo. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

J}aj Richman, National Screen Service, attended 

a three-day regional sales conference 

at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los 

Angeles. The meeting was instrumental in 

launching a 17-week "Presidential Sales 

Campaign" honoring NSS president Burton 

E. Robbins. 

Phil Barlowe resigned as booker-buyer for 

Syufy Enterprises. Although no permanent 

successor has been announced. Ted Reisch. 

formerly with the same organization, is currently 

working with the film-buying department 

in an advisory capacity. 

Better-late-than-never department: Sammy 

Siegel. publicist at .American International 

Pictures, returned from a trip to New York, 

where he attended the Motion Picture Pioneers 

dinner honoring Samuel Z. Arkoff and 

James H. Nicholson. 

The start of a rainy, miserable week in 

San Francisco didn't keep people from 

crowding outside Loews Theatre on Market 

Street for the locally filmed "Dirty Harry." 

starring Clint Eastwood, which world-premiered 

Tuesday night. December 21. 

KPIX's Rolfe Peterson emceed the affair 

with Eastwood in attendance, as well as 

Mayor Alioto. The event was held as a benefit 

for the Police Athletic League. Loews 

Theatre is managed by Harry Morgan. 

Forerunners in the holiday offerings in 

this region, generally, were United Artists' 

"Diamonds Are Forever" and Warner Bros." 

"Dirty Harry." Bad weather kept all films 

from getting off to a good start. 

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IN HONOLULU . . 


BEACH! 

(Call your Travel Agent) 

THE 

INDUSTRY'S 

"OWN" 

Organist at 

In 

Waikiki 3 Theatre 

Hawaii Has Big Following 

HONOLULU—Organist John DeMello 

and the Robert Morton Instrimient he plays 

on weekend evenings at Waikiki 1 heatre ?> 

were highlighted in a recent feature article 

by Honolulu Star-Bulletin staffer Pierre 

Bowman. "In an age of recorded music and 

a neighborhood of spreading concrete, John 

DeMello and the organ at the Waikiki ? 

linger a.i one of the last remnants of the 

1930s and a time when life was different." 

wrote Bowman. 

Once Was Cultural Event 

He continued: "That was a time when 

an evening at the Waikiki meant reserved 

seats, a lei for your date and a movie approached 

the status of a cultural event. 

You settled into your seats, heard the pipe 

organ under the arch of the electric-light 

rainbow, watched the clouds glide over the 

velvety ceiling and settled into the movie. 

"Today the rainbow is gone, hidden behind 

the giant CinemaScope screen. The 

seats aren't reserved and there are lots of 

zoris in the audience and almost no leis. 

But on Friday and Saturday nights, De- 

Mello slides onto the red plush bench at 

the console and the great organ plays again. 

"The screen goes silent as the hero rides 

off into the sunset. And then the organ 

pulses with the rhythm of tom-toms, echoing 

the western theme of the movie. The 

pulsing subsides and the unabashed sentimentality 

of 'Indian Love Call' at full 

vibrato fills the theatre. 

"DeMello. 67. is doing what has been 

his work for nearly a half-century. He 

got his start in 1922 at the old Empire 

Theatre at Hotel and Bethel streets. It was 

a grind house which showed mostly silent 

westerns from noon to midnight and young 

DeMello matched the on-screen action with 

his organ music. 

"Talkies changed theatre organists from 

accompanists to soloists who were featured 

at intermissions and every theatre worth 

its salt had an organ: The Hawaii, the 

Princess, the Liberty and the Kaimuki. Today, 

only the organ at the Waikiki still 

entertains 

audiences. 

Know When Next Show Starts 

DeMello adjusts his 

music on the plastic 

rack above the blond console and swings 

into Amapola' with a tambourine clattering 

automatically somewhere behind the 

screen after he jabs a button on the Rhythm 

Maker 12 on the console. An aqua alarm 

clock tells DeMello there are eight minutes 

until the next showing of the movie. He 

flips past 'Amapola' and goes into a chord 

progression which eventually leads into 

'Moon River.' 

"DeMello pushes another button on the 

console and he's bathed in an amber sp

Howard 

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DENVER 

Mumiiiiitvd as candidates to the board ol 

directors of the Rocky Mountain Motion 

Picture Ass'n were Dick Lutz of National 

Theatre Supply; Bruce Marshall, Columbia 

Pictures; John Roberts. Wolfberg 

Theatres; Jim Sutton. National General 

Theatres; Bob Tankersley. Western Ser\ice 

A: Supply, and Bruce Young. Conimonvvealth. 

The general membership is being 

asked to select three for the positions. 

Jay Ruchlen, National Screen Service 

branch nian.igcr. is back in Denver following 

a three-day regional sales conference 

which was held at the Century Plaza Hotel 

in Los Angeles. The meeting launched a 

17-weck "Presidential Sales Campaign" 

honoring N.S.S president Burton K. Robbins. 

Milton Feinberg. vice-president and general 

sales manager of NSS. and Irving Marcus, 

assistant general sales manager, presided 

over the meeting of all of the NSS branch 

managers and salesmen from the other major 

Western cities. 

David L. Corj has taken over operation 

of the Goodhand Theatre. Kimball, Neb., 

from Virgil Stahly. The Gixidhand originally 

was constructed by Marie Goodhand and 

Stahly, an employee of many years, took 

over the theatre upon the death of .Miss 

Goodhand and had operated it continuously 

since that time. Cory also operates the Panhandle 

Drive-In Theatre in Kimball. 

John Duhson, Ronnie Giseburt, Bus 

.Amato. ,\ndy Chikos. Bill Agren and Dorothy 

I'obst hosted the open house party held 

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in the local United Artists office here 

MG.\I branch manager Bates Farley was 

winter vacationing . . . Columbia held a 

Saturday night screening of the Goldic 

Hawn starrer "S" at the Cherry Creek Cinema 

.. Campbell and Neil Lloyd 

hosted the annual Westland Theatres Luncheon 

for Bookers at the Quorum Restaurant. 

Carl CâriLsoii plans an early January reopening 

lor his Zia Theatre. Springer, N.M. 

rhe theatre has been closed for four months 

. . . Joann Johnson of the Harney Theatre. 

Custer. S.D. is doing the work on one good 

leg and one in a brace following surgery. 

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Tom Moyer Announces 

S400,000 Expansion 

ruKil.ANU— I'laiis loi liic ..ddition of 

a third auditorium for the S 1.000.000 Eastgate 

and Westgate theatres in northeast 

Portland, in the Beaverton suburb, have 

been announced by Tom .Moyer Theatres. 

The expansion will raise the capacity of the 

iriple.x to 2.100 for the Eastgate and 2.000 

for the Westgate. Both theatres, built in 

1966 and 1967. are regarded as the first 

new twin-auditorium houses in the Northwest. 

With the addition of the two new auditoriums. 

Moyer"s enterprises will include 20 

theatres in the Portland and Salem areas. 

The line-up includes the Broadway I. 2 and 

.1 downtown; the Irvington; the Paramount; 

the Valley; Village; Lake, and the Family 

and Foster drive-ins in Portland. In Salem. 

Tom Moyer operates the Elsinore. Capitol. 

North and South Salem drive-ins and the 

new Lancaster Mall, which opened November 

24. 

The $400,000 expansion project will be 

de luxe. Air-conditioning and ioge-type seating 

will be featured. Architect for the project 

is John F. Jensen & Associates and the 

builder is H. A. .Anderson. 

Moyer has been in the theatre business 

in Oregon for more than 30 years. He 

started with the family-operated Moyer 

Theatres in Gresham and Sellwood. In 1963 

he took over the Family Drive-In. Other 

properties acquired included the Foster 

Drive-In in 1969: the Broadway in 1970. 

along with the Village and Valley and, in 

1971, the Irvington. Paramount and Lake 

in Lake Oswego. 

Aside from Tom Moyer theatres, most 

located in business or residential districts, 

all new-theatre construction has been in 

or near shopping centers. 

Next on the Tom Moyer schedule will be 

the announcement of plans to build a quadplex 

in one of the world's largest shopping 

centers on Portland's booming east side. 

Total capacity will be 2.200. 

Updated Vogue Theatre Is 

Unveiled by New Owners 

(IK Fl UM. WASH.— "True Grit," 

the 

John Wayne starrer, was chosen as the 

premier attraction for the reopening of the 

\'ogue Theatre last month by new owners 

John .ind C harlotte D.ivis. Ihc \'ogue had 

been shuttered since January I96,S. 

I he Davises have completely renovated 

he interior of the building, rebuilding and 

lecushioning 90 per cent of the seats. Both 

ihe inside ,md outside of the the.ilre have 

been rep.unicd, the lobby wallpapered .md 

the resirooms updated. 

Showiimes .It the Vogue will be (i:45 

p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. 

on Sunday. Adult admission is $1.75 ($2 

for loge). Sl.-'Ô for students with ID cards 

and children under 14 will be charged SI. 

All films will be rated G or CiP. with an 

occasional worthwhile R picture lHH>ked. 

No X-rated movies will be offered. 

HONOLULU 

Yitshiiiiltsu kimura of the European- 

American division of Nikkatsu (Japan) 

was here to complete special arrangements 

for that company's most ambitious production 

in its history, "Men and War." Noboru 

Furuya. president-general manager of the 

Nippon Theatre in Honolulu, said announcements 

will be made soon. Kimura 

also visited San Francisco and Los .Angeles 

to promote and close deals for distribution 

of the film for showing in mainland U.S. 

theatres. "Men and War." which is based 

on an original story by Jumpei Gomikawa 

(remembered for his three-part "Ihe Human 

Condition"), is in three parts, with each 

section running about three hours. This 

time, directed by one of Japan's top film 

directors. Salsuo Yamamoto ("The Human 

Condition" was directed by Masaki Kobayashi). 

the film depicts, in the words of 

Kimura. "the complete futility and uselcssness 

oi war." 

Kwai Ming Chang died at the age of 78. 

Until recentK he was in charge of Chineselanguage 

movies for Royal Theatres. Ltd., 

and for many years was manager of the 

Golden Mall Theatre. Sur\ivors include his 

wife, two sons, eight daughters, a sister, a 

brother. 23 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. 

Chang's son Richard and 

brother Kwai Kwong are with Royal Theatres. 

Arthur Knight, author-critic-professor of 

cinema; cinematographer Conrad Hall, and 

Kellerman have been named as 

actress Sally 

judges for the Hawaii Film Festival. Two 

more are yet to be named to judge the various 

entries to be screened at the Varsity 

Theatre Wednesdav (12) through Tuesday 

(IS) 

Ihc \-ratcd pitlurcs. "Cry Uncle!" and 

"Friends and Lovers." "Nana" and "End of 

the Road" and "The School Girls" arc cur- 

. . . "Januarius" 

rently at three Consolidated theatres 

Kuhio. Hawaii and Varsity 

and "2069 ,A.D." is the sole X-tagged film 

.It 

Royal's Rex Theatre. 

Coiisolidaled's Kaimuki and .Aikahi are 

ollerinj; spcci.il keiki (kiddies) matinees with 

Ci-ratcd 'Jack and the Beanstalk." while 

Royal's Queen Theatre has Paramount's 

"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" as 

Ihe special morning attraction for the 

youngsters. 

Dave Upham Is 

Shuttering 

Langley, Wash.. Theatre 

I ANtiLEY. WASH.—David Upham. 

manager of Langley's Clyde Theatre, announced 

that the motion picture house 

would close this month after approximately 

18 m mths of operation. Upham reopened 

the theatre in 1970 following several years 

during which the Clyde had been clo.sed. 

Upham .say-s. the business has been a 

moneymaker but that he is quitting because 

the operation has become too time-consuming. 

Owner of the building is Norm Clyde. 

W-8 BOXOmCE :; Jaûar^ 3. 1972

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— 

'Diamonds' Hits 800 

Opening Week in KC 

KANSAS CITY — The cxliihilicm 

scone 

was gift wrapped for holiday moviegoers as 

marquees offered a bounty of ten major 

studio releases and three skin flicks (including 

a double bill), all bowing the same week. 

"Diamonds .^re Forever" was the pacesetter, 

grossing an "out of sight" 800 at National 

General's Plaza. "The French Connection" 

opened with 600 per cent at five AMC 

units, tying with the second frame of "Fiddler 

on the Roof" at Midland 1. "Dirty Harry" 

took third spot registering a composite 

425 at AMC's Empire I and Commonwealth's 

Ranch Mart 1. "Star Spangled 

Girl" came in fourth with 325 at Dickinson's 

Glenwood II and AMC's Towne 1, 

while filth position wasi a three-way tie at 

300 between newcomers "$" (five situations), 

"The Go-Between" (Embassy 1, 2) 

and "Straw Dogs" (Fine Arts). Three other 

new entries also made impressive first-round 

records; "Sometimes a Great Notion" (275. 

three houses). "The Gang That Couldn't 

Shoot Straight" (215. three) and "Harold 

and Maude" (200, Glenwood I). 

(Average Is 100) 

Blue Ridge II, Ronch Mart 2, Towne 4 Sometimes 

a Greet Notion (Univ) 275 

Embassy 1 2 The 6o-Between (Col) 300 

Empire I Ranch Morf Dirty Harry (WB) ....425 

1 

Empire 3— Man in the Wilderness (WB), 5th wk. 200 

Empire 4— Shaft (MGM), 23rd wk 1 50 

Fine Arts Straw Dogs (CRC) 300 

Five theatres— $ (Col) 300 

Five theatres The French Connection (20th-Fox) 600 

1 

Glenwood Harold and Maude (Paro) 200 

Glenwood II, Towne Star Spongled Girl (Poro) 325 

1 

Hiwoy 40 Southern Comforts ;SR); Eriko's Hot 

Summer (SR) Not Available 

Kimo Love-ln '72 (5R) 75 

Kimo South Cry Uncle! (SR), 8th wk 75 

Metro I, Roxy, Ruskin 1 The Gang That Couldn't 

Shoot Straight (MGM) t 215 

Midland Fiddler on the Roof (UA), 2nd wk. ..600 

1 

Plaza Diamonds Are Forever (UA) 800 

Uptown Bedknobs and Broomsticks (BV), 

6th wk 175 

BAG Theatres Acquires 

Steeleville Drive-In 

BELLEVILLE, ILL.— Richard Wright, 

general manager of BAC Theatres, has announced 

the acquisition of the .Arrow 

Drive-In, Steeleville, III. The purchase of 

the ozoner from Woodrow and Irene 

Schmidt of Tamaroa. III., was completed 

December 21. 

Wright said extensive repair work will 

be completed before the March opening, 

with entirely new concession equipment being 

installed. He added that the quality of 

product will be updated to bring people in 

the area the best available cinematic entertainment. 

The Arrow Drive-In is located on Highway 

150 one mile west of Steeleville and 

has been in operation since July 1951. 

The BAC circuit now operates ten theatres 

in the Belleville area. Alorion, Alton, 

Collinsville and Centralia. III., in addition 

to the newly acquired facility. The firm's 

home office' is at 100 South Charles St. 

and correspondence concerning the Arrow 

Drive-In should now be directed to PO Box 

644, Belleville, 111. 62222. 

BOXOFFICE :: January 3, 1972 

âXaxY Increase Ruling 

Is Cited hy lack Clark 

Chicago—N.VTO of llliiutis presi- 

ST . 

LOUIS 

gob I.eviiie, Naliniul Screen Scrwcc branch 

manager, spent three days in mid- 

December in Chicago attending NSS' regional 

sales conference at the Ambassador 

Hotel. The meeting laimched a 17-week 

"Presidential Sales Campaign" honoring 

Burton E. Robbins. NSS president. E.xccutives 

in attendance included Milton Feinbcrg. 

vice-president and general sales manager, 

and Irving Marcus, assistant general 

sales manager, along with all branch managers 

and salesmen from other major mid- 

Americ.i 

cities. 

(•ar.\ K. .lolinsoii, Meiro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

division advertising manager, was named 

alternate judge in the third annual advertising 

awards competition sponsored by Advertising 

Women of St. Louis, Inc., by Nina 

Bigle>. vice-president of AWSL and chairman 

of the awards program. Plaques will be 

awarded to winning entrants at the Flair 

Awards Banquet set for Thursday (27) at 

the Chase-Park Plaza Hotel. 

Joe Siiiipkins, a former chief barker of 

Variety Tent 4. was renamed to that post at 

a recent meeting of the group, heading a 

slale which includes; Dion Peluso, firstassistant: 

Jack Garagnani, second assistant; 

Milton Mandel. dough guy; Joseph R. Marion, 

property master and membership chairman; 

hdwin D. Dorsey, telethon chairman; 

Robert Fabry, press guy; Robert Luric, convention 

chairman; Leon Neuman, immediate 

past chief barker, and crew members Arthur 

C. Benassi, Frank Chervitz, Thom Lewis. 

Johnny Londoff. Roy Muehlemann, Eugene 

P. Slay and Harry VVald. Chief barker Joe 

Simpkins continues as fund-raising chairman. 

-Six hijjh schiMil and college students in 

Marii)n, 111., unhappy about the movie fare 

offered at a local theatre, have succeeded in 

getting the theatre owner to promise not to 

show any more X-rated films. The students 

set up a picket line in front of the theatre 

recently and lold the owner. Ed Stewart oi 

Evansville. Ind.. they were lired of X-rated 

films being shown. Those younger than 17 

are barred from viewing films in 

the X-rated 

category. The students said they hadn't expected 

to succeed in changing the type of 

movies shown at the theatre and might try 

the same tactics at other theatres in nearby 

towns. 

On loan from Ron Krucgcr, W'ehrenberg 

Theatres. ,md being ilispla\ed in the lobb\ 

of the Brentwood b.ink. is an old-fashioned 

collector's item popcorn machine, a fancy 

surrey with yellow spoked wheels and peppermint 

canopy, built in the 1880s as the 

finest fKjpcorn street carl of its day. Com 

Will be piipping for the ne.\t few weeks, 

with bank customers being treated to free 

samples. 

N'arietj Club Women held their annual 

Christmas part\ December 2.^ for the 

youngsters at Si. Patrick's Day Care Center. 

Si.\th and Biddle streets, with Sania 

Claus appearing with gifts for all the tots 

and special SKK) checks to bring added 

joy to children at seven of the neediest daycare 

centers . . . Rated "E" for everyone, 

was "Modern Times." the first in a series 

of seven Charlie Chaplin masterpieces 

opening Christmas Eve at Arthur Enterprises 

Magic Lantern Cinema, with daily 

matinees and showings at I. 3, 5, 7 and '' 

p.m. Introducing an innovative booking 

pattern, the films will be shown as long a-- 

audiences hold up. When business lags, another 

will take its place and so on until all 

films have been shown. As pointed out by 

movie producer and friend of Chaplin, 

Oliver Unger. who was here recently to plan 

the showings with Ed and Dave Arthur, although 

Chaplin has released the films, the 

agreement allows him to keep a light rein on 

things. The films cannot be shown with 

other pictures. Charlie himself has to put 

his personal okay on all publicity and promotional 

material and, most important, they 

will not be shown on TV. Among pictures 

lo be shown are "City Lights." "Limelight," 

"Monsieur Verdou.x." 'A King in New 

York" and a combination of some of his 

best short films. "A Dog's Life," "The Pilgrim" 

and "Shoulder Arms." and, it is 

hoped, "The Gold Rush," which is considered 

by many to be his greatest, will be 

screened. Unger said, "Chaplin's lawyers. b\ 

an oversight, let his copyright e.\pire on 

'The Gold Rush" but we hojx; to get that 

straightened out." 

.V SlOO-a-plale black-tie "Dinner With 

Ihe Stars" again will precede the annual 

Variety Club Telethon. "Crusade for Forgotlen 

Children." scheduled for the weekend 

of February l'>-2(). The event staged annually 

by the men and women of Variety 

Tent 4 benefits a growing list of children's 

agencies including their principal project, 

Variety Club Children's World, a facility 

for disturbed children. Reservations for Ihe 

dinner may be made by calling Bob Fabry, 

press guy. at EV .V()2()(). Stars to headline 

the 20-hour spectacular, to be staged in 

the Khorassan Room oi the Chase-Park 

Pla/a Hotel over KPLR-TV. Channel II. 

will be announced carlv this month. 

Marlinsville Hardtop 

Plans May Premiere 

\1AR1INS\ 11 I 1 . INIi.— Ground was 

broken recently by Jcrrv Brinkman. owner 

and operator of the Skyline Bowl on Route 

37 south of .Vlartinville, for the construction 

of a 3.S0-seat theatre. General contractor 

for the hardtop is Knox Construction 

Co. 

Ihe as-yet-unnamed movie house will be 

equipped for 35mm projection, Cinema- 

Scope and will have a stereophonic sound 

system. 

It is anticipated th.it construction will be 

completed b\ mid-.\Ia\ and Brinkman hopes 

to ha\e the theatre in ojxrration later that 

month. 

Lewis Cinema Movie Fare 

Criticized by Clergyman 

.\1UUK1 S\ ILLL. INU. I lie .Mooresville 

Ministerial Ass'n has lodged a complaint 

with film and TV star Jerry Lewis 

in Los Angeles concerning the type of films 

being offered in the recenth opened Jerrv 

Lewis Cinema here. I he Re\. Hugh Spaulding. 

pastor of the .Mooresville Friends 

Church and president of the ministerial 

group, said that "the Jerry Lewis theatres 

have advertised they would have films th.it 

all the family could see and .some of the 

films shown here have not been fit lor 

families. " 

He said some patrons have complained 

to him about the profanity, nudity and sex 

scenes on the screen in connection with the 

showing of "BilK Jack"' and "Summer of 

"42." 

James Sarbinoff. area director for Jerry 

Lewis cinemas, said the circuit's p)olicy is 

the same now as when it was first started. 

The policy calls for showing of G. GP and 

R films, with a permanent ban on X-raled 

films. 

Said Sarbinoff. "We support faniiU 

entertainment 

and want to show as much of it 

,is is available but we're in business to 

m.ike money, not to babysit. When a movie 

like 'Summer of '42.' one of the most pttpul.ir 

nun ies of the year, is av.iil.ible. well 

show it." 

Rev. Spaulding said that the ministerial 

association is aware of the scarcity of 

family films and can partially sympathize 

with the exhibitors in this respect but 

""we w.int to encourage Ihe Jerry Lewis 

Cinema firm to uphold its ptilicv of wholesome 

enlert.iinmenl. We .ire not advoc.iting 

or considering any bojcott of Ihe Ihe.itre 

in 

Mooresville." 

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INDIANAPOLIS 

j^TATO of Indiana coiMeiition Mdclighls: 

Hosts for the luncheon December 14 

were American International Pictures and 

Jack Zide. franchise owner from Detroit 

. . . National Carbon Co. hosted two cocktail 

parties at the Black Curtain Dinner 

Theatre Tuesda\ night. December 14, while 

the smorgasbord table was hosted b> Ja> 

Goldberg. JMG Film Co.: Dan Cady. 

Clover Films, and John Holokan of Zipp 

Film Distributors . . . The December 15 

continental breakfast at the Eastwood Theatre 

was. hosted by .Motion Picture Advertising 

Co. For the social hour before that 

dav's luncheon. Coca-Cola USA fountain 

department acted as host. 

Mike Renihusch played cavalier to your 

correspondent Wednesday morning. December 

15. After the showing of product reels 

at the Eastwood Theatre, he provided transportation 

when a bus taking viewers back 

to Stouller's Inn was missed. Mike helpv his 

lather Trueman Rembusch with the management 

of the 14 Syndicate theatres . . . 

Table talk at the luncheons often indicated 

what problems exhibitors and distributors 

are having and how different ones have 

solved them. Richard Rowe. manager of the 

Ciayble Theatre. North Judson. says he has 

learned in the three months since he took 

over that it has, reduced complaints about 

the showing of X pictures if he also offers 

children's matinees in his theatre. However, 

it is the X films which take care of his 

overhead expenses—and his is a fairly rural 

community. 

I . 

.Anion); the pioneers attending was Roy 

K.iKer. who h.is been in the business 

45 years, but now has only one theatre 

the Decatur Drive-In. His father, the late 

I. A. Kalver. gave him his start in show 

business but for a time Roy worked for 

Balaban & Katz in Chicago. He married a 

Chicago girl but has been back in Decatur 

.^5 years and is a past president of N.AK) 

of Indiana. Kalver does not play X pictures 

and is careful of those rated R. "I believe 

in good taste in what I show on my screen. 

he said. 'Besides, I do not wish to antagonize 

the community in which I live. Since 

I am .1 rnL-nilxT .'I the park and library 

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playing X pictures would damage my 

local 

standing." 

Paul and (êraldinc Hoover operate the 

Palace Iheaire at Rensselaer as a famiK 

project. The> have three daughters, aged 10, 

S and y. Each .Mondas night (the regular 

employees' night off). Nancy, the eldest, operates 

the concession stand. Sometimes the 

S-year-old helps to take tickets at the door. 

The Hoovers have had their theatre two 

years and he was projectionist before the 

acquisition. .So far they have played no X 

pictures. "We're the last blue noses in our 

area," Paul said. However, they planned to 

play one as an extra, starting at 10:30 p.m. 

New Year's Eve. This occasional "bonus" 

policy, 

rather than using X product for regular 

showings probably will continue. Oddly 

enough, the St. Joseph College, a mik 

out of town, often shows X films. 

Ihe \-raled film, always a li\el\ discu^ 

sion topic, was viewed from a practical exhibitor's 

standpoint during one luncheon 

session. A father-son partnership. Harold 

Ihompson sr. and Harold Thompson jr.. 

operates two theatres in Indiana, one showing 

X films and one showing the other 

ratings. Both said that the theatre featuring 

X films is profitable but the other house is 

not. According to Thompson jr., Ihe X film 

is attended primarily by the over-30 crowd, 

not the teenagers or "dirty old men" as 

might be expected ... On the other hand. 

Robert Wilder and James Sarbinoff. both 

with the Jerry Lewis Cinema, noted that 

their franchise prohibits the showing of X 

films and they feel that this has not been 

harmful to business for them. 

Illinois Bill to Ban R. 

X Films in Airers Killed 

CHICAGO— Illinois Senate Bill No. 729 

prohibiting Ihe exhibition of X and R-raied 

motion pictures in drive-in theatres has 

been defeated. 

Jack Clark, president of N.ATO of Illinois, 

revealed that the bill had been "laid 

to rest" after he and George Kerasotes 

testified before the Judiciary Committee of 

the House of Representatives. 

Ihe basis for Ihe defeat of Senate Bill 

No. 729 was the fact that it was based on 

a private classification of pictures (MPA,\ 

r.iiings). as compared to a government 

classification. Many members of the committee 

indicated they would rework the 

hill in the future "unless many of Ihe 

more serious offenders changed ihcir policies." 

Bill No. 729 previously had been p.issed 

by Ihe Illinois .Senate. 

GCC Plans Another Theatre 

MUNCTF. IND.— Boston-based 

General 

C inema Corp. has announced it will build 

another theatre in Northwest PLiza Shopping 

Center. 

Elmer DeWiil Is 1972 

Tenl 10 Chief Barker 

l.\DI.\.\.\l'01.1S Llmer UeUiii became 

chief barker of Variety Club Tent 10 

Saturday (I). DeWitt has the drive-in at 

Greensburg. Ind.. now closed for approximately 

six weeks. 

Oilier officers for 1972 are: Robert 

Swan, local record store proprietor, first 

assistant chief barker, and Frank Powell, 

public relations director for the Marion 

County Retarded Children's Institute, is 

second assistant chief barker. 

Don Smith. .American International Pictures, 

will serve as treasurer for another 

term, while Ed Green became secreiar\. 

Cireen is a retired teacher active in little 

theatre productions and is a former chief 

barker. 

Rockne Theatre Receipts 

Sag With Family Fihns 

C IIK AC.O—DiL- Kockiie I hcaire. 5625 

West Division St., was scheduled to resume 

the showing of X-rated films New '^'ear's 

Day. Owner .Arthur Ehrlich. who had gone 

along with a local community group protest 

when he had been scheduling "adults 

only" movies, said when he showed the 

l\pe of films for which people had voted, 

he took in SI. 159.25 for the week. He 

referred to "Little Bie Man " and "A M.m 

Called Horse." 

-Said Ehrlich, "I used to earn more than 

that in one day with the adult movies." 

When the protesting group, the Northwest 

Austin Council, met with Ehrlich 

after picketing the theatre, he said he would 

change the film fare if the council could 

prove the residents would suppt->ri the theatre. 

The council polled Ihe communiiv 

and reported that 2.200 residents would 

favor family-type movies. 

According to the poll, 700 households 

said they would support "family movies." 

Reportedl). after four weeks of advertising, 

only \0y people bought a family ticket 

which would enable a household of unlimited 

size to see films for a month for 

onl\ $10. 

Ehrlich estimated a $2. .^50 loss the first 

week and approximately $3,000 during the 

second week. 

Ehrlich said he would honor his commitment 

to show family movies through 

December. A spokesman for the Northwest 

Austin Council said. "It mighl he a 

bad lime of year to ask people to pay 

SIO when they don't know what films are 

coming up."' 

Celebrity Ball Scheduled 

CHICAGO— Ihe Variety Club of Illinois 

Celebrity Ball takes place March 24 

at the Guildhall in the Ambassador West. 

Chicago. ABC circuit president Henry G. 

Plitt has been named honorary chairman 

of the affair, with Robert Flannery and 

Robert B.ichman serving as general cochairmen. 

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Box 37S, Hozclwood, Mo. 

(314) 647-1111 or 521-4067 

INDIANAPOLIS 

Pete Fortune, Lana Jean Whiles 

Copitcl Film Releasing Co. 

644 E. 38th St. 

(317) 923-7S7B or (502) 487-6593

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CHICAGO 

The Variet> Club o\ Illinois piu\c(J i>anui 

Clans !o underprivileged children Saturday, 

December I S. lor some 400 kids 

trom American Indian Center, St. Augustine 

Indian Center. Hull House, Infant Welfare 

.Society, Southern Children's Club and 

the Juvenile Protective Agency. The party 

began at 10 a.m. at the World Playhouse, 

where an animated feature, "shinbone alley." 

was shown. Lunch was served at noon 

at the Pick Congress hotel, and there was 

varied entertainment throughout the afternoon. 

The clima.\ was the appearance of 

Santa, with a gift for each child. Vic Bernstein, 

chairman of the event, was assisted by 

Sid Belmont. Beverly Bernstein, Joan Bourdeaux, 

Irving Davis, Mort Fink. Ray Fox, 

Bob Ciedman. Jack Gilbreth. Virginia 

Cirand, Jack Greenberg. Art Holland, Max 

Holland. Herb Kraus. Jerry Lipow. Herschell 

Lewis, Don Mann, Bill Margolis. 

Hank Markbrcit, Linda Martinez, Haywood 

Milchusson, Nat Nathanson, Andy Nickols, 

Carl Russo. Kermit Russell. J. Herman Sitrick. 

Dave Smerling, Bene Stein, Chuck 

I'eitel. Julie Winsberg and Pauline Yacktman. 

I'niiilo Kuods of Chicago has introduced 

a Ime of fro/en fully cooked and prepacked 

lunches designed for schixil food service. It 

will be available for the 1971-72 school 

year. 

denv Mskel. Tribune critic, has> a satire 

on filmland censorship in Playboy magazine 

Ralph KunKliurl, Midwest field representative 

for Cinerama Releasing Corp.. is back 

in town after finalizing campaigns for openings 

of "Straw Dogs." The film was booked 

in five theatres in Detroit, at the Stanley in 

Pittsburgh and at the Pi Alley in Boston. 

He hosted an advance screening here at the 

Slate Lake Theatre. December 17. 

Gilbreth Film Co. will, at the close of 

1971, have the distinction of having set up 

more playing time at the first-run Towne 

"Iheaire. Milwaukee, than any other disiribuior. 

major or independent, in the Milwaukee 

exchange area. .Andrew Spheris. 

owner, and manager Joe Reynolds have ar- 

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ranged lor 12 weeks ol pla\ iiig lime in advance 

bookings for 1972. 

Stephen lloyd. a graduate of London 

University, is serving on the Gilbreth Film 

Co. staff as a temporary employee. For the 

next six weeks. Lloyd will be responsible 

for special sales and statistical reports. 

Wally lli-ini. United .Artists publicist, now 

that "DianKinds Are Forever" is fully 

launched for its run at the Fssaness Woods 

Theatre, is starling a campaign for "Hospilal." 

Cieorê Hulcheoii, sales manager for Paramount 

Pictures, was in Springfield and 

other downstate towns in connection with 

upcoming bookings of "Star Spangled 

Girl." "Black Beauty" and "T. R. Baskin." 

In the Wisconsin territory, he discussed 

Paramount product with Russ Mortenson. 

manager oi Standard Theatres, .Milwaukee, 

and 1-red Florence oi the Mescop Circuit. 

Jack Kekhardt of Cinemation Industries 

was able to sandwich in attendance at a 

NATO meeting in Minneapolis while arranging 

for further openings of "Johnny Got 

His Gun" in Milwaukee and .Minneapolis 

area theatres. 

The .\urora Theatre downtown has been 

taken i>ver b\ Luis Figueroa. who plans to 

present Columbia pictures. Figueroa has 

been active in booking Spanish-language 

stage shows, and had operated the Royal 

Theatre on Milwaukee avenue, now taken 

over by Rafcal Cardona. 

I)a\c Riixton, manager of the Robin 

Dri\e-ln. is traveling in the Orient and 

Australia for the winter. 

Cirahani (hIcs, 52, died after a lengthy 

illness. Giles, who had been manager of the 

HlSLL Balaban Co. Des Plaines Iheaire, in 

ihe past M) years, served on the managerial 

staffs of the Windsor. Commercial, Fsquire 

and Pickwick. 

Indian (Hindu) films are being presented 

Saluril.i\ .uul Siinda> afternoons at the 

Devon Iheatrc. For these periods, the theatre 

is being leased to a group owning a 

series of Hindu movies. 

The Censor Board, during ihe month of 

November, reviewed 5.^ films, 12 of which 

^sere rejected. In Ihe foreign group, there 

were len Cireek movies, six Mexican and 

five 

I'rench. 

Mis. I iiiiisc ( iisloil, widow of JaillCS F. 

I ,'sioii. died in her home December 10. 

When C\iston died last June, he was presidv-nl 

of Coston Enterprises and of Standard 

Ihealres. Mrs. Coslon is survived by two 

daughters. Mrs. Betty Ling and Mrs. .Audrey 

Havnes; seven grandchildren, one great 

grandchild and two brothers. 

.lack

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Two new Warners films were Christmas 

openings in Brotman & Sherman theatres. 

""The Devils'" opened in the Cinema, while 

"Dirl\ Harry" went into the Loop. 

Mr. and Mrs. Lou Kerasotes (of the Kerasotes 

Theatre circuit) were Jacl< Giibreth"s 

guests at the Ed O. Bradovich testimonial 

dinner. The Mike Bisios of General Cinema 

Corp. also were Gilbreth's guests. 

Standard Theatres of Wisconsin reported 

great success with the Russ Meyer combination 

of ""Good Morning and Goodbye" and 

'"Common Law Cabin." The films recently 

concluded playing in five Standard drive-ins, 

including the 41 Twin and 59 Outdoor. Gilbreth 

Film Co., distributor in this area, is 

currently setting up a multiple showing in 

Chicagoland. 

Best wishes to Doris Tharp, office manager 

for 20th Century-Fox, on her marriage 

to Clifford Payne, The couple will fly to 

Hawaii for a honeymoon. 

Chicago WOMPIs extend a huge '"thank 

you" to all who made the book drive such 

a big success. The 2,000 books which were 

amassed are being sent to Will Rogers hospital 

through the courtesy of National 

Screen Service. 

Ray Russo, branch manager for 20th 

Century-Fox, spent his holiday at home 

enjoying visits from his son Richard and 

his wife, and his daughter Donna. 

Eddie Gavin of American International 

Pictures in Milwaukee has worked with 

managers of the Cinema West Lane and 

Fox Bay in Milwaukee for the opening of 

"Kidnapped" Wednesday (5). And at long 

last, "Julius Caesar" opens for the first time 

Friday (14) in Milwaukee at the Downers 

Theatre. Gavin and Gary Franzen, district 

manager of Downers, have arranged for 

group showings for school and college 

students. 

Vic Bernstein, AIP district manager in 

Chicago, has completed a campaign for a 

multiple rerelease of "Wild in the Streets" 

and "The Wild Angels." Both these films 

were two of AIP's most successful movies 

to play in this area. Their return is timed 

during a period when a 

great deal of attention 

is being focused on 18-year-old voters. 

In "Wild in the Streets" the voting age was 

lowered to 18 and pop singer Christopher 

Jones was elected president at the age of 

22. 

Joint installation of new Tent 26 officers 

and the Women's "Variety Club new slate 

will be held Monday (10) in the Wmdsor 

Room at the Pick Congress Hotel. 

Henry Markbreit and his crew were reelected 

for a second term, which means that 

the 1972 crew is made up of Markbreit, 

chief barker; Bene Stein, first assistant chief 

barker: Raymond Fox, second assistant chief 

barker; Harry Balaban. dough guy, and J. 

Herman Sitrick. property master. Canvassmen 

are Oscar Brotman. Jerry Lipow, Robert 

Flannery, Henry Plitt. Jack Greenberg 

and Carl Russo. Brotman is the newest 

elected to the board of directors and Balaban 

is the longest holder of any office. He 

starts his 

18th year as dough guy. 

Bca Russo is the newly elected president 

of the women's club. She succeeds Joan 

Bordeaux. First vice-president is Linda Martinez; 

second vice-president, Barbara Regan: 

corresponding secretary, Estelle Brotman. 

and recording secretary. Marie Bazner. 

Harold Abbott jr. and his family went to 

Tucson to visit the senior Abbotts. Prior to 

returning here, they will travel in California, 

including a trip to Disneyland. 

Betsy, daughter of Jules Livingston. Columbia 

division manager, was married. 

Carlton Rogers jr., who joined Teitel 

Film Corp. as Charles Teitel's assistant, has 

had an extensive background in selling in 

the film 

industry. He has worked on a great 

many of the adventure and travel films 

shown on T'V, including "Passport to Adventure." 

He also has had a prominent role 

in educational audio-visual programing for 

schools and imiversities. 

Hannah Elscnian, who has been affiliated 

with Teitel Film Co. for the past ten years, 

is being promoted to the post of office manager. 

Currently on a vacation in California. 

Hannah sent word that she sees renewed enthusiasm 

in the motion picture business. 

She sensed that there is optimism about 

product for the coming year and the future. 

John Skouras of Columbia flew in from 

New York for a meeting with Ed Seguin, 

in charge of publicity and advertising for 

ABC-Great States Theatres, in connection 

with the opening of ""Brian's Song" at the 

downtown Michael Todd. 

McClurg Theatre grosses for 

"Fiddler on 

the Roof" have been reported to be the 

biggest for a nonholiday roadshow engagement 

in Chicago's history. 

Roberta Teitel, daughter of the Charles 

Teitels. is being featured in the Chicago 

Daily News as "one of the most promising 

young executives in Chicagoland." Roberta 

is creative director for the advertising agency 

of Anthony Wainwright and Associates. 

At a recent Keasotes Theatres meeting in 

Springfield, one of the most acclaimed pictures 

screened was "Bobby Joe. Windsplitter." 

A number of Kerasotes theatres, in 

Peoria, 

Danville. Champaign and Rockford. 

are working on special presentations of the 

feature. The film, produced by Futurama 

Pictures, is handled in the Chicago-Milwaukee 

areas b\ Gilbreth Film Co. 

JLC to Open This Month 

LANSING. ILL.— Ihe Jerr> Lewis Cineni.i 

under construction at 3022 4.5th St. is 

scheduled to open some time this month, 

according to Robert Brasher, owner. Two 

stories of office space on the east side of 

the building will be leased. 

Jessica 

Rains, daughter of the late Claude 

Rains, has a key role in ""Butte flies .\re 

Free." 

Shelley Fabares in Windy 

City Anent 'Brian's Song' 

CHlCACiO — Shelley Fabares, who costars 

in Columbia Pictures" ""Brian's Song." 

arrived here December 21 for a round of 

promotioal activities surrounding the film"s 

theatrical world premiere December 23 at 

Chicago"s Michael Todd Theatre. 

""Brian's Song" is the true story of the 

professional rivalry and tender friendship 

between Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers, 

star players of the Chicago Bears. James 

Caan stars as Piccolo and Billy Dee Williams 

as Sayers. with Miss Fabares and 

Judy Pace as their wives. Jack Warden 

portrays Chicago Bears coach George 

Hales. 

Buzz Kulik directed the film from a 

screenplay by William Blinn, based on Sayers' 

book Am '"1 Third." Paul Junger Witt 

served as producer. 

Chas. FitzSimons to Head 

PG Pension Plan in '72 

From Western Edition 

HOLLYWOOD—Producer Charles Fitz- 

Simons has been elected chairman of the 

board of directors of the Producers Guild 

Pension Plan for 1972, succeeding Metro- 

Goldwyn-Mayer's Roger Mayer in the position. 

Other officers elected were producer Malvin 

Wald, succeeding Saul Weislow of the 

Ass'n of Motion Picture & Television Producers 

as vice-chairman; Alfred P. Chamie. 

AMPTP, succeeding producer Arthur Nadel 

as secretary, and Marshall Wortman of 

Universal, succeeding Aubrey Schenck as 

vice-secretary. 

Niagara Falls Theatre Is 

To Be Located in Hotel 

From Eostern Edition 

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.—Joe Harmon, 

general manager of Cataract Theatre Corp.. 

Niagara Falls, says that things are "buzzing" 

in the convention city and that construction 

of Rainbow Center and the new 

Carborundum Building is proceeding on 

schedule. Rainbow Center will be a fourblock-long 

mall, with great hotels and 

tourist attractions. 

The 21st Century Cataract Theatre will 

be located in a huge 500-room National 

Hotel. 

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BOXOFFICE ;: January 3. 1972 C-7

KANSAS CITY 

Uouurd I lient Christmas with daughter and 

faniiK in Chicago. 

( harli-s J. Settt-r, president of Astro Theatre. 

Inc., announced a complete change in 

policy and admission prices for the Astro 

Fheatre. Si. Joseph, effective December 17. 

"We thought the people of St. Joseph wanted 

aduli movies," Setter stated, "but we discovered 

that almost every theatre in town 

was showing R and X-rated movies. The 

people who wanted good, wholesome family 

entertainment didn't go to the movies because 

there were so few G and GP-rated 

films playing," .Admission prices, effective 

December 17, were set at SI for adults and 

50 cents for children under 12, The first 

Iilin under ihc .Astro Iheatres new polic\ 

was 2Uih Century-Fo.x's "Ihe Bible." "Doctor 

Doolittle was the Christmas feature. 

Rarbura Rigg is the new girl at Universal 

Pictures. She began work in the Kans.is 

City office December 27. Barbara formerh 

was employed by City National B.mk and l^ 

new to the film industry. 

Bob Krause, Warner Bros, office manager, 

and his wife Phyllis spent the Christmas 

holida\s with relatives in Sioux Falls. 

•S.D. 

.Screenings at Commonwealth: "Minnie 

and Moskowitz" Tuesday (4) and "Silent 

Running," a science-fiction film, Wednesday 

(.*>), both from Universal. 

E. .S. "Louie" Suiter, retired exhibitor 

and wife spent the Christmas and New 

Year's holidays with their daughter, son-inlaw 

and children in Washington, D. C, 

l-ouie's daughter Yvonne, who teaches at 

Shawnee Mission North High School, joined 

them for several days. Louie and his wife 

also were in Tarpon Springs. Fla., and expect 

to return to Kansas City the last week 

in January. 

Bill Walker, son of Don Walker, Warner 

Bros, area exploiieer, was married December 

27 to Lucy Courtright at All S,iinis 

Episcopal Church in Kansas City. The 

newlywcds will reside in St. Joseph, where 

Bill is working for a degree at Missouri 

Western College. 

()iit-i)f-iiiwn 

exhibitors on Filmrow: Glen 

Hall. Cassville. and Bob Buscher, Excelsior 

Springs. 

Summil Cinema Under 

Way in Breckenridge 

From Western EdrTi r- 

BRECKENRIDGE, 

COLO. — Ground 

has been broken for the 600-seat Summit 

Cinema, which will be erected in Four Seasons 

Village, a resort area complex under 

construction in Breckenridge. Estimated 

cost of the theatre is $200,000. Plans call 

for an opening in mid-January. 

E. M. Loew's Extends SI 

Admission in Winchester 

wrNCHESTER. .MASS.—The regional 

policy on the part of both circuit and independent 

situations to charge $1 admission 

for early week performances has had an 

expansion of sorts at EM. Loew's Theatre 

here. 

The dollar tab is charged for both matinees 

and evenings. Mondays and Tuesdays. 

Other theatres in the area have been applying 

the SI plan to evenings only, early 

p.irt of the week. 

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C-8 BOXOmCE :: January 3. 1972

Atlanta Sunday Paper 

Boosts Film Lineup 

ATLANTA—Terry Kay, amusements editor 

of the Atlanta Journal, gave the metropolitan 

Atlanta motion picture theatres a 

great boost in the combined Sunday (December 

12) issue of the Journal-Constitution 

when he devoted the four-color front of the 

Dixie Living Section (of which the amusements 

pages are a part) to color pictures of 

five outstanding features either showing or 

scheduled to open during the holiday season. 

The five pictures were scenes from "Fiddler 

on the Roof." at Walter Reade's Atlanta 

Theatre; "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot 

Straight." which opened Christmas Eve at 

ABC Southeastern Theatres" downtown 

Roxy; "Straw Dogs." which bowed December 

22 at Loew's Tara; "$" (Dollars), 

starring Goldie Hawn opening December 24 

at Capri Cinema, and "The French Connection," 

opened December 22 at ABC's Phipps 

Plaza. 

Moving inside. Kay completed the list. 

illustrated with black and white star and 

scene stills, including: 

"Diamonds Are Forever." at Georgia 

Theatre Co.'s Lenox Square I: "Sunday, 

Bloody Sunday." Lenox Square II. 

Opened on December 22 were "The 

French Connection," Phipps Plaza; "Kidnapped," 

at Greenbriar, South DeKalb I, 

Cinema 285 and Village; "Straw Dogs," 

Loew's Tara; "Soul Soldier," Loew's Grand; 

"Honky," Coronet, and "House of Wax," in 

the original 3-D, Loew's 12 Oaks. 

"Sometimes a Great Notion," bowed December 

24 at the Marietta Strand and was 

tentatively booked for Martin's downtown 

Rialto, and Christmas Day brought "Star 

Spangled Girl" to the Peachtree Battle Mini- 

Cinema; "Dirty Harry," to the Rhodes. 

Cobb Cinema. National Triple I and North 

DeKalb II; "Harold and Maude." Weis" Fine 

Art Cinema; "S." Capri Cinema, and "The 

Railway Children." National Triple 3, 

Candler II. and Sandy Springs MiniCinema. 

Kay concluded his holiday lineup story 

by urging readers to buy tickets to film 

theatres for Christmas gifts. 

Wometco Cites Jack Jones 

For His Charity Work 

MIAMI—A special plaque was awarded 

to Jack Jones, projectionist at Wometco's 

Twin Theatre in the Dadeland Shopping 

Center here, for his untiring efforts in 

spending many years raising money for the 

Will Rogers Hospital and other chariites. 

Jones, a member of the lATSE Local 316, 

received the special plaque from Wometco's 

senior vice-president Harvey Fleischman. 

Jones does his charity work entirely on his 

own as an individual and this year, from 

the raffle of a color television set, he will 

send more than $1,000 to the Will Rogers 

Hospital. 

The plaque reads; "Thanks. Jack Jones, 

from all of us at Wometco. If there were a 

'Big Heart Award.' you would win it." 

Showman 'Tiny 

Eidson Continuing 

Promotion Stunts in New Post 

HUNTSVILLE, ALA.— Buren A. "liny" 

Eidson made quite a name for himself as a 

showman during the time he was managing 

theatres for the Columbus, Ga. -based 

Martin Theatres Co. His prizes, always 

imaginative, ranged from a desert (complete 

with sand and cacti) to many and 

varied contests that always were good for 

space in the print media. 

There was one contest that he dreamed 

up and planned as his masterpiece. It was 

a "trial marriage"" in which a couple was 

to be married in Martin's downtown 1,200- 

seat Rialto Theatre, of which he was managing 

director, and, in the event the bonds 

of matrimony came unraveled in less than 

a year, the theatre would foot the bill for 

a divorce. 

Eidson had lined up a justice of the 

peace to perform the ceremony, was prepared 

to finance a honeymoon and had lined 

up a lawyer to handle the divorce case if 

the couple couldn't make a go of it. He 

planned to select the would-be newlyweds 

by a drawing from registrants in the Rialto. 

Eidson is a past master at promotion and 

seldom makes much of a dent in the theatre's 

e.xchequer with the cash he spends in 

putting over his contests. When his "trial 

marriage"" promotion was submitted to his 

superiors (who quickly passed it on to the 

company"s lawyers) it came to a sudden 

halt. The legal eagles turned it down flat. 

"Tiny" (he weighs 350 pounds) was philosophical 

about it and mumbled something to 

the effect that "you can't win 'em all."" 

Recently Eidson was promoted from the 

ENLOK IS HONORED—William 

G. Enloc. 69. of Raleigh. N.C., receives 

an award for his 55 years of service to 

the National Ass'n of I hcaJre Owners 

of North and South Carolina from W. 

Sanford .lordan of Raleigh, president of 

the as.sociation. Enloe, a director of the 

avsociation. Raleigh city councilniiui 

and former mayor, retired Saturda> (1) 

as district manager for ABC So. theastern 

I heatres. 

directorship of the Rialto to district manager 

of Martin"s Huntsville district, (parts 

of Alabama. Tennessee and Mississippi) 

with headquarters in that north Alabama 

city. It was thought that his new duties 

would not permit him to indulge in his tavorite 

pastime, promotion plus his particular 

brand of showmanship, which had 

earned him the title of the "P.T. Barnum 

of Atlanta."" 

Just recently Eidson"s dormant promotional 

instincts began to come alive and 

he decided to pep up his Huntsville theatres 

with some of his Grade A gimmickry and 

set the wheels in motion for an extensive 

campaign. 

His first move was to enlist the aid of 

his friend, Pete Fountain, New Orleans" 

great clarinet virtuoso and exponent of jazz, 

who made a featurette for Universal titled 

•Pete"s Place."" Between the two they plan 

to dust off the highly acclaimed short subject, 

filmed several years ago, and present 

it again, amid fanfare and personal appearances 

by Fountain in Huntsville. 

When Eidson was at the Rialto he needed 

a gimmick to pep up the engagement 

of a Universal feature titled "Texas Across 

the River."' He ran it tandem with "Pete's 

Place"" and the featurette. hypoed by Fountain"s 

personal appearance, got more attention 

than did the main feature. 

So Pete and Tiny are planning to duplicate 

the promotion in Huntsville. 

Huge billboards and six-foot-tall blowup 

of Fountain will be strategically located in 

and around Huntsville— at Martin theatres, 

in record shops, boutiques and so on. Fountain 

will appear on Huntsville radio and 

television stations and grant interviews to 

representatives of the 

print media. 

No Eidson promotion would be complete 

without prizes. He plans various giveways. 

the top one being a weekend visit to New 

Orleans for two and a night as Pete"s guest 

at his French Quarter Inn on Bourbon 

Street. All expenses of the winner will be 

paid by Fountain and Eidson. 

This promotion is scheduled lor early 

in January, when Fountain finishes an enuagement 

at the Las Vegas Tropicana Hotel 

Universars "Pete"s Place" turned out to 

be a moneymaker. It did so well in national 

release, it was rereleased in many cities several 

times at the request of true jazz aficionados. 

San Diego Cinemas May Be Saved 

SAN DIEGO, CALIF.—Max .Schmidt, 

a senior city planner, has recommended to 

a group studying plans for a redevelopment 

project in the downtown area that certain 

landmarks be preserved. The Balboa Theatre 

and tower, the Spreckels Theatre and 

building and the Golden West Hotel were 

mentioned by Schmidt as structures that 

could be saved. 

BOXOFFICE :: Januar\' 3, 1972 

SE-1

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. . Tommy 

Revival of Old-Time Horse Operas 

Spurs Interest in 

OKhhNWOOD. S.C— Last .SaHinJa\ 

morning this writer drove to Columbia to 

calch a cowboy double feature and in so 

doing rediscovered a world I had almost forgotten." 

"This writer" 

was Danny McNeill, editor 

of the Greenwood Index-Journal, who has 

become interested in "a growing movement" 

to revive the old cowboys—Lash La Rue. 

Rocky Lane. Roy Rogers. Durango Kid. 

etc.—which has come to life in Columbia, 

principally through the efforts of Doug Nye. 

sports editor of the Columbia Record, and 

Dan Toma. manager of the Carolina Theatre. 

The Carolina Theatre on Main Street in 

Columbia has played two series of old cowboy 

movies this year and has tentatively 

scheduled a third series for the first of next 

year. 

"Sitting in the Carolina Theatre." continued 

.McNeill in his article reporting the 

growing interest in the cowboy film revival, 

"amid a large crowd made up of an ainiost 

equal number of children and adults, it was 

impossible to resist the urge to buy ppcorn 

as Lash La Rue galloped across the screen." 

McNeill's article continues, in part: 

The movies were "Mark of the Lash." 

with Lash La Rue and huzzy St. John, and 

"Rough Riders of Durango," with Allen 

Rocky Lane. Just a couple of cheaply made 

B grade action-filled movies that several 

hundred people who attended Saturday 

loved. There was applause when the double 

feature ended. 

"This sure does bring back ihe memories." 

one man over 30 said. "Wish they would get 

the Durango Kid." another man added. 

"Daddy, can we come back again next 

Saturday?" a school boy asked as he and 

his father left the theatre. 

aioHa! 

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i he t .irolina opened lis i>ociel\ lor the 

Preservation of Old Cowboys (SI'OC) series 

last spring. The series featured cowboy 

movies and chapters of the original Captain 

Marvel series which ran 12 weeks. 

Toma says the series was successful 

enough to interest the theatre in a second. 

The second scries opened October 9 and 

was concluded on Saturday October 31. 

He says the second series attracted even 

larger audiences. 

Toma gives a lot of credit for the revival 

of the old cowboys in Columbia to Doug 

Nye. 

"Nye really loves these old movies," Toma 

says. "His enthusiasm has spread to a lot of 

other people since we announced the series." 

Nye says he tcels the old cowbov movies 

are an excellent, wholesome form of entertainment 

for young and old alike. 

"During the past ten years, movie producers 

seem to have lost perspective." Nye says. 

"They are using the movies as a soapbox 

from which they preach their ideas and philosophies." 

"This is fine but it gets boring to encounter 

this every time you go to the 

movies." he continues. "Children especially 

need wholesome uncomplicated movies 

which are full of action and adventure. The 

cowboy movies supply this." 

"Parents have been screaming for G-rated 

movies for family audiences and this may be 

a partial answer to their demands." he adds. 

"I started taking my son to the cowboy 

movies when the first series opened here last 

spring and he has thoroughly enjoyed every 

movie in the series." 

The operator of the Fox Theatre in 

Greenwood has expressed an interest in 

playing one or more of the old cowboy 

movies. 

"If enough people let us know the\ would 

like to see the old cowboys ride again, we 

will certainly make every effort to get the 

movies." Pope Gantt sa\s. 

The old cowboy pictures seem better 

Milled for playing at walk-in theatres since 

1 ihcalrc can run them during the morning 

Hid .iflernoon and still play a new film during 

ihe evening hours. 

Drive-in theatre operators Marion Ackerman 

and Pete Zouras of Greenwood said 

ihey have observed the attempted comeback 

of the old cowboys but feel Ihe\ are better 

suited for walk-in theatres. 

While there are literally thousands of old 

cowboy movies stashed around the United 

Males, theatres are having a hard time oh 

I. lining them for showing. 

Many are stored in Ihe vaults of mova 

companies which have shown no interest in 

releasing them. Toma says. However, nationwide 

interest in the old cowboys may 

eventually lead to their release, he adds. 

Since the old cowboy movie series first 

opened in Columbia. Toma says he has received 

letters from John Wayne and Gene 

.•\utry commenting on the efforts to revive 

old memories and movies. 

In addition to Columbia, old cowboy 

movies have been shown recently in Spartanburg 

and Asheville, N. C. While an old 

cowboy series was being shown in Spartanburg, 

the theatre which was running 

them burned and three chapters of the Caplain 

Marvel series were desi roved. 

"It's going to be awfulh hard if not impossible 

to replace those three chapters," 

Toma says. "We have had a lot of interest 

in the Captain Marvel series but what good 

is the series without the first three chapters?" 

Atlanta BFC Work Lauded 

In Speech by Minister 

ATLANTA—President Edith Carmichael 

presided over recent meeting of the Metropolitan 

Atlanta Better Films Council held in 

a private dining room at the Top of the 

.Mart Restaurant. Members present heard an 

inspirational message b\ speaker, the Rev. 

.Marion G. Bradwell. executive director of 

the Lord's Da\ .Alliance, with headquarters 

in Atlanta. 

A native of Bainbridge. Ga., Dr. Bradwell 

is an ordained minister of the Presbvterian 

Church and. alter filling various pastorates, 

returned to Georgia after being appointed 

director of the Lord's Day .Mliance. an inlerdcnoniinational 

organization dedicated to 

the support and strengthening of the institution 

of the Lord's Day as a day o\ unique 

religious significance. 

In his talk he stressed the directive of the 

Fourth Commandment. "Remember the 

Sabbath Da\ to keep it holy." and allributes 

all the ills that beset mankind to failure to 

obe) this commandment. 

Dr. Baldwell praised the Better Films 

people for the work they are doing and 

urged them to continue their efforts. 

"Complefe Booth 

Cinemecconica 

Equipment' 

Projectors 

Hortson Xenon 16nim Projectors 

Xenon Bulbs—Sound Systems 

Autonration—Lenses—Reels 

Rewind Equipment—Screens 

Copifal CHy Supply Co., Inc. 

177 Hofris Street, N. W. 

Arianta, Georflia 30303 

(404) 52M244 

in Gcorgio—Copilol City Supply Co, Atlanta— 521-1244 

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Starring 

Diana Kjaer • Robert Strauss • Anne Grete • Inger Sundh 

• 

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A VERNON P. BECKER PRODUCTION • PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY VERNON P. BECKER • WRITTEN BY VERNON P BECKER and LOUIS M. HEYWARD 

COLOR BY MOVIELAB A TRANS AMERICAN FILMS UNICORN ENTERPRISES PICTURE 

.« 1971 Trans American Films 


CHARLOTTE 

Walter Pinson 

311 So. Church Street 

Chorlotte, N.C. 28202 

Tele.: (704) 375-5512 

MEMPHIS 

Henry Hammond 

399 So. Second Street 

Memphis, Tcnn. 38103 

Tele.: (901) 526-8328 

ATLANTA 

Glenn Simonds 

193 Walton Street, N.W. 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303 

Tele. : (404) 688-9845 

JACKSONVILLE 

Charlie King 

202 Florida Theatre BIdg. 

128 East Forsyth Street 

Jacksonville, Florida 32202 

NEV/ ORLEANS 

Mamie Dureau 

215 S. Liberty Street 

New Orleans, Lo. 70112 

Tele.: (504) 522-8703 

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ATLANTA 

gagaquarius, liii., Ailanta-bawd motion 

picture production company, is 

preparing 

to release its first production. Titled 

'The Secretary," it will be distributed nationally 

by the United Film Organization 

(UFO), with a world premiere siKin probably 

in Chicago. .Mike Ripps. head of UFO, has 

advised Bill Diehl, a .Sagaquarius official. 

that he has nearly 100 dates lined up for the 

picture. Richard Roundtree. star of ".Shaft." 

visited the Sagaquarius headquarters here to 

discuss details on the picture he will make 

for them in .August. Titled "The Algerian 

Switch," Diehl has written the screenplay 

and the picture will be shot on location in 

this area and in the West Indies. 

Atlanta Public I.ibnir>'s downtown 

branch showed live Vulelide flavored molii>n 

pictures, concluding December 23 with 

"The Nativity" and "The Coming of 

Christ." First to be shown was A Christmas 

Carol." followed by "The Canadian 

Rockies." and "A Dickens Christmas." 

Recent Filmrow \i.sitors included Ross 

Woodall of the I.awrenccvijje. Ga.. Drive-In 

and Kennclh Woodall of ihe Cleveland. Ga.. 

Drive-In 

. . United Artists' salesmen. 

Frank I.owry and Peter I.eokum took off 

on iheir final routes early in December, then 

enjoyed vacations over the holidays. Lowry 

made his rounds in Tennessee, while Leokum 

hit the key spots in Alabama. 

SoimIkm-I 

for 

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P. 0. Box 54553 AtJonfo, Go. 30308 

(404) 875-3167 

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

from Ellis Hoguc 

Creator of the Ellis Hoguc Award 

III addition to a three-day "holdover nin" 

the annual "white elephant sale" of the Atlanta 

Club of the Women of the .Motion 

Picture Industry played a "return engagement" 

as a result of "popular demand." 

.More than 51,000 was added to the chapter's 

charity e.vchequer. according to president 

Marilyn Craddock, who revealed that 

after distributing what was left of the merchandise 

remaining after the original sale 

various institutions, generous .Atlantans "restocked" 

the store in the Atlanta Film 

Building lobby and the "return engagement 

attracted more customers. 

Pat Robcrson, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

booker who handles the Jacksonville division, 

is vacationing in that Florida city, 

where he formerly worked for 20th Centur\ 

Fo,\, 

day 

Iriday, December 17, was the popular 

lor Christmas parlies on Filmrow, since 

that date was selected by half a dozen or so 

exchanges for their annual celebrations. A 

catered luncheon featured the 20th-Fo.\ 

party, at which employees exchanged gifts 

and were assisted by .Santa Claus. MGM 

gave its party at the Diplomat Restaurant, 

a favorite rendezvous for Filmrow folk. 

Universal and ,Avco Kmbassy exchanges also 

staged Iheir panics on that date. 

.Mlhough National Screen Service Corp.'s 

Atlanta branch, managed by Les Gurvey, 

now is off the beaten Filmrow path, where 

it did business for almost half a ccnuirv. 

Ihe Christmas celebration was held in itie 

new location at 1325 Logan Circle. It was 

in the form of a luncheon and gifts were 

exchanged. 

Hill Browcr, Buena Vista Southern division 

manager, and Walter Walker. BV's Atlanta 

branch manager, staged Ihe biggest 

Vulelide party of them all when the Walt 

Disncy-Bucna Vista family invited showmen 

Iriends to join iheni on .Saturday morning. 

December IS. at a real gala in the Storey 

circuit's flagship, the Rhodes Theatre, for a 

jolly occasion highlighted by the screening 

of its Easter attraction. The Biscuit Fater." 

Special surprises were handed out for the 

children and Santa provided the jolliest of 

Christmas atmospheres. 

romiiiy Parris. managing director of Waller 

Rcadc's Ailanta Theatre, shuttered the 

house in order to spruce it up and have it 

spick and span lor the exclusive Southeastern 

engagement premiere of "Fiddler on 

the Roof" held December 14. The reserved 

seat opening night showing was sponsored 

b> Ihe Mack I rankel .Atlanta Post No. 112 

ol 

the Jewish W.ir \eterans. 

In keepiii}; with the holiday season eight 

Georgia Theatre Co. locations. Lenox 

Square I, Greenbriar, South Dekalb I. 

Cinema 285. Suburban Plaza. Village. Cobb 

Center and Sirand. offered "Santa Claus and 

. . . 

the Three Bears" as kiddie matinee feature 

attraction prior to Christmas 

Theatre Co. and Eastern Federal 

Storey 

Corp., 

linked with MGM's Children's Matinees to 

show "Kim " in 14 scattered playhouses. 

to 

'Diamonds, Forever' 

700 in Memphis Bow 

\II \1 I'll is Diamonds .\re Forever." 

the latest James Bond thriller, bowed at 

Loews and Quartet 3 with an astronomical 

700 per cent. Its nearest competitor, "The 

French Connection," did double-average 

business in its si.xth stanza at the Crosstown. 

Other new arrivals. "Beyond All Limits" 

and "Believe in .Me, " grossed 150 and 100, 

respectively. 

Âvproge Is 100) 

Crosstown—The French Connecfion !20th-Fox) 

*"i v»k. 

200 

Loews. (Joortct 3- Diamonds Arc Forcvn (UA) 700 

Mcmph(on—Kotch CKC 7Th »k ISO 

Poramount Believe in Me iMGM) |oio 

StuclK>~Bevonil All Limits ^K 150 

MEMPHIS 

Qoiistruttion ol a new quartet-screen theatre, 

with a total seating capacity of 

VOO. and covering 22.8(X) square feet in 

connection with an office building at 5854 

Poplar, comer of Sweetbriar Road, is announced 

by Boyle Investment Co. The parking 

space would be used by the office building 

during the daylight hours and by theatre 

patrons in the evenings. Plans are for construction 

work to begin late this week. 

The Heart Institute, a hospital operated 

by Variety in Memphis for children with 

heart diseases, received a S500 gift from the 

Memphis Public Employees Union. The 

presentation was made to Bob Bosiick. dean 

of filmrow. representing the hospital. 

Waisdii l)avi.s. who left his job as advertising 

and promotion manager of Maico 

some weeks ago. is booked solid in the 

Memphis territory through February in his 

role as "Sivad." the monster (Davis spelled 

backwards). His personal appearances are at 

theatres with horror movies and attract 

record children audiences. 

I>ri>e-in closings for the season included 

Ihe Sunset. Martin. Tenn.: Starlile. Henderson. 

Ky.; White River. Batesvillc. Ark.: 

Carroll. Huntingdon. Tenn.; Tommie's. 

Kennett. Mo.: Ozark. Harrison. Ark., and 

Skyway. Forrest City, Ark. . . . The Rex 

Theatre. Sikeston, Mo., closed temporarily 

. . The New Theatre, Elaine. Ark., closed, 

as did the Imperial at Marianna, Ark. 

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ATLANTA, JACKSONVILLE, MEMPHIS, NEW ORLEANS 

S»u Hornell, Woyne Choppell 

Harncll Independent Productions 

161 Spring St. N. W. 

(404) 522-228S 

CHARLOTTE 

Bob McClurc, Bill Simpson 

Voriety Films 

Box 638 

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JACKSONVILLE 

por the Christiiia.s weekend man> I ilmrow 

olliees gave their employees three-anda-half 

days of freedom from work, extending 

from Thursday noon to Monday morning 

.. . No large prc-Yulc parties were held 

by Filmrow workers as in years past, only 

small groupings for an exchange of presents 

and liquid cheer, with the exception of the 

ABC-Florida State Theatres gathering for 

area bookers and their associates. 

Horace Denninj;. Dixie Drive-ln executive 

who is wearing two other hats as treasurer 

of NA10 of Florida and as coordinator 

of planning for the NATO of Florida convention 

at Walt Disney World January 16- 

20. returned here after a weekend of conferring 

with Disney officials at the gigantic 

recreational complex. 

R. I,. "Bob" Jones, city manager for 

ABC-FST. and Mrs. Jones came back from 

a vacation spent with Mrs. Jones' family in 

south Florida at Titusville . . . Bonnie Lewis, 

the wife of Richard Lewis. American International 

Pictures assistant manager, lent 

PROJEGION PARTS & SUPPLIES 

REFLEGORS-LENSES-SPEAKERS 

ROY SMITH CO. 

365 Park St. Jackjonyille, Fla. 

a helping hand in the .MP ollice during the 

pre-Christmas rush. 

Sandy Easley, local WOMPl president, revealed 

that the group's membership has 

turned December into the busiest month of 

the year. WOMPIs have taken the Christmas 

Salute appeal of the Will Rogers Hospital 

into the offices of all local radio and television 

stations with fine results in many instances. 

Radio Station WPDQ jumped on 

the bandwagon by donating radio sptMs for 

the Christmas Salute which suggest that 

listeners make donations to the Will Rogers 

Hospital . . . Many hundreds of Salvation 

.\rmy Christmas stockings for needy children 

have been stuffed by WOMPl volunteen> 

... A gala pre-Christmas party, including 

games and refreshments, was given 

by WOMPl for a group of indigent psychiatric 

patients at Duval Medical Center . 

For their own social life. WO.MPl members 

turned out for an annual pre-Christmas 

luncheon at the Holiday Inn . . . WOMPl 

also volunteered its services for assisting 

with special events planned for all months 

in 1972 when Jacksonville will celebrate th.: 

sesquicenlennial of the city's founding in 

1 822 under the name of Cow Ford. A 

December 10 meeting of the civic roundtable 

included a salute to WOMPl for it.s 

contributions to the community made by 

John P. Ingle, local head of Kastern Airlines, 

who is chairman of special events for 

READY REGAL' SAYS 

Look at 

figures 

the 

on 

the sesquicentennial. and. in response. Mary 

Hart, former international WOMPl president, 

read to the gathering Ben Shlyen's 

editorial entitled "WOMPIs Wonderful 

Work" which appeared in the October 4 

issue of Bo.xoii-ict magazine. 

Charley King, AIP manager, left for Miami 

to present his holiday screen offerings 

to film buyers at Wometco, ABC-FST. 

Loew's. Pete Dawson's United Booking 

Service and other companies. Charley 

planned to leave Miami in time for a Christmas 

dinner in .Atlanta with Mrs. King and 

her sister's family . splitting from 

the AIP office for Christmas was Diane 

Ruhoy. who left to visit her parents in New 

York . Hughes, secretary at AIP, 

scheduled a 'Yuletide vacation at home. 

Warren Teal lined up a busy week of 

screen previews for Kxikers in the Preview 

Theatre. Universal presented two. "Silent 

Running" and ".Minnie and Moskowitz," as 

did United .Artists with "Diamonds are Forever" 

and "Hospital." Distributors offering 

singles were Columbia with "Welcome to 

the Club"; Hamell. "School Girls"; Craddock, 

"Cactus in the Snow." and MGM. 

"The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight." 

MIAMI 

The lie" Suniland II Theatre in South Dade 

County was opened Christmas Day. 

with Mayor Steve Clark among the dignitaries 

on hand. Built b\ .Avant Construction 

at an estimated S25().6oO cost, the theatre 

opened with "Diamonds Are Forever." The 

existing theatre, 

now known as the Suniland 

I. showL-d "Dirty Harry." The Suniland I 

has been renovated with new rocking chair 

seats, carpets, drapes and upd.ited projection 

system. Florida State Theatres district 

manager Cecil McGlohon said additional 

parking facilities have been provided and 

that both theatres will be served by a central 

lobby and concession area. 

"Asylum of 

the Insane" 

The only ones better 

are on Raquel Welch 

and Brigitte 

REGAL 

INTERNATIONAL 

FILM 

Suite 328 

DISTRIBUTORS 

Atlanta Film Building 

161 Spring St., N.W. 

(404) 525-8666 

Bardot! 

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\\ onielcti Knterpriscs gave every one a 

chance to play Santa Claus when its Old 

Guard sponsored a "Great Notion" tree for 

Christmas gifts and toys for underprivileged 

children. .Anyone who wanted to leave a 

gift was asked to stop by at Wometco's 

Miracle or Twin I. The Old Guard (Wometco 

employees who have worked for the 

firm over seven years) promised delivery 

of the toys. 

I lu' Charlie Chaplin Lilm Festival opened 

.it the Mini .Art Cinema here Wednesday 

(December 2*^). according to Oliver .A. Un- 

};cr. president of Leisure Media, who is presenting 

ihe festival in the U.S. in association 

with Ihe Classic Festival Corp. First film 

shown was "Modem Times." Others include 

"City Lights." "A King in New York." 

"The Great Dictator." "Monsieur Verdoux. 

"1 imeliiiht" and "The Chaplin Revue." 

Stanley Schneider, president of Columbia 

Pictures, recently appointed Jack Atlas as 

vice-president. 

SE-6 BOXOFTICE :: January .^. 1972

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panic with laughter as 

the students ham-up their intended 

love scenes and dramatic 

moments. 

CIRCUITS: 

Call fhc Distributor located in 

the area below that corresponds 

with the area of the 

theatres you wish to book. 

BRUNSWICK area, call Walsh 

Distributing Co. (912) 265-5292 

JACKSONVILLE area, call Trudel 


VALDOSTA area, call Sumner 

Distributing Co. (912) 2441094 

MACON area, Call Bloodworth 


SAVANNAH area, coll J. 

(912) 236-4508 

Howard Jarrott 

CHARLOTTE 

îrginia Porter, WOMPI service committee 

chairman, reported that members 

earned a total of 105 service hours during 

November, including a bingo party for patients 

at Green Acres and Rehabilitation 

Hospital; a Thanksgiving "pantr) shower" 

for two families; working at the Presbyterian 

Hospital coffee shop and .March of 

Dimes drive. She also reported on Christmas 

projects of playing Santa Claus to five children 

living in foster homes in the Charlotte- 

Mecklenburg area, and helping another 

famiK of a mother and three children. 

Bill 1 albert oi Piedmont Promotions was 

shot in the fool while on a hunting trip and 

wa^ recuperating in Memorial Hospital after 

undergoing surgery on his foot. 

Clara Kiiilayson of Piedmont Promotions 

has a new grandson. Robert Scott, born recently 

to her daughter and son-in-law, 

Sandra and Lewis Lane, of Matthews. N. C. 

Our deepest sympathy is extended to the 

lollowing: M>rllL- P.irkcr. Paramount Pictures, 

upon the death of her mother. Mrs. 

l:lsie Duncan; Dessie Gu>er. Carolina Booking, 

whose mother. .Mrs. W. T. Fouts. died 

November 26 at Franklin. N. C. and to 

Hunter, E.\hibitor"s Service, upon the 

recent death of her mother. 

WUMPi Irene Lauer and husband, 

Heinie. left December 21 for Los Angeles 

to spend the holiday's with their son and 

other relatives. 

Michael hllioll .ind Daniel C lifford from 

California were here for the National .-Xss'ii 

of Theatre Owners of North and South 

Carolina meeting. They were here with 

linimy James of Gala.xy Films to promote 

W'aich Out for the Bummer." which had its 

uorld premiere on December 9 at the Cardi 

luil I hcatre. Raleigh, N. C. Elliott is the 

writer-director and Clifford is the star and 

producer of the film. 

NEW ORLEANS 

^âlly Sherwood, .uiuisements editor for 

'.Ik- Mississippi Press. P.iscagoula. 

Miss., wrote his traditional column, saluting 

with his "Robin's Award" the top pictures of 

the year. As Wally explains it. "Robin" is .i 

takeoff on the old Sherwood Forest bit. 

.idding that his selections are made late in 

" 

the year since eligible films to not reach 

I'ascagoula until late. According to "Robin. 

the most over-rated picture was "Love 

Story." and the most under-rated was "Joe.' 

His selections for the ten best pictures were 

Five Easy Pieces." "Catch-22." "Joe.' 

M ,'\'S-Fi." "Ryan's Daughter." "Pallon.' 

"The Boys in the Band." "Wixidstock." 

.•\irporl" and "Women in Love." His 

choice for best actor was George C. Scoit 

tor ""Patton"; best actress. Carrie Snodgress. 

for ""The Diary of a Mad Housewife"'; best 

supportmg actor. Chief Dan George, for 

"Little Big Man"; best supporting actress, 

-Maureen Siapleton. for '".MrfKirt,"" and best 

director. Mike Nichols, for ""Catch-22. "" 

Ogden-Perr>- Theatres held its annual 

Christmas party on December 14 at Baton 

Rouge. La. . Stales Theatres announced 

that effective January 1 its advertising 

would be handled b\ .May .Advertising 

iV Marketing in the Plaza Tower. The GST 

advertising manager. Billy Gay, will continue 

to work hand-in-hand with May Advertising, 

which is setting up an office in 

the Cuilf 

States Theatres Building. 

Filmrow employee:* had a long holiday 

with offices closed a half-day Thursday and 

all day Frida> before Christmas . . . Colon 

Johnston opened his Carthage Drive-In in 

Carthage. Miss.. December 2-^. and Leon 

Palmer closed hi'. Dixie Theatre at Franklinton. 

La.. December .^ 1 

\ bomb stare threat lorced suspension 

of work for all employees at the Trade .Mart 

for appro.ximatelv two hours on Wednesday 

afternoon . . . Theatregoers had quite a selection 

of first-run features to choose from 

as Christmas attractions opened: Loew"s 

State. "Diamonds .Are Forever"; Saenger 

Orleans. '"Star-Spangled Girl"; Saenger. 

""Dirt\ Harry"': Jo\. "Sometimes a Great 

Notion". Orpheum. "The Gang That 

Couldn't Shoot Straight": Trans Lux Cinerama. 

""Fiddler On The Roof"'; Cine Royalc. 

"Straw Dogs." 

"KNOW HOW" is 

asset 

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Oklahoma City Tent 

Renames Caporal 

OKLAHOMA CITY—The Variety 

Club 

of Oklahoma City has elected George Sam 

Caporal. attorney and board chairman of 

GEORGE SAM CAPORAL 

Ihc American Bank of Conmierce, to his 

second term as chief barker of the philanthropic 

organization, which has as one of 

its major endeavors the support of the Variety 

Health Center to assist needy families 

with free medical care. 

Other officers elected include Frank Mc- 

Cabe, first assistant chief barker; Leonard 

Newcomb, second assisitant chief barker; 

Vernon Embry, dough guy; Tom Tatum. 

property master, and Milton O. Rimmer. 

assistant 

property master. 

Officers also are members of the board 

of directors. Other directors include Bill 

Lane, A. G. Meyers, Gene Campbell. Bill 

Veazey and Ken Bartlett. Advisory directors 

are John Ashley, Jude Northcutt, Milton 

Rimmer. Forrest Lewis. Dr. Charles' Larason. 

Bob Busch and Mrs. Marge Snyder. 

Video Theatres Repairs 

Abilene. Tex„ Ozoners 

ABILENE, TEX.—Renovation and re- 

the Town and Coun- 

pairs are continuing at 

try, Tower Twin and Crescent drive-ins 

here, 

according to George Hale, manager of 

the three theatres. 

Remodeling work has been completed at 

the Town and Country, with all speakers 

renovated and repairs made to the paved 

ramps. The Tower Twin is receiving a complete 

resurfacing of the parking area and 

new speakers are being installed. The 

grounds of the Crescent are being re-bladed 

and the drainage improved. After new wiring 

is installed to the speaker posts, the 

parking area will be paved and new speakers 

installed. 

The theatres are owned by Video Independent 

Theatres of Oklahoma City. 

Upbeat Business Sessions 

To Highlight TEXPO 72 

DALLAS— Dale Stewart, chairman, announced 

that his TEXPO '72 committees 

have planned strictly upbeat business sessions 

for the third annual NATO of Texas 

convention to be held February 1-3 at the 

Fairmont Hotel here under the theme 

"Making It Happen." 

The goal is to show e.\hibitors how to improve 

their bo.xoffice and concession 

grosses. Stewart said, adding: "At the two 

convention luncheons, celebrated speakers 

will comment on industry problems, but the 

business sessions will be devoted to dealing 

with public relations, selling movies and 

improving the appearance of theatres." 

Some of the subjects to be covered at the 

business sessions will deal with how to sell 

movies via radio; three separate campaigns 

on how to sell specific pictures; two campaigns 

on outside promotions, including 

ladies matinees and special kid shows; new 

concession items and selling techniques; 

people-treatment; how to assemble newspaper 

ads; help for the low-grossing theatre; 

intermission clock ads; how to build special 

theatre fronts and the Oscar race. 

A highlight of TEXPO '72 will be the 

"Company of the Year" award which will be 

presented to Warner Bros, for the great 

mmiber of boxofficc hits produced in the 

past year. Exhibitors will attend a special 

screening of WB's new John Wayne picture, 

"Cowboys" at the Loews downtown theatre. 

Following the screening, showmen will be 

guests of Warner Bros, at an elaborate reception 

and show in the International Room 

of the Fairmont. Convention registrants will 

be eligible for around 40 prizes to be awarded 

during the three-day conclave. In addition 

to the valuable door prizes to be given away 

at each business session, there will be scheduled 

drawings for prizes to be awarded from 

each booth in the Show-in-the-Round, concessions 

and theatre equipment tradeshow. 

According to Stewart, ex.tra activities 

planned for the ladies will include a "Bloody 

Mary Brunch." where several valuable prizes 

will be awarded, followed by a special matinee 

theatre party at the famous Dallas Theatre 

Center. 

"There will be plenty of great ideas for 

every showman and the three business sessions 

are programed to benefit indoor and 

outdoor theatres operating in large as well 

as small towns—and besides learning a lot, 

there will be a packed schedule of cocktails, 

food and entertainment," Stewart said. 

Editorial Lauds Filmmakers 

Of Locations in 

SAN ANTONIO—The following editorial. 

"San Antonio Has a Strong Potential 

for Movie-Making." appeared on the editorial 

pages of the San Antonio E.v 

press/ News; 

San Antonio's potential as a moviemaking 

location is becoming known to filmmakers, 

thanks to local and state efforts. 

Gov. Preston Smith's Texas Film Commission 

actively is seeking producers to 

come to the state for filming and has met 

with some success. More success is expected 

as the advantages of filming in Texas 

become known. 

San Antonio has a lot to offer the moviemen. 

It has the historic settings of the missions. 

It has a mixture of colorful urban 

scenery. It can show a big city backdrop. 

Nearby are small towns which would provide 

excellent settings. Close at hand are a 

variety of western and/ or rural scenes, from 

the rolling hill country to the brush countrs 

of southwest Texas. 

Arizona and New Mexico have been 

capitalizing on their scenery for movie 

locations. The two states have attracted 

numerous film companies and profited well 

from the association. 

The movie industry has much to offer in 

return. It is a nonpolluting business. It 

San Antonio 

Use 

makes use of some local talent and often 

helps promote the area in the films. Warren 

Skaaren. a producer who visited the city 

last week, said film companies leave between 

35 and 45 per cent of their budget 

in a community. 

Two movies will be filmed in San Antonio 

within the next year. Another is to be 

shot in New Braunfels. A couple of years 

ago "Viva Max!" made a large, if temporary 

economic impact on San Antonio. 

Old Hollywood is dead. Films are being 

made on real locations. San Antonio should 

become one of the better known locations 

in the new world of movies." 

|f«!S(«i«r««W:iSr«?*eWfc«S[«i^^ 

\ HOLIDAY GREETINGS 

from 

AMALGAMATED FILM 

DISTRIBUTORS, INC. 

Liz Perry 

500 South Ervay, Suite 641 -A 

Dallas, Texas 75201 

Telephone: 748-6145 

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— 

Filmmoking Days of 

Recalled by Industry 

SAN ANTONIO—Gerald Ashford, dean 

of San Antonio amusement editors, writing 

in the Sunday Express-News, recalled the 

filmmaking days in San Antonio of nearly 

60 years ago. His article follows in full: 

A few people still remember the first 

movie company that worked in San Antonio, 

nearly 60 years ago. 

"Those were the days of real sport," said 

Miss Jessie Gulledge with a smile as she recalled 

a spill in a four-horse stagecoach 

during the filming of a western shoot-em-up 

near the Hot Wells Hotel by the Star Film 

Company. 

The bathhouse, which still stands near the 

site of the long-since burned-down hotel was 

used as the field headquarters of the company, 

which also erected a building of its 

own across the nearby river as a studio. 

The actress who suffered a painfully injured 

leg when her coach plunged down the 

sleep bank of the San Antonio River was 

.Anne Nichols, later to become famous as 

the author of the hit Broadway play, '"Abie's 

Irish Rose." She made the injury worse by 

pouring liniment into the cast that had been 

placed on her knee. 

Gaston Melies, manager of the company, 

asked Miss Nichols an.xiously, in his heavily 

accented tnglish, "Are you going to sue 

me?" 

And .Miss Nichols replied, to Gaston's 

astonishment, "I'd have to sue my own 

father." It was her parent, a New York 

corporation lawyer, who had advanced funds 

for the film operation without Gaston Melies' 

knowledge. 

Gaston was a brother of the much more 

famous Georges Melies, the French pioneer 

of moviemaking. Georges had sent Gaston 

to New York to establish an American 

branch of his firm and try to head off the 

American distributors who were copying his 

films without payment. 

Gaston is remembered as a roly-jKily fellow 

who usually wore a beret. With him in 

San .Antonio, as guests of the fashionable 

Hoi Wells Hotel, were his wife, a cousin of 

Sarah Bernhardt, who was then the most 

famous actress in the world; his mother, 

and two French servants. Other members of 

RCil 

Theatre 

Service 




2r\ 1 Irving Blvd 

Dallas. Teias 75207 

Phone (214) 631-8770 

60 Years Past 

Old-Timers 

the company were performers Francis Storey 

and Edith Storey; Francis Ford, a brother 

of director John Ford and a director himself; 

director William Haddock and William 

Paley, who had been active as a cameraman 

since the earliest davs of the movies in the 

1890s. 

Once during the company's sojourn at Hot 

Wells. Sarah Bernhardt herself came to the 

hotel but only as a iwo-week guest of her 

relatives and the hotel after she completed 

an engagement in San Francisco. 

She came secretly in a private railroad car 

and instructed her hosts to call her "Mrs. 

Bern." Mrs. Melies wanted to greet her with 

a suitable token and adopted young Jessie 

Gulledge's suggestion lor a huge star made 

of 500 pink roses emblazoned with a typical 

Te.xas greeting. 

Miss Gulledge also recalls that "the Divine 

Sarah" asked her cousin whether she 

liked Texas as well as France and Mrs. Melies 

replied, -l like Texas BETTER than 

France. Back there the high and low don't 

mix but here they all go to the same places." 

She added, "Texas ranch people always put 

out their hands and say 'Howdy. I'm glad 

to meet you.' " 

The company continued operations ai Hot 

Wells from the latter part of 1912 until 

early 1914. when it moved to Hollywood 

lock, stock and barrel, as many film companies 

were doing at that time. 

Miss Gulledge worked closely with the 

movie company in her capacity as secretarytreasurer 

of the Hot Wells Hotel, owned by 

the Putnam and Cockrell families. Once she 

even wrote, with some help from Francis 

Ford, the script for a film called "I.asca. or 

the Girl of the Alamo." Her pay amounted 

to a cool S30. 

During the 

filming of what was probabh 

the first picture ever made in San Antonio. 

"The Fall of the Alamo." Jessie herself was 

painfully injured when a small army of 

extras swarmed up the front of the .Mamo 

replica although the director had told them 

to come over the side. 

"It wasn't much ol a replica, anyway." 

Miss Gulledge recalls. 

Among the other Star Films pictures were 

one on Sam Houston, which apparently did 

not turn out well: one on the Franciscan 

missionary friars: one dealing with "Jersey 

1 ily" Langtry. and one called "The Long 

frail," an early treatment of the "Covered 

Wagon" theme. 

"In this one." Miss Gulledge recalled. 

"the Indians were a scream; they looked too 

much like while people." Actually they were 

white people, since real Indians were not 

available in Hot Wells. 

.Another Star movie was "The Hot 

Lands." in which Edith Storey was suf>posedly 

overcome by heat in a scene filmed 

near Peacock Militar\- Academy and was 

attended by a country doctor played by 

Francis Storey. 

Much oi the time. Melies' car was driven 

by Hull Youngblood. later a prominent San 

.Antonio industrialist. Other kx;al people 

whom .Miss Gulledge remembers as having 

been around and about the studio were hotel 

clerk Claude Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. 

George Sartor, all three of whom still live 

in the same neighborhood. 

Cecil B. De Mille visited the compan\ at 

Hot Wells and stayed a while in the hotel 

but did not seem to have any active part in 

the Melies enterprises. .Apparently he was 

trying to learn something about moviemaking, 

since he had been engaged as a director 

by Jesse L. Lasky, who was impressed with 

De Mille's plays on the Bro.idway stage. De 

Mille made his first picture in Hollywood. 

"The Squaw Man." for Lasky in 1914. 

marking the beginning of a long and phenomenally 

successful career as a movie director 

and producer. 

Miss Gulledge came to the Hot Wells 

Hotel after two years as a teacher at Espada 

Mission and two more years teaching at San 

Jose Mission. Later she was again a teacher 

and also a secretary for some years. Quite 

recently she operated a flower shop at 1900 

Fredericksburg Rd. but is now retired. 

Georges Melies (born 1861) had begun 

making movies on fantastic themes in the 

1890s and introduced so many new techniques 

that historians of the film place him 

ahead of Edwin S. Porter and D. W. Griffith 

in the progress of the art. 

But he failed to keep up with the times, 

began slipping before World War I and in 

1928 an old friend found him selling 

newspapers and knickknacks on the streets 

of Paris. Friends brought him a corner kiosk 

but by 193.^ he was loo old to continue with 

this business and his friends placed him in a 

home for retired actors at their expense. 

What became of Gaston and the Star 

Film Company is not mentioned by the historians. 

Long-Term Lease Complete 

llLkSl. IL.\.—I >iiig-lemi le.ise negotiations 

have been completed by Larry M. 

Rice, vice-president of Henry S. Miller Ci.^.. 

realtors, of Fort Worth and lessor Regal 

Development Corp. for operation of ihe 

Jerry Lewi>> Twin Cinema, slated to opL-n 

this month in the Shady Oaks Shopping 

Center here. Owner and operator of the 

Jerry Lewis houses in Tarrant County is 

Metro-Mini Theatres. 

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The Girls of 

"FANNY HILL," 




first time! 

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right now 

(2 Days Rain) 

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1st Week 

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NO ONE UNDER IT ADMITTED 

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m coKa-n a(«as) 

Starring 

Diana Kjaer • Robert Strauss • Anne Grete • Inger Sundh • Tommy 

Blom 

A VERNON P. BECKER PRODUCTION • PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY VERNON P. BECKER • WRIHEN BY VERNON P. BECKER and LOUIS M. HEYWARD 

COLOR BY MOVIELAB A TRANS-AMERICAN PILMSUNICORN ENTERPRISES PICTURE 

? 1971 Trans American Films 


DALLAS 

Don Grierson 

201 1 Jackson Street 

Dallas, Texas 75201 

Tele.: (214) 746-4964 

OKLAHOMA CITY 

Lois Scott and Harry McKenna 

708 West Sheridan 

Oklahoma City, Oklo. 73102 

Tele.: (405) 232-3038 

fiL

I he 

DALLAS 

J^tlissa •Mlssic" Muriel Brown, daughter 

of Mr. and Mrs. Hillman Brown of 

Sonora. became the bride of Terry Michael 

Hann on Thursday. December 30. at St. 

Johns Episcopal Church in Sonora. A wedding 

reception was held at the .Sonora Golf 

Club . . . Wedding bells rang the same day 

for Barbara Joyce White, daughter of Rich- 

on about the time his 

mother left Dallas, meeting her at the airport 

and going on together to Albert Lee. 

Fred Bunklenian, formerly with National 

General Pictures, has moved to Detroit as 

branch manager for Allied Artistsr . . . Dave 

Walker, former manager for Amalgamated 

Films, left that firm to become affiliated 

ard and Daphna White, who was wed to 

with Hertz Rent-a-Truck firm. His repl.icement 

at Amalgamated has not been named 

the Rev. Charles Kindsvattcr. pastor of 

Emanuel Lutheran Church, in a ceremony 

. . . While Dallas had nice 70 degree temperatures 

on Christmas Day. Jack Haynie 

held at the Presbyterian Cathedral, with 

Bishop McCrea officiating. .Attendants at 

and his wife. Mary, and son. Stephen, were 

enjoying the snow on the ski slopes in Hidden 

Valley. Colo. Jack is division manager 

for 

of the groom, and Schcryl Kindsvatter. his 

Transvue Pictures in Dallas. 

sister-in-law. Little Carla Shell, cousin of Ue regrel to learn that Jake Jacobs. 

Video hooker in Oklahoma City, was hospitalized 

with a heart condition . 

to B. D. "Bro" Duncan. Duncan Poster Exchange, 

whose wife. Hazel, died on December 

are grandparents of the bride and say they 

15. Burial was in Laurel Land. She 

find it hard to believe that their youngest 

is survived by her husband, her son Charles 

granddaughter now is married. 

J., daughters Deanna and Patty Duncan, 

four grandchildren, her mother. Mrs. .Mvena 

.Myrtle KittJi, retired 20th-Fo.\ employee, 

Parrish. and sister. Mrs. Hilda Ballard, all 

is reaping the benefits of her hard and determined 

fight to walk again. Myrtle was 

of Dallas. 

hospitalized several times over the past several 

Ray Townsend of Burkburnelt was in and 

years with painful arthritis and it was announced that he and his- partner. Budd\ 

once felt she might never walk again, but Wilmut. are putting in a new drive-in at 

this was a condition that just could not be Lakeside. Te.x.. just a short distance out of 

insofar as she was concerned. This Christmas 

Wichita Falls. Construction starts early this 

she spent the holidays in Albert Lea. month and they hope to have the theatre 

Minn., with her son. Johnny Kittsr. and his ready for operation by April 1. Townsend 

wife Jan. Jan recently underwent major surgery 

now has theatres in Burkburnelt. Quanah 

and is recuperating at the home of her and Iowa Park. 

parents in Albert Lea. .ibout 80 miles from 

Minneapolis. Johnny is salesman for Universal 

Ustellc Redd, chairman of the WOMPl 

in Tarzana. Calif., and left Los Angeles service committee, reports that l.'>0 dolK 

were dressed by WOMPI for distribution 

through the Salvation Army to needy children 

at Christmas. WOMPl also helped 

THE 

make the Christmas party at the Day Care 

aLOHai 

INDUSTRY'S Center a huge success. Thirty-seven gifts 

"OWN" 

EXHIBITORS! 

were distributed by WOMPl among the 

2(» children and about ten mothers, followed 

IN HONOLULU îQeW 

. . . 

t.y light refreshments and the showing of a 


C hristm.is film. Judy Wise and her sister 

BEACH! 

C'leo distributed the 

iH#l[ISl 

WOMPl corsages to 


senior citizens in rest homes in Lancaster. 

In lieu of Christmas cards to local friends. 

Hstelle Redd purchased ten tickets from the 

Knights of Columbus for the intercollegiate 

liasketb.ill tournament, a benefit game lor 

ihe charit\ fund. 

DAn STRIPS 

The tickets were given 

M the Chililrcn's Emergency Shelter. 

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY 

MOTION PKTURB SBRVKE Ca 

As an indusirt service project. WOMI'I 

members served as hostesses four nights at 

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«73.9Ma Om«M KmnU, 

opening of "Fiddler on the Roof" at the 

the wedding included the bride's sister Sherry 

Vallas. matron of honor; Linda White, 

aunt of the bride. Elizabeth Mehaffey. sis-ter 

the bride, was flower girl. Following a 

honeymoon in Mexico, the young couple 

will reside in the Lutheran Church house on 

Peak Street here. Forrest and Juanita White 

Elizondo Named Manager 

Of Santone Alameda 

s\\ 

I A Cine I.M). The WOMPl members par- 

"Go Modern... For All Your Theatre Needs' 

manager. 

Elizondo 

—yyiodeAft- 

was previously 

SALES & SERVICE, INC. 

2200 YOUNG STREET DALLAS. TEXAS, 75201 TELEPHONE 747-3191 his former home town. 

• • 

ticipating were Barbara Baggett. Jo .Ann 

Johnson. .Marie Russey. Junita and Linda 

White, Elsie Parish. Carol Lee Willingham. 

Estelle Redd and Jo Ellen Jones . . . Cona 

Shipp. retired Columbia inspector, spent the 

Christmas holidays in Big Spring with her 

daughter. 

Ted > alias, husband of Sherry White Vallas. 

returned home after five years in the 

Air Force. Following the wedding of Sherry's 

sister Barbara. Ted and Sherrs will go 

to California to make their residence. 

James P. Prichard and his wife Julie are 

parents of a \oung scm. Marshall Bailey, 

born December 7. This is the third child in 

the famil) and the first boy. The two girls 

arc three and two. so it was a most exciting 

Christmas in the Prichard household this 

year. James Prichard is manager of the local 

Cinerania Releasing Corp. Cinerama Releasing 

moved into new offices at 624-,\. .*iOO 

.So. Ervay and held open house for Christmas 

with a merry-making event, with accordion 

music by Edra from Vcm Fletcher's 

Varietv Films. 

Jack Walton, 66, Is Dead; 

Dallas Film Distributor 

D.\Li..\S 1. U. J.ick \S,Uuni. \eteran 

of 30 years in the film distribution field, 

died here December 22 after a long illness. 

He was 66. Funeral services were held the 

following day at Restland Memorial Park. 

Walton was an active member of Variety 

Clubs, a Motion Picture Pioneer and was 

last affiliated with Goldstone Films of Texas 

here. 

Walton started in the motion picture business 

with National Screen .Serx'ice. then was 

with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer before serving 

with the military service. Later he was 

branch manager for RKO until that firm 

closed its local office. He then opened an 

office of his own and handled Seven Arts 

product until it merged with Warner Bros. 

At that time. Walton went to Allied Artists 

as branch manager, then to Goldstone. 

He became ill in November 1969 and had 

been a bed patient, in and out of the hospital, 

until his death. 

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. 

Billy Weber. Pallbearers were local Filmrow 

friends, and honorary pallbearers were 

members of the Dallas Variety Club, 

He is survived by his wife. Hazel, a 

d.uighter and son. one grandchild and his 

mother. 

WloMO—Oscar A. Elizondo has 

been named manager of the .Alameda Theatre, 

it was announced by Maurice Braha. 

owner of the Spanish-l.uiguage film showcase. 

Elizondo will replace Ignacio Torres, 

who has retired after 31 years as a theatre 

here as assistant 

manager with ABC Interstate Theatres and 

was with the circuit in .Austin and most recently 

in Fort Worth prior to returning to 

SW-4 BOXOFTICE :: January 3, 1972

RICHARD 

Released 

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CAN 

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YOU'RE 

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O'RECTED BY SCREENPLAY RY 

TECHNICOLOR TECHNISCOPE 

• 

HARVEY LEVITT -RICHARD CRAWFORD CRAWFORD and BARRY LEICHTLING • 

DALLAS, OKLAHOMA CITY 

J. C. McCrory 

Goldstonc Films of Tcxos 

500 S. Ervay St. 

(214) 742-4869 

by TWI National, Inc.

SAN ANTONIO 

\faiirice Braha. lU^ncr ot iho Alameda 

Theatre, gave u farewell party December 

17 at the Alameda Theatre Building auditorium 

for [gnacio Torres, manager of the 

.Mameda who has retired after 31 years of 

managing theatres. In 1940 he became manager 

of the Zaragosa and National theatres. 

and later, when the Alameda was built, took 

over there. During his many years in theatre 

management he met many Mexican movie 

greats including Cantinflas. Lorenzo Barcelata. 

Pedro Infante. Arturo de Cordova and 

many others. During his retirement. Torres 

and his wife plan to devote time to clinics 

and hospitals. 

Mr. and Mrs. t harles Arthur I'crso .innounce 

the marriage of their daughter Laura 

to Howard Tophan on November 4. The 

bride previously was employed at the Olmos 

Theatre where her brother Ben Perso is 

manager. The groom previously worked as 

a projectionist at the Olmos and now is employed 

at the Alamo Drive-In. The newlyweds 

pl.m to move into their new home 

alter the first of the year. 

Educational television station KLRN-IV. 

serving the .San Antonio and Austin areas, 

will present a film classics scries called 

"Film Odyssey" beginning Jauary 14. The 

series will include such movies as "Jules and 

Jim," "Knife in the Water." "Blue .'\ngel." 

"The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari." "M." "Beauty 

and the Beast." "Grand Illusion" and 

"The Seven Samurai." Foreign films will be 

shown with English subtitles. The 26-week 

series is being underwritten by a grant from 

the 

Xero.x Corp, 

Tommy Reynolds at the Cinemate.x in 

Colonics North used a series of classic films 

from the MCiM lihrar\ designed "to get the 

families back into the movie houses." The 

opening duo in the series consisted of "A 

Laic of 1 wo Cities," with Ronald Ciijeman. 

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YOUR LASERLITE CARBON DEALER 

and 'Divid Copperfield. " with an all-stai 

cast headed by W. C. Fields. Starting December 

M) the double bill was "Singing in 

the Rain." with Debbie Reynolds and Gene 

Kell\. and "San Francisco." with Clark 

Gable. Sf)encer Tracy and Jeanette MacDonald. 

and on Thursday (6). the .Marx Brothers 

double bill in "Night at the Opera" and 

"Day at the Racesr." 

A 7-> car-old youngster. 

Herman Ruiz jr.. 

is now making his home in San Antonio. 

Recently he was featured in a Japanese- 

American film production. "The Walking 

Major." which was made entirely in Japan 

and Okinawa and which has not been released 

in the States. Stars of the film are 

Dale Robcrt.son. Dina Merrill and Frank 

Sinatra jr. The youngster plays the part of 

a child in orphanage scenes shot in Beppu. 

Kyushu. Japan. He also hasr just finished 

playing the young Franz Liszt in an MGM 

film on the life of the great composer. 

Trini I.opez. who .ippeared in "The Dirty 

Do/en." was in San .Antonio before Christmas 

to appear in a Toys for Tots concert 

held at the Municipal Auditorium, Admission 

to the affair was a new toy worth SI 

or more , , . "Disney on Parade" is due into 

the Convention Center January 4-9 for nine 

performances. To establish the story, each 

of the production numbers' opens with a 

specialK created brief film segment on a 

large screen in the storybook castle which 

completely fills one end of the stage, and 

then flows into live action with the cast of 

nearly 100 actors, actresses and specialty 

performi.Ts. 

Holiday openings included "Lady and the 

Iramp" ,il .\kCrclcss Cinema I and North 

Star Mall Cinema II and "Willy Wonka 

and the Chocolate Factory." shown at I I 

a.m. matinees for five days at the Broad\va\- 

beginning December 26. Also "Someone 

Behind the Door" at the Broadway: "Diamonds 

Are Forever." Majestic and Century 

South: "Dirty Harry." Aztec and Laurel: 

"The French Connection." Wonder and Century 

South: "The Gang That Couldn't Shoot 

Straight." L.mrel and McCreless Cinema: 

"The Straw Dogs," Centur> and Fox Central 

Park Twin: "The Go-Betwecn." Oltinos: 

"Star Spangled Girl," North Star Cinema 

and Aztec-.^: "Sometimes a Great Notion." 

Ccnturv .South. 

Tex-Art Theatre to Shift 

To Films of Nostalgia 

AMARILI.O. IFX.—George Kimble has 

i.iken over the operation of the Tex-Art 

I heatre which has been showing nudie 

lilms, Kimble has said that he will ch.inge 

the name of the theatre to the Victor>' and 

at the same time will institute a new policy 

showing only classics and second-nin features. 

The new owner of the V'ictorv said he be- 

people are tired of sex and nudity and 

lieves 

.ire turning to nostalgia. 

Fori Worth Tables 

Requesl for CATV 

FORT WORTH. TEX.— It was recommended 

by city manager Rodger Line that 

the local councilmen pigeonhole requests 

for cable television franchises. Line reminded 

councilmen that National Trans-Video 

applied for a franchise in a November 1 

letter. He said his office had received inquiries 

from other firms. 

The city manager said that the city already 

has excellent service by commercial 

television stations and there is a question 

whether residents need or desire the additional 

programing which cable television 

would provide. 

Pointing out that any franchise holder 

would run cable across city streets. Line 

suggested that the council hold all requests 

in abeyance pending studies of results in 

other cities. 

Royal 'Living Free' Debut 

At Carlton Cinema Jan. 5 

From CorKidiQn Edition 

LONDON—The Duke ol hdinbu.'-gh and 

Princess Margaret will attend the world premiere 

of "Living Free." the Columbia Pictures 

and Carl Foreman presentation, to be 

held at the Carlton Cinema, Haymarket. 

January 5 at 5:45 p.m. The premiere, which 

will benefit Wildlife, the international fund 

Prince Philip will interrupt the traditional 

dedicated to the preservation of wild animals, 

is a new-style, late-afternoon "family" 

premiere to allow guests to take their children. 

royal family Christmas holiday at Sandringham 

to attend the opening in his capacity as 

president of the British National .Appeal and 

an international trustee of the World Wildlife 

Fund. The event marks the seventh royal 

premiere of a Carl Foreman film here. 

"Living Free," which chronicles the further 

memorable adventures of Elsa the lioness 

and her "Born Free" cubs, stars Nigel 

Davenport and Susan Hampshire as George 

and Joy .Xdamson. Cieoffrey Keen co-stars. 

Filmed on location in Naivasha, Kenya. 

"Living Free" was produced by Paul Radin 

and directed by Jack Couffer from a screenplay 

by Millard Kaufman. 

Bosnick in Houston Plans 

Distribution Company 

H(.)L,Slt»N -liini director \cd Hosnick 

was here formulating plans for a Hoiisiiinb.ised 

film distribution company with Ruby 

Summers. .1 ke> figure in obtaining loc.il 

funds for Bosnick's film. "Imago," which 

played in Houston and San Francisco. 

Bosnick said that the film distributor did 

not live up to his job title, so Bosnick has 

taken the film back, re-cut it. added some 

scenes ;\nd retitled the film "To Be Free," 

The film now has an R rating. 

He said that obtaining proper distribution 

has been a major bottleneck for the young 

independent film producers, something his 

new company will try to overcome. 

SW-6 BOXOFTICE :: January 3, 1972

. . .Screen 

I 

THIS 

WHAT 

SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY THE PuBLISHtR 

HAVE 

YOU 

DONE 

LATELY 

FOR 

THE 

LOVE 

OF 

YOUR 

LIFE? 

We have some suggestions. 

For your lungs, stop smoking 

cigarettes. 

For your skin, 

avoid excessive sun. For your 

mouth, get regular dental 

checkups. For colon-rectum, 

if you're over 40, get an annual 

procto. If you're a woman, 

examine your breasts once a 

month. And have a Pap test 

regularly. 

And if you're smart, get a 

complete health checkup 

once a year. Even ifyou never 

felt better in your life. 

It's up to you, 

too. 

American 

Cancer Society f- 

OKLAHOMA CITY 

n small tornado dipped down and tore 

away the screen tower at the Little 

River Drive-In at Wright City. Okla., December 

14. It also took out several sections 

of fence. The Crosbys hope to have everything 

repaired and the drive-in operating 

again about the first of February. Meantime, 

they are having a lot of fun riding around 

the southeastern Oklahoma mountains on 

their motorbikes. 

Fred Mound, United Artists division manager, 

Dallas, visited the Oklahoma City 

office and called on Video Theatres and 

other city theatre managers and buyers. 

Also in 

town on business were Larry Col- 

. 

lier, Collier Theatre. Holdensville. and K.ey 

Theatre. Wewoka Guild and 

Maxine's Coffee Shop were the scenes for 

annual pre-Christmas parties . . . Bernard 

Jacobs. Video booker, returned home after 

a few days in the hospital and planned t^ 

return to work soon. 

Cliff Robertson, producer, director, coauthor 

;;nd star of Columbia's "J.W. Coop." 

and co-star Christina Ferrare were in for a 

whirlwind round of publicity activities in 

connection with the film's December 22 

world premiere at the Park Terrace Theatre 

here. "I.W. Coop" is the story of a modernday 

professional cowboy set against a back- 

The Robert- 

ground of today's rodeo circuit. 

son & Associates production will open nationallv 

this month. 

Course in Cinema Offered 

By Wisconsin University 

Frorn North Central Edition 

MILWAUKEE—While filmmaking is a 

relatively new field in college curricula, 

courses in cinematography are being offered 

in an increasing number of campuses. 

At the University of Wisconsin (Washington 

County campus), Ralph Russell is the 

instructor for a new cinema course called 

"Introduction to Film." 

Russell contributes the growth of these 

courses to the "continuous advance and 

change of motion picture art in the same 

manner as differences in music and art are 

constantly attempted." 

Six aspects of film are being covered in 

the course, including the history of film, 

film production, the film as a social barometer, 

aesthetics of the film, film and 

mass media and avant-garde and underground 

films. 

Rus.sell said the units on the aesthetics 

of the film deal with the translation of 

novels to screenplays and studies of motion 

pictures as a unique art form. Emphasis 

is placed on the advantages and special 

treatments available in film but in no other 

art form. The avant-garde and underground 

tilm segment of the course deals with contemporary 

film artists and their attempt to 

explore new aspects of the film art. 

Principal photography began recently 

Hollvwood on "The New Centurions." 

Cosby's Initial Film 

Bows in Okla. Ciiy 

OKL.\HOMA CITY—The local Black 

Liberated Arts Center (BLAC) sponsored 

the December 23 premiere performance of 

Bill CosDy's first film. "Man and Boy." with 

two performances, at 1:M) and 10 p.m. at 

the Crit-'rion Theatre here. 

Cosby appears in the picture as Caleb 

Revers, a former Union Army cavalry sergeant 

who has moved to Arizona to settle 

down with his. wife and 12-year-old son, but 

mc-ts resentment from the townspeople, has 

his horse stolen and tangles with a black 

murderer and bank robber who kidnaps 

his son. 

Proceeds from the benefit went to BLAC 

to help fund music, drama and art projects 

in the black community. 

Cosby said this first filmmaking venture 

of hiS' ran into trouble from the start, when 

several companies offering to finance it 

made demands Cosby would not accept, including 

making the film as a comedy based 

on the star's popularity as a comedian. But 

Cosby said he wanted to do a serious role, 

so he formed his own company, Jemmin, 

Inc., to film "Man and Boy." 

$300,000 Set Is Created 

For Three-Minute Scene 

From Western Edition 

TUCSON — The sum of $300,000 was 

spent by Coperling Productions to remodel 

the long-abandoned Southern & El Paso 

Railroad depot here to restore it to its earlyday 

grandeur. The project included restoration 

of the facility's high-vaulted coloredglass 

dome, with elegant chandelier, the 

latter brought especially from Hollywood 

for the set of "The Life and Times of Judge 

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Ted Flicker Ouilines 

Santone Film Plans 

SAN AMOMO- led 1 lickcr. who has 

produced numerous motion pictures and 

television shows, told a group of local businessmen 

that a 6-9-year-old Mexican-American 

youngster will be the star of a motion 

picture which is expected to be made here 

in ihe spring. 

Flicker outlined what he called the need 

for community enihus/iasm about a film and 

secured promises of full cooperation from 

local business leaders. 

Scott Hardy, member of the Texas Film 

Commission, was host for the luncheon for 

representatives from major banks, retail 

stores and the news media. 

Full cooperation in the film venture was 

promised by city councilwoman. Mrs. Carol 

Haberman, on behalf of the city. 

Others at the luncheon set Ihe ground 

work for Ihe creation of a local liaison group 

to help coordinate filmmaking activities in 

San Antonio and to encourage more moviemaking 

here. 

Willi.mi Ochse. recently named as a member 

of the Texas Film Commission, and 

owner of the local St. Anthony Hotel, 

summed up the response of those at the 

luncheon, mentioning ihe exciting possibilities 

of filmmaking developing into a new 

local 

industry. 

It was emphasized by Flicker that local 

cooperation plays a major part in the success 

of films made outside of Hollywood. 

and stressed he would need help from local 

leaders in coping with what he called the 

absurd problems ihat arise during movie 

production. 

The film to be filmed here was described 

as a sweet fairy tale with the star to be a 

Chicano boy to star in the film, to be titled 

"The Liist Duckling." Ihe story, originally 

set in New York's Central Park, will eenlcr 

around a statue of Hans Christian Andersen 

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Uuustuii filiiiniuker John Miller is on his 

way to Ihe Rio Grande Valley with his 

research crew to begin work on "Curanderos," 

a film dealing with Mexican faith 

healers . Tercar Theatre Co.'s Southgale 

. . 

Blue and Southgale Red offered registration 

blanks for a free .\Iagnavox color TV 

set courtesy of the S. E. Teaff store. 

Kudy Durand. here to arrange the American 

premiere of his "Cactus in the Snow," 

said ihe picture was tied up in the courts 

until two months ago. That was because 

half of the money came from an American 

backer, the oiher half from a British hank. 

The American gave notes to the bank, then 

went bankrupt. Durand now holds an interest 

in the film. 

Ki)r a triple hill at the .Airline. Parkway. 

Pasadena. South Main. Telephone Road. 

Thunderbird and Tidwell drive-ins, "due to 

the highly intense and macabre nature of 

the program, the producer insists on a personally 

signed certificate of assurance from 

each pa;ron assuring the sound mind and 

body of everyone. "Arrangements also were 

made for a nurse to provide free blood pressure 

checks to anyone attending any of the 

drive-ins to view the program consisting of 

"The Corpse Grinders." "The Undertaker 

and His Pals" and "The Embalmer." 

"Ihe I asl I'iilure .Show," based on Texas 

author i.arr> McMurirv's novel, was hooked 

into Loew's Delman Theatre . . . The Bell- 

. . . "Hospital" is due in 

aire Theatre booked "200 Motels" for a 

January playdate 

at the Gaylynn in February. 

Oesnioiid I le\\fl\ri was in the city with 

a number ol the weapons used by Sean 

Connery as James Bond in his various 

movies as a promotion for Ihe opening of 

the latest Bond film. "Diamonds Are Forever." 

at I.oew's State. Memorial and Clear 

Lake. 

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In Building Twin Airer 

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W.AYNE. MICH.—Martin .Shafer recently 

gave construction of the Wayne Twin 

Drive-In here a "boost" by operating a bulldozer 

being used in leveling the ground. He 

was assisted by attractive Pat Burgan, Westland, 

who rode on the front of the mammoth 

machine to act as "lookout." 

Shafer is vice-president of the Wayne 

Amusement Co.. which is building the 

twin ozoner, the first of its kind in Ihe 

Detroit area. 

Wayne Amusement operates the Quo 

Vadis entertainment complex in Westland. 

la Parisien in Garden City and two other 

area 

drive-ins. 

Gordon Slulberg. 20lh Century-Fox president, 

has been honored as "man of Ihe 

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— 

— 

. At 

'Diamonds, Forever' 

500 in Mill City 

MINNEAPOLIS — -Diamonds Arc Forever" 

roared off to a dazzling 500 start at 

the Orpheum. a stunning debut that showed 

the film patron is out there ... if you have 

what he wants. It was even possible that the 

James Bond thriller would set a fresh opening-week 

record for the city—and when you 

can even menace records in days such as 

this, you've a real winner. Lineup throngs 

waited patiently for the spill-and-fill moment 

. 

. . and the word-of-mouth seems to 

be particularly strong. At the same time, 

Fiddler on the Roof" played a merry tune 

at the Academy in its opening stanza, the 

much-publicized and eagerly-awaited film 

musical piling up a mighty 400, another 

breath-taker. "The French Connection"— in 

its bow at the Mann was considerably lighter 

than expected . . . and it came in with a 

solid 200. The expectation is that it will 

grow, carried by word-of-mouth. Despite 

the trade publicity on the movie, the mostoften 

heard comment locally was: "What's 

it about?" Sadly, film companies apparently 

still rely on customers instead of the publicity 

departments to "sell" movies. Meanwhile, 

a first-run double bill at the Gopher withered 

on the vine, "Fragment of Fear" and 

The Brotherhood of Satan" barely managing 

an 80. The rest marked time with hold- 

awaiting Christmas open- 

overs or revivals, 

ings. 


Academy Fiddler on the Roof (UA) 400 

Cooper Kotch (CRC), 9th wk 100 

Gopher Fragment of Feor (Col); The Brotherhood 

of Soton (Col) 80 

Monn The French Connection (20th-Fox) 200 

Orpheum Diamonds Are Forever (UA) 500 

State They Coll Me Trinity (Emh), 7th wk 100 

World Joe Hill l(Para), 6th wk 90 

Charles Keating Launches 

Mass Mailing Campaign 

LINCOLN—Cincmnati attorney Charles 

H. Keating jr. is sending some 25,000 Nebraskans 

a letter in his capacity as member 

of the Presidential Commission on Obscenity 

and Pornography and head of the nationwide 

Citizens for Decent Literature 

(CDL). He was a featured speaker at a seminar 

on obscenity law enforcement called 

October 29 in Lincoln by Gov. James Exon. 

With the letter to Nebraskans is an article 

written by Keating for the Reader's 

Digest, plus post cards to be sent to both 

Gov. Exon and Atty. Gen. Clarence Meyer. 

Bearing preprinted messages, the cards ask 

state authorities to crack down on "peddlers 

of obscene movies and books." The card to 

Meyer states: 'Police records show that this 

filth is connected with sex crimes." 

To date about 2,000 cards have been returned 

to Exon's office and some 1.000 

cards to Meyer. It was reported by CDL 

officials that the organization is mailing millions 

01 solicitation letters to .Americans 

seeking income-tax-deductible contributions 

to assist the nonprofit CDL. 

Exon's office reports the largest letterdrawer 

thus far has been the antipornography 

campaign by CDL, which the governor 

backed with the October seminar. 

Censorship Attempts in Lincoln 

Foil in Controversy Over 'Hair 

LINCOLN—One of the most frequently 

heard words in and out of the industry 

throughout the Lincoln community the week 

before Christmas 1971 was "Hair." It was 

in newsprint, on the air. the TV screen and 

was likely to come up in many conversations 

daily, as an all-out concentrated protest 

campaign to keep the musical out of Lincoln's 

public Pershing Auditorium in early 

1972 by the Missouri Synod Lutheran and 

Catholic groups emerged full strength at 

the Dec.;mber 1.^ city council meeting. 

Even though movie exhibitors were not 

directly involved this time, apparently most 

recognized the smell of censorship and felt 

that this was a matter where private citizens 

(such as the church groups) and governmental 

officials (such as the city council and 

the auditorium advisory board) should not 

tr> to assume the role of censors and decided 

what should or should not be offered 

to the general public. 

one time in the city council's heated 

discussion December 13, however, Walt 

Jancke'.> then-current show at Cinema 1 

came in for some criticism from Mayor 

Sam Schwartzkopf. 

Mayor Criticizes One Film 

According to city hall reports, the mayor 

volunteered that the film "Summer of '42" 

also was "personally objectionable to me." 

Robert Sikyta. a council member, reminded 

the mayor that the movie was being shown 

in a private theatre rather than a public facility 

built with tax funds. 

That brought up the question of the new 

Embassy Theatre, which shows mostly X- 

rated movies. On earlier occasions the 

mayor has indicated he is not too happy 

about h:iving it in Lincoln. 

As of December 17 the mayor issued a 

statement saying he would not oppose the 

signing of the contract by Pershing Auditorium 

manager Ike Hoig to allow the production 

"Hair" to appear at the auditorium. 

His statement explained that he "did not 

feel my election to the office of mayor gave 

me either the responsibility or the right to 

dictate what the public may or may not 

view in the auditorium so long as all laws, 

including obscenity laws, will be observed. 

"Although I find the musical play 'Hair' 

personally objectionable and will not attend 

the show," the statement continued, "I do 

not feel that I should attempt to impose 

my personal moral judgment or even the 

moral judgment of a considerable number 

of our citizens, on the community as a 

whole." 

Accoiding to Schwartzkopf. the city attorney 

and other local lawyers advised him 

that the First Amendment to the Constitution 

bars the city from precensoring performances 

in the city auditorium that do 

no* otherwise violate any law. He v.as told, 

he said, that other cities have attempted 

to censor or bar "Hair" and have met defeat 

in court actions. 

It was reported that the proposed contract 

for the performance of "Hair" contains 

a clause providing that in the event 

any legally obscene or lewd act occurs during 

any performance of "Hair" in Lincoln, 

the contract will terminate immediately and 

the performing company forfeits to the 

city all proceeds, royalties or compensation 

of any kind to which they would be otherwise 

entitled. Schwartzkopf said the local 

contract also contains a clause prohibiting 

the attendance of anyone under 18. 

Many Protests Registered 

The mayor was put on the final decision 

spot after the auditorium advisory board 

met December 14 in the midst of opponents 

and proponents and voted 4-3 to approve 

the contract for the rock musical engagement 

in late January or early February. It 

had been determined at the December 13 

city council meeting by the legal department 

that the mayor had the final word because 

the auditorium board is advisory. The board 

in November voted 4-3 to allow the play 

to appear in the auditorium. It was then 

that preliminary negotiations were initiated 

and also when protesting groups launched 

their campaign plans. 

The campaign apparently went into action 

over the December 11-12 weekend when 

the mayor and city council members reported 

December 13 that their telephones 

at home were kept busy all day Sunday and 

again early in the morning the next day. 

After comparing telephone campaign 

calls, Schwartzkopf produced a copy of 

"Hair," saying a priest gave it to him and 

he would make no decision until finishing 

it. Councilman Sikyta said he was opposed 

to the play because if its "adults-only" 

flavor. The mayo: said the theme was "plain 

stupid. It's kid stuff." Merle Hale, another 

council member, was told, "yes, it desecrates 

the American flag." 

Warns of Censor Tactics 

Councilman Richard Baker reminded the 

group that the city "can't act as a censor." 

He said he did not like "the organized pressure 

tactics" of church groups, either. Several 

other council members indicated their 

support of Baker's view. It also was pointed 

out that few. if any. of the telephone protesting 

callers had seen the musical. 

In the auditorium advisory board's December 

14 decision-making meeting, held 

under the bright lights of a wrestling arena 

still set up from the night before, a principal 

speaker was S. H. Brauer jr., spokesman 

for the opposing groups. Explaining that 

he had not seen the play, Brauer stated: 

"You don't have to stick your head into 

a garbage can to know the can is going to 

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partment, entertained friends from Oklahoma 

during the holidays . . . With the clos- 

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time goliing through the month of January. 

Don Blovhani. United Artists salesman, 

currently on vacation . . Charles lies, 

is 

. 

Univers;il screened producer-actor Dennis 

Hopper's •The last Movie" December 21 

and "Mary. Queen of Scots" was screened 

at the Ingersoll Theatre December 22. 

Russell Uouehten ol Fridley Theatres was 

victimized by typographical gremlins in the 

firm's "Season's Greetings" appearing in 

BoxoFUci; December 20. Doughien somehow 

was printed •Houghton." Our apologies 

to Russell I 

I iiiled Arlists reports a more-than-satisfaclory 

opening for 'Diamonds Arc Forever" 

at the Astro in Omaha and the Galaxy 

here . . . UA screened "Hospital." the 

George C. .Scott starrer. 

E. M. Mueller regrets to report that he 

is closing the Fayette Theatre in Fayette 

. . . Mrs. Duane Schimmer reported the 

first-of-the-ycar shuttering ol the Sutherland 

Ihealre in Sutherland . . Filmrow 

. 

visitors: H. E. McManus. General Cinema 

Corp.. St. Louis. Mo.; Nick "Viannis. Orpheum 

and Cinema theatres, Dubuque: Carl 

.Schwancbeck. Village Theatre. Knoxvilie: 

ing of the SE Nth .Street Drive-Jn here, 

this leaves only the Omaha-Council Bluffs 

Drive-In at Cedar Rapids operate on a 

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district manager, is vacationing in Sun 

City. Aiiz. He plans to spend considerable 

president ol Iowa Parcel, reports that his 

daughter wa;; home tor the holidays. She 

attends the University of Northern Colorado. 

Urccley. Colo. 

Iz .Sokolof. American International Pictures. 

Omaha, Neb., and .Sam Deutch. A I P. 

Omaha. Neb. 

. 

Central .Slates news: The fifth-floor accounlin^; 

department held a Christmas 

luncheon at the tialerie Rest.uirant December 

22 . . Betty Henistock. accounting de- 

drive-ins open in the Central States circuit. 

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she feels great . . . Candy canes and popcorn 

were free for the kiddies at the Capri, 

Ottumw... recently. The \oungsters thought 

this wis great! . . . Dennis Morlan of Cinema 

I and II in Cedar Falls was just voted 

to the hoarf* of directors of the College 

Square Merchants Ass'n for a two-year 

stint Ray Truesdell. Ames, sold a local 

steak house on buying a number of tickets 

to give away with their ".Someihing Big 

.Special" for the film "something big." 

Don .Allen of ABC Midwest Theatres was 

honored with a retirement cocktail luncheon 

December 15 at the National .Motor Inn. He 

was presented an AM-FM radio by the local 

branch managers. ABC Midwest district 

managers Bill Haver from Davenport, Don 

Shane from Omaha and Cedar Rapids citv 

manager Marvin Graybell were in the Des 

Moines home office for meetings December 

\5 with Don Knight and Carl Hoffman. 

Bill Lyons of Buena Vista and Carl Hoffman, 

ABC Midwest, hosted an invitational 

screening December 18 of ""The Biscuit 

Later." Walt Disney's Easter release. Ihe 

screening was for exhibitors, their families 

and friends. Also on hand was Santa Claus 

giving out bags of treats and toys to the 

children. 

lor 

Wallace I). l)a>isson. retired accountant 

Iri-Statcs Theatre Corp.. died. 

Warner Bros, held its annual office 

Christmas party December 17 . . . John 

Dugan. branch manager for United Artists, 

recuperated at home after his hospital stay 

. . . 

Tony Goodman. Paramount salesman, 

spent the week of December 1.^ in the Des 

Moines office. 

Ralph OLson. Universal's branch manager, 

is now hack at the job with his hand m 

a cast and ver\ optimistic about the future 

• . . Bill Dippert, booker at Columbia, 

underwent surgery at the Veterans Hospital. 

Columbia screened ",$," starring Goldie 

H.UMi .ii)d Warren Beaity December 18. It 

was shown to a full house and there were 

many fine comments. 

The WOVlPLs held their Christmas parly 

and gift exchange at Joyce Taylor's home 

December 15, along with the regular monthly 

meeting. They repi.irt they are starting the 

C omnuinity Club .Awards. They collect Coliwii.ll 

bread wrappers and bottle caps, registering 

at different merchants who sponsor 

the program. Their first •turn-in" will be 

Monday (10) for small clubs. 

(buck and .loyce Taylor recently returned 

ir.im a Calilornia visit. While there they attended 

a convention. 

Daryl ,lohnson of Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr 

vacationed with his wife and family, taking 

a two-week trip to Florida to Disney World. 

Kilniniw visitors: Bill McGraw. Ogdcn 

Iheatre. Ogden: Abbott Swartz. Minneapolis, 

Minn.; Dwight Hansen. Golden 

Buckle Theatre, Rockwell Citv. 

Censorship Atiempts 

Fail in Lincoln 

(Continued Iroiii page NC-1) 

stink." Brauer said the psychological effect 

is apparent, that "sex crimes have increased." 

Bob Lussier. tour manager for "Hair, 

contacted December 15 in New York City, 

denied charges in a letter distributed to 

church members b> campaign le.iders. He 

said there is one nude scene where the 

actors "stand obsolulely still—statue-like 

.Movie industry veterans Walt Jancke and 

Irwin Dubinsky believe city officials "did 

the wise thing. They cant tell anybody what 

they have to do or don't have to do." 

Cooper district manager .Mike Gaughan believes 

l.incolnites should have an opportunity 

to attend if they wish. 

Jancke said he has no desire to see the 

rock musical. Tni told it's a lousey show. 

But I'm tired of the do-gooders who say one 

thing and do another." 

Dubinsky said the no-admission-under-IS 

policy already is well-publicized, so tJie 

legal provisions apparently will be observed. 

He suggested the publicit> gener.ited could 

produce a sellout house. 

OMAHA 

glipper Iheatre .Supply. i."û2 Davenport 

St.. 

held an open house to acquaint industryites 

with the new office, supply, receiving 

and shipping space now used bV the 

firm. Among the specials offered were a 

number oi much-desired items from the old 

State Iheatre. Bob .Shane. Omaha Theatre 

manager, was the lucky recipient of the door 

prize— a new Hoover de lu.xe sweeper. 

Homemade cookies and coffee made a big 

hit! 

. . . Cathe Slipper personally entertained 

the families of Ronald Offerman. 

Gary Peterson and Paul Taylor at a dinner 

parl\ at Marchio's Italian Restaurant December 

22. The group of 18 then returned 

lo Slipper Theatre Supply's office for a 

Chrisiin.is p,iri\ and gift exchange. 

Paul I ay lor has purchased a memorial 

book regarding the early cinema in memory 

of CJIenn K. Slipper and it is on displa> at 

Ihe Swanson Library. 90th and Dodge. Ta\- 

lor is representative lor .Alexander Smith 

carpets, handled by Slipper Theatre Suppl>. 

in 

this area. 

Former Theatre for Sale 

OMAHA IIk- Si.iic Ihc.ilie in downtown 

Omaha, given to the University of 

Nebraska Foundation in 1969 by Cooper 

Iheatre Enterprises, is up for sale, according 

to Peterson Bros. Really. Under the 

terms of the Cooper gift, the foundation 

can't sell the Stale for use as a Iheatre. The 

asking price isn't being disclosed, though 

it was appraised in 1965 for 5270,000. 

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The Girls of 

"FANNY HILL," 

"I A WOMAN^S'and 



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1971 Trans American Films 


MILWAUKEE 

Ed Gavin 

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OMAHA 

Izzy Sokolof 

1508 Davenport Street 

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Omaha, Nebraska 68102 

MINNEAPOLIS 

1000 Currie Ave., North 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 

Tele.: (612) 333-8293 

Branch Manager: Morrie Buelt 

fiL

. . Enthusiastic 

MINNEAPOLIS 

TJniied Artists' "Diamonds Are Forever" 

could very well establish an openingweek 

all-time record for the city when the 

figures arc all in. "Thundcrbali." an earlier 

James Bond exciter, held the mark until 

'Love Story" came along. Now "Diamonds" 

menaces that mark, truly an accomplishment 

in these times . . . Several Filmrowites 

sighed when a local critic hurried into print 

the tale of how he walked out midway during 

the showing of "Fiddler on the Roof." 

Said oni:: "It's one thing to pan a film; it's 

quite another to pan it when only half ol 

it has been viewed. It's a case of "look at 

me' journalism that this particular writer 

has worn out." Another commented: "It 

bodes well for the film: This guy has a habit 

of walking out on winners." His colleagues, 

apparently more gutsy, managed to endure 

the entire unreeling, then found paragraphs 

of pr;iise for the .iiiraction. 

I he entiru hoard of Tent 12. Variety of 

of the Northwest, was re-elected. Those returned 

to their post were Judge Joe Wargo. 

chief barker; Don Palmquist. assistant chief 

barker; Martin Lebedoff. also assistant chief 

barker; Irvm Radin. dough guy. and Rodney 

Grubh. properly master. The only board 

change was Joe Duffy, succeeding the departing 

George Aurelius on the general 

board . . . Charles Stofflet. former MGM 

salesman here and now residing in Valley 

Cily. N.D.. visited his daughter here. 

Hslhcr Rolnick. member of the Warner 

Bros, branch slaff since 1935, retired. She 

was feted by her co-workers at a luncheon 

which included the presentation of a farethee-well 

gift. Miss Bolnick also was particularly 

thrilled by a special gift from the 

Warners home office . . . Mr. and Mrs. 

Kenneth Falk. Monti Theatre. Monticcllo. 

Minn., departed for Florida where they will 

Rhonna Kocpsell 

spend the holidays . . . 

departed for Florida to spend the holidays 

with her vacationing father. Gay Hower. 

State Theatre. Worthington. Minn, 

"Kotch." which opened at the Cooper 

Iheaire October 22. concluded its first-run 

engagement there December 2.''— and then 

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by 

the Women of Variety took in some SI. 500 

for the Variety Heart Hospital—and the 

cast reprised the show at a special performance 

(16) at the University Club here . . . 

Frank Eisenberg. retired veteran film salesman 

for United Artists and who traveled 

Lulz 

the Dakotas for years, died . . . Tom 

of the Warner Bros, branch went to St. 

Louis for the holidays to visit friends and 

family. 

For the first time in a string of Christmases. 

.ilniost all of Filmrow united in a 

single 'Vuletide party at the Universal 

branch offices. The only local branch not 

participating was the Columbia group, 

which alread\ had set its festivities for the 

same day. 

Cynthia Rebutk. clerk, recently joined 

ihe Columbia branch office crew . . . Chuck 

McLaughlin, former manager of the State 

Theatre. Brookings, S.D., bought out Lyman 

Lee and now is owner-operator of the Orpheum 

Theatre and the Sunset Drivc-In. 

Pipestone . fan response has 

been noted at both the Enterprise Theatre. 

Caledonia, and the Cinema Theatre. Fairmont. 

Both opened this season and attendance 

has been gratifying. 

Ihe (tliial) tare»cll party for departing 

George Aurelius, president of .ABC of 

North Central Slates, brought out some 50 

friends and business associates. The event 

was held at Hyatt Lodge here. Aurelius was 

gifted with a handsome attache case . . . 

Branches here were closed Friday. December 

More Filmrow visitors: Bob Collins. 

24 , . . Morris Theatre. Morris, and Denny 

Goggins. manager of Cinema 70 Theatre. 

Fargo. N.D. 

.A second sneak pre\ ie" here of "The 

French Connection" brought a fresh batch 

of raves from World Theatre patrons. .Advance 

word-of-month publicity in the Twin 

Cities fanned intense interest in the film. 

Stan McCulloch. who heads the film 

service bc.iring his name, returned from a 

December vacation in Ireland—and has held 

I ilmrowites fascinated with his reports of 

both the Irish scenic beauty and the nation's 

current turmoil. McCulloch, who visited the 

location sites of "Ryan's Daughter," says 

that not only is the nation in turmoil—but 

so is film business there. However, the film 

that was doing the top business was "The 

Good, the Bad and the Ugly." which Mc- 

(. ulloch observes as ironic: "With all the 

violence in the nation, you'd expect moviegoers 

would want to escape with something 

mild—but such isn't the case." . . . Filmrow 

visitors: Don Quincer. Cozy Theatre. Wadena; 

Sid Heath. Flame. Wells, and Jane 

Pepper. .Auditorium, St. Croix Falls, Wis. 

Bob DeJamctte. United .Artists branch 

manager, departed on a holiday vacation 

to the nation's Southland. West and Midwest. 

He was to return January 3 . . . "Fiddler 

on the Roof was a solid premiere success 

for Tent 12. Variety of the Northwest, 

with the handsome proceeds going to benefit 

the Variety Heart Hospital at the University 

of Minnesota Hospitals . . . 

Paul 

Ayotte, National Screen Service branch 

chief, returned from a three-day regional 

sales conference at the .Ambassador Hotel 

in Chicago. The meeting launched a 17- 

week "Presidential Sales Campaign " honoring 

NSS president Burton E. Robbins. Milton 

Feinberg, vice-president and general 

manager, and Irving Marcus, assistant general 

sales manager also attended the meeting, 

which included all N.SS branch managers 

plus salesmen from other major mid- 

America cities. 

Professor Urges Caution 

In Development of CATV 

MILWAUKEE^Wisconsinites are awaiting 

the completion of a study by a 53-man 

committee appointed last month by Gov. 

Patrick Lucey to study statewide regulation 

of cable TV. Meanwhile, an authority on 

CATV. William R. Stroud, an assistant professor 

of communications and mass communications 

at the University of Wisconsin- 

Milwaukee, has warned that most citizens 

probably are not aware of how cable will 

revolutionize cojnmunicalions and influence 

society. 

To insure development o\ good CATV 

systems in communities here. Stroud has 

recommended certain guidelines, such as: 

Learn the corporate identity of franchise 

applicants, ask them to explain their plans 

and to determine the operators of the systems: 

be ready to exert public influence on 

cable TV by learning more about it. and 

become enlightened about the possibilities of 

CATV. 

The chairman \>\ the governor-appointed 

committee is Lcc S. Dreyfus, president of 

the 

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. 

Updating Koz"/ Has Grand 

Opening in Falls City 

1 Al l^ e in . NLB. Ihc ko/.> Theatre, 

operated by O, C. Johnson and Sid Gibbs. 

had its formal opening on December 

1. after an invitational preopening party 

the preceding evening. The showhousc. located 

at 1517 Stone St.. formerly was the 

Oil City Theatre. 

The building has undergone a major refurbishing, 

both inside and outside. A new 

aluminum marquee has been installed and 

the auditorium, newly carpeted, features a 

wall-to-wall screen. The seats have been reupholstered 

and painted and the interior 

decor has been redone in bright colors. 

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MILWAUKEE 

Jim Janko»ski, munajjcr ol ihc downiown 

Strand Theatre, was really thrilled by 

a letter from the White House the other 

day— from the President himself. Jim supplies 

media personnel here with an annual 

pass to the theatre and apparently on a 

whim (cr maybe he has advance information 

that the nation's No. 1 officeholder expects 

to be in this city now and then this year) 

he mailed an annual pass to President 

Nixon. The presidential letter read: "Dear 

Mr. Jankowski: On President Nixon's behalf. 

I wish to thank you for sending him 

the annual pass to the Strand Theatre. Although 

I cannot see when we would be in 

\our area to u.se it. the President would 

like to keep the card as a token of your 

Ihoughifulness and goodwill. With the Presidents 

best wishes." It was signed by David 

N. Parker, assistant to the President . . . 

Jankowski says the Strand had "very good 

luck with the Winter Film Festival" which 

he arranged. He ran the following pictures 

in 70mm widcscreen and stereophonic 

sound: "Chitly Chitty Bang Bang." "The 

tireaiesi Story Ever Told" (second time 

within six weeks). "West Side Story" and 

"It's a Mad. Mad. Mad. Mad World." The 

series got very good reaction from schools, 

clubs and other groups, says Jim. The 

Christmas attraction was "Straw Dogs." 

Kd (iavin, American International Piclures 

ollice manager here, had two tradescreenings 

in one week— "Swedish Fly 

Girls"" and ""Kidnapped." .Sentinel columnist 

Alex Thien said of the latter: ""A really good 

adventure film is on its way. probably for 

an early Janua.-A' showing— "Kidnapped." 

Imagine, if you will, a film without a bunch 

of dirty words and still an excellent story. 

The photography is excellent, action first 

rale and good suspense. The rating is a 

true G, right for the family." 

Mrs. KobiTl A. Ilunhol/, president of the 

Belter I ilnis A: TV Council of Milwaukee 

Area assures Boxoificl that no changes "in 

our object or policy" arc being planned 

for 1972. This is stressed, no doubt, because 

of the demise recently of the Motion Picture 

Commission which for years had influenced 

theatre operators not to show films 

the commission considered detrimental to 

local audiences. .Says Mrs. Hunholz: "Our 

Better Films and TV Council will continue 

lo function as we have these past 40 years. 

That is lo educate and inform our members 

and affiliated organizations of film content 

and to support good films by our monthly 

preview sheets." 

Robert Richie, long-time maintenance engineer 

.It I A Cinema I and 2. who was 

severely beaten by a thug last July while 

on the way to work, returned lo his post 

at the downtown theatres early last month. 

His many friends in the industry are wishing 

him well. 

Dorean .Sherd, popular manager of the 

UA Riverside TTieatre. hosted her staff at 

a Christinas parly Friday evening. December 

24, after the house closed at 4:46 p.m. 

. . Strand Theatre manager Jim Jankowski 

now has received a "thank you" note from 

Vice-President Spiro .Agnew for the annual 

pass mailed to him last month. Pass No. 3 

went to Wisconsin Gov. Patrick Lucey but 

there's been no acknowledgement so far. 

The final report on the auspicious firstnight 

screening of ""Fiddler on the Roof" at 

ihe L'.A .Southgate Theatre December 14. 

which had been sponsored by the local 

chapter of Hadassah. reveals that the theatre 

party capped a month-long donor campaign 

during which time the group raised 

S6S..S00. A champagne reception in the 

theatre lobby preceded the premiere. Several 

young women members wore peasant coslumes 

in their roles as hostesses at the reception. 

The money raised by this group 

is to be added to an international fund to 

furnish and equip the first Hadassah hospital 

in Jerusalem. 

Several locally produced films were 

shown here recently, produced by filmmakers 

who are not yet old enough to vote, 

not even with the new lowered age qualification. 

These young filmmakers (the youngest 

is I.Ioyd Seawright jr.. S) all are students 

of the Milwaukee Inner-City Film Workshop, 

a cooperative venture of the University 

of Wisconsin-Milwaukee .School of Film 

Arts, the UW-M School of Education, the 

UW Extension An Department and the UW 

Extension Dcpartmeni of Photography and 

Cinematography. Workshop director Tom 

Harris said that some students who were 

doing pxirly in English found they were 

ettective communicators through film. Most 

of them live in the inner-city, where they 

have discovered their talent for "saying it 

on film" as they present their authentic fifestyles 

and problems. The showings were in 

the UW-M Film Arts lecture HaM. 

. . . 

Sieve Swedish, lamed local orchestra 

leader. 67. once again is performing from 

a theatre pit. He is appearing with a vaudeville 

show at the Performing Arts Center 

The I.uther League of Deerfield I u- 

theran church. Deerfield, traveled to Madison 

to attend a showing of "Johnny Got 

His Ciun" al Ihe Majeslic Theatre. 

Is the (leiuise of nudit> and explicit sex 

in film predictable in the near future? Sentinel 

film critic Fran DcGuida says it would 

seem we have not yet reached the peak, 

"because more and more cheap sex films 

are appearing, more theatres are opening 

lo screen them and more films disguised as 

regular leatures are finding their way into 

downtown houses." He says those who insist 

filmgocrs are getting bored and that 

pornogr.iphic films will soon disappear are 

wrong. Indeed. DeGuida is convinced "explicit 

sex and nudity in the feature film is 

here to slay. It is well on its way to becoming 

a matter of course.' 

' 

He points 

to the long history of pornography as the 

chief reason for his belief, adding that the 

pornographic film is merely an extension 

ot this fascination for pornography and sex 

movies. He concedes "the popularity of 

hard-core pornographic films may fluctuate 

and the\ may recede again from downtown 

theatres to dingy ones but they are never 

likely to die out." While a certain segment 

of the filmgoing public st'ems to tolerate sex 

and nudity without a second thought, De- 

Guida believes there is hope for those who 

frown on these in feature films. Concludes 

DeCiuida: A few recent films have shown 

signs that some serious directors are beginning 

to use the new freedom to deal artistically 

with subjects thai previously were unapproachable. 

"" 

Statin}; that this is the "age of soft soap 

and the soft sell." Sentinel film critic Frank 

DeGuida is bemoaning promotion for 

movies as a lost art. He claims one of Ihc 

things he misses most about the movies is 

getting things free at the door, like "cellophane 

eyeglasses or insurance policies." 

Promotion, he feels, is by no means dead. 

"just timid." For example, those who see 

Joy in the Morning" are being asked to 

vote on whether or not it is a better love 

story than "Love Story." Even the posters 

shown in the theatre lobbies have become 

tame. DeGuida says. He claims that, for the 

most part, film promoters are reduced these 

days to drawing clever pictures for newspaper 

ads. .Some films are hardly advertised 

at all. he insists, and "Ihe result is 

that even with as few films as are now 

being made, many arrive with little or no 

advance warning and consequently don't do 

well." It becomes obvious thai much of 

DcGuida's critical piece was written with 

a tongue-in-cheek at humor but he mas 

have touched upon a weak link in theatre 

proniotions—not enough of it in time and 

in sufficient volume to make a meaningful 

impact on the 

publics attention. 

Vern Austin Exits Sidney- 

Theatre for Denver Post 

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Iheatre manager Vern .Austin has announced 

his resignation, effective immediately. 

A 2.'i-year employee of National General 

Corp.. which recently sold the Sidney 

movie house lo the Commonwealth circuit. 

.Austin had helmed the theatre since 

IM6.^. 

During his tenure in Sidney. Austin received 

several national promotion awards 

for his work in the NGC organization and 

was instrumental in the establishment of 

summer PTA movies, a successful community 

effort to bring family-type films lo children 

who were oui of school during the 

warm-w -ather months. 

Austin stated that he planned lo relocate 

in Denver, where he once again would become 

affiliated with NGC. 

Free Films for 

Youngsters 

GI.ENWOOD CITY. WIS.—Free children's 

movies were presented at the Glen 

Theatre each Saturday afternoon during the 

holiday shopping season for the convenience 

of parents. 

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'Stewardesses' Ruled 

Obscene by Neb. Jury 

OMAHA—A jury ot eight men and four 

women ruled December 15 that the movie 

"The Stewardesses," which played to some 

43,000 persons during a two-month run in 

the Fox Theatre, was obscene. City Prosecutor 

Gary P. Bucchino also filed a crimii.al 

complaint in Douglas County District 

Court December 17 charging the Little Art 

Thearte Corp. with four counts of "distributing 

obscene materials." 

Bucchino said it is unlikely that he will 

ask to have the Fox Theatre at Crossroads 

Shopping Centre closed as a "public nuisance." 

He said it has "shown only one obscene 

movie." To prove a theatre is a "public 

nuisance." he explained, it must be 

demonstrated that obscene films were shown 

regularly over a period of time. 

Attorneys for the Fox. operated by National 

General Theatres, say no decision 

has been made on whether they will appeal 

the obscenity verdict reached by the jury 

hearing the case in Judge Samuel Caniglia's 

district courtroom. 

Before deliberating on the verdict, the 

jurors went to the Fox Theatre December 

14 to see "The Stewardesses." The eight 

men traveled in a paddy wagon for convenience, 

the women in a station wagon. 

In the hearing. Fox manager Shelby Doty 

testified that some 43.000 persons viewed 

the movie during the September 8-November 

12 Fox showing in Omaha. He said 

about 25 persons were given refunds because 

they said the movie "offended them." 

He also stated the film has played in 297 

other cities in the nation and that the motion 

picture made more money than all but 

three other movies shown at the Fox since 

its opening in 1967. 

Veteran Lincoln distributor Walt Jancke. 

commenting on the matter, predicted that 

if "we showed 'The Stewardesses' at Cinema 

1 or 2, all we would have to do to get 

waiting lines around the block would be 

to place the title on our marquee. I wouldn't 

have to spend a cent on advertising." 

The film has not been considered for 

showing in Lincoln. 

Omaha's city attorney said the charges 

filed against the Little Art Theatre Corp. 

are based upon reports of police vice squad 

officers who paid to see four movies at the 

firm's Art 16 Theatre. These were listed by 

Bucchino as "Daddy," "Monster From Blue 

Lagoon," "The Landlord" and "Librarians 

in Distress." He said all four shows depicted 

actual sex acts. 

Bucchino said the complaint calls for the 

arrest of the corporation's resident manager. 

It is accompanied by a request for a court 

order requiring the theatre to supply the 

city with a copy of all movies currently being 

shown and a copy of any books or other 

matter for sale at the theatre, which will 

be used as evidence. 

Meanv/hile. topless dancer Dawn Diano, 

"hurt" when she was rebuked on several occasions 

earlier for performing her act for 

local charities in Fremont, left for Iowa. 

LINCOLN 

ITollis Jacks, theatre designer from San 

Miguel. Mexico, and formerly of Kansas 

City, is scheduled to arrive here Monday 

(3) to discuss remodeling plans for the 

Stuart Theatre with new lease-holder and 

operating manager Irwin Dubinsky. The latter, 

and his son Sarge hope to have all 

renovations and changes lined up shortly so 

that a contract and necessary materials and 

equipment will be on hand when they take 

over the downtown showplace May 1 from 

the present Cooper Theatre Enterprises 

management. This will make it possible in 

the Dubinsky's opinion to get the job done 

in six to eight weeks. 

There weren't many if any Christmas 

wrappings and ribbons cluttering the Walt 

Jancke household Christmas morning. The 

veteran openly admits opening every holiday 

gift on its arrival before the 24th and 25th. 

His reason is valid: Why should 1 wait, then 

open them all up alone on Christmas eve or 

morning? In the packages were such items 

as Irish handkerchiefs from Marguerite, 

Walt's longtime ally in keeping his house 

clean by her weekly visits; gourmet food 

from son and daughter-in-law, Ed and Connie, 

in Philadelphia; a lighter (for those 

cigars), cologne and a credit card holder. 

The veteran showman apparently turned 

over a new leaf this Christmas; shopped 

early and had it all wrapped and mailed out 

two weeks before the 25th. His shopping included 

a visit to the lingerie department 

this year—a blue and white quilted robe 

and a matching nylon nitey—for Lisa, 

Jancke's four-year-old granddaughter. 

Some Christmas leftovers: Staff members 

and their wives and dates from Cinema 1 

and 2 and the Varsity had their traditional 

holiday party the night of December 22 in 

the clubhouse of Chateau LeFleur where 

host-assistant manager Everett Greathouse. 

and his wife reside. Holiday events keeping 

Walt Jancke busy included the wedding of 

Craig Lutz December 23. The bridegroom 

is the son of Jancke's long-time friend, Dick 

Lutz. local booking agent. Pete Durham, 

former Varsity assistant manager, and his 

wife and daughter, Jill, celebrated Christmas 

in California—at Camp Pendleton, where 

Pete is a Marine lieutenant. By Christmas 

card, letter and long distance, Durham tells 

Jancke that he should know by mid-January 

when he will be released from the service. 

Mike Gaughan, Cooper's district manager, 

not only got those 100 tulip bulbs planted 

on a cold December 13, but also managed 

to buy a train for his four-year-old Mike. 

. . Nebraska Theatre 

A recent national news report of interest 

to fellow Nebraskans is one that Columbus 

native Johnny Carson is going to move himself 

and his show "Tonight" lock, stock and 

barrel to Hollywood . 

advertising prior to Christmas included a 

rarely seen endorsement concept—a picture 

of Joanne Woodward and a message in 

which she endorses "My Side of the Mountain," 

the local house's feature, as the type 

of picture which she and her husband Paul 

Newman and their three children are constantly 

seeking for family entertainment. 

"Diamonds Are Forever" is occupying 

both the Varsity marquee here and the 

Astro's in Omaha. 

Walt Jancke, city manager for Nebraska 

Theatres, confesses the human being becomes 

more difficult to understand all the 

time. At the request of some local teachers, 

he made a morning, bargain-priced showing 

of "Scrooge." pre-Christmas film at the 

State, available. It fell through because the 

school officials said bus transportation was 

a problem—that they'd obtain the film later 

themselves and show it for nothing in their 

tax-supported school auditoriums. 

Cooper Theatre Enterprises and the 

women's division of the Lincoln Chamber 

of Commerce have presented another of the 

co-sponsored travel-and-adventure series 

films at the Nebraska, this time "The New 

Russia." 

Free Movies for Kiddies 

NEW HAMPTON, IOWA—Among the 

special features of the Christmas holiday 

season in New Hampton were free movies 

for area kiddies each Saturday afternoon 

the Firemen's Theatre. In addition to the 

film offerings, Santa was at the showhouse 

on each occasion to visit with the youngsters. 

Lucille Fowler, 61, Dies 

MINOCQUA, WIS.— Lucille Fowler. 61. 

died December 2 at Lakeland Memorial 

Hospital in Minocqua. She was owner of 

movie houses in Minocqua, Woodruff, Tomahawk 

and Merrill. Survivors include a 

brother. Clyde Grey of Minocqua. and one 

nephew. 

Traer Theatre Reopens 

TRAER, IOWA—After extensive remodeling 

the Traer Theatre reopened recently 

under the sponsorship of the local chamber 

of commerce. The house will be operated 

primarily by volunteer help under the direction 

of manager Mike Reuman. 

Fairfax Theatre Reopening 

FAIRFAX, MINN.—A first-of-the-year 

opening of the newly remodeled Fairfax 

Topic Theatre was planned by Mr. and 

Mrs. Steve Kendall, who recently purchased 

the showhouse. The Kendalls, who now live 

in Fairfax, formerly were residents of Denver. 

Colo., and have two daughters and two 

sons. 

Friday Operation Halted 

PAULINA. IOWA- The Wonderland 

Theatre here has curtailed weekend showings 

to Saturday and Sunday nights only. 

Friday evening operations were discontinued 

due to poor patronage resulting from 

local 

snorts activities. 

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BOXOFFICE :: January 3, 1972 NC-7

Organ Buffs Are Pleased 

By Avalon Theatre Event 

MILVvALKLL LS..^k iii the J»>^ ol ihc 

silent movies when praclicully every theatre 

had an organ to provide background music, 

what was essential was a versatile organ and 

a versatile, creative musician to handle it. 

The better the instrument and the musician, 

the more apt and more realistic was the 

film's musical accompaniment. 

The Avalon Theatre on Milwaukee's 

south side at 2473 South Kinnickinnic Ave. 

is one of this city's three remaining movie 

houses which still maintains jxissession of 

a "mighty theatre organ." From its three 

keyboards and 600 pipes can be produced 

sounds ranging from glorious oratorios to 

the operatic "Anvil Chorus." to whistles, 

horns, hells and even bird calls. The other 

two local theatres which have kept and 

maintained their organs are the Riverside 

and Centre (formerly the Warner) theatres. 

One night last month the .Avalon's Mighty 

Wurlitzer was made to sing again as the 

evening was devoted to an organ concert. 

The sponsor was the Dairyland Theatre 

Organ .Society of the American Iheatre 

Organ Society—a group of music lovers 

dedicated to the preservation of old-time 

theatre organs. The two-hour program featured 

an organ recital played by Tom 

Gnastcr. a talented young musician who 

can make that king-sized Instrument perform 

to its utmost. 

Included was a singalong with slides, the 

audience being invited to sing along—and it 

did. Of course, the program had to provide 

for the screening of a silent film and the 

one chosen was an old Laurel and Hardy 

comedy. Tickets for the special show sold 

lor $2.50 and more than 600 [jcrsons attended 

(êating capacity is 856). 

Ray l£. Bodendoerfer, the society's treasurer 

(and supervisor of a crew that had 

worked to put the Avalon organ back in 

shape for the concert), revealed that his 

organization would sponsor another similartype 

program next spring at the same theatre, 

the purpose being to gain funds for a 

current project. The proceeds from these 

concerts are to be used to move u theatre 

organ from the Capitol Theatre in Madison, 

the state's capital city, to the University ol 

Wisconsin-Parkside campus. located in Racine. 

It is a 15-ranker Bartola manufactured 

by Ben Barton, who is still living in the cit\ 

of Oshkosh. 

President of the Dairyland Theatre Organ 

-Society is Frederick O. Hermes, who has a 

full-sized theatre organ, retrieved from a 

shuttered movie house, set up in the recreation 

room of his large Racine home. 

Hermes estimated that the Avalon organ 

originally had cost approximately S25.000 

when it was installed. Today, however, he 

believes "its value to collectors would make 

it worth more like $100,000." 

Moving a large theatre-type organ can be 

quite a task. Bodendoerfer figures that the 

console with its keyboards may weigh about 

one ton: however, the additional hundreds 

of wooden and metal pipes accompanying 

the instrument may weigh ten times as 

much. 

Mrs. Ruth Pa\lik. manager of the .Avalon 

I heatre. has received inquiries from persons 

who missed the recent concert and who 

want to be sure they are informed of the 

next one. A silent motion picture will be 

shown, to be followed by an organ recital 

and an old-fashioned singalong. The -Avalon 

and the theatre-organ music-loving group 

m;i\ 

have a good thing started' 

General Cinema Opens 

Madison Twin Theatre 

MADISON, WIS.—The city's newest and 

most luxurious twin theatre, the East 1 owne 

Mall Cinema I and 2. opened on December 

1 1 and 1 2 with open house held from 

2 to 8 p.m. During these hours, moviegoers 

visited the auditoriums, sat to watch short 

subjects or just walked about inspecting the 

facilities, including a lobby art gallery. 

Cieneral Cinema Corp. staged a December 

17 gala premiere, with Cinema I showing 

"Diamonds .Are Forever" and Cinema 2 

featuring "Black Beauty." 

The dualer is located outside Madison 

at 1-90. 1-94 and Route 151. Plenty of free 

parking space is available to patrons. 

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NC.8 BOXOmCE :: lanuary 3, 1972

Krim Brothers Chart 

Expansion Program 

DEI Ron — Better by the dozen" must 

be the slogan of the Krim Theatres circuit, 

a local operation dating back well over a 

halt-century and two generations. The organization 

had been dormant since the last 

active house was leased to Trans-Lux in 

1958 for 20 years. Now, the Krim brothers 

are jumping back into exhibition with a 

vengeance in the suburban and outlying sections 

of the metropolitan area, with not less 

than 1,^ new theatres projected at this time, 

planned for early completion. 

Ground-breaking was held about three 

months ago for a triplex to be located in 

Brighton, approximately .^5 miles northwest 

of downtown Detroit out Grand River 

Road, which is conveniently paralleled by 

1-196. This facility is scheduled for completion 

and opening in February. 

The Krims also will break ground for a 

quadplex at Farmington, 20 miles nearer 

Detroit on the same highway—a true suburban 

project. This one is scheduled for fast 

construction, with opening expected in May. 

Plans for at least two other similar projects 

involving multiple theatres have been 

confirmed by the Krims. These will be 

started as soon as the first two are well in 

hand. Locations' have not been disclosed at 

this time. 

This does not appear to be the end of the 

rapid-expansion plans, a program that, if 

extended a little further, may make the 

Krimms owners of the largest number of 

theatre auditoriums in the Detroit area. All 

the complexes are being built in the new 

concept of fully automated theatres, with 

maximum convenience and selectivity of 

product and showtimes for customers and 

minimum operating expense, including 

the resi- 

labor. 

A shrewd analysis of the business conditions 

and prospects in the industry was 

made by Mac Krim, one of the two principal 

partners, with Sol Krim, who is 

dent managing partner. Mac has maintained 

a residence in Hollywood for many years 

and is in close touch with conditions at the 

industry's center, 

while Sol has kept his eye 

on Motor City developments for the fraternal 

partnership. 

"Motion picture 

theatre grosses continued 

to dominate all other forms of paid spectator 

entertainment in 1970," Mac Krim said. 

"Twice as much money was spent at theatre 

boxoffices as was paid for all spectator 

sports, including baseball, football, basketball 

and horse racing. Total income to the 

motion picture industry was almost onethird 

of all the money spent in the U.S. in 

1970 for amusement and recreation." 

He cited a consistent growth from 1967 

through 1970 to $1,162,000,000 boxoffice 

gross that year. Totals for 1971 will be different 

for essential economic reasons, Krim 

observed, "however there is no doubt that 

movie attendance still will continue to be 

the greatest form of paid spectator entertainment 

in the U.S. This so-called slump in 

theatre business in 1971 is a temporary situation 

that occurs occasionally over a period 

of years. The prime reason in '71 was a 

lack of blockbuster pictures." 

Krim continued, "Further, with the many 

universities maintaining graduate programs 

of film and TV making, producers, directors 

and scriptwriters are emerging and thisi industry 

will continue to grow, particularly because 

of the new young blood behind the 

cameras. There will still be a top-grossing 

year. It is only the boom cycle that has 

paused." 

Donohue Dies 

Mrs. Ida J. 

December 17 in Royal Oak 

DETROIT—Mrs. Ida J. Donohue, 73, 

died December 17 at her home in suburban 

Royal Oak. She was the wife of the late 

James M. Donohue. who was recognized as 

the dean of theatre seating men in Michigan 

as far back as 1948, heading the old-time 

Donohue Seating Service. 

Donohue died in 1961 and Mrs. Donohue 

took over the active management of the 

business for a number of years. Subsequently 

her son James M. Donohue jr. took 

over the 

operation. The business was terminated 

in February 1971, however, with his 

early death. 

Survivors include two sons, Richard and 

Michael; a daughter Mrs. Mary Carroll, and 

six grandchildren. 

Heman F. Mygatt Is Dead 

TOLEDO, OHIO—Heman F. Mygatt, 75. 

former Rivoli Theatre and Toledo Symphony 

Orchestra drummer, died December 

12 at his home in Toledo. He played at the 

now-razed Rivoli Theatre for 22 years. 

Mygatt was a life member of Local 15. 

Musicians Union. He leaves his wife Gertrude, 

two sons and a siister. 

Trockhelmans Sell 

Bel-Air 

DETROIT—The 450-seat 

Bel-Air Theatre, 

Bellaire, located in northern Michigan's 

resort area, has been sold by Trock and 

Ann Trockhelman. They had operated the 

showhouse for several seasons. The Bel-Air 

is being taken over by Charles Christ, who 

has served as full-time projectionist for the 

theatre in the past. He is single and a property 

owner in 

Bellaire. 

Mid States Announces 

Cincy Elevated Twin 

CINCINNATI—This city will have its 

first "elevated theatre" when twin cinemas 

begin operation on the concourse of the 

new pedestrian walkway which runs 

throughout the downtown business streets. 

Roy and Marvin White, owners of Mid 

States, have leased space on the skywalk in 

the new retailing district being developed at 

the corner of Race and Convention Way. 

Marvin White, architect and designer for 

Mid States, says he believes this will be the 

first theatre installation on an elevated 

pedestrian walkway in the U.S. The cinemas 

may be reached by the Race Street escalatorsi. 

The cinemas will face a landscaped concourse 

which was dedicated last August and 

is now being shrubbed and decorated. In all 

probability, there will be benches placed on 

the concourse for the convenience of pedestrians. 

The concourse, bounded by Fifth, 

Sixth, Vine and Race streets, is the hub of 

the skywalk system presently running from 

Convention Hall to the Fountain Square 

Plaza. Several sections of the skywalk are 

still to be constructed. 

The city's skywalk is a new departure for 

entertainment and retail companies which 

traditionaUy have utilized ground-level entrances 

and showrooms. Some established 

businesses already have opened second-level 

entrances with the completion of each walkway 

section but the twin theatre will be the 

first to have its main entrance designed for 

the skywalk itself. 

Detroit's Downtown UA 

Theatre Is Reopened 

DETROIT— rhe United Artists Theatre, 

traditional "jewel box" among Detroit's 

downtown first-run and roadshow houses, 

reopened as a surprise Christmas present 

for the city. Operation started three days 

before the holiday itself, with little advance 

fanfare, under the direction of the United 

Artists Theatre Circuit. 

Named manager of the 1,600-seat house 

was 51 -year-old Eugene Edwards, who has 

been in show business since 1932, mostly in 

the East. Edwards comes with a refreshing, 

dynamic energy and the hope of restoring 

this theatre to its rightful status in the local 

entertainment world and in the life of downtown 

Detroit. 

Admission is $2.50 until 5:30 p.m. and 

$3 thereafter. Under consideration are such 

significant showmanlike appeals to special 

groups as reduced rates for senior citizens 

and special ladies' days on Wednesdays with 

reduced admission. 

CARBONS, Inc. 

'— " Box K, Ceddr Knollf, NJ. 

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in Kantucky—Standard Vendors of Louisyllle, Inc., Louitville — Phono 

587-«039 

in 

CloToland—Ohio Thcatro Supply Coaipony, 21 OB Poyno Av«.—Phono 

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BOXOmcE :: January 3, 1972 ME-1

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2nd 

Sth 

DETROIT 

Tvan Clavel, National Screen Service branch 

manager, returned from a three-day 

NSS regional sales conference held at the 

Americana Hotel in New York City . . 

. 

John Steva of National Film Sen'ice is 

vacationing in Fort Lauderdale. Fla. . . . 

Joe Valinski. NFS. will be vacationing this 

month. He has no definite plans at present. 

Red Schultz. who ran the elevator for the 

old Central Shipping Bureau, is enjoying 

retirement and occasionally visits with Turk 

Rowston. retired from National Theatre 

Supply . Shelnic. lATSE Local 

B2.'> business agent, is awaiting word on 

negotiations for renewal of the just-expired 

three-year contract. 

Curtis Peterson is the new student booker 

at Metro - Cioldwyn - Mayer, alter nine 

months with Paramount. 

Mrs. .Martin Naimark, immediate past 

president of the Greater Detroit Motion 

Picture Council, was active in selling two 

full houses for "Fiddler on the Roof" at the 

Northland . . . Mrs. Jean Higgins. president 

of the Greater Detroit Motion Picture 

Council, sent the first Christmas card we 

received from ihc industry. She reports the 

council's Christmas part> at the Eastland 

Theatre was a fine event and that manager 

Russ Russo was a "perfect host." He's the 

same man who managed the Music Hail 

when it was a big-time roadshow operation. 

"Cinemania" was introduced to local fans 

by James 1 reloar of the News in an illustrated 

feature article. The word is used 

for the collecting and exhibition of old 

motion pictures tor home viewing. "Cinemania" 

has become quite popular with a 

sizable number and involves both the purchase 

and rental of old prints and is used 

for family viewing as well as for presenting 

shows to guests. Typical favorites are films 

of Laurel and Hardy. Mack Sennett and 

Fatty Arbucklc. 

Dick and KuRenc Sloan of Suburban De- 

Theatres opened the Old Orchard thea- 

troit 

^ 

tres 1 and 2. The combined seating capacity 

is 1,200. Mrs n.ile Killeen Young is manaioHa! 

EXHIBITORS! 



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The Girls of 

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DETROIT 

Marty Zide 

2J30O Greenfield Rd. 

Ook Pork, Mich. 4«237 

Tele.: {313) 399-9777 

CLEVELAND 

Rudy Norton 

2108 Payne Avenue 

Cleveland, Ohio 44114 

CINCINNATI 

Milt Gurian 

Executive Building 

35 East 7th Street 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 

Tele.; (513) 621-6443

i 

Twin Wayne Airer Has 

Christmas Day Debut 

Dh I Ron—The 

Wayne Drive-ln. opcr 

atcd for many years by the Walter Shale 

family, doing business as the Wayne Amusement 

Cu., has just been opened as a twin 

drive-in after reconstruction. Originally a 

single airer with a rated capacity of 1.040 

cars, the complex now will have two theatres 

with each holding 1.020 carv. Opening 

was set by the Shafers for Christmas Day. 

The site comprises .^5 acres and the construction, 

costing S500.(X)(). took only three 

months— typical of the speedy building 

which has marked a number of this circuit's 

I 

recent theatres. The screens are 

120.\60 feet. 

The Shafers probably are best known in 

the industry for their Quo Vadis complex, 

which has four indoor and two outdoor 

theatres, 

plus a cocktail lounge. 

Robbers Break Into Safe 

Of Youngstown Theatre 

VOLNCjSIOWN. OHIO An undeter- 

December 

mined amount of cash was stolen 

15 from the Lincoln Knolls Theatre. 2864 

McCartney Rd. Theatre manager William 

K.ush, Warren, told [>olice he had locked 

the showhousc at 10 p.m. the day before 

and discovered the robbery upon reopening. 

K.ush said a safe had been forced open 

and the cash taken. 

CONGRATULATIONS 

to 

THE SHAFERS' 

on the opening of 

Wayne H Drive-ln Theatre 

and 

THANK YOU! 

RINGOLD 

THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO. 

PAUL J. VOUDOURIS 

(Owner) 

952 Ottawa. N. W. 

Grand Rapids. Michigan 49503 

(616) 454-8852 

Serving Michigan and Ohio 

JOHN 

KENNY 

(Manager, Detroit Office) 

32647 Ford Road 

Garden City, Michigan 48135 

(313) 522-4650. 4651 

I 

i 

I 

London Seeks Change 

In Seat Arrangement 

DLlROll— .\ top-level challenge to the 

traditional 14-seat sections of motion picture 

theatres is being made by Michigan 

N.ATO president Milton H. London. This 

practice, supported b\ law. dales back over 

a 

half-century. London shows, and results in 

dividing the traditional fair-sized theatre 

into three sections—center and two sides, 

between the main ai&Ies. This 14-seat limitation 

is structured into the state motion picture 

law. local building ordinances and 

both the BOCA Basic Building Code and 

the National Fire Protection Ass'ns Life 

.Safety Code. 

London himself, now a member of the 

Michigan State Fire Safety Board, after 

gathering much research information and 

documentation, concentrated on ihe problem 

of life-safety factors in placing aisles 

.It the walls instead of down the center of 

the auditorium. He believes a positive step 

for the good of the industry may be 

.ichieved. 

London accordingly invites all exhibitors 

planning new theatres to have their architects 

or seating companies contact him to 

review the possibilities before the seating 

layouts are prepared. 

"This restriction of seating arrangements 

has been in effect so long that theatre owners 

and patrons take for granted thai the 

.uiditorium should be broken up into sections," 

London said. "However, there are a 

number of very good reasons why auditorium 

design, theatre operation, patron comfort 

and convenience and perhaps even lite 

safety would be greatly enhanced by having 

uninterrupted rows of seals with the exit 

aisles along the auditorium walls." 

He goes on to list the pros and cons of 

the situation as follows: Center aisles eliminate 

seats from the most desirable areas of 

the auditorium; center aisles concentrate 

traffic v.here it is most likely to distract the 

.ludiencc and interfere with the audience's 

view of the screen: patrons prefer to sit 

near the center of the auditorium. Seats 

placed against side walls are the least desir- 

.ihle .ind the last to be filled. Since wall 

seals can only be reached from the aisle 

side of the row. filling these seats dislurbsi 

everyone in the row and interrupts the 

screen viewing of all patrons in the rows 

behind: dividing the auditorium into sections 

results in an excess number of unfillable 

single scats when the auditorium is at 

capacity:a seating arrangement which has 

the access aisles along the walls with uninterrupted 

rows of seats between them puts 

every seat in the center of the auditorium 

and therefore makes it desirable to the patron: 

with access from side aisles, patrons 

will lend to fill Ihe center parts of each row 

fipvt. Latecomers will fill the seats progressively 

closer to the aisles without disturbing 

those already seated, and seating 

and exiting from the aisles of the auditorium 

minimizes disruption and distraction of 

the audience. 

ME-4 BOXOFTICE :: January 3, 1972

Released 

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CAN 

HAPPEN 

WHEN 

YOU'RE 

FREE! 

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TECHNICOLOR TECHNISCOPE 

HARVEy'lEVITT RICHARD CRAWFORD RICHARD CRAWFORD and BARRY LEICHTLING • • 

CINCINNATI 

Jo Harrison 

Bil Ko Films 

617 Vine St. 

(513) 721-4742 

CLEVELAND 

Bill Kohagen 

Bil Ko Films 

2108 Payne Ave. 

(216) 861-0390 

fRi 

by TWl National. Inc. 

DETROIT 

George Rossmon 

Bil Ko Films 

17135 W. Ten Mile Rd. 

Suite 102 (313) 557-0105

Western 

CLEVELAND 

The second annual combined c.vhibilors and 

distributors C'hristmus party was held 

Wednesday. December 22. in the Chesterfield 

Party Room in the Chesterfield .Apartments 

Building. 

The Shaker Theatre has been sold to 

Blair 

Mooney. president of Co-Opcrative Theatres 

of Ohio, by Associate Theatres. Mooney 

took over operations of the theatre Christmas 

Day. 

PVjiik Hurley, district manager of the 

Rappaport Iheatres. announced the appointments 

of Richard Shafer as house manager 

of World East and Kd Bromeier of 

World West. 

Josephine Muslo, mother of Frank. Universal 

sales manager, died December I.*!. 

Services were held December 18. 

Kulh I enster, secretary to Vic Gaituso, 

division manager. General Cinema Corp.. is 

enjoying the lu.xury of a new private office 

in the Soulhgate -Shopping Center, which 

houses Cinema I 

and II. 

Lee C'bapek, Universal clerk, was beaming 

the other evening at the Universal 

screening of "Mary, Queen of Scots." She 

and husband Bob are looking forward to 

the arrival of their baby in April. 

Jan Kadar, Czech director ("The Shop on 

Main Street") was in the cit> recently to 

arrange for an exclusive showing of his 

movie ".Adrift" at the .Mien Theatre starting 

Wednesday (12). Kadar began work on 

this movie in Czechoslovakia in 1968. Work 

was interrupted by the Communist takeover 

and was not resumed until one year 

later. 

"Caught," a film about the newest 

methods of detecting and preventing shoplifting, 

recently was shown on \\'\TZ-Channel 

2.'!. The showing of this unusual film, 

produced by Cinematic Concepts Corp., 

was co-sponsored by WVIZ and the Plain 

Dealer. 

Johe llunlly, composer, flew here from 

New York for the opening of "Tambourine 

of Glory" December 16 at Karamu. Huntly 

wrote the music for this Langston Hughes' 

play. 

Kaili> Kriejjer. 20, winner of a diamond 

ring in the recent WKYC-radio promotion 

lor "Diamonds Are Forever," lives on Easy 

Street in Bedford Heights. 

.\l Fann, product of Karamu. has been 

named by Samuel Goldwyn jr. to be associate 

producer of the sequel to "Cotton Comes 

to Harlem." Fann will choose locations in 

Harlem, supervise casting and assist with 

editing of the film. 

-A large ad in the local newspapers invited 

the public, at no admission charge, to see 

the film "Together" at specified performances. 

The ad read: "Can an X-rated movie 

be made that women would want to see or 

husbands would take their wives to? The 

answer is yes and the reason is a new movie 

called "Together." " 

The sold-out movie premiere at the 

Colony of "Fiddler on the Roof" December 

14 netted the Jewish National Fund $10.- 

000. The money will be used for redevelopment 

of swamps in Israel. 

Bob West. 45. program and operations 

director of WERE, started a year's sabbatical 

December 15. He plans on writing and 

directing a movie. Shooting on the film will 

start in the spring in nearby .Akron and 

Wadsworth. The film will be a suspensehorror 

movie featuring local talent in the 

cast. West also plans on writing a history of 

Soviet films and a fictional novel on the 

local radio and record business in the early 

IM.Ôs. Bob holds a B.A degree in radio 

journalism and a BS degree in education 

from Kent State University and a master's 

degree in English from . Reserve 

University. 

"Superflj," to be directed b\ Ciordon 

Parks jr., will have as its star a former local 

boy and Karamu actor Ron O'Neal. Shooting 

should begin early next year in Harlem 

for this Sig Shore Plaza production. 

The BIG SHOCKER is coming - 

For Spring 

Release 

from 

INDEPENDENT- INTERNATIONAL I 

"WOMEN FOR SALE" 

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OUR MOTHERS THANK YOU 

OUR FATHERS THANK YOU 

AND WE THANK YOU! 

For a most successful 1971 

And we look forward to 19721 

THE VOUDOURIS FAMILY 

THE KENNY FAMILY 

Bottom, I. to r., Paula, Ruth, Mary, Laurie, Janet, 

Betsy. Top, John, Mark. Dog, Kelly. Oldest son Mike 

in Germany with U. S. Army 

I. to r. Lisa, Lori, James. No dog! 

RINGOLD Theatre Equipment Co 

Serving Michigan & Ohio 

PAUL J. VOUDOURIS 

JOHN 

KENNY 

(Owner) 

952 Ottawa, N. W. 

Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503 

(616) 454-8852 

(Manager, Detroit Office) 

32647 Ford Road 

Garden City, Michigan 48135 

(313) 522-4650, 4651 

'IIHIBfl 

BOXOFFICE :: January 3, 1972 

ME-7

Filming of 'Fiddler' Was 

Rewarding: Molly Picon 

H> I.OIS liALMCJtL 

CLEVELAND— Molly Picon is still doing 

somersaults and cartwhcelsr at 73. She 

glows v.'ith the vigor and enthusiasm of 

youth as she recalls that 68 of those 73 

years have been spent in the theatre. 

Her mother Clara, a dressmaker in Philadelphia, 

sewed costumes for theatre people. 

.Since there was no money for babysittersi, 

Molly i.nd her sister Helen accompanied 

their mother to the theatre while she 

worked. With this premature exposure she 

was initiated to the theatre. 

In those early days 50 cents a night was 

the going salary for child actresses. .Molly 

and her sister were happy to be shouldering 

their share. Helen played any child's role 

that called for crying on stage. Unlike her. 

Molly was eager to make the audience 

laugh. Many things have changed since that 

time but Molly is still after your laughter. 

Molly, who plays the role of Yenta the 

Matchmaker in '"Fiddler on the Roof." was 

in Cleveland recently as a guest of the Na- 

in London during the making of the film 

Jewison was thorough in his research, in- 

CINCINNATI 

tional Jewish Fund for its benefit opening of 

the film at the Ciilony Theatre. .According to 

Miss Picon, working with Norman Jewisoii 

Phone; (216) 267-2725/6 I'nginecring being erected in Jerusalem. 

was a rewarding experience. Si.\ monthsi 

were spent in Yugoslavia and several weeks general Clneni;) Corp. beg. in operation 

December 15 ol the Northland Cinem.i. 

liaslland Cinema and University Flick, all 

cluding scanning the old Yiddish picture 

in Columbus, formerly operated by Cincinnati 

Theatres. 

'Yiddie on the Fiddle. Molly had made 

" 

this film in Poland 36 years ago and he was 

Billy Bein, National Screen Service 

branch manager, was in Chicago for NSS' 

three-day regional sales meeting in mid- 

December. The meeting launched a 17- 

week "Presidential Sales Campaign" honoring 

president Burton F. Robbins. In addition 

to all NSS branch managers and salesmen 

from other major mid-.\merican cities. Milton 

Feinberg. vice-president and general 

sales manager of NSS; Norman Robbins. 

vice-president and general manager, and 

too similar. Miss Picon had to affect a Irving Marcus, assistant general sales manager, 

were in attendance. 

Margaret Woodruff, Columbia booker. 

w.is 111 ikilefont.iine Christmas Eve to attend 

the beautiful 57th wedding anniversary 

^^ H.-11X11 PROJECTIOS IMPROVE'^^ 

celebration of her sister Eth\l. S6. and 

brother-in-law Clyde Kennedy. 89. 

% NEW TECHNIKOTE ^ 

Nancy Sline is new secretary lor C. J. 

5 SCREENS S Ruff I'ilm Distribution, succeeding Sally 

^^ ](H^ LENTICULAR, kieg. 

^^ 

who has resigned 

^ 

JET WHITE & PEARLESCENT ^ 

. . . On vacations 

during the Christmas holidays were Paul 

Inrighl. 20th Century-Fox booker, and 

I d\ih I'ieman. secretarv and office man- 

''•ot'* Eqwo-w^f^t Surol/ Otol«f I 

ItECHNIKOTE CORP. 63 S.oh'.ng Si t-kly. ]l N r I "Fiddlcr im llie Koof opened its first 

week at the \allc>. receiving a beautiful 

reception from pleased patrons. The opening 

night, December 14. was sponsored b\ the 

RCil 

Theatre 

Providence Hospital Auxiliary. Exhibitors 

Service 

'urned out in force the next night for the 

The nation's finest for 40 years! benefit of the Will Rogers Memorial Hos- 


I'ltal and the December 18 performance was 


sponsored by the 

5121 W 

Women's American CRT. 

leistSlreol 

Cleveland. Ohio 44142 

with proceeds going to the new School of 

anxious to study it for the wedding scene in 

"Fiddler on the Roof." 

The cast stayed in nearby Zagreb at the 

Hotel E^>plande. close to the set. The hotel 

people understood very little English and 

Miss Picon laughingly recalled ordering veal 

chop and having .i wheel chair delivered 

some 30 minutes later. 

When Jewison listened to the soundtrack 

he felt that the voices of Norma Crane. 

who played the wife Golde. and Molly were 

high, screechy voice for the busybody typi.- 

she portrayed. 

Miss Picon was wearing a lovely hornsrhapcd 

diamond pin. a gift from Frank Sinatra—one 

he presented to her following 

the making of the movie "Come Blow Your 

Horn." 

Slipping back to her south. Miss Picon 

said. "1 was the ugly one. They used to 

tease me about seven hairs that 

stuck out in 

all directions and my popping eyes. M\ 

sister was the beauty. She was happy to 

retire from the stage. She likes a quiet life 

and crying for 50 cents a night hardly 

paid." 

Molly likes a quiet place, too. but only 

knowing that her little hideaway is not more 

than an hour's ride away from the excitement 

of New York City. She and her 80- 

> ear-old husband of 51 years. Jacob (Yankel), 

have a lovely retreat in Mahapac. N.Y. 

.Miss Picon claims that Topol has sex appeal 

and. if a matchmaker says Topol has 

sex appeal, a matchmaker ought to know! 

How can you dispute a 73-year-old. fivefoot 

dynamo dressed in red slacks, red 

turtleneck sweater and bootsr'? 

Akron CableVision Plugs 

CATV Movie Fare in Ad 

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The Girls of 

"FANNY HILL," 




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first time! 

DagmarisJIîQ^ 

right now 

(2 Days Rain) 

LOS ANGELES 

10 Drive-ins 8 Hard-Tops JW. 

MILWAUKEE 

IVHeeki 

TIMES a„. ESQUIRE 

fm\ii 

SAN FRANCISCO 

[J^tJiVeefc 


MADISON, WIS. 

ORPHEUM 

jjst IVeek 

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MINNEAPOLIS 

ORPHEUM 

(Very Cold Weather) i 

BALTIMORE 

HIPPODROME 

1st IVeek 

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jJst Week 

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NO ONE UNDER 17 AOHITTEO 

\Aqe Irmil may vary 

ineettjin areas) 

Starring 

• 

Diana Kjaer Robert Strauss Anne Crete Inger Sundh Tommy • • • 

Blom 

A VERNON P^ BECKER PRODUCTION • PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY VERNON P. BECKER • WRIHEN BY VERNON P. BECKER and LOUIS M. HEYWARO 


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1971 Trans American Films 


HARVEY APPELL, Bronch Monager 

Zl 

Phone: 542-0677, 78 or 79 

46 CHURCH STREET, BOSTON, MASS. 02116

' 

New Haven Showcase 

Plays Top Three 

NLU HA\ 1:N— O. the week's six newcomers 

(including two double bills), only 

two rated above-iivcrage attendance: "Bless 

the Beasts & Children" pulled 125 at Showcase 

Cinerni I and "Black Beauty" grossed 

115 at Shovvca:;c Cinema III. Strongest of 

the t'irsl-run product was "The French Connection." 

145 in a sixth inning at Showcase 

Cinema II. 


College Street Cmenio— 101 Acti of Love (SR), 

3rd wk 100 

Miltord— I Drink Your Blood (SR), I iol Your Skin 

(SR) 70 

Roger Shcimon— The Dirty Outtows (SR), 

The Peoce Killcn iSR) ... 60 

Showcose Cinema I— Bless the Boosts & Children 

(Col) .125 

Showcase Cinema II—The French Connection 

(20th-Fox), 6th wk 145 

Showcase Cmcmo III— Block Beauty (Para) ....115 

"The French Connection' 165 

Fifth Week in Hartford 

H.\KII()! one new entry 

graced the marquees as "The Zodiac Couples" 

tallied 135 per cent at the Ernest 

Grccula Art Cinema Holdovers in the 100- 

plus category included "The French Connection." 

165 in its fifth frame in three situations; 

"Sweet Georgia," 150. second week 

at the Strand, and "Bedknobs and Broomsticks," 

1 15 in its tilth at the Newington. 

Art Cinema— The Zodioc Couples iSR) 135 

Cinema I, Mall Cmcma. UA ttieatre East— -The 

French Connection (20fh-Fox), 5th wk 165 

East Hertford Cinenio I—Mon in the Wilderness 

(WB), -Ith wk 50 

Elm—Kolch (CRC). 8th wk 85 

Newington— Bedknobs ond Broomsticks (BV), 

5th wk. lis 

Pans Cmcmo II—Cry Unclcl iSR), 9th wk 75 

Rivoli—The Young Fonny Hill (SR), 2nd wk 80 

Strond— Sweet Georgia SR), 2nd wk 150 

Webster— Been Down So Long (Paro), 2nd wk. . 90 

Robert Butler Promoted 

To SBC City Manager 

H.\kll(;KO sue M.in.igenienl Corp. 

has priinmieJ Roberl Builer to the newly 

created position of city manager, responsible 

for the Cinerama, Cine Webb, East 

Hartford. East Windsor drive-ins and Cinemas 

!-II, nearing completion in the Enlield 

Shiipping Mall. Builer will continue 

to be based at the Cinerama. 

He was appointed Ciner.ima managing 

director five months ago. Previinisly, he 

w'as in managerial niches with Redstone 

lliciircs ,it Or.inge and Lawrence, Mass. 

U. AITM XENON LAMPHOUSI 

vieuL HH ut lUNiu mr TDUTIE OPtMTIM 

1000 WATT/ l«00 WATT LAMPHOUSE $500 

1*00 WATT / 2300 WATT LAMPHOUSE $ 750 

L«« ARTOI XINON RICTIPIIRS 

SILICON 

J**"'*'^" ««««« MOO WATT 

$S00.00 '-^'^ $700.00 

RANTEC CASH PRICES 

U« ARTOI XINON LAMPS (MJLRS) 

•••laoi all u>» Mlki far all i,m lawMnaa. 

1000 WATTS SIS0.00 1*00 WATTS $200.00 

"» «« 2S00 WATTS $2S0.04 

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:1243 Belmont Chicago! 

BOSTON 

^âlter Keade Theatres' disincl manager 

l.cc .\jeniian .iiid Michael Harkins. resident 

manager at the Brookline Plaza, were 

co-hosts at recent morning press screening 

. . . 

of Charlie Chaplin's 'Modem Times, " followed 

by cocktails and a luncheon. The 

occasion marked the opening of the "Chaplin 

Film Festival" at the theatre, with "Modern 

Times" the first of se\en programs to be 

shown Johnny Moore, former Paramount 

district manager, was in sa\ing hello 

to old friends prior to taking off with his 

wife, Betty, for a pre-Christmas trip to the 

Caribbean. 

Hallmark Keleasini; executives Judd 

Parker and Ed Stokes toured the Charlotte. 

S.C; Atlanta, Ga., and New York City 

territories, contacting circuit heads and other 

exhibitors on releases including "Together." 

"Libido" and the forthcoming "This Is My 

Alaska." Jim Engie of Judd Parker Films 

called on exhibitors in Buffalo. Syracuse 

and Rochester, and joined a group in Buffalo 

for a testimonial dinner to Tony Kolinsky, 

Carroll Management executive. 

Bob Rancatore and Steve Barbett. National 

General bookers, followed each other on 

a week's vacation last month. Steve and 

his wife Theresa spent a week in New York, 

taking in "In Old Calcutta" and "No. No 

Nanette." Theresa did some of her Christmas 

shopping in the Big Town while Steve 

browsed around visiting former associates 

in the business. 

Interstate Theatres' "point" system promotion 

for theatre managers rolls along. 

Ron.ild Bcvagua. Elizabeth. ("almouth. 

wound up with 15 points, due to cutting 

down on overhead costs in the refreshment 

department. Johnny Derderian. Cinema. 

Millord. had a midnight showing of "Night 

of the Living Dead" to give his total ,i 

boost. 

Manager James Dodge of Redstone's Circle. 

Brighton, opened a Christmas Week 

winner with "Star Spangled Girl" . . . Gil 

Atamian. owner of the Pru Cinema and 

Lounge on Bo\lston. still is fussing with 

the Boston Licensing Board over his application 

for a theatre license on the street 

floor at 903 Boylston. Turned down six 

months ago, Atamian again applied for a 

license and met stiff opposition from neighboring 

business estabiishments and residents 

ti the Back Bay area. 

I he l-en\vay, built in 1915. a landmark 

m the .iic.i .ind at one lime one of Sam 

I'manski's American Theatre Corp.'s leading 

theatres, which has been clo.sed for several 

years, has reopened after complete renovation. 

Under the ownership of Joseph 

DeMarco. originally from London, now a 

local resident, the New Fenway opened December 

17 with a rock concert. .Managed 

hy William Eherlinc. the New Fenway will 

present motion pictures, concerts and stage 

productions. A new sound system has been 

installed. 

Providence Will Seek 

State License Board 

l'Kt)\IDlNCL—Cit\ Solicitor Robert 

J. .McOsker has disclosed that he is drafting 

proposed measures to be introduced into 

the 1972 slate legislative session that would 

create a Rhode Island film licensing board 

and would establish uniform statewide 

standards. 

This, he believes, will avoid the present 

situation in which X-rated motion pictures, 

challenged by the Providence Bureau of 

Licenses, are allowed to be shown in adjacent 

communities. 

The local bureau has (>etitioned the State 

Superior Court lo review for probable obscenity 

the siates-righls release. ".Ml .About 

Sex of .Ml Nations." described by Police 

Chief Waller A. McQueeney "a-s the worst 

piece of garbage I have ever seen." 

The AtI Cinema advised the local bureau 

that it would withdraw both the film and 

its application to extend the engagement. 

Chief .McQueeney and Capi. Edward B, 

Aptt. police amusemenis inspector, suggested 

at a Providence press conference 

th.il a full-lime stale licensing board was 

needed to view and rule upon the great 

volume of X-rated motion pictures entering 

Rhode Island. 

1 he two added thai the three-man Providence 

board is a parl-agencv meeting onK 

three days a week and simply does not 

have sufficient time to view all questionable 

motion pictures. 

As for "All About Sex of All Nations, 

it was noted that the license bureau had 

issued a permit without viewing the film. 

It had been showing here for about a 

week before Chief .McQueeney and aides 

iixik a look at the picture and the license 

bureau processed a court petition 

HARTFORD 

Tong-tinie field exploileer Un I A. Hemic 

Youngstein advis.-s that lie has opened 

his own public relations office, Bernard E. 

Youngstein Enterprises, at 2030 S. Ocean 

Drive. Hall.mdale. Fir. 33009. 

.Meade Alcorn's Jerry 

Lewis Cinema. Suffield. 

has been experimenting with a variation 

on the traditional Saturday-Sunday 

matinee tab. The theatre is charging 50 cents 

for palrons under 12. 99 cents for all others. 

.Milt Daly, formerly metropolitan Hartford 

representative for UA Theatres, and 

more recently with Redstone Theatres, has 

been assigned to film hooking responsibilities 

for the Redstone showcases in metropolitan 

New York. He joined the independent 

circuit some time ago as assistant to 

the 

vice-president. 

Ix)u Cohen, retired Locw's Poli manager, 

and his wife. Rose, will become greatgrandparents 

for the first time this winter 

. . . Esquire Theatres of America has started 

using the catchlinc. "Hartford's Entertainment 

Motion Picture Center," for advertising 

of the Paris Cinemas I-II. 

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PRODUCED BY DIRECTED BY SCREENPLAY BY TECHNICOLOR TECHNISCOPE' R 

• 

HARVEY LEVITT -RICHARD CRAWFORD RICHARD CRAWFORD and BARRY LEICHTLING • Released byTWI National. Inc. 

BOSTON, NEW HAVEN 

Mel S«fnor 

Edward Ruff Film Assoc. 

31 St. Jomes Ave. 

(617) 542-2797

. 

. . . The 

WORCESTER 

The avtrage local moMegocr haci an ample 

choice of fare coupled with pronouncedly 

reduced admission, when no less 

than five first runs provided variations on 

the drastically chopped boxoffice tab. The 

Redstone Showcase Ml offered 90 cents 

admissions at their "Econ-o-matinees." from 

opening to 5:45 p.m.. Mondays through 

Fridays E.M. Loew"s Plymouth Cinema advertised 

SI admission from opening to 5 

p.m.. Mondays through Fridays, with thj 

same charge applicable all day Monday, and 

Esquire Theatres' Paris Cinemas I-ll had 

SI charge for member; of its newly formed 

"Film Club"' in effect Sundays through 

Thursdays. 

Ihrcf area drl\i--ins distributed free gifts 

to pair.'iis on a recent weekend. The Oxford 

Twin gave gifts valued at S4 each 

to each car. The Edgemcre under-skyer 

offered free 

A special 

lolli[x>ps. 

pro(;ram oi free holiday motion 

pictures for children was presented at the 

Worcester Art Museum in I 1 a.m. and 1 

p.m. performances on a recent Saturday. 

The 77 minute performance featured "The 

Great loy Robbery." "Hansel and Gretel." 

"Aesop's Fables. "Red and Black." "Walking." 

"William Tell. The Italian " in Al- 

" 

giers" and "Orpheus and Eurydice." Admission 

was on a first-arrived basis. 

RHODE ISLAND 

Jfenl Cini'nia.s' 111 Ihc.arc. Last Greenwich, 

brought back Buena Vista's "The 

Sl.OOO.OOO Duck." charging SI admission 

for a Sunday matinee . . . The SBC Management 

Corp.'s Avon Cinema. Providence, 

played Rhode Island's premiere of New 

Yorker Films' "Millhousc." 

Like jiLsl about every other geographical 

sector ol the country. Rhode Island is providing 

strong boxoff'ce returns for 20th- 

F-ox's "The French Connection" . . . Providence 

visitors: Doug Amos, president, and 

Richard J. Wilson, director of merchandising. 

SGC Management Corp. 

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Theatre 

Service 

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Liberty Induatrlil Park 

Jaraey City. N J 07305 Phona: (201) 434-2318 

Conn. Tax Commissioner 

Cites Sales Tax Measure 

ll\kll.)kl) Si.iic l.i\ I .iniiiiissioner 

F. George Brown has reminded owners oi 

fast-food service outlets, including drive-in 

theatre concession stands, to issue separate 

checks in the case of several carry-oui 

meals under SI each. 

Brown said that when several carr\-ouI 

me.ds are bought at S I each at the same 

time, they are subject to the 6.5 fnrr cent 

sales 

tax. 

Individual meals sold for less than SI 

each are exempt from the tax. The commissioner 

said that he has had trouble 

getting people to understand the tax and 

is having his staff draw up a clarifying 

regulation. 

The State Legislature last spring passed 

a bill making it explicit that carry-out 

meals over SI arc just as subject to the 

sales tax as meals consumed in restaurants. 

"There still seems to be considerable 

confusion, however," he added. "I h.ive 

received hundreds of queries." 

Taxation of several meals sold tor less 

than SI each is based on the wav the total 

price is noted, he commented. 

Thus, if a customer gets separate checks 

of less than S I each, no tax is imposed. 

But if the meals are all added up on 

the same check and the toral tops SI. 

the entire amount is taxable. 

NEW BRITAIN 

The Perakos Palace, now on a skinflick 

policy, has resumed daily showings, 

with 1:30 p.m. matinees and evening performances 

starting at 7. The downtown 

house was shuttered the early part of the 

week prior to recent launching of the new 

policy. 

The Falcon Theatre has discarded use of 

a street marquee. The outside sign has been 

dismantled and the name of the theatre appears 

nv>w o'lcr the lobby entrance. 

LIvio Doftor, drive-in supervisor for the 

Perakos Theatres Associates. New Briiainheadquartercil 

independent circuit, has been 

appointed by Mayor Stanley J. Pac to the 

Maltab.i^sclt District Commission. 

VERMONT 

T"(> nietrupuliian Iturliiigtun showcases 

booked Avco Embassy kiddie shows on 

.1 recent weekend, charging 75 cents admission 

for all seats. SBC Management Corp.'s 

['laza I. South Burlington, screened "Santa 

C'laus Conquers the Martians." and "Jack 

Frost" was shown at the State in Burlington 

Plaza II booked the state premiere 

of Columbia's "Bless the Beasts & Children 

" 

I lu- \\ elden Theatre. St. Albans, brought 

back "Tarzan and the Great River," for 

weekend matinee showings, charging 50 

cents for all patrons. Regular showings of 

"Summer of "42" resumed in the evenine. 

SPRINGFIELD 

aifred K. Walter. .s2. long v.iih Western 

Massaclu'setis Theatres in Greenfield, 

died in Franklin County Public Hospital 

National General Theatres' Fox 

there . . 

featured "21 Days iii Europe," a film-lecture 

program, with David Anderson providing 

"live"" commentary, en a recent 

Wednesday. Performances were at 4 and 

S p.m. .Advance tickets sold lor SI. 50. On 

the day of performance, admission was S2. 

Redstone 'I'heatres' Showcase Cinemas 1- 

II lll-l\ A .id\ertisea a newly instituted 

student liiscouni card. Presentation of the 

card, available tc student-age patrons, saves 

the individual 50 cents on regular admission. 

E.M. I.oeu's Palace. West Springfield, in 

a pitch for student-age patrons, offered a 

50-cent reduction vAlU presentation of college 

idciitification card:> at the boxoffice. 

>ictor Baker's Jen7 Lewis twins, Agawam. 

put a y9-cent admission policy into 

effect Mondays-through-Thursdays during 

the holiday shopping season. 

Eastern States Coliseum. West Springfield, 

will be losing a formidable array of enterlainment 

and sports attractions next year. 

The Springfield Management Co., which 

holds the franchise for "Ice Capades.'" for 

example, has decided to use the Springfield 

Civic Center when the latter S10.3 million 

downtown facility becomes operational in 

mid- 1 972. 

NEW HAVEN 

Tîiii-C .ne 1 II ilroppcu admission for all 

patrons to 99 cents for the repeat 

booking of UA"s "Around the World in 80 

Days."" showing in Cine I . . . The national 

company of "Company."" Broadway musical, 

co-starring George Chakiris and Elaine 

Stritch. played the Maurice Bailey 1.800- 

seat Shuberl for a week at 

S9 top admission. 

The Maurice Bailey Vv'haliey arranged 

with the local Brandeis University alumni 

chapter for sponsorship of an evening's performance 

of "The Touch." Admission was 

S5 . . . The Palace. Watcrbury. booked a 

rock musicshow. featuring J. Geils Band, 

at S6 top admission. 

Franklin E. "Fcrjiie" Ferguson, general 

manager of the Maurice Bailey "W" Theatres, 

was a New York visitor . . Local 

. 

visitors incli:ded John P. Lowe, district manager. 

Redstone Showcase Cinemas. 

Goes to Daily X Policy 

SHFI TON. CONN— I 

he Shelion Fine 

Arts Cinema has adopted a new daily policy 

of screening only adult attractions—cither 

X-rated by the Motion Picture Ass'n of 

America or b\ the distributors. 

"Kidnapped"" was directed by Delberl 

Mann and produced by Frederick Brogger. 

NE-4 BOXOFFICE :: Januarv ^. 1972

! 

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The Girls of 

"FANNY HILL," 




first time! 

•Dagmar' is 55jQ;| 

right now 

(2 Days Rain) 

LOS ANGELES 


MILWAUKEE 


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SAN FRANCISCO 

^sHVeST] f. 


MADISON, WIS. 

ORPHEUM 

jjst iVeek 

imi'i 


MINNEAPOLIS 

Jsf WeSl ii'AIJlU 

ORPHEUM ^ îUl. 


BALTIMORE 

HIPPODROME 

'st IVeek 

starring 


• 

Tommy Blom 

A VERNON P. BECKER PRODUCTION 

• PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY VERNON P. BECKER • WRIHEN BY VERNON P, BECKER and LOUIS M. HEYWARD 


1971 Trans American Filnns 


BRIAN BINGHAM 

Astral Building 

224 Davenport Rd. 

TORONTO 

CLAUDE CHENE 

S800 Monkland Ave. 

MONTREAL 

GORDON GUIRY 

435 Berry Street 

WINNIPEG 

NORMAN SIMPSON 

381 1 Edmonton Trail 

CALGARY 

ABE FEINSTEIN 

2182 W. 12th St. 

VANCOUVER 

DARYL MADILL 

Royal Hotel BIdg. 

Germain & King St. 

ST. JOHN, N.B. 

:l

: 

"» 

—Mon 

The 

' 

— 

January 

Tiddler' Tops Toronto; 

Six Rale 'Very Good' 

lOkUNIU— i rends cn.ingi.-i.i lililc iroiii 

the previous report as once again "Fiddler 

on the Roof" earned top place among the 

big grossers in its third week at the University. 

Carlton— Face-Off I'Phoontxl 3rd \*k G -J 

Coroner Pofi-â, Relotions X-P). Seven 

Consenring Adults C P 2nd wk Very Good 

Downtown— The Velvet Vompire IFDi Good 

Hollywood (North;— Cornol Knowledge 

(20th-Fox), 19th ..• G ,il 

Hollywood {iouth- Bcdknobs ond Broomtticks 

(Emp;, 2nd wk very Good 

Hylond—Sunday, Bloody Sunday (UA), 7th wk. Good 

Imperiol—The French Connection l20th-Fox), 

4th wk Very Good 

International Cinemo—One Doy in the Life of 

Ivan Deniiovieh :IFD> 6th wk Very Good 

Townc Cinema— Summer of '42 (WB), 

3l»t wk Very Good 

University— Fiddler on the Roof (UA), 

3rd wk Excellent 

Uptown I in the Wildcrnesf (WB) t-Q,r 

Uptown 2—200 Motels UA,. 3rd wk Good 

Uptown 3— Billy Jack WB;. 20th wk Very Good 

Uptown BocksiQTc —Joe Hill (Paro), 3rd wk. I . .Gocd 

Yonge— Going Home .MGM) Fair 

York 2— The Go-Betwcen (Col), 16th wk Good 

Heavy Snowstorms in Vancouver 

Cause Drive-Ins to Close 

V.ANCOUVtR—Snowstorms on alternate 

days during the week not only had an 

adverse effect on downtown theatres and 

stores, but also led to a complete shutdown 

of all drive-ins on the lower mainlandsomething 

unprecedented for December 

The only attraction showing any real 

strength was "The French Connection," repiirted 

"good" in its fifth frame at the 

Capitol. 

Copitol—The French Connection {20th-Fox), 

5th wk Good 

Cinema 2, Fine Arts—Summer of '42 (WB), 

24th wk Foir 

C i' n.'t I'm Going to Get You, EllioH Boy 

Eugenic ind 2nd wk Poor 

In ; 

D.~n- v>n Billy Jock WB). I 7th wk Fair 

Odcon- The Go-Befwccn (Col), 8th wk Far 

Orpheum—Come Bock, Pcfor (Ind), Naked and 

Free (Ind foir 

Park — Sundoy. Bloody Sundoy UA), 7th wk Fa.r 

Park Royal- Wild Spkndor ,nd), 2nd wk Fair 

Stanle/— Dcspcrotc Choroctcrs (Para) Foir 

Strand— Night of Dork Shadows (MGM) Fair 

Studio— Thrccvome Ind At>ove Average 

Varsity— Dirty Harry ,WB/ Poor 

Vogue— 200 Mofcl» i,UA), 3rd wk Far 

Holdovers Outdraw Newcomers 

In Winnipeg Theatres 

UlNNII'lCi—Cirosses were down sharply, 

which is a normal situation for this time 

of year. Only the holdovers— "Skin Game." 

"Billy Jack." "The Hellstrom Chronicle." 

"Kolch" and "Summer of '42" — attracted 

any business, and then they only generated 

above-aver.ige ratings. 

. . 

CapilQl-Skin Gome :WB1, 6lh wk Good 

Downtown The Dork Side 

Everybody 

of Tomorrow 

Knows 

A-G), 

Her 

Shome, Shame . 

Nome AG ... Poor 

Coiety— Billy Jock ,WBl, 7th wk Good 

. Fair 

Average 

. , 

I 

Garden Cirv, Gront Pork — T.R. Boikin (Para) 

Garr.ck I— The Orgonizofion UA 4th wk . 

Garrick II— Focc-Off Ph -" > 4th wk. 

Metropolitan The Todd Killings NGP) 

Avcrogc 

Averogc 

North Stor Hcllsfrom Chronlcl* (A-W). 

4th wl Good 

- SGREENS«>«a«| 

IMMIDIATI 

DILIVIRY 

50c SOUARC FOOT tlS 

tmvm «ITII MOMCT MIES tM EHIN 

:««M^3r>fKBCNESC-'18K»?!}NtdiaDî»Mj 

North Star M- Kofch =D S'h wk Good 

cde.n— Bless the Beasts & Children .Col) Poor 

Polo Park— Summer of '42 ,WB), 25th wk Good 

W.n:Jsor— Flesh ond Lace ,A-G;; Ingo (A-G) Fair 

"Fiddler on The Roof 'Excellent' 

Opening Week in Montreal 

.MONTRb.M. — Boxoffice receipts remained 

only moderate in the week under 

review, due to too much competition from 

holiday activities. However, at the Cinema 

Place du Canada, the initial showings of 

"Fiddler on the Roof" drew considerable 

patronage and "excellent" grosses. The production 

also attracted good press notices 

Aiouette— Le Ciel Est Bleu Ind! Good 

Atwater Cinema I The French Connection 

(20th-Fox), 6th wk Foir 

AtwQter Cinema It 

— .Corry On Agoin, Doctor 

lAstrol), 12th wk . . Fair 

Capitol—Adios, Sobofo :UA: Good 

Cinemo Place du Conodo— Fiddler on the Roof 

(UA) 

Ev;cllenl 

Cinema Ploce Ville Mane— One Day in the Life 

of Ivon Denisovieh (IFD). 3rd wk Foir 

Cinema V/c..tmount Square—Believe in Me 

(MGM) 

Good 

Imperial— Lo Moison Sous Ics Arbres (Ind), 

lOth wk Foir 

Loews—Ceflow «/gm Good 

Poloce— Ttic Stewardesses AÎrol), 4th wk Fair 

Parisicn L'Hommc Orchesfre :lnd), 4th wk Fair 

Seville— Fuur Times Thof Night (Ind), 3rd wk. . . Fair 

Snowdon— How Is Your Love Life? (Ind) Good 

Vendome— Troffic ind Srh wk Fair 

Westmount— Desperote Chorocten (Para), 

3rd wk Fair 

York—The Touch (IFD), 4th wk Foir 

Major Moves Unveiled 

By Bellevue Palhe 

VANCOUVFR — Harold Greenberg, 

president of Bellevue Palhe of Canada, 

made some ver\ important announcements 

about the Canadian company (and the 

Vancouver branch in particular) at a cocktail 

parly and business meeting held in the 

Vancouver Hilton Hotel. Cireenberg disclosed 

the following: 

Fred Dobbs is now vice-president and 

general manager and will he based at the 

Vancouver branch located at 916 Davie St. 

Wally Hamilton will be the local consultant 

on all phases of operation. 

Over S.'ÔO.OOO will be spent on expansion 

of the Eastman Kodak sound recording 

lab at the branch during the next two 

years. This exp.insion will bring the West 

Coast plant to a point of efficiency v\hich 

will equal lab facilities available anywhere 

in Canada. In this expansion, a .' conferred with the minister of eduv.,iiion 

and the director of communications 

lor the Alberta government, which has 

•igreed to give the new system .i Iryout. 

\lso in the works is a chain-store tie-up 

lul one involving a naiion.il hotel chain 

'T 

cassettes. 

TORONTO 

phc productiun at feature films for theatrical 

distribution is being considered by 

the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. The network, 

in disclosing the plans, said the key to 

such a project would be export sales. However, 

the final set-up will not be decided for 

some time. 

( huulu Jutm's "Mon Oncle .^ntoine" 

continues to do well at Cinecity here, as well 

as in Montreal, where it is plaving without 

subtitles. A New York opening this month 

remains a strong possibilitv. In the meantime, 

Martin Knelman reported in the 

Globe and Mail that freelance journalist 

Joan Fox is making great efforts to win an 

Oscar nomination for the film. 

Vurietj iiolcii: A special nominalion 

luncheon meeting was called by the Variety 

Club of Ontario at the Park Plaza Hotel 

here, with singer Tony Bennett as a head 

Variet\ \'illage students 

table guest . . . 

presented their annual Christmas pla\. "The 

Farce of the Worthy .Master Pierre Patelin." 

at the school . . . RCA is thanked for 

holding its press party for Richard Harris 

in the Variety clubrooms. Also, thanks go 

to Scott Richards. Ed Preston and barker 

\l Dubin for making this partv possible . . . 

\ ariety Village benefited from Big Julie's 

pool table, as well as from art display sales 

. . . Best wishes 

at Famous Players theatres 

are exineded to Martin .ind Jan Stern, who 

were married recentlv. 

Chief barker Sam Shopsowitz was in the 

news with the reported sale of his 50-yearold 

family business. However, it is expected 

that "Shopsy" will continue to have a hand 

in its management. The original store on 

Spading .Avenue continues to he a favorite 

meeting place for show people. 

Ciirrenlly in production are iwo feature 

films which are being linanced b> the Canadian 

E'ilm Development Corp. These arc 

"Les Colombes" (The Doves), starring Jean 

Duceppe of "Mon Oncle Antoine." and 

"Mahoney's Estate." with Alexia Kanner. 

which is nearing completion at Kleinburg 

with Harvey Hart as director. The CI DC 

awaits approval of another SIO.OOO.OOO federal 

grant before being able lo assist .mother 

dozen or so feature-lilni projects now under 

consideration. 

\\ ilh Ihi' new >car now under wa\. a rcc.ip 

ol 1''71 local news highlights might be 

of interest. Quickly there comes lo mind 

the one-day N.AC convention during the 

spring: the WOMPI International convention 

at the Royal York Hotel: the International 

Heart ,'\ward coming lo the Variety 

Club of Ontario for its efforts in developing 

electronically ofverated limbs for severely 

dis.ibled children; the opening of Twinex's 

new twin-cinema operation in the Skyline 

Hotel: the winning of eight Etrogs by "Mon 

Oncle Antoine" at the annual Canadian 

I'ilm .Awards presentation dinner, and the 

de.ith of executives Jerry Solway and Wanie 

Tyers, All in all, the 12 months were eventful 

and challenging. 

K-2 BOXOFFICE 

: 

3. 1972

LOVE 

CAN 

HAPPEN 

WHEN 

YOU'RE 

FREE! 




CAPTAIN MIUCSHAKE 

TECHNICOLOR TECHNISCOPE E_ 

DIRECTED B-. 

• 

HARVEY LEVITT RICHARD CRAWFORD RICHARD CRAWFORD and BARRY LEICHTLING 

• Released by TWI National, Inc.

. 

VANCOUVER 

'sT:::,1':'JIZT''' Montreal 

Johnny Bernard, manager ol the Odcoii, has 

two very personable potential management 

men assisting him. Dennis Balanger 

and Doug Reid. 

Mrs. .Mar;;arcl Davie, at liberty after Columbia 

cut the local staff, has gone to work 

for Vi Hosford at West Coast Booking 

Service. 

Two local entertainment personalities 

have just hit the big time. Pat Gage, Scottish-born 

star of many Playhouse productions 

here, star of several locailv produced 

movies and frequent CBUT pcrlormer. has 

just signed a contract with producer David 

Merrick and has left for Stratlord. Oni.. to 

begin rehearsals on the Feydeau farce, 

There's One in Every Marriage." She will 

be repeating the role she performed at the 

Stratford Festival this summer . . . Roma 

Hearn, who started her local career playing 

the lead in The Mikado" lor the Canadian 

Picture Pioneers at the old Georgia .Auditorium 

and has been a regular on the TV 

and nightclub scene ever since, plus leads in 

•Oliver!" in Winnipeg, as well as other Canadian-produced 

shows, has landed the singing 

lead in an off-Broadway musical. 

Continuing the success of nearly all outdoor-onenled 

• 

films to play British Columbia 

was "The Ra Fxpedition." Following a 

.saturation radio and IV campaign, with 

much ol the TV exposure on prime time, the 

picture played to excellent business in the 

Odeon Dolphin, Fraser. Totem. North Vancouver, 

Odeon. New Westminster and independent 

Hollywood Vancouver and was held 

lor a second week, 

Itill.x .latk." in its run at Famous Player's 

IXuvniown, enuilated its "cornbelt" perlormance 

south ol the border. Opening to 

only moderately good business, it mainlained 

a steady price thereafter. This either 

proves that British Columbia is still from 

hicksville or. as suspected, the citv slickers 

in New York and I.os Angeles can't see the 

country for the h,gh-ri.ses blocking their 

view. 

More than l(l(t people gathered in the 

British Room at the Hotel Vancouver as 

guests of Bellevue Pathe Films. Among them 

were veterans Wally Hamilton, I.ou Parr>. 

Ernie Kerr. Bob Fortune. Ivan Ackery. Art 

Jones. Jack McCallum and family. Jack 

CietIle^. Bill and Marg Roozebum. plus newcomers 

.Sylvia Spring. Ray Johnson and Janus 

R. Moden. who are going into production 

here next sprini;, .uul oUhts 

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INDUSTRY'S 

"OWN" 

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'll®E! 

^'v IN\ll'l:C_i ^_ninjn.il charges under 

Canada's Federal Criminal Code have been 

laid against Famous Players, Ltd., and its 

downtown 1,800-scat Metropolitan after 

seizure of 'The Stewardeses." The film, released 

in Canada by Astral Communications 

of Toronto, was in the middle of the fourth 

week ol a record-breaking run. 

The seizure of the 

prim was preceded by 

similar action in Saskatoon. .Sask., and followed 

voluntar>' withdrawal of the film from 

circulation in Famous Players' houses in 

Victoria and Vancouver, B.C. 

The theatre circuit pleaded 

"not guilty" to 

the charges of "exposing the public to obscene 

matter" and "having possession of 

obscene matter for public viewing." The 

proceedings were remanded to a future unues.gnaied 

date for trial. 

The action by police morality officers 

followed three and a half weeks of excellent 

grosses, including a record opening week. 

Although the print was approved by the 

Manitoba Censor Board, police said they 

viewed the film and decided to prosecute 

alter receiving numerous complaints from 

local residents, primarily to the effect that 

the film's sex scenes were too explicit. 

The board put a "restricted" (to 18 and 

over) label on the print and unolficial reports 

claim that six minutes of "offensive 

sex" were cut before the film was approved 

lor showing. Additionally, the theatre displayed, 

both at the bo.xoffice and in the 

lobby, large posters indicating that the 

iilm may be ollensivc to some." 

"The Stewardes.ses" was passed in British 

Columbia, designated lor "adults only" and 

with "completely concerned with sex" warnings 

required in newspaper advertisements. 

I he provincial government concurrently 

announced plans to 

review the status of film 

censorship. The censor board's main func 

tion has been to classify prints and colleci 

lees on the basis of the number of reels with 

the film. 

year, 

The board came under stud\ earlier this 

by way of public hearings, and the report 

resulting favored the total abolition of 

movie censorship. Government departments 

in charge of the subject have said they lavor 

"self-censorship" by film distributors and 

theatre owners. 

local theatre officials remain baflled by 

the dilemma lacing them. The prosecution 

establi.shes a precedent and, in particular, 

opens exhibitors to criminal prosecution by 

one government department after obtaining 

approval and paying a lee for the approva'l 

to exhibit films Irom another department ol 

the same government. 

In addition, the theatres pay amusement 

lax tj a third government body, based on 

ticket sales, which in the case of The 

Stewardesses." is estimated at some $5,000 

during the abortive four-week booking. 

Ihonias E. Cooke & Co. is offering a 

visit to 'Tsarist Russia." as depicted in 

"Nicholas and Alexandra." 

]ôn Oncle Anioine." the National Film 

Board feature which swept the Canadian 

Film Awards by winning in eight 

categories, opened in 1 1 Canadian centers 

on Christmas Eve. The film, which has 

prosed an enormous boxoffice success in 

.Montreal's St. Denis Theatre, opened December 

24 in French in Quebec City, Trois- 

Rivieres, Sherbrooke, Hull, St. Hyacinthe, 

Victoriaville and Rouyn. and with English 

subtitles in Vancouver. Calgary. Edmonton 

and Ottawa. Directed by Claude Jutra and 

starring Montreal's Jean Duceppe. Olivette 

Thibauli and Jacques Gagnon. "Mon Oncle 

Antoine"" tells the story of a young bov's life 

in a small Quebec village. 

Ka\niond Kohauer introduced the W.C. 

Fields program of short films December 19 

at 

the Conservatory of Cinematographic .Art 

of Sir George Williams University here. 

Pierre David, executive director of Productions 

Mutuelles here, announced that 

French star Francoise Hardy will participate 

in the shooting in Montreal in the Iilm made 

b> Jean Claude Lord and produced b\ Productions 

Mutuelles. the S.D.ll.C.C. Famous 

Players and Ics Films Jean-Claude Lord. 

Ihere are now iwn ino\ii-s being planned 

about .Montreal's (inlamous) October 1V70 

crisis which resulted in the abduction of two 

high officials and the murder of Quebec's 

Minister of Transport, the late Pierre Laporte. 

Laurier LaPierre and Patrick Watson 

announced plans some time ago to make a 

film about the political affair, with Genevieve 

Bujold in a major role. Brian Moore is 

writing a screenpla> from his book. "The 

Revolution .Scrip." for Potterton Productions 

with Donald Brittain as producer-director. 

Rename Montreal Midway; 

To Be Adult Film House 

MOM REAL—The Midway Theatre at 

Si. Lawrence and St. Catherine, for generations 

a landmark for action-hungry moviegoers, 

is no more. But it is not disappearing 

for all that. It will still be a movie house, 

but the action will be different. Its new 

name will be the Eve and the titles of its 

first program. "Love Camp 7" and "Nine 

Ages of Nakedness." give an idea of what 

lo ex|x.-et. 

Lor years the Midway and its neighbor, 

ihe Crystal Palace, offered three actionpacked 

features for a very low admission. 

Built aroimd the century's turn, the theatres 

drew heavily on the many nationalities represented 

in the imniigrant-p(.ipulated area. 

The advent of tele\ision in the '."iOs. and 

the City of Montreal's clearance slum plans, 

which cleared the area of many poor immigrants, 

badly affected the movie houses in 

the area. However, the marquee panels outside 

the Midwa\ and Crystal Palace showed 

little declines themselves. The Crvstal gives 

evcr>' indication of maintaining this tradition. 

The Eve. completely refurbished inside 

and out. will open early this month. 

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THE GUIDE TOi BETTER BOOKING AND B U S I N E S S - B U I L D I N G 

PROMOTION IS MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITY 

Image Can Be Built Best by Local Personnel Who Know the Market 

By ALLEN M. WIDEM 

Has the time-honored industry predilection 

for persuasive promotion lagged in recent 

years to the 

•nS|ISfe. point-of-no-retum o r 

^^m|^S4a*i jj there, hopefully, a 

^Hr. renewed vigor, vitali- 

^-« m ty, if you will, impiyf-^ 

,1^^ ^^ ing a grassroots cam- 

*^ 

' 

,^^ paigning to give the 

very idea of moviegoing 

an aura, a glamor 

that's been all too 

sadly absent for far 

too long? 

Allen M. Widem 

The obituary pages 

the other day carried a brief note out of 

London about the passing of a real estate 

agent named Roy Brooks. 

His name won't mean much to the general 

public on this side of the Atlantic, understandably, 

but on our occasional treks 

to Europe, courtesy of UA, 20th-Fox, et 

al. we'd heard and marveled at the very 

simplicity of the Brooks touch, a persuasive 

touch, geared, generated for sales and more 

sales. And if what he did in England doesn't 

have application to selling the motion picture 

just about anywhere, then we've got 

to go back to our school books for more 

analysis. 

Ads Attracted a Following 

Brooks attracted an enormous following 

in England—well beyond the house-buying 

public—with his weekly advertising layouts 

in the real estate sections of the Sunday 

newspapers, by tradition known as "national," 

i.e., country-wide rather than confined 

to metropolitan London. 

At one time, we recall, he used the words. 

"Backside of Buckingham Palace," to describe 

the location of a house for sale in the 

vicinity of Her Majesty's abode. He got an 

avalanche of response. 

Brooks got the attention of fellow real 

estate people in Great Britain with such 

gimmickry as "Don't expect too much and 

you won't be disappointed. Back bedroom 

suitable only for dwarf." 

He had such "lines" as "Glum Attic Flat 

for Midgets," and "Titled Tory Tycoon's 

Tiny Town House." 

Brooks was only 55 at his death. Yet he 

leaves a legacy of real estate promotion 

hard to come by. be it in his native land or 

in the overseas markets. 

He was a part-time journalist, broadcaster 

and author. He got into real estate in 1934 

with his dad. 

He was the kind of salesman who would 

often greet his customers from the front 

seat of a Bentley and serve sherry from a 

table under the dashboard. 

"The office is so cramped." he would 

explain. 

Understand Your Market 

Taking the Brooks idea, imagery, impact 

into the highly competitive atmosphere of 

motion picture selling doesn't necessitate 

the burning of the midnight oil. It means, 

most assuredly, a greater cognizance, a 

deeper understanding, if you will, of a 

theatre's given audience, or market, as the 

sales promotion people would have you say. 

Selling, in essence, is paying attention to 

detail. Detail, in turn, leads to response. 

Advertising is one thing, in-house courtesy 

and accommodation another. But all 

interlock, 

all contribute to the escalation of 

boxoffice grosses. 

Loews Modus Operandi 

We got into conversation some weeks ago 

with Ted Arnow, national publicity-promotion 

director for the fast-stepping Loews 

Theatres. Ted's a young "Old Pro." He's 

been around the business long enough to 

realize that creating an image doesn't happen 

overnight. Under now-retired Ernie 

Emerling's tutelage, Ted developed a modus 

operandi of spurring in-the-field managerial 

capabilities to profitable, productive patterns. 

Ted was talking about courtesy. "A company," 

he mused, "is known by the people 

it keeps. At Loews, we'd like to think that 

the people who are part of the organization 

throughout the country represent us properly. 

"We remind the managerial ranks that 

uniform 

cashiers and doormen should be in 

at all times and a name tag should be in 

evidence. 

"Cashiers, doormen and ushers should be 

advised, we remind the managers, to handle 

only questions concerning scheduling, picture 

titles and cast, with all other matters 

being referred to the manager or assistant. 

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"Every complaint.' we say. 'and we all try 

to have as few as possible, deserves an answer 

by the manager.' " 

Initiative Is the Answer 

Now, if you happen to be a regular peruser 

of the Boxoffice Showmandiser section, 

you'll quickly concede that the men 

and women of "Loews Theatres Everywhere" 

are constant participants in selling 

the motion picture—the attraction and the 

theatre. And if you read the stunts, the promotions, 

in detail, you'll agree that what's 

been done isn't really all that complicated 

or complex. But it does take initiative—initiative 

of a kind that demands personal discipline 

to get something done. 

Ted told us of an attention-getting campaign 

for Buena Vista's 1940 reissue, "Pinocchio," 

in St. Petersburg, Fla., Dick 

Leonard staging two "live" 20-minute shows 

by Walt Disney characters in a shopping 

center, courtesy of the newly opened Disney 

World, Orlando. 

The shopping center picked up the tab 

for a full-page ad in two dailies to promote 

the "live" appearances. A coloring contest 

in association with a whopping total of 30 

recreation centers was arranged. Tie-ups 

with a beverage outfit and a TV station, art 

breaks in the media followed. All this, mind 

you, for a 31 -year-old animated cartoon! 

In Nashville, Pete Peterson came up with 

a six-column feature story, no less, on UA's 

"Doc." In Boston, George Mitsmenn planted 

sizable art on Columbia's "The Love Machine." 

In Tulsa, Joe Mossbacher got feature 

story breaks in college campus publications 

for WB's "The Devils." 

In Norfolk. Milton Kaufman, playing 

Columbia's "The Anderson Tapes." arranged 

with the nearest office of Burns International 

Security Services. Inc., to duplicate 

the display that had been used for 

the New York booking. 

The latest electronic tracking devices were 

displayed in Loews lobby for the first three 

days of the engagement. Burns also provided 

a guard to explain how the equipment 

worked to interested patrons. 

The nearest office of Burns, incidentally, 

is 100 miles away in Richmond! 

Over in New Jersey, John Garczynski de- 

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Personal Appearances by Costumed 

Usher Publicize 

For the engagement of 'S 1,000,000 

Duck" at the Downtown Theatre in Mobile. 

Ala., W.E. Williams, advertising manager 

for Giddens & Rester Theatres, set up the 

following stunts which received a lot of 

local attention and helped to make the engagement 

a success. 

A duck costume was made up locally, 

.ind usher Wesley Post wore it on visits to 

the downtown area while he handed out 

little chocolate eggs wrapped in gold foil. 

During his visits around town he appeared 

with Leroy Jordan, Dallas Cowboys football 

player. At one of his appnrarances with 

Jordan. Post carried a live duck which was 

a lookalike for the one in the movie. After 

his appearance, the duck was kept in a cage 

in front of the theatre. Inside the cage with 

the duck was a huge egg-shaped watermelon 

which had been painted gold. Signs placed 

on the cage read "Have you seen '$1,000,- 

000 Duck'?" The display attracted a lot of 

attention from both pedestrians and drivers 

passing by the the.itre. 

The costumed usher appeared on Dot 

Moore's .Ô-minute noontime show on 

W.M.A television (the local NBC affiliate) 

as a further promotion for the film. 

Williams reports that the entire promo- 

$1000,000 Duck 

Ushcr \\\\lc\ Post, wfiiiii .tick 

cuxliiiiw. post's with joolbdil player 

Lcroy Jordan during one of the promotional 

stops for "SI.000.000 Duck." 

tion was great fun and was of interest to 

ever\'one who viewed the movie. 

Advance Publicity 

For Kids' Malinee 

Promotions for special children's matinees 

siill pay off well. Pal Saunders, 

manager of the Capitol Theatre in Woodslock, 

N.B.. Canada, proved this recently 

by planning a "Pufnsluf" matinee a month 

in advance. With a small budget, the plan 

was lo use the theatre front, lobby and 

public address system to best advantage, 

as well as a tour lo the schools in the 

area. 

.Advance publicity was gained by painting 

characters from the film on the front theatre 

doors, and by announcements made 

at matinees beforehand. It was also announced 

that a popular folk singer would 

.ippear in person at ihe malinee, and that 

the clown "Wiichief)oo" would visit various 

schools. .A simple contest was announced 

over the local radio station, with ten single 

tickets as prizes. 

The results from this effort were great 

attendance at the matinee, good business at 

the candy bar, and compliments from many 

parents. 

lers 

has 

Local Promotion 

(Continued from preceding page) 

veloped an enormous amount of press space 

for WB's "McCabc and Mrs. Miller." In 

Rochester, N.Y., Frank l.indkamp reported 

a four-column feature layout for Columbia's 

"The love Machine. 

Bally Becomes Second Nature 

Quietly, but effectively, the Loews combine 

has pitched motion pictures and motion 

picture theatres over the years to the point 

where promotion comes second nature to 

the manageri.d-ranks-in-the-field. Ihere is 

no discernible division manager prodding, 

nor is there constant badgering from New 

>'ork "to get something done!" 

Rather, there's a built-in, locked-in mental 

thinking process on the part of "Loews 

Theatres liverywhere" that says, in effect, 

if a motion picture is worth booking, it is 

indeed worth promoting. 

As we trek across the countryside, talking 

with circuit and independent executives, 

we hear plaints of inadequate promotion 

service on the part of distribution. Not 

enough time to gel enough done, is the argument, 

voluble, lasting. 

Give an Hour Fjjch Day 

Yet, by giving promotion a mere hour's 

ittention seven or six or even five days a 

week, a theatre manager can certainly gel 

.1 heap done: newspaper office visits, broadc.iNting 

outlet visits, phone ciMit.icls .uid the 

like. 

Merely sitting hack and sa>ing that nothing 

can be done to make a theatre's losing 

p(.isition turn to profitability is defeatism 

of the worst kind. The industry founders 

could have called it quits at the start when 

response was negligible. 

But the industry's pioneers were pacesetters— 

pace-setters with vision, belief in 

their wares, so to speak—and they made it 

their business to have the motion picture 

become an element of key import in the 

American entertainment field. 

"Building" an image is the responsibility 

of local-level exhibition. Perhaps more today 

than ever before. .An exhibitor should not 

expect distribution, with all of its on-going 

heartache and headache, to fill the obvious 

gap of public rapport. Nobody, certainly, 

knows a local situation belter than a local 

manager, and nobody, certainly, can make 

the local situation more aware of the essence 

of screen entertainment than a manager sitting 

at his desk on NLiin Street. 

Lethargy is for the man without hope, 

without belief. And showmanship, by its 

very ingredients, can make just about any 

theatre profitable anew and keep it profitable. 

Every situation, most emphatically, is 

different. A promotional pilch is only as 

good as the man handling it. But promotion 

has been and always will be the life-blood 

of motion picture exhibition. 

Push your business! Push your industry! 

Now—not tomorrow or next week!! 

At the .suggestion of Robert Frahm, 

division manager for United Artists 

Theatres in Wisconsin, n]anagcr Leo 

Schiicssler of the Orpheum Theatre in 

Oshkosh. was able lo locale a yoitng 

man with ambitions of becoming a professional 

clown. With a little investigating 

on his own. Leo found his man. a 

teener, and is giving him .some job experience 

to help promote a .series of 

children's shows. Although no date has 

been definitely set as yet (or at least 

announced) for the special kiddie 

shows to be held as Saturday and Sunday 

matinees, the sandwich-bearing 

clown has been parading up and down 

Main Street, in .shopping centers, city 

parks, and almost everywhere. 

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'i^Mfd/KMd êûtnt 

Major and independent film companies 

slated production starts on 20 new features 

for January 1972, a considerable increase 

over both the 15 slated in the previous 

month and the 16 started in January a year 

ago. Three of the newly started pictures 

are scheduled for release by United Artists, 

and two of the starts will be made by 20th 

Century-Fox. 

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL 

Waldo. James Clark will direct this AIP- 

CoBurt Corp. feature about the strange 

experiences of a man who undergoes total 

bodily transformations. The script is based 

on the work of Max Ehrlich and Gerald 

Schnitzer. Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. 

Nicholson are executive producers, while 

Stephan W. Jahn and Louis M. "Deke" 

Heyward are producers. Clark was creative 

consultant on "Midnight Cowboy" and recently 

directed the British feature, "Every 

Home Should Have One." 

CROWN INTERNATIONAL 

Stanley. At the Ivan Tors Studio in 

south Miami, executive producer John Burrows 

signed Chris Robinson and Alex 

Rocco to head the cast. Rocco is the star 

of the present Crown release, "The Wild 

Riders," also a Burrows production. Also 

starring in "Stanley" are recording artist 

Steve Alaimo and Susan Carroll. William 

Graefe directs. 

DISNEY PRODUCTIONS 

Chateau Bon Vivant. Dean Jones plays 

a former junior executive from Manhattan 

who tries to convert an old Colorado hotel 

into a ski lodge. To be filmed in Technicolor, 

the script was written by Don Tait, 

based on a book by Frankie and John 

O'Rear. Ron Miller is executive producer, 

with Norman Tokar directing. This will 

mark Dean Jones' eighth film role for Disney. 

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER 

Rabbits. A. C. Lyles moves over to the 

MOM lot with his first production based 

on a science-fiction suspense drama from 

the typewriter of Hal Dresner and Gene 

Kearney. William Claxton, veteran director 

of westerns for television and of many 

religious films, will direct the drama, which 

is based on a book by Russell Bradden. 

PARAMOUNT 

Ihe Assassination of Christ. Franco 

Ziffirelli continues his quest for religious 

subjects with this Italo-British co-production 

for Verona Produzione of 

Rome and Sagittarius, 

Ltd., London, set for Paramount release 

in the U.S. and Canada. The story 

covers five years of Jesus' life, with filming 

set for the actual locales in Israel. 

20TH CENTURY-FOX 

The Poseidon Adventure. Going to 

the 

sea for its subject matter, this Irwin .Allen 

feature will be directed by Ronald Neame. 

.Stirling Silliphant will script the picture. 

By SYD CASSYD 

ba.sed on the Paul Gallico novel about the 

trials of a luxury liner turned upside down 

by a tidal wave. Sid Marshall is associate 

producer, with Ernest Borgnine and Red 

Buttons in two of the 12 key roles. 

Tender Loving Care. Lee Marvin heads 

the cast in this adaptation by David Karp 

of his own novel. Martin Ritt directs for 

the Hal Landers-Bobby Roberts production, 

with David M. Walsh as director of photography. 

UNITED ARTISTS 

Magnificent Seven Rides Again. The 

Mirisch Bros, are digging for more pay 

dirt with another "Magnificent Seven" 

.sequel. This time Lee Van Cleef heads the 

cast, with William Caliban directing and 

George McGowan producing. 

Man of La Mancha. This famed stage 

play about Spanish adventurer-idealist Don 

Quixote will be translated to film by producer-director 

Arthur Hiller in Italy. The 

romantic epic will topline Peter O'Toole, 

.Sophia Loren, James Coco and Julie Gregg. 

In Technicolor, the film is a Jack Rollins- 

Charles H. Joffe production. 

Everything You Want to Know About 

Se.x— But Were Afraid to Ask. This 

Woody Allen film, to be directed by the 

star, is a comedy and will be filmed here. 

Jack Brodsky is executive producer, Charles 

Joffe is producer and Jack Grossberg is 

associate 

producer. 

INDEPENDENTS 

Cinema Arts Productions 

The Harrad Experiment. A best-seller 

on college campuses, this study of a private 

school where students enjoy complete freedom 

in an experimental mode will be directed 

by Ted Post. The Robert Rimmer 

book will be filmed from a script by Michael 

Wermer. Andrew Bonime will produce 

with Dennis Stevens, former Washington 

theatre operator, as executive producer. 

The film will be made in the Los 

Angeles area and in San Francisco. Casting 

look place on 25 campuses around the 

country. 

Corona Films 

Night in tple City. Robert Dorfman, 

producer, will make this Parisian story in 

France with Jean Pierre Melville directing 

and Richard Crenna and Alain Delon starring. 

Crenna portrays a master criminal 

who tries to hijack several million dollars 

worth of narcotics from a train bound for 

Paris. Delon is a police inspector trying to 

halt the project. 

Dimension Pictures 

Sweet Sugar. The first of a series of 

three films to be made by this company 

this year, this will be shot on location in 

Central .America on a sugar plantation as 

an exploitation drama. Michael Levesque, 

who directed "Werewolves on Wheels," 

will direct from Don Spencer's final script, 

while Charles S. Swartz will produce. 

Genini 

The Gourmets. T. V. Mikels will direct 

this blood-curdler as a sequel to his "Corpse 

Grinders." The horror-shocker has its 

heroes enjoying the delicacy of other 

humans' flesh. 

Golden Union Pictures, 

Ltd. 

No Deposit—No Return. Melinda 

Marx, daughter of Groucho, stars with 

Dianne Berghoff in this film directed by 

Peter Jensen, fresh out of UCLA cinema 

school where his successful handling of a 

short subject induced producers Joseph 

Waterman and Mack Gilbert to hire him. 

The original script by Elmer Kline will be 

shot in color in Venice, Calif. The story 

concerns a young girl who leaves home 

and seeks a change in her life style in the 

hippie beach settlement. 

Samuel Goldwyn jr. 

Come Back, Charleston Blue. A sequel 

to the successful "Cotton Comes to Harlem," 

Godfrey Cambridge will repeat his 

role as detective Gravedigger Jones. New 

Vork locations again will be used. 

Gross National Product 

The Artist. This television outfit is producing 

one of three theatrical films set for 

this year, a psycho drama from an original 

by Stanley Adams, who also co-stars and 

co-produces with Paul Hunt. Hunt also 

directs and other star roles will be held by 

Kcenan Wynn, Kyle Johnson, Mike Green, 

Louis Nye, Susan Hunt, Connie Nelson and 

Hilda Wynn. The other titles set for this 

year are "Dirty Old Man" and "Dead Giveaway." 

Naar Productions 

Blacula. Joseph T. Naar has chosen an 

unusual title for his production of an allblack 

modern-day version of the horror 

story, "Dracula." Written by Joan Torres 

and Raymond Koenig, athlete Rafer Johnson 

will act as associate producer. The 

cast and production crew are all black. 

Prenti.ss Productions 

Crash—A Dog. Ba.sed on a story by 

Chris Prentiss, who will produce and direct 

this color film on location in the Florida 

Everglades, this concerns a massive 100- 

pound black shepherd-Labrador retriever 

After an unfortunate incident, where the 

young boy owner of the dog is told that 

the animal has injured a young girl and 

that police are coming for him, the dog 

is turned loose in the glades where he is 

found by a huge 6-foot, 8-inch, 315-pound 

man. Trying to locate the owner, the man 

leaves the secluded Florida area and an 

escape chase covers the entire nation. 

Frank Links plays the adult and Todd 

Christiansen the boy. Frank Stanley lenses 

the 

picture. 

The Trippers, West Production 

Fly. River. Fly. Johnny Baron is the 

writer, director, producer, with Daniel Gary 

as associate on this film. The cast includes 

Laurel Welcome, Bud Mathis, Adele Belroth 

and Neil Perlman, who also will be 

the production manager. Filmed on local 

locations, the picture is about the younger 

generation. 

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parent or odult guardian; X— Persons under 16 not admitted. Notionol Catholic Office for Motion Pictures 

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Surrealistic Western in Spanish, 

EI Topo 

with English Titles O 

.\BKCO Films 123 Minutes Rel. Nov. '71 

Tlie history of the Mexicaii-iiiado "El Topo" iThe 

I 

Mole is as curious as the film itself. It had a 

special invitational showing at the Museum of 

Modern Art last year, then was acquired by Douglas 

Communications Corp. New York's Elgin Theatre, 

a revival house, enjoyed a six-month run of midnight-only 

performances of the film, which was 

al.so shown out of competition at this year's Cannes 

Film Festival. Then Allen Klein, manager of The 

Beatles, bought distribution rights for his new film 

company and "El Topo" opened at a first-run 

Broadway theatre to fantastic business. The second 

feature of Alexandro Jodorowsky avho directed, did 

the screenplay and music and has the title rolei. 

this bizarre Western contains the same mystical 

qualities of his previous effort. "F^ndo and Lis." 

With Raphael Corkidi's brilliant Eastman Color 

Icnsing. Jodorowsky has created a savage, terrifying 

and altogether disturbing film both to fascinate 

and revolt the senses. Many patrons may hat« it. 

but large numbers of them will come to see "El 

Topo." Jodorowsky makes both an aggressive gunman 

and a pathetic protector of the deformed, 

ironically after killing the equally misshapen guardians 

of the desert and their helpers. The story is 

actually two separate narratives, with nudity and 

pore liberally sprinkled everywhere. Roberto 'Vlskin 

was the producer. 

.Mexandro Jodorowsky. Brontis Jodorowsky. Mara 

lyort'iizio. David Silva. Jarqueliite Luis. 

SEXPLOITATION FEATURE REVIEW 

Together Seifimposed 6(^ 

Semi-Oocumentary 

.AlP-Hallmark Releasing 72 Min. Rel. Nov. '71 

This filmcd-in-Connecticut independent film has 

a built-in attraction because of its explicit lovemaking 

and its notoriety in several obscenity cases. 

However, exhibitors should be cautious how they 

book it to avoid obiections from censorship grouns. 

Not amazingly, it has registered strong in initial 

playoffs in the northeastern states and similar resoonse 

is indicated for the rest of the country 

Sean S. Cunningham, an enterprising younc producer-director, 

has assembled some physically endowed 

youth on a remote Connecticut estate, there 

to indulge themselves endlessly in sexual play, 

prowe.ss and gratification, all under the guidance 

of a well-intentioned, bearded medico. It marks 

the debut, incidentally, of Boston-based Hallmark 

Releasing Corp. Cunningham co-produced with 

Roger Murphy. 

Marilyn Brigg, Maurorn Cousins. Sallv Cross. Jade 

Ilagpn. Kimi IfoeKrr. Vic Mohica. 

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 

RFVIFW 

Lenny Bruce Without 

^lack 

Tears 

& White 

Fred Baker Trods. 85 Minutes Rel. Jan. '72 

Controversial comedy's lynny Bruce, probably as 

much discussed today as before his der.th. is subject 

of this Fred Baker compilation, such "names" as 

Kenneth T\'nan ani Malcolm Muggeridee providinc 

ronimentarv Bruce was scored for his uttered public 

obscenities 

RAN FT FEATURE RFVIFW 

Swan Lake """»" 

r> 

Celebrity Concert Corp. 90 Minutes Rel. Nov. '71 

Tills Lenfilm-Sovexportfilni iiroriuction of the 

T.schaikovskv cla.sslc. superbly danced by Lenlnerad's 

world-famed Kirov Ballet, has a charmlnp 

Quality, easily qnallfylnc the import for extended 

olaylng time in selected showca.ses. Yelena 'Yevtevpvfl 

has the dual key roles of Odette Odtle and 

.Tohn Markovskv is a handsome Sieefried. Direction 

Is credited to Konstantin Sereeyev and Auolinari 

Dudko. workine from a screenplay bv Rereevev. 

ntidko and Isaak Glickn>a'v TTie .score is played by 

th" L"ninerad Philharmonic In Er)stman Color 

V'rlena Yrvtpyeva. John Markovsky. Makhmud 

Fs.Tn)h.iyrv. V:ilrri P.-innv. 

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I 

Opinions on Current 

Productions 

ÊATURE REVIEWS 

Symbol © danotet color; © CinemoScopo; (g PonoYUIon; ® Tochnirama; ij) other anomorphlt ôcmm*. For ftory (ynopdi on oach plctiin, M« tmmnm 

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE Cx) ^^c^-^* ^ 

Warner Bros. (103) 137 Minutes Rel. Feb. "72 

One of the strangest titles, and certainly one of the 

strangest films of a very odd year, is Stanley Kubrick's 

version of the best seller by Anthony Burgess. Title refers 

to the complete lack of emotion supposedly felt 

by anyone who has been dehumanized, in this case 

rebellious young Malcolm McDowell after being conditioned 

to abstain from sex and violence. Using those 

two elements, Kubrick has fashioned a travesty on 

futuristic societies to such a sharp degree that the film 

will undoubtedly earn as much praise as condemnation. 

It certainly isn't a movie that many will take lightly 

and specialized handling will be necessary. Warners is 

planning a February limited general release, with regular 

distribution in June. The X rating (warranted by 

several scenes of frontal nudity which might easily be 

clipped) may not be too much of a handicap, considering 

the reaction which "The Devils" has had so far. 

Classical and popular music, particularly Beethoven, are 

heard throughout. The corrupted Russian words used 

in Burgess' novel are applied only sparingly in Kubrick's 

screenplay and in an understandable manner. The question 

of guilt on an individual level as against that of 

authority is the main issue. Color-filmed in England, this 

is positively bound to stir much controversy. 

Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Adrienne Corri, 

Warren Clarke, Miriam Karlin, Michael Bates. 

HAROLD AND MAUDE 

QP Comedy-Drama 

Paramount (8042) 

91 Minutes 

Rel. Dec. '71 

The love of a 20-year-old boy for an 80-year-old 

woman is the basis for a macabre comedy that borders 

on the distasteful but always manages to be entertaining 

in the hands of veteran Ruth Gordon and young Bud 

Cort. Director Hal A.shby, formerly an Academy Award 

winning editor, displayed a similar flair for offbeat humor 

with "The Landlord" and doesn't let the situation get 

out of hand very often. Suicide is hardly a subject to 

be kidded and average audiences may not take to the 

film wholeheartedly, Gordon fans v/ill delight in her performance 

as an elderly lady with a youthful vitality. 

Cort's lack of emotion nearly makes his character nonexistent 

at times: his talent brings off many scenes 

creditably, however. The casual way in which he pretends 

to chop off an arm with a meat cleaver is a particularly 

outstanding example of this. British actress Vivian 

Pickles is off to a f.ood start in American movies as 

Cort's mother, oblivious of his tricks but only to a point. 

Cutting has reduced Cyi-il Cusack to a bit and left 

veteran Marjorie Eaton out entirely. Some of Colin 

Higgins' original dialog for Maude has also been lost in 

the editing. Cat Stevens wrote the music, which he performs 

throughout. Color by Technicolor. 

Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Charles Tyner, 

Cyril Cusack, Ellen Gear, G. Wood. 

STRAff 

DOGS 

ro] Suspense 

Drama 

Cinerama (240) 

113 Minutes Rel. Dec. '71 

For his first non-western, diiector Sam Peckinpah has 

Dustin Hoffman as an American outsider in a rural English 

community who quietly meets violence with even 

more savagery. It's basically the old homesteaders vs. 

cattlemen. Easterner vs. Westerner plot, with the newcomer 

singlehandedly defending his property against attack, 

A few slow-motion shots bring to mind Peckinpah's 

"The Wild Bunch" a969i, which created the trend 

towards ultra-violence. With the Hoffman and Peckinpah 

names, the Cinerama release should command a great 

deal of first-run interest. Thereafter, reception will be 

questionable. Five minutes have been cut from the British 

release version and perhaps 15 additional minutes could 

be sliced for a tighter effect. Last half horn- of the Peckinpah-David 

Z, Goodman screenplay, based on Gordon 

M, Williams' "The Siege of Trencher's Farm. " contains 

most of the action. Hoffman is good, although overly 

calm as the five men begin their siege. As his wife, Susan 

George alternates between being sympathetic and unlikable 

yet always does a convincing job, even when 

being raped by two men at once. Daniel Melnick produced 

the ABC Pictures presentation in England. Eastman 

Color. 

Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, David AVarner, Peter 

Vaughan, Del Henney, Ken Hutchison. 

ton, 

USE 

50r 

ALL 

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MADE FOR EACH OTHER 

20th-Fo.\ (118) 107 Minutes 

GP 

Comedy 

© 

Rel. Dec. '71 

The husband and wife team who created "Lovers and 

Other Strangers," Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna, 

make their motion picture starring debuts in an hilarious 

original story basea in part on their own lives. Miss 

Taylor's story "Panda Gold and the Last Sailor" was 

shaped by her and Bologna into the screenplay, which 

contains some of the funniest dialog and situations of 

the year. Story of two misfits, he an Italian boy who 

can't help hm'ting women and she a Jewish would-be 

entertainer and failui-e at everything, contains the comic 

flavor which em'iciied "Lovers," Outstanding example 

of it here is in the New' Year's Day dinner scene. Miss 

Taylor is good even when she's supposed to be bad ie,g,, 

imitating Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth.i , while 

Bologna creates a distinctive screen personality in his 

first film. "Made" is an excellent beginning for Wylde 

Films, Fox's TV commercial division, in its featm-e film 

bow. Director Robert B, Bean, co-founder of Wylde 

Films, has the first 3-D comic book and the direction 

of Miss Taylor's funny short "2" to his credit. He, too, 

makes an auspicious debut into featm-es. Roy Townshend 

produced on New York City locations. Color by De Luxe, 

Renee Taylor, Joseph Bologna, Paul Sorvino, Olympia 

Dukakis, Helen Verbit, Louis Zorich, Despo. 

The Gang That CouUlnl Shoot Straight GP 

Comedy 

© 

MGM (7208) 96 Minutes 

Rel. Dec. '71 

Organized crime apperirs to be predominantly Italian 

in the Chartoff-Winliler production of Jimmy Breslin's 

best-selling novel, which of course is about the Mafia, 

The screen counterparts of Breslin's colorful characters 

come across as caricatui-ts, but often with hilarious results. 

Director James Goldstone realized that subtlety 

would be lost on such a project and everything is done 

as broadly as possible, Jo Van Fleet and Lionel Stander 

are outstanding, particularly the former as the old lady 

who takes an active mterest in grandson Jerry Orbach's 

criminal activities, Orbach is capable, w-hile his motivation 

isn't always clear and he gets lost altogether 

finally, Leigh Taylor-Young is pretty and convincing 

as a Brooklyn girl lif not an Italian); her love scenes 

with Robert DeNiro slow up the action, however, DeNiro 

is completely winning in an outrageous part and winds 

up with the lion's share of the footage. One of the lions, 

incidentally, is Blake, famous from the Dreyfus Mutual 

Fund TV spots. Also from TV, newsman Sander Vanocur 

acts as onscreen narrator in a role which Breslin himself 

should have done, Waldo Salt's screenplay suffers 

from the editing; Metrocolor leasing of New York City- 

Brooklyn locales is authentic if not overly realistic. 

Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Robert DeNiro, Jo 

Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Irving Selbst, Sander Vanocur. 

Fpl Prison Drama 

1,000 Convicts and a Womati! 

American Int'l (7123) 94 Minutes Rel. Oct. '71 

This British-made melodrama, produced by Philip N. 

Krasne, promises more in its subtitle, "Story of a 

Nympho," than it ever delivers. Basically, it's about a 

warden's teenage daughter who creates havoc in the 

prison as she tries to seduce several of the inmates. 

Alexandra Hay, an American actress who made her 

screen debut in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," portrays 

the "woman" in the title. 

She's embarrassingly miscast 

and just doesn't come off as "a sado-masochistic, 

AC-DC nympho," Her juvenile posturings and poutings 

are something less than sexy and would have little appeal 

outside a womanless prison. Good performances are 

delivered by Neil Hallett as the warden-father and Harry 

Baird, a black actor who's better known in England than 

in his native U.S. Director Ray Austin did the best he 

could with Oscar Brodney's illogical screenplay. The AIP 

release, obviously intended as a suspenseful sexploitation 

drama, doesn't work on either level. Suspense is minimalsex 

is discussed and hinted at, but little is realized 

Nudity, as confined to Miss Hay's occasional topless 

scenes, is hardly enough to rate an R. Production values 

vary from adequate to good. The film was shot on location 

in .—. Berkshire, England in De Luxe Color, 

OF T Alexandra Hay, Sandor Eles, Harry Baird, Neil Hallett, 

Robert Brown, Frederick Abbott, David Bauer, 

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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis, Exploitips, Adlines for Newspapers and Programs 

THE STORY: 

"Made for Each Other" (20th-Fox) 

Renee Taylor, 33, is a would-be singer and comedienne 

whose mother Helen Verbit believed that the stars would 

guide her daughter to fame and fortune, while father 

IjOUis Zorich was busy philandering. Taylor's male coimterpart, 

Joseph Bologna, is Italian and is given to break- pic. 

ing women's hearts; she is Jewish and usually loses her 

, 

heart to undeserving men. Bologna's mother Olympia 

Dukakis is intensely religious and father Paul Sorvino 

is a strong-willed barber. Taylor and Bologna have both 

gone through several affairs and nimierous attempts to 

make a success of their lives. At a group therapy session 

conducted by Dr. Norman Shelly and his wife Despo, 

the two misfits meet and discuss their problems. Attracted, 

Taylor and Bologna go to bed. Dragged to a night 

club where Taylor is trying out a new act, Bologna is 

amazed at her ineptness. At dinner on New 'Vear's Day, 

Bologna's family creates a scene over Taylor. Bologna 

realizes that he and Taylor are in love. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Point up the fact that the Bolognas were Oscar nominees 

for their "Lovers and Other Strangers" screenplay. 

Promote Miss Taylor's takeoffs on Rita Hayworth and 

Marleno Dietrich singing. Have newlyweds shows. 

CATCHU.NES: 

A Story About Two People Who Make Love Pimny and 

Prove, Beyond a Doubt, That Love Is Something You 

Keep Doing Until You Get It Right.

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Boxoffice, 2568. 

DeVry Model XD portable projector. 

P. O. Box 10160, Klatt Station, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99502. 

Wanted: Two (2) Moliograph Mirropbonic 

soundheads, model No, SH-7500 

complete with motors and chains and in 

good operating condition. Write Arcade 

Theatre, Lebanon, 'Uinois 52254. Phone 

(618) 667-6345. 

THEATRE 

HOUSE 

SEATING 

THEATRE CHAIR UPHOLSTERING! Any 

where, Imest materials, LOW prices. Custom 

seat covers made to ht. CHICAGO 

USED CHAIR MART, 1320 So. Wabash, 

Chicago, 60605. Phone- 939-4518 

700 AMERICAN. 750 plywood cushion 

600 Bodiform. Lone Star Seating, Box 1734, 

Dallas, Texas, 75201. 

SPECIALISTS IN REBUILDING CHAIRS. 

New and rebuilt theatre chairs for sale 

We buy and sell old chairs. Travel anywhere. 

Seating Corporation of New York, 

247 Water Street, Brooklyn, N.Y., 11201 

Tel. (212) 875-5433 (Reverse charges). 

EXPERT CHAIH REBUILDERS. We sell 

and buy chairs, install chairs anywhere 

A. A. Nick's Seating Co., 17 Cadmar. 

Plaza W., Brooklyn, New York, 11201. 

(212) TR 5-4047. 

FIRST CLASS REBUILDING since 1934 

Arthur Judge, 2100 E Newton Ave., Milwaukee, 

Wisconsin 

THEATRES WANTED 

Wanted to buy or lease: Indoor theatre 

in Metropolitan areas, population at least 

75,000 Contact: William Berger, Belle Plaza 

209, 20 Island Avenue, Miami Beach, 

Fla. 

New England! Want to lease fully 

equipped motion picture theatre, anywhere 

in New England, Boxoffice 2293. 

THEATRES FOR SALE 

JOE JOSEPH. Theatre Broker. Box 3140& 

Dallas 75231 Phone: (214) 363-2724 

500 car drive-in theatre. Denver, Colorado. 

Sell outright or trade for smaller 

town situation. Call (303) 433-9543. 

WEST INDIES THEATRE—Anguilla. Newly 

constructed, fully equipped, modern, 

durable. 16mm, seats 300 now, 500 later 

Only cinema on island of 6000. Fabulous 

tax and relaxation advantages. Other interests. 

D. C. Berglund, (312) 449-6300 or 

4700 Roosevelt Rd., Hillside, Illinois 60162 

RITZ THEATRE in Sanlord, Florida for 

sale or lease. Located north of Orlando 

and Disneyland. This theatre is presently 

operating and has excellent potential. 

Excellent building. Call Don Evans, Manager 

(305) 323-5125, Sanlord, Florida for 

information. If no answer, call Evans & 

Evans, Attorneys (517) 887-2156, Topsfield, 

Massachusetts. 

2—400 car drive-ins, S.W. Texas, year 

round operation. 20,000 draw. Property 

voted wet for liquor. $90,000. Good terms 

Boxoffice No. 2562. 

BEAUTIFUL, modern 16mm theolre in 

city ot 30.000 population in Central Michigan. 

Large parking area, only six months 

old. Boxoiiice, 2567 or call (305) 583- 

3546. 

INDOOR Theatre and Drive-in for sale 

or lease. Central Ohio County Seat Town 

Contact Grace Gibbons 3319 Fulton Rd 

, 

Canton, Ohio, (216) 492-3817 or Barnes 

Realty, 114 E. Wyandot, Upper Sandusky 

Ohio, (419) 294-3571. 

POPCORN MACHINES 

ALL MAKES OF POPPERS, caramel com 

equipment, floss machines, sno-ball machines. 

Krispy Kc n, 120 So. Hoisted, Chicago, 

111., 60605. 

COLOR MERCHANT TRAILERS 

Only 62.50 for a 45 H. color merchant 

ad with 5 scenes, narrated track, with appropriate 

music, superimposed with address, 

fades and dissolves, produced from 

your transparencies. Three-day, in-plant 

service, H & H Color Laboratory, 3705 No. 

Nebraska Ave., Tampa, Florida. Phone 

(813) 248-4935 

THEATRE TICKETS 

QUALITY Service, Low Pricesl KANSAS 

CITY TICKET COMPANY (816) 241-8400 

715 No. Agnes, Kansas City, Mo 64120 

THEATRE REMODELING 

COPPA INC. Icnows how to remodel 

your old theatre or hnish your new one 

Write lor brochure, 11 Boyd St.. Watertown, 

Mass. 02172. or call (617) 926-3777 

BUSINESS 

STIMULATORS 

BINGO CARDS. $S.75M, 1-75. Other 

games availatile. Off-On screen. Novelty 

Games, 1263 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn 

New York. 

Build attendance with real Hawaiian 

orchids. Few cents each. Write Flowers of 

Hawaii, 670 S. Laicryelte Place, Los Angeles, 

Calii. 9O0O5. 

BINGO CARDS—DIE CUT. 1-75-500 combinations, 

$5 75 per thousand. Premium 

Products, 339 West 44th St., New York, 

N. Y., 10036. Phone: (212) CI 6-4972. 

SUBSCRIPTION 

ORDER FORM 

BOXOFFICE: 

825 Van Brunt Blvd. 

Kansas City. Mo. 84124 

Please enter my subscription %o BOX- 

OFFICE. 

n 

1 YEAR $10 

n 2 YEARS $17 

Outside U.S.. Canada and Pan 

American Union. SIS. 00. Per Year. 

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CONTACT YOUR LOCAL EXCI 

Philadelphia 

Piltsburgh 

w ' • n c. 

Eoldslonc, Branch Mef 

Branch Mgr 

John Turner. Branch Mgr. Morton Magilt, Branch Mgr 

(roadway 

..inia Ave.. N W. 

6P1 Fp» Theatre BIdg. 

York 10036 

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Tel: (202)3.13-4131 

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Chicago 

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Boxoffice-January.03.1972

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