Boxoffice-June.01.1964

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Highlighting his company's "progress report" ot a press conference in New York, Arthur Krim (center), 

president of United Artists, cited record income and net earnings for the first quarter of this year and 

outlined the scope of its production plans that carry into 1967. In the photograph above are; (left), Arnold 

Picker, executive vice-president; and (right), Robert Benjamin, chairman of the board. Story on page 4. 

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UA HITS NEW EARNINGS PEAK;\ 

SETS PRODUCTION FAR AHEAD 

$2,078,000 Net Reported 

For First Quarter; 

$37,556,000 Gross 

NEW YORK—United Artists reports net 

earnings, after taxes, of $2,078,000 for the 

first quarter of 1964, compared with $578,- 

000 for the same quarter in 1963, according 

to Arthur B. Krim, president, who 

reported on the progress of the corporation 

at a Imicheon at the Hemisphere Club 

Monday (25). This amounts to $1.10 per 

share, compared to 31 cents per share 

in the same period in 1963, The provision 

for taxes In the fii-st quarter of 1964 was 

$1,931,000. compared to $506,000 for the 

same period in 1963. The worldwide gross 

income was $37,556,000 for the first quarter 

of 1964, compared with $26,994,000 for the 

same period in 1963, Krim said. 

This record figui'e for UA will continue 

into the second quarter of 1964, according 

to Krim, who said that the worldwide 

theatrical revenue for the first seven weeks 

of this period is $16,594,000, considerably 

above the $11,523,000 for the first seven 

weeks of the first quarter and the first 

seven weeks of the same period in 1963. 

These figures are only for the theatrical 

release of UA pictures, he pointed out. 

$2,000,0«0 WEEKLY GROSS 

The average theatrical gross for the 

fu-st 20 weeks of 1964 is over $2,000,000 

per week, or a total of over $40,000,000 

for the period and the UA management 

is confident this pace will continue, thus 

making the year's worldwide theatrical 

gross over $100,000,000, substantially higher 

than any prior year's theatrical gross, 

Krim said. 

Nine of UA's 20 pictures, "Irma La 

Douce," "The Great Escape," "Dr, No," 

"McLintock!" "Tom Jones," "Lilies of the 

Field," "The Pink Panther," "From Russia 

With Love," and the two-a-day "It's 

a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," which 

had an aggregate cost of $28,750,000, will 

have total worldwide film rentals in "excess 

of $120,000,000, of which less than 

half has been earned to date," he said. 

This list of nine successful featm-es released 

within less than one year is "unprecedented," 

Krim said. 

Tui-ning to television, exclusive of the 

recent ABC-TV network featui-e film deal 

just made, the UA-TV gross receipts for 

1964 will show an increase of approximately 

25 per cent over the 1963 figure of $27,- 

000,000. It is also expected that the record 

and music companies will continue to make 

"an increasing contribution to the net earnings 

of the company," he said. 

Krim said that, with most of UA's minor 

program releases now out of the way, the 

company will release 20-25 featm-es yearly, 

plus a few more from the Lopert subsidiary, 

these British or foreign language pictm-es. 

The releases for the remainder of 1964, 

in addition to those successes already 

listed and "The Best Man" and "The World 

Mirisch Brothers Continue 

With UA Through '66-67 

New York—In answer to questions 

about United Artists continuing association 

with the Mirisch Brothers, 

who have been rumored as negotiating 

release deals with other companies, 

Krim said: 

"Their contract with UA has several 

years to run. You will note that they 

are on the program for five of the 22 

features listed for 1965 and are set for 

eight of the 23 features now set for 

1966-67." 

of Henry Orient," both of which "are doing 

well here," will be "For Those Who Think 

Young" and "633 Squadi-on," both set for 

June release; "The Seventh Dawn" and 

"A Shot in the Dark," both scheduled for 

July release; "A Hard Day's Night," scheduled 

for August release, and "A Woman of 

Straw," a Michael Relph production in 

color, starring Gina LoUobrigida, Sean 

Connery and Ralph Richardson; "Topkapi," 

produced in Greece in color by Jules Dassin, 

starring Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov 

and Maximilian Schell; "The Girl With 

the Green Eyes," a Tony Richardson production 

made in England, with Peter Finch 

and Rita Tushingham starred; "Invitation 

to a Gunfighter," a Stanley Kramer production, 

in color, starring Yul Brynner and 

Janice Rule, and the foreign "That Man 

Prom Rio," in Eastman Color, starring 

Jean-Paul Belmondo and Francoise Dorleac, 

all of these completed, as in George 

Stevens' production of "The Greatest Story 

Ever Told," in color. Cinerama and Panavision 

70, with Max Von Sydow and Charlton 

Heston heading a cast of 44 other 

name players, which Krim said should not 

be listed among its regular product as 

the picture "will be viewed by more 

people throughout the world and for a 

longer period of time than has been true 

of any motion pictm-e yet made." 

"Greatest Story" will have thi'ee openings, 

New York, Los Angeles and London, 

late in 1964 and the rest of the key city 

openings will take place in Easter of 1965, 

Krim said. 

The pictures for release by UA in 1965, 

several of them already completed, will include 

Billy Wilder's "Kiss Me, Stupid," a 

Mirisch Co. picture starring Dean Martin, 

Kim Novak and Ray Walston; the Harry 

Saltzman-Albert R. Broccoli production, 

"Goldfinger," in color, starring Sean Connery 

as James Bond; "The Secret Invasion." 

a Gene and Roger Corman production 

in color and Panavision, starring 

Stewart Granger, Raf Vallone and Mickey 

Rooney; "How to Murder Your Wife," a 

George Axelrod production in color and 

Panavision, starring Jack Lemmon and 

Terry-Thomas; "Mister Moses," a Prank 

Ross production in color, starring Robert 

Mitchum and Carroll Baker; "A Thousand 

Clowns." being filmed in New Yorkjj 

Fred Coe with Jason Robards jr. stan] 

"The Train." produced in France by Jj 

Bricker, starring Burt Lancaster u 

Jeanne Moreau; "The Satan Bug," i) 

duced and directed by John Sturges i 

color, starring George Maharis, Ricl ( 

Basehart, and Anne Francis; "Marco Pi 

(tentative title), produced in Europe 

i; 

Raoul Levy, starring Horst Buchli 

Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles and On 

Sharif; all of these completed or in wk 

and "A Rage to Live," a Lewis J. Racfcii 

production, starring Ben Gazzara ai 

Suzanne Pleshette; "Return of the Sevij, 

a Mirisch production in color, starring t 

Brynner; "The Hallelujah Train," a A; 

isch picture in color, starring Burt Li 

caster and Lee Remick; "Dice of God" (tj 

tative title), a Jules Levy-Arthur Gard; 

production in color, starring Tom Tr 

and Harve Presnell; "The Confessor, 

Mirisch Co. picture produced by J 

Frankenheimer with Tony Curtis 

Henry Fonda starred; "Heathcliff," i 

duced by Martin H. Poll with Richard H 

ris starred; "Abby," produced by Martir 

Poll with Ann-Margret starred; 

'" 

Seven File," produced by Ralph Nelsi 

"Mr. Fox of Venice" (tentative title), p 

duced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz; "Prom 

in the Dark," produced by Arnold Sol 

man; "The Shabby Tiger," to be produ 

by Michael Relph in color, starring C 

Robertson and Jack Hawkins; "I'll T 

Sweden," produced by Edward Small, st 

ring Bob Hope, Tuesday Weld and Prar 

Avalon, and "Reflections in a Golden E: 

be produced by Ray Stark and direc 

to 

by Tony Richardson. 

PLAN 29 FILMS FOR 1966-67 

For 1966-67, United Artists already 

29 planned or in the works by various p 

ducers or directors, one-third of which 

cast, including "Khartoum," to be f 

duced by Julian Blaustein in color, starr 

Burt Lancaster and Sir Laurence Oliv: 

Billy Wilder's "The Private Life of Sh 

lock Holmes," a Mirisch Corp. film 

color starring Peter O'Toole, Peter Sel 

and Louis Jourdan; the next Harry Sa 

man-Albert R. Broccoli James Bond I 

ture in color "On Her Majesty's Sec 

Service," again starring Sean Coime 

Charles K. Feldman's "What's New. Pus 

cat," starring Warren Beatty; Edw 

Small's "Frankie and Johnny," in co 

with Elvis Presley starred; Lewis J. Ra 

mil's "Bandoola," in color, starring 

Brynner; a Mel Shavelson production 

Mirisch, "Cast a Giant Shadow," stan 

John Wayne; a Jerome Hellman prod 

tion, "A Bullet for Charlemagne." stan 

Sidney Poitier, and "My Favorite C( 

rade." produced by John Bryan in co 

with Peter Sellers starred. 

In addition to Krim and Robert B 

jamin, board chairman, other UA exe 

tives on the dais included Arnold Picl 

WiUiam J. Heineman, James R. Ve 

David Picker, Fred Goldberg, Joseph Er 

Leon Goldberg, Eric Pleskow. Gabe Si 

ner. Michael Stewart and Dave Chasm 

BOXOFHCE June 1, 1

; theatre 

. . Hush 

: 

Horizons Unlimited' 

Iême for Convention 

JEW YORK—Theme of the 17th annual 

olTention of Theatre Owners of America, 

c^duled for the Com-ad Hilton Hotel, 

-Pago. Sept. 29-Oct. 2, will be "Horizons 

jiimited—Exhibitors in Action," it was 

irounced here by John R. Rowley, TOA 

niident. 

The horizons for better business, better 

niiotion and better understanding bebuyer 

and seller are unlimited and 

A(=n 

v.intend to stress and demonstrate how 

t/ can be achieved at the Chicago coni'etion," 

Rowley said. "The accent will 

jron exhibitors in action in attaining In- 

'iised profits through greater volume." 

owley and Joseph G. Alterman, admistrative 

secretary, have been conffing 

in New York on preliminary plans. 

Aentative program is being prepared and 

a oster of prominent spealiers is being 

aid up. 

,s in the past the Motion Pictm-e and 

Cicessions Industries Trade Show, jointly 

sinsored by TOA and the National Ass'n 

Concessionaires, will run concurrent 

wh the TOA convention. The TOA board 

oidirectors and executive committee will 

on September 28. 

iT,;t 

'Each year," Rowley said, "we have 

that the upcoming convention would 

.sited 

b bigger and better than the previous 

0'. And every year we have been right. 

I'm just as confident now that the Chide 

convention and tradeshow will outrlik 

the others." 

Inbassy Sets $10,000,000 

br Merchandising Films 

|raw YORK—Embassy Pictures will 

Sind $10,000,000 to merchandise its 21 

f tures scheduled for release in the seco'i 

half of 1964 and "every single picture 

wl be promoted to the utmost," Joseph E. 

ll/ine, president, told the sales executives 

V.o attended the company's three-day 

ciclave at the Hotel Hilton, ending Satu|lay 

(23). 

At Embassy, it will be "Showmanship, 

Uimited!" to set the pattern for these 

Cns, Levine said. He recommended that 

t; entire industry review its entire proclcer-distributor 

relationship. "No more 

ca we afford the luxury of 'hit-and-miss' 

tting," he told the Embassy executives 

lim the home office and 11 branches, 

'jvery date must fill a purpose and every 

!;te must fit into an overall, strategic 

'j-and Plan'." Levine mentioned that 

;Qbassy has proved that "we can take a 

;^reign-produced film and play it in any 

J'Use in any part of the country, as was 

:]own by the success of 'Yesterday, Today 

lid Tomorrow,' 'Two Women,' 'Boccaccio 

{)' and many others." Embassy's films, he 

iiphasized, were designed for every type 

and every type of audience. 

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[A Passes Up Quarterly Dividend 

HOLLYWOOD—Steve Broidy, president 

Allied Artists Pictures Corp., announced 

;.at at a meeting of the board of direcjrs 

of Allied Artists Pictures held May 

'I, 

the board resolved that there be no 

liclaration of the quarterly dividend on 

le company's 51/2% cumulative convertible 

!'eferred stock due June 15. 

20th-Fox Slates 14 Films 

For June-Dec. Release 

NEW YORK — Twentieth Century-Pox 

will release 14 pictures from June until the 

end of 1964, Joseph 

M. Sugar, vice-president 

in charge of domestic 

sales, told rhe 

52 members of the 

domestic field force 

at the opening session 

of a three-day 

meeting, starting 

Monday ( 

Sugar, who presided, 

said "This 

sharp upswing of 

Joseph M. Sugar highly marketable 

major product is a 

strong indication that we're past the period 

of revitalization and are well on our way 

toward reasserting our leadership in the 

distribution of motion pictures." 

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LIST OF FEATURES 

The 14 releases include the first general 

release of Darryl F. Zanuck's "The Longest 

Day," the special release of "Cleopatra," 

"What a Way to Go!" being generally released 

in June; "The Visit," scheduled for 

July release, and "Witchcraft," "The Horror 

of It All," "Rio Conchos," "Fate Is the 

Hunter," "Guns at Batasi," "Goodbye 

Charlie," "John Goldfarb, Please Come 

Home," and "Hush . . 

Charlotte," "Erasmus With Freckles" and 

"The Pleasui-e Seekers," the latter three 

just going into production. 

Seymour Poe, executive vice-president, 

delivered the keynote address while other 

20th-Fox executives on the dais were Jonas 

Rosenfield jr., vice-president and director 

of advertising, publicity and exploitation; 

Donald A. Henderson, vice-president, finance; 

Jerome Edwards, general counsel: 

Warner Bros. 

. 

F. T. Kelly, treasurer, and Abe Dickstein, 

assistant general sales manager. The delegates 

also heard messages on tape from 

Richard D. Zanuck. vice-president in 

charge of production, and Elmo Williams, 

managing director of European production. 

Norman Weiser, vice-president for 

operations, 20th Century-Fox Record Corp., 

who was to have attended, terminated his 

employment Friday 22 1 1 

The sales campaigns on the 14 releases 

and two dozen other pictures currently in 

production abroad or soon to go before the 

cameras here and abroad were presented 

by Sugar while Rosenfield discussed the 

merchandising campaigns on the films. 

OTHERS AT MEETING 

Others attending the three-day meeting 

were 

R C McNabb, eastern division manager; R. L. 

Conn, centrol division manager; V^. C. Gehnng south- 

manager; T. O. McCleaster western division 

manager; P. S. Myers, division 

ern division 

Canadian mon- 

Not Rosen, New York district manager and ttie 

following 

ager; 

branch managers; Alex Arnswolder têw 

John L. Sturm, Buffalo, Ray 

York; Al Levy, Boston; 

Russo Cincinnoti; Dan Rosenthal, Cleveland; Sam E 

Diamond Philodelphio; Dean Lutz, Pittsburgh; Sheperd 

Bloom Washington; Ray Schmertz, Chicago; David 

Robert 

Gold Des Moines; Bennett Goldstein, Detroit; 

S 

Meyer, ' Indianapolis; Joseph R. Neger Kansos City; 

Howard B. Kinser, Minneapolis; Charles Krips St 

Louis- Paul Wilson, Atlonta; James O. Mock, Charlotte, 

William B 

S 

Williams, Dallas; Henry F. Horrell, Jacksonville; 

Daniel M. Coursey, Memphis; Gerald Kennedy, 

New Orleans; Mark Sheridan jr., Denver; Morris Sudmin 

Los Angeles; Kenneth O. Lloyd, Salt Lake City; 

F jr , Charles Powers Son Francisco; Carl Handsaker, 

Seattle- Stewart McQuoy, Colgary; Gordon Lightstone, 

Montreal; Robert Pacey, St, John; Victor J Seattle, 

Toronto; Dawson Exiey, Vancouver; Philip Geller. Norwood 

Manitoba, os well as sales representatives, Jack 

H Lorentz, Milwaukee, and Morris Yowell, Oklahoma 

City. 

The regional advertising-publicity managers 

on hand were: 

Horry Weiss, heodquortering in Boston; Hal Marshall 

Philadelphia; Patrick Dwyer, Buffolo; Manny 

Pearson Cleveland; Norman Deloney, St, Louis; Chick 

Evens Kansas City; Sol Gordon, Chicago; Jimmy Gillespie, 

Dallas; Ralph Buring, Atlanta; Helen Yorke. 

Son Francisco; Eddie Yorbrough, Los Angeles, and 

Sam Glasier, Toronto. 

Budgets $50 Million 

For 1964-65 Feature Production 

ous stages of production and preparation." 

Currently filming are "None But the 

Brave," in which Frank Sinatra stars and 

makes his directorial bow, and "The Affair 

at the Villa Piorita," Delmer Daves' production. 

Leading off in June will be "The 

Great Race," a Blake Edwards multimillion-dollar 

comedy in Technicolor and 

SuperPanavision 70. "Two on a Guillotine," 

HOLLYWOOD—Warner Bros., with $50,- 

000.000 alloted for new feature produc- 

.^ tion in the 1964-65 

season, now has two 

pictures in production 

and two others scheduled 

to start shooting 

this month, Jack 

L. Warner, president, 

said here last week. William Conrad suspense drama, also will 

"The company," be launched this month. 

Warner continued, Five productions are in the scripting 

"has many other important 

projects Woolf?" "The Third Day," "Planet of the 

stage, including "Who's Afraid of Virginia 

which we will put into 

action between now on a Guillotine." In various other stages 

Apes," "My Blood Runs Cold" and "Two 

Jack L. Warner 

and the end of the of preparation are "Camelot," "Never Too 

year. Up to this time we have budgeted Late," "Commmiity Property," "An American 

Dream," "Barefoot in the Park" and 

an expenditm-e of $50,000,000 on feature 

pictui-es, all of which are already in vari- "The Clock Strikes Ten." 

PXOFnCE June 1, 1964

Cinemotion Display Highlights 

National Screen 

Sales Meeting 

Herman Cohen Plans Six' 

Features for 1964-65 

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HOLLYWOOD—Producer Herman Cgsi 

Herman Cohen Productions, 

and his 

this week announced 

plans for filming six 

features for 1964-65. 

Three will be produced 

here and three 

others in London, at 

a total cost of over 

$5,000,000, in Cohen's 

largest production 

schedule to date. 

Distribution is under 

negotiation on an individual 

picture basis, 

Cohen said. 

First to go before 

,'c 

^1 

Herman Coh^ 

the cameras will be Cohen's original i 

ploitation story, "Blanket Party," sefi 

start production about July 20 at Frock 

ers Studio, in Techniscope and Tecl: 

color. This will be followed by ' 

Haunted Jungle," suspense-horror pict 

A view of the dais at the National Screen Service managers' meediiK in 

New York. Melvin L. Gold, general sales manager, is at the rostrum with company 

executives, left to right: Al Stefanic, advertising accessories manager; 

Jerry Phillips, secretary and general counsel; Walter E. Branson, vice-president 

in charge of distribution; Norman Robbins, vice-president and general manager; 

Burton E. Robbins, president and chief executive officer; Allan Robbins, general 

manager, New York production studio, and Sid Kassel, general executive. 

NEW YORK—National Screen Service 

branch managers from 19 cities concluded 

a three-day sales meeting at the City 

Squire Hotel here last weekend, highlighted 

by the premiere of the company's new Cinemotion 

display and its plans for merchandising 

of the process. 

Burton E. Robbins, president of NSS, at 

the opening session, projected a new image 

of research, progress and showmanship 

techniques for the company, asserting. 

"The new image of NSS is typified in 

the many new showmanship aids recently 

developed, culminating in the perfection 

of Cinemotion after nine months of extensive 

research and experimentation." 

Robbins paid tribute to his father, th? 

late Herman Robbins, and recalled that he 

had established the basic foundation for 

service to the industry at NSS. He also 

introduced Melvin L. Gold, general sales 

manager, and credited him with the personal 

initiative and drive that resulted 

in a resurgence of showmanship during 

the nine months since the new management 

assumed control. 

Gold formally unveiled the Cinemotion 

display, described as a process that combines 

the use of polarizing light wheel 

fluorescent or incandescent lights—and 

a polarized animating material applied to 

a display. Gold announced that Cinemotion 

would be available to exhibitors on a 52- 

week contract basis as a rental service, 

and that NSS could start service on any 

motion picture in current or forthcoming 

release by June 10. 

Gold asserted that, in the search for 

new showmanship aids, the new NSS was 

dedicated to continual trial and experimentation 

to develop new devices that 

would help exhibitors rid their theatres of 

archaic showmanship methods in the unending 

fight for increased attendance and 

profits. He compared the cost of Cinemotion 

and standard NSS displays with higher 

costs paid for displays used by commercial 

firms. He also announced the results of the 

recent Burton E. Robbins President's 

Sales Drive and awarded gifts to Irving 

Marcus, Pittsburgh; Fred Weimar, Los 

Angeles; Milton Feinberg, Chicago, and 

Robert Simril, Charlotte. 

Managers toured the new NSS plant 

and viewed hand operations, machinery 

and tools necessary for creating each of 

the displays. They also inspected new processing 

and drying machines recently installed 

to speed up production and several 

new showmanship devices NSS is developing. 

Stanley L. Schwartz, president of Technical 

Animations, Inc., discussed the development 

of Cinemotion and enumerated 

the governmental, industrial and military 

uses to which the process has been applied. 

Managers also discussed speeding up the 

return of trailers from theatres and were 

briefed on the new data-processing system 

now being installed at the home office. 

also in Techniscope and Technicolor. 

; 

third Hollywood production, with a $2,0i 

000 budget, will be "Scorpio," to be m: 

in Panavision and Eastman 

• 

Color, with 

tensive shooting in Florida and Jama: 

The three English productions will 

elude Cohen's original story, "Circu^ 

Terror," featuring international circus 1 

and with a budget of nearly $1,000,4 

"Murder in the Night," to be filmed 

Pinewood Studios in London and direi^ 

by Robert Tronson, and "Pit of Darkne 

based on the novel by Hugh McCutch 

and directed by Lance Comfort, who 

has written the screenplay. 

Cohen soon will announce release 

distribution plans, as well as produci 

dates on the entire slate. He is now he 

quartered at Producers Studio in Ho 

wood and his London office is at 

Wardour Street. 

Concept Sets 3 Films Yeai 

HOLLYWOOD — Mam-ice A. Krou 

producer at Concept Productions Corp., 

nounced that three pictures a year, wl 

a fall 1964 commencement, are the cc 

pany's plans since moving their home b 

activities to Toronto, Canada. W. J. Bi 

has been appointed Canadian represen 

tive and Hugh Sedgwick has been retai! 

as legal counsel for the firm. Concej 

west coast regional office will hencefo. 

be located in Beverly Hills. i 

AT MOUNTAIN SESSION—In attendance at the Rocky Mountain Motion 

Picture Theatre Ass'n convention in Denver, left to right: Leon Hoofnagle, Commonwealth 

Theatres; Dennis Montee, Wooten Theatres, Hutchinson, Kas.; Douglas 

Lightner, Commonwealth Theatres general manager; actor Cliff Robertson; Fred 

Souttar, Fox Midwest Theatres, Kansas City, Mo.; Richard H. Orear, president, 

Commonwealth Theatres, Kansas City, and Jay Wooten, Hutchinson, Kas., exhibitor 

and president of the United Theatre Owners of the Heart of America. 

BOXOFFICE June 1, 1!

Tistafe TOA to Convene 

liMemphisOct.27,28 

a;MPHIS—The Tristate Theatre Ownis 

TOA affilate) will hold its annual 

ori-ntion at Hotel Chisca Plaza in MemihiTuesday 

and Wednesday, October 27. 

18.1'he dates were selected at a meeting 

if e board of directors in Memphis last 

i-ee and the announcement was made 

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Grard to Head Publicity 

Fir Rogers' Fund-Raising 

id Doherty. president of the Ti'iState 

)y 

)raiization, also known as the Theatre 

Dwpi's of Arkansas, Mississippi and Ten- 

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liW YORK—Philip Gerard, Universal 

'icires eastern advertising and publicity 

director, has been 

named national publicity 

chairman for 

^^^^ 

the second consecutive 

year of the en- 

^? ^^^K tertainment and communications 

Indus- 

I^'CMsp^^^^^ tries' 1964-65 fundi^ 

~i«Mt^^^ft 

raising drive on be- 

half of the Will Rog- 

tW IIj^^H 

u^^^^^M ers Hospital and the 

Iv^^^^^^^l O'Donnell Memorial 

^^^^^^^^ Research Laboratories 

at S a r a n a c 

'hilip Gerard 

Lake, according to 

Kiry H. "Hi" Martin, national chairman 

)f le drive for the second year. 

;erard will announce the names of the 

cchairmen and the members of his commtee 

from distribution and exhibition 

5l|-tly. 

Sanley Colbert in Deal 

Vith Youngstein & Col. 

':0LLYWOOD—A long-term deal has 

bill signed by Columbia Pictm'es and Max 

Ylmgstein Productions with Stanley Colb't 

Productions calling for Colbert to pro- 

[J*e featui-es for both the Youngstein 

copany and independently for Columbia, 

it'vas amiounced Monday i25) by M. J. 

F;nkovich, Columbia first vice-president 

iii;harge of global production. Colbert alwdy 

is in discussions with Youngstein 

r'arding initial projects. 

I'he dual deal is considered a major 

3 by Columbia and Youngstein toward 

imenting and accelerating Youngstein's 

f ore film slate, which includes "A Cook 

f Mr. General," "The Man Who Killed 

Ucoln" and "The Green Beret." 

7 to Highlight 'Empire' 

raw YORK—The CBS-TV "Roots of 

edom" special on Wednesday (3) evetjig 

titled, "In Defense of Rome," will 

itlight "The Pall of the Roman Empire." 

e program was produced in Rome and 

Jidrid on the sets of the Samuel Bronston 

tJduction, released by Paramount. James 

ijison, one of the stars of the picture, 

i| 

featured in the TV program. Scenes 

j'lude the Roman Forum and Coliseum. 

Ve program will reveal how Roman law 

ntributed to the western concept of free- 

Urges Exhibitors to Get 

On Pay TV Bandwagon 

NEW YORK—Paul Raibourn, Paramount 

Pictures Corp. vice-president long associated 

with that company's Telemeter pay 

TV operations, speaking before the New 

York Society of Security Analysts film 

forum here Thursday iMay 21), warned 

motion picture exhibitors to embrace pay 

TV before it is too late, and simultaneously 

predicted a phenomenal future for film producers. 

If theatres, which have battled pay TV 

for the last ten years, "continue their 

fight and do not embrace wired, direct payment 

TV, it may not be too long before 

the wheel of fate will have turned," Raibourn 

said, "and both broadcasters and exhibitors 

will not have taken advantage 

of the flood tide of interest in direct payment 

TV to set themselves up with the 

facilities to compete for access to the 

home set." 

Asserting that indications are that boxoffice 

admissions at motion picture theatres 

have improved over the last several 

years, Raibourn said the theatres now collect 

some $1.5 billion at the boxoffice, paying 

between $350,000,000 and $400,000,000 

to distributors and producers. In addition, 

he said, television pays another $70 to $80 

million to show these pictures after they 

have completed their theatre runs. 

Raibourn said the home videotape player, 

now being developed by at least 20 large 

electronics organizations, offers another 

threat to exhibitors. "When the home tape 

player arrives in quantity." he said, "the 

motion picture producer is going to have 

another way of exhibiting his pictures to 

the public for direct payment." 

He said that the future of the film producer 

is assured, with three possibilties existing: 

continuation of matters as they 

exist today with the supply of motion pictm'es 

for sponsored TV playing out and 

the values of residuals increasing, insti- 

Berger Strongly 

Favors 

Merger of TOA, Allied 

Minneapolis—Ben Berger, long a 

spokesman for the small exhibitor 

as well as a leader of North Central 

Allied, is no longer dubious about the 

effects of a merger between National 

Allied and Theatre Owners of America. 

He was formerly of the opinion 

that TOA was concerned primarily 

with the interests of the large circuits 

and that the interests of the 

two groups were at odds. 

Berger elaborated on his change of 

attitude at a recent NCA merger discussion, 

pointing out that "there is 

strength in numbers" and that united 

bargaining power should be the aim 

of both organizations. He continued, 

"Since the theatres are now controlled 

by individuals and not by film companies, 

it looks like the chances are 

for a good marriage. I feel it's going 

to be a good thing." 

tution by broadcasters and exhibitors of 

pay TV; or home tape recorders and players 

will come into operation. 

He pointed out that with direct pay TV 

systems, such as Telemeter, per home payments 

are as little as $100 and that amount 

is not paid by the family itself except as 

it uses the programs. 

"If the public allows itself to be propagandized 

into violent emotional reaction 

against a direct pay TV system," he said, 

"a $500 investment per home is what it 

will cost in the end and to have that freedom 

of choice in their home." 

Concerning the California initiative to 

outlaw pay TV, Raibourn said that it appeared 

to him the public would be "cu-- 

cumscribed in the use which it can make 

of its own television set," if the law is 

passed in November. He added that it appeared 

that "in the state of California, 

it would be illegal to have a home tape 

player connected to the television set in 

the home and to play on it a tape which 

one has rented or paid for." 

"If the proponents of STV don't come 

up with some new argument.s which appeal 

to the public," he continued, "there is 

a likelihood that the measure, as proposed, 

will pass. Subscription Television, 

Inc., so far seems to have taken refuge 

in telling everybody that their lawyers 

have told them that the proposal is unconstitutional. 

What else they will do, time 

will tell us." 

Theatre Managers Contest 

Set by WB for '7 Hoods' 

NEW YORK—Warner Bros, will conduct 

a theatre-managers' incentive contest, offering 

$1,500 in cash prizes, in connection 

with the June 27 release of "Robin and the 

7 Hoods," starring Frank Sinatra, Dean 

Martin, Sammy Davis jr., Bing Crosby and 

Barbara Rush. 

"Robin and the 7 Hoods." a Sinatra Enterprises 

picture in Panavision and Technicolor, 

has already been set to open in 

1.361 first-run engagements during the 

summer, one of the company's "greatest 

mass bookings," according to Morey iRazz) 

Goldstein, WB vice-president and general 

sales manager. 

In the incentive contest, first prize of 

$500 in cash will go to the manager who 

submits what is judged the best local promotional 

campaign. A bonus prize of a 

set of First Plight golf clubs will be 

awarded for the most unusual single stunt. 

Judges of the contest will be Ernie Grossman, 

WB national director of exploitation 

and promotion; Fred Herkowitz, RKO Theatres 

director of advertising and publicity, 

and Harry Goldberg, Stanley Warner Theatres 

director of advertising and publicity. 

Award for Whitmore 

NEW YORK — The American Jewish 

Congress presented a special award to 

James Whitmore on May 26 for his contribution 

to race relations via his role in 

"Black Like Me," Continental release. 

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Screen Trailer Boosts 

Strong's New Lamps 

TOLEDO — The Strong Electric Corp. 

believes not only in producing fine motion 

picture equipment, but also in giving exhibitors 

who install it an "assist" in selling 

the improved screen presentation to 

patrons. To this end, it has produced a 

35mm "talking" trailer which is available 

free to theatremen who install Strong's 

new Putura projection arc lamps. 

The trailer calls attention to the greater 

brilliance of the projected picture, "takes 

the patron into the projection room," showing 

the installation, and, by means of a 

split-screen effect, illustrates the degree 

of increased brilliance. The trailer then 

extends an invitation by the management 

to the patron to visit the projection room 

and see the lamps in operation. 

Theatremen who have used the trailer 

say that much goodwill has been created 

by inviting patrons to the booth, and that 

it helps patrons to appreciate the theatre's 

efforts to keep equipment up to date and 

to respect the financial investment involved. 

The trailer is available for two-week 

bookings. 

Wyatt and Nylen of FWC 

Win Burton Holmes Trip 

HOLLYWOOD—Harold Wyatt, Fox West 

Coast Theatres' district manager, and John 

Nylen, manager of the Stanford Theatre, 

Palo Alto, Calif., left Saturday (23) for 

a three-week trip to Europe as top showmanship 

winners of a contest sponsored by 

Burton Holmes Co., long established leader 

in the presentation of travel films. 

The Bm-ton Holmes Co. made its first 

entry into commercial motion picture theatres 

a year ago by presenting in over 

40 National General Corp. Theatres two 

travelog attractions, "Grand Tour" and 

"Italian Holiday." Robert W. Selig, NGC's 

vice-president of theatre operations, stated 

that the results were so gratifying that they 

intend to continue the program again this 

year. 

Tying in first-place honors with Nylen 

was Harry Francis, manager of the Crest 

Theatre, Long Beach, who received a 1964 

Volvo auto as his prize. Other prizes went 

to Dick Cone, manager of the Village 

Theatre, Claremont, Calif.; Roy Hill, Fairway 

Theatre, Kansas City, Mo., and Steve 

Moser, Ogden Theatre, Denver. Wyatt and 

Nylen will visit Holland, Belgium, France, 

Switzerland and England. 

Green Sheef Counteracts 

Censorship: Vanderhaar 

MINNEAPOLIS — Extensive use of 

The Green Sheet has helped overcome 

threats of censorship, according to Ray 

Vanderhaar, North Central Allied 

president. 

"By the broadest use of The Green 

Sheet we relieve the pressures from 

censorship when legislators next convene. 

The recommendations therein 

are a reputable guide for parents on 

film suitability," Vanderhaar declared. 

Clips from The Strong Electric 

Corp.'s 35mm trailer which it fiu-- 

nishes free for two-week bookings to 

exhibitors who install its new Futura 

arc projection lamps. The two upper 

clips, by split-screen effect, illustrate 

the increase in brilliance with the new 

lamps. The lower scene shows an installation 

of the Futuras, and is followed 

by an invitation to patrons to 

visit the projection room. 

Andy Williams on Tour 

HOLLYWOOD — Andy Williams 

began 

his ten-day engagement across country 

with his opening at the Latin Casino 

in Philadelphia. His tour then takes him 

to Lake Tahoe, New Haven, Las Vegas, 

Minneapolis, Springfield, Ottawa and spots 

in South Dakota. While on tour Williams 

will plug his first motion picture, "I'd 

Rather Be Rich" for Ross Hunter and 

Universal. 

MGM's Quarterly Dividend 

NEW YORK—The board of directors of 

MGM has declared a quarterly dividend of 

37 ','2 cents per share on the outstanding 

stock of the company, payable July 15 to 

stockholders of record June 19, 1964. 

Bill Asher Mokes Caree! 

Out of AIP 'Beach' Filmj 

NEW YORK—With his third "B-clpicture 

for American International « 

pleted for national 

release July 24, with 

some 400 dates already 

set, William 

Asher, director of 

"Bikini Beach," as 

well as "Beach Party" 

and "Muscle Beach 

Party," now has time 

for some of his TV 

activities, in which 

he is also most active. 

Later, he will direct 

the fourth for AIP, 

Bill Asher. 

"Beach Blanket 

Bingo," probably in November, for rta 

in 1965. 

Asher's first for AIP, "Beach Party,'* 

made for approximately $650,000 ancti 

grossed $3,000,000 net to date. "Msi 

Beach Party," just getting its first res 

dates, was made for "approximately 

,i 

000 more," while "Bikini Beach" cost v 

over $700,000." he admitted, this inci 

being due to higher salaries to the feair 

players, etc. "Muscle Beach" has alu 

grossed over $1,500,000 and is runnir 

per cent ahead of the first "Beach" 

'i 

for AIP. All three have "happy thi 

dealing with surfing, drag racing and (J 

fads indulged in by the youngsters ari 

course, music and songs for Prj^ 

Avalon and Annette Punicello to sing! 

pointed out. 

! 

His previous films were all dramatic 

eluding "Johnny Cool," which he mad 

United Artists release and which is "t 

treated as an art film abroad," Ashe: 

marked. It was through "Johnny C 

that Asher met his wife, Elizabeth W 

gomery, who was featured in the film 

is now to be the star of his next TV s( 

"Bewitched," in which she and A 

Moorehead both play witches. It is sc 

uled for ABC-TV starting this fall. 

won TV Emmy aM 

Asher, who also 

for his direction of "I Love Lucy" 

Dinah Shore shows in 1955 and 1959 

spectively, also directed the "Patty 1 

Show" in 1963, in addition to the pit 

'"Johnny Cool." Currently, the busy A 

is discussing another picture deal witl 

to sandwich in with his AIP "Beach" 

ture assignments. 

Goldwyn's First Sale to T 

HOLLYWOOD — Samuel Goldwyn 

nounced the first sale of the Samuel C 

wyn library of films to television. Pifl 

the pictures were licensed to Amalgam 

Television Services, Ltd. and Herald 

Television, Ltd. for showing in Austi 

They will be presented as "The Sa: 

Goldwyn Theatre of the Air," with 

casts starting July 1. 

300 July Dates for 'Dawn 

NEW YORK—United Artists has bo 

Charles K. Feldman's "The 7th Da 

starring William Holden, Susannah 

and Capucine, into 300 situations, bf 

ning in mid-July, according to Jame 

Velde, vice-president. The picture, w 

will be nationally released in late 

was filmed on actual locations in Ma 

BOXOFFICE June 1,

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. . . Walt 

. . Hal 

. . Slim 

. Walter 

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1(oU^ft4MMd ê^Kint 

C (rODUCTION spurt is seen with nine 

iilms scheduled to face the cameras 

)rUne. Eight of the films are from maji-jompanies 

and one is an independent. 

orhe same month last year there were 

nl'five features announced for producoistarts. 

The June schedule is slightly 

njr the previous month, which had 11 

on the lineup. 

iq 

:cjuMBiA 

gip OF Fools. Stanley Kramer proiKi 

and directs this drama of a steamship 

tiring from Vera Cruz to Bremerhaven, 

\ )32, and will develop it on a "Grand 

scale. The story was written by 

[Oil" 

:aierine Anne Porter and scripted by 

.b Mann. Cast consists of Vivien Leigh, 

ul.ne Signoret, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin, 

js'r Werner, Elizabeth Ashley, Jose 

}rio, George Segal, Michael Dunn and 

lez Ruhmann. 

>/AMOUNT 

isoRDERLY ORDERLY. Frank Tashlin proic3 

Jerry Lewis with a comedy about a 

io''ital orderly who wants to be a doctor, 

lulunfortunately has sympathy pains for 

,ir;he patients. Jerry acts as executive 

)rucer, with Paul Jones handling prolu'ion 

and Tashlin directing. The girl 

efs haven't been cast in this story starit 

Lewis. 

:n)iTH. Danny Mann, director, is aleiy 

in Israel, on this Kurt Unger proli 

ion. J. P. Miller did the screenplay on 

ir, unpublished "novella" by Lawrence 

Dtell about a woman, played by Sophia 

who was placed in a prison camp by 

j(!;n, 

If' husband, a Nazi. She was smuggled 

ri a "Kibbutz," in Israel and then 

iejches for her child, who was with her 

ii|oand. 

|} Harm's Way. The novel by James Basiq 

is the source of Otto Preminger's story 

iein World War II, following the bombing 

DPearl Harbor. It concerns the personal 

:iis of naval men immediately following 

tl' catastrophe, and will be filmed in Pearl 

H;bor. The imposing cast is headed by 

J»n Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Patricia 

N.l, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Brandon 

DWilde, Jill Haworth and Dana Andrews. 

nItro-goldwyn-mayer 

iiiRL Happy. This new Elvis Presley ronlntic 

comedy with music has a Florida 

sf-ing, and is based on an original by R. S. 

Am and Harvey Bullock. Shelley Fabares 

p!ys opposite Presley in the story about a 

njht club entertainer who falls in with a 

cppus crowd during an Easter vacation 

iJthe southern resort of Port Lauderdale. 

J Pasternak is the producer with Boris 

^!al as director. 

I'JIVERSAL 

|iRT OF Love. Carl Reiner's tongue-in- 

(jiek approach to the problem of a mod- 

^1 artist, who is worth more as a great 

ijn, when he is dead; the contemporary 

• By SYD CASSYD 

liiblem of most young artists is the settig 

in Paris, of this story, from an 

tginal by Richard Allan Simmons and 

illiam Sackheim. The Ross Hunter production 

will be directed by Norman Jewison 

and has James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, 

Elke Sommer and Angle Dickinson in the 

cast. 

UNITED ARTISTS 

A Rage to Live. This Mirisch Production 

will be produced by Lewis Rachmil and 

directed by Walter Grauman from a 

screenplay by John T. Kelly. The novel by 

John O'Hara concerns a sexually promiscuous 

16-year-old girl, classed as a nymph, 

who gets married and fails miserably because 

she is unable to get away from 

escapades. Suzanne Pleshette, Ben Gazzara 

and Bradford Dillman have been set 

for starring roles. 

COSNAT PRODUCTIONS 

The Candidate. Robert Angus will join 

his old army buddy, Stanley Cortez, 

cameraman, in a Maurice Duke-produced 

story, set in contemporary Washington. 

The short story by Frank Moceri was 

scripted by Quentin Vale and covers the 

problems and drama of influence peddling 

in the nation's capital. The film will be 

lensed at Goldwyn Studios. June Wilkinson 

and Mamie Van Doren will star. 

"A Pine Madness," the $10,000 awardwinning 

novel by Elliot Baker, will go into 

a joint production deal at Metro-Goldwyn- 

Mayer. A serio-comic novel dealing with a 

contemporary poet, it will be produced by 

Jerome Hellman and directed by Delbert 

Mann, with Hellman's Pan Arts Company, 

and Delbert Mann's Biography Productions 

sharing in the deal with MGM. Baker will 

screenplay his novel under the deal which 

was announced by Robert M. Weitman, 

studio head of MGM . 

Ford and 

Bernard Smith will produce "Chinese 

Finale" at MGM. Ford will direct, and 

Smith will produce, the dramatic adventui'e 

story of the Chinese-Mongolian border 

of 1935, when war lords dominated the 

country. The duo of coproducers did "How 

the West Was Won" for the same studio 

and recently completed "Cheyenne Autumn" 

for Warner Bros. ... A Pandro S. Berman 

production at MGM wiU be the first Hollywood-produced 

film for Guy Hamilton, who 

has been signed to direct "The Venetian 

Affair," which will roll next year, and is 

based on Helen Maclnnes' current bestselling 

novel. Hamilton comes from direction 

chores on a Sean Connery film in London 

. . . "Maya the Magnificent," the story 

which Frank and Mamice King will produce 

in the Far East, possibly Ceylon, will have 

scenes with 1,000 elephants. The pair will 

produce for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer release, 

later this year. 

. 

H' 

Aubrey Schenck will make a space special, 

similar to his "Robinson Crusoe on 

Mars," and has started di.scu.ssions with 

Col. John Glenn for a po.ssible role, when 

the hero retires from the Marines 

Edward Lewis will produce for United Artists 

release a screen version of "The Confessor," 

with John Frankenheimer directing. 

Lewis John Carlino, young playwright, will 

do the script. Tony CurtLs and Henry Fonda 

will star, in the adaptation of the novel 

by Jackson Donahue. "The Confessor" will 

be a Mirisch Co. presentation. The story 

concerns a controversial study of a compulsive 

personality ... A 20-minute color 

short subject, featuring surfers, titled, 

"Sui-f on the Wild Side," goes before the 

cameras and will be distributed nationally 

by Seymour Borde and Associates. Steve 

Ellis narrates Pickens narrates 

. 

"Dundee's Dandies," a 27-minute color 

short on Hollywood stuntmen working in 

Jerry Bresler's production of "Major Dundee" 

for Columbia release. He played a role 

WARNER BROS. 

The Great Race. Blake Edwards goes all 

the way on the story which he created, and 

then scripted with Arthur Ross, and will as the Major who rode the A-bomb at the 

direct, with Martin Jurow producing. In end of "Dr. Strangelove". . 

Shenson 

is shooting a theatre trailer on the 

Super Panavision and Technicolor, the 

Blake Edwards production stars Tony Curtis, 

Jack Lemmon, Natalie Wood, Peter Beatles show. 

United Artists' "A Hard Day's Night," the 

Falk and Keenan Wynn. The turn-of-thecentury 

comedy calls for the high speed Michael Gordon, following his success 

of the early 1900s, in a colorful roadrace in in directing Universal's "Pillow Talk," the 

Europe. Production budget calls for a Oscar winner, has been signed for "The 

multi-million dollar expenditure. 

Favor," with the impressive lineup of Rock 

Hudson, Leslie Caron, and Charles Boyer. 

Edward Muhl, Universal vice-president, 

stated it would be a Universal-Lankershim 

coproduction deal. Stanley Shapiro and 

Nate Monaster wrote the script and Shapiro 

will produce, with Robert Arthur as 

executive producer. An August start is indicated 

. Wallis has signed a screenwriter 

to start on the script of the bigbudget, 

all-star western, "The Song of 

Katie Elder," with production slated at 

Paramount this fall. Allan Weiss, the writer 

who drew the assignment, co-authored 

"Roustabout," the Elvis Presley starrer . . . 

Joe Pasternak's new Elvis Presley film, 

"Girl Happy" will be directed by Boris 

Sagal with choreography by David Winters 

at the MGM lot . . . Peter Fonda moves 

into the daring area of controversy, feeling 

it deserves exploration, and has purchased 

the Howard Fast novel, "Conceived in Liberty," 

to film as an independent production 

Following the success of Africa 

. . . as a locale, Marshall Thompson is working 

on an Ivan Tors production called "Clarence, 

the Cross-Eyed Lion," a comedy. Another 

interesting title is "Zebra in the 

Kitchen," to be lensed in the United States. 

Disney has set Byron Paul to direct 

his third pictm-e for the magnate of 

Burbank, titled, "Gallegher." The film will 

roll in June. 

Mb 

With a July 15 starting date set for the 

new Mirisch Corp., "The Hallelujah Train," 

at a Gallup, N. M., location, John Sturges, 

producer-director of the property, signed 

Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton 

and Pamela Tiffin for four of the six 

starring roles. Screenplay 'was written by 

John Gay based on the novel by Bill Gulick 

. . . Cliff Robertson has approved the 

script of "The Hiroshima Pilot," the story 

based on the man who hit the town with 

the A-bomb. 

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BOXOFFICE 

BAROMETE 

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relation to normal grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as "nonj 

the figures show the gross rating above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination (« 

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jjlznick Trophies to 

îstroianni, '8 

VT! 

ll;W YORK—The David O. Selznick 

Jo'en Laurel trophies for 1964 were 

wided to Marcello Mastroianiii. Italian 

for "his consistent and distinguished 

ibutions to international artistry," to 

iki Kurosawa, Japanese director for 

istent contributions to international 

iinrstanding through the creation of moioi 

pictui'es of artistic distinction," and 

^derico Fellini's "8 '2," as "the motion 

)ic:ie of artistic distinction which made 

htgreatest contribution to international 

mirstanding during the awards year." 

uJaI STEVENSON PRESENTER 

,llai E. Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador to 

h( United Nations, made the formal pres- 

•n'tions of the 1964 awards and George 

stieirs jr., director of the motion picture 

leilce of the U.S. Information Agency at 

hi U.S. Mission to the United Nations 

vJnesday i27). Piero Vinci, Ambassador 

16 U.S. from Italy, accepted the trophy 

oiMastroianni, who is in Italy; Akira 

vlJsui, Japan's Ambassador to the United 

•ii,on&, accepted Km-osawa's trophy and 

loph L, Mankiewicz, American director, 

iclpted the award for Fellini. 

Iver Laurel medals for "contributions 

o'lternational understanding while maina'lng 

high standards of artistic artistry 

v(i; presented to Bryan Forbes' British 

il. "The L-Shaped Room," which was 

ic'pted by British actor Emlyn Williams; 

oindsay Anderson's British film, "This 

Silting Life," which was accepted by 

3)ish director Peter Glenville; and to 

riy Richardson's "Tom Jones," which 

vr accepted by R. W. Jackling, deputy 

jf'iianent representative to the United 

"liions from U.K.. to Dino Risi's Italian 

'i 1, "The Easy Life," which was accepted 

3; American actress Joan Fontaine; to 

ijianno Olmi's Italian film, "The Sound 

3ii Trumpets," which was accepted by 

\erican actor Anthony Perkins; to Ingr.' 

Bergman's Swedish film, "Winter 

Liiit," which was accepted by Sverker C. 

Mrom, U.S. Ambassador from Sweden, 

ii' to Andrei Tarkovsky's Russian film, 

Name Is Ivan," which was accepted by 

'ly 

2 Nikolai Tiofimovich Federenko, Amiisador 

to the United Nations from 

D .S.R. 

CiTRIBUTORS AND JURY 

ilastroianni is the star of "8V2," which 

sjlistributed in the U.S. by Embassy Pic- 

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'Chalk Garden' Strong 195 in N.Y.; 

What a Way to Go!' Big 2nd Week 

NEW YORK—As the three-day Memorial 

weekend approached and the warm 

weather continued, many New Yorkers and 

the out-of-town visitors headed for the 

World's Pair but enough patrons stayed in 

Manhattan to give "The Chalk Garden" a 

smash opening week at the Radio City 

Music Hall and bring strong business to 

"Viva Las Vegas." the Elvis Presley musical 

which attracted the teenagers in its first 

week at the Forum. Also very big was the 

second week of "What a Way to Go!" at 

the Ciiterion and the east side Sutton Theatre. 

However, the longer-running pictures, 

many of them Showcase attractions which 

had played at the Music Hall or other 

houses, were way off. including the third 

and final weeks of "The World of Henry 

Orient" and "The Best Man" at the RKO 

Palace and the Astor, respectively: the 17th 

and final week for "Dr. Strangelove." at 

the Victoria and the east side Baronst; 

"The Third Secret." in its fourth week at 

the Trans-Lux East, and even "The Empty 

Canvas." which slipped badly at the Embassy 

and the east side Mm-ray Hill, after 

a strong opening week. 

While "Becket." in its 11th week of twoa-day 

at Loew's State maintained a healthy 

pace, "It's a Mad. Mad, Mad, Mad World" 

slipped a bit in its 27th week of two-a-day 

at the Warner Cinerama and "Cleopatra" 

continued just fair in its 50th week at the 

Rivoli. "The Pall of the Roman Empire," 

which has also been dropping off, was fair 

in its ninth and final week of two-a-day at 

the DeMille and switched to three performances 

daily and lower prices May 29, The 

next two-a-day film will be "Circus World," 

which will open at Loew's Cinerama June 

24. 

Again, many of the art house pictures 

did well, always including "Tom Jones," in 

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izer," in its third week at the Coronet; "The 

Servant," in its tenth week at the Little 

Carnegie, and "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," 

in its tenth week at the Festival 

and Loew's Tower East. 

In addition to return engagements of 

"The Longest Day" and "The Bridge on 

the River Kwai," which opened May 27 

at the Paramount and the Victoria, respectively, 

"A Distant Ti'umpet" opened at 

the RKO Palace, along with "Muscle Beach 

Party," the same day and two foreign 

films, "Disorder" and "The Night Watch" 

also started. 

(Average Is 100) 

Astor—The Best Man (UA), 3rd wk. of Showcase. .120 

baronet 

1 or. Strangelove H.0I), 7fh wk IIU 

beekman South Pacific (^Gtti-Fox), reissue, 

2nd wk 100 

Carnegie Hall Cinema—Dimko (Artkino), 10th wk. 115 

Cinema Tom Jones (UA-Loperf), 33rd wk 150 

Cinema Cool World (Wiseman), 4th wk I 2U 

II 

Coronet The Organizer (Cont'l), 3rd wk 150 

Criterion—What a Way to 1.0! (20fh-Fox), 2nd wk. 185 

UeMille The Foil of the Roman Empire (Para), 

yth wk. of fwo-a-day 135 

Embassy The Empty Canvos (Embassy), 2nd wk. 140 

t-estivol Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 

(Embassy), 1 0th wk 1 30 

5th Avenue—The Silence (Janus), 4th wk 130 

Fine Arts Don't Tempt the Devil (UMPO), 4th wk. 135 

Guild-Murder She Said (MGM), Murder at the 

uollop (MGM), reruns 1 20 

Little Carnegie The Servant (Landau), 1 0f h wk. 135 

Loew's Cinerama Windjammer (Cinerama), reissue, 

4fh wk 130 

Loew's Becket (Para), 11th wk. of fwo-aday 

State 

160 

Loew s Tower East Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 

(Embassy), 1 0th wk 

Murray Hill 

1 30 

The Empty Canvos (Embassy), 2nd wk. 120 

Normandie Shakespeare Film Festival (SR), 2nd wk. 125 

Paramount South Pacific (20fh-Fox), 

reissue, 2nd wk 125 

Pans Children of Paradise (Pathe), revivol, 

4fh wk 135 

Plaza— Chaplin Film Festival (5R), 25th wk 135 

Radio City Music Hall—The Chalk Garden 

(Univ), plus stage show 195 

Rialto—The Silence (Janus), 16th wk 120 

Cleopatra (20th-Fox). 50th wk. of two-a-day 120 

Rivoli 

RKO Palace The World of Henry Orient (UA), 

3rd wk. of Shovvcose 110 

Sutton—What a Way to Go! (20th-Fox), 2nd wk. 175 

34th Street East— Black Like Me (Cont'l) 140 

Toho The Rikisho Man (Toho), revival 125 

Trans-Lux The Third Secret (20th-Fox), 

East 

4th wk 120 

Trans-Lux 52nd St. Week End (Cinema-Video), 

4th wk 125 

Victoria— Dr. Strangelove (Col), 17th wk 110 

Warner— It's a Mad, Mod, Mad, Mod World 

(UA-Cinerama), 27th wk. of two-a-day 170 

World— Psychomonia (Victoria), 1 5th wk 135 

"Best Man' 110 Best Gross 

In Very Slow Buffalo 

BUFFALO—Presummer doldrums, coupled 

with a string of reissues, held all 

grosses to low figiu'es. There was not a 

strong show in the lot, as the theatres 

hopefully prepared for an upsurge over the 

Memorial Day holiday. 

Buffalo Pillow Talk (Univ); Operation Petticoat 

(Univ), reissues 100 

Center The Strangler (AA); Cry of BaHle (AA). ... 95 

Century. Kensington South Pacific (20th-Fox), 

reissue, 3rd wk 05 

Cinema, Amherst—The Best Man (UA) 

1 

110 

Granada Tomohine (MGM), 2nd wk 95 

Paramount Goliath and the Sins of Babylon 

Samson and the Slave (AlP) (AlP); Girl 100 

'Shock Treament' in 120 Bow 

As Only Baltimore Ne'wcomer 

BALTIMORE—A presimimer heat wave 

over the weekend created competition for 

movies as amusement seekers were lured 

outdoors. With only one new attraction on 

first-rmi screens, boxoffices slipped below 

customary weekend grosses. The newcomer, 

"Shock Treatment" did, in the 

management's words, "fairly well." Among 

holdovers, "Yesterday, Today and Tomor- 

, 

row" and "Tom Jones," the latter at aa 

house, were in the lead. 

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Five West Dr. Strangelove (Col), moveover 

Chorles Tom Jones (UA-Lopert), 13th wk. 

12th wk 

Hippodrome The Hustler (20th-Fox); The 

Little 

Stripper (20fh-Fox), reruns 

The Silence (Janus), 3rd wk 

['.','/ 

Mayfair Yesterdoy, Today and Tomorrow 

(Embassy), 3rd wk , 

New Shock Treatment (20th-Fox) 

, 

Playhouse— Lilies of the Field (UA). rerun, '6f'h"w 

Senator The Pink Ponther (UA), 10th wk 

Stanton A Globol Affair (MGM), 2nd wk

I 

A STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLE 

The Danish prize-winning motion piclnre "Week En«r' was exhihiled al a fihn festival in 

San Franeiseo, some months ago. It is our opinion tliat it is a fine pieee of filmed art. This 

opinion was shared by the audience, the erities and the judges. 

As film distributors, we noted, with trepidation, that the explosive words "banned" appeared 

on literature about the fihn. We were surprised. 

We feel that a distributor has a moral obligation to determine that his film release meets 

the standards of our culture. We examined the film for the possible impact on our society. 

Is it honest in its motivation? Is it honest in its treatment of the subject matter? Because 

it is a highly controversial subject, we used these guides to value judgments and concluded 

that our questions were answered in the affirmative. Many of the nation's critics shared 

our 

views. 

We became the distributors of "Week End." 

We are not preachers . . . we are businessmen, We feel that it is our right to display 

films which meet our ethical and moral standards, We believe that all of the arts have their 

own language, and it's a universal one. 

Therefore, it was with some surprise that we noted the Legion of Decency had reported 

that our film was "condemned." It is their right to hold opinions and to publish them. This 

is the American way. But we reserve the right to disagree. We believe that this label on 

"Week End" is unfair and unjust. 

It carries with it an unwarranted stigma, on this film, of something outside the pale of 

respectability. We firmly believe we are correct in our rating. 

We outlined our opinions to this group, because, while we respect their views as 

related 

to their own members, we don't feel that this is the view of all Americans. In the face of what 

we considered overwhelmingly strong evidence to the contrary, the Legion of Decency has, this 

week, refused to change its labeling of the film. We think they are wrong. 

We are, therefore, forced, as independent businessmen, proud of the heritage of our 

standards, to call upon you, the exhibitors of the nation, to look at "Week End" not in terms 

of pressures upon you because of the label 

of content of the film as "good," or "bad," but 

because it is a property drawing large audiences who do not have the same opinion as the 

Legion of Decency. 

If you feel, as we do, we should like you to book "Week End" in your theatre, 

or chain. 

In some cases, this might be a courageous action. We will understand if you cannot face the 

pressures. If you do book it, we believe that a board of opinion-makers in your community, 

of ministers of all faiths, along with psychologists, educators and lay persons from all religions 

and creeds should comment on its value to the art of filmmaking, and a comment on our life. 

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ALBANY 

H windstorm striking about 5 pjn. in the 

Hyde Park area ripped the screen of 

the 9-G Drive-In operated by Alan Iselin. 

The airer was closed one night for repairs 

new 1,000-seat Branche Theatre, 

constructed by James Branche and associates 

at Latham, was opened May 26 

with "Mail Order Bride" and "Tamahine" 

on the screen . Scotia Art Theatre 

presented "Arturos Island," advertising it 

as the winner of the best picture at the San 

Sebastian Film Festival. 

Father Edward F. English, a former 

chaplain of Albany Variety Club, became 

pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Castleton. 

Father English, diocesan director of 

radio and television, had been at St. 

George's Church at Pittstown since June 

1962 . Kaye, assistant director of 

the news department at WAST and an 

active member of Tent 9, has been elected 

president of the recently formed Capital 

District News Broadcasters Ass'n. Ken 

Parker of Schine's WPTR was chosen secretary-treasurer. 

The Knickerbocker News ran a three-column 

picture of Chief Barker Adrian Ettelson 

presenting a check to assistant publisher 

Roger Coryell for the Camp Thacher 

fund. Former Chief Barker Al Kellert 

smilingly looked on. Picture copy read: 

"The Variety leaders urged all groups and 

individuals to contribute generously to this 

fund for sending 400 underprivileged boys 

to camp this summer." Another photograph 

had ex-Chief Barker G. G. Brandon Donahue 

giving a check: a third, Artie Greene, 

member of the Variety crew, accepting a 

donation from an official of an Albany taxi 

company. Gene Teper, veteran barker, is 

also a worker for the cause, sponsored this 

year by Capital Newspapers. The goal is 

$18,000. 

Mrs. John J. McGrath, wife of the Albany 

Theatre Supply Co. head, was again 

a neighborhood winner in the tulip display 

contest conducted as part of Albany's Tulip 

Festival . Watkins, Strand boothman, 

made the first weekend trip of the 

season to his camp at Law's Island in Lake 

Champlain. He rented another camp, at 

Crooked Lake, to a Ti-oy resident. 

Bill Hebert, assistant general manager of 

Iselin Theatres, renewed acquaintances 

with Harry Unterfort, zone manager for 

Schine Theatres out of Syracuse, at a recent 

industry conference in New York . 

A walking encyclopedia on film history, 

pictures and distributor representatives is 

Dick Hayes, Paramount booking manager. 

Filmrow men term his memory "extraordinary." 

Six WB Shorts Releases Set 

HOLLyWOOD—Six Technicolor motion 

picture short-subjects will be released by 

Warner Bros, in the next six weeks. Included 

are five cartoons: "Pests for 

Guests," "The Iceman Ducketh," "War and 

Pieces," 

"Birds Anonymous" and "Hawaiian 

Aye Aye." A two-reel "Worldwide Adventure 

Special," titled "Silver Lightning," 

will be released for the Memorial Day 

holiday. 

BUFFALO 

Cuburban Tonawanda has adopted 

censing and regulation ordinanc 

drive-in theatres, although there at 

such operations in the city limits. Tli 

cense is $1 a car speaker a year. Thjl 

specifies no speaker can carry more}; 

200 feet outside the drive-in and thaft 

car speakers may operate after Uj 

Penalty for violation is $50 each ofi 

The Tonawanda council backed down 

attempt to deny a building permit tc 

than Dickman and Harry L. Berkson.i 

herst, to build an $80,000 drive-in at '% 

street and Eggert road, when the ^ 

cants threatened to bring court actior! 

Then Kenmore Theatre property at 

Delaware was sold to Joseph Bona of T 

wanda for approximately $145,000. 

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building includes the Kenmore Thi 

1,600-seater closed about four- yeai 

second floor bowling alley, also closed 

16 stores on the street level. Henry E 

jr. and Paul Kelly headed the selling 

pany. Bona said he plans to spenci 

wards to $150,000 for renovations. 

Myron Gross of Cooperative The 

took his own poodle to the Statler t 

Hotel to meet Michel, the poodle st; 

"Wild and Wonderful" who does a 

routine. Dave Kane, Universal, had 

in town. 

Attending the circus, Saints and Siij 

annual convention at Virginia Beach 

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Bob Boasberg, brother of Charlie 3 

berg of Paramount Pictures, and a ( 

other prominent Buffalo members o: 

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Schmuff and Vernon Nolle, exectives 

of Dm-kee Enterprises, along 

itIEd Bigley. Washington branch manje 

for United Artists, and Bill Moore. 

of the Senator Theatre, were 

,a,.ger 

OS to press, radio and TV for screening 

f 'irom Russia With Love" at the Senator, 

hr occasion was unusual in that the 

los were served dinner at an exclusive 

sHirant opposite the theatre and later 

rd vodka by a tunic-clad Russian while 

heJarty sat in a glass-enclosed section 

psiirs and watched the film. 

Carles Reisinger, business agent for the 

loSn Picture and TV Operators Union, 

i-illict as ringmaster for one of the largest 

lou shows held in the east Saturday i6> 

,t wings Mills. Reisinger is a member of 

hfSoumi Mounted Patrol . Matties 

has returned to duty as projectionst 

t the Rialto after a nine-week absence 

iujig which he underwent eye surgery at 

3ai-more Eye. Ear Hospital. 

ibert Jenkins, formerly with JF The- 

\lti and later with Affiliated Theatres, 

la returned to the former circuit as asis'nt 

manager at the Stanton and Mayai 

theatres . . . Rita Greenfeld. secretary 

o,?on Back, general manager Rome Theaii. 

has retm-ned from a Miami, Fla., valain. 

Her substitute during the holiday 

I'gBetty Chazen. 

number of Baltimore's first-run theitis 

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have taken their daily ads out of 

h-Morning Sun. Exceptions are the open- 

III of new attractions. A concensus dis- 

U's the reason is lack of a regular theit, 

page and that film reviews do not apla- 

near the movie ads. Previews freliitly 

are in the women's and society secic!s. 

according to theatre managers. 

ha. Names Lars McSorley 

fist. Publicity Chief 

!ew YORK—Lars McSorley has been 

pinted assistant publicity manager of 

'timount Pictures, according to Hy Hol- 

:i'er. publicity manager of the company. 

;.cSorley. who has been with Paramount 

i;e March working with the special unit 

i: Samuel Bronston's "The Pall of the 

t lan Empire." joined Paramount from 

i?mel Bronston productions where he was 

' York press representative. Previously 

IJorley served as Eastern publicity mansr 

and foreign publicity manager for 

'jed Artists Pictures Corp. He entered 

1; industry as a publicist with Italian 

Export and other flim organizations. 

'ins 

*ational Studios Leases 

•iditional Space 

jlEW YORK—Herman Rosenberg, presi- 

,t of National Studios, Inc., announced 

!t with the starting of their 52nd year, 

jy have expanded their color department, 

[addition to space on the 4th floor they 

K' also occupy the entire 5th floor of 

jWest 48th St., 

here. 

;'he taking of the new space was at- 

Duted to the wide acceptance of their 

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Type R or PRO print. 

I'rojected figures show an increase of 

per cent in the first quarter of the year 

all products including slides, art, photo 

i color work. 

Brooklyn Tuxedo Theatre 

To Be Torn Down June 1 

NEW YORK—The Tuxedo Theatre on 

Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach 

Avenue in Brooklyn is scheduled to be 

torn down on June 1 to make room for the 

completion of Trump Village, giant new 

middle income housing development in 

the Brighton-Coney Island section of 

Brooklyn. The Tuxedo has been successfully 

operated for the past two and a half 

years by Sam Horwitz. The Tuxedo featured 

free parking, coffee corner, and art 

gallery as part of its operation. 

Horwitz is vice-president of Associated 

Motion Picture Advertisers lAMPAi. on the 

board of directors of ITOA. member of 

Cinema Lodge of B'nai B'rith. Variety 

Club and Motion Picture Pioneers. Horwitz 

also operated the Mermaid Theatre 

in Brooklyn for six years. Prior to that 

time he spent seven years in theatre management 

and as publicity consultant for 

the Interboro circuit and 13 years with 

Loew's in all phases of in and out of town 

operation. 

Charity Premiere Planned 

For 'Night of the Iguana' 

NEW YORK—"The Night of the Iguana," 

the John Huston-Ray Stark picturization 

of the Tennessee Williams play, produced 

by MOM and Seven Arts, will have a onenight 

charity world premiere showing in 

Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center for 

the Performing Arts June 30. All proceeds 

will go to the Heart Fund. 

Regular showings of the film will begin 

the first week in August. Those who will 

attend the opening and the post-premiere 

Fiesta at Philharmonic Hall will include 

Richard Bmton. star of the film, currently 

appearing on Broadway in "Hamlet," 

director Huston and Ava Gardner, Deborah 

Kerr and Sue Lyon, co-stars in the film, 

who will fly to New York, as will playwright 

Williams. 

Tickets for the premiere and the Fiesta 

are priced at $100 per person while tickets 

to the film showing only are scaled from 

$5 to $50. 

Republic Special Meet 

To Remove 6 Directors 

NEW YORK—A special meeting of the 

shareholders of Republic Corp. will be held 

at the Hotel Pierre June 24 to amend the 

bylaws to provide 1—that any director may 

be removed at any time, with or without 

cause, by vote of the shareholders and, 2 

that vacancies resulting from the removal 

of directors and/or increases in the number 

of directors, shall be filled only by vote 

of the shareholders. Also, to remove as directors 

Robert L. Huffines. Victor Muscat. 

Louis E. Corrington jr., Gilbert J. Rynbeck 

jr.. Edward Krock and A. Alex Shuford jr. 

and any other designees of B.S.P. Co.. according 

to Bernice W. Goodman, secretary 

of Republic Corp. 

Mrs. Fanny Maron Dies 

NEW YORK—Mrs. Fanny Maron. 65. 

mother of MGM roadshow sales manager 

Mel Maron, died May 23. She is survived 

by six children and 11 grandchildren. 

— 

BROADWAY 

'MO ROTHMAN. executive vice-president 

of Columbia International, is back at 

his desk following a three-week tour of Europe, 

including stops at Cannes for the 

Film Festival, and Rome, Paris and London. 

Jean Goldwurm. president of Times 

Film, returned Wednesday i27i with Mrs. 

Goldwurm after a trip to Cannes and to 

other European cities to close deals for 

foreign pictures. Also back from Europe 

are Lena Home, the night club star, and 

her composer-conductor husband Lennie 

Hayton; Oskar Werner. German film star, 

and Mrs. Francois Truffaut. wife of the 

French film director, who arrived on the 

France Wednesday 1 same liner 

returned to Europe Thursday i28i with 

Rudolph Bing. general manager of the 

Metropolitan Opera: Alfred Black. British 

impresario, and Henry Kaplan, director of 

"The White House," which just opened on 

Broadway, on board. 

Robert H. O'Brien, president of MGM: 

Maurice Silverstein, president of MGM International, 

and Benjamin Melniker. MGM 

chief counsel, were back from conferences 

at the Culver City Studio. * * * Hortense 

Schorr, coordinator of publicity for Co- 

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lumbia Pictures, got back from Hollywood 

Monday 1 25 1 where she conferred with 

Jerry Bresler. producer, and Samantha 

Eggar. British lead in William Wyler's 

"The Collector." on a promotion campaign 

for the new star. * • * At Paramount. Aubrey 

Schenck. producer of "Robinson 

Crusoe on Mars," went back to Hollywood 

after home office conferences on the picture's 

summer release, while Bernard Berlin, 

exploitation manager, went to Minneapolis 

to coordinate activities on the opening 

of "The Carpetbaggers" at the Orpheum 

Theatre there Thursday 

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Gene Saks joined Jason Robards jr. and 

Barry Gordon in re-creating their stage 

roles in "A Thousand Clowns." which Fred 

Coe is producing in Manhattan, while 

Charles Locke and Gilbert Bolt. New York 

actors, were signed to play jail guards in 

"How to Murder Your Wife," the George 

Axelrod picture starring Jack Lemmon. 

* * * George Maharis. who completed 

MGM's "Quick, Before It Melts" in Hollywood, 

is in New York to promote the film 

and discuss a record deal with Epic 

executives. 

'Ring of Treason' Booked 

NEW YORK—Paramounfs "Ring of 

Treason." the British picture starring Bernard 

Lee. had its first American showing 

at the Beekman Theatre, starting 

Thursday (28». Leslie Gilliat produced 

and Robert Tronson directed. 

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yHERE ARE rumors of important changes 

pending in the Rank Organization 

and. although official circles are remaining 

silent on these matters, some big promotion 

appears to be in line for Fred Thomas, 

managing director of the U.K. Division of 

Rank's World Film Distribution. Ihe exact 

nature of Thomas' elevation is not yet 

clear, but it is quite possible that he will 

have a bigger say in all future Rank productions 

made at Pinewood Studios as well 

as the manner in which these properties 

are sold, both in this country and throughout 

the world. 

And next month Earl St. John, executive 

producer at Pinewood Studios, will be 

71 years old. A great showman, who has 

served the Rank Organization with considerable 

distinction and profit, Earl has 

kept "the man with the gong" productions 

going under the most trying industry 

conditions. 

There are few colleagues in the Rank 

group whom John Davis, chairman and 

managing director, has greater regard for, 

both in his professional and personal capacity 

than Earl. But it appears that this 

American-born, sparkling personality 

would like to take things a little easier, although 

his looks and vitality belie his age. 

If, as it is generally thought. Earl St. 

John decides to retire from full-time activity 

at Pinewood, then, so the grapevine 

reports. Fred Thomas will be given additional 

responsibilities over and above the 

position he already holds with Rank. 

Thomas is a man who came into the 

Rank Group nearly ten years ago, after a 

distinguished career as editor of the then 

Daily Cinema. His work as general manager 

of Rank Film Distributors was so impressive 

that he was eventually promoted 

to managing director and has since taken 

an active role in packaging many big international 

features, in particular being responsible 

for the lucrative deals signed 

between Samuel Bronston and the Rank 

Group. 

More and more, Thomas is looking for 

partners in the Western Hemisphere, who 

can share with him in the joint-financing 

of large-scale expensive productions, not 

only for British cinemas, but for important 

European markets. A man who is a personality 

in his own right as well as being 

an outstanding executive in the business, 

the prophecies regarding Thomas have 

been welcomed throughout the industry. 

All that Wardour Street is waiting for is 

the official confirmation by the Rank 

Organization. 

A sign that Columbia Pictures will be 

taking an increasingly active part in British 

production was reflected with the news 

that Maxwell Setton has been appointed 

managing director of Columbia (British) 

Productions, Ltd. Bill Graf, who is based 

in London, will be his executive assistant 

for international productions. 

Announcing the appointment, Mike 

Frankovich, first vice-president of Columbia, 

said that Setton will assume primary 

responsibility for setting up British 

and Continental productions, while Graf 

will supervise the projects during production 

phase and will also work with American 

producers who come to Europe. 

Setton formed several film companies 

and produced many successful motion pictures 

before being appointed managing director 

of Bryanston on its formation five 

years ago. In 1962, he joined Columbia as 

production executive for Continental Europe. 

Graf joined Columbia Pictures in 

1946 as secretary and assistant to the late 

Harry Cohn. In 1950, he became assistant 

production manager of the Hollywood 

studios and two years later came to London 

for Columbia. He was appointed a vicepresident 

of Columbia Pictures International 

late in 1963. 

News in brief: Tony Hancock, one of 

Britain's leading TV comedians, has joined 

the cast of the 20th Century-Fox comedy 

spectacular, "Those Magnificent Men in 

Their Flying Machines." Other British 

comics playing leading roles are Terry- 

Thomas, Benny Hill and Eric Sykes ... A 

new horror film, "Dr. Terror's House of 

Horrors," has started production at Shepperton 

studios. With a cast headed by 

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, it is 

produced by Milton Subotsky and Max J 

Rosenberg. The film, directed by Freddie 

Francis, will also star Jennifer Jayne, 

Michael Gough and a host of pop-singing 

artistes. This is a horror film with musical 

undertones, says producer Subotsky . . . 

The feature film about the life of the Duke 

of Windsor, which is Jack Le Vien's next 

picture, has been scripted by Sidney Box 

and production will start later this summer. 

Le Vien, the man responsible for 

making the story of Winston Churchill, 

"The Finest Hours," is now viewing some 

13,000 feet of the Duke of Windsor's own 

home movies placed at his disposal by the 

Duke himself. Like "The Finest Hours," 

this documentary production, "A King's 

Story," will use various film, newsreel clips 

and special color photography, as well as a 

number of new techniques . . . Richard L. 

Patterson, director of Seven Arts Productions, 

has resigned and plans to return to 

the agency business. He was with the William 

Morris Agency for many years before 

coming to England in 1959 to run Paramount 

Productions. He intends to remain 

in Britain. Patterson personally produced 

Seven Arts' most recent British production, 

"The Wild Affair," starring Nancy 

Kwan and Terry-Thomas . official 

British entry for the San Sebastian Film 

Festival is "Seance on a Wet Afternoon," 

a Beaver film production by Richard Attenborough 

and Bryan Forbes. Directed 

by Forbes, the film stars Richard Attenborough 

and Kim Stanley and is released 

by the Rank Organization . . . Ken Green 

has been appointed to the board of Carl 

Forman's British production company. 

Open Road Films. Formerly in charge of 

studio publicity at Elstree, Denham, Pinewood 

and Shepperton, Green has been Forman's 

publicity director for the last two 

years. 

president and director of advertising, j 

licity and exploitation for 20th Cenr 

Fox, announced here Tuesday

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te Rodnok jr., recently re-elected presint 

of Allied MPTO of Western 

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ylvania, has planned a completely 

vvront and interior redecorating for the 

ak Theatre, Oakmont . . . "Plastigrams," 

le nird dimension movie, was featured 

':al theatres 40 years ago. Colored 

s necessary to see the pictme in diet 

on were supplied free by the theatres, 

call . . . Sheilah Graham, Hollywood 

)lunist, here to sell her book "The Rest 

Story," said that the trend toward 

>w syndicated columnists is due to 

e£;r sophistication of the readers and 

) |!wer big film stars. She said; "I 

lir the columns might disappear." 

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Pil Del Vitto has added "New" to the 

ccd oldest outdoor theatre in the area 

hii he pui'chased recently from Warren 

iitprises. It's the New Super 30 near 

w|, which has been extensively renoitJ 

Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Jones bein! 

parents of a daughter named Diane 

. . . liijeth. There are a brother Billy and 

s er Cindy. Papa is the Warner Bros. 

tyiialesman-office manager . 

circuit has not taken over R. W. 

hdpson's Brookside Drive-In Theatre 

>a'Sewickley, but is licensing and bookg 

his ozoner. For a number of years 

ssociated office has been buyer-booker 

le 

I'lavid Edwards' Midway Drive-In near 

labn. 

Ebbi Leonard Winograd of Beth Zion 

?i)le in Johnston, who seiTed in dual 

ip;ities at the regional conference of 

assah, is a former Rochester, Pa., exb)r 

who was "brought up" in the ther 

business there. Pour members of his 

nly were honored with him at the 

a.ssah dinner. His mother, Mrs. Bess 

iigrad of Rochester, dedicated herself 

;:adassah as a result of having her 

answered when Leonard was listed 

•F|;rs 

i |,issing in action in World War II. A 

ie|';re owner at that time, he retui-ned 

0. a prisoner of war camp in Germany 

\ the war. 

Axander Postley Gillespie, 88, who 

i| in the theatre business more than 

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'ears ago, and known to this cors)ndent 

at that time and in the years 

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died May 24 at his Wilkinsburg home. 

was a member of the Colonial Amuse- 

(.,: Co. which built and opened the Col- 

li Theatre, Wilkinsbm-g; later was real 

it|.€ 

representative for the old Rowland 

:ark Theatres, later Warner Bros. The- 

);. now Stanley Warner Theatres. Sui-- 

Vg are a daughter and two sons 

EiY. 14-year-old son of Frank J. "Bud" 

Hnas, booker-buyer, has been elected 

:|ident of the Wilkinsburg Junior High 

327 S. Woboih CHICAGO 

School Student Council, heading nearly 

1.200 schoolmates. 

The membership of the Variety Club, 

founded here 37 years ago by motion picture 

exhibitors and distributors, in the 

past decade or so has shitted mostly to 

television, radio, advertising people, politicians 

and show promoters. A recent 

letterhead lists 35 names of the Tent official 

family, only six of whom are in 

the motion picture business, namely, David 

C. Silverman, AA manager; Ben W. Steerman, 

SW; Louis E. Hanna and Bert M. 

Stearn, Co-Op, and Ernest A. Stern and 

Norman B. Mervis. Associated. 

Ben Amdur, theatre housekeeper de luxe, 

has installed a new lighting system and 

fixtui-es in The Garden Theatre's hanging 

sign, eliminating light bulbs in favor of 

modern daylight neon tubing. Within the 

next week or two the theatre's entire front 

will be cleaned. The northside redevelopment 

program has reached close to this 

theatre, a landmark which in all weather 

is beautifully well kept and always clean 

and sparkling. 

New Crest Theatre 

Opens in Pittsburgh 

PITTSBURGH—The 650-seat Crest Theatre 

was opened Wednesday by Associated 

Theatres after a preview for invited 

guests and members of the Industry the 

previous evening. 

The showplace, situated in Donaldson's 

Crossroads Shopping Center south on 

Route 19, opened with "From Russia With 

Love" on the screen. John Powell, formerly 

an assistant at Associated's Penn Theatre, 

Washington, Pa., is manager. 

Last year Associated opened a shopping 

center theatre, the Monroe, in Monroeville. 

The Crest is contemporary in design. The 

entire decor was planned by Mrs. Ernest 

Stern. Inner and outer lobbies are paneled 

in walnut. The auditorium has brick 

columns along its walls. Incorporating the 

color of these brick columns, the color 

scheme of terra cotta and pink is used 

throughout the auditorium and lobbies. 

Stage decorations and even the specially 

woven carpet are in these same colors. 

Chairs are pink and gold. 

Air-conditioning of the latest design has 

been installed. In the lobby is a fountain. 

Associated circuit used one-quarter page 

newspaper ads exploiting the inaugural, 

and one full page ad which was in cooperation 

with those firms which rendered service 

in the building of the Crest. 

Jim DiGangi to "Pardon Me, Sir' 

NEW YORK—George Foster and Bob 

Booker of 13 Productions have signed C. J. 

"Jim" DiGangi, who recently completed 

an assignment for Robert Rossen's "Lilith," 

as production manager for their forthcoming 

"Pardon Me, Sir, But Is My Eye Hmting 

Your Elbow?" which will be filmed at 

Michael Myerberg's Long Beach studio, 

where "Lilith" was made. 

Two supporting actors in Joseph E. 

Levine's "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" 

claim more than 100 years in show business. 

They are Tina Pica, 72, and Gennaro 

di Gregorio, 78, Italian performers. 

WASHINGTON 

Columbia booker Charles Hurley was the 

Filmrow representative at the kickoff 

luncheon of the National Society of 

Arts and Letters convention. Senator Claiborne 

Pell of Rhode Island, chairman of 

the senate subcommittee on arts, spoke. 

Orville Crouch, Loew's Theatres division 

manager, and Kenneth Clark, MPAA vicepresident, 

were guests of honor. Richard 

Adler, author and coproducer of "The Pajama 

Game" also spoke. 

The Variety Club of Washington, for the 

first time during its 28 years of existence, 

was mentioned in the Congressional Record. 

The April 9 issue included a salute from 

Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia 

concerning the Heart of Gold award 

presented to associate justice Arthur J. 

Goldberg by the club. Printed in the Appendix 

are excerpts from remarks by Albert 

W. Lewitt, award luncheon chairman, and 

Drew Pearson, the 1963 designate. 

In town were Olivia de Havilland, promoting 

her Paramount picture, "Lady in a 

Cage"; Edie Adams, appearing at the 

Shoreman's Blue Room while "The Best 

Man" was the Palace attraction; also exhibitors 

Reefe Harrington, Harrington, 

Del.; Alvin Campbell, Dagsboix), Del., and 

Sidney Gates and Lee Hoffheimer of Norfolk. 

Vacationers included Columbia staffer 

Claude Ringer, to New Orleans; Margaret 

Chasteen, secretary at MGM, to Tampa, 

and Ida Sacks of the MGM booking department, 

to Miami . Ringer, wife 

of Donald Ringer, Allied Artists head 

shipper, is the new secretary at Universal. 

Universal's Harry Howar made his first 

trip as salesman after his promotion from 

office manager, visiting exhibitors in Virginia 

and West Virginia . Universal 

tradescreenings at MPAA include 

Wild and Wonderful, Nightmare, The Evil 

of Frankenstein and Marnie . . . Jerome 

Sandy of AIP attended the eastern regional 

sales meeting at New York. Plans were initiated 

for an AIP drive to get under way 

July 22 which will highlight a contest for 

bookers. Harley Davidson, president of Independent 

Theatres, attended the AIP 

conference. Davidson's composer-booker 

son Duane was among the guests invited 

by the niece of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, 

Diana McArthm', to a concert presented 

by the Claremont string quartet, at 

which the President and Mrs. Johnson were 

present. 

Anthony Muto, Producer 

At 20th-Fox, Is Dead 

WASHINGTON — Anthony Muto, 60, 

former assistant to Will Hays, Washington 

head of Movietone News and 20th Century- 

Fox producer, died here Monday i25i at 

the Washington Hospital Center. He had 

been admitted to the hospital five days 

earlier for treatment of a lung cancer. 

After serving with the MPPDA since 1933. 

Muto was named to the Movietone Washington 

post in 1938. He directed "Survival 

City." which won an Academy shorts subjects 

award in 1955. He became a full-time 

producer in 1956 at the Fox Studio, where 

he worked until 1963. Later he became a 

consultant at the studio. 

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4irvin Mirisch Lauds 

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us ANGELES—Marvin Mirisch, amusene] 

industry cliairman for the United 

evjih Welfare Fund, this week praised 

lebers of the entertainment world for 

ha unprecedented participation in the 

96 fund campaign. Mirisch pointed out 

h£ this year performers were joined in 

vt increasing numbers by workers beir 

the scenes in the industry—techicjns, 

musicians, cameramen, writers, 

gats, directors and producers. 

•jhe broadening of this base to include 

ii)resentative group of people from every 

10 involved in entertainment has meant 

nfiwe are well on our way to conducting 

[Kicind of campaign within the industry 

ii we should have," Mirisch said. 

'lis year. Jack Benny, Samuel Goldwyn 

n Jack L. Warner serve as honorary 

h.men of the UJWP amusement indus- 

:>jirive, which has a goal of $1,000,000 

H(rd the $10,000,000 total campaign. 

Carpetbaggers' to Bow 

-|i West Coast June 4 

DLLYWOOD—The west coast premiere 

E. Levine's "The Carpetbaggers" 

i'be held Thursday (4» at Grauman's 

hiese Theatre here, with leading stars 

;he film in attendance. The premiere 

i|be open to the public, with tickets, at 

!(lar admission prices, on sale at the 

J'ffice on a first-come, first-served 

V- leachers will be erected and a master of 

^monies will introduce the stars as they 

r'; up to the theatre. Radio, TV, newsand 

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newsreel photographers will 

i;r activities in the theatre lobby. 

h Stashower to UA 

pLLYWOOD— Arthur L. Stashower 

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over as executive assistant to Robert 

(ilumofe. United Artists vice-president 

i'harge of west coast operations, suc- 

;ing Arnold D. Burk, who remains here 

;l the end of June when he returns to 

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York as executive assistant to Arthur 

îm, president. 

i Man Enters Film Field 

OLLYWOOD— Frank Brandt, 

who reed 

as production chief of the Compton 

igency in New York, has arrived here 

with Louis Lichtenfield, has organ- 

Signet Productions to produce thecal 

features. 

L. A. City Council Praises 

AIP Heads at Meeting 

HOLLYWOOD—American 

International 

Pictures wound up its regional sales convention 

(fourth such meeting this month), 

on Tuesday, May 26. marking the production 

and distribution company's tenth anniversary 

celebration. Addressing the meetings 

were president James H. Nicholson, 

sales and distribution chief Leon P. 

Blender, director of advertising and publicity 

Milton Moritz, Chick Lloyd of AIP's 

Denver exchange and Fred Palosky of the 

Salt Lake City exchange. Others who attended 

were N. P. Jacobs of the Los Angeles 

exchange, Hal Gruber of the San 

Francisco exchange and Robert Parnell 

of the Seattle exchange. 

The Los Angeles city council, in a special 

resolution, commended Nicholson and 

vice-president Samuel Z. Arkoff for their 

enterprise and achievements in the past 

ten years. The resolution was presented by 

councilman James B. Potter jr. 

Frank McCarthy at VMI 

HOLLYWOOD—Frank McCarthy, Universal 

producer and a trustee of the George 

C. Marshall Research Foundation, attended 

recent ceremonies dedicating the Marshall 

library at Virginia Military Institute in 

Lexington, Va. McCarthy, a brigadier general 

in the Army Reserve, served on General 

Marshall's staff during the war. 

AWARD FOR 'DOLPHINS'—Robert 

Radnitz was presented a plaque citing 

"Island of the Blue Dolphins" as an 

"outstanding film of unusual beauty 

and distinction" by the Southern California 

Council on Children's Literature. 

The presentation by Dorothy McKenzie 

took place at a reception attended by 

400 following a preview held in Hollywood. 

At center, above, is Celia Kaye, 

star of the film. 

Universal City Adding 

Four Soundstages 

HOLLYWOOD — The Universal City 

studios, already the worlds largest filmmaking 

center, broke ground for four additional 

soundstages that will add 60,000 

square feet of stage space to the existing 32 

stages. Barbara Stanwyck and Robert 

Taylor, stars of the currently filming William 

Castle production, "The Night Walker," 

shared the groundbreaking spotlight 

with Milton R. Rackmil, president of Universal 

and Edward Muhl, executive vicepresident 

in charge of production for the 

film company and other personalities and 

executives. 

Embassy, Publishing Firms 

Sponsor Literary Search 

NEW YORK—Embassy Pictures. G. P. 

Putnam's Sons, McCall's magazine and 

Fawcett World Library will launch a literary 

talent search, keyed to a $200,000 novel 

award program, starting July 1, 1964. this 

coordinated effort among a film company 

and major publishers being announced at 

a joint press conference May 22. 

The four sponsoring organizations will 

jointly guarantee the $200,000 minimum to 

the author of the manuscript of an original 

novel in the English language, chosen as 

best from among those submitted and 

unanimously approved by the four sponsors. 

The sponsors then guarantee: 1—first 

serial publication in McCall's magazine; 

2—original book publication by G. P. Putnam's 

Sons; 3—paperback reprint publication 

by Fawcett World Library, and 4— 

motion picture adaptation produced by 

Embassy Pictures. Earnings beyond the 

initial $200,000 payment will be paid to the 

author semi-annually, following the initial 

book publication of the award novel. The 

awards program will extend from July 1, 

1964 through July 1, 1965 and announcement 

of the award will be made before the 

end of 1965. 

Joseph E. Levine, president of Embassy, 

who represented the film company, admitted 

that the eventual picturization of 

the award-winning novel might not be 

made for several years, coming after the 

novel publication but might be made simultaneously 

with the paperback reprint. Walter 

J. Minton. president of Putnam's: John 

Jack Carter, editor and vice-president of 

McCall's, and Ralph Daigh. vice-president 

of Fawcett. represented their firms. 

Levine said, in part, "We feel that the 

motion picture industry and the cultural 

climate generally will benefit from this 

type of creative stimulation." 

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Tom Jones 

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'Henry Orient' 300 Second Week 

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SAN FRANCISCO— "Tom Jones" closed 

a 23-week run at the United Artists Theatre, 

where it was followed by "Becket" 

May 27. "The World of Henry Orient" 

duplicated its 300 opening with a 300 second 

week at the Stage Door. New Clay and 

El Rancho Drive-In. Audiences of gratifying 

proportions have been turning out to 

see the reissue of "South Pacific" at the 

Fox-Warfield. 


Embassy Erik the Conqueror (AlP) 90 

Fox-Worfield South Pocific (20th-Fox), reissue. 

2nd 

.150 

Golden Gate of Frankensteir ); Nightmare 

(Univ) 

Orpheum a Mad, Mad, Mod, Mod World 

It's 

(UA-Cineramo), 24th wk 

Poramount Rhino! (MGM); The Golden Arrow 

(MGM) 

.100 

Stage Door The World of Henry Orient (UA), 

2nd wk 300 

Francis 

Bottle (Univ), 3rd wk. . 75 

St. 

The Brass 

United Artists—Tom Jones (UA-Lopert), 23rd wk. 150 

Vogue Hand in the Trap (Angel), 3rd wk 85 

'Pink Panther' Opens Strong 

At Paramount in Denver 

DENVER—You could count the aboveaverage 

pictui-es on three fingers last week. 

One was "The Carpetbaggers." which captured 

a 250 rating and first place in the 

listings, even though it moved over to the 

Crest from the Paramount, where it had 

been showing for six weeks. The other two 

above-average grossers were "How the West 

Was Won" and the newcomer, "The Pink 

Panther," the latter opening with 150 at 

the Paramount. 

Aladdin South Pacific (20th-Fox), reissue. 4th wk 90 

Centre The Best Man (UA), 2nd wk 80 

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Cooper— How the West Was Won (MGM- 

Cinerama), 64th wk 210 

Crest The Corpetboggers (Para), moveover 250 

Denham Mediterranean Holiday (Cont'l), 2nd wk. 100 

Denver— From Russia With Love (UA); Jet Storm 

(SR), 3rd wk 90 

Esquire— Psyche 59 (Col) 80 

International 70 Becket (Pora), 5th wk 90 

Ogden, Lakeshore, Woodlawn Tomohine (MGM) 80 

Paramount The Pink Ponther (UA) 150 

Towne Tom Jones (UA-Lopert), 14th wk 100 

Vogue Fiasco in Milan (Avion) 100 

"What a Way to Go!' 320 

At Three LA Theatres 

LOS ANGELES—A tremendous boost was 

given the first-run situations by the opening 

of "What a Way to Go!" which chalked 

up a wow 320 per cent. The combination 

reissue bill of "South Pacific" and "Oklahoma!" 

did 120, equalling "Tom Jones." A 

foreign film, "La Bonne Soupe," in its 

first stanza did UO, and "Week End" in its 

second frame did 125. 

Baldwin, Pix Dr. Strangeiove (Col), 14th wk 75 

Beverly, Four Star, Orpheum What a Woy to Go! 

(20th-Fox) 

.320 

Chinese Seven Days in May (Para), 12th wk. 

Cinerama— It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod World 

(UA-Cinerama), 29th wk 

.240 

Crest, Picfair, Warren's The Servant (Landau), 

2nd wk 

.110 

Egyptian Sportocus (Univ), reissue 

Fine Arts The Best Man (UA), 6th wk 

Hollywood, Loyola Block Sabbath (AlP) 

Hollywood Paromount The Pink Panther (UA), 

10th wk 

Iris, Village, Wiltern South Pacific (20th-Fox); 

Oklahoma! (20th-Fox), reissues 

.120 

Lido—Week End (Cinemo-Video), 2nd wk 125 

Los Angeles Gorath (Brenco) 65 

Music Hall La Bonne Soupe (20th-Fox) 110 

Pontages Cleopotra (20th-Fox), 49th wk 160 

Vogue Tom Jones (UA-Lopert), 22nd wk 120 

Warner Beverly Becket (Para), 10th wk 130 

Warner Hollywood— How the West Wos Won 

(MGM-Cineromo), 66th wk 205 

Wilshire Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 

(Embassy), 10th wk 150 

Tom Buchanan to Schlaiier 

LOS ANGELES — Charles Schlaifer, 

president of Charles Schlaifer & Co., New 

York and Los Angeles advertising agency, 

has named Thomas J. Buchanan as vicepresident. 

Buchanan, former studio advertising 

manager at Warner Bros., will become 

manager of the west coast offices of 

the Schlaifer company. The Schlaifer firm 

recently acquired the Kaiser, Sedlow, 

Temple agency. 

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Junket to Jackson Hole 

For 'Yogi Bear' Previe^^ 

SALT LAKE CITY — Representi 

from the press, radio and TV i 

boarded a plane here on Decoration 

for a preview of Columbia Pictures', 

length animated featui-e, "Hey Then 

Yogi Bear," in the one place in the 

where Yogi Bear might feel most at 

—Yellowstone National Park. 

A Martin 202 airliner carrying AF 

UPI bureau chiefs, radio and telev 

commentators, magazine editors am 

mayor of Salt Lake City, where 

There, It's Yogi Bear" will make its 

debut Wednesday (3), flew to Ja 

Hole, Wyo., where buses took the 

contingent deep into the bear-studde 

panses of Yellowstone for the screeni 

the Hanna-Barbera feature precede 

luncheon at Old Faithful. The mei 

the day was Yogi Bear's favorite, a i 

spread. 

Virtually the full contingent of 

Lake City's press corps covering the i 

ing of "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear" 

part in the junket and their report; 

be added to the powerful flow of ne\ 

the film. 

The Decoration Day events surroui 

the showing of "Hey There, It's Yogi T 

in Yellowstone included a full-dress 

show within sight and sound of Old F 

ful geyser with performers in the 

taking the roles of the principals in 

There, It's Yogi Bear"—Yogi, Cindy 

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Boo Boo Bear and Ranger Smith, 

ficials said that the likelihood of a 

Yellowstone Park bear slipping unnci 

into the shows chorus line "depended 

Cindy Bear's ursine sex appeal." Cind: 

formidable Southern Belle of a bear i; 

feature. 

Meanwhile, in Salt Lake City, pre] 

tions for the world premiere of the 

included much ballyhoo and fanfare. 

Hank Saperstein Obtains 

'Giant Moth' From Toho 

LOS ANGELES—Hank Saperstein, s 

a Chicago theatre owner, has just 

quired his first theatrical film, "Gof 

vs. the Giant Moth," in a deal conci 

here with Paul Schreibman, who repre 

Toho Productions of Japan, maker o' 

film, which will be dubbed. Saperstt 

head of UPA, the cartoon producing 

and a partner in Screen Entertain 

Co. 

The Burbank cartoon plant will ; 

a new Mr. Magoo series half-hour s 

for TV at a cost of $58,500 each, or i 

$2,000 a minute, since a half-houil 

show runs about 26 minutes, 20 secon 

'Canterbury Tales' Due 

For Film Treatment 

HOLLYWOOD—Robert Levy, pres 

of Pebble Productions, has disclosed 

the next project for the company wi 

20 live-action color featurettes base 

Chaucer's famed "Canterbury Tales.** 

though each segment will run from eia 

ten minutes, Levy plans to incorporate 

20 featui-ettes into a single full-length| 

ture at the project's end. The first wi; 

"The Merchant's Tale" which is pla 

for release the end of November. 

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pox Wost Coast Theatres has acquired the 

Moon-Glo Drive-In in Fresno County, 

according to William H. Thedford, vicepresident, 

from the Fresno Theatre Co. 

Richard Erdman. manager of the Mount 

Baldy Drive-In in La Verne, has been 

shifted to the Moon-Glo under the supervision 

of Louis Tavolara. northern California 

district manager. 

Sam Klein, Pilmrow real estate broker, 

celebrated a birthday . birthday 

celebrant was Dick Carnegie's (United 

Artists manager! secretary Gary Temple 

Needleman. manager, and Duke 

Douglas, salesman for Embassy Pictures, 

were in New York for general sales meetings 

. Sutara. former manager of 

the Variety Tent 25 restaurant for many 

years, is now the owner and operator of 

Jean's restam-ant where recently 50 Pilmrowites 

helped Jules Gerelick, Favorite 

Films sales manager, celebrate a birthday. 

He was presented a golf cart. 

Ewen "Duddy" McLean, a former manager 

for United Artists here died May 18 

Slater, foiinerly associated with 

the 101 Drive-In Theatre in Ventura and 

Sky-View in Oxnard, has disposed of his 

interest in both and retired from exhibition 

Applebaum, booker at Favorite 

films, has become a papa. His wife Sara 

was a cashier for the firm . Grayson, 

former contract clerk at Columbia, is training 

to be a booker . . . Mary Kua, cashier 

at Columbia, was vacationing. Florence 

Bliwise, assistant cashier, retm-ned from a 

vacation. 

Columbia hosted a Yogi Bear cocktail 

party on Wednesday (27» on behalf of 

"Hey There, It's Yogi Bear." A key group 

of southland exhibitors were on hand for 

the full afternoon of activity, promoting 

the June 17 openings. William Hanna and 

Joseph Barber produced and directed the 

film for Columbia release. Jack Berwick. 

Columbia's western division advertising 

representative, and Hanna and Barber 

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Chief Barker Fred Stein, Alfred S. Lapidus, 

James H. Nicholson. Samuel Z. Arkoff. 

Leon Blender, John Lavery and Milton 

Moritz have been designated as official 

delegates to represent the Variety Club of 

Southern California, Tent 25, at the 37th 

annual Variety Clubs International convention 

in Buffalo. New York, June 30 to 

July 2. The 36 tents which make up the 

International have raised more than 80 

million dollars for the benefit of handicapped 

and underprivileged children. 

Plantation Theatre 

Will Cost $500,000 

From Southeast Edition 

MIAMI—Construction of a $500,000 luxurious 

motion pictm-e theatre will begin 

within 30 days in Plantation. The site of 

the new showplace is on Route 441, just 

a short distance north of Broward boulevard 

in Broward County. 

P. A. Swindell, one of Florida's earliest 

pioneer theatremen, will build the theatre 

for Lenard Enterprises of Miami. Leonard 

J. Solomon, president of Lenard Enterprises, 

has announced that this theatre will 

be the first in a circuit of ten in Florida. 

The Plantation Theatre will feature the 

latest innovations in sound, seating and 

screening. The 1,000-seat house will provide 

the ultimate in patron convenience 

and comfort. Parking will be available for 

400 cars. 

Solomon said, "We will cater mainly to 

the moviegoing habits of the entire family, 

filling a need for this type of theatre in 

the community." 

Two Pacific Co. Theatres 

Added to Statewide Chain 

LOS ANGELES—Fred Stein, president 

of Statewide Theatres, has acquired two 

additional theatres, the Meralta at Culver 

City and Star at La Puente, from Pacific 

Drive-In Theatres, also of Los Angeles. 

With the acquisition of these two houses, 

it brings to 35 the number of theatres under 

the Statewide banner. 

A London Production 

HOLLYWOOD—Ivan Moffat, London, 

has been signed by Anthony Mann to write 

an original screenplay tentatively called 

"The Unknown Western." It will be produced 

by Mann's Benton Film Productions, 

Ltd. 

Phil Chariot to Story Job 

HOLLYWOOD—Philip Chariot has been 

appointed associate story editor at Columbia 

Pictures. He will work with executive 

story editor Ken Evans. He replaces Jack 

Pleischman. Assuming Chariot's post will 

be Jeanne Melton. 

Film for AA in Paris 

HOLLYWOOD—Allied Artists has acquired 

U.S. and western hemisphere release 

on "Light Out of Darkness," which director 

Paul Henreid starts in Paris for 

producer Alexander Salkind. 

Quality Film Usuallj 

Profiiable: Hyman 

From North Central 

Edition 

DES MOINES—"A quality picturi 

pertly handled will produce fine prof 

any period," Edward L. Hyman, vice-i 

dent of American Broadcasting-Param 

Pictures, said in an interview here. Hj 

who conducted a three-day meeting re 

ly for 35 executives of AB-PT nor 

affiliates, emphasized the prioritj 

"quality over quantity" in motion pici 

today. 

"We've been locked in a fight for If 

time with TV, night baseball and 

means of entertainment," Hyman to! 

Des Moines Tribune, and he added tha 

motion picture industry at present is 

through a transitional period "by rele 

fewer, but higher quality films." 

"The only thing that counts these 

is quality. The total number of ne\ 

leases means nothing," Hyman said. 1 

has been considerable increase in bus 

this year and he expects this trend to 

tinue, the AB-PT executive added. 

In another patron area, Hyman po 

out that Saturday morning shows 

Saturday matinees for children art 

creasing. "Those kids of today are our 

tomers of tomorrow," he said. 

Harry Brandt, Belafonte 

Honored by Wiltwyck 

From Eastern Edition i; 

NEW YORK — The 

Performing 

building on the new Eleanor Roos 

campus of the Wiltwyck School for 

will be named for Harry Brandt, exhi 

and president of the ITOA. Branc 

longtime member of the board of dire 

of the Wiltwyck School is being hoi 

for a major grant made to the bui 

and development fund and because o 

many years of dedication to the woi 

the school. 

At groundbreaking ceremonies for 

new campus, it was announced that 

other longtime friend of Wiltwyck, I 

Belafonte, has had the theatre in the 

forming Arts building named for hi 

Mobile Downtown Thecrt 

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MOBILE, ALA.—The Downtown Thi 

was closed for a week while workmen! 

finishing touches on a renovation pro? 

that reached into all areas of the buil( 

The lobby was redecorated, enlarged 

recarpeted. The marquee was redecon 

the entrance provided with a new tile 

face, the lounge recarpeted and redecon 

restrooms remodeled and repainted. 

Florida Issues Charter 

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Adams, secretary of state. 

The Haines City firm was chartered 

100 shares common at $50 per share, 

corporated to deal in outdoor exhibitior 

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in the Buffalo-Niagara Frontier such as Niagara 

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SAN FRANCISCO 

pinal certification by the secretary of state 

of 743.061 signatures on petitions seeking 

repeal of California's pay TV law was 

even higher than anticipated. The statewide 

percentage of valid signatures was 

about 70 per cent, as 1,050.000 signatures 

were filed. The 743.061 valid signatures 

established a new state record and exceeds 

the figure first released by the secretary 

of state before all counties were counted. 

Newsboys from the Oakland Ti'ibune attended 

a special showing Satm-day, May 

23. of "It's a Mad. Mad. Mad. Mad World" 

at the Orpheum . Sullivan, wellknown 

stage, screen and television artist, 

served as the master of ceremonies in the 

YWCA community song festival Sunday, 

125 HYDE ST. SAN FRANCISCO (2), CALIF. 

Gerald L. Karski ... President 

May 24, at the Golden Gate Park band 

concourse. 

A "biceps" contest was held at the Embassy 

Theatre May 23 in connection with 

the two pictures "Hercules and the Captive 

Women" and "Erik the Conqueror." Jimmy 

Payne, a former " Mr. America," was master 

of ceremonies. All entries received a 

Vic Tanny membership and theatre passes. 

The winner got $10 in cash. 

Sam Pearlman, district manager for Cinerama, 

was in Fresno overseeing the installation 

for the opening of "Mad World" 

May 27 . 

closed circuit telecast of 

the Indianapolis Speedway 500-mile race 

was a sellout at the Golden Gate Theatre, 

the only outlet for the race in the city. 

. 

Jim Cargill has been moved up from Salinas 

to manage the new Coliseum Drive-In 

in Oakland. The new Syufy enterprise 

opened Monday (25). The invitational premiere 

featui-ed "Distant Ti-umpet" 

Mrs. Waldo Neilsen, Berkeley, was to preside 

at the installation of new officers of 

the East Bay Motion Picture and Television 

Council Monday (1 ) , in the Fairfax 

Theatre, Oakland. A buffet luncheon will 

be served in the lobby following the installation. 

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The last meeting until September of the 

Women of Variety will be held Tuesday 

evening 1 2 at the home of Mrs. Dorothy 

Wiseman, president. 

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Unique NFB Project Is 

For World's Fair in '67 

From Canadian Edition 

MONTREAL—National 

Film Boai 

a huge project for the world fair whii 

be held in Montreal in 1967, the centi 

year of Canada's confederation. It w; 

ported that the world's fair officia 

looking for a "sponsor" for the NPI 

hibition project, called the Labyrintl 

Labyrinth, a large-scale combinat 

film showings linked with architt 

forms, was revealed along with tei 

plans for its financing to a group of 

treal and Toronto businessmen. Tht 

nessmen were taken to Cote de Liess 

headquarters of National Film Boai 

shown a pilot of the impressive Lab 

exhibit. 

One fair official told the busint 

that the Labyrinth is a project "in 

Expo is interested enough to make 

available before we reach the point 

return in planning for it." 

But, he said, there is no allocate 

it in the Expo budget or in NFB resi 

so the World's Fair Corp. is looking 

sponsor. 

The preview of the Labyrinth film 

nique showed it uses up to four s 

showing different aspects of one g 

experience; for example, a close uj 

brain operation on two screens, with ( 

slides of basic life forms in the 1 

stream on another, while a fourth is 

of star clusters deep in outer space, 

how they all focus emotionally and tl 

pact is tremendous. 

! 

Also shown were scale models c 

architecture forms in which viewei: 

watch the various stages of prodii 

The title Labyrinth is obvious— 

will enter the complex to watch sere 

beside, above and below them, or p^ 

on a concave dome from conventional 

Tom McNamara, Our G' 

Originator, Is Dead 

SAN FRANCISCO—Tom McNamar 

toonist, screen writer and director 

here Tuesday (19). A cartoonist wi 

San Francisco Chronicle before thf] 

earthquake, he later worked for the o,' 

Francisco Call before moving to New, 

as a cartoonist for King Features. H 

cartooning in the 1920s and went to 

wood, where he directed Mary Pickf 

"Little Annie Rooney." He organizi 

Our Gang series, based in part on 1 

comic strip, and was chief writer a; 

rector of the comedies for a numt 

years. Later he was a freelance writt 

returned here about ten years ago. 

Goodman Lining Up M^ 

LOS ANGELES—The Goodman 

zation which recently gathered toge 

group of motion picture and other 

mercial agencies, is negotiating wil 

Ruben agency of Indianapolis anc 

Thompson & Associates of Baltimore 

the network. 

Independents Hire Counsel 

HOLLYWOOD—Twenty-three ind< 

ent agents have hired Samuel Zago 

Gunther Schiff. lawyers, to represent 

in bargaining with the Writers Gu 

America. 

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— 

le'e Drive-In, situated on U.S. 66 west 

I the city, is being renovated for a 

i-ily reopening. It has been the site 

nlget car racing in recent years and 

sn shown movies in ten years. Louie 

ol, Frontier Theatres, said the new 66 

1 •commodate 600 cars. It brings Pronr 

cal operations to foui- drive-ins and 

t;atres. 

Wisch-Kappa Production Co., which is 

leiled to shoot "Hallelujah Train" for 

liti Artists in the Gallup area starting 

ly has earmarked $350 in prize money 

, 

beard-growing contest. The 

ji contest winners will be used in extra 

rt in the high budget western film, 

will star Burt Lancaster. 

ii( 

\(ess Jane Russell headlined a list of 

teainers at a Republican "Go Party 

eiicular" held at Tingley Coliseum here 

»ji!3. Others on the bill with Jane were 

ii| Frank Fontaine, singers Beryl Davis 

d'onnie Haines, the Kirby Stone Four 

d.thers. Tickets were priced from $2.50 

$50. 

kieral Precision Has Gain 

ii'irst Quarter Earnings 

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Nj^V YORK—General Precision Equip- 

TiCorp.'s first quarter consolidated net 

xie, after taxes, was $1,092,646. or 60 

tii per common share, as compared to 

BSI20, or 40 cents per common share for 

e 163 first quarter. The increased profits 

ived in spite of a slight drop in net 

le $48,051,293 in 1964, compared to 

8.;4,241 in 1963. 

Iiireased profits for the rest of 1964 are 

p ted from improved commercial operici, 

increased returns from international 

eitions and anticipated shipments for 

and space programs. 

fiise 

A the corporation's annual meeting 

)J 28 the board of directors was re- 

;C'd. The board declared a quarterly 

nion stock dividend of 30 cents per 

a 

, and a dividend of 40 cents per share 

convertible preference stock, 

it' payable June 15 to stockholders of 

cd May 29. A dividend of $1.18% on 

Illative preferred stock will be payable 

'! mber 15 to stockholders of record 

iist 31. 

L^Duilding Daniel Boone 

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sr'ioutheast 

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I'lONE, N. C—A contract for rebuildi^the 

Daniel Boone Theatre has been 

t'o G. Perry Greene Construction Co., 

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Scores of busy little messages 

go ouf every week to a fremendous 

audience — and fhey get a tremendous 

response! 

Every exhibitor is 

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selling, renting, hiring. All this is 

made easier 

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dLoop Thealres 

CJiCAGO— Reports on the past week's 

si'ss were more optimistic than for the 

sthree weeks. Although holdovers preir.iated 

in the Loop theatres, there was 

vtui-n in nearly every situation. "The 

ic; on the River Kwai" was a top grosreturn 

engagement at the State 

k Theatre. 


n,e—Week End (Cinema-Video), 2nd wk 175 

;,.— Poris When It Sizzles (Pora), 3rd wk 155 

,r— America America (WB), 2nd wk 125 

c.je— Beckef (Pare), 10th wk 180 

u —The Servant (Landau), 2nd wk 170 

irvVVeek End Xmema-Video), 2nd wk 180 

V ers— It's Mad, Mod, Mod, Mod World 

U-inerama), 27th wk 1 00 

h Todd—The Foil ot the Romon Empire 

Pol 6th wk 180 

Brl—The World of Henry Orient (UA), 2nd wk. 155 WOMPIS VISIT OSAWATOMIE STATE HOSPITAL—Eleven members of 

,5,.|t_The Thin Red Line (AA), 2nd wk 150 

teoke—The Bridge on the River Kwai (Col) . .200 the Women of the Motion Picture Industry, Kansas City chapter, visited the State 

it( Artists—What o Woy to Go! (20th-Fox), 

Mental Hospital in Osawatomie, Kas., on Sunday, May 17, taking a large number of 

In wk 200 

CK-From Russio With Love (UA), 6th wk 200 items to be used as prizes at the annual Fourth of July carnival. Rosalie Bowker, 

.rliPlovhouse— Lo Bonne Soupe (20th-Fox), 

and 

ir later in the 

Ti in In the photo, standing, left to right: Heueisen, International president: 

Ted Hayslip, a guest; Billie Mistele: Hazel LeNoir, International correspond- 

KNSAS CITY—It was another outuing 

300 for "Tom Jones" at the Kimo, ing secretary: Mrs. Bowker; Goldie Lewis; Goldie Woerner, WOMPI president; 

left 

w a pair of 250s, 

ni Panther," opening at the Plaza and 

'eae theatres, and "Cleopatra," which 

gi its popular price run at the Brookie 

fter a long roadshow run at the Capri. 

Harry Joe AUard Is Dead; 

AntiDST Petitions 

Was K. C. Area Exhibitor 

wde—Cleopotro (20th-Fox), 1st wk. reg. prices 250 

pr The Foil ot the Romon Empire (Porol, 

KANSAS CITY, KAS.—Funeral services 

St wk 80 

Need More Signers 

is still time to 

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Si, 

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Abbott of 

> Night Must Fall (MGM), 3rd wk 80 

fcrreet, Heart, Leawood. Hillcrest, Shawnee, 

hibitors Film Delivery Service. After to go after signatures of registered 

P:wav One, Electric, Centre, Overlond, Aztec 

D. inson— 

War I he and a brother Fred operated the Kansas City voters. Those interested are 

7 Foces of Dr. Lao (MGM); Gold for 

tH.Coesors (MGM), 3rd wk 125 Royal at El Dorado until 1923, when he asked to call the CODST office, VI 2-2480. 

itc%— From Russia With Love (UA), 2nd wk 225 became associated with the F^te Bros., In addition to Mrs. Lyon and Arthur Cole 

managing theatres in Salina, Concordia, of Paramount Pictures helping out at the 

marations for Big 500 

Independence, Abilene, Joplin and Kansas 

City, Kas. 

wealth, Goldie Woerner of 20th Century- 

office, Bernice Powell of the Common- 

ttl Show in Indianapolis 

ipiANAPOLIS— It was quiet at the Allard also operated a theatre in Neosho, Fox and Sylvia Stone of Mercury Advertising 

& Drive-In Recording Service are de- 

rs'run theatres here this week, as usual Mo., and managed theatres in Missouri at 

I 16 month of May while the Speedway Osceola, Appleton City, Greenfield and voting hours to the cause. 

icoutdoor entertainment in general get Humansville. During World War II he was Exhibitors have been keeping after patrons 

for signatures and many of the 

ifjJig play. "How the West Was Won," in Wichita working at an aircraft plant. 

-fried to be the first pictui-e that ever Later he worked with the late R. R. branch managers and employes are canvassing 

the neighborhoods to keep the DST 

la>d here a full year, is holding up better Biechele at the Osage Theatre in Kansas 

IE most attractions in its 50th week at City, Kas., until the flood in 1951 caused ordinance from being put to a test. 

if':ndiana. It now is scheduled to make the theatre to close. He managed the Giles 

a.;or "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" for J. W. Shreve for a time. 

Pacific Buys Two Airers 

' e Indiana June 10. 

Born in Tonkawa, Okla., Allard lived 

fc,-The Third Secret (2Cth-Fox) 110 here for 40 years. Surviving are his wife 

LOS ANGELES—Pacific Drive-In Theatres 

h) 

^^ '°"" (UA-Lopert), moveover 125 

3(0— How Lucille; three daughters, Mrs. Jo Ann has acquired the 101 Drive-In at Ventura 

the West Was Won (MGM- 

0-romo), 50th wk 135 Twibell and Mrs. Nelda Hill, who 

and the Skyview at Oxnard, president 

live here, 

;i,._South Pocific (20th-Fox), reissue, "2nd wk. and Mrs. Marjorie Gumminger, Wyandotte 

William Forman reported. Both will be 

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jyjark your calendar for Monday, June 15, 

2:15 p.m. That will be the date for the 

annual picnic of the Motion Picture Ass'n 

of Greater Kansas City, it was announced 

via a flyer mailed out last week. The place 

will be Sunny Shores Beach, nearly a mile 

east of 107th street and Blue Ridge extension, 

where the annual outdoor event has 

been held for the last two years. A baseball 

game is scheduled from 3 to 5 p.m. There 

will be fun for all—swimming, fishing and 

courts for badminton (tennis, basketball, 

volleyball, horseshoes and miniature golf. 

Chances will be sold on a tiny, all-transistor 

TV set valued at $135.50. Picnickers are 

asked to bring their own food. Ballons, soda 

pop and pocorn will be given free. Tickets, 

which are available at all film exchanges, 

are priced at 75 cent for adults and 25 for 

children. Pishing fee will be 50 cents. Dick 

Conley of Fox Midwest is chairman: Bud 

Truog of United Artists, cochairman, assisted 

by Bill Jeffries of Columbia and Don 

Ireland of Pox Midwest. 

Bev Miller went to Chicago, Boston and 

New York in the interest of Motion Picture 

Investors . R. "Tommy" Thompson, 

Buena Vista branch manager, is back at 

Menorah Medical Center as a patient for 

lung congestion. He was rushed to the hospital 

from the airport just as he got off the 

plane from a New York trip after attending 

Buena Vista's sales convention. Meanwhile. 

Dorothie Warneke. BV booker and 

secretary, who works at Menorah on weekends, 

will keep close watch on Thompson 

Wangberg, American International 

Pictures branch manager, made a business 

trip to Omaha. Tarkio and Maryville . 

Logan Dameron of National Screen Service's 

shipping department is vacationing 

this week. 

WOMPI news: Installation of new officers 

will be at the Red Door Room of the 

Union Station the evening of June 23. All 

members of the industry are welcome. Price 

for the dinner will be $3.50 a plate . . . 

The WOMPI's netted $125 at their rummage 

sale May 22, 23 at 31st and Main toward 

their charity projects. Members who 

HUMDINGER SPEAKERS $3.50 each 

HEAVY DUTY SPEAKER MECHANISM $1.65 

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were on duty included Bernice Powell, 

Gladys Melson, Carolyn Pleming. Lucille 

Hathorn. Bonnie Aumiller. Goldie Woerner. 

Myrtle Cain. Billie Mistele and Myrtle Taylor 

... On May 26 the WOMPIs observed 

Pounder's Day (the birthday of the organization) 

at the Columbia club rooms. 

The ways and means committee promoted 

a fund to be turned over to the International 

treasury by collecting from members 

in accordance to their ages (a penny 

for each yean or one dollar for those shy 

about theii- ages. 

Evelyn Wilkerson, Columbia Pictures, 

has been promoted from stenographer to 

secretary to Tom Baldwin, branch manager, 

succeeding Carol Schenkel, who resigned to 

accept a position in Grandview, close to 

home. Mrs. Schenkel also resigned as first 

vice-president of the WOMPIs. Dorothy 

Wackerman of Embassy Pictures will finish 

out the term before officially taking over 

the duties of second vice-president later 

this month . Whitescarver, Warner 

Bros, cashier, is engaged to Larry Seward 

of Kansas City. A June wedding is 

planned . Baker is the new 

ledger clerk at 20th Centm-y-Pox . . . Mrs. 

Gayle Allen, biller at MGM, resigned because 

of illness. 

Out-of-town exhibitors on the Row: Elmer 

Bills sr., Moberly: Prince Black and 

Helen McGuire, Mound City; Jim Cook, 

Maryville; Bob Davis, Higginsville ; Harley 

Fryer, Lamar, and Glen Jones, Gravois 

Mills, and Frank Weary jr., Henrietta. 

From Kansas—Ernie Block, Sabetha . 

A new steel tower has been rebuilt at the 

Hillcrest Drive-In, Ottawa, Kas. . . . The 

Lucky 13 Drive-In at Bolivar has a new 

tower and was scheduled to reopen this 

week after being closed since its screen was 

blown down diu-ing a recent storm . 

"Marnie." Alfred Hitchcock mystery drama 

for Universal, was screened Tuesday (26) 

afternoon at 20th-Pox. 

The Starlight Theatre at Swope Park 

opens June 22 for the summer season 

with the following stage attractions: "My 

Pair Lady," June 22 through July 5, starring 

Michael Allinson, Dorothy Coulter and 

Dean Dittmann; "Milk and Honey," July 

6-12, Molly Picon, Giorgia Tazzi and Helena 

Bliss; "Tom Sawyer," July 13-19, Bobby 

Rydell, Timmy Everett and Judith Mc- 

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ICiLYWOOD — "Hollywood and Poli- 

; hould They Mix," has been set as 

of the Hollywood Press Club's 

le ieeting. Program chairmen Les Kaufn 

nd Mann Scharf explain the proin^will 

deal with the moral issue of 

et>r or not an entertainer should use 

and popularity to entice 

CI to vote for a particular candidate. 

Scduled to appear on the panel at the 

ne9 dinner meeting are Mayor Sam 

columnist Hedda Hopper, Heraldanner 

political editor Jud Baker and 

,it 

igjactress Polly Bergen. Distaff memrs 

f the press will be invited to attend. 

Biple See Sexy Pictures 

n^ If They So Desire 

DHHA—Marjorie Backer, who with her 

stjid have the theatre at Harlan, Iowa, 

svlred critics of the type of movies be- 

; 'fered by writing to the Public Pulse 

tl Omaha World-Herald, saying there 

lenty of good movies for the public. 

? 

\ have been theatre owners 30 years," 

s'Sacker wrote. "Last year we showed 

ictures. Legion of Decency ratings 

rtjjne Sp., two Unl., 16 B and 73 A. 

'Fgardless of what teenagers or adults 

I. hey do not have to see a sexy piceiinless 

they choose to." 

asserted that the groups 

M . 

io:ry for so-called "good" movies selttrOack 

up their contentions with ap- 

Dll;ate 

action. 

I'ople go to the type of movies they 

,n to see, regardless of what they say. 

'j, for 'theatres used to be places for 

n" fun,' the teenager (who wrote such 

cnplaint to the Public Pulse) is too 

u: to remember those good old days. 

Jrents started dumping their children 

[, 

the theatre 15 years ago. There are 

!ijr' of A-1 (we ran 40) and A-2 (we 

ajl) movies, if parents want to make 

rijht at the movies a family affair." 

0711, Prophetstown, 111. 

hens With Booster Aid 

PpPHETSTOWN, ILL.—Mr. 

and Mrs. 

s' Vittitow, new owners, have reopened 

;rown Theatre after making arrange- 

'is with the Marchese brothers, former 

ip. and the local Booster Club. Memriof 

the Booster Club negotiated plans 

l|!dge tickets purchased from business- 

"for an 18-month period to assist the 

Jietors of the theatre. 

le Town is open nightly except on 

îiesday and Thursday; shows are connus 

on Sundays, two shows are run on 

Vday and one each on Monday, Tuespnd 

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CHICAGO 

âve Goldman resigned as buyer for the 

Kohlberg circuit. He has taken over 

operation of the Oak Theatre and will 

show first runs out of the Loop . . . Paramount 

publicist Dick Taylor will tour the 

Chicago-Detroit areas with Olivia de 

Havilland in connection with "Lady in a 

Cage." The film opened here at the B&K 

Roosevelt. 

Members of the Chicago press wil join the 

20th Century-Pox overseas junket for a 

look at "The Agony and the Ecstasy" in 

Rome; "The Sound of Music" in Salzberg, 

Austria, and "The Magnificent Men in 

Their Flying Machines" in London . 

Shirley Racussin has rejoined the Universal 

staff as "Girl Friday" to press chief 

Ben Katz. 

John F. Butkovich heads up management 

activities at the Carnegie Theatre on the 

near north side, an Oscar Brotman property 

. . . The Esquire Theatre and Mister 

Kelly's have joined to offer a complete dinner 

and a first-run film for only $3.95 . . . 

Warren Beatty, who is on the final filming 

here of "Mickey One," will go to Poland to 

discuss American films and acting before 

Polish University students. He is making 

the trip at the invitation of the state department 

as part of the cultural exchange 

program. 

. 

The Esquire Theatre, showing "The 

Servant," is exhibiting oils and watercolors 

by Robert Freeman in the theatre's little 

Michel, the talking dog, was 

gallery . . . 

here for a visit in connection with "Wild 

and Wonderful" Levine will be 

here for three days starting June 18 to herald 

the June 26 opening of "The Carpetbaggers" 

at the Chicago Theatre. Levine 

will also talk about "Zulu," scheduled to 

open at the Loop Theatre. 

Howard L. Lubliner, 50, died on the course 

of the Glenview Golf Club. He shared an 

interest in several theatres—the Clark, 

Four Star and Edens—and was secretary of 

Allied Theatres of Illinois. He is survived 

by his wife Muriel; two sons, Laurence and 

Russell; his mother, Mrs. Bee Lubliner; 

two sisters and one brother. 

Dave Friedman has sold his interest in a 

series of specialty films to Stanford Kohlberg. 

Friedman and Kohlberg had produced 

the group of films on a partnership 

arrangement. Friedman, who will headquarter 

in the Kohlberg Industries offices 

on South Wabash avenue, is completing 

three pictures and preparing campaigns for 

their summer release. 

The Victory Drive-In, recently acquired 

by Stanford Kohlberg, is reported to be 

doing a landslide business over weekends 

... Ed Ross, owner of the Plaza Theatre 

here, has taken over operation of the Terrace 

Drive-In in Kansas City. Dave Friedman 

has been assigned to do the booking 

and buying . Dudelson, president of 

Dudelson Film Distributors, was invited to 

New York by Bob Patrich, general sales 

manager of Parade Films, for a discussion 

concerning "The Mighty Jungle." This 

gave Moe an opportunity to visit with his 

son's family, the Stanley Dudelsons. 

Fred Cory, manager of the Surf Theatre, 

returned from a vacation in New Orleans 

Surf began operating as the Playboy 

Theatre June 1. H&E Balaban leased 

the theatre to Hugh Heffner, owner of 

Playboy magazine and the Playboy club . 

Dick Balaban and his bride of six months 

moved to their new home in suburban 

Highland Park. 

The 850-seat Bryn Mawr Theatre on the 

north side experienced holdouts every day 

during a showing of "The Cardinal." As 

a result, the movie is being held for another 

week or two . . . S. B. Griever was 

engaged to handle the buying and booking 

for the Evergreen Theatres 1 and 2, by 

M&R Amusement Co. . Wheeler of 

Stanley Warner Theatre Management is 

vacationing in Jamaica. 

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A contingent of Filmrow representatives 

went to Milwaukee for the grand opening 

of the Capitol Court, a Stanley Warner 

Theatre Management property 

Bernstein, head of Allied Artists here, arranged 

two big campaigns, one for the first 

showing of "Soldier in the Rain" at 50 

Chicagoland theatres and "The Thin Red 

Line" in several downstate theatres 

Milton Feinberg of National Screen Service 

returned from a national sales meeting in 

New York. 

Charles F. Simonelli is due here June 15 

for the annual meeting of Technicolor, 

Inc., at the Water Tower Inn. Simonelli 

said in his announcement concerning the 

meeting that the earnings of Technicolor 

and its wholly owned subsidiaries for the 

first quarter, which ended March 28, 1964, 

were $969,587 or 34 cents per share on the 

2,886,445 shares outstanding. In the same 

period in 1963, net earnings were $913,265 

or 32 cents per share on the 2,840,980 

shares then outstanding. Simonelli said 

further that Consolidated net sales for the 

13-week period amounted to $21,204,424, as 

compared to $19,476,005 for the like period 

in 1963. 

French movie producer Henri Gevrier, 

who will make Cary Grant's next movie, 

"Incognito in Paris," was a house guest of 

Burton Browne, owner of the Gaslight club 

Theatre Supply Co., headed 

here by Ed Novak, will provide the Simplex 

X-L equipment going into the Tee and See 

Theatre. 

Allie Combs in Georgia 


CORNELIA, GA.—Allie Combs, formerly 

with Chakeres Theatres which has its headquarters 

in Springfield. Ohio, now is managing 

the local Grand Theatre. 

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— 

al Morrison Talk 

IWOMPI Parly 

^! ORLEANS—DeLesseps S. Morri- 

1 

mirman of the Louisiana commission 

-mmerce and industry and former 

bisador to the Organization of Ameri- 

1 tates. made one of his last public 

peances before his death in an airplane 

•iciit in Mexico at the WOMPI Bosses 

ic-on at the Roosevelt Hotel here Wed- 

;d 120). 

vlrison's theme was the strategic poio 

of Louisiana as the crossroads of the 

:iijhere. "the Ruhr Valley of the 

lecas," which stands to profit from the 

.epment of Latin countries. It's up to 

uunans to provide a good political cliiund 

a good image for stimulating fuerade 

and a better understanding with 

; republics to the south, also a better 

ai for Americans to the north, he told 

? ore than 100 WOMPIs, their bosses 

dji'iends. 

Di Brandon, president of Film Inspecniervice, 

was chosen by lot as the Boss 

t' Day, and was presented a pair of 

tf,inks and tie clasp suitably engraved 

flian Sherick, program chairman. 

Vlie Berglund. president, presented a 

c with expressions of admiration and 

p'ciation to Harve Presnell, star of "The 

iskable Molly Brown," who was present 

f luncheon. 

K:Tison saluted the motion picture wo- 

;i'as "gems of the motion picture ins\'. 

the community, the state and the 

t:i." 

E:hange heads who were feted at the 

nieon included John Winberry, mane 

and Pi'ank Barry, office manager, Corra; 

Don Kay and Floyd Harvey, Kay 

U;prises; William Cobb, Exhibitors Posr 

schange: H. A. Arata and H. P. Mosley, 

G;: Kermit Carr, president, and Bob 

nt, head of advertising and exploitan\ 

Paramomit Gulf Theatres; James 

Jtund. Al Doskey and Alex Meunier, 

P: Aithur Port, Richards Center; Page 

Theatre Owners Service ; Gene 

ocman and Elizabeth Bacon, UA; E. L. 

e'ns. Universal; L. Conner and A. W. 

Warner Bros.; Herman Gentry, MarnMnerama 

r(, 

Theatre: L. C. Montgomery 

.,'oy Theatre, and Brandon. 

C.ier guests included Helen Wurzlow, 

'Can's Club editor, and Frank Gagnard, 

irs Picayune, and Bob Sublette, and 

hnas Griffin, States-Item. 

lio present was a group of Variety 

J:!iary members, headed by Mrs. WilarCobb; 

Pat Mahoney, former WOMPI 

nformer secretary to Dan Brandon, now 

'ctary to Morrison was there too with 

a. Dyke from Morrison's office; also 

riJc Henson, manager of Loew's State, 

Tom Baldrich, MGM press agent, who 

i^ 

alin town with Presnell in the interest 

tjrhe Unsinkable Molly Brown" booked 

)i|an early summer showing at Loew's. 

Stschal in Goodman Web 

Western Edition 

pLL'nvOOD—The Getschal New York 

Sicy has been named as the eastern 

njior in the new agency network initiated 

we Goodman Organization of Los Anp|i, 

headed by Mort Goodman. First 

l'(t for the new web of agencies will be 

'Uar Films whose first release, "Love 

tân Style" is set for June release. 

MPEAF Mixes Golf With Business 

Exhibitors and film company representatives mixed business, golfing and 

social activities at the three-day convention of the Motion Picture Exhibitors 

Ass'n of Florida held at Crystal River. Top photo shows, left to right: Harvey 

Garland, Florida State Theatres, and W. A. "Bill" McClure, Universal, both of 

Jacksonville; H. H. "Hi" Martin, Universal executive. New York, and Horace 

Denning, Dixie Drive-In at Jacksonville. Center photo: Bill Toney, National 

Theatre Supply, Atlanta; E. C. Kaniaris, San Marco Drive-In, St. Augustine; 

Harry Botwick, FST, Miami; Bob Harris, FST, Tampa; Harold Laird, VVil-Kin 

Supply, Tampa, and Henry Glover, president of MPEOF, Largo. Bottom photo, 

taken on the golf course: Al Fitter, UA executive; John Stembler, Atlanta; Jim 

Velde, Jean Jacobs and Al Fisher, all of UA, New York. 

Circuitmen Make Up Par Foursome 

T. G. Solomon, head of Gulf States Theatres, McComb, Miss., stuck to conventional 

attire in his MPEOF golf match. Left to right: Solomon; Bill Slaughter, 

United Rowley Theatres; Dallas; John Rowley, circuit head, and Don Stafford, 

Dixie Theatres, New Orleans. Photo at right: Mrs. Tom Kelly, Tampa; Henry 

Glover; Mrs. Tommy Hyde, Vero Beach; Tom Kelly of the "Original Crispy 

Pizza," Tampa, and Tommy Hyde, who heads Kent Theatres, Vero Beach. 

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Two National Theatre Supply Co., officials 

became grandfathers this week. C. E. 

Matthews, salesman, has a new granddaughter 

named Kelly Louise Smith. C. C. 

Bach, manager, has a new granddaughter, 

Cathy Mileski. Pass the cigars, please. 

Charles Arendall, Howco exchange 

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branch manager, attended the American 

International Pictures sales meeting in 

New Orleans . Margaret Irby, 

Howco office manager, returned to work 

after a leave of absence. She is the mother 

of a new son Robert jr. . . . Johnny Gannon, 

Southern Theatre Service, is now 

booking and buying for Skylark Drive-In, 

Pocahontas, Ark.; Belmont Theatre, Belmont, 

Miss., and Jalas Drive-In, also in 

Belmont. 

Scott Lett, Howco sales manager, was a 

visitor at the Memphis office . . . Andy 

Jonas, Trenton Drive-In, Trenton; Mr. and 

Mrs. Hays Redmon, Strand, Millington; 

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nicholson, 51 Drive- 

In, Millington; Mr. and Mrs. Howard 

Nicholson, 51 Drive-In, Millington, and 

Louise Mask. Luez, Bolivar, were in town 

from Tennessee . . . Orris Collins, Capitol, 

Paragould, Ark., was a visitor. 

Mississippi's visiting exhibitors included 

William H. Cook, Valley, Water Valley; 

Leon Rountree, Holly, Holly Springs, and 

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bays, Grenada, Grenada 

. Services announced 

that the Big 4 Drive-In, Benton, Ark., was 

opened for the season May 22. 

Memphis State Now 

Under New Ownership 

MEMPHIS—The 2,235-seat State Theatre 

on Main street, sold last week by 

Loew's Theatres of New York, was taken 

over May 29 by its new owner. Gulf States 

Theatres, which in turn placed it under the 

operational direction of the newly organized 

Greater Memphis Theatres. 

Asked who makes up Greater Memphis 

Theatres, president T. G. Solomon of 

Gulf States Theatres said, "Mostly me." 

The State purchase price was not made 

public but Solomon described it as a "very 

healthy figure." 

His Gulf States Theatres operates in 

Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas and 

Florida. In business since 1945, Gulf States 

now has 172 theatres. 

Arthur Groom, longtime manager of the 

State under the Loew's ownership, will not 

continue with the State. The theatre, however, 

will continue as a first-run house 

and as its first offering under its new 

ownership it showed "The Chalk Garden." 

Loew's will continue to operate the Memphis 

Palace Theatre, which has been a 

Cinerama situation since 1961. Handling 

the sale of the State for Loew's were 

Arthur M. Tolchin, assistant to the president, 

and Arthur Raporte, a vice-president. 

Equipment Manufacturer 

William Biggs Sr. Dies 

MEMPHIS — William T. Biggs sr., 56, 

owner of Biggs Chair Co., manufacturers 

of theatre chairs and equipment, died at 

Methodist Hospital here last week. He had 

been in the hospital since April 1 for major 

surgery. 

A lifelong citizen of Memphis, Biggs 

started his own business 15 years ago after 

serving as a chief petty officer in the Navy 

during World War II and after having 

been associated with Malco Theatres following 

the war. He was a member of 

Variety Club. 

— 

'Tom Jones' Bouncs 

To 200 in Memphis 

MEMPHIS — Pour Memphis first 

were well above average business f 

week. During its 13th week, "Tom >i 

bounced back from an average wfe 

do 200 per cent of average at Palac 

Plaza booked a couple of reruns, i 

had figured in the Oscar awards, ai 

125 per cent for the week. A fourth 

of the UA film, "Prom Russia With.i 

did 125 per cent at Malco. The ; 

brought back two Lopert films, "Ph( 

and "Black Orpheus," and did 110.' 

(Averoge Is 100) 

Guild Phaedra (Lopert); clock Orpheus 

(Lopert), reissues 

Malco From Russia With Love (UA), 4th wk 

Palace Tom Jones (UA-Lopert), 13th wk. . 

Plaza— Lilies of the Field (UA); Hud (Poro), 

reruns 

The Best Man (UA) 

State 

Strand Tamahine (MGM) 

Warner Paris When If Sizzles (Poro), 

2nd wk 

MIAMI 

H difference of opinion on what th) 

centage cut should be kept the cj 

circuit telecast of the May 30 Indiar 

auto race out of local theatres. Sere] 

of the event were available at the \ 

ville Hotel, Shrine Temple and Elect) 

Hall and tickets were sold at the 

and Firestone agencies. 

Two Florida-made films had their 

premieres in Wometco theatres 1; 

May — "Flipper's New Adventure' 

"Escape From Hell Island." The F 

film premiered in the new Boca Rater 

atre in the Fifth Avenue Shopping Cei 

Boca Raton. The new Wometco u 

said to be the only hardtop on the 

Coast between West Palm Beach 

Pompano. Its decor is orange ar 

lounge has been dubbed the Univers 

tribute to the area's new Florida At 

University. David Haggerty, formerly 

ager of the Miami Beach Sui'f and 

mandie theatres, will manage. 

"Flipper" is performing this week i 

cameras—and in color. The series hai 

started and locations are being s 

from Maule Lake to Virginia Key t 

North Miami studios, depending oi 

weather. Brian Kelly, Luke Halpin, T 

Norden and the rest of the cast 

shortly after daybreak and labor fai 

the evening, with Ben Chapman hi 

the stick over actors, crew, technician; 

since the series must be ready to 

this fall. Luke, the likeable kid in 

: 

per," is staying at the Dupont Plaza 

drawing crowds of teenagers daily i 

Bayview diningroom and signs autog 

like crazy. 

A Miami newspaper points out th£ 

movie, "For Those Who Think 'Vc 

the Frank Sinatra production whic 

troduces Fort Lauderdale's Woody ^ 

bury in his first film role, has tieins 

than the cola which the title suggests 

Pood Fair chain is one. 

A prerelease showing' of "The 

Garden" was a benefit for the Chili 

Center when shown at the Miracle Th 

Coral Gables, Tuesday evening, Ms 

students of St. Stephens £ 

SE-2 BOXOFHCE June 1,

[ 

. . Monica 

. . Tim 

i 

•e 

ave good reason to crowd into Wo- 

theatres to see the Allied Artists' 

tc 

The Thin Red Line." Ray Daly, a 

St. 

,1 

Stephens boy who went on 

iiV 

H'vard and Hollywood, plays the comiv:ommander 

in the film. Ray's father 

\:h the Dade-Miami Chamber of 

ii|erce. 

Siunmertime Fun shows will start 

ri* 

lellO at the Gables Theatre, Coral 

bli, and at FST's Beach in Miami 

ic Supervised by trained theatre periiY, 

these morning shows will run for 

\eks and consist of reels of fun, 

prizes, color cartoons and carefully 

n,, 

;cd features. As an added treat on 

ta Wednesday mornings, two full 

gi featui-es will be shown. All seats 

cents. However, admission is free 

'i 

hthe presentation of six RC Cola 

caps. No adults will be admitted 

tl 

Snmertime Pun Show unless accomlii 

by a child. 

if 

West Financed 

im Making Debut 

viImI—A story in the Miami News 

111 out that Key West is head over 

?liin movie financing and production 

i'he results of its first efforts will 

r'.o be known this week when "Escape 

Hell Island" premieres here at the 

)i{ 

w and Essex indoor theatres and the 

I'Âvenue and North Dade drive-ins. 

ri; movie has a Cuban refugee angle 

d 18 script is by Sgt. John B. Doherty. 

lUood film and TV producer who is 

îrarily assigned to the Miami Inntion 

Flight at International airport. 

h'ty adapted the film drama from 

b't Sheckley's novel, "The Man in the 

n" 

^fencing came from a group of Key 

;f citizens headed by the late Joe 

u,), theatre owner who was chairman 

Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission. 

tj 

•ii), a businessman, felt that Key West 

djhe south Florida area were capable 

movie production, 

Sv'cessful 

r'' Miami News story points out that 

s^pe From Hell Island" has been booked 

;cjj4 more film houses in Florida and 

a»if it succeeds here, word will soon 

rel and it stands a good chance of 

tnwide distribution. 

ilest Drive-In Circuit 

êbrating 25th Year 

J-I^KSONVILLE — The Dixie Drive-In 

i^.res, the nation's oldest outdoor therecircuit, 

is celebrating its 25th anniriry 

in an advertising promotional drive 

111 began May 31 and will end August 

ihe Savannah, Ga., Drive-In was the 

'sjoperating unit of the circuit, which 

ijnposed of 16 outdoorers in Georgia, 

o,la, North Carolina and Virginia, the 

:? Atlantic was the second unit placed 

jeration. 

ijie Drive-In headquarters are in Atn, 

where president Harris Robinson 

ici 

.-ice-president R. A. Edmondson have 

1^ offices. The local Atlantic is under 

leîanagement of Jim Hiil. 

nis Presley sings ten original songs in 

a:Wallis' "Roustabout," a Paramount 

Mie. 

JACKSONVILLE 

Pender A. "Dock" Cawthon, film projection 

expert for Florida State Theatres 

and one of Pilmrow's best-known personalities, 

received painful and serious facial injm-ies 

in a freak accident at the Jacksonville 

city hall. As Dock was about to enter a door, 

an unidentified person on the other side of 

the door pushed mightily and gave Dock a 

broken nose and several broken teeth. 

O. Glenn Gryder. who has been connected 

with the Roy Smith Co., theatre suppliers, 

left for a vacation in North Carolina. On 

his return he will take over the Howco 

film shipping station on Houston street for 

Joe Thrift. Flora Fowler, who formerly 

managed the station, has taken a maternity 

leave of absence . McCormick, 

secretary to W. A. "Bill" McClure, Universal 

branch manager, plans to retire from 

Filmrow . . . Celia Brugh, Columbia office 

worker, left for a New York vacation 

and a tour of the World's Fair. 

Herman Meiselman, owner of the Meiselman 

Theatres, came in from his Charlotte, 

N. C, headquarters to announce that his 

local first-run Town and Country and 

Cedar Hills theatres, located at opposite 

ends of town, will henceforth have a dayand-date 

policy beginning with the run of 

"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." Bill 

Means, amusements editor of the Jacksonville 

Journal, remarked that " 'Mad World' 

is certainly a good film to open any kind 

of a policy" and he proceeded in pulling 

out all the stops in praising the comedy 

and its stars. 

A MISPLACED LINE! 

The insertion of a Jacksonville dateline 

on the wrong story in last week's 

issue gave some readers a momentary 

scare. The Une, "JACKSONVILLE— 

Taken by death here," somehow was 

misplaced on the story headlined, "Pilot 

Kiddies Show by FST Circuitmen." 

The line should have read, "JACKSON- 

VILLE—French Harvey, Flor-" 

WWIe competing in the MPEOF golf 

tournament at Crystal River, H. H. "Hi" 

Martin, Universal executive from New York, 

became the winner of a fishing trophy between 

golf strokes. He performed this redoubtable 

sporting feat by casting for and 

catching a bass on a lake bordering the golf 

coui'se. He went on from there to win a 

prize in the golf tournament, too . . . Harold 

Spears jr. was the top winner in the links 

tournament . . . Oliver "Ollie" Mathews, 

Universal office manager, and Mrs. Mathews 

left for their ninth annual fishing 

vacation at Juno Beach on the lower East 

Coast . . . Charley Jordon, Howco executive 

from Atlanta, was a Filmrow visitor . . . 

Art Castnor, Edgewood manager, left for 

his annual vacation and Al Hildreth took 

over as relief manager, while Bob Jones, 

assistant to Marty Shearn at the Center, 

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reliL'Vud Al at the Empress . Choulot, 

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the Daytona Theatre, left on a vacation 

trip. 

Jacksonville Girl Wins 

In Yogi Bear Contest 

JACKSONVILLE—Seven-year-old Katherine 

Edwards, the daughter of a Duval 

County police patrolman, became the winner 

of one of ten national first prizes 

awarded in the Yogi Bear Jelly Beans 

Sweepstakes conducted by Columbia Pictures 

in the advance promotion for "Hey 

There, It's Yogi Bear," new feature cartoon 

picture starring Yogi Bear, a character 

loved by millions of American youngsters 

through television and comic strip 

outlets. 

Katherine's prize is an all-expense trip 

to Zurich, Switzerland, with her mother 

and father accompanying her. She will 

present to the mayor of Zurich a bear 

cub donated by the Duluth, Minn., zoo, 

and she will present letters of introduction 

from Florida's governor and U. S. 

senators. 

She was treated to a preview showing 

of "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear," at the 

local Studio Theatre, as the guest of Art 

Castner, manager of the Edgewood Theatre, 

where the movie will have its north Florida 

premiere. 

Ed McLaughlin, Columbia manager here, 

revealed that 750,000 children in 127 American 

cities and towns competed for the 

ten top prizes in the sweepstakes. Katherine 

also received a treasui-e chest filled 

with Yogi Bear novelty toys. Her trip 

overseas and back will be made in Rolls 

Royce jetliners of BOAC. Local TV station 

WJXT, Channel 4, cooperated in conducting 

the sweepstakes here with the assistance 

of Ranger Hal, child favorite. 

Attractive Lounge Added 

By Lenoir, N. C. Avon 

LENOIR, N.C.—An attractive new lounge 

has been added to the Avon Theatre, having 

been constructed in an adjoining building 

which once was headquarters for the 

Avon Soda Shop. The outside entrance 

to this shop was closed and the new lounge 

opens directly into the theatre's lobby, 

according to the News-Topics. 

It makes a comfortable waiting alcove 

for patrons, equipped with its own air conditioner 

and heat pump. The lounge is 

paneled in blond wood, provided with colorful 

carpets, comfortable furnishings and 

planters. 

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H local theatreman was quoted in Bob 

Sublette's States-Item column, "We're 

just asking for censorship. If the fast buck 

boys aren't embed you can bet we are 

going to get it. " Sublette said he was referring 

to the increasing number of pictui'es 

designed for "adult" viewing like 

"Empty Canvas." The critic wrote, "I'm 

thinking the movie business is cooking the 

goose over a very hot fii'e." 

The Gentilly Art started daily matinee 

performances, at 1:30. 3:30 and 5:30. with 

"Wuthering Heights." Harold Bailey, one 

of the owners, said the matinees were aimed 

chiefly for the Golden Agers . . . Thomas 

E. Jensen, assistant to booker Earl Perry, 

Pittman general manager, has been informed 

by Eastman Kodak Co. that a color 

picture he took of his mother is one of 

those selected for enlargement and display 

at the Kodak Pavilion at the World's 

Pair. 

Earl Kroeper, United Theatres booker, 

returned from a vacation spent in Covington 

. Rene Brmiets and their children 

Rene III and Michelle dropped in at 

the BV office to see Jeanne Crozat and 

Helen Pabst . Eldridge of the 

Spring Theatre in Springhill and wife were 

in town. 

The Gulf States Dixie in Brookhaven, 

closed for some time, will reopen on the 

30th with a show designed for the youngsters, 

a school's out party. Through the 

summer months, the Dixie attractions will 

be confined to roadshow pictm-es and 

"Block Busters." The Haven Theatre will 

continue to show the regular films. 

Gulf States Theatres staffers entertained 

at the home office recreation room at a 

kitchen shower for Alexis Busby, hello girl 

RCA and Brenkert 

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Birminghom, Alabama 

and a July bride-elect . of 

film exchanges calling at the Gulf States 

buying and booking offices were Jerry Kennedy. 

20th-FoX' Gene Goodman, UA; H. A. 

Arata, MGM, and Universal office manager 

Ed Stevens . Lombardo, Transway 

Films dispatcher, is back on the job 

after several weeks in a hospital with his 

neck in traction. 

AIP Chief Finds People 

Like to Be Surprised 

NEW ORLEANS—In the opinion of John 

H. Nicholson, president of American International 

Pictures, here for a sales conference 

with exhibitors, the paying customers 

most "enjoy shock, surprise—enough to set 

them tingling." 

"Of the last 18 pictures produced by 

AIP," he said, "the most widely seen were 

eight made along the classic lines of Pygmalian—rags 

to riches—or films that indulge 

public fantasies in time-honored 

ways. 

"The business of making films is never 

dull. There's the problem of artistic responsibility, 

which you feel after you've 

been in the business awhile. Don't you 

realize that within ten years over half the 

nation's population will be under 20, and 

they'll be seeing our films." 

In answer to, "Do foreign films threaten 

the American industry?" Nicholson declared: 

"Most are obscure. Therefore, 

although they win wide acclaim from critics, 

they are less popular than American films. 

They're fuzzy, they have subtitles and 

they're hard to understand. Most American 

movie producers would consider it a serious 

loss if one of their films grossed only 

an amount equal to that grossed by some 

famous foreign product in this country. 

"The choosing of a plot is perhaps the 

most challenging part of making movies. 

Let's say, it's a family movie," he mused. 

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"Now in a film like this we've got to i:, 

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There are three levels of humor in 

shows. Take this one I'm working on u 

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It's called 'Bikini Beach.' There's hu' 

for the teenager, laughs for the undei 

set, and the parents can laugh at all. 

really a very funny show. 

"The greatest fear of movie producei 

to make a film which is either censor] 

or ill-timed," adding, "we've got to wv 

everybody's politics, feeling and sensibil 

very carefully, otherwise we'll sulfe 

loss on a film." 

Nicholson was accompanied by j 

Blender, general sales manager; 1 

Moritz, publicity du-ector, and Mir 

Zides, assistant to Blender. 

Presiding at the luncheons were PI 

Sliman and Mamie Dm-eau of Masteip 

Pictures, distributors of AIP proc 

"Masque of the Red Death," scheduled 

release in June, was previewed at the 

screening room, packed-full with exhibii 

Film clips of upcoming productions 

were shown. 

CHARLOTTE 

pormer presidents of Women of the 

; 

tion Pictm-e Industry were honorei 

a Founder's Day program May 20 at : 

monico Restaurant, with Mrs. An- 

Gantt, president, in charge. The ta 

were decorated with May poles, with n; 

net pompons at the end of the strean; 

and a birthday cake with ten candles. I 

Mildred Hoover gave a history of the 

since it was organized and introduced' 

past presidents in order of their serV 

Myrtle Parker, Viola Wister, Nancy l' 

ville, Alice Ci-aver, Betty Beatty, B( 

Hunter, Blanche Carr and Mrs. Mack W 

Each officer was presented with a fava 

Libby Hinson. The invocation was givei' 

Betty Beatty and the door prize was 

by Rebecca Miller. Appearing on the i 

gram was John Tanzy, who gave rec 

tions, and a Beatle skit was performec 

Ruth Collins, Doris Furr, Evelyn Ayers; 

Dessie Guyer. Howco Exchange, Paramc 

Pictures and Libby Hinson, with Viola 

ster as coordinator, arranged the progi, 

Arthur Holman Purchases 

Anderson Criterion 

ANDERSON, S.C—Purchase of the C 

terion Theatre Building at Murray avt 

and Whitner street for $100,000 by Art 

Holman was completed recently, acc( 

ing to the Anderson Mail. The prop 

had been owned by the J. H. Andei 

and Walter H. Keys estates. 

No decision as to the future use of] 

building has been announced by Holn 

The theatre had been closed since 1960 

most of the equipment, except for the s 

ing, ripped out. The building was ere 

by a stock company in 1914. 

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Unon' at Lake Texoma 

IICRMAN, TEX.—A make-believe der.'ill 

have the starring role in a science- 

;ii picture to be filmed on Lake Tex- 

£qby the Phillips-Marker Productions 

ijuas. The film will be aimed at the 

l?;-teen market and will have the 

e'"The Demon Prom Devil's Lake." 

;< talent will be used to fill 25 bit and 

,r parts, according to Russ Marker, di- 

;ti, who also wrote the script. Major 

be taken by actors and actresses 

e;will 

m Dallas. The starting date is June 10 

;l-alming expected to take between two 

dhree weeks. 

r; plot concerns a rocket project 

lU "Operation Noah's Ark." so named 

:EJse many different types of animals, 

d]and reptiles are in the capsule. The 

j(j vehicle crashes and exposui-e to difje|, 

rays in space causes the occupants 

urge and form the "demon." 

ai Jose Cinerama House 

cê Ready by October 

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S.-I JOSE, CALTP.—Construction was 

Wuled to start last week on the $300,000 

nama Theatre on a two-acre site adir;ig 

the Winchester Mystery House. 

iKletion within six months is expected. 

Ahitect Vincent G. Raney of San 

"aisco told the San Jose News that the 

'Od rib dome building will be the secidJ5tructure 

in the country to be built 

01' the ground up as a Cinerama theae.llowever, 

it also will be equipped for 

loing 35mm films. It will seat 950 in 

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Forrest White WOMPI Mar) of Year; 

Tribute to Women of MP Industry 

Schary, playwright, producer and 

T, 

Uional chairman of the Anti-Defaih 

League of B'nai B'rith, spoke here 

DALLAS—Members of WOMPI rate as should appeal to each and every one of us, 

a'meeting of the Jewish Community 

the cream of the womanpower of an industry 

which depends on its women more than su'tability. 

and I think the same can be said for 

ill of Greater Houston on the "Chang- 

)Ltterns in American Life" . . . Julius 

any other business! This tribute was "When you ladies look back over the past 

Cn, president of Jefferson Amusement 

voiced by Bill Williams, 20th-Pox manager, 

at the annual Boss of the Year entitled to a little inner glow from pride in 

11 years I honestly feel you are justly 

ith headquarters in Beaumont, Tex., 

visitor here at the circuit's Windsor 

luncheon of the Dallas WOMPI. 

a job well done. With your beginning here 

ema here. 

Forrest White, who has operated In-Dex in Dallas you gave birth to an organization 

and a spirit of service that has spread 

SShooting in Town," a film concernte 

making of Columbia's "The Travel- 

the WOMPI Man of the Year in an ex- 

across the entire country. This in itself 

Booking Service many years was named 

ady" at 'Wharton. Tex., won first panded selection that took in all film company, 

theatre office and allied business 

was no mean accomplishment. But what's 

;efor the University of Houston Alpha 

i!n Rho chapter. 

male supervisors in the Dallas territory. 

White has been a friend and helper of 

'I 

Irvington Drive-In installed a new WOMPI in all its projects. Thelma Jo 

;e sui-face recently made of corrugated 

Bailey, WOMPI president, presented a 

(iium which seems to improve the 

plaque to White at the luncheon in the 

,ly of pictm-e over the older type flat 

Adolphus Hotel. 

elthe lamps were adjusted by Bill 

f;e. After installing this screen sur- 

In turn Miss Bailey received a token of 

club esteem, a charm for her bracelet presented 

by president-elect Elsie Parrish. 

»Jer, the Lorraine Carbon Co. field 

;il;er. 

Miss Bailey was chosen WOMPI of the 

Year. 

SERVICE BEYOND DUTY 

"What WOMPI actually means is service 

beyond the demands of duty—service to 

our industry and service to our community," 

Williams said. "It is my honest 

belief that the women who take, and have 

taken an active part in this organization, 

proved that they are the cream of the 

womanpower of this industry." 

Declaring "there is not an industry in 

the world more dependent on women than 

our own," Williams asked, "where would 

we be without the Doris Days, the Thelma 

Jo Baileys, the Elizabeth Taylors, the Elsie 

Parrishes, the Kim Novaks, the Mable 

Guinans, the Shirley MacLaines, the Rosemary 

Whites, the Flowrence Lowreys, the 

Marie Russeys and on and on?" 

Williams continued: "There is no question 

in my mind that a strong attraction in 

a comfortable theatre backed by strong 

showmanship will, if all three ingredients 

are supplied in sufficient quantity, guarantee 

the business future for every one of 

us in this room. And supply these ingredients, 

I believe, this industry can and 

will. 

PUBLIC IMAGE MOST VITAL 

"Probably never before in the history of 

our industry has our public image been any 

more important than it is today. We need 

public understanding. Our function as a 

media is multiple. We entertain, we communicate, 

we educate, we explore, we 

titilate, we sing, we dance, we laugh, we 

cry. We cover the waterfront. Actually we 

manufacture a variety of products designed 

for consumption by individual segments, or 

groups, or ages of our exploding population, 

as well as a goodly number designated 

for mass consumption by everybody. 

"There is certainly nothing evil in this. 

Yet there persists pressures from certain 

segments of the public to restrict all of 

our output within a very narrow range. 

This pressure to censor or limit is potentially 

dangerous to our industry and to our 

community. There is no more reason to 

expect that every movie—even if it were 

possible—should appeal to everybody than 

it is to say that every book in the library 

more important is the truly great things 

you've done through your organization. 

Goodness only knows how many hours 

upon hours have been devoted by WOMPIs 

in the past 11 years in lending a hand to 

the less fortunate. 

"Your events and projects for your industry 

have deserved and earned the admiration 

of your employers and co-workers. 

WOMPI has certainly become a very real 

part of our industry in its 11 short years." 

SAN ANTONIO 

The four Roy Moore jr. operated drivein 

theatres, the Alamo, Mission Twin, 

South Loop 13 and the Rigsby, were formally 

taken over by Gulf States Theatres, 

which already operates three drive-in theatres 

here and one in Houston . . . 

George 

E. Ross, the technical director for "Major 

Dundee" which was filmed in Mexico, was 

a recent visitor ... Ian Player, chief warden 

at the Umfolozi Game Reserve in 

Zululand, Africa, made a series of talks and 

showed films and slides on wildlife there. 

He was here in behalf of "Rhino!" which 

opened at the Lam-el on the 28th. He 

served as consultant on the film. 

Bill Rau of the Alamo Booking Service 

returned from a business trip to 

Operation Big Drop featured a 

Dallas . . . 

Monahan 

helicopter dropping thousands of free 

tickets to "Prom Russia With Love" at the 

Aztec in conjunction with the McCreless 

Shopping City's Mighty May Days sale. 

Completes Glendale Updating 

Frcm Western Edition 

GLENDALE. ARIZ. — Considerable remodeling 

has been carried out at the Glen 

Theatre by Manager Viv Schultz. Featured 

are an attractive new refreshment stand 

and a tastefully redecorated lobby. 

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DALLAS 

^hursday was a day for farewells by 

friends of Lew Waid and Tom Mc- 

Kean. Waid went along the Row passing 

out cards giving his new address—28816 

East Worcester Rd.. Sun City, Calif., 92381. 

Waid and his wife urged friends to visit 

them when they are near Sun City. Mc- 

Kean, retired Paramount salesman, and 

his wife are leaving June 1 for Houston, 

where they will live at the Marquee, 2525 

McCue Rd., Apt. 243, Houston. They will 

be at home to friends there. They lived 

in Oklahoma City area for many years before 

McKean was transferred here several 

years ago. The McKeans have a son living 

in Houston. 

Don Grierson, AIP manager, attended 

the regional AIP sales conference in New 

Orleans . Desch and Sebe Miller 

attended the Buena Vista-Disney sales 

meetings in New York City . Hartgrove 

of Diamond International was on 

a business trip to Chicago and New York 

O'Donnell of General Films was 

in southern Texas. 

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Cortez Hanun reopened his El Rancho 

Drive-In at Vernon after a repainting job, 

and was remodeling his Electra Theatre. He 

said he hoped to reopen the latter May 

31. He reported his son is now out of the 

Army and working for a radio station 

at Vernon . Hughes of the 

Texan in Sanger found time during a 

busy day of booking and buying to report 

his daughter Diane was graduating from 

North Texas State College with a Fullbright 

scholarship for a year's schooling 

in France. She is a student in Romance 

languages, and has been in Rome, Switzerland, 

Spain, Portugal and other countries 

in Europe. After graduation June 10, Diane 

and several friends will leave on a 30-day 

trip in Europe. 

. 

Filmrow is beginning: to look like an automobile 

show. H. K. Buchanan has a new 

Dodge Dart, Dorothy Mealer a new Pontiac. 

Hazel Byrom a new Chevrolet, Virginia 

Stevens a new Ford, Marie Powers 

a new Ford Thunderbird, and Gerry Hale 

. . Sheila 

is trying out a Ford Mustang . 

Westrop of Kay Enterprises was planning 

to return home to recuperate after an operation 

Backus was improving 

rapidly. 

Harve Presnell was squired around town 

by MGM publicist Ed Edmiston, doing the 

promotion rounds for "The Unsinkable 

Molly Brown" . Tors, producer, and 

Ian Player, game warden, were in doing 

publicity for "Rhino!" . Bourgeois, 

daughter of O. K. Bourgeois of Astor 

Pictures and wife, is graduating from 

Highland Park High School with a scholarship 

to Chatham College. She will start a 

political science course. 

Effie White of the UA staff was undergoing 

treatment for a sinus infection . . . 

Leon Abrahams of Long Theatres returned 

home after several weeks in a 

hospital. He forwards his appreciation for 

numerous remembrances sent by friends 

The wife of Paul 

during his illness . . . 

Rice, recently promoted to Paramount 

manager at Indianapolis, is recuperating 

from surgery, hoping to leave for the Indiana 

city with her husband June 1. 

Mrs. Gene Gardner, known along the 

Row as Voncile Atkins where she worked 

for Republic, was in town Sunday visiting 

Mable Guinan. She now lives in Luf- 

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She asked to be remembered to her frii 

Russey of the 20th-Pox i 

was spending a vacation at home . . .] 

Lewis, Columbia publicist, attended 

two-day home office seminar on sum 

releases, which include "Hey There, 

Yogi Bear," due to open in Dallas 

; 

Houston June 11. Bill also took in 

World's Fair. 

New Suniland Theal 

Nearing Open Date 


j 

MIAMI—South Florida's new luxury 

atre, the Suniland, is rapidly nearing i 

pletion. Owned and operated by Flo 

State Theatres, whose theatre open 

dates back to 1915, the Suniland is loc| 

just south of the Palmetto expresswaJ 

U.S. 1 in the rapidly growing Sunii 

Shopping Center. 

According to Harry Botwick of FU 

State Theatres, all the major struc 

work has been completed and the spe 

ists who supervise the air conditioii 

electrical systems, projection equipn 

plumbing, seating and other highly t, 

nical installations have started their co' 

down. 

Among the special comfort and lu 

features incorporated into the new 5: 

land Theatre are: a full 42 inches betl 

every row of custom-designed foam I 

to allow maximum leg room; angle' 

projection, with the machines installe' 

a ground level room under the bal 

to completely eliminate any possibilit 

picture distortion; transistor high-fid 

sound with the latest electronic impi 

ments to assure "concert hall" repro 

tion; triple-pack air conditioning that 

livers constant temperature, humidity 

pmity with air that is actually "launde 

and one of the largest picture screen 

the South, reaching from ceiling to 

and from wall to wall. 

One of the largest attraction sign 

Florida will mark the entrance of 

new Suniland. 

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morrow 

Open Munday, Tex., Rox 

MUNDAY, TEX. — The Roxy The 

long closed, has been reopened by Jo 

Morrow, assisted by Mrs. Morrow, 

the present, they are operating the I 

only on weekends. 

Morrow is familiar with the Roxy ) 

past experience, having been empl' 

there and at the local Sunset se\ 

years before leaving exhibition to i 

his own radio and television business. 

Success in Spain for 'Rebel' 

From Eastern Edition 

MADRID—A resounding critical su( 

has come to Nick Ray. who carried oi 

eight-year struggle to get his "Rebel W 

out a Cause' admitted for exhibitior 

Spain. Cine, Spanish trade publication 

ports the picture has become the firs 

its records to be accorded top rating Ij 

the country's seven top critics. No otf\ 

explanation was given for withholding 

mits for the James Dean film. 

SW-2 BOXOFFICE :: June 1,

: :63 

. . Fred 

. . "Cleopatra" 

cors Welfare Plan 

ulay Over Million 

, ^.stern Edition 

IQLYWOOD—During 1963, the Screen 

;oj 

Guild-Producers Welfare Plan paid 

Ol!577 in life insurance, hospital and 

did benefits to actors and their deidlits, 

it was disclosed by Dana Anw, 

chairman of the board of trustees 

thplan. In the same period, the plan's 

m report showed, $209,327 was paid 

ej*a players. 

n 'he first three years of the plan's 

?r;.on, total health and welfare benepanents 

exceed $3,325,000. 

[n .pproving the report, the board of 

ist's voted to increase the amount of 

! isurance for each actor from $3,000 

$i500, effective June 1. In the last 

iri- of 1963, the welfare plan insui-ed 

laisr number of persons than in any 

oueriod, with 8,475 actors and 1,818 

,r& players being eligible. Including 

mis and dependent children, coverage 

pilided for more than 29.361 persons. 

Sii'loyer contributions to the plan durtotaled 

$1,908,537 for actors and 

i8|!7 for extra players. Employers are 

I jle contributors to the plan. 

jfitroopers Invite Keenan 

n lestem Edition 

ItiTWOOD—Keenan Wynn, who porn 

a paratrooper in "Dr. Strangelove," 

i ;en invited to be guest of honor at 

•St western states reunion of para- 

Dirs in Fresno by the 82nd Airborne 

iJin Ass'n, sponsor of the event. 

i 

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EL 

PASO 

'\Jt7orkmen are well along in the demolition 

of the Angelus Hotel and Crawford 

Theatre. The roof is gone from the old 

Crawford playhouse which operated until 

March 31 of this year as a second-run motion 

picture theatre. All that remains are 

the box seats, and two rubble-covered balconies. 

The stage door, which once admitted 

some of the alltime greats from 

both the Pantages and Orpheum circuits, 

and all curtains have been removed. The 

site will become a parking lot. 

A cowboy herding Brahma bulls on a 

bluff above the highway still reminds 

travelers through 'West Texas on Highway 

80 East that this is still the west that was. 

But in Pecos, handsome new buildings dot 

the main thoroughfare and signs proclaiming 

its fame as a cantaloupe growing center 

attract attention. If the nationwide 

notoriety gained by the town in the Bilhe 

Sol Estes frauds has left any scars, they 

are not apparent. The townspeople turned 

out in large numbers recently for the grand 

opening of a brand new business, the swank 

Ramada Inn, complete with swimming 

pool and French provincial fui-nishings in 

gold and white. Opening day festivities included 

a visit from Chill 'Wills of Hollywood 

fame, plus a group of civic dignitaries. 

Southwestern businessmen, ranchers, 

industrialists and news representatives 

also were present. 'Wills was flown to Pecos 

by private plane from Sedona, Ariz., where 

he is on location for a new MGM picture, 

" 

"The Rounders. The manager of the new 

Ramada Inn is Elvin Crow jr., a rich 

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The national edition of Boxoffice reported 

the death April 23 of Newton F. 

"National Newt" 'Williams, former branch 

manager in Pittsburgh for National Theatre 

Supply Co. 'We knew him well, and 

upon his frequent visits to Keyser, Va., 

back in the 40s and early '50s, we had 

many bull sessions. 'We also noted the passing 

of an old boss, Frank Masek, who retired 

as manager at National Theatre Supply 

Co. in Cleveland in 1957. Masek, at the 

time of his death April 26, was a resident 

of Tucson, Ariz. Two fine and wonderful 

men have indeed left their indelible impression 

in the motion pictui-e industry. 

Bill T. Bohling, manager at the Capri, 

brought back two money-makers for a 

week's run: "Irma La Douce" and "Some 

Like It Hot." Bohling also had a "Big 

School's Out Program" . at 

the Pershing was pushing towards a twomonth 

run . . . "Lilies of the Field," brought 

back to the El Paso Drive-In by Jack 'Veeren, 

chalked up a three-week run in tandem 

with "McLintock!" Just about everywhere 

you looked, business was on the upswing 

at the ozoners . Burns, projectionist 

at the Bordertown Drive-In, has 

returned to duty after a two-week leave to 

attend the Metropolitan Life Insurance 

Co. school. 

Bette Davis costars with Horst Buchholz 

and Catherine Spaak in Embassy's "The 

Empty Canvas." 

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OKLAHOMA CITY 

Cidney E. Gibbs, retired Columbia salesman, 

and wife have sold their home 

and furnishings and were leaving Monday 

111 for Woodville, Miss., where they will 

join Sidneys brother C. A. "Dewey" Gibbs 

and wife on the old Gibbs home plantation. 

Dewey also was with Columbia here, 30 

years, until his retirement. Sidney and his 

wife Juanita have suffered several illnesses 

and accidents in the last few years and 

they looked forward to life on the old 

homestead. Their address is Box 932, Woodville. 

J. A. Milner, husband of Nina Milner, 

cashier at the Screen Guild and AIP office, 

was in Veterans Hospital for sui'gery 

Scott. SG staffer, spent several 

recent weekends at Lake Tenkiller visiting 

Harry McKenna. also of SG. 

relatives . . . 

attended the regional convention of AIP 

managers and franchise holders held at 

New Orleans and came back all pepped up 

over AIP's list of new releases. An AIP 

sales drive is being held from July 22 to 

August 4. Harry's son Pat, on leave two 

weeks, and wife were at the McKenna 

home. 

Seen on Filmrow were E. B. Anderson, 

Riverside, Norman; Paul Stonum, Anadarko, 

on his way to Dallas; George Jennings. 

Comanche; Jimmie Leonard, Chandler; 

H. D. Cox. Binger; Bill Brown and 

his father. Rex and Skyvu at Nowata, who 

flew in; Everett Mahaney, Guymon; John 

L. Fagan. Borger; Dennis Collier, Weatherford 

and Kingfisher; Levi Metcalf, Purcell; 

Johnny Jones, Shawnee; D. B. Hill, Blanchard; 

Don Gilbert, Dalhart; J. D. Oliver, 

Pryor; Roy L. Rollier, Lamont; Mrs. Walter 

Christiansen and son Bruce, Konawa; Bob 

Shepard, Edmond; L. E. Brewer, Pauls Val- 

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From Dallas were Charles Darden. Mission 

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Sol Sachs, Continental, and his brother 

Harry Sachs, Delman Theatres. 

New Carmel Theatre 

In Shopping Center 

From Western Edition 

CARMEL, CALIF.—The focal point of 

Sunset Terrace, the town's newest commercial 

development, will be a new, 750- 

seat motion picture theatre which should 

be ready for opening around August 1. 

Planned to present first-run motion pictures, 

the theatre has been leased for 50 

years by Tom Graff and Ed Dickson, both 

of whom have been residents of Carmel 

for the last eight years. 

Graff was formerly manager of the 

Carmel Theatre, which was razed in favor 

of the Carmel Plaza Shopping Center. 

Graff then managed the Golden Bough 

Cinema up to the time it was taken over 

by San Francisco film distributors. 

Builders of the theatre will be Jack J. 

Miller and Francis Sparolini, developers of 

the Sunset Terrace complex which will 

include the 14 shops in addition to the 

theatre. Sunset Terrace will face on San 

Carlos, Eighth and Mission streets. 

Graff, discussing the new theatre's 

policy, made this statement to the Carmel 

Pine Cone Cymbal: "We have gone extensively 

into programs for children's Saturday 

afternoon matinees, when the children 

will be supervised from the moment 

they are left in our care until they are 

picked up by their parents or responsible 

adults. No child will be allowed to leave 

the theatre unattended. Farther, the theatre 

will be available for community entertainments 

and benefits." 

New Healdsburg Manager 

From Vêstem Edition 

HEALDSBURG, CALIF.—George Barnes 

has come here from Coalinga, where he 

had managed an indoor and outdoor theatre, 

to take charge of the Avon Theatre. 

Barnes, a native of Illinois, has been 

in motion picture exhibition 40 years, the 

last 18 in California. 

European Distribution Deal 


LOS ANGELES—Heinz Schlosser of International 

Culture Films and Maurice A. 

Krowitz of ADPRO Productions Advertising 

have entered into an agreement whereby 

International will distribute ADPRO 

products in Europe. International is located 

in El Segundo, ADPRO in Beverly Hills. 

Sunnyvale to Have 

$250,000 Theatre 


SUNNYVALE, CALIF.—Patrons w 

provided with a clear view of the ; 

by use of two or more screens and si 

equipment in a $250,000 indoor tl 

which will be built in the proposed Ei 

mino Real tower apartment zone byi 

liam Ramsell. president of Le Due 

The new theatre will be on the ' 

Bellomo property, north of El Camin 

west of Bellomo avenue, and will sea 

Councilmen approved commercial 

mg for the area last month over pr 

of Meyer Scher, attorney for dowi 

theatreman Jesse Lavin. Scher tolc 

council that theatres should be co 

trated in the downtown area. He pro 

that some old buildings on Murphy a\ 

in the 100 block, be torn down to 

sites for new theatres. 

"Let's not disrupt the high rise a 

ments," Scher was quoted by the San 

Mercury. "We need the tower apartE 

if there's to be people to fill the thesJ 

In answer to Ramsell 's declarationl 

his new theatre would provide eact] 

tron with a clear view of the screen, i 

declared that his theatre already i 

this feature. He invited councilmen! 

showing of his remodeled, 800-seat Si' 

vale Theatre on Murphy's 100 block. 

Woolner Bros. Offices 

Moved to Hollywood 


NEW ORLEANS—Woolner Bros. Pic 

has moved its headquarters office to I 

wood, where production, sales and ei 

tation-advertising direction will 

centered under one roof. 

David Woolner and his family haV 

ready moved to Hollywood, while Law 

Woolner and his wife and children w, 

there after school is out. Bernard Woi 

president of the company, has lived in' 

I 

lywood the last few years. 

The central Woolner office is locafr 

8961 Sunset i 

Blvd. 

Arthur L. Barnett, who has been 

I 

dling the booking and advertising-pi^ 

tion for Woolners' Airline and Jeff c 

ins here, has been appointed general 

ager of the two operations. 

Stuntmen Name Perkins 


HOLLYWOOD—Gil Perkins, one of 

lywood's top stuntmen, has been n; 

treasurer of Screen Actors Guild, su& 

ing Warner Anderson, who resigned d' 

professional commitments. He will 

until the SAG annual election of of; 

in November. The guild board also 

pointed Richard Egan as alternate 

Stuart Whitman, who will be away 

Hollywood for several months. 

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Llies' Sturdy 185 

'ith Week as Rerun 

MJjWAUKEE — "Mad World," in its 

1 

iJweek at Cinema I, was still topping 

le I'st grossers at the city's first-run the- 

"Lilies of the Field," in its fifth week 

,,-e 

5 

rerun at the Downer Theatre, was 

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|_lt's a Mad, Mod, Mod, Mod World 

,;r 

lUiCmeromol, 22nd wk 200 

:„ II—The Best Mon (UA), 2nd wk 75 

„,— Lilies of the Field (UA), rerun, 5th wk. 185 

,vt—Tom Jones (UA-Lopert), 1 1th wk 175 

icnl— (Ultra); Love on the Riviera The Send 

Coe (SR) 50 

loc-Block Sobboth (AlP); Evil Eye (AlP) .... 75 

intCaptoin Newmon (Univ). McLintock! (UA), 

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rerl 

,„le— 7 Faces ot Dr. Lao (MGM), 2nd wk. ..150 

on-Cleopatro (20th-Foxl , wk 50 

wc-Young, Willing and Eager (Manson) .... 75 

wr^-Thc Horror of Forty Beach (20th-Fox); 

Th Curse of the Living Corpse (20th-Fox) .... 95 

vH—The Thin Red Line (AA) 125 

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lyieapolis Attendance 

n'nNEAPOLIS—Between a hurricane 

icjalmy outdoor weather. Dame Nature 

icit both ways at the expense of Mill 

it:'»xhibitors last week as the town aver- 

;e below par movie attendance and the- 

,11, reeled before the storms. "How the 

Was Won" once again topped the ac- 

'e 

)u;;ing with 120 per cent, with "From 

uia With Love" closing out its fii-st 

o.h's run at 115 per cent at the Mann. 

:o.ny—The Fall of the Roman Empire 

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nty—Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 48th wk 

c[—How the West Was Won (MGM- 

C ramo), 63rd wk 

.120 

ipf—The Thin Red Line (AA), 2nd wk. of. 

meover 90 

n.-FBI Code 98 (WB) 80 

aH-From Russia With Love (UA), 4th wk. 

Tioveover 115 

'jis Park—The Third Secret (20th-Fox) 85 

ot'-Block Sobboth (AlP) 60 

or, -Tom Jones (UA-Lopert). 14th wk 100 

î World' Flourishing 220 

Ltpmaha Indian Hills 

(lAHA — Receipts generally took a 

UjP as spring gardening weather and the 

ii-up of school activities moved in on 

ifinovie front. The Ak-Sar-Ben races also 

min on the entertainment dollar. The 

iijm Hills Theatre continued to draw 

i&y out-of-town guests to "It's a Mad, 

[j[. Mad, Mad World" and the Admiral 

icwell with "Lilies of the Field." 

dr,ol_Lilies of the Field (UA), rerun ISO 

X*—Beckct (Para), 9th wk 100 

It's Id, Hills— a Mad, Mad, Mod Mad World 

UCineroma), 8th wk 220 

m!a— Never Put It in Writing (AA); Gun Fight 

liComonche Creek (AA) 65 

re urn— The Strangler (AA); The Secret Door 

.1 70 

o|-Tamahine (MGM) 85 

MINNEAPOLIS 

IVAill City's May 23 windstorm, a half-hour 

gale reaching a maximiun velocity of 

105 miles an hour, took a heavy toll among 

local theatres in addition to uprooting 

numerous trees and damaging automobiles 

throughout the city. Damage reports on 

drive-ins. just recovering from an earlier 

85-mile-an-hour blast in mid-April that 

toppled screens and towers over a 36-hour 

period, are not yet complete at this 

writing. Serious damage was inflicted 

on the downtown Mann Theatre during the 

Saturday night showing when a portion of 

the marquee was blown down, striking a 

passing car and tumbling a light pole into 

an adjacent parking lot. Thi'ee hours later, 

a section of the ceiling plaster fell from 

the bottom of the Mann's balcony knocking 

one patron unconscious and interrupting 

the showing of "From Russia With 

Love" for a half-hour while the large 

crowd was moved to the lobby and firemen 

were called in to check the building's 

safety. After knocking down loose sections 

of plaster from around the four-foot hole 

to prevent further danger, the firemen permitted 

the show to continue with patrons 

moved to sections of the theatre free of 

debris. No serious injuries resulted from 

the incident. 

Despite the assurances of "plenty of 

product" for the early summer slump 

months from the film companies, exhibitors 

in Mill City are not finding the pictures 

available that would pull the crowds 

in off the beaches and from the ballfields. 

Two first runs in town are marking time 

with reissues such as "The Hustler" and 

"Walk on the Wild Side," while others are 

running small pictures such as "FBI Code 

98" and "Black Sabbath," which ought to 

be on double bills, as single attractions. The 

sui-e-fire hits like The Pink Panther, The 

Carpetbaggers, The Unsinkable Molly 

Brown and The Chalk Garden, coming up 

soon, are bound to be doubly welcomed by 

local exhibitors. 

One of the last of Hollywood's oldtime 

hulabalooers, producer Joe Levine, was 

the guest of Ted Mann last week. Levine, 

who believes in getting out on the road 

to personally publicize his films, was in 

town to discuss "The Carpetbaggers," his 

newest release and currently getting a lot 

of ink in the national press. Levine's Mill 

City stop was the first on a month-long national 

tour on behalf of the picture. 

The newly remodeled Moorehead Theatre 

in Moorehead, Minn., suffered a 50- 

minute interruption when a burn-out of an 

exhaust fan motor billowed smoke into the 

auditorium during "Tom Jones," in keeping 

with the upper midwest's current history of 

bad luck for exhibitors. Firemen made 

short work of the fire and used fans to 

clear the building of smoke so that the 

show was resumed shortly. Manager Don 

Bontjes reported that damage to the recently 

refurbished lobby and auditorium 

was not extensive. 

First Quarter Nominees 

Chosen by Producers 


HOLLYWOOD—Members of the Screen 

Producers Guild have nominated four pictures 

for the first quarter of 1964, to be 

considered in final voting for best produced 

picture of the year. Pictures are: 

"Becket," produced by Hal Wallis; "Dr. 

Strangelove," Stanley Kubrick: "Seven 

Days in May," Edward Lewis, and "Yesterday, 

Today and Tomorrow," Carlo Ponti. 

Winners are announced at the guild's Milestone 

dinner in March. 

H 

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OMAHA 

^r. and Mrs. William Skolnick have 

completed an air conditioning leplacemcMt 

project at the Muse Theatre. The 

Skolnicks also have done a complete repainting 

and reseating job throughout. 

Mrs. Skolnick is the former Ruth Gelfand. 

well-known in movie industry circles . . . 

Ernie Kasebaum, who has the Rivoli Theatre 

at Seward, is hobbling about on 

crutches as the result of a twisted knee. 

Ernie also is the operator of a school bus 

at Seward. 

Bill Wink, Allied Artists office manager, 

was thrilled to the core as were hundreds 

of other Omahans who heard the spring 

musical presentation of Notre Dame Academy 

at Joslyn Memorial Museum last 

Sunday. One of the stirring numbers was 

the girls' performance of "The Battle Hymn 

of the Republic," which they have recorded. 

Bill's daughter is a member of the concert 

choir of 36 girls, which joined with 

the Glee Club for the 102-voice gi-oup giving 

Art Sunde, exhibitor 

the concert . . . at Papillion, returned from a visit to his 

bittersweet farm in Arkansas last week with 

the prediction there would be a whale of a 

crop this year. 

Homer Roberts, who has the Ritz Theatre 

at Cambridge, recently completed a 

remodeling job and is highly elated with 

the resulting upswing in business . . . 

'William 

Zedicker, owner of the Muse Theatre 

at Osceola, also has done some redecorating. 

Bill is a contractor, too, and has 

started construction of another house in 

Sol Slominsky, exhibitor at 

Osceola . . . 

You, too, can laugh 

all the way to the bank 

by using 

BOXOFFICE'S 

Clearing House for 

BUYING-SELLING-TRADING 

new or used equipment. 

Loup City, is as proficient with his golf 

clubs as he is at running his Liberty Theatre 

and won the third flight in the city's 

links tournament. 

Walter Creal is contemplating extensive 

modernization work on the Military Theatre, 

which the North Star Theatres recently 

acquired from the Cooper Foundation. 

Creal and Joe Damon also have the 

Center and Beacon theatres, two other suburban 

situations in Omaha which have 

enjoyed good patronage . . . Marvin Jones, 

veteran exhibitor at Red Cloud, Neb., has 

been putting in long hours at haying operations. 

Jones has a herd of registered 

Black Angus cattle. 

The Junior Chamber of Commerce at 

Beaver City has purchased the theatre 

building and all its equipment at a tax sale 

from Ed Kline, who also runs the paper 

there. The Jaycees are looking for a manager 

. Todd, who has the Motor 

Drive-In at Lexington, is remodeling and 

repainting the screen . . Exhibitors on 

. 

the Row included lowans John Rentfle, 

Audubon; S. J. Backer, Harlan, Jim Ti'avis, 

Milford: Al Haals, Harlan, and Nebraskans 

Jack March, 'Vermillion; Art Sunde, 

Papillion, and Sid Metcalf, Nebraska City, 

Living City Must Be 

Exciting at Heart 

Selig cited these objectives in describing 

what urban renewal programs should seek 

to achieve. He said that his firm is a 

strong believer and supporter of maintaining 

the core of the city wherever its theatres 

are operated. 

The National General executive was 

here on a tour of northwest area properties, 

meeting here with Bob Bothwell, 

local city manager for Pox Intermountain 

Theatres, a National General subsidiary. 

Fox owns and operates the Liberty, Rainbow 

and Civic Center theatres here. 

Selig, who left for Butte after breakfast 

with Great Palls civic leaders, told them 

that National General Corp. is looking 

for growth areas in real estate development 

other than theatres and is "looking 

here." The Leader said he pointed out 

the corporation's properties include Mobile 

Rentals, Inc., which seeks "instant space" 

for schools, defense areas and other companies 

needing land; Mission-Pak, fruit 

packing concern; Concerts, Inc., a live entertainment 

business, and is a national 

leader in the vending machine business. 

National General is also entering motion 

picture production on its own. 

"The outlook is good in our own industry," 

Selig told the Leader, "and we 

are making exciting headway in new directions 

and new concepts." 

DES MOINES 

ârs Under Stars is our candidate fci 

drive-in with the prettiest name 

i 

where. Scheduled to have been opened' 

29, the airer is located at the south ( 

of LeMars and is the venture of the h 

brothers who have the Royal Theat 

LeMars. Opening attraction at Mars I, 

Stars was "The Music Man." 

What's the Score? Larry Day di 

name her but he does report that the 

of one of his colleagues at Central i, 

didn't want to see "Hey There, It's 

Bear" because she doesn't care for bas 

especially the Yankees!! 

WOMPI of 

The installation of local 

will be at the Des Moines Golf and Co 

Club June 19 . . . Alice 'Weaver of U 

Artists is vacationing in Florida . . 

gratulations to the Earl Lehmans, "gra 

and grandma" of Kelly Stuart Leh 

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lehma 

Backers of the Sutherland cornml 

theatre project are on the last lap of j 

goal to raise $8,500. That is the anji 

needed to purchase the motion pil 

house there and to re-equip it for oper^ 

Good Old Bargain Days! Kids can t 

the movies for 15 cents this summer a 

Spencer Theatre. Beginning June 10 

and continuing through August 26. 

Wednesday and Thursday matinees wj 

specially programmed for a young audi' 

Children may clip a coupon from 

Spencer Reporter which will be wort, 

cents toward the regular 35-cent admis 

The Reporter Summer Film Festivs 

month-long venture last year, this sun 


GREAT FALLS, MONT.—A city's heart 

must be exciting and his circuit is doing 

all within its power to help make the 

towns and cities where it operates theatres 

exciting at heart, Robert 'W. Selig, vicepresident 

and general manager of National 

General Corp., told the Great Palls Leader 

is being 

during an 

expanded to 12 

interview here. 

weeks. A ful; 

of all movies scheduled, dates they will 

"The center of the city has to be exciting, 

entertaining, the place to go," said the Reporter. 

and a brief "preview" recently appear^ 

Selig. "It has to be more than parking lots 

and new store fronts. Then it can properly 

be the city center," 

Diamos to Construct 

Deluxer at Tucson 

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TUCSON, ARIZ.—George Nick Dii 

president and Jack Dowd, secretary' 

Diamos Theatres, have purchased ji 

erty at 22nd and Wilmot for construe 

of a de luxe motion picture theat; 

Dowd said, "I was born and raise 

Tucson, and I've long felt that Tucson 

had a great need for an ultra-de luxe, 

tion picture theatre operation. This 

plan to give my home city, with an e 

fall opening date as our aim." 

The Diamos family has operated t 

tres in southern Arizona for the pas 

years, and presently has theatres 

Douglas, Nogales, and Sierra 'Vista. Ge' 

Nick Diamos took over operation of 

chain shortly after his release from 

Army in 1946, succeeding his father, 

retired. 

The sale of the property was handle' 

Jack Haberman of Suburban Realt 

Trust Co., who said the property was 

chased from the Phoenix Title & Trust 

trustees, for more than $150,000. 

J. Arthur Drielsma, theatre archi 

has been retained to handle plans and 

i 

struction of the theatre. 

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ojle Aerial Crews Busy 

aiiting Airer Screens 

I^C'HESTER. WIS.—These are busy 

ys'or crews of Noble Aerial Service, 

MILWAUKEE 

Tân Ke.'lihcr, who operates the Sprague 

lie' has headquarters here and paints Theatre at Elkhorn, sends out about 

ven theatre screens throughout the 5,000 programs a month to an area of 

it)l and north central states area. about 30 square miles. The veteran exhibitor 

says each of his film programs is 

M ,ng their latest jobs have been screens 

t? Semri, Memri and Oasis drive-ins, requested individually. The King-Morgan 

Mich Bob Danico is general manager Drug Store sponsors the program deal, 

Moline and Rock Island areas of which covers a full month's booking of 

Mi. and the Corral and Bel Air driveti' 

to films be shown. 

the Allen & Franklin circuit at 

An article appearing in Boxoffice a year 

i' 

veport. 

or so ago was recalled by Keith T. Smith, 

Pi-r to moving to these areas. Dean 

president of Modern Sound Pictures of 

bl and his outfits completed the Big 

Omaha. The article concerned a collection 

y live-In and the Badger Outdoor, both 

of antique motion picture equipment which 

ai^ladison. Wis., managed by Dale Carlthe 

owner, publicist Louis Orlove, had donated 

1 id owned by Dean Fitzgerald's Capifrvice. 

to the local museum only to discover 

Inc. Also in Wisconsin, Noble 

later that it would never see the light of 

s jUed to the Shara Outdoor at Wauiii 

day, owing to the lack of space. Smith, who 

where a part of the screen had 

is a collector in his own right, remembered 

-rarried away by wind. The Noble crew 

the article last week and called the author 

itsed new panels there and repainted 

long distance for more details. He says he 

; Itire screen, then went on to the Lake 

will tell Boxoffice all about it later, after 

Itji Drive-In in the Dells area where 

he visits Milwaukee and has an opportunity 

; 'reen had blown down. 

to look into the Orlove collection. 

important thing I would like to 

":.e 

?non," said Dean Noble, reporting on It pays to advertise! On the counter of 

cent activities to Boxoffice, "is the the concessions stand at Lake Delton's 

; 

nJlasting of screen surfaces which have Dell View Hotel were a number of the 

ji;:onstant problems due to the blisterworks 

exptnally 

Winnebago Drive-In program leaflets. The 

hotel was host to more than 500 Lions and 

; nd peeling. well 

Sandblasting 

on Transite-type screens, about 200 watchmakers conventioneering. 

iive put this method to a practical use The next day there were no leaflet-programs 

e 

: |iout a year-and-a-half. Other means 

left and many reported "catching 

clas scraping, wirebrushing or blowing the show." 

tltair never really eliminated the probn 

No matter how hard you worked, or "To understand filmmaking as an art 

thorough, the same situation prevailed 

requires the same kind of training that is 

edlowing year. Figuring this out in 

needed to appreciate other art forms," 

ai economics, sandblasting of a screen 

said Val Borger, associate director of instructional 

communications center of the 

ic to painting would pay for itself in 

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, speaking 

\iior five years." 

at a recent luncheon meeting of the 

lieatre Petoskey Firm 

Friends of Art of the Milwaukee Art Center. 

"In the last ten years," said Borger, 

"filmmaking has grown to equal the importance 

of music, painting and literatm'e 

ieided by Fred Nelson 

rr'vîdeost Edition 

fItOSKEY, MICH.—The new president in the lives of people throughout the world. 

te S&F Corp., which operates the local As an art, the elements of filmmaking are 

;ri)le and Hollywood theatres, is Fred 

instructor in business and psychol- 

!l;n, 

;yourses at North Central Michigan Col- 

?(,He succeeds the late Herman Feldman 

with Al Stein, Chicago 

icOden, who remains as vice-president 

le corporation. Nelson has acquired 

il; interest in the business. 

Mson said the Temple will be open on 

emends only for a while. It was built 

by Cap Chrysler for Joseph Feldai 

Herman's father. It was sold to John 

Galster and Henry Galster and manl( 

by Les Taylor from 1934 to 1963. Tayr'vas 

general manager of the Palace 

hitre Co., which owned the Temple and 

i(|âlace, which is now closed. The Holly- 

0|; was ow'ned by the late Charles Levinwin 

1921. From 1934 to 1963, it was 

Pelted by his son Harry. 

Mig Solomon to Tour 

01 Western Edition 

})LLYWOOD — Calypso singer King 

oj-non who wrote and dedicated his song, 

^|iady Called Ginger," to Ginger Rogers, 

a|;ntly starring with Ray Milland in 

I|! Confession" in Jamaica, which Wil- 

^ Dieterle is directing for Marshall 

ructions, will tour the states with his 

movement and editing." However, he said, 

he felt that American filmmakers have 

made their work "too much of a business 

tied to high finance and the overwhelming 

desire to make a profit." Filmmakers, he 

continued, appear to fear us, the American 

public, because they are afraid we will not 

be approving of what they might show us 

about ourselves. After all, "The camera 

lens is a mirror," he said. 

Academy Elects Eight 

To Board; Six Renamed 

Frcm Western Edition 

HOLLYWOOD — Eight new members 

were elected to the board of governors of 

the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and 

Sciences as follows: 

Two-year terms—Harry Brand, public 

relations; William Hornbeck, film editors; 

Walter M. Mirisch, producers: Gregory 

Peck, actors; Daniel Taradash, writers; 

Harry Tytle, short subjects, and Frank 

Capra, directors. 

Robert E. Wise, director, was elected to a 

one-year term. 

Six were re-elected to two-year terms: 

Elmer Bernstein, music: William H. 

Daniels, cinematographers; Stanley E. 

Kramer, administrators; Emile Kuri, art 

directors; Fred L. Metzler, executives, and 

Waldon O. Watson, sound. 

Governors elected last year who retained 

their places on the 26-member board until 

May 1965, are Jack Atlas, Steve Broidy, 

Macdonald Carey, George W. Duning, Hal 

Elias, Arthur Freed, Alexander Golitzen, 

Roland Gross, Jacob H. Karp, Hal Mohr, 

Richard Murphy and Gordon E. Sawyer. 

The new governors will join the board at 

its next meeting, when officers for the 

coming year are to be elected. 

Producing the background music for the 

Broadway play, "Becket," Laurence Rosenthal 

also wrote the musical score for the 

motion picture, a Paramount release. 

dDFncE June 1, 1964 NC-3

College graduates are penetrating more and 

more into industry. Now 58% of the graduates 

of men's colleges land jobs directly on the 

corporate payroll. 

Business gets the lion's share of the college 

product because business needs it and can provide 

challenge and opportunity to the oncoming 

classes. About 88% of executive posts in 

business are held by college alumni, according 

to a recent study of the 100 largest corporations. 

Business always will need the college-trained 

mind for the brainpoiver that management requires 

and the braimvork that research and 

development demand. Competition by business 

for the ablest graduates grows sharper 

every year. 

But the cost of leadership is going up. The upward 

surge in our birthrate, plus a rapid rise 

in the percentage of high school students going 

on to college, has caught colleges in a 

financial squeeze. Some face serious shortages 

in classrooms, laboratories, libraries and, 

above all, in competent teachers. 

Corporate support of higher education in ten 

years has risen substantially to more than 

$200 million for 1962. By 1970 this investment 

in educated manpower will need to reach $500 

million annually if business wishes to insure 

the continued effective operation of the 

sources of supply. 

College is business' best friend, certainly. But 

business recognizes that it must give as well 

as get. Higher education needs financial help 

and needs it now. Business should re-examine 

its needs and plan its support accordingly. 

If you would like factual data on what the college 

crisis means to you, to business and to the nation, write 

for the free booklet: "COLLEGE IS AMERICA'S BEST 

FRIEND", c/o Higher Education, Box 36, Times Square 

Station, New York 36, N. Y. 

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Ic, 

ly Fair Lady" is to open at the Valley 

ij;mber 11 on a reserved-seat basis. Playi(it 

this season of the year makes the film 

^1 for all of the organizations looking 

II "money raiser" for their various char- 

It will be interesting to see if "My Fair 

R/" can top the Valley's 43-week run of 

jith Pacific" and the 35-week record 

^[Around the World in 80 Days." 

ij. 

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Mondo 

— 

. . Mae 

lient' Debut 175 

y Detroit Mercury 

DTROIT—Top honors again went to a 

ibuan theatre, the Mercury, for its 175 

on the opening of "The World of 

isi'ss 

en' Orient." Leader among the downiwifirst 

runs was the roadshow of "The 

ill)f the Roman Empire" at the Madiin.i.-hich 

had 135 for its week's business. 


(an'-The Pink Panther (UA), 7th wk 100 

x_jtack Sabboth (AlP); Evil Eye (AlP) 110 

^P,-, reus—The Hustler (20th-Fox); North to 

Ali.o (20th-Fox), reissues 120 

Qdi 1—The Foil of the Roman Empire 

Pill, 2nd wk 135 

.115 

01 I— from Russia With Love (UA), 3rd wk. 

ere—The Worid of Henry Orient (UA| 175 

Advance to the Rear (MGM); Tomahine 

,-hlin 

\:A) 125 

iliT^-Golioth and the Vompires (AlP); The 

Skiivers [Crown), 2nd wk 1 05 

orJux Krim—Tom Jones (UA-Loperf), I4fh wk. 130 

[olovers. Reissues Fair 

it 'incy First Runs 

ciJCINNATI—Considering that at this 

mbf the year when movie attendance is 

jrally lower, local first-run houses held 

J irly well this week. "Tom Jones" and 

[fia Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" were 

le.eaders in a week of holdovers and 

•is'ies. 

jL. 

bd-From Russia With Love (UA), 5th wk 95 

ipi— It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 

L.Cineromo), 23rd wk 150 

Hyde Park Pepe (Col), reissue 90 

or.-The Fall of the Roman Empire (Para), 

6t wk 90 

Cone (Times), rerun 90 

•I Muscle Beach Party (AlP), 2nd 100 

wk 

-Tom Jones (UA-Lopert), 15th wk 200 

-West Side Story (UA), reissue 90 

;(i 

o'llar Prices Spur Clevelcmders 

0)36 "Fall of Roman Empire' 

CEVELAND—Business for "The Fall of 

ie;Joman Empire" took an upward jump 

h- Loew's Ohio dropped its reservedal 

policy and turned to four shows a 

ijjit 

popular prices. 

Ie,-Lilies of the Field (UA); Hud (Paro) 

'£|is 80 

95 

The Servant (Landau), 4th wk. . . 

riisntol Violent Summer (F-A-W) 95 

MS, Westwood Tiara Tahiti (Zenith) 120 

Cleopotro 

3t:lrome 

(20th-Fox), 4th wk. 

'(" 80 

II The Fall of the Roman Empire (Para), 6fh wk 200 

Ic— It's Mod, Mad, Mad, Mod World 

l-Cineromo), 23rd wk 70 

It -The Best Mon (UA), 2nd wk 100 

CINCINNATI 

fibel the talking poodle of TV fame, 

was in town last week as press agent 

ilonsieur Cognac, one of the stars of 

^d and Wonderful," which is to play 

i»area in mid-June, Michel was interfied 

by the press at a brunch in the 

CI Sheraton-Gibson and was driven 

'md to his various appointments for the 

by the official chauffeur for visiting 

'J 

V, Mike Buglione, in his Cadillac. 

irold Rullman, AIP branch manager, 

t in Chicago for a company sales meet- 

Second Shopper Theatre 

Announced by Sloans 

DETROIT—Detroit Suburban Theatres, 

headed by Richard Sloan, which ten days 

ago announced construction of a theatre 

in the huge Northland Shopping Center, 

disclosed plans to build a 1,400-seat theatre, 

to be named the Gateway, at a new shopping 

plaza in Clinton township at Gratiot 

and 15 Mile roads. 

Regional Shopping Center, headed by 

Sidney Forbes and Maurice Cohen, are 

developing the Gateway. The Gateway will 

include "hi fi stereo sound" and widescreen 

equipment, according to Sloan, and will 

open about Christmas time, with construction 

to start in a few weeks. The Gateway 

will be "among the first theatres to receive 

top films when they reach the suburbs." 

The location of the Gateway in a shopping 

center marks the continuation of a 

ing. Also away were William Brower, BV 

manager, and Ray Russo. 20th-Fox manager, 

who were in New York City for company 

sales meetings and also to catch a little 

of the World's Fair . SchoUe, 

States Film Services district manager, has 

retm-ned from a short vacation. 

Very few visitors were on Filmrow but 

heading the list were Lou Marks, MGM 

central division manager, and Kal Bruss, 

MGM publicist. Exhibitors included Wally 

Allen, Springfield: Ed Hyman, Huntington, 

W. Va.: Kentuckians Dan Krueger, Danville; 

Howard Sheldon, Vanceburg; Leslie 

Childers, Pikesville, and James Judd, 

Owenton, 

Tent 15 Gala Golf Outing 

Is Scheduled for June 7 

From North Central Edition 

DES MOINES—Variety's annual gala 

golf outing will be Tuesday, June 9, at 

Hyperion Field Club here. Tee-off time 

is noon and dinner will be served at 7 p.m., 

according to Charles Caligiuri, chief barker 

of Tent 15. 

Prizes will be awarded to winners of the 

various golf events, and Caligim'i emphasizes 

that guests are more than welcome. 

Those who wish to attend should write for 

reservations to Caligiuri at Paramount Pictures, 

513-13th St., Des Moines. Members 

and guests are asked to indicate whether 

they plan to play golf—or not play golf. 

The Hyperion clubhouse grill will open at 

noon for the Variety event. Those planning 

to attend are urged to make their reservations 

now. 

Esther Ellis, 64, Dies 

DETROIT—Esther Ellis, 64, who had 

owned the Sun Theatre at Marion, Mich., 

since 1954 with her husband Harry, died 

at Cadillac. She was the mother of the 

late Forrest Martin, who operated the Sun 

for a number of years. She is survived by 

her husband Harry and a daughter, Mrs. 

Irene Hilts of Flint. 

policy for the circuit established at least 

as far back as 1943 by the late Saul Sloan, 

father of the present principals, Richard 

and Eugene Sloan, when he opened the 

Mercury Theatre, headquarters of the circuit, 

in a shopping center. Last year the 

sons opened the Terrace Theatre at a suburban 

center in Livonia. 

"Like all businessmen who have a product 

to sell to a mass market, our motion 

picture theatres have to be located where 

people live and shop. The shopping center 

with its large provision for parking and positioned 

within easy access to a trade area 

of ten miles and more, makes an ideal 

spot for a theatre," 

He added that people from such communities 

as Mount Clemens, Roseville, East 

Detroit. Warren and St. Clair Shores come 

daily to this shopping center focus. 

Second RKO 70 House 

Opens in Cincinnati 

CINCINNATI — RKO International 70 

opened May 29 to mark the effort of RKO 

Theatres Corp. to keep apace with Cincinnati's 

Core Redevelopment program. 

International 70 is the name given to 

the remodeled RKO Palace-45-year-old 

sixth street theatre which has been operated 

by RKO for 34 years. Cincinnati's 

theatrical face-lifting is the second in the 

United States in RKO's plan to refurbish 

and re-equip one special theatre in each of 

its key cities. 

In the changeover at the Palace, during 

intensive construction work in May, the 

seating capacity was reduced to 1,100 to 

make the theatre more intimate. Other 

changes in appointments and decor include 

new seats with more legroom ( ) , new carpeting, 

drapes and screen cui'tain. 

New equipment installations are a giant 

screen, sound equipment and projection 

equipment capable of showing the latest 

70mm film. The changes make the theatre 

—now sporting a fancy new marquee—as 

up to date as any in the world, RKO executives 

report. 

Joe Alexander, regional manager, and Elwood 

Jones, veteran manager of the Palace, 

now the International 70, greeted 

Harry Mandel, RKO president: Matty Polon. 

RKO Theatres vice-president: Thomas 

Crehan and Milton Samuels, RKO executives 

from New York, who were here for 

the opening. 

"We expect to make Cincinnati's International 

70 not only a showplace but a 

showcase for top level moving pictures," 

Mandel said. It is hoped that RKO can 

match with top-flight films the talent that 

has played at the Palace in the past. In the 

list of top-flight present-day movie stars, 

there are very few who at some time in 

their early careers didn't play the house." 

Joan Freeman and Leif Erickson are featured 

in Paramount's "Roustabout." 

jOFFICE June 1, 1964 ME-1

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. . Russell 

. . Oscar 

. . . Two 

. . The 

. . Dillon 

. . Delora 

. . Albert 

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^Jax Gurman. who took over last year as 

publicist for Columbia, scored a bull's 

eye with his first big campaign. "The Cardinal." 

playing at the Madison, has been inscribed 

on the roll of alltime long-run 

Malcolm J. Buins has 

records here . . . 

closed the Creek Theatre at Swartz Creek 

Kalmbach has closed the Our 

Theatre at Grand Rapids, and has taken 

over the Sparta at Sparta, formerly operated 

by Clarence Van Til. He's doing his 

own film buying . Kendall, who 

formerly operated the Our Theatre at Muskegon 

in partnership with Mr. Emans. has 

shifted the house to an artfilm policy, with 

seating capacity increased to 468. 

John B. Miller's Evart Theatre, only 

theatre in the old town of Evart, has been 

dismantled . Taylor is reopening 

the Gtem Theatre at Hale, which usually 

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closes for the winter . Payne has 

closed the Rex, only theatre in Morenci 

upstate theatres are being reopened 

for the summer clientele—the Port 

Austin at Port Austin by Ethel Upthegrove, 

and the St. Ignace, across the straits at 

St. Ignace, by Tom Hawkins and Richard 

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James Olson has reopened the Ideal at 

Clare, closed several months V. 

Rule has also reopened the Alco Theatre 

John Dembek has taken 

at Harrisville . . . 

over the buying and booking for Warren 

Millard's Budd Theatre at Harrison . . . 

N. Donald Smith has become sole owner of 

the Bel-Air at Bellaire, buying out partner 

William Evans. Floyd Chrysler continues 

as film buyer . Dezel is taking 

over booking for his east side Coronet 

Theatre Grand Circus Theatre 

lobby was the setting for a breakfast announcing 

the International Film Festival. 

Fairchild Hall, which came to the attention 

of the industry lately when listed by 

distributors as a 676-seat "new theatre" at 

East Lansing, operated by Michigan State 

University, actually has been operating over 

15 years, a checkup with the university 

discloses. Known as the Fairchild Theatre, 

it is under the direction of Wilson B. Paul, 

and has played mostly special films. "Fairchild 

is the original foreign film theatre 

in the Lansing area," according to Paul, 

"but the theatre is not devoted completely 

to the showing of films. After the major 

concerts and lectures are booked into the 

Fairchild Theatre, then certain time is 

devoted to the showing of unusual films. 

Emphasis has been on foreign films and old 

classics." Paul noted: "We use regular union 

projectionists, pay rent on oui' auditorium, 

and schedule for students and the 

university community. Our operation is 

self-supporting and not like commercial operation 

in its problems and policies." 

Stanley Malinowski, who was salesman 

for National Screen Service about 20 years, 

and recently was with Theatrical Advertising 

Co., has been named manager of the 

new Galaxy Drive-In by the Nick George 

circuit. For a time he also was a theatre 

manager for Wisper & Wetsman. He succeeds 

Fred Tambourine, who resigned to go 

into the tool and die business . . . James 

Bradley of the Community Theatres was 

pleased to find the eighth week of "The 

Pink Panther" at the Adams doing better 

than the seventh, while Joseph Busic, 

George Theatres supervisor, found "From 

Russia With Love" picking up business in 

its foui'th at the Mai Kai. and it was held 

an extra week . Krepps of the 

United Artists Theatre, now playing "Cleopatra" 

in its second year, has announced 

"Becket" will open July 1, to be followed 

by "My Fair Lady" October 28. 

2,360-Seat Capacity 

For Evergreen Twii 

From Central Edition 

CHICAGO—The Evergreen Twin T.| 

tre, now under construction on "air ri|^ 

over the south parking lot of the Evers( 

Shopping Plaza at 95th and Western /, 

nue, will have a combined seating cap:i 

of 2,360, the largest theatre to be in 1 

cagoland in 20 years and one of the ;'i 

est of its type in the nation. 

Raymond J. Marks and Martin Rci 

field, who own several theatres and d' 

ins in the Chicagoland area, said the 

structure will give them a new dimeii 

in booking flexibility and customer 

venience. A major film can and wil 

shown on both screens at the same 1 

with different showtimes. This will er 

them to keep a long run film in one thi 

and still bring to the same neighborl 

new films as they become available—ir 

other theatre. 

The theatres will be built on steel pi 

over the south parking lot of the i 

green Shopping Plaza center. There 

be fully protected parking facilities 

more than 1,700 cars, with protected d 

access to and from the theatres, so 

patrons will not in any way be expose] 

rain, snow or adverse weather conditJ 

Theatregoers will enter a common li" 

separated by a tropical garden, throus 

double boxoffice. The interior design 

be contemporary and the exterior will I 

white brick trimmed with stained w 

Both theatre auditoriums will be fre 

columns, featuring a double, curved s' 

ing pattern that cui'ves from both { 

and rear toward the center lobby of 

building and offers an excellent view ol 

screen from any seat in the house. 

Planned control will be used to main 

the optimum in audiovisual environm 

in each of the theatres. 

Marks and Rosenfield own and ope; 

the Double, Sunset, Bel-Air, Skihi an(^ 

Dundale drive-ins. They also built, 

and operate the Old Orchard The( 

which was the first new indoor house t^ 

built in Chicago in many years. 1 

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OPP, ALA.—The Dixieland Drive-In 

been opened by its new owner, the 1 

T. McLendon circuit, after installatior 

a new screen, new boxoffice and attrac 

board, new concessions equipment and 

most up-to-date sound equipment. 

McLendon and his associates, M. A. C 

nett and Philip Richardson, now ope 

48 theatres in Alabama, Mississ: 

Georgia, Florida and North Carolina, 

circuit acquired the Dixieland from Gei 

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MONTREAL—Pierre Juneau, a National 

Im Board director, said that current 

aies in French Canadian society have 

id nly an indirect effect on the art of 

er^ Canadian filmmakers, although it 

iS lad obviously an effect on their 

lits. 

Jueau, one of French-Canada's leading mental favorite of many Cleveland theatregoers, 

ov men, told a McGill University 

was abandoned last year under 

•em Canada Studies Program audience 

lathere is some social comment in films 

a plan to tear it down and replace it with 

a parking garage. Now, within the month, 

oo:ed by French-Canadians, but the construction has been halted to determine 

aiînterest seems to be in objective reirt 

g. He said there is a reticence to the ballroom of the Statler-Hilton Hotel, land Motion Pictme Exhibitors Ass'n, was 

the cost of greatly enlarging the size of Dickie Labowitch, secretary of the Cleve- 

aka film tJiat "teaches" something. using some of the Stillman space. 

to spend the holiday weekend with friends 

H' said French Canadian filmmakers 

in Buffalo. 

ak great demands on their craft—they "Becket," with Richard Bm-ton and 

a terrific need for freedom and Peter O'Toole, is scheduled for the Colony Pauline, daughter of Albert Vermes of 

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imr to experience this freedom at the Theatre, Shaker Square, June 24 . . . Seen the Mercury and Yorktown Theatres, returned 

home from a hospital. She has made 

scandalizing people and sometimes at the Film building were Steve and Mrs. 

(klf 

ealng a gap between themselves and the Poster of Youngstown, and Sam Lichter of marvelous progress after her operations 

ibj. The NPB director said filmmaking Willoughby . . . The new assistant manager and her doctor has ordered her to do as 

Pnch Canada is more a part of the film 

much swimming as she can manage this 

wment" in Europe and the Far East 

summer . Bell of Cooperative 

atlpart of the film "industry" of North 

Theatres of Ohio had her usual kind of 

ntca. 

vacation—the unusual kind. She is a member 

of the Ladies Oriental Shrine of North 

Ts is perhaps because it is more a part 

t^ Latin temperament to experiment 

America and last week she attended the 

tloomething new, to be excited by new 

convention in Toledo, celebrating the 50th 

anniversary of their shrine. She is also a 

I ims. 

cL'elop 

The French, said Juneau, 

enthusiasm quickly. 

tend 

The Eng- 

member of their Oriental band, plays the 

hJin the other hand, are more cautious. 

hi general, said Juneau, changes in 

e(h Canada are a coincidence of a numr 

|f factors—increased education, study 

red, increased travel, greater importam'f 

currents of thoughts through Euroaueviews 

and books. The changes since 

0],1 War I have increased the cultural 

poetween generations of French Cadns 

who were a "well preserved group 

a':hanging world," he said. "Film peoi.jke 

all so-called intellectual classes of 

ejh Canada, have participated in the 

rndous social, intellectual and econ;;al 

changes and it has had a very 

lite influence on politics." 

Fîimakmg in French Canada is new, he 

ii?d out, with the filmmakers between 

yd 40 years of age and no masters to 

hi. 

d^ Kranske, Ray Huffman 

ir New Hampton Theatre 

rr^^lorth Central Edition 

m HAMPTON, IOWA—Neal Houtz 

£?3old the Fireman's Theatre at New 

iipton to Ray Kranske and Ray Huffi> 

Houtz, president of Allied Independ- 

Vheatre Owners of Iowa, Nebraska and 

Ui Dakota, will continue to operate the 

1)« Theatre at Vinton. 

5't Thomas, B&I Booking Agency, Des 

)|es, will buy and book for both of the 

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a fter wide and sincere research it has been 

discovered that you do have some 

rights when a lass with a big hat spoils your 

view of the picture and will do nothing 

about the hat. There's a law in Ohio against 

wearing view-obstructive headgear in a 

theatre, and who violates it can be fined 

"not less than two and not more than ten 

dollars" . . . The Stillman Theatre, senti- 

at MGM is Bob Kraus, who worked here 

ac MGM about 14 years ago. From MGM 

he went with J. Arthur Rank, then with 

Screen Gems at Cincinnati as branch manager, 

then back to Cleveland with MGM. 

His wife Norma and their two boys Bill, 9, 

and Richard, 4, are still in New York but 

Bob expects to bring them to Cleveland in 

June. 

Betty Bluffestone of Imperial Pictures, 

has a new grandson, red-haired Jonathon 

Lewis Goldston, 6 weeks old. He is the new 

brother of Nancy, 16 months, and son of 

Norman and Phyllis Goldston of Shaker 

Heights. Get set for a chance to see some 

photographs, for their other proud relative 

is Peter Rosian, eastern district sales manager 

for Universal ... If you saw the Candid 

Camera TV program back in March 

you saw a very frustrated 4-year-old trying 

to peel an orange with no weapons 

other than his fingers. He made it, but 

with exasperation! The young expert was 

Glenn Horwitz, who is attending nursery 

school in New York, and is the son of Lew 

Horwitz of the Washington circuit. Glenn 

appeared again in a Candid Camera reprise 

last week and telephoned his father 

to say it's still paying off, that he had been 

given his "residual check." 

Danny Rosenthal, manager for 20th-Fox, 

and E. M. Pearson, publicist, attended a 

company sales meeting in New York . . . 

Edith Scodey of the Hippodrome is enjoying 

a vacation in Florida. She was due 

back in time to sell tickets to an expected 

crowd to see "The Bridge on the River 

Kwai," opening May 29 . DriscoU, 

20, son of John Driscoll, stage electrician at 

Loew's State, leaves June 2 for Philadelphia, 

where he'll join the Navy. On June 

20, Michael Driscoll, 22, petty officer, 2nd 

class, retm-ns home for a week, then back 

to the west and on to Japan. He's been in 

the submarine service for six years. 

Kenny Renter, film salesman at Paramount 

Pictm-es, leaves with his wife June 

1 for Buffalo to take a position as manager 

for United Artists. He replaces Bob 

Friedman who has gone to Philadelphia. 

Kenny came to Cleveland in 1960 from 

Buffalo . Koteles, formerly with 

Columbia and more recently with States 

Film Service, was vacationing at Polyclinic 

Hospital while awaiting a checkup . 

Louise AUin, daughter of Norman Allin of 

Cooperative Theatres of Ohio, is in her 

freshman year at Ohio State University, 

where she is majoring in English and History. 

She's been having excellent grades 

with a 3.1 average. 

. . . 

George Bailey, booker with MGM, then 

with Warners, has joined United Artists as 

booker . son of Edna Charns of 

Warners, is completing his freshman year 

at Case Institute and will work this summer 

at the Case Computing Center 

musette. Women came from all over North 

America and Hawaii (they brought leis for 

all the band people) and the days from 

Sunday through Friday were full of activity 

from 2 to 9 with drilling, patrols 

and drum corps. The history of the shi-ine 

was told, each group contributing a part. 

The Shriners are sponsors of hospitals and 

all kinds of benefit activities for crippled 

children, all over the country, and the 

Lady Shriners take care of the promotion 

and upkeep of the many places. 

Gordon Bricker Up in RCA 


CAMDEN, N.J.—Gordon W. Bricker has 

been named manager of west coast operations 

for the RCA broadcast and communications 

products division by A. M. Miller. 

Bricker has overall responsibility for the 

division's Burbank facility which includes 

design and systems engineering groups, 

and manufacturing and other operations 

serving the television and motion picture 

industries. Previously he was responsible 

for the marketing and engineering functions. 

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It's nice to have Charlie Nelson back. 

Last year he had a checkup. The doctor discovered an 

early cancer. He treated it promptly, and says Charlie 

is going to be okay. 

Charlie always has an annual checkup. Not enough 

people are that wise. Cancer will strike 1 in 4 Americans, 

according to present estimates. More lives could 

be saved if more people understood the importance of 

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 

early diagnosis and treatment. 

Charlie Nelson has good reason to understand it. 

That is why he is going to start educating his employees—with 

an American Cancer Society public 

education program in his plant. 

For information about such a program, call your 

local Unit of the American Cancer Society. 

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BOXOFFICE :: June 1,

hrt of 'Magic Fountain Rentals to Kennedy Memorial 

[A percentage of the rentals for the first seven days of 

"Te Magic Fountain" playdates in New England will be donad 

to the Kennedy Memorial Library fund. The pledge was 

mie at a luncheon held in Boston of exhibitors climaxing the 

adince campaign for the film. The library fund pledge was 

mJe to Richard Dobbyn, Maine & New Hampshire Theatres, 

trtisurer of the fund. Left to right, outside table: Hy Fine, 

Je'y Govan, E. G. Leon, Ken Gore, Jerry Crowley, Julian 

Rifkin, Paul Kessler, Al Laurie, Sam Grant, Dan Dorian, Ann 

Tallen, Sam Ross, Mel and Stan Davis, producer Allan David, 

Newell Kurzon, Sumner Myerson, Harry Lavidor, Ed Stokes, 

John Glazier, Henri Schwartzberg and Abner Pinanski. Left to 

right, inside table: Carl Goldman, Joe Stanzler, Ben Greenberg, 

Doug Amos, Roger Lockwood, Robert Zeitz, Joe Cohen, 

Win Knox, Lloyd Clark, George Hacket, Cliff Dobbyn and 

Mickey Daytz. 

Hîsorship Worse Menace 

"hm Content of Films 

LivVISTON, ME.—Faunce Pendexter, 

iit'lal writer for the Lewiston Evening 

told the Lewiston-Auburn Kiwanis 

)UjiaI, 

|U| May 20, that one of the possible melo; 

of censorship was the appointment 

s'ocal committee with authority to ban 

jjitionable films at local theatres and 

n-Ve offending reading material from 

jwtands. 

Kwever, he pointed out that freedom 

ic;ensorship are incompatible and that 

nirship can quickly become a greater 

ir;r than the offending material. 

Pidexter urged reasonable restraint 

ic as that exercised in the newspaper inisy. 

)ptinue Kiddies Shows 

RTPORD—Despite their newly instifirst-run 

status, the Perakos Eastand 

Elm are continuing Saturday 

des shows, screening product of primary 

est to young audiences at 1:30 p.m. 

then resuming regular cm-rent firstiitilm 

at S.p.m. The theatres are cleared 

1 patrons after the matinee program. 

arles M. Kane Dies 

ENCER, MASS.—Charles M. Kane, 

roprietor of the Park Theatre until his 

tement in 1953, died recently in Hahnec,n 

Hospital, Worcester. A lifelong resi- 

" here, he is survived only by his sister 

i|h R. Kane of Spencer. 

Iw Willy Demond Role 

iSW LONDON, CONN.—Twenty-two- 

'j-old Willy Demond, newly named 

lidy Wagner, has a role in 20th-Pox's 

liming "Rio Conchos." 

fks 'Bedtime Story' 

lew HAVEN—Nutmeg Theatre Circuit's 

(Hty Cinema, Fairfield, will play Uni- 

;ars "Bedtime Story" through the summonths. 

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Active Role in Community Projects 

Shapes Drive-Ins 

By ALLEN M. WIDEM 

HARTFORD — To the well-informed, 

well-intentioned drive-in theatre management, 

the idea of community cooperative 

efforts takes top priority in selling the 

underskyer as a center of regional recreation. 

Milton LeRoy, president and chief executive 

officer of Blue Hills Drive-In Theatre 

Corp., told BoxoFFicE that the drive-in 

refusing to participate in minimum -expenditure 

community efforts, merely because 

the activity has nothing to do with the 

drive-in boxoffice take, is short-changing 

itself, at the same time providing the 

festering sores that lead to chaos and confusion 

in annual statements. 

"Om- drive-in is open, at all times, to 

any community endeavor best reflecting 

the drive-in as the area center of family 

< Bloomfield 

entertainment," he said. "Time and again, 

when people voluntarily concerned with 

Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts. Little League or 

other such activities come to us and ask 

for theatre facilities, why, we gladly provide 

whatever 's asked." 

The result is a feeling of community 

respect and, inevitably increased boxoffice 

take at the Blue Hills. 

LeRoy, constantly cognizant of his subsequent-run 

film booking practice, has 

to look to nonscreen activity as a business-builder. 

So far, the policy has paid 

off handsomely! 

A concrete example was the recent opening 

of a suburban community 

i Little League season, a 

parade's 

Public Image 

start-of-march, not so surprisingly, from 

Dhe drive-in theatre entrance to a nearby 

elementary school. The area press, not unaware 

of LeRoy's community-mindedness, 

mentioned the Blue Hills participation. 

"The cost, in dollars and cents, was 

minimal," LeRoy told Boxoffice. "We had 

an aide or two on hand to see if the Little 

Leaguers needed anything." 

Time and again, LeRoy will hire ponyride 

concessions to provide free rides for 

youngsters. He will get an ancient-vintage 

fire engine for similar activity. 

"If I don't gear my nonentertainment 

schedule to the family element, I'm out 

of business," he admitted. "So I listen 

to the families as they troop into the 

concessions building at intermission and 

I ask oldtime customers what we're lacking 

and what they'd like to see on the 

Blue Hills grounds. I make myself available 

for consultation, airing any gripes 

and reminding people that if a mistake's 

been made by a new employe, I'll see that 

corrected." 

it's 

LeRoy feels that the drive-in management 

aloof from the customer is akin to 

operating in a vacuum. "It's career suicide," 

he says ruefully, "for the drive-in 

manager to think that just because the 

business has always been there it will 

continue to be so. We're coming into a 

time and era of increased competition for 

leism-e spending money: if we want a lion's 

share of this, we've got to make that extra 

effort of reminding the community what 

we mean to it!" 

Good Business Climate 

Prevails in Connecticut 

HARTFORD—Business is booming in 

Connecticut, according to secretary of state 

Mrs. Ella T. Grasso. 

Two hundred and eighty-seven new 

stock corporatioiis were formed during 

April, fourth largest number for that 

month since her office began keeping the 

new corporation comit in 1946. 

In January 1958, there were 294 new 

stock corporations registered. The count 

was 319 in January 1959 and June 1959 

showed 324. the largest number on record. 

Burt Lancaster will play the title role in 

Paramount's "The Spy Who Came in Prom 

the Cold." 

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Fall River Finances Film Written 

And Directed by Local Newspaperman 

BOSTON—Angus Bailey of Pall River 

has screened on Pilmrow for film distributors 

the 100-minute film he wrote and directed, 

"Below the Hill." 

Bailey's film was made on a $60,000 

budget raised by members of his community, 

the first film by a Little Theatre 

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announcer, a housewife and a college student 

are in the cast. 

The newspaper editor, who ten years ago 

wrote "Winter Palace," which starred Barbara 

Bel Geddes on the summer theatre 

circuit, discussed the idea for the film 

with Leo Strickman, a businessman, and 

Sumner MacDonald, a designer. When the 

" "Below the Hill' is a piece of neo-realism." 

Bailey said. "It's about a man who shares for $100 each. Their biggest con- 

script was completed, they began selling 

worked in a textile mill and lost his job. tributor gave but $2,100. Many persons 

wife to His goes to save work the family. pooled to buy one share. 

There's a counterpart couple living in the "It was a real community affair," Bailey 

same tenement to draw parallels between said. "The Pall River and Westport police 

the families. In the end, the man gets a helped in the filming by staging car 

job of sorts, but it's too late and he's in chases and some of the officers are in 

jail." 

the film. It's about as authentic as we 

Bailey, who is editor of the Fall River could make it." 

Herald News editorial page, chose all nonprofessional 

actors to fit the roles. A junior house scheduled for demolition. When the 

Part of the film was shot in a tenement 

high school art teacher, a radio and TV wrecking cranes began moving faster than 

the film, they appealed to Sen. Edward 

Kennedy, who arranged for the work to 

be delayed long enough for the cameras 

to complete the scenes. 

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"When we were all done we realized we 

had a film along the same line as 'Grapes 

of Wrath,' but a lot less bitter. It's every 

bit as realistic, though," Bailey said. 

If the 100 minutes of black and white 

film makes money, 40 per cent will go to 

the investors, 30 per cent to the Pall River 

Little Theatre and 30 per cent to Bailey, 

Strickman and MacDonald. 

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Harold Rogers Discovers 

Unique Soil Enricher 

From North Central Edition 

BLOOMPIELD, IOWA — When Harold 

Rogers, manager of the Iowa Theatre here, 

boarded his "ride-along" power mower, the 

only green stuff he planned to cut was 

the grass. However, Rogers' wallet slipped 

from his pocket dui-ing the operation and 

suddenly the theatreman saw shredded 

money spewing from the mower. 

He didn't wait to see if the mutilated bills 

would encourage a better stand of grass. 

Instead, Rogers pasted the 12 bills back 

together and redeemed the "currency collage" 

at a local bank. 

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New Product Boosing 

Boston Percentages 

BOSTON—Business was better a'l 

boxoffice in Boston with the openi 

some big pictures, but percentages dii 

reach the heights expected. A seasonec 

weather vagaries, with temperatures ij 

ing from hot to cold, and the openi; 

the musical "How to Succeed in Buii 

Without Really Trying" at the Colonist 

"Pajama Tops" at the Shubert were,( 

as factors leading to decreased percent 

"What a Way to Go!" however, o:i 

high above average at the Orpheuni 

spite poor previews from the Boston c 

"Evil of Prankenstein" opened :> 

with 135 at the Memorial. "Black Sabl 

also was 135 at the Center. 

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Astor Dr. Strongelove (Col), 9th wk 

Beacon 

Boston 

Tom Jones (UA-Lopert), 23rd wk 

a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod World 

Hill 

It's 

(UA-Cinerama), 28tti wk 

Capn The Best Mon (UA), 2nd wk 

Center Block Sobboth (AlP); Evil Eye 

Cinema, Kenmore Square 

(AlP) 

A Stranger Knocks 

(Trans-Lux); Love Me, Leave Me, (SR), 2nd * 

Gary The Fall of the Romon Empire (Pora) 

2nd wk 

Memorial Evil of Frankenstein (Univ ; Nightina 

(Univ) 

Music Hall—The Cardinol (Col), moveover, 2nd w 

Orpheum What o Way to Go! (20th-Fox) . 

Pilqnm-What's Up Front (Fairway); Her Bikini 

Never Got Wet (SR), 2nd wk 

Pork Square Cinema A Stranger Knocks 

(Trans-Lux); Love Me, Leave Me (SR), 2nd w 

Pans Cinema America America (WB), 12th wk 

Saxon- Socket (Pora), 2nd wk 

West End Cinema— Psyche 59 (Col), 2nd wk 

Art Duo Shoots to Top 

With 140 in Hartford 

HARTPORD—Saturation openings 

very much the order of the day, the 

eral boxoffice trend about average. 

Meadows Drive-ln 

Allyn, 

Block Sabbath (AlP); 

Evil Eye (AlP) 

Art Cinema—At Lil's Place (Mishkin); The 

Five-Doy Lover (SR), reissue 

Berlin, Hartford, East Hartford drixe-lns, 

The tlorror of Party Beach 

E. M. Loew's 

(20th-Fox); The Curse of the Living Corpse 

(20th-Fox) 

Burnside West Side Story (UA), reissue 

Cine Webb Tom Jones (UA-Lopert), 1 5th wk. 

Cinerama— It's a Mad, Mod, Mod, Mad World 

(UA-Cinerama), 9th wk 

Elm— Lilies of the Field (UA); Hud (Para), reissi. 

Eastwood, Manchester, Pike drive-ins Moil 

Order Bride (MGM), various cofeatures .... 

Loew's Palace Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 9th wk. . 

La Bonne Soupe (20fh-Fox); Operation 

Rivoli 

Snatch (Cont'l), reissue 

The Empty 

Strond, East Windsor Drive-ln 

Convas (Embassy), various cofeatures 

lames Bond Mystery Shows 

Pulling Power in New Haven 

NEW HAVEN—UA's "Prom Russia ^ 

Love" chalked up a strong 235 in its 

week, day-and-date at the downtown, h 

top Stanley Warner Roger Sherman 

submban Bowl and Milford drive-ins. 

Lincoln The Organizer (Cont'l) 

Loew's College, Summit Drive-ln Advance to thi 

Reor (MGM); A Global Affoir (MGM), 

reissue, companion feature at drive-in only . 

Milford and Bowl drive-ins, Roger Sherman Fron 

Russia With Love (UA), various cofeatures .. 

New Haven, Center drive-ins The Horror of 

Party Beach (20th-Fox); The Curse of the 

Living Corpse (20th-Fox) 

Paramount Week of Humphrey Bogart reissues, 

features change every two days 

Wholley Becket (Pora), 2nd wk 

Westville, Whitney Dr. Strongelove (Col), 

suburban break; Man in the Middle !20th-Fox) 

Springdale Funds Benefi 

SPRINGDALE, CONN. — The £ 

screened Columbia's "The Cardinal" 

the benefit of the Springdale volur 

fire department and the Spring 

churches youth activities fund. 

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. . Mike 

MEW HAVEN 

llirt M. Pickus, ex-TOA executive comliittee 

chairman, and owner-operator 

e Stratford, Stratford, is adding a 

if 

ooar parking facility on adjacent land 

The Umberto Bello-owned State, 

Ipngdale, is offering youngsters a comlinJion 

duckpin bowling-theatre ticket 

or 'ISS, the action tied to a nearby 

lovjng 

alley. 

Adorno jr., owner-operator of the 

S' 

lidletown Drive-In, Middletown, is now 

crtiing his main feature first Sundays 

hngh Thursdays . Adorno, PalcejMiddletown, 

ran a three-unit Saturay 

afternoon show, consistmg of two 

iln- "Battle of Outer Space" and "The 

'hi; Stooges in Orbit" and a stage 

udnce-participation race contest with 

riii for the winners. 

njependent Product Is 

dieting Good Response 

HRTFORD—Exhibition responsiveness 

3 dependent product is increasingly enou.ging, 

Mike Ripps, president and chief 

xeltive officer of the Mobile, Ala. -based 

iiina Distributors of America, remarked 

jUving a visit with Connecticut theatre 

it^jsts. 

qA's "The Flesh Eaters" kicked off with 

s'te day-and-date bow at the downtown 

ai.op E. M. Loew's and two subui'ban 

ri'-ins, the East Hartford and Hartford, 

nts among several mass market attrac- 

01 geared for mid-1964 release. 

"he Pat Black Pussy Cat," now in final 

ii ig stages, will go into distribution by 

uland CDA is negotiating for additional 

rc|ict. 

''e are getting playdates, and, above all, 

d'litor cognizance of the value of indeerent-made 

entertainment," Ripps said. 

ri, built-in downgrade attitude long 

laifested agaiitst independent product is 

is;ipearing because the more alert, agreive 

showman is more aware of the extoition 

possibilities and ultimate boxfffe 

potential." 

If/al Oak Shop Center 

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DYAL OAK, MICH.—A motion pictui-e 

If tre is included in the plans for developif|t 

of a six-block site bordered by 

^ve-Mile on the north, Wiltshire on the 

Jiji, Coolidge on the east and Kipling on 

ifivest, according to the Royal Oak Ti'i- 

U'. 

'ii develop the area, Berkley Center. Inc., 

a'been authorized to sell 991,000 shares 

iimmon stock by the Michigan Corporao,and 

f 

Secm-ities Commission, 

ây Graham, executive vice-president 

file corporation, said the stock will be 

f';ed at $1 a share. The corporation seeks 

>''Uild a multi-million dollar shopping 

rier, apartment buildings and the thet: 

within the specified development area. 

^n Silverman Upped 

Western 

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iDLLYWOOD—Ron Silverman has been 

rioted to administration vice-president 

'i>aystar by Leslie Stevens, president of 

Milm and television production company. 

U. S. Pictures Become 

Documentaries Abroad 

Ilenniker, N.H.—The most dangerous 

export sent from the U.S. to underdeveloped 

countries has been Hollywood 

films, particularly those dealing with 

sex and violence, including westerns, 

according to Ernie Phillips, a 27-yearold 

freshman at New England College 

in Henniker, who is one of the first 

Peace Corps members to complete his 

tour of duty. 

Speaking of Malaya, where he served 

two years, he said: "The few Malayanmade 

films available were entirely 

documentary and when American films 

arrived, Malayans carried over the mistaken 

belief that these films were also 

documentary, giving false evidence of 

the American way of life." 

NEWHAMPSHIRE 

Cince its heyday many years ago as a 

movie-vaudeville establishment, the 

Palace Theatre in Manchester has seen 

many uses. But, at last, on May 17 the 

old Palace came into its glory on television. 

WMUR-TV in Manchester telecast 

a half-hour show on the highlights prior 

to and dui'ing the crowning of Elizabeth 

Emerson, a University of New Hampshire 

senior, as Miss New Hampshire of 1964, 

on the Palace stage. 

Despite his plea that the ban had caused 

him to lose business from a nearby drivein 

theatre, John Grant, proprietor of a 

drive-in restaurant in North Hampton, has 

been fined $20 in the Rye municipal court 

on two charges of violating a new town 

ordinance which forbids such establishments 

to remain open after midnight. 

Myron Hapgood, 61, of North Hampton, 

a projectionist at the loka Theatre in 

Exeter, was fatally stricken with a heart 

attack while driving his car in Stratham 

May 21. There were no passengers in the 

car at the time of the mishap. Hapgood 

recently moved to North Hampton. 

Glen Alden Shareholders 

Re-elect 11 Directors 


NEW YORK—All 11 directors of Glen 

Alden Corp., including Harry Mandel, 

president of RKO Theatres, were reelected 

at the annual meeting of shareholders 

May 15. The others were William 

Bellano, Frank Bm-nside, Ralph E. Case, 

T. R. Colborn, Wentworth P. Johnson, Albert 

A. List, Vera G. List, M. Lester Mendell, 

A. H. Parker jr. and Charlton H. Williams. 

At the directors meeting held the 

same day. List was re-elected chairman of 

the board and president of Glen Alden. 

The shareholders authorized the board 

in their discretion, for the period of one 

year, to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares 

of the company's stock out of capital surplus. 

The directors also declared the regular 

quarterly dividend of 12 '2 cents a share, 

payable July 14 to holders of record 

June 30. 

Gene Gannon will play the role of a 

carnival secretary in Hal Wallis' "Roustabout," 

a Paramount release. 

VERMONT 

Deter Joseph of Island Pond, who operates 

a drive-in in Gorham, N. H., has announced 

his candidacy for Brighton town 

representative to the Vermont legislature. 

He is a World War II veteran and is now 

serving as Brighton town moderator and a 

member of the Brighton planning board. 

He is also active in civic affairs in his 

home area. 

George D. McGinley, an employe of the 

Capitol Theatre in Montpelier until recently, 

died at Heaton Hospital in that 

city May 17, following a heart attack 

at his home. He was a native of Ste. 

Agathe, P. Q., Canada, and settled in 

Montpelier in 1924. He was a longtime employe 

of the National Life Insurance Co. 

before his employment at the movie establishment. 

The Barre city council has ordered city 

attorney Evo A. Lucchina to draft a cm-- 

few law which will keep children under 

16 years old off Barre streets after 9 

p.m. The new ordinance reportedly will 

be patterned after one already in effect 

in Newport, where violations can bring 

fines up to $50 for parents. A previous 

Barre cui'few was dropped several years 

ago. 

U.S. Films Best Display 

Of Democracy-in-Action 

HARTFORD-Scorn and derision heaped 

on American films headed overseas by certain 

domestic interests should be answered 

emphatically with the assertion that Hollywood-originated 

entertainment is the best 

demonstration of democracy-in-action. 

"It's unfair to label every picture headed 

District Theatres Buys 


WASHINGTON—District Theatres Corp. 

for foreign distribution as damaging to the 

American image," Allen M. Widem, Hartford 

Times amusements editor, told the 

Hartford Chapter, National Council of 

Jewish Women. 

"Foreign audiences," he reminded the 

group, "look upon American movies in 

quite a different light. For one thing, they 

see a way-of-life that's second to none 

anywhere in the world. For another, they 

are enjoying entertainment technically 

superlative. These are the greatest arguments 

the West can serve up against Communism." 

has purchased the 600-car Airport Drive- 

In and the 550-car Fairfield Drive-In, both 

located in Richmond, Va., according to 

Morton Gerber, president. 

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Brooks LeWitt Focuses Attention 

On His Airer as Community Center 

HARTFORD—Brooks LeWitt, realizing 

the impact and incisiveness of "selling" the 

family aspects of undersliy operations, is 

campaigning in a single element promotion 

with dynamically dramatic results. 

For one thing, the suburban Berlin 

Drive-In has emerged as "The Family 

Drive-In." Daily advertising stresses this 

phrase. LeWitt-conceived ad copy asserts 

most invitingly, "Meet Your Fi-iends at Berlin!" 

This one phrase has brought LeWitt tremendously 

rewarding goodwill, both for 

patrons and staff. He imbues his staff with 

the feeling that to work in the Berlin 

Drive-In is to be very much part of the 

"activity" or esprit de corps along the 

heavily traveled Berlin turnpike, which 

links New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut's 

most populous centers. 

Staffers are oriented in the "family" concept, 

LeWitt assiduously applying himself 

to reminding cashiers, et al, to stress 

"togetherness." "Meet Your Friends at the 

Berlin!" is the rallying call. 

Advertising doesn't overlook the "young 

adult" attitude. Copy employs such youthful 

ear-and-eye pleasing phrases as "Slim!" 

"Trim!" in describing product, most notably 

from the youth market-geared 

American International Pictures. 

LeWitt, a second generation executive, 

grew up in a show business atmosphere. 

His dad, the late George LeWitt, was a 

partner of the late John S. P. Glackin in 

the Arch Street Theatre, a subsequent-run 

house in New Britain, and the Strand. 

Sound View, strictly a summertime operation. 

The Berlin was built a decade ago, and 

LeWitt sold the hardtop interests, preferring 

to concentrate on drive-ins. 

A unique family-appeal at the Berlin, 

just ten miles south of Hartford's city hall, 

is boating, available in season and in good 

weather, on the lake that is part-and-parcel 

of LeWitt land. A nominal charge is 

made for use of the row boats. Since the 

Berlin is the sole facility with such attraction, 

a conversation piece centering around 

family drive-in attendance at this particular 

underskyer is inevitable. 

HARTFORD 

H nother long-shuttered Connecticut theatre, 

the Umberto J. Bello-owned 

State Theatre at Springdale, has resumed 

operations. Closed for eight years, the Bello 

Theatre is charging one dollar adult admission 

and 50 cents for children at all 

times, with the exception of special-advanced 

price attractions. Bello has installed 

new seats, sound, screen and projection. 

Thomas C. Grace, manager of the Perakos 

Theatre Associates' Eastwood, East 

Hartford, tied up with Montgomery 

Stores for distribution of ten pa 

passes to patrons bringing in old 

gomery Ward sales catalogs, in co) 

tion with MGM's "Mail Order Brie 

A lecture program, sponsored b 

University of Connecticut's School oj 

ness Administration, painted a ros; 

nomic future for the state, speakers 

casting average family income at 

by 1975. Cited is need for skilled 1 

ship in business, labor and other 

as well as a sophisticated electorate 

Allen M. Widem, Hartford Times a 

ments editor, discussing moviemakii 

fore the Weatherfield Elm Tree Wc 

Club, asserted that professionalism 

the Hollywood ranks reflects treme 

dedication, drive and a dramatic fl£ 

mass-market entertainment. 

Carlisle Theatre Update 

For 25th Anniversary 


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of the Carlisle Theatre, 42 West Hig: 

been observed this month following 

vation of both the front and the in 

Although the number of seats wa 

creased from 1,000 to 875, all new 

seats were installed on wider rowi 

wider aisles. 

New lighting facilities, new carp 

new boxoffice Inside the lobby, a rem< 

lobby and new entrance doors, as wel 

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!fiw Piclures Revive 

[ilerest at Toronto 

'jRONTO—The fans had the choice of 

Ihi- new features at major theatres and 

t ijmed quite a lot because of numerous 

io)3vers lately. The week's leaders were 

'P^che 59" at the big Imperial and "The 

3e.'' 

Man" at Loew's Uptown. There were 

lig,; of approaching departure by "Tom 

lois." which has set a house record at 

htHyland by remaining 22 weeks, and 

htvord was also out that "The Fall of the 

loan Empire" was in its last two weeks 

it ne University, where it was doing a 

liiti week. "Becket" was worth a tenth 

ve): at the Eglinton. The weather turned 

lO'again. 


orn—The Pink Ponthep (UA), 5th wk 100 

gliin— Becket (Para), 10th wk 100 

The Empty Canvos (Embassy) 105 

loliôod 

Tom Jones (UA-Lopert). 22nd wk 100 

lyld 

oifiol— Psyche 59 (Col) HO 

-c5— From Russia With Love (UA), 4th wk. ...100 

V -Lilies of the Field (UA), 5th wk 100 

ovi'— Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 

()), 5th wk 100 

The Fall of the Roman Empire 

Ini'fsity 

ira), 9th wk 100 

Ipfn—The Best Man (UA) 110 

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L|le," starring Elke Sommer and sched- 

H for June 15 release, started AllStar 

HJUsiness. 

Happy Boxoffice Trend 

Is Up All Over Canada 

MONTREAL — Motion picture theatre 

business was up here and throughout Quebec 

province, in line with a long-anticipated 

upturn all over the Dominion. 

Circuits and independent operators generally 

report that their 1963 attendance 

topped the year-earlier level for the first 

time since the extensive downward plunge 

started some ten years ago at the beginning 

of television. 

For the current year, improved attendance 

has continued and most exhibitors 

feel that prospects for 1964 are for further 

gains. 

According to Financial Post, Famous 

Players Canadian Corp, which owns or 

has interest in about 314 theatres in Canada, 

the company had more ticket buyers 

in 1963 than in 1962. For the first quarter, 

attendance was 4 per cent higher than in 

1963 and receipts were up 8 per cent, 

according to president R. W. Bolstad. 

ODEON ATTENDANCE UP 

Odeon Theatres, with 108 theatres in 

all Canadian provinces except Prince Edward 

Island and Newfoundland, reported 

1963 attendance up 8 to 9 per cent over 

that of 1962 and that receipts after amusement 

taxes were up 17 per cent. Fii-st 

four months of 1964 show approximately 

5 per cent more admissions than in the 

same period of 1963, and revenue up about 

10 per cent. 

Twentieth Centm-y Theatres, 60 theatres, 

mostly in Ontario, also had more 

customers in 1963 and further gains are 

reported this year. 

United Amusement Corp., Montreal, reported 

in its annual financial statement 

for year ended Dec. 28, 1963, net earnings 

of $1,025,922, compared to $937,895 in the 

previous year after all charges. Net profit 

was $510,108, compared to $291,487 the 

year before. 

A bright sign in the exhibition industry 

that some towns are reopening theatres. 

is 

And the exhibition industry states tliat 

the following factors are helping to boost 

ticket sales: 

TV NOVELTY GONE 

• TV's novelty, if not its popularity, is 

wearing off. 

• Sunday movies are now peimitted in 

more areas in more Canadian provinces. 

• Better films. For instance, Odeon 

president C. R. B. Salmon said, "TV can't 

compete with a film like "Tom Jones." 

• Population increase, particularly in 

the teenage group. 

• Elimination or reduction of amusement 

taxes in some areas. Amusement taxes were 

reduced slightly in Ontario last April; British 

Columbia abolished the provincial tax 

on April 1, 1963, and Alberta dropped its 

tax in 1959. 

• New and better theatres. The total 

number of theatres has been declining 

there were 1,459 theatres and drive-ins, 

excluding community enterprises last year, 

compared to 1,945 in 1957. "This includes a 

shakeout of old, obsolete theatres in poor 

locations," N. A. Taylor, Twentieth Century 

Theatres president, commented. 

The trend indicates more theatres will 

be located in shopping centers, which offer 

the big advantage of plenty of parking 

space so necessary these days as more 

and more of the population are moving 

by cars. 

As far as drive-ins are concerned, they 

are increasing, but at a slower rate than 

in the U.S. The reasons being that not 

as many large centers of population exist 

in Canada and that many local restrictions 

are still prevalent. In Quebec province, 

drive-in theatres are still outlawed. 

Classifying of Films 

Initiated by Ontario 

TORONTO—"We do not think of ourselves 

as censors but as a board of classification," 

declared chairman O. J. Silverthorne 

of the Ontario Censor Board in his 

report for the year introduced in North 

America nine years ago by the Ontario 

board and has started a world trend. 

The board examined 469 features from 

16 countries, including 178 from the U. S. A., 

119 from Italy, 59 from Great Britain, 48 

from Greece and 32 from Germany. Eliminations 

were ordered in 37 features because 

of bad language or nudity. Pictures placed 

in the Restricted Attendance category comprised 

10 from the U. S. A., 8 from Britain 

and 21 from other countries. 

Theatre licenses issued dm-ing the fiscal 

year totaled 410, or 12 less than in the 

preceding period. Licenses were renewed 

for 860 projectionists. Out of 18,143 pieces 

of advertising, 185 were rejected by the 

board. 

A Classified List 

TORONTO—The Ontario censors placed 

six features in the Restricted Attendance 

list and 16 others as Adult Entertainment 

pictures. The Restricted group comprised 

The Carpetbaggers, Lady in a Cage, Psyche 

59, The Swedish Mistress, West End Jungle 

and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. 

Classified Adult were: Anni Ruggenti, Because 

of Eve, Bluebeard, Costa Azzura, 

Curse of the Living Corpse, The Devil 

and the Flesh, From Russia With Love, 

Horror of Party Beach. Hunchback of 

Rome, Night Must Fall, The Stranger, 

Sunday in New York, Tamahine, The 

Third Secret, Sacrifice for Love and 'What 

a Way to Go! 

Plans Film on Cherry Sisters 


HOLLYWOOD—Virginia Sale, sister of 

the late Charles "Chic" Sale, who for a 

number of years has divided her time between 

one-woman show toui's and appearances 

in the entertainment media, has 

acquired all rights to the life story of 

the famous Chen-y Sisters, serio-comedy 

group who became famous at the turn of 

the century as vaudeville performers. 

Plans are for feature picture and telefilm 

series. 

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Paramount Contingent From New York 

Attends Montreal Sales Conference 

^^Bbs.

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Viman Buys 73id Ticket 

'cSee 'South Pacific' 

fonNcw England Edition 

trtford—A Hartford woman told 

ic's Poll Manager Mrs. Ruth G. 

;;oiin the other afternoon she was 

ir 

"South Pacific" for the 73rd 

She brought aloner a scrapbook 

101 lining ticket stubs to prove it! 

'ORONTO 

le PC Imperial secured some extra pub- 

lity for "Psyche 59" when the Daily 

iri'eported that the Ontario motion 

itu' censors turned down display ads 

ie picture as "too suggestive" 

Ill recuperating from an illness. Arch 

Jiley, executive secretary of the Mori 

'ictuie Theatres Ass'n of Ontario, 

orii three-day week at his office, 10:30 

([.) 3 p.m. 

IVjiam Freedman of Toronto, who owns 

;al?s in Ontario, and his actress wife 

b\!Robins, are remaining indefinitely 

Lcdon. England, where he is producing 

. ;ii; featm'e it came time to 

ipj. the summer theatre on Toronto 

in| it was discovered that the interior 

building had been wrecked by van- 

tl 

Isjrhe island, off shore from here, is 

? uvned. 

:n|rmation from Odeon Theatres is 

itihe British "Nothing But the Best" 

1 10 into the Toronto Hyland foUow- 

; ;ie record run of "Tom Jones," now 

it 22nd wk . has been 

,d in the Toronto press against tapered 

telephone replies used by some 

a::heatres. Sometimes people, it seems, 

n!information other than what is reiitr 

long service, Allison D. Turnbull 

5 'esigned as division manager and 

elBngineer of General Sound & Theatre 

ajment Co. He will retire to Nova 

)t|,. Another resignatioin is that of 

nj; Harrison, advertising dii'ector, 20th 

3Jry Theatres, because of ill health . . . 

It of intention to sm'render charters 

ijieen given by Film Laboratories of 

n|la and Audio Pictures, Toronto. In 

r^gone by they were headed by Arthur 

t(eb, now deceased. 

JU business is being secured at the 

ei in Peterborough with the World 

rige Pictures released by Astral Films, 

. . 

emeries has two more featm'es to go, 

h| Good Earth" on June 3 and "A 

lijof Two Cities," June 9 . "South 

;;c" at regular prices rated a second 

;jat 11 Odeon units, while the Odeon 

ijwn held "Carry On, Cabby" for a 

rj week. 

:|nk N. Dowd President 

ilexcLs Cdble-TV Ass'n 

ilouthwest 

Edition 

^:iEDO, TEX.—Frank N. Dowd, an exile 

of Rowley United Theatres, has 

lelected president of the Texas Comity 

Antenna Television Ass'n. Dowd's 

aion came at the recent CATV coni,!)n 

here. 

h\ey United Theatres, which has headilers 

in Dallas, operates theatres and 

1 TV in Laredo and other Texas 

VANCOUVER 

TJichard Fairleigh, owner of the suburban 

Hollywood Theatre, ran into a wall 

during a squash game and suffered head 

injuries . . . Vi Hosford of West Coast 

Booking & Buying left on a trip to his 

old hometown in Alberta, thence to Ireland. 

Theatremen in Alberta who play "Tom 

Jones" will have to lay off E>ersonnel under 

18 during the run as the result of the 

provincial censor board classifying the 

film as "Restricted," Sam Binder reports 

from Calgary . along the Row 

and visiting friend Harry Howard was 

Cecil Steele of the Nechako in Kitimat. 

Cecil is counting much on the McMillan, 

Bloedel & Powell River Co. building its 

projected pulp mill in Kitimat. It would 

increase employment there by a third. 

Jack Braverman, who visited Art Graburn 

in St. Pauls with a get-well gift 

from the film exchange people, reports 

Art is improving slowly but will be laid 

Abe 

up for some time yet 

Feinstein and John 

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Ashley, 

Astral's 

a "Muscle 

Beach Party" star, supervised by Paul 

Hanner, Astral ad-promotion director, 

Toronto, made the promotion rounds here, 

in New Westminster, Burnaby, Victoria 

and Vancouver Island for almost a week, 

then took a plane to Calgary. Ashley 

gave scores of interviews and signed hundreds 

of autographs. His visit was the 

first trip by a star here in behalf of a 

film for many years, and was a terrific 

success 

The Queen's birthday weekend was tops 

in the entertainment field here, except 

for the poor attendance of the Tommy 

Dorsey band at the Queen Elizabeth. Border 

officers estimated 68,000 persons 

crossed the border for Seattle and way 

points and jammed the highways leading 

to the interior, but the exhibitors report 

they never had it so good. Downtown theatre 

boxoffices rang a merry melody. Some 

18,000 persons at the horse races bet over 

$500,000 in two days, 10 per cent more 

than last year. Louis Armstrong turned 

them away at the Queen Elizabeth Satui-- 

The International Trade 

day (16) . . . 

Fair opened a nine-day stand at the PNE 

grounds to a steady 15,000 a day, then 

racked up 50,000 for the Saturdaythrough-Monday 

total. 

Town Meeting of the Air, a radio forum 

on almost every kind of subject which 

has been on CJOR for years under Arthur 

Helps, is moving to Blaine, Wash., just 

across the border. Helps blames interference 

by the CBS Board of Governors, 

which twice has censored his broadcasts. 

He sends transcriptions to ten stations in 

Canada. He reports he's settin^' up Radio 

Free Canada in Blaine, planning his opening 

program there on June 6. It also will 

be broadcast by CJJC at Langley in the 

Fraser Valley. 

Ken Prickett Is Curious 

About Habits of Iguanas 

From Mideast Edition 

COLUMBUS — Ken Prickett, executive 

secretary of the Independent Theatre Owners 

of Ohio, wonders whether Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

will be agreeable to selling 

"The Night of the Iguana" on "third-run 

terms" since the distributor is unable to 

control release of stage rights to the Tennessee 

Williams play. 

Prickett's query was prompted by the 

fact that Williams' work has been presented 

on the Ohio State University campus 

by the Strollers Dramatic Society and 

will be presented the week of July 13 by 

Playhouse-on-the-Green, summer tent 

theatre in suburban Worthington. 

Prickett said that the Ohio State presentation 

"seems to be in clear violation 

of the laws of the state of Ohio listed under 

code 5715.27" which relates to the use 

of taxpayer-supported facilities for profitmaking 

enterprises. 

Prickett ventured the opinion that the 

Playhouse-on-the-Green booking was 

scheduled to take advantage of national 

publicity on the MGM feature, which is 

being released nationally on July 10. 

In a barb directed to Robert H. O'Brien, 

president of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Prickett 

said: "We wonder if the iguana is one 

of those animals that devours its own 

young?" 

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Hl'CH Thomas, onner oj the Grove Theatre in Upland, Calif. This showman with 

sense for good business proves that it pays sometimes to stand up publicly for 

your convictions. His rule calling on everybody, except the cripples, to rise 

during the playing of the National Anthem at the Grove results in ejections 

now and then, but this is one of the several things that lias brought his theatre 

to the allcnlion of the public. And patronage has steadily increased. 

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Sherrill a. StricklAiND, manager. Colony Theatre, Wilmington, N. C. Cited for 

his shotgun ballyhoo for "Mail Order Bride." 

Eddie Leigh, manager. Odeon Theatre, London, Ont. His original ads on "Charade"' 

captureil public interest and helped extend the film run. 

Harold "Bud" Rose, publicist, Milwaukee. Cited for aggressiveness of his campaign 

for "Muscle Beach Party." 

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Odis R. Owens, manager, RKO Keith Theatre, Cincinnati. 

His promotion of a Fairytale 

trip to Denmark for two by Scandinavian Airlines resulted in excellent 

publicity for "Man's Favorite Sport?" 

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Bill SoRENSON, manager for Fox West Coast at Long Beach, Calif. Developed a striking 

idea to win new friends for his theatre: namely, a direct mail Portrait of a 

Very Important Person piece. 

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J. R. O'Brien, manager, Olympic Theatre, Utica, N.Y. Cited for his execution of the 

"Guess When the Clock Will Stop" idea in a store display for "Dr. Strangelove." 

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Emil Bolha, doorman, Westwood Plaza Theatre, Johnstown, Pa. This first service 

staffer to win a BoxoFFICE Showmandiser Citation enters wholeheartedly in all 

theatre promotions. He dressed up in true western attire and appeared at sports 

events in behalf of "How the West Was Won." 

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James Frisina Jr.. manager, Mattoon Theatre, Mattoon, 111. Cited for extra publicity 

he obtained for "Seven Days in May" through follow-through on his curiosity 

concerning the selection of "Mattoon" as part of the name of a general in the 

picture. 

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George Kieffer, Durwood Theatres, Kansas City, Mo. Promoted four trips to New 

York on TWA and created important publicity for "Sunday in New York" at 

the Roxy Theatre. 

Beach Party Assists 

Film, Park, Civic Race 

A triple-barreled publicity stunt was executed 

by the Bloomington (111.) Drive-In 

in its promotion for "Muscle Beach Party." 

The theatre staged a beach party—right on 

the beach! 

The party not only promoted the film, 

but also the Miss McLean County contest 

with nine of the 18 swim-suited beauties 

dancing and frolicking on the beach. The 

third barrel of the "blast" was aimed at 

calling attention to the recreational qualities 

of Miller Park in Bloomington, where 

the party was staged. 

The Shattertones, a local rock 'n' roll 

band, provided music for the afternoon and 

free hot dogs and Dr Pepper were provided 

for the guests. 

More than 700 persons lined the shore 

during the afternoon to witness the festivities 

and the crowning of Mr. and Miss 

"Muscle Beach Party." 

The local radio station sent its mobile 

unit to the scene and taped interviews for 

broadcast later in the day. 

T. J. Pappas, manager of the drive-in, 

reported the party was planned on a Monday 

night and held the following Saturday 

afternoon. A lot of work went into the 

affair with cooperation of the radio station 

and George Spray, movie editor of the 

Daily Pantagraph. 

The newspaper carried a story on 

Thursday afternoon about the party and 

then a picture of Mr. and Miss "Muscle 

Beach Party" in the Monday edition. 

Tile harem girls seen around Baltimore a week before 

"The Brass Bottle" were something like the creatures 

in "The Arabian Nights," thanks to extra attention to 

selection of costumes and the girls to wear them. It 

was a promotion for the opening at the Hillendale 

Theatre and Ritchie Drive-In. 

Cruise to Bermuda 

Aids 'Brass Bottle' 

A free cruise contest, the appearance of 

harem princesses and a magic show garnered 

over $3,000 worth of radio and television 

publicity for "The Brass Bottle" at 

the Edmondson Village Hillendale Theatre 

and Ritchie Drive-In in Baltimore. 

Robert Kriger arranged a multiple tiein 

with Caribbean Cruise Lines, TV station 

WJZ-TV, travel agencies and the theatres. 

A "Brass Bottle" Magic Vacation Cruise 

for Two to Bermuda was featured daily 

on two TV programs, along with additional 

spot announcement backup from the station. 

Newspaper ads, theatre displays and 

travel agency window displays also were 

utilized. The winner was selected from entries 

dropped into the brass bottles at the 

theatres or TV station. The drawing and 

award was made live on the Mike Douglas 

TV show. 

Another facet of the promotion was using 

Bob McAllister, a WJZ-TV personality 

and magician, to make personal appearances 

with "The Brass Bottle" Princesses 

and put on a magic show at the Edmondson 

Village and Hillendale Theatre. The 

appearance was plugged daily on the Bob 

and Lorenzo Show. 

"The Brass Bottle" Princesses, two local 

models dressed in harem costumes, were 

seen around town a week before the opening. 

They worked through opening day 

visiting the theatres, appearing on TV and 

radio and visiting the newspaper critics 

and editors, to whom they gave brass bottles 

of champagne. 

Toy Balloon Contest Puts 

'White Stallions' in Air 

A children's zoo sponsored "A Plight of 

the White Balloon" contest arranged by 

Brian P. L. Bint, manager of the Odeon 

Theatre in Manchester, England. The zoo 

supplied balloons, properly plugging the 

zoo and the "Plight of the White Balloon." 

With each balloon went a three-part card, 

one to be retained by sender, another to be 

carried by the balloon and a third to be 

sent in by the finder. 

The sender of the balloon traveling the 

greatest distance received £5, the equivalent 

of about $25 U.S. 

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WARNER BROS. 

3 For Love or Money (108) C..6319 

Kirk Douglas. .Mit2i Gaynor, 

©Rampaoe 

liobeit Mitchum, 

(98) Ad.. 353 

Jlartinelli, 

Elsa 

lla\^kins 

Oig Yoiiiii;. Thelina Rltter 

Jack 

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i©Charade (120) ® . . . MyC. .6401 

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Cary Grant. Audrey Hepburn, 

Walter Matlhau. James Coburn 

lYouno and Willino (112) . .D. .6402 

Virginia Maskell. Paul Rogers 

IQDarli Purpose (97) ....D..6403 

Shirley Jones. Rossano Brazzi, 

George Sanders. Pre-release 

and Scel< (90) D .6406 

Curt Jurgens, Janet Munro 

Rock Hudson. Paula Prentiss, 

Maria Perschy 

©Captain Newman (126) CD.. 6407 

(Sregory Peck. Tony Curtis, 

Angle 

Dickinson 

©The Brass Bottle (89) . .C. .6409 

Tony Randall, Burl Ives, 

Barbara Eden 

The Raiders (75) Dr.. 6410 

Robert (Slip. Brian Keith, 

Judi Meredith 

Nightmare (S3) Bus.. 6415 

David Knight, Moira Redmond 

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©The Evil of Frankenstein 

(86) Ho.. 6414 

Peter Cushlng, Katby Wild 

©Bedtime Story (99) C. 

Marlon Brando, David Nlven, 

Shirley 

Jones 

©Marnie 

D..6418 

Tippi Hedren, Sean Conner? 

©The Island of the Blue Dolphins... 

Celia Kaye. George Kennedy 

©McHale's Navy 

Emesl Borgnine. Joe Flyiui, Tim 

©Mary, Mary (126) C. .354 

Debbie Reynolds, Nelson, 

Barry 

Michael liennic 

©Palm Springs Weekend 

(100) CD. 355 

Troy Donahue, Stevens 

Connie 

Dead Ringer (115) D..357 

Bette Dails. Karl Maiden 

3r. Crippcn (98) D. .361 

Donald Pleasence, Justice 

J. R. 

America America (168) ...D..35S 

Giallelis, Stathis Elena Karam 

Act One (110) D..352 

Jason Robards jr., George 

Hamilton, Eli Wallach 

He Rides Tall (84) ....W..6408 ©A Distant Trumpet (117) D . . . . 363 

Tony Young. Jo Morrow, Dan Duryea 

Troy Donahue, Suzaime Pleshette 

FBI Code 98 (104) D..364 

Jack Kelly. Ray Dant«n. 

Andrew Duggan 

©Robin and the 7 Hoods 

(?) (120) C..365 

Frank Sinatra. Dean Martin 

Sex and the Single Girl C. 

Tony Curtis. Natalie Wood 

A. D. P. 

©Bullet for Billy the Kid 

(62) West.. Nov 63 

Stcit 

lirodic 

ARTKINO 

The Great Battle of Europe 

(60) Doc. .Jan 64 

ASTOR 

During One Night (84) D.. 

lion Borisenko, Susan Hamr>shire 

Five Minutes to Live (80) Cr. 

Johruiy Cash, Donald Woods 

BOXOFFICE SPECTACULARS 

©Blood Feast 

(71) Ho. .MeloDr. .Sep 63 

Tlliimas Mai Arnold 

Wood. 

©Two Thousand Maniacs 

(84) Ho Melo..Mar64 

Connie Mason. Thomas Wood 

Scum of the Earth! (75) .. MeloDr. . 

Vickie Miles. Thomas S^veetwood 

Sandra Sinclair 

BRENNER, JOSEPH ASSOCIATES 

Karate (80) Ad.. 

Joel Holt. Frank Blaine 

Ravaged (73) Semi Doc. . 

CINEMA DISTRIBUTORS OF 

AMERICA 

Flesh Eaters. The (92) SF..Jan64 

Peter Koslect, Barbara Wilkin 

Russ Harvev, Kim Lee 

Week-End (84) D.. Feb 64 

Jens Cstcrholm, Bruel 

Birg'.t 

©Handle With Care 

(82) Mus. .Mar 64 

Georgia Green (all Negro) 

Carr, Otis 

CROWN-INTERNATIONAL 

Terrified (81) Ac. Sep 63 

Rod Lauren, Tracy Olsen 

As Nature Intended (64) D.. Oct 63 

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Pamela Green 

The Skydivers (75) .. .Adv. .Nov 63 

(The Dream Maker (86) ..M..6404 ©The Incredible Mr. 

Ke\in Casey. Eric Tomlin 

Tommy Steele, Michael Medwin Limpet (99) C. .359 

Madmen of Mandoras 

Don Knotts. Carol Cook, Jack 

(75) SF..Nov63 

©Man's Favorite Sport? 

.Andrew Duggan 

Weston, Walter Stocker, Audrey Caire 

(120) C..6405 

DAVIS DISTRIBUTORS 

©Passion Holiday 

(75) Melo..Nov63 

Cliristy Hall 

Foushee. Linda 

The Magic Fountain 

(77) Fairy Tale.. May 64 

Sir Cedric Haidwicke, Hans 

The Jolly Genie 

(41) Fantasy. .Jan 64 

A Swingin' AffaT (85) Dr.. Dec 63 

Arline Judê. Bill Wellman 

Two Living One Dead 

(92) Dec 63 

Virginia Travers 

McKenna. Bill 

©Halfway Honeymoon 

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Ludmilla Anthony Tcherina. Steele 

EVE PRODUCTIONS 

©Europe In the Raw 

(70) Novelty. Nov 63 

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©The Incredibly Strange Creatures 

Who Stopped Living and Became 

Mixed Up Zombies! 

(. .) Mus. .Feb 64 

Ca.* Brandt. C:irolyn Biandt 

©What's Up Front (S3)..Jun64 

Tommy Holden. Marilyn Mannin-,; 

©Tickled Pink (75) Jul 64 

Tommy Holden, June Pair, 

Margo Mehling 

FALCON 

The Man Who Couldn't 

Walk (64) Adv.. Jan 64 

Eric Pohlman, Reynolds, Pat 

Peter 

Clavin 

The Great Armored Car 

Swindle (59) Mys.. April 64 

FANFARE 

The Playgirls and Vampire 

the 

(76) Ho MeloDr. Aug 63 

Lyla Maria Giovannini 

Rocco. 

FILM-MAKERS 

Twiee a Man 

(60) Exper Feat.. Dec 63 

Paul Klib. Albert Torgersen 

FUTURAMIC-SR 

The Glass Cage 

(841/2) Sus Dr. Dec 63 

.lolm Hoyt. Bli.sha Cook 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Lonnie (75) Sus Or Dec 63 

Siiilt Marlon c. Frank Sllvera 

GILLMAN FILMS 

Strange Lovers (73) D . . Mar 64 

Walter Koenlg, Sally l.c Cuycr. 

Elaine Kaye 

GLOBE 

Journey Into Nowhere 

(75) Sus Dr. .Dec 63 

Sciuja Tony Wright 

Ziemann. 

The Ship of Condemned 

Women (S3) Melo. .Nov 63 

Kfiima. Ktti.ru Manui 

GORTON ASSOCIATES 

Panic Button (90) C.Apr 

Maurice Chevalier. Jayne Mansfield. 

Elcaniir 

Parker 

GOVERNOR 

Carry On Regardless 

(87) C. .Jul 63 

Sidney Connor 

.lames. Kenneth 

. The Lady Doctor (103) 63 

DcSica, Tolo 

Abhe Lane. Vittorio 

A Touch of Hell (87) D.. Feb 64 

Antlumy Quale. Saiali Churchill 

Tomorrow at Ten (SO) . 64 

.Inliii Gri-s-ini. Alir Chines 

HANSEN ENTERPRISES-SR 

The SI. me People 

(60) Ho.. Oct 63 

Robert Hulton, Lcs Ti emayne 

The Crawling Hand 

(89) SF..0ct63 

Peter Brock. Kent Taylor, 

Rod Lauren 

HARLEQUIN-SR 

Promises! Promises! 

(75) C. Oct 63 

Jayne Mansfield. Marie McDonald 

HERTS-LION INT'L 

©The Telegian 

(75) © ScFic..Feb64 

Dungeons of Horror (74) Ho. .Feb 64 

i:u« Harvey 

©Gorilla (90) © Adv. .Mar 64 

Gia Petry 

The Captives (75) ..Adv.. Mar 64 

Christine Dneimar. Susan Korda 

Bay of St. Michel (90). .D. .Apr 64 

Kcenan Wynn. Mai Zetterling 

©White Hunter (86) 

(Si Doc. .Apr 64 

George Michael, June Michael 

JANUS 

Sparrows Can't Sing 

(93) C. .Jun 63 

James Booth, Barbara Windsor 

Hea/ens Above (117) C. .Jun 63 

Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker. Brock 

Peters 

The Face of War (105) Doc. Nov 63 

Just Once More (78) Melo. .Aug 63 

Lilli Gfl.sta Bergman, Ekman 

. . Nurse on Wheels (86) .C. Nov 63 

Juliet Mills. Ronald Lewis 

The Guest (105) D. .Feb 64 

Conried. Buddy Baer 

Imnald Pleasence. Alan Bates 

Pair of Briefs. A (90). Com.. Sep 63 

James Robertson Justice, Mary Vt.ich KENNEDY 

Iron Angel (71) ..War D . 64 

EMERSON FILM ENTERPRISES Jim Davis, Margo Wood 

Monstrosity (65) Ho. .Sep 63 

Erika Peters. Judy Bamber LAKE ENTERPRISES 

There Is Still Room in Hell 

(90) Sus Dr.. Jul 63 

Barbara Valenlin, Paul Glawlon 

LANDAU CO. 

The Servant (115) ....D. May 64 

liirk Kogarde. Sarali Jlilcs 

LOPERT FILMS 

©Tom Jones (131) C. Oct 63 

Albert Finney. Susannah York 

©Murel (115) D..Nov63 

©Buddha (134) D.. Jan 64 

Knjino Honga. Machiko Kyo 

MEDALLION 

©Alone Against Rome 

(100) (S) Dec 63 

llnssana Podesla. Jeffries Lang 

©The Witch's Curse 

(78) ^ D. Nov 63 

Kirk Mori is. Helene Channel 

The Wastrel (84) D 64 

Van Heflin. Ellie Ijrmbetti 

©The Avenger (108) (§) D . 64 

ricve Reeies. Oipla Marlirr 

©Duel of Champions 

(. .) © D. .May 64 

Man Ladd 

©Inasion 1700 (..) fi D.. May 64 

Jeanne Crain. John D. Barrymnre 

MOTION PICTURE INVESTORS 

The Checkered Flag (S3) . - Jul 63 

Rii-l\-n Kill-. Charl.-< G Martin 

MPA FEATURE FILMS 

Four for the Morgue (S4)..Ac 

Stacy Harris. Lonls Sirgo 

PACEMAKER PICTURES 

©Fire in the Flesh 

(SO) MeloDr. .Jul 63 

Claudine luiiini- Krno Crisa 

PARADE RELEASING ORG. 

©Cavalry Command 

(84) Ad.. Oct 63 

.lohn Agar. Richard Arlen, MjTon 

Mealy 

Rel. 

Date 

Shell Shock (84) Drama. . .Jan 64 

Uracil lllckerson, Carl fruw 

©Ballad of a Gunfighter 

(84) Ad. .Mar 64 

Marly llubbins 

The Starfighters (78) .. May 64 

Kiibirt Innnan, llichard Jordabl 

PROMINENT FILMS 

Macbeth (120) D. Oct 63 

.Mam Ice Evans. Judith Anderson 

RANK-ZENITH 

No. My Darling Daughter! 

(95) Com. .Feb 64 

.\licha.-l Michael Craig 

linlKr.ne. 

In Ihe Doijhouse (84) Com . 64 

Lrsli.- I'hilliii'.. \'rAM Cummins 

RIVIERA PRODUCTIONS 

©The Starfighters (81) Jan 64 

ROYAL FILMS INT'L 

( .) The Steppe Dr. .Oct 63 

diaries Vaiiel. Marina Vlady 

The Reluctant Saint (105).. CO.. 

Maximilian Schell. Iticardo 

Montalban 

of The Hunchback Rome 

(84) MeloDr. .Nov 63 

Gerald Maria Ferrrru 

Blain, Anna 

©Love on a Pillow 

(102) © Dr.. Jan 64 

B igitte Bardot. Robert Hossein 

Suddenly It's Murder 

(90) © Com. .Jan 64 

Vittorio Gassman, Silvana Mangano 

Red Lips (90) D.. Mar 64 

Christine Kaufmann. Gahrlelle 

Ferzeti 

SEVEN ARTS 

Small World of Sammy 

Lee (105) Aug 63 

Anthony Neuley, Julia Foster 

©The Giant of Metropolis 

(92) Sc F Sep 63 

Gonliin Mitobell. Bella Cortez 

©The Invisible Glad ator 

(96) Adv.. Sep 63 

Richard Isabelle Corey 

Harrison. 

No Tree in the Street 

(96) Melo.. Feb 64 

Sylvia Syms. Herbert Loni 

SHAWN INTERNATIONAL 

Greenwich Village Story 

(95) D., July 63 

Robert Hogan. Melinda Plank 

Night Encounter 

(80) War Dr. .Jan 64 

TIMES FILMS 

©The Grand Olympics 

(120) Doc .Apr 64 

TRANSOCEAN FILMS 

to Ordered Love (82) . .D. .Aug 63 

Maria Perschy, Harry Meyen 

TRANS-LUX 

The Burning Court (102) Aug 63 

Nadja Tiller, Jean-Claude Brialy 

ULTRA PICTURES 

Love on the Riviera 

(88) Com Dr,.Aug63 

Marccllo Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi 

UMPO 

Double Deception 

(101) My. .Jul 63 

Jacciucs Kessler, 

Riberolles. Alice 

Hlen Kessler 

UNION 

The Break (80) Adv. .Sep 63 

Tony Britton. William Lucas 

The Playgirl and the War 

Minister (90) . .. Nov 63 

Ian Carmichael. Joan Greenwood 

The Laugh Makers (80) Com.. Nov 63 

Ring Crosby. Bob Hope 

The Sound of 

Laughter (75) Dec 63 

.Ml Star Comedy 

VERMONT PRODUCTIONS 

Hallelujah the Hills (82) . . . .C. 

Pel IT 11. Brard. Sheila Finn 

VICTORIA 

Violated Paradise 

(67) Doc. .July 63 

Narration: Thomas L. How, Paillette 

Girard 

Psychomania (90) Mys Mar 64 

Lee Phillips. Slicpperd Striidwick 

WESTFIELD PRODUCTIONS 

©Playgirls International 

(71) Doc. .Dec 63 

Belly Anilreus. Eileen Traynor 

WOOLNER BROS. 

Edgar Allan Poe's Castle of 

Blood (91) Ho Apr 64 

Barbara Steel. Riviere 

George 

©Hercules in the Haunted 

World (89) ® Ho Apr 64 

Christopher Lee. Res Parks 

Invasion From the Moon 

(86) SF. .Jun 64 

ZENITH 

©Tiara Tahiti (100) D. Nov 63 

James Mason. John Mills 

An Affair of the Skin 

(102) D.. Jan 64 

Viveca Lindfors. Kevin McCarthy 

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