Boxoffice-November.14.1966

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE EDITION • NOVEMBER 14, 1966 

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TOTAL OF 64 FOR THREE MONTHS 

Majors to Release 24 

Films in November 

By FRANK LEYENDECKER 

NEW YORK—With the addition of 24 

new releases from the major companies for 

November, the month that includes three 

hohdays. Thanicsgiving. Election Day and 

Veterans' Day, the total number of pictures 

for the first three months of the 1966-67 

selling season is 64, seven more than the 57 

released by these same companies during the 

same period in 1965-66. In addition, there 

will be one new picture each from Lopert 

Pictures. Governor Films. Childhood Productions 

and Comet Films in November. 

The 24 for November is more than the 22 

released in November 1965. 

Among the outstanding pictures in color 

for release before or during the Thanksgiving 

period are "Hotel Paradiso." "The 

Liquidator." "Texas Across the River." "The 

Professionals." "Not With My Wife, You 

Don't" and several aimed at the teenage set, 

Elvis Presley's ".Spinout." Ann-Margret's 

"The Swinger." "Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl 

Bombs" and "Counterfeit Constable," as 

well as :iction pictures like "A Pistol for 

Ringo." "Rampage at Apache Wells." "I 

Deal in Danger" and "Nashville Rebel." 

The few in black-and-white are "Georgy 

Girl," recommended for Mature Audiences, 

"The Fortune Cookie" and "Mata Hari 

Agent H-2r' and "The Shameless Old 

Lady." the latter two foreign made. 

Both "Hawaii." in color, and "Is Paris 

Burning?" are being shown at reserved-seat 

engagements only in November. 

Once again, more of the November releases 

were filmed abroad, most of these in 

Europe, only eight of the 24 having been 

filmed in the U.S. 

Broken down by companies, the November 

1966 releases are: 

Ai I n:i) Artists—No November release. 

"Run for Your Wife" was listed as an 

October Movie Month release. 

American International— "Dr. Goldfoot 

and the Girl Bombs." in color, filmed 

in Italy with Vincent Price. Fabian and 

Franco and Ciccio: and "Nashville Rebel." 

in color with Tex Ritter and Faron Young 

starred. AlP released three pictures in October, 

none in September. 

BuENA Vista—No November release. BV 

released "The Fighting Prince of Donegal" 

in October. 

Coi.UMiiiA — "The Professionals." in 

color, starring Burt Lancaster. Lee Marvin, 

Robert Ryan. Jack Palance and Claudia 

Cardinale: "Georgy Girl," made in England 

with Lynn Redgrave. James Mason and 

Alan Bates starred, and "Rampage at 

Apache Wells," made in Germany in color. 

siarring Stewart Granger. Columbia released 

four films in October, one in September. 

Continental— "Crazy Quilt," with Tom 

Rosqui. and "The Shameless Old Lady." 

made in France with Sylvic starred. Continental 

released one each in October and 

September. 

Embassy— "A Pistol for Ringo." made in 

Italy in color with Montgomery Wood 

starred; 'O.S.S. 117— Mission for a Killer." 

made in Brazil in color with Frederick Stafford 

and Mylene Demongeot. and "Where 

the Bullets Fly." made in England with Tom 

Adams and Dawn Addams. Embassy released 

two pictures in October, three in 

September. 

Magna— "Mata Hari Agent H-21." made 

in France starring Jeanne Moreau. 

Metro-Goiovvyn-Mayer— "Hotel Paradiso." 

made in France in color, starring Alec 

Guinness and Gina Lollobrigida; "The 

Liquidator." made in England in color, starring 

Rod Taylor, Trevor Howard and Jill 

John, and "Spinout." in color, starring Elvis 

Presley. MGM relea.sed one in October, two 

in September. 

PARAMOUNt— "The Swinger." in color, 

starring Ann-Margret and Tony Franciosa. 

and the roadshow release of "Is Paris Burning'.'" 

made in Paris with Kirk Douglas. 

Glenn Ford and a star cast. Paramount released 

two in October, one in September. 

St. 

Seven Arts— "The Counterfeit Constable," 

made in France in color, starring 

Robert Dhery and Diana Dors; "Once Before 

I Die." made in color in the Philippines, 

with Ursula Andress and John Derek, and 

"Hail Mafia." made in France with llenr\ 

Silva. Michelinc Presle. Jack Klugman and 

Eddie Constantine. Seven Arts released "The 

Defector" for October's Movie Month. 

Twentiemi Century-Fox— "I Deal in 

Danger," made in Germany in color, starring 

Robert Goulet and Christine Carerc; 

"El Greco," made in Spain in color, starring 

Mel Ferrer and Rosanna Schiaffino. 20th- 

Fox released two in October and ihree in 

September, as well as the roadshow "The 

Bible." 

United Artists— "The Fortune Cookie." 

starring Jack Lemmon and Waller Mallhau. 

UA released three in October and one m 

September, as well as the roadshow "Hawaii." 

Universal— "Texas Across the River." 

in color, starring Dean Martin, Alain Delon 

and Rosemary Forsyth. Universal released 

three films in October, one in .September. 

Warner Bros.— "Not With My Wife, 

You Don't," in color, starring Tony Curtis, 

RKO Pictures Formed 

As Film Producer 

NEW YORK—The formation of RKO 

Pictures Co. as a separate entertainnieni 

division of RKO General Corp. to produce 

films for theatrical and television dislribulion 

has been announced here. Robert J. 

Lcder was named president of the new division. 

The new company will continue the activities 

of RKO General Productions as financier, 

producer and distributor of enterlainment 

program, vsith RKO General Productions 

now functioning as the TV department 

of the new division. Other projects ol 

the RKO Pictures Co. include the new 

NLidison Square Garden-RKO General 

Sports Presentations. RKO Cieneral Attraclions 

and RKO Music. In addition. RKO 

Pictures Co. will 

manage the distribution ol 

features controlled by RKO Radio Pictures 

Leder previously was executive vice-president 

of RKO General Broadcasting and 

prior to that was vice-president and general 

manager of its WOR division. 

It was announced that fimction of the 

new division will include financing, produclion 

and distribution of entertainment programing 

including motion pictures. Thf 

company said that in less than a year. RKO 

Cieneral Productions, under I.eder's direction, 

had completed I I motion pictures, pui 

17 more into production and lined up sporting 

events. TV specials and other programing 

for its own stations and international 

exhibition. 

RKO General is a wholly owned subsidiary 

of General Tire & Rubber Co., which 

through its subsidiaries owns and operates 

I 25 motion picture theatres, TV and radio 

stations. .^2 CATV systems and is engaged I 

in the Hartford. Conn.. pa\ T\' experiment. 

Virna Lisi and George C. Scott. WB released 

two in October, one in September. 

lopert Pictures is releasing "I0:.10 PM 

Summer." in color, with Melina Mercouri. 

Peler Finch and Romy Schneider: Governor 

lilnis l^ releasing "Carry On Cabby." next I 

in the British series: Comet Films is releasing 

"The Poppy Is Also a Flower." in color, 

filmed in Europe with a 12-star cast, and 

Childhood Productions is releasing "The 

Christmas That Almost Wasn't," made in 

llaly in color, with Rossano Bra/zi. Paul 

Tripp and Mischa Auer. all of these in 

November 1 966. 

William Tuttle to 9 Keys 

HOI I >\\()()l) Ac.nlcrnv Award-winner 

William Tuttle. MGM head of makeup, 

left on a three-week personal appearance 

lour of nine key cities as pari of the studio's 

coast-to-coast promotion campaign for the: 

new comedy "Penelope." starring Natalie 

Wood. Cities included in Tultle's tour are: 

New Orleans. Charlotte, Washington, New 

York, Philadelphia, Boston. Cleveland. Detroit 

and Chicago. 

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FCC Asks Dissidents 

For Columbia Report 

WASHINGTON—The Federal Comnuinicalions 

Commission last week told Milton 

S. Gould, lawyer for the Columbia Pictures 

dissident group, that he must submit a complete 

report on the plans of his group to the 

FCC. 

A letter signed by FCC secretary Ben F. 

Waple noted correspondence between the 

FCC and both Columbia and Gould and 

said efforts to place six of nine, or seven 

of 1 1 directors by the dissidents "would 

prima facie constitute a change in control 

of Columbia Pictures" and would require 

prior approval by the FCC in the case of a 

company operating radio and television stations. 

The letter directed that Gould "submit 

immediately a complete report" and "copies 

of all agreements," directing that "all oral 

agreements, if any. should be reduced to 

writinc " 

Stockholders Are Briefed 

On Columbia's Progress 

ÔRK.— In the annual report to 

Pictures stockholders, president 

A. Schneider and executive vice-president 

Jaffe told shareholders that the company 

is well advanced with its program of 

pictures for the next two years at least and 

asserted that Columbia feels "confident that 

the improved results now being reflected 

continue and that the trend, combined 

with the continued gains from our diversi- 

ter year." 

Schneider and Jaffe pointed to the success 

of recent releases such as "The Silenc- 

"Born Free" and "The Trouble With 

Angels," and added: "A development of significance 

was the recent showing on televi- 

sion of 'The Bridge on the River Rwai," giving 

"emphasis to the popularity of outstand- 

ing films as network fare." and making "immistakably 

clear that movies, both old and 

are more valuable than ever. Our own 

of over 1.000 feature films represents 

an asset appreciably greater than previously 

anticipated." 

The report notes that Screen Gems. TV 

subsidiary 88 per cent owned by Columbia. 

to reinforce its commanding position." 

with new highs in gross and earnings 

recorded for the eighth straight year. 

"We ha\e re.iligned our sales policies and 

personnel which should add to our effectiveness 

and our potential." the Columbia executives 

continued. "Many younger men have 

key positions to pursue aggressive- 

the plans we have for the marketing of 

product. Our goal is maximum effort 

and maximum return." 

The company reported consolidated net 

earnings of S2.292.000. or SI. 11 per share. 

for the year ended June 25. compared with 

$2,024,000. or 97 cents per share, the previous 

year. 

BOXOFFICE ;: November 14, 1966 

$137,000 in Free Ads 

In S. Cal. Movie Month 

Charts showing the gratifyinj; achievements of National Mii>le Month promotions 

in southern California are displayed, left to right, by Sherriil C'or«in. 

N.\rO president; Bruce Corwin. co-chairman of National Mo\le Month for 

southern California; Roger Bower, southern California coordinator, and Robert 

Selig, co-chairman with Bruce Corwin. 

LOS ANGELES—The southern California 

campaign for National Movie Month 

resulted in more than SI 37.000 in various 

advertising media space and time, it was 

announced by Robert \V. Sclig and Bruce 

Corwin, co-chairmen for the National Ass'n 

of Theatre Owners" area committee. The 

estimated value of advertising promoted by 

the committee during the .September and 

October campaign included full-page newspaper 

space. 24-shect billboards, radio and 

TV lime. 

"The Southern California Theatre Owners 

undertook the 

Ass'n. as well as NATO itself, 

job of promoting National Movie Month this 

year, even though we realized we would be 

facing the handicap of a late start with our 

program." .Selig said. "The 'Month' could not 

he given official recognition until mid-July, 

when NATO had assurance that .i respectable 

lineup of product would he available. 

"Then pictures were being dropped and 

added by distributors as late as August and. 

in one instance, in September. This made it 

difficult for us to bring out our 12-page fullcolor 

tabloid in time to get the tremendous 

national distribution that would have resulted 

if sample copies had been available in 

time for NATO's committees around the 

country. The same delay limited the national 

use of our full-page newspaper mat and the 

star radio tapes we made available to fellow 

exhibitors. These materials were put to effective 

use in the southern California area. 

"It is our opinion that this National 

Movie Month campaign here is an indication 

of the tremendous potential which 

awaits us in future years, when plenty of 

advance notice of the films to be released 

and early dissemination of necessary information 

to the whole industry will enable 

all of us to simply flood the nation with 

moviedom's good news. It is too early to 

evaluate the hoxoffice results of the campaign." 

Among notable promotional achievements 

of the southern California campaign, as 

listed by Selig and Corwin. were: more than 

20 full pages devoted to National Movie 

Month b\ area newspapers: more than 2.000 

radio and TV spots promoted by the advertising 

agencies committee, with Columbia's 

Jack Berwick as chairman and including the 

Braverman-Mirisch. Clifford Gill. Goodman 

Organization. Dciner. Hauser and Cireenihal. 

Lennen and Newell. Charles .Schlaifer. 

W. H. .Schneider and J. Waller Thompson 

agencies. The co-chairmen also noted the 

distribution of 7.50.000 copies of the 12-page 

color tabloids, the contribution of 25 24- 

sheet billboards by Foster and KIciser and 

15 by Pacific Outdoor .Advertising. 

Selig and Corwin thanked the 1.17 members 

of the various committees which had 

contributed to the success of the National 

Movie Month promotions, including the exhibitors 

committee of the whole, the studioexchange 

committee, advertising agency 

committee and tabloid distribution commillee. 

Roger Bower. SCTOA Movie Month coordinator, 

has compiled a 27-pagc brochure 

covering the promotional campaign for distribution 

to NATO's regional associations 

.md the publicity and advertising directors 

of distribution companies which look part 

in National Movie Month. 

Alex Izzord of Vendo Dies 

KANSAS CITY—Alex Izzard. 55. vicepresident 

of public relations of the Vendo 

Co., died Sunday (6). He joined Vendo in 

I94.T. Surviving are his wife, Margaret Williamson 

Izzard, a son, a daughter, a brother 

and a grandson.

Michigan Allied Warns 

Of Double Daylight Time 

— DEROIT "The federal government will 

require that all clocks in Michigan be advanced 

two hours ahead of regular time 

next April . . Michigan will be the only 

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state penalized in this manner." Michigan 

exhibitors arc warned in a letter by Milton 

H. London, president of Allied Theatres of 

Michigan, continuing that organization's 

sturdy battle against the sweeping omnibus 

scope of the Uniform Time Act of 1966. 

Dusk Would Come at 10 p.m. 

As a result "it would not get dusk in July 

until about 10 o'clock at night," London 

pointed out, leaving the impact on boxoffice 

to be inferred. More important from the 

general citizen's standpoint, perhaps in October 

it means "requiring children to walk 

to school in pre-duwn darkness. It would 

also remain dark throughout the morning 

rush hour, increasing accidents and traffic 

jams." 

"Michigan is the only state in the Union 

which is entirely on daylight saving time all 

year round," London explained. "We have 

been observing Eastern Standard Time, although 

all of Michigan is actually in the 

Central Time Zone. This causes the sun to 

rise and set one hour later in Michigan 

throughout the year than it does in Boston, 

New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles," 

among the paradoxical absurdities the new 

law would compound to confusion. 

Frankly acknowledging that "this lime 

problem is the most complex and difficult 

task ever undertaken by your association," 

London concedes "the obstacles seem insurmountable," 

because of the onerous time 

schedule imposed by Congress upon the 

state legislature, making effective action in 

time almost a logical impossibility. 

Wants No Public 

Controversy 

"It is our purpose to accomplish the necessary 

legislation quietly and without public 

controversy," London said, in effect informing 

exhibitors but asking them not to make 

a public issue of the matter. "Our job is primarily 

legislative and educational ... As 

in the past, we have resisted all pressures 

to dramatize the problems and to take advantage 

of the 'opportunity' to raise large 

sums of money from our members . . . We 

are proud of our track record, and of accomplishing 

the impossible when necessary." 

Allied, largely through general counsel 

David Newman and legislative chairman 

Lyie .Smith, has mounted full-scale offensive 

quietly to protect the state's time situation. 

Many meetings have been held with state 

officials, key legislators, newspaper editors, 

educators, farm bureau executives, religious 

authorities, labor union leaders and many 

other molders of public opinion. 

Typical of the support already enlisted, 

in addition to the Detroit Free Press, previously 

reported, is the Grand Rapids Press, 

leading western state daily, which headlined 

an editorial "Daylight Saving Nonsense." 

Further support came from the (Lansing) 

State Journal, published in the Michigan 

capital with its editorial headline, "Michigan 

Should Act to Avert Confusion." This paper 

especially took up the cudgels against the 

30-year attempt of the Interstate Commerce 

Commission to split the state's times by assigning 

each of its two peninsulas to different 

zones—an ICC rule that has been illegal 

and generally ineffective in Michigan by 

statute for some 20 years. 

There was at one time a secessionist 

movement to establish the Upper Peninsula 

as a separate State of Superior, and the Slate 

Journal strongly opposes the time change 

proposals as a new threat to the state's unity. 

The existing time situation is generally 

accepted, the editor maintains, and points 

to the complexities that would result from 

any change — "such confusion has not existed 

in Michigan since Eastern Standard was 

adopted in 1947." 

FCC Asked to Defer Action 

On Merger at ABC-ITT 

WASHINGTON—The Justice Department 

on Friday (4) made public a letter in 

which it has asked the Federal Communications 

Commission to defer final action on a 

proposed merger of American Broadcasting 

Companies into the International Telephone 

& Telegraph Corp. 

The letter told the FCC that studies thus 

far "indicate that substantial antitrust questions 

are presented." The letter, from antitrust 

chief Donald F. Turner to FCC chairman 

Rosel H. Hyde, noted that the DofJ 

has "been conducting an intensive study of 

the possible antitrust effects" of the merger. 

It pointed out that no definite decisions have 

been reached and that ihc Department might 

decide the merger would be all right, but that 

"analysis to date now indicates a sufficient 

possibility of significant anti-competitive 

effects to warrant a delay in FCC approval." 

Hyde wrote the DofJ on October 2.S asking 

its opinion on the antitrust question. 

National General to Film 

'Dream of Kings' in '67 

NEW YORK.—"A Dream of Kings," one 

of the major literary works of the year by 

Harry Mark Petrakis and on best seller lists, 

has been acquired for the screen by National 

General Productions, filmmaking arm of 

National Cieneral Corp.. it wa.s announced 

by Irving H. Levin, executive vice-president 

of NGC and head of the company's motion 

picture operations. Production start is scheduled 

for late next year and will mark the 

seventh major film under the NGP banner. 

Para. Promoles Davis 

To Executive V-P 

NhW YORK.— Paramount 

in a series of key cxecuii\c 

has named Martin S. 

Davis, 39, to the newly 

created post of executive 

vice-presidcTii 

and to membership on 

the executive committee. 

The appointments, 

announced b\ 

Paramount president 

George Weltner. were 

the first since the company 

became a subsidiary 

of Gulf & 

Martin S. Davis 

Western Industries, Inc. last month. 

Davis has been a vice-president and executive 

assistant to Weltner since April. 

Bernard Donnenfeld and Robert Evans 

were named to share responsibility for operating 

the Hollywood studio and its worldwide 

production activities. Donnenfeld was 

named vice-president in charge of production 

administration and studio operations 

and Evans was naitied vice-president for 

production. Evans is a former actor and 

apparel industry executive. Donnenfeld previc)usl\ 

was associate head of the studio, 

under Howard W. Koch, who earlier this 

v\cek became an independent producer for 

Paramount. 

George H. Ornstein was named vicepresident 

in charge of European production 

w ith headquarters in London. 

Busy November Schedule 

Of Trips for Valenti 

Ni;W YORK Jack J. Valenti. president 

of the Motion Picture Ass'n of America, 

back after a month's absence in Europe and 

the Far East, embarked immediately on a 

busy November schedule. His home town, 

Houston. Tex., held a testimonial dinner for 

Valenti Thursday (10). 

This week. Valenti is scheduled to report 

on the European phase of his trip to a 

meeting of the MPAA board of directors. 

That meeting is tentatively set for Tuesda> 

(15) and Valenti may hold a press conference 

afterward. 

On November 21, Valenti will be the 

principal speaker at the annual Motion Picture 

Pioneers dinner. He then plans to appear 

at the Acapulco Film Festival, being 

held November 15-27 and may subsequently 

visit Mexico City and several Latin America 

capitals. 

During his recent trip abroad, Valenti 

visited association, industry and government 

officials in London, Paris and Rome before 

flying to the Far East to accompany President 

Johnson on part of his Asian tour. 

Correction 

Ihc firm acquiring Hanna-Barbera Productions 

is Taft Broadcasting Co., not 

Metromedia, as was inadvertently stated in 

the Boxoffice editt>rial in the November 7 

issue. 

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iôy Brewer Named Studio 

iead for Allied Artists 

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Il'CIciI .i--"" Ni.inl \ Ci-'-prcs iljiil ot Allied 

Artists, will ;'ssumc the post ol studio maniger 

which was vacated hy the retirement 

)f Georgj B'atchford October 21. Brewer 

eft for Hollywood Noveml-er 5 and will 

ront.nue to h;indle the West Coast phase of 

tny future product acquisition or production 

[natters for .A.\ in addition to his studio 

pianagwT duties. 

joined the company in 1953 as 

(idminislrative assistant in Hollywood and. 

In 1955. CHme to New York to set up a 

hranch operation procedure and acted as 

lead of this department. Later, he became 

idministrai.vo sales assistant to Ed Morey, 

Ivho was then acting as general sales manager. 

In February 1965. he was appointed 

by Claude Giroux as manager of product 

development. Prior to his .Mlied .Xrtisis 

Iposl, Brewer was in charge of the West 

iCoast office of lATSE. Blatchford seized 

1.AA for over 12 years as controller and assistant 

treasurer. 

Robert Weitman Named 

Walsh Salute Chairman 

ÔRK— Robert M. Wcitnun. 

Ivice-president in charge of production lor 

MOM in Culver City, is serving as studio 

Ichairman for the silver anniversary salute 

itii Richard F. Walsh which will be' held at 

!lhe Americana Hotel in New ^'ork Deccni- 

!ber 3. according to Jack J. Valenti, gener.il 

jchairman of ihe d nncr-dance. 

Weitman's committee for the salute 

to the lATSE international president will 

|be Harold Mirisch. Mirisch Bros.: Walt 

Disney: 

i Richard Zanuck. 20th Centurv- 

Fox: Mike Frankovich. Columbia Pictures: 

{Howard Koch. Paramount: Herb Jafle. 

United Artists: Tom McDermoit. Four 

Star Television: Waller McEwen. Warner 

Bros,: Milton R. Raekmil. Universal, and 

I ucille Ball. Desilu Productions. 

Weitman replied lo Salenti's annmincement 

w.th " I have be>.-n closely associated 

in all labor relations with Mr. Walsh lor 

many years and have found him to be a 

dedicated individual and one who is honest 

and reliable, weighing all statements 

very carefully in order to make a contract 

equitable lo all parties concerned. Mr. 

Walsh has molded the lATSF into a unifieil 

i>rganization comprising the United Stales, 

as well as Canada. He has had his trials 

and tribulations in making this organization 

an outstanding pari of the motion pic 

ture industry where all individuals and f.iclors 

work very closely together in order to 

reach decisions so that the industry can 

go forward successfully. This Salute is a 

worthwhile and well-earned tribute to an 

outstanding person in our industry." 

Weiiman. who attended ihe Paranunini 

Ir.iining school for managers, had his lirsi 

assignment at the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre 

and then was promoted to city manager 

for Paramount-Publi.x in the metropolitan 

area. In 1935. he became managing 

director of the Paramount Theatre in Times 

Square and rose to become vico-prcsidenl 

ol I niKd I'.iramount Theatres. 

Century Ad Acknowledges 

Rogers Contributions 

\l \\ M)KK.- The ( jimirs Theatre cir- 

CLiil. which was recently acclaimed for ils 

record-selling Will Rogers audience collec 

lions, has set a new first by following 

through with a novel "thank-you" to their 

patrons. Shortly after the outstanding contributions 

were announced. Century vicepresident 

Martin Newman and Melvin 

\ronson. Century executive in charge of 

ihe Will Rogers campaign, placed a paragraph 

of acknowledgement in all Cenlurv 

Theatre ads. 

The following copy used by Century 

Ihealres is recommended by the Will Rogers 

Committee for use by other theatres. 

who foresee lulurc occ.isions i o solicil c miirihutions 

from their patrons: "We wish to 

express our appreciation to the many patrons 

who contributed so generously to the 

Will Rogers and O'Donnell Memorial Research 

I ahoralories—The Manacement." 

Robert O'Brien to Receive 

March of Dimes Award 

MiW ÔRK Robert H. OBncn. president 

of .MGM. has been named recipient of 

the 1967 March of Dimes "Humanitarian 

Award." which will be presented at a supper-ball 

in his honor at the Americana Hotel 

December 21. according to Basil O'Connor, 

president of the National Foundation. The 

supper-ball will foilow the world premiere 

of MGMs Cinerama feature. "Grand Prix" 

at the Warner Theatre, both events to be a 

benefit for the March of Dimes. 

Spvros P. Skouras. first recipient of the 

March of Dimes Humanitarian Award, is 

chairman of the evening. Other recipients 

of the award, presented annua'ly to an outsianding 

individual in the motion picture 

industry, include Leonard A. Goldenson. 

Jack I.. Warner. Eddie Cantor, Jack Bennv. 

Bob Hope. Danny Kavc and Rex Harrison. 

Reade Names Desiderio 

'Ulysses' 

Assistant 

\| \\ 'lOKK k.ilph I l)e>iderio. who 

recently returned from Dublin where he 

served as assistant director on the Walter 

Reade jr. production of James Joyces 

"Ulysses." has been named special assistant 

to Reade on all matters pertaining to Ihe 

picture, which will be re'eased in the spring 

of 1967. Desiderio will be working primarily 

with Norman Weitman. general sales manager: 

Arthur Rubine. who is coordinating 

ihe publicitv campaign, the foreign sales department 

and the production crew, still 

working in London. 

Desiderio formerly was a member of the 

advertising department of Continental.

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now chase 

the Fox 

*..and lock htm up 

for Christtnas! 

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Chicago Film Festival 

Tops Previous Year 

CHICAGO—The second International 

Film Festival here, which ended Friday (II) 

with the awards hanquet in Wilding Film 

Studios, had a more successful openinu than 

in 1965. All festival events, with the cxccp 

tion of the banquet, were held in ihc l'!,i\- 

boy Theatre. 

The opening Saturday (5) featured producer 

Otto Preminger. In his address he did 

not expound on his own filmmakinj; activities, 

as was anticipated, but talked broadly 

on film festivals in general. 

Favoring festivals. Preminger said each 

such event should have its own characteristics. 

"Here in Chicago you could have one 

strictly for young filmmakers and hold seminars 

after showings of the films. This would 

be belter than giving out prizes, which don"t 

mean anything. 

"I was a judge at Cannes." he explained, 

""and found it's hard to determine winners 

when films like, say "THE BIBI.I-" and "Virginia 

Woolf" are in the same category," 

Harold Lloyd's 1925 film ""The Freshman," 

updated with a soundtrack and a 

priilogue, opened the festival. Titled ""Harold 

l,lo\d"s liinny Side of life,'" the work 

included parts from six other of his early 

comedies. Lloyd was on hand for the presentation, 

which was well received by patrons of 

all 

ages. 

Other films included ""Not Loved," a Polish 

production directed by Janusz Nasfeter, 

and "The King Without Joy,"' a French suspense 

drama. 

Michael J. Kutza jr.. instigator of the 

festival, said he was pleased anil ""o\erwhelmed 

by the audience reaction" this 

year. There were 500 more patrons than last 

year at the opening. 

Koch's Contract Amended 

At Paramount Studio 

HOI I ^ WOOD lli.u.iul W Koch. ParaiiKunil 

I'lclures Mcc-prcsident and studio 

and proiluction head, has reached an agreement 

with the company to amend his contract. 

Koch will relinquish his post as head 

of the studio to form his own independent 

production company. He personally will 

produce three major motion pictures for 

Paramount release, starling with the film 

version of the Broadway comed> hii. "I he 

Odd Couple," next May. 

Koch"s decision to step down from the 

direction of the studio was based entirely 

on his personal preference to prudiico motion 

pictures. He will continue wiih ilic 

company as a consultant and will ilevnte a 

substantial amount of his time to this assignment. 

The change becomes effective 

November 21 

Prior to joinmg 

1 

Paramount rn 'Ki4. Koch 

had been involved in independent production 

for almost .^0 years, including his vicepresidency 

at Sinatra Enterprises, where he 

produced some of Frank Sinatra"s most 

successful films. 

Churches Told to Educate 

Congregations on Films 

\l W \()\i,'i(iphy Awards Rules — Hal 

Mohr, chairman: Charles G. Clarke, Farciot 

Edouart, CJcorge J. Folsey, Winlon C. Hoeh 

and Arthur C. Miller. 

Film Editing Award Rules — Rudi A. 

Fehr, chairman; Fred W. Berger. Adriennc 

Fazan, William W. Hornbeck, Warren Low, 

Gene Milford, Eda Warren and William H. 

Ziegler. 

Sound hffeels A ward Rules—Fred Hynes, 

chairman; John O. Aalberg, William M. Andrews. 

Hal Barna, Peter Berkos, Robert L. 

Bratton. Robert O. Cook, James P, Corcoran, 

George Dulton, George R, Groves, 

Richard S. Jensen, John W. Logan, Milo B. 

Lory, Franklin E. Milton, Charles Rice, 

Gordon E. Sawyer, Keith W. Stafford, Josef 

E. von Stroheim, Waldon O. Watson and 

Samuel Woodward. 

Special Visual Effects Award Rules — 

I'arciot Edouart, chairman; L. B. Abbott, 

Darryl Anderson, Howard Anderson, sr.. 

Howard Anderson, jr., Roland Anderson, 

John Bendowski, Saul Biiin. Dick Bond, 

Larry Butler, Carroll Clark, Buddy Cohen, 

Mark Davis, Linwood Dunn. James Elkins. 

Peter Ellenshaw, A. Arnold Gillespie. Don 

Cilouner. James B. Gordon, Sol Halprin. 

Roswell \. Hoffman, Theobold Holsopple, 

L'b Iwerks, J. McMillan Johnson. Hans 

Koenekamp, Leo E. Kuter, Paul Lerpae, 

Cecil Love, Fred Ponedel, Irmin Roberts, 

enroll Shepphird, William Wade and Willi. 

ini L. Widmayer. 

As president of the Academy, Freed 

serves as an ex-officio member of all committees. 

Screen Gems Stockholders 

To Meet November 29 

NEW YORK—.Screen Gems, Inc., will 

hold its annual stockholders meeting November 

29 at (il5 W. .^4lh St. here. All nine 

diieclors are up lor re-election. Thc\ arc 

.\. Schneider. Jerome S. H\ams, Leo Jaffe, 

Samuel J. Briskin, Alfred Hart. Louis J. 

Barbano. Donald S. Stralem, Leo M. 

Blancke and John H. Mitchell. 

The proxy statement lists salaries for the 

executi\es of the Columbia subsidiary and 

notes that Schneider, president, and Jaffe, 

chairman of the finance committee and first 

vice-president, "do not receive any direct 

remuneration from the corporation because 

under their respective employment contracts 

each renders his exclusive service both to 

Columbia and the corporation and their 

salaries are paid h\ Columbia, which is rcimhurseil 

b\ the corporation."" 

10 BOXOFFICE :: November 14, 1966

Ronald Reagan Wins 

Calif. 

Governorship 

l.OS ANGLLKS—Film actor Ronald 

Reagan, in his firsi bid for political office, 

was elected governor of California Tuesday 

(8). defeating Democrat two-term incumbent 

Hdmund G. "Pat" Brown. 

With almost 6.000.000 votes cast in the 

slate. Reagan, when final tabulation is completed, 

is expected to have won the office by 

a I .OOO.OOO-vote majority. Reagan, a Conservative 

Republican, was ahead from the 

start in the vote coimting. and showed the 

expected strength in southern California. 

where more than half of the 8. .100.000 eligible 

voters are concentrated. He also made 

inroads on the northern part of the state. 

normally heavily Democratic. 

Supporters of the actor gave a victory 

celebration early on election night at the 

Biltmore Hotel and among the well-wishers 

was U.S. Sen. George Murphy, former actor 

and also a Republican, who won a Senate 

seat in the 1964 election. 

Weiner. Hoffman to Handle 

'Cinderella' Ballet Film 

NHW NORK— Sanford \V. Weiner. distributor 

head of Art Cinema Booking Service 

Corp.. and Jay K. Hoffman, who recently 

acquired the Bolshoi Ballet film version 

of Prokofiev's ballet. "Cinderella," have 

formed Peartree Productions with a New 

York office to handle the picture in the 

U.S. The "Cinderella" film played four performances 

at Lincoln Center October 2 and 

October 16, but will have a wider release in 

concert halls in other key cities around the 

country and in motion picture theatres as a 

special attraction. Weiner said. Campaigns 

will be devised to attract both children's 

audiences and adult ballet buffs. 

Both Weiner and Hoffman will continue 

their independent activities without connection 

to Peartree but will acquire additional 

product for specialized handling for the new 

firm. 

Official Films Acquires 

16 More Feature Films 

M U YORK Hou.inl H Kocrner. 

operations vice-president, announced Friday 

(4) that Official Films has acquired 16 additional 

feature films for television release and 

theatrical distribution, making a total of 5.1 

such properties on the company's schedule. 

Don Getz. vice-president-international. 

«ho also is in charge of theatrical distribution, 

heads the acquisition program. New 

films include "De L'Amour," starring Elsa 

Martinelli and Anna Karina: "Postman 

Goes to War," with Charles Aznavour: 

"Demarcation Line," with Jean Seberg: 

"Sunday's Heroes." with Marcello Mastroianni 

and Raf V'allone; "Curves in the Road." 

with Gina Lollobrigida: "Who Stole the 

Body'.'" with Elke .Sommner, and "The Starlet," 

with Francoise Dorleac. Seventeen of 

the 53 films are in color. 

AIP Sets Distribution Deals 

In Argentina. Chile. Brazil 

NL\\' \'ORK. -American International 

has renewed its agreement with Argentina's 

Producciones Imperial 

for the distribution 

of current and future 

releases in that country, 

according to Daniel 

P. Skouras. head 

of foreign operations 

for American International 

Export Corp. 

The Dana Andresss 

film. "Spy in Your 

Eye." is one of the 

highest grossing pictures 

in Latin .America, according to Howard 

D. .Seed. AIP export a.ssistant foreign 

manager, who recently returned from a 

three-week visit, this picture being one of 

si.x listed in the Argentine arrangement, the 

others being "Trunk to Cairo." "Dr. Goldfoot 

and the Girl Bombs," "Fireball 500," 

"War Italian Style" and "Ride the High 

Wind." 

Other arrangements concluded by American 

International include one with a leading 

independent distributor in Chile, who 

uill distribute 21 features including the six 

listed above, and a four-picture deal with 

Allied Artists in Chile; the continued distribution 

of AIP product by Royal Filmes 

of Brazil, and Paramount to distribute AIP 

films in Peru. Colombia and Panama. Negotiations 

are underway with several distributors 

in Uruguay, Skouras said. 

Antoni Apostolou. who was recently 

named head of American International 

operations in southern Europe and the 

Middle East, will make his headquarters in 

Rome. Of Greek nationality. Apostolou had 

published a weekly amateur movie review 

by the time he was 18 and he subsequently 

joined the Phillips Co. to become chief of 

publicity and. in 1945. he created a distribution 

organization in Istanbul. For ten years, 

he was chosen as a member of the board of 

directors and as a vice-president of the 

Motion Picture Ass'n of Turkey. Apostolou 

left Turkey in 1962 and has collaborated on 

the importation of films uilh companies in 

(ireece and Italv. 

Two Seven Arts Films Set 

For NY November Bows 

M W VOKK I 

wo new Seven Arts Pictures 

releases are scheduled to open here in 

the next two weeks. "The Defector." produced 

and directed in color in Munich by 

Raoul Levy with Montgomery Clift, Hardy 

Krugcr, Macha Meril and Roddy McDowall 

starred, will open at the Astor, Trans-Lux 

East and Murray Hill theatres Wednesday 

(16). "The Ci>unierfeit Constable." directed 

by and starring Robert Dhery. with Colette 

Brosset. Pierre Olaf and Diana Dors costarred, 

also in color, will open at the Little 

Carnegie on November 21. 

Seven Arts last \tanhattan first run was 

"The Sleeping Car Murder" at the Concert 

in June. 

Harry Arthur Jr. Dies; 

Si. 

Louis Circuit Head 

SI. LOLIS ll,ui> ( \rlhur |i , 

presi- 

Iciit and general manager of Arthur F.nter- 

[iiises. Inc.. died Saturday 

(5) at his home 

m Los Angeles, app.irently 

of a heart 

tilmenl. 

Arthur. 72, was a 

partner and vice-president 

of Fanchon A: 

.M a r c o Enterprises 

and headed its extensive 

theatre operations 

in New York for ^^^^^ ^ ^^f,,,^ j^ 

several years before 

moving to St. Louis .10 years ago to head 

the company's operations here. The company 

was retitled .Arthur Enterprises. Inc.. 

in 1959. when he purchased the F&M holdings. 

The company operates 23 area theatres 

and several more on the West Coast. Three 

new theatres, Ellisville. Lewis & Clark, and 

270 drive-in were erected by the firm in the 

past year, and a fourth de luxe house. Stadium 

Cinema, in the downtown area is under 

construction. 

Arthur was a past president of the .Southern 

California "Theatre Owners Ass'n, and 

was a vice-president of the Principia Corp.. 

connected with the Principia Schools here. 

He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Marie Arthur, 

who resides in Los .Angeles where they 

had moved about two years ago; a son 

Thomas, also of Los Angeles; and a son 

Richard, who is an executive with the St. 

Louis Arthur Enterprises operation; four 

brothers, five sisters and nine grandchildren. 

His brother. Edward, heads the St. Louis 

based firm and brothers James and David 

are executive staff members. 

Funeral services and burial were held 

Tuesday (8) in Los Angeles. 

Kiernan Heads Planning 

For GPE Subsidiary 

1 ARK^ low N. \ ^ I r.mk J. Kiernan 

has been appointed director of planning of 

General Precision Controls. Inc.. a subsidiary 

of General Precision Equipment Corp.. 

it was announced by Louis Putze. president 

of General Precision Controls. 

Kiernan's major responsibility will be to 

develop long-range marketing plans and 

programs, and to coordinate all functions in 

this area for General Precision Controls and 

the companies that are part of it—Controls 

Company of America. Graflex. Inc.. Strong 

Electric Corp.. and National Theatre Suppiv 

Co. 

Kiernan has been vice-president planning 

and administration of Graflex. and previously 

had been vice-president and general 

manager of Graflex since 1962. He joined 

GPE in 1961. He has an MBA in marketing 

from NYU. and graduated from Selon Hall 

in 1951 with a BS in English. He served in 

the Marines from 1946-48. The father of 

eight children, he lives in Rochester with his 

familv. 

BOXOFFICE :: November 14, 1966 II

COMING FROM EME 

miiRCEiio mnsm 

SHOOfMUD 

iDonTunDERSmnD 

With GUIDO ALBERTI • LEOPOLDO TRIESTE • TECLA SCARANO and with EDUARDO De LII 

EDUARDO Oe FILIPPO and SUSO CECCHI D'AMICO Produced by PIlIRO pJU lArdANNl Executive Producer JUoLrn L. Ll/ll

SY FOR CHRISTMA 

. 

are 

The man of the hour 

and the girl of the year 

in 

a motion picture 

about seduction, 

betrayal, murder, 

fireworks... all the 

\ 

stuff that dreams 

made of! 

A MASTER FILM PRODUCTION 

AN EMBASSY PICTURES RELEASE

— 

: 

(in 

a 

LETTERS nust 

Building Community Goodwill 

Thought I would drop you a line with 

some newspaper clippings to keep you 

abreast of happenings with Fletcher & Sons, 

Inc. 

We arc gelling eser nearer to breaking 

ground for our new theatre in Kodiak. II 

the weather will hold off a little longer, 

about November 15 should see us under 

way in KodiakI 

Kcnai looks good for an early spring 

start. This oil-rich area holds the key to 

Alaska's future. I am very happy to be in 

on the ground floor here. God willing, by 

this time ne.xt year we should find ourselves 

breathing a little easier and in a better position 

to do our part in making these communities 

a better place in which to live. 

An example. Mr. Shiyen. of what I believe 

one of our main incentives should be, 

is to reflect a high sense of moral regard for 

everyone in the community. 

I have been attacking this problem by 

continually going after the local ministers 

for cooperation in helping me to obtain 

and to support GOOD FILMS. I have endeavored 

to point out to them that. MANY 

a good wholesome family picture fell by 

the wayside, because of a lack of interest 

by the parish. PTA and other local groups 

that 

speak out ONLY when we have an objectionable 

movie. I tried to point out that 

what is good for the one should also be 

good for the other. I expressed my feeling 

to them that the theatre could do SO 

MLCH GOOD for all in the community, if 

it could only in some way prove its worth. 

But. in order to do this, the local churches 

and organizations would have to exerl their 

efforts as well. 

Enclosed is a letter I received today from 

the local Ministerial Ass"n expressing its 

gratitude. I believe we have not made the 

first breakthrough in showing what can be 

accomplished when ALL. concerned will 

work together toward a common goal. 

BoxoFFiCE keeps me inspired as I knowit 

must do for others. In a sense, it is largely 

responsible for the success we have had in 

many instances, such as the enclosed letter. 

.So together, we have shown "There Is a Better 

Way"'—do not become discouraged, just 

attack the problem in a little different way. 

My sincere best wishes to you and your 

fine staff. 

Liberty Theatre 

Seward. Alaska 

SKIP FLETCHER 

P.S. I am now working on an Easier showing 

possibility with the ministerial groups 

of '"Day of Triumph." 

During the monthly meeting of Ihc 

Seward Ministerial Ass"n held October 18. 

1966. a very favorable report of the showing 

of '"The Restless Ones"" was given. 

It was by unanimous vote that we take 

this time to show our appreciation for your 

wonderful cooperation that you and your 

staff manifested in showing "'The Restless 

be signed. Names withheld on request) 

Ones in the Liberty Theatre. 

We are sure that the preseniaiion ol this 

timely film has been a help to many in our 

community. The Seward Ministerial Ass'n 

wants to thank you for all that you have 

done to make it a success. 

J. LLOYD DEAN 

Enthused Over NMM Campaign 

I'sc so-o-o tired . . . too tired to write up 

all the promotions! Suffice it to say that 

we'll wager that everybody in Thisheretown 

was aware of National Movie Month! 

At the stroke of midnight. September .^1. we 

hung our huge banner out front which proclaimed 

""October Is National Movie 

Month." then kicked it off (the month . . . 

not the banner!) with Elvis in '"Paradise 

Hawaiian Style." Flying pennants proclaimed 

a five-day run on ""The Great 

Race." 

Then came ""Nevada Smith." "The Wild 

Angels." ""Around the World Under the 

Sea." "Boy. Did I Get a Wrong Number!" 

and ""The Ugly Dachshund" with "Winnie 

the Pooh." 

Three-sheets, one-sheets, and special display 

boards, plus our regular newspaper 

ads all carried the movie slogan! Then came 

our annual Halloween Midnight Spook 

Show. "'Frankenstein Conquers the World" 

with two Technicolor poodles as door prizes 

and hot spiced cider featured at the concession 

bar! 

Sunday, October 30, we opened an extended 

engagement of ""The Ten Commandments." 

Our customers for the monih 

spanned about four generations—big. little, 

old and young—with such diversified entertainment. 

We didn't give them time to 

walch TV! 

We ran out of everything from pickles lo 

""Pink Panthers," our house special at the 

concession bar. The boss says we'll, perhaps, 

run out of product next month . . . but who 

cares? We woke 'em up! It was great while 

it lasted! Let's do it again sometime . . . it's 

so nice to go to the bank, 1 always say! 

Ortman Theatre 

Hennessey, Okla. 

Exhaustedly yours, 

CARRIE ORTMAN 

P.S. Of course, we don't charge for the recipe, 

original with us! A dash of "panther 

blood" from a squirt bottle (pardon 

me, cherry flavoring or even food 

coloring) colors any clear drink . . . 

and the kids love it!! .So beautiful! 

Wonderful, Helpful Pressbooks' 

We al the lee Iheaire wish you w 

place a "I h.ink You and a Well' Done 

2()lh C'enlur>-Iox in BoxoitKK for the 

wonderful and very helpful pressbooks they 

have been sending out to the exhibitors. 

Lee Theatre Co. 

n\ Adams St. 

Fairmont. W. Va. 

GARY W. FAIN 

Uses Green Sheet Material in Ads 

1 enjosed \our editorial in the Oelobcr 

17 issue of Boxohncu and what you had lo 

say about The Green Sheet. 

I thought you might be interested in the 

ad made up for our Appalachian Theairtin 

Boone. N.C.. using the caichlines from 

BoxoFFiCE and The Green Sheet Capsule 

Reviews, plus The Green Sheet audience 

level. We have had many fa\orable comments 

on this type ad since we have been 

using 

it. 

General 

Manager, 

Staiesville Theatre Corp. 

Statesville. N.C. 

R. E. AGLE 

Everybody Likes Boone, N. C " 

And Moit Iverybody Likes the MOVICS 

APPALACHIAN 

THEATRE 

Sbotn Mon, thru Sal. at 2:00, 4:00, ::0a & 9:00 

Sunday at 3:00 & 8:00 P. .M. 

TELEPHONE 264 8606 

Thursday-Friday. October 27-28 

THIS I'KOl'KKTV IS CONDEMNED 

(Color) 

starring: Natalie Wood, Robert Bedford 

The dramatic story of a "condemned" girl— 

pretty parcel of "properly" for sale at any price. 

During depression days in a small southern rail 

road center, a girl dreams of leavmg the sordid life ol 

her promiscuous mother's boarding house, for the big 

city. Suggested by Tennessee Williams* one act play 

Suggested Green Sheet Audience Level: Adults 

Starring Suzanne Plcshette, Ben Gaizara. 

The John O Hara best seller that dares to probo 

a woman's intimate desire. 

The uncontrolled passions of a well born, gently 

reared girl result in calamity for all concerned 

Suggested Green Sheet Audience Level Adults 

.Sunday Mniidav. Orliiher 30.11 

SK Starring Hod Taylor. Trevor Howard. Jill St John 

pi Rod Taylor, the two fisted hatchet man by day and 

gi;:! lady killer at night 

Wry. sophisticated and slapstick humor have equal 

ISJ parts in this English spy spoof about inept agent Boysie 

;:>;:; 

Oakes. who mishandles a top-secret British Security 

:;;;:;: assignment and becomes a national hero. 

gS Suggested Green Sheet Audience I^vel Adulls- 

Mature Young People 

JJg 

gg Tuesday- Wednesday, \iivembe 

Color) 

.1.11 Icin Hran.lo, Jane Konda, Angle DicK- 

A ,>m3ll Ii-\ns luwn seething with prejudice, love. 

: 

hate, illicit relationships and violence 

A convicts escape is the fuse which ignites every 

: 

explosive passion in the people of this small Texas 

; (own 

Suggested (Jreen Sheet Audience Level Adults 

: 

8^ 

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(Reduced from 2 col. x 12 in.) 

14 BOXOFFICE :; November 14, 1966

NGC Promotes Schulman, 

Poller and Thedford 

l.OS ANOhLHS - National Cicncral 

Corp. board of directors promoted three 

company officers at a meeting held in the 

company's Carihay Plaza headquarters. 

Samuel Schulman was named senior vicepresident, 

and Dan A. Polier and William 

H. Thedford were promoted from assistant 

vice-presidents to vice-presidents, according 

10 announcement h> Eugene V. Klein, National 

General president. 

Schulman. who has been a vice-president 

of the company since February 196-K is a 

oraduatc of New York University and Harvard 

Graduate .School of Business Administending 

the first sales trainee class in the history of the motion picture industry 

SCHOOL DAYS AT 20 IH CI NTL RY-FOX— Nine young students are attration. 

He is president of Mission Pak. conducted by 20lh Century-Fox at the home office. Standinj;. from left to richi, 

NGC subsidiary, and directs operations of they arc: Christopher Pardo. Christopher Berliner, Stanley Schneider. Paul Jellinek, 

NGC's Designed Facilities. CATW and Joel Kane, Warren Danzig, Frank Bnmo, Barry Cohen and Richard Porter. 

other aspects of the company's interests. 

Seated are Clifford Bleeth, company personnel manager and registrar of the school, 

Thedford joined NGC in 1932. moving and .Abe Dick.stein, a.vsistant general sales manager and director of the program. 

up to various positions of responsibility in 

the company. He has been president of 

Evergreen Theatres. Fox West Coast Northern 

division manager. West Coast division 'Tchaikovsky' in 1968 Dale Robertson Company 

WB Is Planning to Release Bischoff and Diamond loin 

manager and currently assistant vice-president 

and co-director of theatre operations 

NEW YORK—Worldwide release of HOLLYWOOD Dale Robertson, actorproducer-businessman, 

has announced that 

"Tchaikovsky" early in 1968 is expected as 

for National General. 

steady progress continues on the first Soviet- the veteran production team of Sam Bischoff 

Polier. also a veteran of National General, 

American motion picture co-production, and David Diamond is joining his Juggernaut, 

Inc. company in executive capacities. 

joined the company in 1946. He served in 

according to Dimitri Tiomkin. the Hollywood 

the advertising department, as Southern 

California chief booker, film buyer, and 

composer v^ho is serving as executive Bischoff become.^ president of Juggernaut, 

was elected an assistant vice-president producer of the film under the personal 

with Diamond as vice-president in charge of 

in 

production. 

1963. He was appointed to his present post supervision of Jack L. Warner, 

Robertson 

president of 

moves to chairman 

of the board. Vern Carstensen. long associated 

with Robertson on his various enter- 

of co-director of theatre operations in 1965. Warner Bros. 

Tiomkin made his progress report in New 

prises, remains as vice-president and treasurer 

of Juggernaut, and Mrs. Mary Wolf, also 

Irving H. Levin to London York on his departure Friday (4) for London 

en route to Moscow for meetings with a 

For 

long-time associate 

'Quiller' Premiere 

of Robertson's, will 

Vladimir Surin. general director of Mosfilm 

LOS ANGFI.FS— become secretary. 

Irving H. Levin, executive 

vice-president of National General 

Studios, who is in charge of the film's production 

within the Soviet Union in collabor- 

Robertson, in announcing the reorganizing 

Corp. and head of motion picture 

of his Juggernaut company, said. "With 

activity, 

ation 

went 

with 

to London 

Tiomkin. 

to attend the November our expanded 

10 

production plans, we are fortunate 

in adding men of the calibre and ex- 

premiere of NGP's first film, "The Quiller With him. Tiomkin carried the script of 

Memorandum." George .Segal. Alec Guinness. 

Max Von Sydow. .Senta Berger and author of the widely discussed Soviet film. have long been associated with pictures of 

"Tchaikovsky" written by Yuri Nighobin. perience of Bischoff and Diamond, for they 

George .Sanders star in the Technicolor and "The Chairman." The "Tchaikovsky" wholesomeness script 

and integrity." 

Panavision suspense drama. 20th Century- h.is been read and worked on bv Warner Bischoff and Diamond have concluded a 

Fox will distribute in the Western Hemisphere 

and Japan with Rank handling the 

Juggernaut will 

and his executive 

distribution 

associate. Walter Mac- 

deal with Columbia, in which 

Fwen. 

produce five 

vice-president 

films 

of 

during 

Warner Bros. Followinu 

the Tiomkin-Surin discussions, the 

Ea.stcrn Hemisphere distribution. 

the next 24 months. One of the five, an 

En route Levin stopped in Kansas City 

original outdoor-adventure story called "Justin 

Malloy" by Eliot Monet will star Robert- 

script will be put into final form. 

for theatre expansion conferences and in 

Meanwhile. 

New 

Warner Bros, has concluded 

York for talks with Fox Eastern Theatres 

executives and with major company 

four others: "Something for Nothing," by 

son. Screenplays have been completed on 

aereements for the presentation of "Tch.i'- 

kovskv" in Fncland. Japan. Switzerland, 

distribution 

the 

chiefs on NGP films. 

Dallon Trumbo, from the no .el by Vernon 

Levin will hold 

Netherlands and 

a series of meetings with 

Arcentina. The I96S release 

Nixon: "The Trek," by the late Monty Pittman: 

"The Mighty Mo," by Robert Presnell 

National General Productions 

plans for 

executives 

the film extravaganza were 

Allen Martini and Albert Jaeger presently 

discussed bv Tiomkin in New York with jr.: and "'The Gun and the Glory," by Leo 

in London, and also with writer-director Benjamin Kalmenson. executive vice-president 

of Warner Bros., and Wolfe Cohen, Robertson stated that Diamond is now in 

McMahan. 

Paul Gaer. now preparing NGP's "That 

Jack VALENTINE!" for production in president of Warner Bros. International. New York, negotiating for other important 

Europe after the first of the year. 

The title role in "Tchaikovsky." the 

properties 

romantic 

story of the great 19th Century 

for future production. 

More Than 100 Book Sack Film 

Russian composer, will be played by Innokenti 

Smoklunovskv. who has been hailed HOI LYWOOD Joan Freeman will go 

Joan Freeman on 10-Cily Tour 

DALLAS — Although "Suburbia Confidential." 

Stephen .Apostolofs adult exploitation 

picture, has been in release less than "Hamlet" in the award-winning Soviet mo- 

behalf of her starring role in Universal's 

throuchout the world for his portrayal of on a icn-city personal appearance tour on 

one month, more than 100 of the nation's lion picture production of Shakespeare's •Reluctant Astronaut." She will kick off her 

leading adult theatres have already set it tragedy. 

tour with special ceremonies at Houston's 

for immediate or early playtime, according The co-production of Warner Bros, Space Center before going to Dallas. Fort 

to Alfred N. Sack, general manager of Sack and the Soviet Nfinistry of Cinematography Worth. New Orleans, Miami, Washington. 

Amusement Enterprises. The Sack firm is will he filmed in color and widescreen entirely 

in the Soviet Union, utilizing actual New York. She will return to Hollywood 

Baltimore. Philadelphia. Pittsburgh and 

distributing "Suburbia Confidential" exclusively 

in the world-wide market. 

locations that figured in Tchaikovsky's life. December 1 1 

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REVIEW 

Is Paris Burning? 

Paramount 

By FRANK LEYENDECKER 

XA/ITH ITS strong documentary' flavor, 

interspersed with dramatic and human 

intere>^t touches, this Paul Graetz production 

for Paramount-Seven Arts, based on the 

best-selling novel of the liberation of Paris 

by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. 

was entirely filmed in France, much of it 

on actual Paris street locations and thus ha.s 

intense realism and action. With a cast of 

16 stars, several of them top Hollywood 

names, the picture has great want-to-see 

potential and should do strong business in 

its roadshow dates and. later, in general 

situations. 

Photographed in black-and-white, best 

suited to war pictures such as "The Longest 

Day." etc., this gives for greater authenticity 

in the superb camerawork by Marcel 

Clrignon. who received the utmost cooperation 

of the city officials and the French 

government in clearing the ordinarily 

crowded Paris streets, even the Champs 

I'lysees. Only a few actual newsreel shots 

were worked into the climactic action, one 

showing General De Gaulle entering recaptured 

Paris. The finale is followed by 

magnificent color shots of today's sparkling 

Paris shown during the lengthy production 

credits—which brought forth applause at 

an invitational New York showing. 

This outstanding production was the 

IS PARIS BURNING.' 

Poromount 

In Ponovision— Ratio: 2.35-1 

173 Minutes 

CREDITS 

A Panovision-Seven Arts presentotion. A Transcontincntol-Manonne 

production. Produced by 

Paul Groetz. Directed by Rene Clement. Screenplay 

by Gore Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola with 

Jean Aurenche, Pierre Best and Claude Brule. 

Additional dialog by Marcel Mousey. From the 

book by Lorry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. 

Photographed by Marcel Grignon. Musical score 

by Mourice Jarre. Decor by Willy Holt and Roger 

Volper. Costumes by Jean Zay and Pierre Noury. 

Film editor, Robert Lawrence. Special effects, 

Robert MocDonald and Paul Pollard. 

THE CAST 

Morondot Jean-Paul Belmondo 

Monod Charles Boyer 

Francoise Lobe Leslie Caron 

Henri Korcher Jean-Pierre Cassel 

G. I. in tank George Chakins 

Lebel Claude Douphin 

Jacques Chobon-Delmos Alain Delon 

General Patton Kirk Douglas 

General Brodley Glenn Ford 

Von Choltitz Gert Frobe 

Boyet Doniel Gelin 

Bizien Yves Montand 

Warren Anthony Perkins 

Pisoni Michel Piccoli 

General Leclerc Claude Rich 

Cafe proprietress Simone Signoret 

Generol Sibert Robert Stock 

Serge Jean-Louis Tnntignant 

Gollois Pierre Vaneck 

Cloire 

Marie Versini 

G I Skip Word 

with Warren 

Nordling Orson Welles 

and Bruno Cremer, Suzy Delair, Germoine de 

France, Pierre Dux, Billy Frick, Harry Meyen, 

Georges Geret, Klous Holm, Hannes Messemer, 

Georges Poujouly, Socho Pitoeff, Wolfgang 

swan song of producer Paul Graci/. who 

died shorlis after completing the film. Well 

directed by Rene Clement, from a taut 

The Parisians welcome the French troops back to Paris in "Is Paris Burning? 

screenplay by famed American author Gore 

Vidal and Francis Ford Coppola. Jean 

Aurenche. Pierre Bost and Claude Brule, 

whose collective work stresses the terror 

and heroism of the mass populace rather 

than the individuals who are caught up in 

the Liberation. Truly memorable are thei 

scenes of street fighting and then the frenzy 

and unchained emotion of the people in 

welcoming the tanks and the French and 

American troops just before the German 

General Von Choltitz surrenders to a 

French infantry lieutenant rather than to 

the Allied Command, as he had anticipated. 

As Von Choltitz leaves his headquarters in 

the Hotel Meurice. Hitler's furious cries 

issue from the hanging telephone receiver, 

"Is Paris Burning?"—hence the film's title 

Of the score of international stars in the 

cast, many have little more than bit or 

"cameo" roles, but several of the Hollywood 

names, including Kirk Douglas and Robert 

Stack, are applauded on their entrance. Of; 

the American stars, only Orson Welles, who; 

p'ays the Swedish Consul Nordling. has ex-; 

tended footage and he plays with his cus-' 

lomary authority. Douglas, who plays Gen-, 

eral Patton; Glenn Ford, who has a finei 

short scene as General Bradley; Stack, as 

General Sibert, and George Chakiris and' 

Anthony Perkins, as GIs, are seen brieflyi 

hut effectively with the latter adding a, 

touch of pathos as he is killed in sight of! 

the Eiffel Tower he had longed to see. 

The only actual continuing role is that or 

Von Choltitz, the German career general 

whose brief meeting with Hitler convinces 

him that his leader is deranged, this being 

one of Gert "Goldfinger" Frobe's most' 

authoritative and convincing portrayals. All 

of the other roles are appropriately played; 

by French actors, with Leslie Caron having, 

several splendid scenes as a distraught resistant 

who sees her husband killed by the 

Germans, and Alain Delon, as De Gaulle's 

Paris representative, having the most footage 

early in the film. Charles Boyer. Jean-: 

Paul Belmondo. Yves Montanil and Simone, 

Signoret. famous names all. have short, 

scenes, but are instantly recognizable to thei 

audience by face or voice. Far more important 

roles are in the capable hands of 

such sterling French actors as Jean-Pierre 

Cassel (it is he to whom Von Choltitz surrenders). 

Pierre Vaneck, Claude Dauphin. 

Jean-Louis Trintignant and Marie Versini—: 

each does standout work. And a charming; 

bit. almost the only lighter touch in a grim 

and exciting film, is contributed by Germaine 

De France, as an old lady who keeps 

her composure as plaster falls around her 

This little vignette also brought applause. 

.Although almost three hours in length, 

the picture is played without an intermission 

in i>rder to sustain the mood and the suspense. 

Worthy of special mention arc the 

special effects by Robert MacDonald and 

Paul Pollard and a rousing musical score 

by Maurice Jarre. 

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This chart records the performoncc of current ottroctions in the opening week of their first runs in 

the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements ore not listed. As new runs 

are reported, ratings ore added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentoge in 

relation to normal grosses as determined by the theatre monagers. With 100 per cent as "normol," 

the figures show the gross ratings above or below thot mark. (Asterisk 

* denotes combination bills.) 

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Robert O'Brien Gets 

Brotherhood Award 

NEW 'kORK.— Robert H. OBnen, president 

of MGM. received the Brotherhood 

Award of the National Conference of Christians 

and Jews from John Charles Dal\, TV 

commentator and personality, at the annual 

Brotherhood luncheon at the Hotel Americana 

Wednesday (9). O'Brien received the 

Anti-Defamation League "Human Relations 

Award" at the same hotel November 

I and is scheduled to receive the "Humanitarian 

Award" of the March of Dimes, 

also at the Americana Hotel December 21. 

Daly gave one of his customary witty 

speeches in detailing the career of O'Brien, 

from his early work as miner in 1920-23. 

through his business career when he joined 

the .Securities and Exchange Commission in 

1934 and through his motion picture industry 

career, starting with Paramount in 

1945. Daly was introduced by Dr. Sterling 

\V. Brown, head of the National Conference. 

Laurence .-X. Tisch of Loew's Hotels 

was chairman and Rev. Msgr. Thomas F. 

Little gave the invocation. 

Others on the dais included one glamor 

name, Natalie Wood, star of MGM's "Penelope." 

who came in from London to attend 

the picture's opening at Radio City 

Music Hall Thursday (101 and Barney Balaban, 

Spyros P. Skouras. A. Schneider. Samuel 

Rosen, Jack J. Valenti, Eugene Picker, 

John L. Sullivan, Ira Guilden, Frank E. 

Conant, Eliot Hyman, Leslie Schwartz, 

James F. Gould. Ed Sullivan. George L. 

Killion and Philip A. Roth. 

Allied Artists Stockholders 

Meet in New York Dec. 2 

NEW YORK—The postponed annual 

meeting of stockholders of Allied Artists 

Pictures Corp. will be held at the Johnny 

Victor Theatre December 2 to elect a board 

of seven directors for the ensuing year. 

four members to be elected by the preferred 

stockholders and three by the common 

stockholders, each group voting as a class. 

Nominees to represent the preferred 

stockholders are George D. Burrows, Edward 

Morey. Emanuel L. Wolf. Wilfrid E. 

Dodd, while those to represent the common 

shareholders are Claude A. Giroux. 

president of .Allied .Artists, Paul Porzelt and 

Roger W. Hurlock. AA vice-president and 

chief operating officer. 

Volenti Honored in Houston 

HOISTON, TIXAS Jack \ alenli, 

presidcni of the Motion Picture Ass'n of 

.America, was honored at a testimonial dinner 

in his home town Thursday evening (10) 

at the Shamrock Hilton with more than 

1,000 of his friends from Houston, New 

York, California and Washington, representing 

many branches of industry, government 

and the entertainment field attended 

the affair. 

Volenti Urges Elevation 

Of Student Film Tastes 

MILWAUKEE— Addressing the Ass'n of 

Urban Universities here on Monday (7), 

Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Piclure 

Ass'n of America, chose as his subject: 

"The Reach for Excellence." Valenti said 

this is the course the .MPAA and responsible 

.American creators and makers of movies intend 

to take in the years ahead. This rendezvous 

svith excellence is why he is ready to 

spend time and effort bringing the campus 

and the film into closer rapport. 

"It has been estimated that the entering 

freshman has completed 10.800 hours in 

school," he told his audience of educators. 

"Let me cite another figure. It has been 

estimated the average high school graduate 

has watched more than 15.000 hours of television 

and has seen more than 500 motion 

pictures while attending school for those 

lO.SOO hours. This means that the student 

spent a third more time before the screen 

than before the blackboard." 

Education has been slow to recognize the 

impact of the camera on the individual, he 

emphasized, which was a wasted opportunity. 

Valenti quoted a prominent educator 

(not named) as having said: "Too few educational 

institutions have attempted to elevate 

the taste of their students for cinematic 

art." 

However. Valenti is gratified to observe: 

"The campus and the camera, neither surrendering 

its independence to the other, are 

discovering that cooperation can bring bene- 

to both. There are now some 2,500 film 

fits 

courses of all kinds in higher education in 

the United States and film appreciation is 

now becoming a part of academic life in 

many secondary schools." 

PLAN CPA DRIVE — (;i(>rj;c F. 

Dem>H)w, left, president. Motion Picture 

Pidiiecrs Ass'n. and former president. 

National Sirecii SitaIcc Corp.: 

Joseph A. Martino, chaimian of the 

board, the National Lead Co.. and 

Leonard M. Cioldenson, chairman of 

the board, the Ameriian Broadcastin); 

Companies, discuss plans for the 1966- 

1967 Appeal for I niled Cinbral Palsy 

of New ôrk City, Inc., at a hinchcoii 

in New ^drk of prnmlnent exeiiitixcs 

in commerce and industry who arc participatin); 

in the dri\e. Cioldenson is 

chairman of the btiard of L nited Cerebral 

Palsy .\s.sociations, and Martino is 

chairman of the fund-raisinj; drive. 

Dembo is a member of the committee. 

Nizer Speaks on Films 

At Two Conn. Forums 

NL\\ YORK. I wo educational forums, 

held in Connecticut in mid-November, were 

to feature Louis Nizer. 

general counsel of 

the Motion Picture 

Ass'n of America, 

among their speakers. 

On Thursday (10). 

Nizer key noted the 

opening session of the 

Greater Hartford Forum, 

which this year 

dealt with the subject 

of motion pictures for 

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the first tmie, under 

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the title "The Anatomy of a Motion Picture." 

The other three speakers on successive 

weeks will be the co-author and screenwriter 

of Paramount's "Is Paris Burning?" Larry 

Collins and Francis Coppola, and film critic 

Hollis Alport, discussing ".Are Author and 

Screenwriter Compatible?" Otto Preminger. 

producer-director, and Arthur Knight, film 

critic, will speak on "The Role of the Director." 

The final subject of the series is "Are 

Motion Pictures Worthy of Their Audience?." 

which will feature a well-known 

actor or actress and Bernard Drew, film 

critic, the Hartford Times. 

The Greater Hartford Forum has a national 

reputation for the quality of its discussions. 

The series already has been oversubscribed 

and the audience will consist of 

some 700 leading citizens and educators 

throughout the state. All talks and interviews 

with participants will be taped on film 

for national distribution to the National Educatit)n 

Television Network. Tapes also will 

he furnished to high schools throughout the 

slate of Connecticut, and the proceedings 

will be published and distributed to all high 

schools throughout the state and to special 

subscribers throughout the country. 

On Wednesday (16). Nizer will particip.iic 

on a panel at the University of Bridgeport. 

Bridgeport, in the fourth annual Dr. 

and Mrs. James A. Halsey Symposium on 

the theme. "The Role of the Mass Media in 

Achieving and Preserving a Free Society." 

I he panel will include, in addition to Nizer. 

( lifton Daniel, managing editor. New York 

Times; Otto Fuerhringcr. managing editor, 

Time Magazine, and William T. Corrigan, 

director of news operations. NBC News. 

The keynote speaker for the symposium 

will be Dr. Max Lerner. nationally syndicated 

columnist, author and profe-ssor of 

American civilizjition and world politics at 

Brandeis University. 

Phil Nemirow Services 

NEW YORK— Funeral services were 

held here Thursday (10) for Phil Nemirow, 

51, Loew's city manager in Toronto, who 

died there last week. Nemirow leaves his 

wife and tvô sons. Services were at Park 

West Memorial. 

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Set by The Professionals Debut 

NEW YORK—With two holidays in the 

second week in November, Election Day 

and Veterans Day, business was ahead of 

preceding weeks along the main stem as two 

new pictures. "The Professionals" and "Not 

With My Wife, You Don't," did big business 

at the Victoria and the Forum, respectively, 

the former even setting a new 

opening-day record at the Victoria and the 

Festival on 57th Street. "Not With My 

Wife" also did well at the RKO 58th Street. 

With extra matinees both Tuesday and 

Friday, all the reserved-scat pictures were 

up, particularly "The Bible." back to nearcapacity 

in its sixth week at Loew's .State: 

"Doctor Zhivago," in its 46th week at Loew's 

Capitol, and "The Sound of Music," in its 

88th week at the Rivoli. "Hawaii" was 

again absolute capacity in its fourth week 

at the DcMille, which registered over $195.- 

000 for the four-week period. A fifth twoa-day 

picture, "Is Paris Burning?", started 

at the Criterion Thursday (10). this being 

the same day "Penelope" opened at Radio 

City Music Hall, following a good fourth 

week for "Any Wednesday." 

Also continuing strong, better than preceding 

weeks, were "A Funny Thing Happened 

on the Way to the Forum." in its 

third week at Cinema 1 and Cinema II, for 

a total of over $100,000; "Alfie," bigger 

than ever in its 11th week at the Embassy 

and east side Coronet; "The Liquidator," 

in its second week at the Warner and east 

side Beekman, and "Georgy Girl," very 

strong in its third week at the Fine Arts. 

"The Fortune Cookie" held up well enough 

in its third week at the Astor and the east 

side Murray Hill and Trans-Lux East. 

Among the foreign pictures, the leader 

was still "I, a Woman," in its fourth smash 

week at the Rialto and the Trans-Lux 85lh 

Street. Others doing well were "The Shameless 

Old Lady," in its sixth week at the .?4th 

Street East; "Loving Couples," in its seventh 

week at the Little Carnegie, and, especially, 

"Loves of a Blonde," with a second week 

which equaled the sensational opening week 

at the Sutton Theatre. 

(Avcroge Is 100) 

Astor The Fortune Cookie (UA), 3rd wk ISO 

Baronet 10:30 P.M. Summer (Lopcrt), 2nd wk. 165 

Beekman The Liquidotor (MGM), 2nd wk 160 

Comegie Hall Cincmo Chushingura (Londberg), 

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Cinemo I, Cinema tl A Funny Tiling Happened on 

the Woy to the Forum (UA), 3rd wk 175 

Cinema Rendezvous—Crazy QuiK Xcnfl), 

5th wk 130 

Coronet Alfie (Para), 1 Itti wk 195 

Criterion Is Paris Burning? (Paro), opens 

two-a-doy Thursday (10). 

CeMiMc Howoii ;UA), 4th wk 250 

Embassy Alfie (Para), 1 1 Ih wk 1 90 

The Professionals (Col) 225 

Festival 

Fine Arts Georgy Girl (Col), 3rd wk 210 

Forum Not With MY Wife, You Oon'f (WB) 185 

Guild My Foir Lady (WB), moveover, 

continuous, 1 9th wk 1 35 

Lincoln Art Romeo and Juliet (Embassy), 5th wk. 

of two-o-day 135 

Cornegie Loving Couples (Porminent), 

Little 

moveover, 7th wk 1 65 

Loew's Capitol Doctor Zhivago (MGM), 

46th wk. of two-a-day 190 

Loew's The Bible (20th-Fox), 6th wk. 

State 

of two-o-day 235 

Loew's Tower Eost Who's Afraid of Virginia 

Wooif? (WB), 20th wk 1 20 

Murray Hill The Fortune Cookie (UA), 3rd wk. 160 

Pons—A Mon and Woman ;AA), 17th wk 145 

Plozo Hotel Parodiso (MGM), 4th wk 135 

Radio City Music Hall Any Wednesday (WB), 

plus stage show, 4th wk 150 

Rialto 1, o Woman (Audubon), 4th wk 200 

The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 

Rivoli 

88th wk, of two-a-day 

RKO 23rd Street—Not With MY Wife, You 

185 

Don't (WB) 160 

RKO 58th 

Not With MY Wife, You Don't 

Street 

(WB) 175 

Sutton Loves of a Blonde (Prominent), 

2nd wk 200 

34th Street East The Shameless Old Lady 

(Cont'l), moveover, 6th wk 165 

Trans-Lux The Fortune Cookie (UA), 

East 

3rd wk 1 65 

Trans-Lux 85th Street I, a Womon (Audubon), 

4th wk 1 70 

Victoria The Professionols (Col) 225 

Warner—The Liquidator (MGM), 2nd wk 165 

World—The Pink Pussycat (Combist), 13th wk. 150 

The Blue Max' 

"Alfie,' 

Bufialo Gross Leaders 

BUFFALO—"Alfie" and "The Blue 

Max" led the town with moderately good 

percentages. "Alfie" ran up a 160 count in 

its second week at the Colvin and "The 

Blue Max" was right behind with 150 in its 

first week at regular prices, nonreserved. at 

the Center Theatre. 

Buffalo Return of the Seven (UA) 

Center The Blue Max (20th-Fox), regulorprice 

110 

run 150 

Century Khartoum (UA), 2nd wk 100 

Cinema, Amherst Diabolique (Seven 95 

Arts) 

(Pora), 2nd wk 60 

Colvin— Alfie 1 

Granada Doctor Zhivago (MGM), 24th wk 110 

Kensington Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round 

(Col), 3rd wk ,100 

Teck Dear John (Sigmo III), 5th wk 100 

Baltimore Grosses Climb; 

12 Films Above Average 

BAl IIMOk!-— With 12 out of 14 firstrun 

programs raling on the plus side of 

average, cily exhibitors experienced one of 

the most profitable weeks of the fall. One 

new film, "The Fortune Cookie," and two 

long-run films, "The Sound of Music" and 

"Doctor Zhivago." grossed 200 even to set 

the scoring pace. "What's Up Tiger Lil\" 

had a productive opening week, good for a 

175 rating, at the Westview Cinema. 

Chorlcs Who's Afroid of Virginia Woolf? 

(WB), 18th wk 100 

Crest, Senotor Kaleidoscope (WB), 2nd wk 90 

Five West The Wrong Box (Col), 8th wk 110 

Hillendole— Alvorcz Kelly Col), 2nd wk 115 

Hippodrome— John F. Kennedy (Embassy), 2nd wk. 150 

Moyfoir Doctor Zhivogo MGM), 3 1st wk 

New—The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 85th wk. 

Northwood, Uptown— The Fortune Cookie (UA) . 

200 

200 

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Playhouse— Le Bonheur (Clover), 6th wk 125 

Rex, Lord Boltimcre Incredible Sex Revolution 

(AlP) 125 

Seven East The Gospel According to St. 

MoHhew (Cont'l) 

Town Fontostic Voyage (20th-Fox), 4th 

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Westview Cinema 

(AlP) Whot's Up Tiger Lily? ..175 

Leslie Caron, Rene Clement 

Attend 'Paris' Premiere 

NEW YORK— Leslie Caron, one of the 

stars of "Is Paris Burning'?," Rene Clement, 

director of the picture, and Larry Collins 

and Dominique Lapierre, authors of the 

best-seller on which the film is based, attended 

the in\ilalion opening of the Paramount 

picture at the Criterion Theatre Wednesday 

(9). which benefited the Alliance 

Francaise and was followed by a supperdance 

at the Plaza Hotel. 

Also on hand were Arthur Goldberg. 

U..S. ambassador to the United Nations, 

and Mrs. Goldberg. Mayor and Mrs. John 

V. Lindsay. Senator and Mrs. Jacob K. 

Javits, Nikolai T. Federenko. Russian ambassador 

to the United Nations: Lord Caradon, 

British ambassador to the United Nations, 

with Lady Caradon: Charles Lucei. 

French ambassador to the U.S.; Roger Se\- 

doux. French ambassador to the U.N.; 

Michel l.egendre. Consul General of France; 

Sverker O. Astrom, Swedish ambassador to 

the U.N.: and Amory Haughton, former 

U.S. ambassador to France. Others include 

Otto Premingcr, producer-director, with 

Mrs. Premingcr. producer Ray Stark and 

Baroness Jacqueline de Gunzburg. 

Other entertainment notables present included 

Hugh O'Brian. Freilric March. Orson 

Bean. Nancy Dussault. Robert Alda, Enid 

Markey. Glenda Farrell. Martin Gabel, 

Theodore Bikel. Peggy Cass. Julia Meade 

and Mike Wallace, Bennett Cerf, Edwin L. 

WeisI and Hugh Downs. 

"Is Paris Burning?" opened its regular 

reserved-seat engagement at the Criterion 

Thursday (10) with eleven sold-out performances 

during November and charily or 

benefit performance set for V'icIor\ Guild 

of New York. Association of Help for Retarded 

Children, Henry Street Selllenient, 

National Council of Jewish Women. Men's 

Club Temple B'nai Abraham. Vacation 

Camp for the Blind, Rivcrdale School for 

Boys and man\ other organizations during 

November and December. 

The advance ticket sale is in excess of 

Si 00.000. the largest roadshow advance in 

Ihe history of Paramount. 

Four More Circuits Plug 

'Paris Burning' in N.Y. 

MW ÔRk I'.uamouiUs "Is Paris 

Burning?" which opened at the Criterion 

Theatre here Thursday (10) in its American 

premiere engagement is receiving cro.ssplugs 

from four other New York-based circuits, 

besides the previously announced 

RKO Theatres. 

Represcniing 40 major theatres in greater 

New York, the circuits are Interboro, Prudential 

Theatres, Fabian Theatres and Norman 

Elson Theatres. They arc showing the 

trailer of the Paramount-Seven Arts-Ray 

Stark presentation, which has this message: 

"We recommend you see it. Reserved seals 

for individuals and groups now, Criterion 

Theatre." 

Vaughn Taylor and Jack Elam have featured 

roles in MGM's "Pistolero." 

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BUFFALO 

gidney J. Cohen, New York Allied president, 

reports he is receiving complaints 

from exhibitors on the showing of feature 

motion pictures in schools and colleges. He 

rec)ucsicd exhibitors to file the complaints 

with his office, declaring there will be a 

concerted effort of his organization to "stop 

this unfair competition" ... As a member 

of the planning committee, Cohen will attend 

the Monday (21) Pioneers dinner in the 

New York Americana Hotel. He also will be 

at the honor dinner December 3 in that 

hotel for Richard F. Walsh, lATSE president. 

"THE BIBLE ... In the Beginning" will 

open December 22 at Shea's Tcck. Plans for 

the western New York premiere arc being 

made by Frank Arena, Loew's city manager; 

Mark Olson, theatre manager; Lou 

Brown, Loew's media advertising director; 

Earl Hubbard, Teck group sales director: 

William Trambukis, Northeast division manager 

for Loew's, and Charles Funk, 2()th- 

J-ox district advertising representative. 

Dave Kane, Columbia publicist, was here 

working with Arena of .Shea's Buffalo on 

the opening of "The Professionals." Kane 

promoted 1,000 cigars for distribution to 

men at the door. Also, he worked with James 

Macris, Kensington manager, on "Georgy 

Girl" and arranged a special screening for 

the press and college representatives. 

. . "Rumpclstiltskin," 

Jerrj George, National Theatre Supply 

branch manager, attended the general sales 

meeting of General Precision Corp., NTS 

parent company, in Milwaukee . 

a color film for children, was 

shown in a weekend multiple at the Abbott, 

Bailey and Kensington here; the Riviera at 

Tonawanda; the Mancuso, Batavia; Rapids. 

Niagara I alls; Regent, Dunkirk: Diana, Medina; 

Steuben, Horncll, and the Palace at 

Clean. 

Sunday films, abandoned two years ago 

al the Dryden Theatre in Rochester's George 

Eastman House because of the lack of attendance, 

are being revived. The free programs, 

a feature of the museum since its 

beginning, resumed with the presentation ol 

the 1921 Danish classic "Leaves of Satan's 

Book." Beaumont Newhall, director, said 

repeated requests led to the return of the 

weekend screenings. 

Harold Bennett, Tent 7's heart committee 

chairman, says the hydro-therapy chair lift 

has been donated to the .School for Handicapped 

Children at West Seneca. 

An organ concert in the Rochester Auditorium 

helped to raise funds for the installation 

of the old RKO Palace pipe organ 

there. The Rochester Theatre Organ Society 

TENI 7 WELCOME— During his 

visit to the Buffalo Variety Club, James 

Carreras, right. Variety Clubs International 

president, poses with Ralph W. 

Pries, left, first vice-president, and Sidney 

J. Cohen, president of New York 

Allied. 

obtained the organ when the theatre was 

lorn down. 

Chief Barker Al Petreila says the weekly 

bingo games are a big help in Tent 7's 

charity activities. He praised the barkers 

and barkerettes who help out at the games. 

They are Alex Lusthaus, Pet Mendola, 

Faye Kahen, Liz Wilcox, Lucille White, 

Clint LaFlamme, Francis and Gert Maxwell, 

John Serfistina, Barbara Quinlivan, 

Kathy Durban, Richard Aaron, Peter 

Becker, Samuel Dine, Samuel Geffen, 

James J. Hayes, Edward Jauch, William 

Kaplan, Jerry Spandau, Jerry Yogersl, 

Joseph Fox, Gerald Cooper, Mary Pappalardo, 

Helen Bykowski, Adele Messenger, 

Betty Fisher, Marjorie Schaefer, Joanne 

Reuer, Arlenc Hess, Blanche Koral, Helen 

Borman, Ethel Tyler, Gladys Moore, Rita 

Inda and Peggy Hammond. 

The Variety Club will hold a Monte 

Carlo-Las Vegas festival in the clubrooms 

Saturday (19) starting al 9 p.m. Richard 

Aaron is chairman . Quinlivan. 

Dipson district manager, and his wife Barbara, 

Women of Variety president. ha\e 

a second grantlchikl Joan Marie O'Connor. 

The South Buffalo Businessmen's Ass'n 

are bringing Santa Claus here Saturday (19). 

Also arrangements have been made with 

Manager Harry E. Lotz to hold a holida\ 

song festival in the Seneca Theatre at 7 

p.m. December 18. Church and school 

choirs have been invited to take part. 

Fred A. Keller, managing director of the 

Circle-Art Theatre here and the Glcn-.Xrt 

in Williamsville. has been appointed instructional 

communications director of the Eric 

County Technical Institute. 

"The Gospel According to St. Matthew" 

was brought back for a limited engagement 

Wednesday and Thursday (9 and 10) in the 

Abbott. Bailey, Rivoli and Unity here and 

at the Aurora, East .Aurora: Glen Art, Williamsville; 

Palace, Hamburg; Palace, Jamestown; 

Rapids. Niagara Falls and the .Star at 

Tonawanda. 

Joseph Schuler jr., who designed Jo-Mor 

Enterprises' new houses, will remodel Loew's 

State and Capitol in New York. 

ALBANY 

{âlph Ripps, who will retire December 31 

as MGM branch manager, will be honored 

at a dinner in the Schine-Ten Evck 

Hotel on December 5. A reception will be 

held prior to the dinner. The arrangement 

committee is expecting to have 100 guests. 

Ripps has worked for MGM more than 30 

years. His brother Herman L. is assistant 

manager of MGM. The dinner 

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general sales 

conimiltee includes Jack Keegan. 20lh-Fox 

salesman; John Wilhelm. partner in Wil- . 

helm-Thornton Theatres, and Frank Lynch, ( 

MGM salesman. 

Jack keegan, 20th-Fox sales representative, 

has moved into the company's new offices 

on the second floor of the RTA Bldg. 

The official opening of the office will be 

Monday (21). when Rose Berkus. erstwhile 

UA datesetter. and Ruth Reilley, former 

I'aramount secretary, join the staff. .Mrs. 

, 

Berkus is working two weeks in the Buffalo 

branch to break in. Twentieth-Fox closed i 

its Filmrow offices here in 19fSl. 

This column inadvertently reported October 

3 1 that the Oneonta Theatre at Oneonta 

charged $1.50 general admission and 

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had i 

special afternoon student rates for "Fantas- I 

tic Voyage." That scale was for "The Gos- \ 

pel According to St. Matthew," advertised 

at almost the same time in the Oneonta 

Star. 

Ritchey's Art Theatre at Scotia showed 

"John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day 

of Drums," which had played an engagement 

in a Fabian-Schenectady first run . . . 

"Khartoum" opened Wednesday (9) at Jim 

Branchc's theatre at Latham, Wilhelm- 

Thornton's Colony at Schenectady and .Man 

Isclin's Turnpike in Weslmere. The film 

was presented at regular prices. 

A congratulatory telegram on "25 years 

of devoted and dedicated service" by lATSl 

president Richard F. Walsh will be sent li' 

the December 3 industry testimonial dinner 

in the New York Americana Hotel by Projectionists 

Local 324. announced presidentbusiness 

agent .Andy .Antoinette, who attend- 

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eil the l.ouis\ille convention at which Walsh 

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was first elected international head. 

Exchangemen wish Mrs. Harold dc 

Ciraw. wife of the Oneonta exhibitor, a 

speedy recovery from left arm and leg iniurlcs 

siiftered in a stairs fall. 

'The Blue Max' to Start 

Scheduled Performances 

Ni;\\' '>ORK The Blue Max." the :0th 

Century-Fox aviation drama which closed 

an 18-week reserved-seat engagement at the 

Sutton Theatre in October and in other 

cities, will play on a scheduled performance 

basis in November and through the Christmas 

holidays. Cities which will open multiple 

runs at scheduled performances include 

Chicago, starting November 11: Los Angeles. 

November 16 and Philadelphia and 

Washington. D.C., during the (Thristmas 

holidavs. 

E-4 BOXOFFICE :: November 14, 1966

BROADWAY 

DICHAR[) BRANDT, president of Trans- 

I.ux. ami Richard Carlton, vice-presikiii 

of the entertainment division, have 

.lecn louring the South for potential motion 

picture theatre sites. With the new Trans- 

Lux Theatre in Harrisburg. Pa., opened 

this fall, Trans-Lux will he operating at least 

i20 theatres within the next 12 months. 

Carlton reports. 

* ' ' W. Robert Rich, executive 

vice-president of Seven Arts Teleivision, 

joined Roger Carlin, director of 

JEuropean and Far Eastern sales, and Thom- 

M F. NIadigan. director of international 

program development, who went to Europe 

to attend the International Film Trade Fair 

in Prague. November 2-13. 

• 

Milton Goldstein. Paramount foreign 

sales manager, returned Wednesday (9) fol- 

{lowing an overseas business trip to Paris, 

|Barcelona and Madrid. James E. Perkins, 

ipresidcnt of Paramount International, also 

got back from an extended European business 

visit, both executives also attending the 

[Paris world premiere of "Is Paris Burning?" 

• • • William O'Hare, MGM advertising 

manager, and .Andy Kuehn. member of the 

iadvertising department, are back from Lonidon 

following conferences on "The Vamipire 

Killers" and "The Blow-Up." both 

'filmed in London for MGM. Mel Maron. 

MGM roadshow sales manager, went to 

Chicago Monday (7) for sales meetings on 

forthcoming MGM product, including 

"Grand 

Prix." 

• 

Phyllis Gometz. American International 

receptionist for the past year, was married 

to Barry Sandor Manning, advertising man. 

at the Dcauville Country Club in Brooklyn 

November 6 and the couple arc honeymooning 

in Puerto Rico. * * • Garson Kanin. 

playwright-director and author of "Remembering 

Mr. Maugham." recently published 

by Athcneum. and actor Dennis King gave 

a public reading from Kanin's book about 

Somerset Maugham at the Kaufman Auditorium 

Sunday (1.3). Jacqueline Susan, author 

of "Valley of the Dolls," popular novel 

which 2()th Century-Fox has bought for 

filming in 1967, is back in New York following 

a two-week promotion tour of England 

and France. 

• 

Morris F. Lefko, MGM vice-president 

and general sales manager; Lou Formato. 

assistant sales manager, and Andy Sullivan, 

exploitation manager, went to Atlanta to 

attend the Georgia and .Alabama Theatre 

" 

Owners convention Monday (14). * ° 

Universal held a special invitational preview 

of "Fahrenheit 451" Sunday (13) at the 

Plaza Theatre for notables in the literarv 

field, the event sponsored by the National 

Book Committee and the .American Book 

Publishers Council. * * * Sidney Lumet. 

film director, was guest speaker at the "Future 

of American Film" series at Filmstage. 

new independent center for young filmmakers 

Monday (7). Paddy Chayefsky. author; 

Andrew Sarris, critic and writer, and 

.Aram Avakian, film editor, will be speak 

crs on subsequent November Monday eve 

ning meetings. 

• 

Dame Edith Evans arrived from I.ondon 

Wednesday (9) en route to Hollywood 

for her starring role in the Mirisch production 

of ".A Garden of Cucumbers." in whicli 

she co-stars with Dick Van Dyke, for United 

.Artists release. Also signed for the picture 

is Patience Cleveland. Broadway and T\ 

actress, who has been campaigning lor the 

re-election of her brother. James Cleveland. 

U.S. Congressman for New Hampshire. 

Hugh O'Brian arrived in New York 

Monday (7) for conferences on "Cowboy in 

.Africa," just completed for Paramount release 

and to record final portions of his 

Walter Manley-Enierprises-Ram Films' ".Assassination 

in Rome." both films made 

abroad. ' * * Robert Drivas, Broadway actor, 

went to Hollywood to make his film 

debut in "Cool Hand Luke" for Warner 

Bros. ' * « Jessica Walter, one of the stars 

of MGMs "Grand Prix." went to Hollywood 

for post production work on the John 

Frankenheimer Cinerama film. 

• 

Virna Lisi, star of "Not With My Wife, 

You Don't" for Warner Bros., left for 

Philadelphia Monday (7) and then went on 

lo Miami and Los Angeles to promote the 

film while Norman Panama, producer-director 

and co-author of the Warner picture, 

hosted a special screening for representatives 

of the U.S. Defense Department at the Motion 

Picture Ass'n office in Washington. 

DC. Tuesday (8). 

Martin Goldblatt Joins 

Rand Publicity Firm 

NEW YORK— Martin Goldblatt. formerly 

executive assistant to Don Kirschner. 

president of Columbia Pictures-Screen 

(iems Music Division and Colgems Records, 

has joined Harold Rand Associates as account 

executive with the public relations 

firm. 

Goldblatt entered the film industry in 

1946 as a member of the Columbia Pictures 

publicity department and later served 

as a publicist with 20th Century-Fox. More 

recently, he acted as assistant to F'rank J. 

Hale, owner of the Palm Beach Playhouse 

in Florida and was a theatrical publicist before 

rejoining Columbia in 1965. 

Warner Bros.' "My Fair Lady" wa.s honored 

as the best imported motion picture of 

the vear in Norwav. 

NO ! 

IT ISN'T TOO LATE 

To Make Big Money 

annTED 

GCEIOZXE 

TRAILERS 

FILMACK 

ALL OF THESE 

PRACTICAL 

SERVICE 

DEPARTMENTS 

APPEAR REGULARLY 

in 

ADLINES AND EXPLOITIPS 

BOXOFHCE BAROMETER 

(First Run Rcportf) 

EXfflBITOR HAS HIS SAY 

ABOUT PICTURES 

FEATURE BOOKING CHART 

FEATURE REVIEW DIGEST 

& ALPHABETICAL INDEX 

REVIEWS OF FEATURES 

SHORT SUBJECT CHART 

SHOWMANDISING IDEAS 

In All Ways the Best 

SERVICE THAT SERVES! 

BOXOFTICE :: November 14, 1966 E-5

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^0Hdn. Haymarket. on 

January 5 in aid of the Institute of Ophthalmology's 

"Fight for Sight" campaign. 

Michael Powell and John Pellatt. who 

were associated together with the Australian 

film. "They're a Weird Mob," have options 

on the late Arthur Upfield's 28 books dealing 

with the adventures of the aboriginal 

detective Napoleon Bonaparte and hope to 

film a series of the stories in Australia. 

AIP president James Nicholson and his 

actress wife. Susan Hart, visited Dublin the 

other day to watch progress on the Harry 

Alan Towers production of "P. T. Barnum's 

Rocket to the Moon" . second 

Charles Vine secret agent film "Where the 

Bullets Fly." was previewed here and got 

a good tradepress but the film, which stars 

Tom Adams and will be distributed in the 

U.S. under the Joe Levine banner, did not 

strike much lightning with the critical lads 

from Fleet Street. The industry, however. 

is betting that it should earn its corn once 

it gels anniiul lo the mass industrial areas. 

3 American International 

Films in N.Y. in November 

NEW YORK—Three American 

International 

releases will open in Manhattan in 

November, including "What's Up Tiger 

Lily." which opens at the 34th Street East 

Theatre Wednesday (16). 

"The (jirl Getters," a Landau/ Unger production, 

also opens November 16 at the 

RKO Theatres houses and other neighborhood 

spots while "Fireball ."iOO" will play 

the same neighborhood houses November 

23, the latter picture being a James H. 

Nicholson-Samuel Z. Arkoff production in 

color and Panavision. 

Jack Valenti as Speaker 

At Pioneers Dinner 

NEW YORK—Jack J. Valenti, presidci 

of the Motion Picture Ass'n of .'\meric. 

will be the principal speaker at the 28th ar 

nual dinner of the NU>iion Picture Pioneei 

at the Hotel Americana November 21. at 

cording to Seymour Poe, executive vict 

president of 20th Century-Fox and chaii 

man of the event. The four co-chairmen c 

the dinner committee are Charles A. Al 

coate. Marvin Kirsch. Mort Sunshine an 

Robert W. Sclig. Heading the prize award 

committee responsible for raising funds ar 

Joseph M. Sugar, 2()th-Fox vice-presiden 

in charge of domestic sales, and James R 

Velde, United Artists vice-president. 

Jerry Braude. Los .Angeles consultant de! 

signer, has been commissioned by the Mo; 

tion Picture Pioneers Foundation to creat'' 

a special Pioneer of the Year award til 

honor William F. Forman, president 0( 

Cinerama, Inc., this year. Braude also prw 

duced the Showman of the Year award prel 

sented to Walt Disney by the Theatre Own| 

ers of America. 

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N.Y. Advance for 'Seasons'' 

Toronto, L.A.. 

Openings Se 

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Tent 11 Chiei Barker 

UASHINO ION—Jerome SaiitlN. Anicr- 

,11 Iniernational branch manager, has 

been elected chief 

barker of ihe Washington 

Variety Club. 

Joel .Margolis. Pro 

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Fotball. Inc.. business 

manager, was 

named first assistant 

chief barker and Paul 

Roth, president of 

listed in the renovation plans. 

\V.\SHINGTON 

Roth Enterprises, second 

Rues-ts of the 

WOMl'IS 

Women of the 

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Branch 

Industry. 

nianaKirs 

I. eft to ritjhl are Harold 

superintendent. kimmel. Embassy Pictures; Edwin BiKley, L nilc-d Artists; Joseph kronnian, as- 

.Mso named Monday 

sistant brunch manager, .NUiM; Dan Kosenthal, assislunt branch manager, 2l)th 

(7) in the Tent Century-Fox; Otto Eberl, .M(iM; Ben Bache. Warner Bros.; Jerry Sandy, American 

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headquarters in the Willard Hotel were International; Catherine .Murphy, \\ashin)>ton WOMPI president; Sam Wheeler, 

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blenn Norris. president of Peninsula Thejires. 

properl\ master: Sam Galaniy. re- national WOMPI; Shep Bloom. 20th Century -Fox. and .\lex Schimel, I nixersal. 

Wheeler Films; .\nne Dillon of Jacksonville, Fla., past vice-president of Inter- 

'ired Columbia district sales manager, dough 

:uy, and .Morton Gerber. District Theatres 

President, welfare chairman. 

enthal of the Carroll Theatre. Westminster, 

to the board of governors were 

lack Blank. Jack Blank Pontiac Co.; Samuel 

WASHINGTON 

Md., and Floyd Davis, Neighborhood Theatres, 

Richmond. 

Fclker. Universal Mortgage & Investment paramount Pictures Day will he held tomorrow 

(15) with a full day of screen- 

Lorp. executive: Milton Q. Ford. W'PIK 

American International booker Esther 

radio: Richard Kirsh. drive-in district man- 

K..itzenel is on jur\ duty and Rosemary 

ings for area exhibitors. Ted Krassner. 

Iger of Berlo Vending Co.. and Michael 

Carter, cashier, is helping out. Salesman 

branch manager, and office manager Jack 

Klein. Pike Theatre partner. 

Bill Michalson and wile Eihel are "weekend 

duffers." Their mutual interest in golf 

Howe will preview^ ""Funeral in Berlin"" and 

"El Dorado." Exhibitors will be the company"s 

luncheon guests between the show- 

keeps them ""hacking along together." Ethel 

[oe Tilenda New Manager 

is with Buena Vista. 

ings. Similar programs will be presented 

^t Perakos' Cinema One by all Paramount branches, backed by national 

Columbia publicist Sid Zins was in Phila- 

publicity campaigns. Krassner had an delphia working with exhibitors on forth- 

HARTIORL) Joe Tilcnda, formerly 

invitational sneak preview of "Oh Dad. 

.Artists publicist 

ith the Stanley Warner and Redstone ciruits, 

the Closet 

Poor Dud. Mama"s Hung You in 

coming product . . . United 

.Max .Miller, based at Philadelphia, was here 

has joined the Perakos circuit as 

and I'm Fceiin" So Sad"" at Loew"s Embassy setting up campaigns. 

knanager of the de luxe Cinema One, East 

Thursday evening (3), where "Alfie" is the 

Hartford. 

attraction. Howe and Loew's Manager Fred Columbia booker Billic Bennick returned 

succeeds Paul Macbeth, who has left 

Eriing greeted the guests as they entered. to her duties after several days with the 

jthe company. 

llu. Columbia's new ""hello"' girl is Cathy 

Previously. Tilenda served as assistant to Mort Magill, Buena Vista district manager, 

is spending several days here each 

Clark from West Virginia. 

Al Swett. Stanley Warner New England 

zone advertising-publicity manager, and in week from his Philadelphia office while Curtis Hildcbrand, Independent Theatres 

managerial capacities with SW at New Lon- branch manager Joe Brecheen is recovering salesman, enjoys his home movies showing 

:don. Conn.. Ncwburyport and Lynn, Mass., at Holy Cross Hospital from a heart attack. 

his granddaughter's progress in ballet. 

lar and with Redstone Theatres in Toledo, 

Magill said Brecheen is ""progressing 

The Districts Theatres, Inc., has closed 

loihio. 

very nicely with intensive care." 

one of its five drive-ins. two have been 

Tilenda will manage Cinema One under 

"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'.'" completed 

a 2()-week run Tuesday (8) al the two will go on a similar policy after Thanks- 

placed on weekend policy and the remaining 

supervision of Perakos metropolitan Hartford 

di.strict manager John D'Amato. 

K B Cinema and was followed by ""La 

giving, according to booker Mike Hanainy. 

Dolce Vila." 

WOMFIs with November birthdays are 

550,000 Renovations 

Roth's Montgomery Iheatre, which will Jean Peterson of the Loew's Theatres and 

At Pittsfield State 

open before the month's end, is located in a Ora Donoghuc of Baltimore's JF Theatres. 

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retail center consisting of 21 other business 

PITTSMHl D. MASS.—A city permit for establishments, the new Gaithersburg 

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PITTSBURGH 

Q.eorge Herringlon, a son of the late exhibitor 

leader Fred J. Hcrrington, was 

Veterans" Day parade chairman. He is a 

\'F\V official . . . Allegheny County VFW 

Council was set to picket the Cassius Clay 

vs. Cleveland Williams closed circuit TV 

bout at the civic arena today (14). They 

say il Clay can enter a boxing ring, he can 

and should wear a service uniform. 

Charles and Dale Warner, former Clarksburg. 

W. Va.. area exhibitors, are now making 

their home in Bridgeport. W. Va., suburb 

of Clarksburg, and are living on Easy 

Street. So that it is entirely clear. Easy 

Street is the name of the street in a new 

development. 

Gordon Browne .\ssociatcs of New York 

is preparing for release a new black-andwhite 

feature movie "The Five of Us," in 

which Cecil Brissette, artist of this city, is 

presented in his second screen appearance. 

Photographed in Pittsburgh and in New 

York and completed in March after one year 

in production, the cast is made up mostly 

of Carnegie Tech Drama School students. 

Brissette, a Negro who has lived in Shadyside 

for 17 years, formerly has been seen in 

"Seven Sons and a Second Daughter," which 

he says wasn't worthwhile and which received 

limited bookings. A third movie to 

be made by Gordon Browne Associates will 

have to do with museum tours, etc., and 

Brissette, who has two painting in the 

permanent gallery at Carnegie Institute 

here, will furnish all the art work. With 1 50 

bookings lined up in college towns in the 

luist. "The Five of Us" will be in release 

ai 

an early date. 

Pat Pauleene, secretary at Theatre Service 

Corp.. and Bob Dent were married Saturday 

(12). A Verona resident, he is employed 

by AT&T. 

Blalt Bros. Theatres is representing for 

licensing and booking the ABC Drive-In. 

Baden, a Smith organization theatre operated 

from Boston. 

The Casino Theatre, which formerly was 

the Novelty Theatre, will continue exhibiting 

sex and exploitation movies. Operated 

by the same management as at the Cameraphone 

Art Theatre, East Liberty, the Casino 

at a later date is expected to add girly shows 

of strippers, the Cameraphone policy. The 

Hast Liberty house will go down in redevelopment 

next year, and at that time very 

probably the strippers will be brought into 

the northside house. 

Lynne Hcrzog, formerly of Theatre Service 

Corp., moved to Las Angeles several 

months ago. She now is employed there by 

the Sero Amusement Co. 

Manson Distributing Corp. vice-president 

Mike Goldman announced the signing of 

franchise agreements for the Pittsburgh territory 

with Dave Silverman. AIP franchise 

holder. Highlighting the new releases will 

he the Marcello Mastroianni starrer, "Ladykiller 

of Rome." 

BALTIMORE 

\Aâlter Teed, manager of the Super 170 

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Drive-ln. has shifted the airer to 

winter schedule. He has returned from 

trip to Alexandria, Va. . . William Meyer 

. 

Pocomoke Drive-In at Pocomoke Citv 

spent a few da>-s in a hospital for a checkup 

before leaving for Miami. 

. . . John 

William Baker is closing the Tovsson December 

12 for a complete remodeling. He 

will reopen it on Christmas day 

Rccter of the Hampden at Eastpoint i\ 

sporting a new car, having disposed of his 

"Black Bomb." 

Moe Cohen, owner of the Monocacv 

Drive-In at Taneytown, has purchased the 

Super 70 airer at Tabb, Va., and will take 

over the operation on January 1 . . . John 

Broumas, Broumas Theatres, was in town 

for meetings with George Brehm. Westview 

Cinema, and to visit his Baltimore-area 

houses. 

The new manager of the Pikes at Rockvillc 

is Hy Bellinger, former branch manager 

of the Valiant exchange in Washington 

. . . Dick Harrison and Francia Feikin of 

the publicity department of JF Theatres are 

arranging a special preview at the Hippodrome 

of "THE BIBLE ... In the Beginning," 

with proceeds to be donated to the 

Medical Eye Bank of Maryland. 

Harrj- Bondiirant, Gov. Ritchie Drive-In 

at Glciiburnie and \icc-prcsidcnt of Maryland 

.Allied, says the campaigns for National 

Movie Month in the area were excellent and 

helped to promote the special event. 

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At Tent 19's 28th annual dinner, Phil 

Harris was named chief barker, succeeding 

Daniel Sattler of the Hiway at .Middle River. 

Those on hand included Fred Sappcrstein. 

Columbia branch manager: Victor Savadow. 

Victory, Patapsco: Jack Fruchtman. Jl 

Theatres: Irwin Cohen, R.C. Enterprises; 

Recter: Aaron Seidler, Northwood, Hillcndale; 

John Emanuel. Belair Drive-In, 

Churchvillc, and William Bri/cndine of 

Schwaber Theatres. 

A^ post card from Adam Goelz, former 

district manager of JF Theatres, reports he's 

doing well in Hollywood and now is booking 

for 1 I theatres . 

Gettinger reports 

he has an early bird show now at the 

Timonium Drive-In at Timonium, with the 

show starting at 6 p.m. 

Robert Ashcroft, manager of the Broadway, 

has been working on promotions for 

his kiddy shows . Schiller, vice-president 

of JF Theatres, says "The Sound of 

Music" at the New will be followed b\ 

"Hawaii," which opens December 21. The 

premiere performance will be sponsored by 

the Maryland Muscular Dystrophy Ass'n, 

in association with radio station WFBR. 

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MGC Honors Howard 

On His Retirement 

LOS ANGELES 

';ee in 1929 and in 1943 was transferred to 

'ôx West Coast Theatres in Los Angeles, 

Leonard Howard, who 

'oined Fox Wisconsin Theatres in Milwau- 

.vas honored Tuesday ( 1 ) at a retirement 

uncheon in the Tail of the Cock Restaurant. 

Howard, who was honored by 50 business 

associates and friends, has managed theatres 

i"or National General Corp. and its predecessor 

companies in the Midwest and on the 

West Coast. In Milwaukee, he served as 

nianager of the Princess. .Strand and Wisconsin 

theatres, while in Los Angeles he managed 

the Carlton, Boulevard, Stadium, Culver 

and HI Rey theatres. 

William H. Thcdford and Dan A. Poller. 

:a-direclors of theatre operations for National 

General, presented Howard with a 

ifeiime gold theatre pass at the luncheon. 

and his wife, Bernice Lucille, live 

'n Westchester (Southwest Los .Angeles). 

TTiey have three children Michael. Patrick 

ind Kathleen, and a granddaughter Laura 

\nn. 

Sophie Tucker Foundation 

Gives $1,000 to MPRF 

HOI I >\\()()1) Dircctiirs of the Sophie 

Fucker Foundation has contributed Si.000 

10 the Motion Picture Relief Fund in behalf 

of the great singer who died in February, 

it was announced by George L. Bagnall. 

fund president. 

As directed by the Foundation, the gift 

will be earmarked for the fund's 15-year 

S40 million endowment and building campaign 

for expansion of the Nfotion Picture 

Touniry Hou.se and Hospital. 

MGM and RCA Cooperate 

On 'Spinout' Campaign 

HOLLYWOOD - Metro-Goldwyn-May- 

.'r and RCA Victor are cooperating on a 

saturation exploitation campaign in key city 

areas of California promoting the Thanksgiving 

release of "Spinout," starring Elvis 

Presley. RCA Victor has assigned special 

•ieldmen to coordinate the campaign with 

\IGM in all its outlets. Meetings of promoion 

representatives have been scheduled in 

Los .Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. 

The Fred Zinnemann production of "A 

Man for All Seasons" is being premiered in 

Canada in mid-December. 

BOXOFHCE :: November 14, 1966 

UCLA Homecoming Float 

Honors 'Shrew' Revival 

HOLLYWOOD—Jack Flack, owner ot 

the Tivoli Theatre, where the revival of the 

.Mary Pickford-Douglas Fairbanks "Taming 

of the Shrew" is having its world premiere in 

an updated form, received a promotional 

boost when the University of California at 

Los Angeles homecoming event honored the 

film and its stars with a special float. 

Flack finds his audience in the recently 

rebuilt theatre is considerably enhanced by 

the presence of oldtime Pickford fans and 

film buffs. The Tivoli is located in an area 

drawing on high-budget income families. 

Much interest also centers on the 19- 

minute documentary which precedes the 

picture, containing shots showing Charlie 

Chaplin, Fairbanks and Miss Pickford selling 

bonds during World War I, In one of 

the funniest sequences, Chaplin boxes with 

the then world champion. Jack Dempsey, 

and leads a U.S. Marine band. He and Fairhanks 

carry on lots of horseplay. 

While Matt\ Kemp hasn't announced future 

plans for the picture, both he and the 

Flacks are pleased with the results at the 

Tivoli. 

New Montclair Theatre 

Put Under Construction 

MONTCLAIR, CALIF. — The first motion 

picture theatre in more than 25 years, 

costing $500,000, has been started in the 

Pomona Valley where earthmoving equipment 

is grading the site for the 1,300-seat 

.Montclair on Holt boulevard here. 

The theatre was designed for California 

Sterling Theatres by Roland D. Pierson, who 

also planned the Rolling Hills Theatre at 

Torrance. General contractor is Greynald 

Construction Co., Sherman Oaks. 

Malt Appclman, vice-president of California 

Sterling, said a late March opening is 

planned with a benefit for local charities. 

Community leaders participated in the 

groundbreaking ceremonies. 

New Record on 'Woolf 

HOI 1 ^ WOOD—An all-time record for 

an\ continuous performance policy of a 

single theatre in Los Angeles has been set 

by Warner Bros.' "Who's Afraid of Virginia 

\Voolf?" which completed a 19-week exclusive 

engagement on November 1. at Pacific's 

Pantages Theatre, with the recordbreaking 

gross of 5718,629.50. 

Pasadena State Open 

After Big Renovation 

I'.\S.\D1 N.\— Rc]io\atcd at a ôsl of 

SI 00.000. the State Theatre here had a gala 

reopening Wednesday (9), it was announced 

by John Klee, Pacific Coast division manager 

for Fox West Coast Theatres, a subsidiary 

of National General Corp. 

The 700-seat showplace. located at 770 

F. Colorado, has been equipped with new 

carpeting, new screen, merchandise bar. 

scientifically controlled refrigerated air conditioning 

and heating, comfortable seats, an 

updated marquee and completely remodeled 

rest rooms. 

Opening attraction will be Columbia's 

The Wrong Box," starring Peter Sellers, 

and United Artists-Lopert's "The Knack . 

and How to Get It," starring Rita Tushingham. 

The theatre will open at 6:45 p.m. 

daily and at 1 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. 

Craig S. Holden continues as manager 

of the theatre, which is under the supervision 

of Harold Wyatt, district manager. National 

General Corp.. which now has 242 

theatres in 19 states, currently has under 

way a S50 million, three-year expwsion 

program. Eugene V. Klein is president of 

National General Corp.. and Irving H. 

Levin. e\ccuti\c vice-president. 

Sandy Reed in AIP Film 

HOLLYWOOD — Southern 

California 

auto racing announcer Sandy Reed has been 

signed for the role of the announcer in 

"Thunder .Alley." American International's 

film about stock car racing, starring Annette 

Funicello, Fabian and Diane McBain, 

Richard Rush is directing and Burt Topper 

is producing. Reed calls the races at the 

Riverside International Raceway and other 

leading tracks. 

20th-Fox Signs Hutton 

HOLLYWOOD—Jim Hutton has signed 

a two-year, non-exclusive motion picture 

contract with 20th Century-Fox Studios. 

The deal calls for Hutton to make one picture 

a year with 20th-Fox for the next two 

years. Hutton just completed the starring 

role in "Who's Minding the Mint?" for 

Columbia, where he has a similar motion 

picture pact. 

Charlton Heston, who won an Academy 

Award in 1959 for "Ben-Hur," is a native 

of Evanston, lU. 

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HOLLYWOOD—Carl Foreman in his 

press conference at Columbia Pictures 

Thursday (3) expressed 

the reasons 

for following the $1 

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'^J^ ^M "Forever Free." Al- 

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ready into a $10 mil- 

*^^^ -î^^ i-^ lion worldwide gross, 

foreman labeled it as 

a "perennial." which 

will be brought back 

Carl 

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Foreman 

^''^^ Christmas and 

Easter. Asked about 

the formula for its success he attributed its 

over-all family appeal to the fact. "Parents 

are not bored. They are delighted to go 

and they are noi caused any embarrassment 

by a film, which has such a broad appeal 

to children." 

"Films like 'Born Free' are veins of gold, 

which should and will be explored." he said. 

"The credit goes to Sam Jaffe and Paul 

Radin. who deserve a great tribute." 

'Bom Free' Needed Subsidy 

Outlining his ideas on a subsidy which 

he discussed in detail after noting that the 

Screen Actors Guild has taken an official 

position on a subsidy for American producers. 

Foreman illustrated the British income 

from "Born Free" as being dependent 

on the Eady Plan "because despite the 

fact that it has been a tremendous hit in 

England, without the subsidy, it couldn't recover 

its negative costs." 

Two salient facts highlight the major arguments 

for subsidies, whether to be collected 

from the government along the lines 

of similar ones to American transportation, 

on both airlines and railroads for the shipbuilding 

industry, said the producer. Increased 

competition in all lines of entertainment, 

sports, television, etc., and the 

high costs of productions, as related to the 

returns for production of feature motion 

pictures, are the effective ones to use in 

argument. 

Should Be a ChullenKe 

"Competition in all lines of the amusement 

business should be a challenge and 

every nation with a subsidy recognizes this 

as well as the gambling nature of Ihe production 

of feature motion pictures," he 

said. 

Whether or not the subsidy should be one 

from the government or collected at ihc 

boxoffice is not the major block lo an 

American helping hand at this juncture. "We 

should accept Ihe idea in principle and 

study every other country in the world. 

"The Eady plan has holes in it, and the 

one in Italy is not perfect, but an American 

subsidy plan should be indigenous to 

this nation." Foreman favors the Swedish 

plan. 

When the novernment of Sweden relin- 

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quished the 10 per cent boxoffice tax. a 

non-government, non-professional and nonpaid 

committee was set up to op..Tate a 

fund. On this committee were educators, 

psychologists, critics and members of the 

creative groups. The 10 per cent was still 

collccled and assigned to the fund. .At the 

end of the fiscal year these funds were distributed 

in three parts: to producers— 

sum of money in proportion to the tickets 

sold to their productions during the course 

of the year. One-third went to films that 

didn't break even with the reason that this 

sum of money would continue to prime the 

production pump and lessen the risk of the 

producers. The final third was distributed to 

the national film school with a third of this 

sum used to develop new talent. A third 

was set aside for experimental films, quality 

films which plowed new grounds and needed 

help, and one third to finance experimental 

filmmakers. 

Credit to Subsidies 

Foreman labeled this "pretty civilized." 

and pointed out that these subsidy plans 

have revitalized the film industries in all nations 

where they are operating. Since 1945 

the art of production of films has become 

similar to the techniques of Hollywood 

with capable technicians at all levels in most 

nations. Backed by the subsidies, the films 

are penetrating the world markets, while 

Hollywood production goes steadily downward. 

The producer is now making a specific 

"logistical" study of an American production 

of "MacKenna's Gold," which he is 

co-producing with Dimitri Tiomkin for Columbia 

release. Labeling this in the tradition 

of "High Noon," with Tiomkin writing 

a score for the $5 million budgeted film, 

he said he would prefer making this American-locale 

film in the United Stales for 

"sentimental" reasons. But. as a producer 

with obligations to his studio and finance 

people, if there is a spread of more than 

10 per cent in labor costs below-ihc-line 

in the budget projected for filming in Spain 

and for one in this nation, he would ha\e 

to make it there. Added lo the spread and 

greater American costs would be the factor 

of competition of a Spanish subsidy. 

Spanish labor is now highly skilled in 

American methods of production. 

Collection Through Theatre.s 

Asked if the methods he proposed of collecting 

subsidies would include motion piclure 

theatre boxofficcs. Foreman said, "ilic 

collection agency must be the i heal re, il 

this form of subsidy is used." 

.•\nother reason for subsid\ is lo boost 

"quality" in a picture. Because ol ihis 

"cushion" it helps the production groups lo 

break even. This would expand exhibition 

product all along the line, for in today's 

market a low-budgeted picture rarely gels 

off the ground. 

With production costs at a high point. 

did Foreman see a ceiling which should he 

put on production in terms of a budget' 

His gambling analogy was to the point 

"When a film is made for SIO million, it's 

like putting all your money on one number 

in roulette." he quipped. On the serious 

siile. he said that il is gelling harder to make 

a picture in the United Slates, production 

costs go up and up, not down, and like 

everything else "you can't run the clock 

back." 

Foreman sees his role as thai of the execuli\e 

producer in the future. He will 

write, produce and direct in what he termed 

his estimate of "10 more creative \ears." In 

London, he has bought his own home on 

the north side of Hyde Park. 

His production plans? Following "Mac- 

Kenna's Gold." he will make the "Autobiography 

of Winston Churchill." based on 

his own screenplay. The book on this bv 

the great Churchill covers his first 25 years 

and will be made in England. 

.Additionally, a script by Zero Mostel and 

Ian Hunter, called "Monsieur LeCocque," 

starring Mostel. will be produced by Adrian 

Scott and directed b\ Selh Holl with a July 

I9(i7 dale set tor produclion in I'rance and 

England. This will be a Mostel lour cle force. 

Harry Redmond, 85, Dies; 

Motion Picture Pioneer 

HOLLYWOOD — Services were held 

Tuesday (8) in the Wee Kirk o' the Heather 

at Forest Lawn for Harry A. Redmond. 85. 

motion picture pioneer and dean of film 

special effects, who died Frida\' (4) in 

Canoga Park Hospital. 

At 15 the Cincinnati naii\e operated an 

Edison Endless Projector in the Dime Museum 

there. He later was in New York and 

was associated with Lee and Jake Shubert 

and Eddie Mannix and Louis B. Mayer and 

at another period, in the manufacture of 

klieg lights. Later in Jamaica. Long Island 

he operated a film studio and eventually 

buili one in Tampa, Fla. 

Redmond came to Hollywood in 1926 for 

First National Studios, and between then 

and his retirement in 1958 he was associated 

uith Pathe. RKO. Samuel Goldwyn. Uni- 

\ersal and scores of independent producing 

companies. 

He leaves two sons Harry jr., vice-president 

of operations for Ivan Tors Films, and 

Dr. Kent Redmond, head of Farley Dickens 

University history department at Madison. 

N.J.; a daughter Marjorie Pelienello. Simi. 

Calif., and four grandchildren. 

Scoggins Named Manager 

Of Sacramento Branch 

S.\N I KANC ISCC) Us Scoggins has 

been appointed manager of the Sacramento 

branch of the consumer photographic division 

of Technicolor Corp.. it was announced 

by Harr\ Stuurmans. divisional general manager 

for northern California. 

Scoggins joined the Sacramento branch in 

I9(i5. and was production manager until his 

promotion to branch manager. 

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. . . Paramounfs 

. . . Milton 

. . Henry 

. . Richard 

. . Martin 

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LOS ANGELES 

gamuel Z. Arkoff, executive vice-president 

of American International, planed to 

Toronto to participate in the Canadian 

"Show-a-Rama '66." He co-hosted a cocktail 

reception with Astral Films at the Inn 

Patrick Curtis, 

on the Park, Toronto . . . 

president, Curtwel Productions, was in for 

discussions on distribution of his firm's 

"Devil's Discord." which is rolling in Rome, 

Italy . . . The Lamont Drive-In Theatre. Lament, 

Calif., has been taken over by Cecil 

Carlton, who has been operating the Crest 

Drive-ln, Bakcrsficid. for the past 15 years. 

Also in his chain are the Mount Baldy 

Drive-In, Pomona; Magnolia Drive-ln. 

Riverside, and others in Arizona and California. 

First-run policy has been instituted 

after remodeling and repainting. Film busing 

and booking will be handled by J. E. 

Poynter. 

A major tie-up has been effected with the 

Los Angeles Public Library with displays 

from the Mirisch Corp. film "Hawaii." 

Twenty library branches throughout the 

city will give out souvenir bookmarks to 

each library visitor, with displays centering 

around the 4 million copy James A. 

Michencr book. Charles Weisenberg of the 

libraries staff is cooperating with the 

Egyptian Theatre where the film is playing 

"Funeral in Berlin" opens 

in a dual world premiere on December 2. 

with the Hollywood-Paramount slated for 

The Beverly 

the West Coast opening . . . 

Hills Music Hall under ,Sid Linden will handle 

the dual premiere for Columbia's "A 

Man for All Seasons" on December 14, 15. 

The first showing is for civic, church, society 

and motion picture industry leaders 

with the International Student Center al 

UCLA getting a benefit on the second dav. 

SACK 

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CHRISTMAS 

FILMACK 

circle composed of national magazines, Los 

Angeles Times critics and some members 

of the tradepress. Informality is stressed 

since no dues are collected, or officers 

elected, and members pay for luncheons of 

guests, without benefit of publicity buildup 

R. Rackmil, Universal presi- 

. . . Joe Solomon, 

dent, returned to New York after a visit 

with West Coast executives 

president of U.S. Films, visited Mondent, 

treal for production conferences and then 

on to New York . B. Graff, assistant 

vice-president, National General 

Corp.. attended the Canadian Showa-Rama 

convention in Toronto. 

The Hollywood WOMPl Club held its 

November meeting in the new offices of 

Metro-Goklwyn-Mayer at the Buckeye 

Building, Beverly Hills, on Tuesday (8). A 

special program meeting is planned for the 

end of the month at the Corsican Restaurant 

on La Brea Avenue . 

Roberts, 

partner of Shaw & Roberts. Beverly 

Hills, public relations firm, became a father 

for the first time on November 4 with the 

birth of a son, Jonathan Nicholas, to his 

wife Kitt, at the Hollywood Presbyterian 

Hospital. 

. 

Harrj' Farros, San Francisco theatre 

owner and distributor, was visiting Dan 

Sonney, Sonney Amusement Co. . . Skyline 

. 

Theatre, Barstow, is a Western Amuse- 

ment Co. theatre, not .Sero, as reported 

here Fhrlich, Paramount exchange 

advertising topper, was in .San Diego 

for another seminar on "Is Paris Burning?" 

for Statewide circuit theatre managers. 

The Valley Theatre, Moorpark. is being 

reopened by Arthur .Senofsky, former Clifton, 

N.J. theatre owner. Exhibitors Service 

will do the booking and buying . . Harry 

. 

Woolner Bros, set April I for the combination 

release of two Technicolor-Tcchniscope 

features, "Red Dragon." starring 

Stewart Granger and Rosanna Schiaffino. 

and "Lightning Bolt." with Anthony Eisley 

Bud Austin, executive 

and Wandisa Leigh . . . 

vice-president of Filmways. Inc.. 

is 

currently in Los Angeles lor meetings willi 

Martin Ransohoff. chairman of the board 

of Filmways, Inc.. Al Simon, president ot 

I ilmways television productions, and Edward 

Rissien, vice-president of Filmwavs 

lelevision productions. 

Pacific Theatres has ordered 75 prints ot 

I he len-minule "Grand Prix" subject in 

color, photographed at leading race tracks 

in 

Europe during the production of MGM's 

presentation of the John Frankenheimer 

film. The subject will be screened in Pacific 

Theatre to crossplug the gala West 

Coast premiere of the film at Pacific's 

Cinerama Dome Theatre. December 22 . . . 

The United Artists Theatre in Torrance 

was robbed of weekend receipts amounting 

to $.^.343. Eddie Dear, the manager, was 

accosted by the thief who wrapped a towel 

around his face. Dear lost his contact lenses 

and was unharmed, but was unable to make 

an identification due to near-sightedness. 

KHOU-TV Film Policies 

Clarified by Director 

From Southwest Edition 

HOU.STON — Dean Borba. director of 

programing and operations at KHOU-TV, 

answered a letter to the editor written by 

Bernice Surovec in which she asked: Would 

you tell me why Channel 11 (KHOU-TV) 

keeps replacing its movies on Friday night? 

Borba answered: 

"It is true that KHOU-TV will telecast 

its own feature films on Friday night in 

place of the CBS Friday night movies. We 

will continue to carry the Thursday night 

movies. 

"Long before CBS announced a Friday 

night movie we had made several major 

purchases involving hundreds of thousands 

of dollars in new feature films for telecast 

on our Friday night movie this fall. We feel 

that the features that we own compare favorably 

both in content and vintage with 

those purchased by the network for national 

telecast. In some instances, we feel that 

our features are better. From a standpoint 

of money, the fact that we pay around $3,- 

500 to $4,000 per feature for exclusive 

showing here as compared to the network 

pa\ing .$200,000 for a feature tti be shown 

in a hundred or so television markets 

throughout the country would indicate that 

we are competing directly with the network 

Charlton Heston was guest of the Vine 

tor the purchase of outstanding features." 

Street Irregulars, local Hollywood critics Levinson, Favorite Films manager, was in 

San Diego on business . . . Al Boodman, Columbia 

sales department, is hack from a sales 

Virna Lisi Honored Guest 

trip to San Diego and points south 

At Mexican Festival 

. . . 

MORE THAN 100 NATIONWIDE ADULT Jack Berwick, ad head of Columbia exchange 

here, set up a campaign for "The to be a guest of honor at the Mexican Film 

HOLL't'WOOD— Virna Lisi has been set 

THEATRES HAVE ALREADY BOOKED 

Professionals" in San Francisco . anil F-'esiival in Acapuico this week in conjunction 

with screening there of "Signori F Sig- 

"SUBURBIA 

Mrs. Al Olander. Vogue Theatre. Montehello, 

and his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Sam nore. 

CONFIDENTIAL 

" in which she starred for Pietro Gernii. 

Olander. are on a European vacation and The actress is currently completing a twoweek 

U.S. promotional tour for Warner 

THE PICTURE THAT BEGINS WHERE 

uiil include Israel in their itinerar\. 

THE KINSEY REPORT LEAVES OFF! 

Bros.' "Not With My Wife, You Don't" and 

A STEPHEN APOSTOIOF PRODUCTION 

arrived here Wednesday (9) for five days 

For dotes ond deals wire 

of publicity activity and meetings on film 

offers. 

Miss Lisi flew to Acapuico Monday (14) 

and her film, for which she won critical 

praise when it was shown at the Cannes 

Film Festival, will be screened November 

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Ethics. Where have they gone 

Ethics, says ihe dictionary, is "the science 

of inunan duty; moral science." 

i 

In today's world, so complicated with 

gadgetry and machines that we often 

lose sight of others and of our own best 

selves, it isn't always easy to keep "human 

duty"' in mind. 

CZi 

As life gets more complicated, men lose 

their sense of identity, val uc and purpose. 

Life, in a sense, becomes '"cheap" and 

'"unimportant." And with that, it becomes 

ever easier to take the easy way, 

to ignore the principles of right—and 

our human dutv to others. 

The one place where human values are 

kept in proper focus is where you worship. 

Nowhere is the individual more 

valued. And if von care, the place where 

you worship can become, with your 

help, a rall\ing point for lifting all 

the deteriorating values you see 

around you. Worship this week 

—and put your faith to work 

all \\eek. 

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pred Dixon headed the 20th annual 

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Fred was given expert assistance by Nate 

Blumenfield. Barney Levy, Al Grubstick. 

Hal Gruber. and Jim Meyers. This year's 

event exceeded all previous attendance records 

with many out-of-town golfers. A total 

of 345 guests and barkers attended the 

tournament. Highlight of the day was the 

awarding of golf and door prizes. The golf 

course was jammed from 7:30 a.m. until 

dark with a total of 220 players. Among the 

players were Willie Mays of the San Francisco 

Giants and a contingent from Los 

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Gerelick, AIP: past chief barker George 

Milchell, Mai Klein of Seven Arts TV and 

Jules Needelman of .Seven Arts Pictures. 

Pat Patterson has just returned from a 

promotion trip to the Fresno area. He was 

setting up his film, "Girl on a Chain Gang, 

for a run at the Starlite Drive-In. Working 

with him was Phil Hickerson, division manager 

for Pacific Drive-In Theatres . . . The 

Internaiional Film Festival ended on a high 

note with the retrospective showing of sonic- 

Fred Astaire films. Astaire added his personal 

comments to the films which helped 

make the event a high point of the festival, 

l-our films were sellouts; "'Night Games," 

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to 

the Forum." Denmark's "17" and "Hunger." 

Overall attendance was up 23 per cent over 

last 

year. 

Irving M. Levin, who started the festival 

ten \ears ago and nursed it along for eight 

years, until the Chamber of Conmierce look 

control two years ago, was on an exiendeil 

tour of Europe, with a stopover in Yugoslavia 

as guest of that government's motion 

picture industry, during the tenth San Francisco 

festival. 

James Bonholzer Resigns 

From Forman Theatres 

LOS ANGELF:.S—William R. Forman, 

president of Pacific Drive-In Theatres, announced 

the resignation of James R. Bonhol/cr. 

general manager of Forman and 

United Ihcalrcs in the Pacific Northwest. 

Bonholzer had been with the Forman organization 

in the Washington state circuit for 

ten years. 

Bonholzer resigned to de\olc all of his 

lime to his theatres and other inlerests in 

the Pacific Northwest. 

Following "Battle Horn." Charlton Heslon 

will go to work on Paramount's "Will 

Penny." which will be filmed in color earh 

in 1967. 

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Colorado Voters Okay 

Daylight Saving Time 

Ul.N\lK A bii; surprise in ihc C olo- 

Irado voting was the okaying of daylight 

, saving time. The suiprise comes in the fact 

'thai previously when the matter had come 

to a vote it had been decisively beaten both 

in Denver and outslate. 

vote was .^40,341 in favor of daylight 

saving, and 252,508 against. 

Daylight saving was voted in by the 

legislature on a two-year trial basis, with 

the November election to decide the issue. 

As the matter now stands, the legislature 

can either disregard the voter mandate and 

kill the da> light saving, or take no action, 

leaving DST in effect as provided in the law 

passed by Congress. 

Bert Caudle Is Planning 

3 More Films for U.S. 

Producer Bert Caudle, whose 

film. "The Gentle Rain." is playing the 

Theatre and day-and-date in 20 

theatres and drive-ins in the 

territory, in town for promotion and publicity, 

believes that films are "mighty salable 

merchandise." 

Caudle, who retired from Sears Roebuck. 

where he was vice-president in charge of 

merchandising for the firm's 16-store chain 

in Brazil, has also produced two Portuguese 

films tor Brazilian distribution and plans 

three more for the U. S. 

Caudle feels that "American film exhibitors 

haven't kept up with the times." He said 

"other industries subsidize youngsters just 

out of college, paying them good salaries 

while they learn the business. That way they 

get top young minds and creative energies, 

which is just what the film industry needs." 

He also said he feels the film business 

"is a sick business. It's too inbred. It doesn't 

have enough imaginative blood. These film 

boys think their industry is something special 

but it's not. It's just like the retail business. 

You buy merchandise and you sell it hut the 

merchandise must be good. I'm following the 

example of Joe Levine. He's good at buying 

and selling things and, after 23 years in the 

retail 

business, so am I." 

Ne.xt territory for "The Gentle Rain" will 

be North Carolina. Regarding the film, he 

said: "This is a sensitive, beautiful love 

story. If we had Taylor and Burton, we 

wouldn't have to work so hard to fill theatres. 

But, I made this picture on a limited 

budget; couldn't afford stars with their highpriced 

tags. My leads are two exciting newcomers—Christopher 

George, who's making 

a name for himself in the TV series "Rat 

Patrol" and Lynda Day, who was on Broadway 

in "The Devils," and is a TV actress 

also." 

The picture was filmed in Brazil, directed 

by the late Burt Balaban and was the 

first film made there with direct sound. 

Caudle, who has homes in North Carolina, 

Florida and Brazil, says he's in the film 

business to slay and has already planned 

three more films and selected scripts for 

them. 

'Alfie Turns in 510 Second Week 

At LA Crest; 'Bible' 5th Week 390 

LOS ANGELES— ".Alfie," which scored 

so tremendously with a 6(K) opening week 

at the Crest, followed up with a solid 510, 

good enough to gain the city grossing lead 

in a week which saw most area theatres 

enjoy excellent business. Among the outstanding 

gross percentages were 390 for 

the fifth week of "The Bible" at the Beverly, 

" 

365 for the fourth week of "Hawaii at the 

Egyptian and 350 for "The Sound of Music. 

" in its 88th week at the Wilshire Theatre. 

(Averoge Is 100) 

Baldwin, El Rey, Hollywood— Return o* Hie Seven 

(UA) 100 

Beverly—The Bible :20th-Fox), 5th wk 390 

Chinese— Fontosfic Voyoge (20th-Fox), 12th wk. 170 

Cinemo— I, o Woman Audubon), 2nd wk 230 

Cinerama—Khartoum (UA), 20th wk 80 

Crest— Alfie Poro), 2nd wk 510 

Egyptian— Howoii (UA), 4th wk 365 

Fine Arts— 10:30 P.M. Summer (Lopert) 170 

Four Star— La Dolce Vito (Embassy), 5th wk 90 

Hollywood, Loyola, Wiltern—The Liquidator 

(MGM) 100 

Hollywood-Paramount—Doctor Zhivogo (MGM), 

46th wk 150 

Ins—Goldfinger lUA Dr. No lUA), reissues .100 

Lido—A Mon and a Womon lAA), 6th wk 170 

Music HoII—The Wrong Bo« (Col), 12th wk 115 

Pantages— Not With MY Wife, You Don't (WB) .165 

Picfair— Morgan! (C'nemo V), moveover, 2nd wk. 120 

Pix—Who's Afraid of Virginio Woolf? (WB), 

moveover 190 

Vogue—The Appalooso (Umv). 2nd wk 160 

Worner Beverly—Romeo and Juliet (Embassy), 

4th wk 90 

Warner Hollywood— Kaleidoscope (WB), 6th wk. 65 

Wilshire—The Sound of Music i20th-Fox). 88th wk. 350 

World— Door-to-Door Maniac (AlP) 100 

'Aliie' Scores Four Times 

Average in Denver Start 

DENVER — ".Mfic" was the big show 

here, bringing in a rousing 400 first week 

at the Crest and Towne theatres, where 

lines were a common sight. "The Pawn- 

Patron Lauds Usherettes 

In Letter to Paper 

DENVER— Barbara Jennings appreciated 

the courtesy and consideration tendered 

by usherettes at the Continental and wrote 

the following letter to the Denver Post: 

"To anyone who has visited the lovely 

Continental Theatre in Denver, I am sure 

they noticed, as I did when attending a 

showing of The Bible,' the thoughtfulness 

and courtesy extended to the patrons by the 

usherettes, 

"These young ladies personify the type 

of service so often desired in serving the 

public, but so seldom found. Their cordial 

manner and willingness to help succeeded 

in making our visit there especially nice. 

"I feel that the manager of the Continental, 

Norman Nielsen, knows that the little 

touches are an important way to show his 

concern and .ipprcci.ilion of the patrons." 

Fox to Have Larger Office 

In RTA Bldg. in Albany 

.ALBANY—20th Century-Fox will have 

larger offices in the RT^ building when 

remodeling there is completed. 

Fox will be on the second floor. Warner 

Bros., Iselin Enterprises and Paramount 

have offices in the building. 

broker" and "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg." 

a pair of reruns double billed at the Vogue, 

displayed real boxoffice power by scoring 

190 in the second week and ranked second 

on the city's grossing ladder. "The Bible" 

took third with a 175 fourth week at the 

Continental. 

Aladdin— The Sound of Music {20th-Fox). 85th wk 

Centre— Fontottic Voyoge i20th-Fox), 5th wk. 

125 

.110 

Continentoi The Bible 20th-Fox), 4lh wk 175 

Cooper— Best of Cinerama {Cinerorrxj) 

CresI, Towno—Alfie ,Paro) 

.400 

Denhom— Doctor Zhivogo ;MGM,) 32rxl wk .160 

Esquire—The Blue Max :20th-Fox), 15th wk. .. .125 

InterrHStiorxjl 70— Romeo and Juliet (Embossy), 

Liquidator 

2nd wk 

Paramount—The , WGM 2r>d wk- .. 

Villa Italia, Denver—The Fighting Prince of 

Donegal (BV), 2nd wk 

Vogue—The Pawnbroker >AIP); The Umbrellai 

of Cherbourg vAlP), reruns, 2nd wk. ...... .190 

Webber— Alvarez Kelly (Col), 4th wk No Precedent 

West, Federal, Gothic, Ogden, LokeRidge, 

Hovano, South, Monoco—The Swinger (Parol 125 

Tantastic Voyage' 195 

At Portland Laurelhurst 

PORTL,-\ND— film grosses held steady 

here, "The Sound of .Music" and "Doctor 

Zhivago" still estimated at 200. 

Cinema 21 —The Gospel According to St. 

Matthew (Cont'l), 4th wk .165 

Eostgote (Mam), 104th Street— Dead Heat on a 

Merry-Go-Round (Col); Cat Bollou (Col). 

rerun Not 

Eastgote (Small)—The Wrong Box (Col), 

Avaloble 

3rd wk Not Avoikible 

Fine Arts— Dear John (Sigma III), moveover, 

4th wk 150 

Fox—The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 83rd wk. . .200 

Guild—Khartoum (UA); You Must Be Joking! 

iCol). 2nd wk 1 50 

Hollywood—The Blue Max (20th-Fox), 7th wk. 160 

Irvingfon—Alfie (Para), 4th wk 175 

Laurelhurst—Fantastic Voyage (20th-Fox); 

Born Free (Col), rerun 195 

Music Box—Goldfinger (UA); Dr, No (UA), 

reissues, 2nd wk 150 

Olf-Broodway—Romeo and Juliet (Embossy). 3rd wk. 150 

Porarnount—Doctor Zhivago iMGM), 31st wk 200 

PORTLAND 

The new $1 million twin Eastgate has entered 

the first-run field in a big way 

with satisfying results, report Tom Moyer 

and Irving Benveniste, So far, three headliners 

have played the 1,300-seat auditorium: 

Columbia's ".Alvarez Kelly," and "Dead 

Heat on a Merry-Go-Round" and L'niversal's 

"The Appaloosa." The 500-seat 

auditorium is playing Columbia's "The 

Wrong Box," in its third week. Moyer and 

Benveniste say a near duplicate house in 

Beaverton, a Portland suburb, should be 

open in March, 

Arnold Mano*. Journal entertainment 

editor, attended the New York press screening 

of Paramount's "Is Paris Burning?" 

Henn Ehrlich of Paramount was in from 

OS .Angeles to confer with Jim Tibbetts on 

I 

the Broadway Theatre's hard-ticket opening 

December 22 of "Is Paris Burning?" 

Goes to Weekend Schedule 

Fr;m New Englar^:; Ed • .- 

WEST SPRINGFIELD, ,\IASS.—The E. 

M. Loew Riverdale Drive-In has dropped 

Monday-through-Thursday showings for the 

remainder of the season. 

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School principals 

study a United Fund 

agency that provides 

the handicapped with 

both vocational training 

and work. 

Attorneys, members 

of a United Fund 

campaign committee, 

visit an agency 

that helps youth, the 

aged and the needy. 

Union leaders chat 

with a child being 

helped by rehabilitation, 

nursing and 

other United Fund 

services. 

An industrialist inspects 

an agency that 

provides a "day 

camp" for children 

of working mothers. 

Your 

Fair Share 

Gift is 

insured 

When you contribute your fair 

share to your local United Fund 

or Community Chest campaign, 

you can be certain that your gift 

will be handled in a business like 

manner. 

Business, labor and the professions 

are strongly represented 

among the volunteer community 

leaders who visit participating 

agencies before each campaign 

to study their programs, performance 

and value to the community. 

To these volunteers, a United 

Way dollar looks like one of their 

own, to be budgeted, allocated 

and spent where it will accomplish 

the most good. Their active 

interest in both the humanitarian 

and business side of United Way 

operations is your assurance 

that your United Way gift will 

truly work many wonders. 

Bank presidents call 

on a family whose 

three children were 

adopted through an 

agency of the United 

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ST. 

LOUIS 

r\ J. "Bud" Edeic, former St. Louisan, now 

vice-president and general sales manager 

of Embassy Films. New York, spent 

several days here conferring with .Art Mc- 

Manus. Embassy branch manager, and calling 

on executives with Arthur Enterprises. 

Mid-America Theatres and the Wehrenberg 

circuit. 

$600,000 State l-ll Airer to Open 

Friday (18) in 

Kansas City, Kas. 

The Bedcr Films Council will meet at 

10:30 a. m. Friday (IS) in the auditorium 

at the library. Susan M. Faudi. film librarian, 

who has been associated with the council 

IS years, will give an illustrated talk on 

music in the films and will screen "Michelangelo" 

in color. Mrs. Harry Schillinger. 

program chairman, will preside. 

Ed Dorsey, chief barker, says Tent 4 will 

sponsor a 20-hour telethon to raise funds to 

support the various children's charities on 

KPI R-TV. starting at 10 p.m.. Saturday 

(26) and continuing without interruption 

until early Sunday e\ening. Headline star 

for the event will be .Michael Landon. who 

portrays Little Joe Cartwright en the "Bonanza" 

TV series. Professional assistance in 

the planning stages will come from Harry 

Kodinsky. Variety International representative 

from Pittsburgh, originator of the first 

telethon idea and producer of many successful 

telethons. 

Nina Foch, who was the associate director 

with George Stevens on the film. "The 

Diary of Anne Frank." will be here this 

month to direct the Noel Coward play 

"Ways and Means." one of five to be presented 

by the National Repertory Theatre 

at the American Theatre during a three-week 

engagement beginning today (14.) 

Danny Kaye, ambassador at large for 

the United Nations Children's Fund (UNI- 

CEF). in the midst of a nine-stale tour, 

stopped at the airport for half an hour to 

chat with children who collected for UNI- 

CEF on Halloween. On United Nations 

Day. Kaye made appearances in Newark. 

Baltimore. Raleigh. Columbia. S.C. Atlanta. 

Louisville. St. Louis. Kansas City, Oklahoma 

City, Dallas and San Antonio. 

This is the entrance to the State I and II l)ri\e-ln. which »ill open I riday 

(18) in Kansa.s City, Kas. The $600,000 complex Mill be operated by Lu \ aunhan 

and Martin Stone of the State Drive-In Theatre Corp. The twin has two boxoffices, 

a central concession area and will feature different programs on each of 

its screens. 

KAN.SAS CITY. KAS.—The State I and 

II, a twin drive-in. will open here Friday 

(IS) on State Avenue at .'>Oth and is the first 

new outdoor theatre to he built in Wyandotte 

County in more than 12 years. 

Built at a cost of S6()().000. the L.'^.'Ô-car 

complex is owned by the State Drive-In 

Theatre Corp. and will he operated by Lu 

Vaughan and Martin Stone. They also operate 

two other drive-ins in the area, the 1-70 

in eastern Kansas City and the Twin I and II 

in Independence. Vaughan will manage the 

State and Stone will handle the booking and 

advertising. 

State I and II is equipped with in-car 

heaters for year-around operation and has 

two screens and two boxofficcs. with capacity 

for SOO cars in one imit and 750 cars 

in the other. 

The entrance is accentuated bv an SO-foot 

lighted Plexiglas arch spanning the drive 

and lighting the entrance at State Avenue. 

The 900-foot pa\ed driveway is outlined by 

mushroom lights and curves gracefully as it 

approaches the twin boxoffices, which will 

base four cashiers to expedite ticket sales. 

A basket-weave redwood fence prevents 

lights from penetrating the viewing area. 

The screens will have different programs 

and are located on opptisiie sides of the refreshment 

center. A pla\ground for the children 

is directly west of the center. 

A two-siory. S.OOO-square-foot air

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Thursday 

KANSAS CITY 

gill Allison, lormcrly of Missouri Theatre 

Supply and now with Selhy Industries, 

Fairiawn. Ohio, was in Kansas City Thursday 

(3) on business. Allison Icfl Tuesday 

(8) to go on to New York and plans to be 

in Atlanta for the joint annual convention 

of the Motion Picture Theatre Owners and 

Operators of Georgia. Alabama Theatres 

Ass'n and Tennessee Theatre Owners Ass'n. 

Pal Gascich, United Artists contract 

clerk, left the industry Thursday (10) to 

work al the American Cvanamid Chemical 

Co. 

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corn, started to work Monday (7) at American 

International. 

The Cifj Union Mission of Kansas City 

is trying to purchase a new bus by saving 

Gold Bond .Stamps and they are asking for 

help. Anyone wishing to contribute mav 

call Goldie Woerner at HA 1-7253. 

The annual Bo.sscs Luncheon of ihc 

Women of the Motion Picture Industry will 

he held Tuesday noon {\5) in the Red Door 

at the I'nion .Station. The past presidents of 

WOMPI uill be the hostesses. 

I. eon Hoofnagic, Commonwealth Theatres 

districi manager, was a little short on 

change after being a real true fan and betting 

several people that Missouri would win 

o.er Colorado Saturday (5). 

I'nited Artists had a saturation showing 

of Return of the Seven" in the territory and 

in many cases the picture is being held over. 

Several executives from the Forum 

Restaurant Ass'n were invited to the screening 

of United Artists' picture, "A Funny 

Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," 

and were pleased with the picture and are 

forming a cooperative in 12 cities where 

they are located. 

Ouf-of-lown exhibitors seen on Filmrow: 

Mr. and .Mrs. J. A. Becker, Independence; 

Pete Pekarek, Sedalia: Jack Kempton. Garden 

City, Kas.; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Porta. 

Osceola; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jarboe, Cameron; 

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Munson. Arkansas 

City. Kas.; A. C. Wooten, Higginsville. 

Dennis Stack, associate motion picture 

critic of the Kansas City Star, traveled to 

Belleville, 111., the weekend of October 31 

lo cover the filming of United Artist.s' pro- 

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Jewison, who also produced and directed 

"The Russians .Arc Coming the Russians 

.Arc Coming." Stack ran almost a half page 

on this and said he has material left for two 

or three other articles. 

Twentieth Century-Fox screened "That 

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Tennessee Beat (10), 1:30 p.m., 

at Commonwealth Theatres screening room. 

'Alfie' Makes Debut 

In Chicago at 275 

CHICAGO— ".Alfie" was the star performer 

for the week. While the near north 

Esquire always enjoys "solid" patronage, 

there were lines on the street to the left and 

to the right for the opening days of "Alfie," 

which wound up with 27.5 for the week. 

"Hawaii." at the Bismarck for a third week, 

also grossed 275. 

(Average Is 100) 

Brsmarck—Hawaii (UA), 3rd wk 275 

Chicago— Seconds (Para), 2nd wk ITS 

Cinestage—Romeo and Juliet (Embassy), 5th wk 150 

Esquire—Alfie (Para) 275 

Loop—Gigi (MGM), reissue, 3rd wk 170 

Michael Todd—The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 

86th wk 225 

Orientol—The Liquidator iMGM), 2nd wk 225 

Roosevelt - Return of the Seven lUA] 175 

State Lokc— Deed Heat on o Merry-Go-Round 

(Col), 3rd wk 

United Artists—Way 

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170 

. . . Way Out (20th-Fox) 

'Bolshoi Ballet 67' Leads 

Field of 6 KC Nev/comers 

KAN.SAS CM ^•— -Bolshoi Ballet 67" 

led a field of high-grossing new films as it 

bowed in at the Kimo with a double average 

200. Also starting Kansas City runs 

well above average were "Return of the 

Seven," 185 at the Plaza; "Alvarez Kelly," 

150 at the Paramount, and "The Fighting 

Prince of Donegal," 125 at the Uptown 

and Granada. "The .Sound of Music." 275 

in the 69th week at the Midland; "Doctor 

Zhivago." 250 for the 32nd week at the 

Capri, and "Who's Afraid of Virginia 

Woolf?", 19th week at the Fine Arts, were 

I he holdover leaders. 

Boulevard, Crest, 1-70, Riverside, Shownee, 

Centre, Electric. Overlond— Spinouf (MGM); 

ossortcd co-features 100 

Prooksidc— Lo Dolce Vlto (AlP), 4th ond finol wk. 100 

Capri— Doctor Zhivogo (MGM), 32nd wk 250 

Cloco, Fairyland, Heart, Kansas, Lake Pork, 

Lcawood, Twin I, Swinger 

Dickinson—The 

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Empire—Russian Adventure (URP), 7th wk 100 

Fine Arts—Who's Afroid of Virginia Woolf?" 

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Kimo— Bolshoi Bollct 67 (Pore) 

Midlond—The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 

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Paromcunt-Alvorcz Kelly (Cal) 150 

Return of the Seven (UA) 185 

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R >% Fantastic Voyage l20th-Fox), 5lh wk 200 

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playdatcs of "The Fat Black Pussy Cat" and 

"Common Law Wife" . . . Joella Cohen. 

Midwest promotion manager for Columbia, 

hosted a prcopening screening of "The Professionals" 

at the State Lake Theatre. 

Tony Cassel, new to the .American International 

sales staff, reports an addition to 

his family, a son Jordan Lee . . . Herbert 

Martinez. Universal branch manager, and 

sales manager David Richeau spent a few 

days downstate visiting the Kerasotes circuit. 

Universal set up a tie-in with auiornobilc 

dealers for "Te.xas Across the River." Involved 

were full-page promotion ads and 

point-of-purchase displays. Branch manager 

Martinez jumped the gun nationally with an 

early release of "Football Highlights of 

1966." The reel is being shown with "Texas 

\cross the River" at the State Lake The- 

Rod Steit>cr passed through Chicago en 

roiilc 10 the southern Illinois community of 

Chester, where some location work was being 

done on "In the Heat of the Night" . . . 

Condolences to Bob Bachman of L&M Management 

on the death of his father William 

Bachman. Burial was at Madi.son, Wis. 

Tom Gray of the MGM publicity staff is 

spending a few days in Minneapolis for 

openings of "Doctor Zhivago" and "The 

Liquidator" . . . Jack Eckhardt and Sol 

(iordon of 20th-Fox are occupied with 

campaigns for the December ?< opening of 

THL BIBLF ... In the Beginning" ^md 

"F-antastic Voyage." December 2.^. Work 

also has started on "Sand Pebbles." which 

i-- to open here in January. 

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foreign. Three films were rejected, and for 

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students and instructor Gregory J. Markopoulos 

have started making films here. In 

da\long sessions three times weeklv the 

slikicnls study films and technii.|ucs of lighting, 

ilirection. movement, color and composition. 

Lach is required to make a ten-minute 

film. 

Markopoulos. a New York filmmaker, 

has works in the permanent motion picture 

archives of New York's Museum of Modern 

Art and in film museimis in Sweden and 

Belgium. He has won national and internaiii>nal 

awards, including two major awards 

last \ear at the Chicago festival for "Twice 

a Man." The film was cited as one which 

"most advanced filmmaking as an art and 

craft." 

Roger Gilmore, acting dean of the Art 

Institute, said. "We opened the department 

on a shoestring budget, but we felt it was 

belter to start on a shoestring than not at 

all. This is an important part of a m;iior in 

photography." 

Markopoulos said at least two of his 

students show promise of becoming great 

filmmakers. He said also. "Chicago is an 

ideal place for a film center because of its 

location. It's easily accessible to hills and 

plains of the Middlewest. It's just as easy to 

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COLUMBUS— If the Ohio Legislature 

approves Daylight Savings Time, the state 

will be operating two hours ahead of the 

normal geographic time zone, it was pointed 

out by Ken Prickett in a letter to the 

editor of the Columbus Dispatch. 

I 

Prickett. executive secretary of the Independent 

Theatre Owners of Ohio, noted 

Ilial in l'>27 the time zone was moved from 

he normal sun border on the Ohio-Pennsslvania 

line to the Indiana border. 

Merchants Ass'n Re-Elects 

A Toledo Theatreman 

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roi I DO- L rban Andy" Anderson has 

hccn re-elected executive secrelar\ of the 

( olony Merchants Ass'n. organization of 

merchants in the Colony Sliopping Center. 

He is manager of the first-run Colony The- 

.iire there, operated by Associated Theatres 

of Cleveland. 

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Big 325 in Memphis 

MLMPHIS — "I he 1 iLiUKl-ilor. ihc Malco's 

new t'eaturL'. soared to a formidable 325 

in its first week, good enough to capture 

the top spot. Second place went to "Doctor 

Zhivago" for the 225 earned by the Boris 

Pasternak story in its 20th week at the Crosstown. 


Croiitown— Dottor Zhivogo (MGM), 20th wk 225 

Guild-Alphoville ;P-C) 75 

Malco The Liquidator MGM) 325 

Poloce Return of the Seven (UA) 110 

Poram unt— The Blue Max (20th-Fox), 3rd wk. .100 

Ploia— Seconds PoroV 2r-.d wk 100 

Stole Let's Kill Uncle Univ); The Night 

Wolker ,Un,vi 100 

Slud'O— Los Tarontos (Sigma III) 75 

Worncr Fonlastic Voyage (20th-Fox), 4tti wk. ..100 

"Mister Buddwing' Posts 150 

At New Orleans Orpheum 

ORLE.ANS— "Mister Buddwing" 

the first rung on the first-run grossing 

I 

ladder in its first week at the Orpheum wiili 

I 

a sturdy 150 percentage. Still rocking along 

I well above average, although showing here 

the 31st week at the Robert E. Lee Theatre, 

was "Doctor Zhivago"' with 125. 

Gentile The Gospel According to St. 

Matthew Cont I 80 

Joy—The Appolooso Univ) 100 

Lokcsidc—Gigi MGM;, reissue 100 

Martins Cineramo-Lo Dolce Vito (AlP), 3rd wk. 100 

Orptieum— Mister Buddwing (MGM) 150 

Rotcri E L.-C -Doctor Zhivago MGM), 31st wk 125 

AA 4ih Memphis Exchange 

Moving to New Building 

.\IL.\IPHIS .Allied .-\ilists has become 

the fourth exchange to move into this city's 

newest building at 100 N. Main .St. Previously 

MGM, Warner Bros, and Paramount 

made the move from Filmrow. Bailey Prichard 

is AA and Starline Pictures branch manager. 

All four of the exchanges now are on 

the ninth floor. 

The new structure has indoor parking, 

restaurants and bars. The Filmrow has freestreet 

parking and is in the neighborhood of 

the Memphis Variety Club, located in the 

Chisca Plaza Hotel. 

Selby Industries on Hand 

For Convention in Atlanta 

ATLANTA—.Selby Industries took a full 

contingent of consultants and drive-in planners 

to the Southeastern Motion Picture 

Convention and Tradeshow. which opened 

yesterday (13) in the Marriott .Motor Hotel 

here. The company's scale models and exhibit 

is part of the National Theatre Supply 

booths, 24-28. at the exhibition. John Selby 

is heading the team. 

Technicolor Names Sheaff 

From Western Edition 

HOLLYWOOD— Donald J. Sheaff has 

been named plant manager of the Technicolor 

television laboratory at North Hollywood. 

Announcement of Sheaffs promotion 

from assistant plant manager was made by 

A. P. Lofquist jr., vice-president and 

general manager of the motion picture and 

television division. 

Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee Groups 

Open 3-Day Convention in Atlanta 

Harr\ Curl J. II. Ihompsun 

ATLANT.A—Although the tradeshow 

began yesterday afternoon (13), busi- 

^ ^ ness sessions for the 

^^^^»«v. annual Southeastern 

^K \. Motion Picture Con- 

^^m \ \ention will not get 

I^^L^ _ J under way until today 

B^^y ^*sTJ 

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in the Marriott 

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Motor Hotel. 

^^B .^^ The tri-statc conl^^k 

" ^^^^^ clave is represented by 

^^^har^^^^l the Alabama Theatre 

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.\ss"n. headed by Harrv 

Curl: Tennessee 

Shcrriil Corwin 

-x^^^^,^ Owners, led 

In president Earl Boiling, and the Motion 

Picture Owners and Operators of Georgia, 

Georgia Documentary 

Wins Festival Award 

ATL.ANTA— J. Hunter Todd, a director/producer 

with the motion picture division 

of the Department of Georgia's Educational 

Television Network, has been receiving 

congratulations for his part in the production 

of the 15-minute documentary color 

film, ""New Directions in Education,"" which 

brought national recognition to Georgia 

when it was awarded the New York International 

Film FestivaTs Bronze Star in competition 

with more than 400 other documentaries. 

This is the festivaPs third highest 

award. 

"New Directions"" was produced at the request 

of Gov. Carl E. Sanders and originally 

was intended as a report to the nation on the 

Cieorpia educational system. The 35 millimeter 

film, however, turned out to be such 

a success that it has been shown in theatres 

throughout Georgia and is being distributed 

by Craddock F'ilms, Inc., as a service to the 

State Department. 

Todd describes the film as an "arti.stic 

approach to a very broad survey of education 

in Georgia."" He also praised the attractive 

musical score provided by Atlanta composer 

John Barbe. 

Todd"s reputation as a motion picture director 

is not confined to his film work with 

the department of education. 

He directed '"The Gold Guitar." a Craddock 

Films release, a musical comedy featuring 

Grand Ole Opry stars, dealing with 

the efforts of New York City's hoodlums 

whose president, J. H. "Tommy" Thompson 

will preside at today's luncheon, when 

N.ATO president Sherrill C. Corwin will be 

I he featured speaker. 

Registration yesterday indicated a record 

luiniber of delegates will be in attendance 

lor the three-day conclave. 

Hollywood personalities invited to take 

p.irt include Phil Silvers, featured in United 

.Artists" "A Funny Ihing Happened on the 

Way to the Forum"": Shelley Fabares. costarred 

in Meiro-Goldwyn-Mayer"s "Spini>ut": 

two "Slaygirls" from Columbia Pictures' 

"Murderers" Row and Tex " Ritter. 

Ron Ormond, Mary Hughes and Cliff Robertson. 

In order to properly present the product 

reel at the convention's "IT' Show (See IT, 

Buy IT. Prof ... IT), the site of the screening 

has been changed from the Marriott to 

the Wilby-Kincey 1.500-seat Roxy Theatre. 

The reel will he an updated version of the 

one screened at the N.ATO national convention 

in New York last month. Included will 

le some clips from the reissue of "Gone 

With the Wind,"' the 70mm version. 

Each of the state associations will hold a 

c'osed business session this afternoon, when 

officers w ill be elected. 

lo steal "the Nashville Sound." This film 

has done exceptionally well at the boxofficc. 

especially in saturation bookings throughout 

the South. 

He also directed "Still on the Hill," a 

Country & Western Pictures. Inc.. release 

starring Cirand Ole Opry stars Dottie West. 

Johnny Cash, Del Reeves and George Ellis. 

.Atlanta television personalit\ and owner 

operator of Festival Cinema. This picture 

now is being processed in New York and 

prints will be available within a month. It 

also will be released by Craddock Films, of 

which Gordon Craddock. producer of the 

picture, is president. 

Todd's most ambitious effort will be his 

next picture, a Cinema East protluction. 

tentatively titled "Island Tripper."" to be 

filmed on location in Jamaica with studio 

production in Atlanta. He will direct from a 

script by David 0"Keefe and scenarist David 

I ineberger, professional writers. Todd will 

he co-producer with New Yorker James 

Canada and Atlanlan Arnold Dorfman. 

Todd describes this new picture as a James 

Bond spoof built up around the topical elements 

surrounding the traffic in LSD. 

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NEW ORLEANS 

Rob Ragsdale, manager of the Lakeside 

Theatre, is known as "Sharpshooter 

Bob" since he won a turkey at the Lions 

Club shooting contest . . Russell Cortozzo 

. 

has left as house manager of Martin's Cinerama. 

Succeeding him is Carl Cudia. who 

is returning to the industry after a lengthy 

illness. He formerly was with RKO and 

Loew's State. 

Bill Cobb, owner of the Lakeside Theatre, 

ha-s been bitten by the "flu bug." . . . 

Word from the grapevine is that Claire 

Downer, supervisor of the concession stand 

at Martin's Cinerama, is expecting another 

visit from the stork. 

Myrtice Swearington, manager of the Joy 

Theatre, after spending a ten-day vacation 

in Mexico, is recommending it to everyone. 

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Her n'ece accompanied her on the trip and 

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Acapuico and the bull fights. 

lent 45 will provide bus transportation 

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Park Stadium Saturday (26). 

Herman Gentry, Martin's Cinerama, has 

been extremeU busy promoting his forthcoming 

attractions. "The Professionals" and 

"Hawaii." 

Nella I.udwlg's Opera Cluild bagged the 

benefit performance of the premiere of 

"Hawaii." 

Jimmie C;ilk-spie, veteran press agent, is 

in town boosting the opening of "Is Paris 

Burning?" Thursday (17) at the Saenger- 

Orleans. The co-authors of the novel. Larry 

Collins and Dominique l.apierre. were in 

town Friday (11). 

New Orleans WOMPI held its monthly 

Iniard niccling Thursday (3) in the Civic 

(enter in the library and read the many 

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general meeting will be Tuesday (22) in the 

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Marine Room of Lenfant's. Hostesses will 

be ihe associate members, with Claire Rita 

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Stone and Corinne Foret co-chairmen. 

New films here included "Waco," 

Orpheum Theatre, and "Let's Kill Uncle" 

at the Joy. Holdovers were "The Swinger" 

ai the Saenger. "La Dolce Vita," Martin's 

Cinerama. "Goldfinger" and "Dr. No." 

loew's State and "'The Gospel According 

lo Si. Matthew." Genlilly-Art. 

"Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round" 

opened in a multiple 1 1 hardtops and 

of 

three drive-ins. The horror combination of 

"The Blood Feast" and "Two Thousand 

Maniacs" returned to the Do Drive-In and 

Icff Drive-ln. 

WO.MIMs Marie Berglund of Motion Piclure 

.Advertising and Lee Nickolaus of Don 

Kay Enterprises, co-convention chairmen, 

held a meeting Thursday (10) in the library 

of commitiee chairmen, who are: Shirley 

Lagan. Exhibitors Poster Exchange: Lillian 

Shcrick. Motion Picture Advertising: Doris 

Stevens. Warner Bros.: Helen Bila. and 

Delia Favre. Paramount Gulf: Bettye 

Brown and Imelda Giessinger. Richards 

Center: Gene Barnelte. Delta Theatres; Josie 

Ory. honorary member: Claire Rita Stone, 

Agnes Garcia and Jane Ella Bind, associate 

members. ;ind John Broune. co-\VOMPI 

fimclions. 

Hetlye and John Browne and a group of 

llieir friends are lo leave loda> (14) on a 

irip to Hawaii. The\ are lo spend ihe first 

iiighi in Las Vegas, then on to Honolulu via 

cliarlercd plane. 

SAG Taking Strike Vote 

In TV-Commercial Fuss 

^r m Western Editicn 

HOLLYWOOD — Ballots have been 

mailed to the 17,000 .Screen Actors Guild 

members for a vole on a nationwide strike 

against advertising agencies, advertisers, television 

networks and other producers of 

video commercials. The deadline for return 

of the strike ballots is Tuesday noon (15), 

1 he guild's TV commercial contract expires 

ai 

midnight on that day. 

In a letter signed by SAG president Charlton 

lleston. accompanying the ballots, guild 

directors charged that the TV industry 

negotiators "are refusing the guild's proposals 

for reasonable increases and adjustincnl 

of inequities" and are declaring that 

I lie guild's present rates and conditions are 

|oo high and should be rolled back." 

Negotiations in New York resumed 

Thursday (3) after they were suspended 

temporarily. 

Stage-Screen Combination 

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olfered a combination siage-and-screen 

show, rare in recent years, on a recent Saturday, 

at $1.25 top. Children were admitted 

tor 50 cents. "Dr. Evil and His Terrors of 

ihe Unknown" appeared on the stage and 

Ihc screen attraction was American Interii.iiioiial's 

"Die. Monster. Die." Free 

shninlscii heads weni lo first I.Ô patrons. 

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^tlanta escaped the snow that covered 

North Georgia as Old Man Winter 

came barreling into the Southland and 

plummeted thermometers down to subfreezing 

temperatures that skidded to a biting 24 

degrees. This played hob with theatre 

attendance, especially the outdoor locations, 

since .Atlanta has no snow clearing equipment 

and motorists prefer not to risk driving 

on icy streets. By .Sunday (6) the weather 

had moderated and the early winter disappeared 

and autumn's "bright blue weather" 

had returned, much to everybody's relief. 

One factor that mitigated against increased 

attendance in Atlanta during Movie Month 

was high school football. The games arcplayed 

on Friday and Saturday nights, and 

in Atlanta's case, doubleheaders often are 

scheduled and whole families go out to root 

for their favorites. As one theatre manager 

lamented: "I dread to open a picture on a 

Friday night during football season. No 

matter how good it is. it isn't going to draw 

against high school football. College football 

is different. Those games are played in the 

afternoon and we get patronage from the 

fans at night. But these high school games 

are murdering us attendance-wise." 

.Sam Davis, president of Independent Film 

Distributors. Inc.. welcomed the assignment 

that sent him scurrying to Florida just as the 

unseasonable wintry blasts brought snow and 

below freezing temperatures to North 

Georgia. Davis is pushing a Cinema V production. 

"The Endless Summer." a surfing 

picture that is racking up surprising grosses 

including a record run at New York's Kips 

Bay Theatre. He will screen the picture for 

the press and circuit officials in .Miami and 

Jacksonville and after his return to Atlanta, 

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weather moderates, he plans to set up a 

similar screening on Filmrow. 

Gov. Carl Sanders, a friend of all facets 

of the enterlainment business, proclaimed 

Georgia S\mphon\- Week when the symphony 

orchestras of Atlanta, Augusta. Columbus 

and Savannah presented their opening 

concerts . . . WGST. radio station owned 

and operated by Georgia Institute of Techno 

ogy. sponsored an invitational screening 

of Universal's "Texas Across the River" 

Saturday morning (5) at Martin's l.20()-scat 

Rialto Theatre. Manager Buren (Tiny) Hidson 

held some unusual promotional activities 

in connection with the opening and run of 

the picture. Friday (11). 

Robert S. Benjamin, board chairman of 

United Artists Corp.. also is president of the 

United Nations Ass'n of the United States. 

He came to Atlanta during United Nations 

week to address the UNA at a ban(.|Lict in 

the Marriott Motor Hotel. On hand were 

L.'ÔO members and guests. Frederick G. 

Storey, president of the Atlanta-based Storey 

Theatre Co.. entertained at a reception for 

Benjamin following the dinner-meeting. 

Storey is a member of Mayor Ivan Allen's 

UNA Committee. Benjamin has been president 

of UNA for a year, but has been active 

in 

the group's affairs for a number of years. 

Cold weather and bad highway conditions 

kept Filmrow visitors to a minimimi. In fact. 

Charlie Crute of the Lyric Theatre. Huntsville. 

Ala., was the only hardy individual to 

make it into town . . . Howard Pearl, after 

basking in the Miami sunshine (on business, 

of course), bemoaned the fate that brought 

him hack into the mid-20-degree weather 

being experienced by Atlanta. 

Paul Hargette, Columbia Pictures division 

manager, and Joel Poss. Southeastern field 

icprcNenlalive, have returned from a business 

trip 10 the Dallas Exchange. 

Three trade and press screenings were 

lickl at Columbia's screening room: "Teenage 

Gang" (Dominant): "Dr. Goldfoot and 

ihc Ciirl Bombs" (American Iniernational) 

and ".A Funny Thing Happened on the Way 

to ihe Forimi" (United Artists). The 20th 

( cnlury-Fox screening room has been dark 

lor iwii successive weeks. 

Ciradj Crownovcr has purchased Ihe 

Scuanee Union Theatre. Sewanee. Tenn.. 

Iioni Sollace Freeman. 

Theatres in outlying areas are reaping a 

IkuwvI with Ihc Childhood Productions kidd\ 

nialinee ilouble bill. "Snow While and 

Rose Red" and "Ihe Biu Bad Wolf." disiii-uied 

by Independent Film Distributors. 

Inc. This program is presented twice on 

Salurda\s 1 1 a.m. and I p.m.) and once on 

( 

Sunday ( 1 p.m.) before the theatre's regular 

showings. Theatres presenting the double 

feature in the Atlanta area included Belvedere. 

Capri. Cobb Center. Decatur. Gordon, 

(ircenbriar. Plaza and Toco Hill. Theatres 

in nearby towns showing the pictures were 

Georgia. Athens; l.aGrange. LaGrange; 

.Alamo. Newman, and DeSoto. Rome. 

New pictures heralded on first-run theatre 

marquees included: Columbia's "Texas 

Across the River" at Martin's Rialto: Columbia's 

"Dead Heat on a Merry-Go- 

Round." Wilby-Kincey's Fox. and 20th Cenlury-Fox's 

"Way . Out." Roxy. 

UA's "Hawaii" is poised to replace " Ihe 

Sound of Music" as the roadshow attraction 

at Martin's Cinerama in December and 

"The BIBLE ... In the Beginning" will 

replace "Doctor Zhivago" as the hard-ticket 

attraction at Loew's Grand Theatre Christmas 

week. 

Theatre Atlanta dedicated its new SI 

million theatre complex Wednesday (2) 

with the presentation of Peter Shaffer's "The 

Ro\aI Hunt of the Sun." A first-night (black 

lie) capacity crowd saw the presenlation in 

a 7.'i()-seat playhouse with its thrust stage, 

the first legitimate theatre to be built in 

Atlanta in 40 years. This theatre was due to 

open last spring, but was delayed by two 

major strikes of steelworkers and carpenters. 

Even so, the audience had to sit through a 

Ihrcc-hour performance in frigid wealher 

since there was no heat in the house. 

Al Moore, 22. husband of Chalmers 

Moore, a member of the accounting department 

at the United Artists exchange, was 

burned fatally when his car was struck by 

another vehicle traveling in the wrong lane 

on an Atlanta expressway. Burial was at 

Hastings. Mich., his home town. Besides his 

w ife. he had a 9-month-old son. 

Circuits are looking to the planned $200.- 

()()() 'platform city." ParkPlace. to be built 

on an 1 

S-acre site adjacent to the slate capilol. 

as a site for an ultra-modern theatre. 

Making the announcement of the planned 

"city within a city" were Gov. Carl Sanders, 

Sherman Drawdy. president of the Georgia 

Railroad Bank & Trust Co. of Augusta, and 

Ra\niond D. Nasher Properties of Dallas. 

Nasher signed a 99-ycar lease with the First 

Georgia Development Co., a subsidiary of 

ihe Augusta bank, for the land. He says the 

development will be the largest climate controlled 

shopping center in the world ( I..^00.- 

000 square feet'). 

Columbia's "The Chase" is based on an 

original novel and play by Horton Foote. 

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Greensboro, N.C.— BRoodway 2-6165 

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Visiting exhibitors included Leon Roun- 

Holly, Holly .Springs, Miss.: Max Con- 

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MEMPHIS 

Moil BlounI, Memphis exhibitor who is 

active in motion picture industrial 

affairs, is a patient in Will Rogers Memorial 

Hospital. His friends who correspond with 

him report he is getting along fine . . . John 

Rowley. Rowley United, Dallas, was here 

on business. 

Drive-in closings included (he .-\utoscope. 

La Center, Ky.: the 67, Corning. .Ark.: luka 

al luka. Miss., Paris, Paris, .Xrk.. Bel.Air at 

Cenlerville. Tenn.: Raco, Covington, Tenn.; 

Glenwood, Glenwood, .Ark.: Twilight, Bruce, 

Miss., and a number have changed over to 

weekend-only operations. 

atre executive and a former vice-president 

of Great States and Balaban and Katz theatres. 

He said the Thunderbird will show 

all of the outstanding releases from the major 

motion picture companies. The opening 

program was the Midwest premiere showing 

of "The Idol." .Also featured was "Boy, 

Did 1 Get a Wrong Number!" 

"The Thunderbird will also serve other 

community needs," said Kennedy, "It will 

be available for civic activities during the 

afternoons when it is not showing movies." 

The operating policy calls for continuous 

shows beginning al 1 p.m. on Saturdays. 

Sundays and holidays, and 6:30 p.m. during 

the weekdays. The Thunderbird is the 

eighth theatre to be located in a Chicagoarea 

shopping center. 

nctt, Roxy, Newton, Miss.: Nathan Flexer. 

Waverly. Tenn.: Alvin Tipton. 

New, Manila, Ark.: Louise Mask, Luez. 

Bolivar, Tenn.: Whyie Bedford, Ford Drive- 

Marion, .Ma., and Maurice Basse, .Starlile 

nri\c-ln. Union City, Tenn. 

L200-Seat Thunderbird 

Is Opened in Chicago 

From Central Edition 

CHICAGO—The Thunderbird Theatre 

in Hoffman Estates, a northwest Chicago 

suburb, had its grand opening October 21. 

It features 1,200 seats on one floor, and introduces 

unique courtyard lounges containing 

flowers and foliage of the season. 

For the opening, 2,4.^0 mums were displayed. 

The theatre is equipped with the latest 

stereophonic sound and a 62-fooi screen. 

Parking for 2,000 cars surround the Thunderbird. 

It is located in the Golf-Rose .Shopping 

Center at the intersection of Golf, Higgins 

and Roselle roads. The Thunderbird 

was designed by Christopher Chamales, 

architect and city planner. 

The theatre is owned and operated by 

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BEAUMONT, TEX. — Carl D. Levy, 

who has been serving as executive vice-president 

of Jefferson Amusement Co. and East 

Coast Theatres, was elected president of 

both circuits at a stockholders and directors 

meeting. Levy succeeds the late Julius NL 

Gordon as president of each circuit. 

Elected to the boards of directors for 

both companies were L. C. Kyburz and 

Richard Jack. Re-elected were R. H. Park, 

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Levy said that expansion plans initiated 

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of the provisions is of particular interest to 

theatre managers and owners, in the prohibition 

of "wind signs." A "wind sign" is delined 

as, ".Any sign in the nature of a 

-.cries of two or more banners, flags or other 

objects, fastened in such a manner as to 

move upon being subjected to pressure by 

wind or breeze." All such signs, regardless 

of when they were erected, must be removed 

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The Department of City Planning will 

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I his ordinance and non-compliance will be 

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many of their lîp^ overseas, and singei 

Johnny Cnzzins. 

William P. Strickland jr. has acquired the I 

Ro\ai Theatre at Blackshear. Ga.. from ' 

Stein Theatres, headed by Robert Farber ol 

this city. The Ro>al"s bookings will continue 

lo he handled by Stein Theatres. 

F.rnie Pellegrin, Columbia office manager, 

lefl for a short vacation in New Orleans 

where he p!ans a visit with his father . . 

Local Filmrow salesmen calling on exhibit 

ors of the Fort Myers area were Mike .Seravo. 

Warner Bros., and Loui-; Pauza, Columbia. 

JACKSONMI I 1. UOMPI PROJKCT—Thesi WOMPIs. working at the 

Jacksonvilk-, l-'la.. Agricultural & Industrial Fair, helped to promote "Kaleidoscope." 

They served as ticket takers everj night during the fair and wore T-shirts with the 

name of the picture across the front. Standing at center is Ralph Puckhabcr. promotion 

manager of Florida State Theatres, and Marv Hart, WOMPI president, is at extreme 

right. The women also "talked up" the film when fair patrons asked about 

the lettering on the shirts. The Warner Bros, picture opened at Jacksonville's Center 

Iheatre before the fair ended its ll-da\ run on October 29. 

JACKSONVILLE 

Qichard Lewis, former head booker at 20th 

Century-Fox. has taken over the 

Florida distribution of Dominant Pictures 

following a conference with Harry Kerr, 

head of Dominant, who came here from his 

Charlotte. N. C. headquarters. Lewis also 

handles Magna products. 

C'Ico Deavcr, wife of C. H. "Danny" 

Deaver. local exhibitor with Meiselman 

Theatres, is out of Baptist Hospital after 

being confined there with a broken hip 

which she suffered in an accident at home 

. . . Harold Popel, booker for Wometco Fnterpriscs. 

is in Baptist Hospital, South Miami, 

for major lung surgery. 

Jane Brooks, a former magazine editorial 

worker, has taken over Florida State Theatres' 

local newspaper ad writing duties 

from WOMPI Claudia Taylor, who resigned 

lo edit the house organ of the local Massey 

Business College . . . Rose McKcnny is 

W. A. "Bill" McClure's new secretary at 

Universal, succeeding WOMPI Sandra F. 

Summeriin who is on a maternity leave. 

'I'om Gerard, former booker in the FST 

home office here who broke into the pulp 

paper field a few years ago. has advanced 

rapidly in his new career. The St. Regis 

Paper Co. has promoted him from sales 

manager of the firm's local container plants 

lo general manager of operations. 

R, A. Altobellis, president of the 1966 

NORELCO PROJECTORS 

ROY SMITH CO. 

Jacksonville, 

Fla. 

Jacksonville Agricultural and Industrial 

Fair, singled out WOMPI for praise among 

the civic groups which assisted the Motion 

Picture Charity Club and the Chamber of 

Commerce in the annual fair. October 19- 

29. He pointed out that WOMPI donated 

the impressi\c total of 1,700 hours of work. 

He added that it was the most successful 

fair in local history, as 229.000 persons 

54.000 more than last year—were in attendance. 

Mary Hart is the WOMPI president. 

Herb Ruffner, assistant at the downtown 

Florida who is holding down the fort while 

manager Walt Meier recovers from an auto 

accident, presented a Saturday night sneak 

preview of "The Swinger " during his run of 

'RcUirn of the Seven." 

Actress Dorothy Collins was here from 

New York to spearhead the Muscular Dystrophy 

Ass'n drive. Assisting her were Mayor 

Louis H. Ritter and Tandy Swink. announcer 

for radio station WJAX . . . The 

Ballet Folklorico of Mexico has been 

••ookcd into the Civic Auditorium for late 

November dales. 

\V. O. "OIlie" Williamson. Warner Bros, 

division manager in Atlanta, arrived for 

meetings with Carroll Ogburn. branch manager, 

and his sales staff . . . MCM Theatres 

of Leesburg. headed by Bill Cumbaa. has 

leased the Lake Theatre and the Limar 

Drive-In, both in Lake City, from Robert 

Cannon. MCM has renamed the Lake to 

the Gateway. 

Visiting Filmrow was Robert Mullis, 

owner of the Lake City Drive-In. Lake City 

. . . Edith Graff will close the Groveland 

Theatre at Groveland Sunday (27). 

Frances Langford stopped off here for 

an inspection of the Jacksonville Convalescent 

Center, which she owns with Pal 

Boone. Gene Kelly and other Hollywoodians. 

She said she will soon be entertaining 

>'isitors here included Dick Eason, Leesburg, 

booker for MCM Theatres; Ralph 

Bailey. Eag'e Theatre. Blountsiown: William 

Lee. Cinema Theatre. New Port Richc\. 

and William Carroll. Vogue Theatre. Orlanilo. 

Roth to Open 700-Seat 

Gaithersburg Theatre 

Ffon-, Eastern Ld.-iin 

GAITHERSBURG. MD. — A mid-November 

opening is planned for Roth's 700- 

seat Montgomery Theatre in the Gaithersburg 

Square Shopping Center. The de luxe 

house will be the tenth unit operated by the 

Roth circuit, says Paul Roth, president. 

Decor will be Williamsburg-colonial in 

keeping with the award-winning design ol 

the shopping center by the architectural 

firm of Bagley & Soule. Roth says this will 

be the first theatre in Maryland specificalh 

engineered for the new xenon projection 

system. The custom-designed high-gain 

screen will be augmented by the latest transistorized 

sound amplification. 

The seats were designed lo reflect the colonial 

motif and to offer maximum comfort. 

Other features include an indoor-outdoor 

boxoffice. a luxurious coffee lounge, art gallery, 

private viewing salon and a colonialstyled 

refreshment facility. 

Roth's Montgomery will serve the booming 

"corridor center" of Montgomery County, 

projected to become the stale's second 

largest population center. The shopping center 

adjoins Montgomery Village, new 1.800- 

acre "satellite city." a residential and apartment 

development, where 30,000 people arc 

expected lo live. 

Veteran showman Mannie Stutz has been 

appointed resident manager, under supervision 

of general manager Ned Glaser, who 

also is directing construction of two more 

Roth theatres to be opened within the year. 

Boost for MP Charities 

Frjm Wcitcrn Edition 

HOLLYWOOD— Motion Picture 

Permanent 

Charities boosted subscriptions for its 

silver anniversary campaign to SI. 078. 890, 

Raymond Burr, campaign chairman, announced. 

The campaign has been under way 

for four weeks. 


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UA, AIP and 25 Other 

Producers to 

AMPTP 

HDI I "yUlK)!) L nilcd Anisis Corp.. 

'\mcrican International I'ictures and 2.^ in- 

'Jcpcndent production companies — 22 of 

Ahich customarily relea.se through United 

Artists—have joined the Ass'n of Motion 

Picture & Television Producers, it was announced 

here last week by Lew Wasserman, 

(loard chairman. 

Eugene .Arnsicin. executive vice-president 

pi the Society of Independent Producers. 

ikvhose members moved into the association, 

was added to the AMPTP staff, headed by 

executive vice-president Charles Boren. and 

was e'ected a vice-president of AMPTP. 

action, ratified by the board Tuesday 

l( I ). brings viriualh all Hollywood film prokJuclion. 

with the exception of TV networks, 

kinder the aegis of the AMPTP. Firms are 

ilisted as class A members of the association 

and individuals are listed as class B members. 

Herli Jaffe. vice-president and production 

I 

Ihcad for United .Artists, was named a member 

of the board. .Samuel Z. Arkoff. AIP 

Ipartner and vice-president; S. A. MacSween. 

iGibrallar Productions and Rastar Productions, 

and Ben Hecht. representing Banner 

, Productions, were named class B nicnibers. 

In announcing the expanded nicmhership. 

Washerman said: "This action further solidifies 

the producing elements in Hollywood 

and is an important step toward the imity 

of the industry which is the aim of the association 

president. Jack V'alenti. It crystallizes 

in an official vsay the practical alliance 

which has developed over the past sc\cral 

years and I believe it will reduce some of the 

problems which have grown out of the fragmentation 

of our industrv." 

New UCLA Eye Institute 

Honors Dr. Jules Stein 

-rj-r Wc-,tcrn Ed tun 

— The S6 million Jules 

Siein Eye Institute at the UCLA Center for 

Health Sciences was dedicated Thursday ( .1 

ceremonies attended by more than 500 

• 

leading ophthalmologists from all over the 

MIAMI 

J)n Baker, former manager of the 170th 

Street Iheatre, now director of advertising 

and publicity for Loew's Theatres, 

was here from New York to check on the 

progress of two theatres his company is 

building. The Westchester in South Miami 

is to open in mid-February and the Lauderhill 

at Fort Lauderdale is to be opened in 

about a \ear. Fach uill seat about 1.500 

persons. 

"THE BIBLE ... In the Beginnmg" will 

pla\ the Bay Harbor "Rocking Chair" Theatre. 

Bay Harbor Island, announced Herb 

Kaplan, co-owner and general manager. 

Originally, it was thought the picture would 

be at the Lincoln Theatre. Miami Beach. 

Shcilah Wells, a former ice skating champion, 

will co-star with Richard Greene in 

Ivan Tors' "Lost Island." Robin Mattson. 

10. whose film debut was made in "Namu. 

the Killer Whale," also has a role in the 

Buddy Hackett and his family 

picture . . . 

arc vacationing at the Diplomat Hotel. 

Virna Lisi was here last week to promote 

her latest film "Not With MY Wife, You 

Don't." 

Frances Langford left her Stuart, Fla.. 

home for Hollywood to polish up her act 

and to get fittings for new gowns from 

Fdith Head prior to leaving Frida\ (11) for 

Vietnam to entertain ser\icemen. She and 

her husband Ralph F\inrude also maintain 

a home in Milwaukee, where he has a factory. 

licrnian .Slein, Southern division managci 

of Food Fair Stores, has been named chairman 

of a campaign in the food industries to 

TOP QUALITY AT BIG SAVINGS 

Lee ARTOE CARBON Co ""nr: 

support Variety Children's Hospital here, 

project of Tent 33. He has invited a group 

of business executives to a dinner and tour 

of the hospital on Thursday (17) to organize 

a "blitz" drive. He says he has asked 

the executives to pool their ideas on how 

they can help the hospital meet its free-care 

ileficit of S700.000 annually. 

A new film company, O'Donald Productions, 

is rcaiKing offices in the Prince 

Cieorgc Hotel on .Miami Beach, it «as reported. 

Charles Weintraub Leaves 

Tele-Graff Film Corp. 


HOLLYWOOD—Charles 

Weinuaub has 

resigned as vice-president in charge of West 

Coast operations for Tele-Graff Film Corp., 

and as head of World International Film 

Corp., Tele-Graffs production arm, according 

to E. Jonny Graff, president. 

Weintraub will announce his future plans 

on his return from Europe. 

Tele-Graff, formed by Graff several 

months ago, currently has more than 20 new 

feature films available for television syndication 

around the country. The company also 

is acquiring and co-producing features for 

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'world. The dedication honored Dr. Stein. 

board chairman of MCA. Inc.. parent coniof 

Universal Pictures, who at one 

time was a practicing ophthalmologist and 

is 

! 

now chairman of Research to Prevent 

Blindness. Inc.. a voluntary foundation seeking 

to conquer blindness. 

Stein, his wife and family and their asso- 

' 

cialcs contributed $2 million toward estabof 

the institute and the remainder 

I of the funds came from film industry Icadiers. 

university funds and a federal grant 

five-level. 83.000-square-foot institute 

houses teaching and research facilities. 

areas for three powerful election microscopes, 

a 60-bcd hospital unit specialh 

equipped operating rooms, and an outpatient 

clinic that can handle 2.000 patients 

per month. In the children's section is a 

large ceramic mural depicting the "small 

world of children" designed by artist Mary 

Blair under the supervision of Walt Disney. 

theatrical distribution through other releasing 

organizations. 

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. . Oscar 

Corwin to Be Speaker 

At Texas Convention 

DALLAS—Sherrill C. Corwin, president 

of the National Assn of Theatre Owners 

and president of Metropolitan Theatres, will 

bo the principal speaker at the [-ebruary 1 

lunchei>n of the 15lh annual Texas Drive-In 

Theatre Owners Ass'n. it was announced b\ 

Joe S. Jackson, convention chairman. 

The annual TDITOA convention is 

scheduled for January 31, February 1 and 

February 2 at the .Statler Hilton Hotel. 

"We are indeed happ\ that .\lr. Corwin 

will take time out of his busy schedule to 

appear as one of the principal speakers."' 

said Jackson, "since he's so familiar with 

the problems of exhibitors all over the 

country." 

Jackson added that other industry leaders 

are expected to announce soon their acceptance 

of invitations to appear ai the convention. 

Many exhibitor booths have been reserved 

and attendance is expected to reach 

a record high. 

May Theatre Team Leading 

Filmrow Bowling League 

OKLAHONLA CIT\—After eight weeks 

of comjietition. the May Theatre team led 

the Filmrow Mixed Bowling League on October 

.^1. The league standings on that date: 

Team 

Avey 

Cooper 

Tvofn 

Moy 

Moiinc'l 

Tower 

Twilight 

Unck Rolph'i 

Will Rogers 

Air Dispotch 

70 

Orrggers 

Pork Terroec 11 

Tullius 8 

Shcphc 

Records, up to October 3 1 high game, 

team. Twilight Gardens, 694; high series, 

team. May Theatre. 1,904; men's high 

game. Roy Miller, 246, followed by Greg 

Sorcnson with 227; men's high series, Larry 

Eichor, with Greg Sorenson runner-up; 

women's high game. Annabel Hudgcns, 186; 

women's high series, Annabel Hudgens, 482, 

followed by Catherine Pierce with 473. 

On Saturday (5) 35 of the Filmrow bowlers 

motored to .Ardmore. the half-way point 

between Oklahoma City and Dallas, for a 

match with 15 Dallas Filmrow keglers, the 

competition being held at the Ken-Cliff 

Bowling Lanes. 

Officers for the Filmrow Mixed Bowling 

League this season are Charles Hudgens, 

Universal, president; Oran Rose, Video Independent 

Theatres, vice-president; Pat 

Birdsell, Avey Advertising and Theatre Calendar 

Service, secretary-treasurer. .Ml sessions 

are at the Puddin Lanes Bowling Emporium. 

DGA Secretory Chairman 

Of MPRF Committee 

HOLLYWOOD—Joseph C. Youngerman, 

national executive secretary of the Directors 

Guild of America, has been elected 

chairman of the executive committee of the 

Motion Picture Relief Fund, announced 

George L. Bagnall. fund president. 

Youngerman succeeds Frank McCarthy, 

newly named MPRF treasurer, succeeding 

the late E. L. DePatie. 

Special Denton Edition 

For 'Bonnie and Clyde' 

D1:NT0N, 1 1 .\.— .\n entire issue of the 

Denton Record-Chronicle will he devoted 

to Warner Bros.' "Bonnie and Clyde." which 

is being filmed in this area, based on the 

bankrobbing activities of the notorious pair 

during the 1930s. 

The special issue will be mailed to leading 

exhibitors and key city editors to signalize 

the production of the picture, which stars 

Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. Beatty 

is producing and .Arthur Penn directing the 

film. 

Election, Premiere 

Keep Tent 17 Busy 

D.Ml.AS— 1 ilteen members of Tent 17 

have been nominated lor chief barker and 

the club's four other officers and six canvasmen. 

All of the nominees are eligible 

for election to any of the 1 1 positions. 

Nominated for office were Roy Adams. 

Bernard Brager. Charles Darden. Bob Davis. 

Harry DelRose. Eddie Erickson. Don Grierson. 

Harry McCartney. Walter Morgan, 

Bernie Palmer, Meyer Rachofsky, Kyle 

Rorex. Alfred N. .Sack, Roy Smith and Bill 

Williams. 

In addition to the election. Tent 17 barkers 

arc focusing attention on their campaign 

to sell tickets to the "Is Paris Burning?" 

premiere November 22 at the Wilshire, 

which will be a Variety benefit event. 

Funds raised by Tent 17 from the premiere 

sponsorship will be devoted to the club's 

charity work with children, including the 

Hope Cottage building program, the club's 

shoe bank project for underprivileged 

youngsters and the purchase of a Mini 

Coach for use in the Dallas area. 

.•\t a Variety luncheon Edwin Tobolowsky 

and Walter Morgan, co-chairmen for 

the "Is Paris Burning'.'" benefit, outlined details 

for ticket sales for the affair and announced 

that a case of champagne will be 

awarded the barker selling the most tickets. 

Committee members are Jake Elder, Alfred 

N. Sack. Ed Gall. Bob Boucher, James O. 

Cherry. Ronald Martin. Tom Bridge, Harry 

McCartney and Kyle Rorex. 

Harvey Gollogher Is Dead; 

Retired Denver Manager 

DENVER—Harvey E. Gollogher, 73, 

retired 

theatre manager, died unexpectedly in 

his home October 30. Born in Stewardson, 

III., he attended schools and was married 

there. Moving to Colorado in 1933 he has 

managed theatres at Durango. Mancos, 

Trinidad and Canon City, all in Colorado, 

before coming to Denver in 1952. He retired 

as manager of the Bluebird Theatre in 

1958. 

He was a member of the Warren Methodist 

Church. Kiwanis and the American Legion. 

He leaves his wife Maude, two daughters, 

a brother and a sister. Rites were in 

Denver, with burial in the Ft. Logan National 

Military Cemetery. 

Calls UTOO Meeting 

For November 21 

OKLAHO.NLA CIT^—W. B. Sylvester, 

president of the United Theatre Owners of 

Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas, has 

called a meeting of the officers and directors 

to be held at noon Monday (21) at 

Hardy's Restaurant. 

Reports will be made by exhibitors from 

several towns on meetings held in their 

areas regarding the Daylight Saving Time 

menace. .Any exhibitor who did not attend 

one of these meetings but who has anything 

to report about contacting his state senator 

or representative on the DST problem is 

also invited to attend this UTOO session 

and give his report. 

.Also to be discussed are plans for the 

UTOO convention, which is to be held next 

March. It is hoped that the exact date and 

hotel site for the convention can be announced 

soon after the November 21 meeting. 

All officers and directors are urged to 

attend the session. 

SAN ANTONIO 

T "cal youngsters were guests of the management 

of the Alameda Theatre, the 

ace downtown Spanish-language theatre. 

Saturday (12) for a double bill featuring two 

family films. The first featured NIario 

Moreno (Cantinflas) in "Abajo el Telon" 

(Bring Down the Curtain), while the second 

starred the screen's most lively twins, Pili 

and Mili. in "Como Dos Gotas de Aqua" 

(Like Two Drops of Water). A color cartoon, 

"Battle of the Drag Racers." with 

Speedy Gonzalez and the Road Runner, also 

was shown. 

Gene T. Cole, city manager for Gulf 

States Theatres and president of the South 

Texas Motion Picture Exhibitors .Ass'n, invited 

all exhibitors in the Southwest Texas 

area to attend the November meeting of the 

association. The group holds a luncheon 

meeting at the Wayfarer Motor Hotel on the 

second Tuesday of each month. 

Interstate Theatres is planning the formal 

opening of the Wonder, a l.OOO-seat theatre 

m the Wonderland Shopping Center, the 

latter part of this month. The showcase is 

being equipped with the latest in projection 

lacililies and outfitted with every convenience 

contributing to audience comfort. 

Word was received of the death of Eva 

Garza, 48, a native San Antonio singer who 

became a Mexican film star, in Tucson, 

Ariz., following a heart attack . . . Sylvia 

Santos, formerly cashier at the Aztec, is in 

the bookkeeping department of the Alamo 

National Bank . A. Elizondo has 

joined the staff of Interstate Theatres at the 

circuit's Aztec Theatre. He comes here from 

El Paso. 

In Warner Bros.' "Fugitive in Vienna." 

Ingrid Bergman will portray an Austrian 

shadowed by Nazis because of her contact 

with the underground. 

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DALLAS 

l^cprcscntalives of the radio, TV and newspapers 

of Dallas. Fort Worth and 

Houston were in New York for Paramount's 

screening of "Is Paris Burning?" Making the 

trip were Bill Payne. Dallas Morning News: 

Bob Porter. Dallas Times Herald; Bohhie 

Wygant. WBAP. Fort Worth; Roy Nichols. 

KRLD. Dallas: Jeff Millar. Houston Chronicle; 

Charlotte Phelan and Bill Roberts. 

Houston Post, and Joy Hackleman. K.TRH. 

Houston. 

Since area exhibitors found it upsetting 

to their schedules to come here October 12 

(Columbus Day), only to find the film exchanges 

closed for the holiday, for their convenience 

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C*. H. Spcurniuii jr., whose father and 

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and .Memphis territories. 

was cited in a recent issue of the Ok- 

Billy Wilder, sipping a cup of coffee 

lahoma Journal for his leadership in the 

while being interviewed by Joe Broady, Fine 

state legislature in winning subconimitiec 

Arts writer for the Daily Oklahoman and 

approval for his proposal for a constitutional 

convention. Having been reared in a the- 

the Oklahoma City Times, fielded the obvious 

question in a manner belitting one 

atre family, he is fully aware what Daylight 

of the screen's most widely known producer-director 

talents: "Well, I don'l sup- 

Saving Time would do to exhibition in the 

state and we're sure he can be counted on 

pose Mr. Ford is too proud of the Edsel. 

to help lead the fight against DST uhen the 

But we've had some handsome new models 

legislature convenes in January . . . The 

since then." 

senior Spearman turned the operation of the 

This was the reaction of the Austrianborn 

Wilder to a query about his making 

hdmond Broncho Theatre over to his sister 

and her husband Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Mcof 

"Kiss Me, Stupid." One of his "new 

Coy, with Bob Shepard as local manager. 

models." "The Fortune Cookie," arrived 

Fats Domino, he of many movies and here Wednesday at the Villa—a film "which 

television shows, was at the Diamond Ballroom 

returns Wilder to his favorite form of sharp- 

for one night and we are advised he ened satiric wit." Broady. whose interview 

performed before a crowd that jammed and was published in the Daily Oklahoman, gave 

packed the place. There have been many a summary of the story line in "The Fortune 

other outside entertainments here this Cookie," then fall 

reported that Wilder was extremely 

impressed with Walter Matthau, 

to take a share of the amusement dollar 

away from theatres. 

who plays "Whiplash Willie," a shyster lawyer 

whose favorite pastime is swindling the 

Among the recent Filmrow visitors were insurance company. Wilder called Matthau 

Homer C. Jones, Rialto, Alva, and Eddie "a comic genius" and told Broady. "Lm certain 

Jones, Rex, Nowata, no relation; Pauline 

he will emerge from "The Fortune 

Smith, Grand, Canton; Charles Smith, Corral. 

Cookie' as a big star." 

Wynnewood; Roy L. Rollier, Lamont 

I heatre, Lamont: R. L. "Benny" Robison. 

K.. Lee Williams Theatres, De Queen, Ark., 

hooking for his circuit of seven towns 

HOUSTON 

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Broken Bow and VVilburton, 

Queen, Fordyce, Nashville, Paris and Waldron 

Qharles Paine, managing director of the 

in Arkansas; Tom Bridge, Paramount Windsor Cinerama, had minor surgery 

division manager frt)m Dallas, here to conler 

October .1 1 at Sharpstown General Hospital 

with exchange manager Paul Rice and .... Members of Bill Calder's Show Biz 

his staff, and James A. Pritchard, who has Army attended a special showing of ".Alfie" 

taken over the franchise for Allied Artists Saturday (5) at Meyerland Cinema I and 

Cinema IL The marquee at these theatres 

carried these titles as the regular, current 

attractions: "An American Dream"— 

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Michael Caine will be unable to come 

Iktc, as planned, on a promotional lour 

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although he 

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Two of his other films are booked here 

"Alfie," due to open November 17 at Meyerland 

Cinema H, and "The Wrong Box." 

FILMACK 

which opened at the Delman November 9. 

Maurice Chevalier appeared in person at 

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where the reissued film was in its third 

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MOST VALUABLK MUSTANG— 

For the fifth year Interstate Theatres 

has made it possihie for Southern 

Methodi.st I'nivcrsity football fans to 

select the ".Most Valuable Mustang." 

Fans deposit ticket stubs, with the player's 

number or name written on the 

back, in any Interstate Dallas theatre 

lobby >%hile the contest is in progress. 

Each theatre participating has set 

pieces with the SMI' Mustangs team 

photo and numerical roster displays to 

assist fans in making their selections. 

Thousands of ticket stubs arc deposited 

annually and announcement of the 

competition is made at each SML' foothall 

game. Pictured at Interstate'.s Inwood 

Theatre, left to right, are Billy 

Boh Stewart, winner of the award last 

season: Ray Rosee of Sterling .lewelers, 

donor of the annual trophy, and Bill 

Risener. Inwood manager, who is 

pointing to Stewart in the team photo. 

Hall. There was also a fur fashion show 

and a display of 1967 automobiles. 

,\ndre Prcvln has been named new conductor 

lor the Houston Symphony Orchestra. 

He has written the background mirsic 

lor more than 40 films, inclitding "Porgy 

and Bess." "Gigi" and ".\!\ Fair Lady." for 

which he won Academy Awards. Other 

films for which he wrote musical scores included 

"Bad Day at Black Rock," "Elmer 

Gantry," "Kismet" and "Irma La Douce." 

among many others. 

Clay-Williams Fight Film 

Is Set for SW Circuit 

From Eat.tcrn Edition 

NEW YORK—Stanley Warner Theatres 

has signed with Main Bout, Inc., for the 

closed circuit telecast of the heavyweight 

championship fight between Cassius Clay 

and Clevekrnd Williams to be held at the 

Astrodome in Houston November 14. 

Fourteen theatres throughout the Stanley 

Warner circuit will present the fight, including 

the Warner Theatre on Broadway. 

Polishing Up 'Cool Hand' 

Fr>-ni Western Edition 

HOLLYWOOD — Hal Dresner, who 

wrote the original screenplay of Jalem Productions' 

"The April Fools," tentatively 

scheduled for a 1967 start for Warner Bros, 

release, has been set to polish the screenplay 

of "Cool Hand Luke," Jalem's film for 

Warners, currently on location in Stockton. 

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' 

Omaha's Upsurge Led 

By Tighiing Prince' 

OMAHA—An cnLOULiging note w.is 

sounded along the Omaha movie front as 

grosses began to show better after a quiet 

period. There was nothing sensational but 

"The l-ighiing Prince of Donegal." based on 

a book by Omahan Robert Reilly. nearly 

doubled average at the Stale. Next on the 

list was "The Blue Max." which scored well 

in its tenth week at the Indi.ui Hills. .Ml 

others grossed average or belter. 


Admiral—Spinout (MGM) 1 45 

Csocer— Doctor Zhlvogo iMGM), 30th wk 125 

Dundee—The Sound ot Musk (20th-Fox), 83rd wk. 120 

\ntion H. IIS— The Blue Ma« i20th-Fox), lOth wk. 150 

Omoho—Woy . Out (20th-Fox) 120 

Orpheum—Alvorci Kelly Coll, 2nd wk 120 

Slate—The Fighting Prince at Ooncgol BV) 175 

'AUie' Grosses Strong 190 

Initial Week in Mill City 

.MINNhAI'Ol.lS— -Alfie. which had an 

enormous take in the 45()-seat Loop World, 

led the field of fresh entries and indicated 

that it was in for a long and prosperous 

run. Such hard-ticket long holdovers as 

"The Sound of Music." well into its second 

year, and "Doctor Zhivago," in the 

31st week at the Academy, also made excellent 

showings at the bo.xoffice. .Adverse 

factors were increasing sports competition 

and real estate tax payment time, the latter 

situation hitting many family exchequers 

bard. 

Acodcmy—Doctor Zhivago (MGM), 31st wk .. 

Cuiemo II—A Shot in the Dork (UA); The Pink 

140 

PenHiw (UA), reissues 95 

Gxitier Cinerama— Khartoum (UA), 20th wk 85 

Gopher—Spinout (MGM), 2nd wk 100 

Lyrrc—An Amcricon Dream (WB) 65 

Monn—The Sound ot Music (20th-Fox), 83rd wk. 150 

Orpheum— Kateidoscopc WB) 115 

Pork Cinerama The Bible 

Stote—Ahforez Kelly Cji), 2nd 

(20th-Fox) 

wk 

110 

115 

Sutxjrtxin World— Zorlxi the Greek (20th-Fox), 

remuc 100 

Uptawr>—The Wrong Box (Col), 4th wk 115 

World—Alfio Parol 190 

Downtown Capitol Theatre 

To Be Razed in Lincoln 

l.lNtOI N, NhB. I he old t apiti>l Theatre 

building and adjoining structures have 

been sold to the C"omnuinil\ Development 

Co., a group of downtown merchants, to 

provide more parking space. Demolition 

work probably will start in December. 

The announcement of the sale of the theatre 

brought up memories to veteran theatreman 

Robert Livingston. S7, now retired. The 

Capitol was built by the Nebraska Building 

& Loan Ass'n in the late '20s after the Royal 

Hotel on the site burned down. Livingston 

leased it from the owning company in 1933. 

then sold the lease 13 years later to the 

Cooper Foundation, which he also joined. 

He helped keep the Capitol operating until 

l'Jfi3, when Cooper closed it. 

About the same time, the building was 

sold to a church group, which leased it for 

youth meetings. This activity didn't last long 

and it has been idle most of the time since. 

Livingston and his wife can easily be sidewalk 

superintendents on this nostalgic project. 

They live in the Lincoln Hotel, about 

five blocks from the doomed theatre. 

Marcus Opens IJOO-Seat Southtown 

In Milwaukee; 49th Unit in Circuit 

This is the Southtown Theatre, opened \\cdnesda> (2) in West .\llis, a Milwaukee 

suburb, as the 49th theatre in the .Marcus Theatres ,Manu)>enient Co. circuit. 

The $500,000 house seats 1,100 persons. A shopping center is to be built later at the 

site. 

MILWAUKEE—Ben D, Marcus, head 

of ,\Iarcus Theatres Management Co.. officially 

opened his new .Southtown Theatre at 

Highway 100 and West Dakota Street in 

ceremonies Wednesday (2). The circuit now 

totals 49 theatres. 

Assisting in the opening were Arnold D. 

Klentz. mayor of West Allis (Milwaukee 

suburb), who cut the ribbon, and Miss 

Wisconsin (Candy Heintz). also of West 

Allis. Music was provided by the Continental 

Youth Band and Cy Johnson, a disc 

jockey, was mastcr-of-ceremonies. 

The l.lOO-seat theatre is equipped to handle 

all types of projection. Marcus says the 

MILWAUKEE 

Johnny Logan, who promoted the 

ill-fated 

benefit baseball game for the V'ariel\ 

Club and other organizations, took the "allstars" 

and their wives to the LaJoy Restaurant 

during the rain which prevented the 

game from being played, Joe Wong, owner 

of the restaurant, picked up the good-sized 

lab. explaining. "This is for charity." 

Filmmaker Bruce Hrrscheiisohn, 34. is 

back in town with his crew to film \outli 

sequences in Milwaukee. "In this film were 

tracing a generation of .Americans from 

birth to death." he explained. "I'll be returning 

this winter to shoot some snow scenes." 

After leaving high school here, he went to 

Hollywood and got a job as a messenger 

boy at RKO and worked his way up to assistant 

art director. At 24 he went into business 

for himself. 

The Better Film Council's preview committee 

has announced these film ratings: 

FAMILY, excellent — "John F. Kennedv: 

Years of Lightning. Day of Drums." 

"Rings .Around the World," Very good- 

"Khartoum," 

ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE, 

ver\ 

good— "Up to His Ears." "Alvarez Kelly." 

"Bye. Bye Birdie." "The Restless 

Ones," Good— "The Wrong Box," Fair 

— ""You Must Be Joking," ".Arizona 

Raiders." 

cost of the house and equipment was about 

S5()().0()0. West Allis has not had a new 

theatre in 40 years. A shopping center is to 

be developed later at the site by others. 

Unlike other shopping center theatre auditoriums 

in Milwaukee County, which are 

generally box-shaped and oblong, the Southtown 

auditorium is oval and the lloor is 

slightly concave, producing a bowl effect 

lor an unobstructed view of the large 

screen. 

On Tuesday (I ) .Marcus was host to members 

ot the industry, the press and contraclors. 

The Southtown represents ihe tenth 

Marcus Milwaukee-area theatre. 

\DULTS AND xNLATURE YOUNG PEO- 

PLE, excellent — "Fantastic Voyage." 

Very good— "".Any Wednesday," "Kwaidan," 

"Hotel Paradi.so." ""Kaleidoscope," 

Good— "Shores of Hell, " "The ,Appaloosa," 

ADULTS, very good — ""Rapture." Good 

""Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round," "An 

American Dream," Fair— "Juliet of the 

Spirits." 

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OMAHA 

Jack KJingel, city manager of Cooper 

Foundation Theatres, said the two performances 

of "The Fighting Prince of 

Donegal" at the State Theatre for the benefit 

of the Home of the Good Shepherd were 

sellouts. Friends of the home gave a reception 

attended by Maxine Morrison, wife of 

the Nebraska governor. A wire from Walt 

Disney was presented to Robert Reilly. who 

wrote the story from which the movie was 

made. 

Klinêl announced the premiere of "THE 

UIBI.E ... In the Beginning" will be December 

23 and that the Variety Club of Nebraska 

will sponsor the event . . . On December 

I.^ the Cooper Foundation Theatres 

will sponsor a special event, "An Evening 

With Walt Disney,"' at the State. 

Robert Brazda, son of the owner of the 

Royal Theatre at Wisner, has received word 

that the U.S. Senate has confirmed the 

nomination of the President for his postmastership 

at the eastern Nebraska town. 

Justyn Jacobsmeyer, assistant manager of 

the Orpheum Theatre at Siou.x City, reports 

he's doing fine at his home following an 

operation for a ruptured appendix in St. 

Joseph's Hospital at Sioux City. He also has 

the Foy Theatre at Centerville, S.D.. which 

he has put on a two-changes-a-week schedule. 

Axel Sorenson, who has the Vogue Theatre 

at Bcresford. S.D., is going to one 

change a week ... A similar program has 

been announced by Mat Wucbben, who has 

the Canton Theatre at Canton. S.D., and 

B. N. (Nork) Brown of the Sioux Theatre 

at Hawarden, Iowa. 

Ed Mclzger has decided to close his Cozy 

Theatre at Tyndall, S.D.. next month. He 

also has closed his drive-in there . . . Lester 

Versteeg. owner of the Virginia Theatre at 

•Springfield, S.D., and his wife are shopping 

for a new car. 

The Air Force Base Theatre at Lincoln, 

Neb., is reopening and will be known as the 

Corpsman. in recognition of the Job Corps 

program which has been established at the 

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CHRISTMAS 

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THE MAGIC CHRISTMAS TREE 

Kiddy Motinec Saturation 

Omaha and Dcs Moines Dec. 17, 18 

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base following the deaciisation of the SAC 

unit. John McWilliams. former Nebraska 

football player, who is recreation supervisor 

for the corps, and Robert Lipps will be in 

charge. 

Exhibitors on the Row included 

Nebraskans Sid Metcalf. Nebraska City: 

Clarence Frasier, Havelock: Don Johnson. 

.Schuyler; Richard Smith. David City: Mr. 

and Mrs. Guy Griffin. Plattsmouth: Earl 

Nanccl. Bcllevue: lowans Charles Vickers. 

.\1apleton: Arnold Johnson, Onawa: Byron 

Hopkins. Glenwood: Mr. and Mrs. Al 

Haals. Harlan: John Rcntfle, Audubon, and 

South Dakotan Eskel Lund. Viborg. 

John Long, area representative for 

George Regan Film Distributors of Chicago 

and Kansas City, was in Des Moines, Omaha 

and Lincoln arranging saturation dates on 

"The Magic Christmas Tree" for kiddy 

matinees on December 17, 18. 

MINNEAPOLIS 

'£\\'m Cities' newest theatre, the 725-seat 

Norstar, operated by the Minnesota 

Amusement Co. (United Paramount circuit), 

was off to a good start. An excellent 

publicity campaign and its first screen offering, 

"Texas Across the River," undoubtedly 

played an important part in the royal 

welcome the showhouse received. 

Paramount last week held red-carpet previews 

at the Minneapolis Terrace Theatre 

as a treat for the invited exhibitors. The 

screenings were "Funeral in Berlin" in the 

morning and "El Dorado" in the afternoon. 

A buffet luncheon was served in between 

the screenings. 

Universal booker Jim Wilson was out of 

commission for a week due to being a victim 

of some gun shots while a member of a 

hunting parly . . . Universal city salesman 

Kenny Adams is back on the job and fit as 

a fiddle after hospitalization. 

Stan McCullough, buyer-booker lor the 

Ross circuit of Minnesota theatres and owner 

of a Hibbing, Minn., drive-in, is moving 

lo the Twin Cities in order to expand his 

ln)oking-bu>ing activities. The Ross chain 

hcadquarlers in St. Cloud, Minn. . . . The 

I iddlers Club of film folks will have its 

.innual Christmas party at Minneapolis subiirhan's 

swanky Camelot night club and reservations 

lor the affair are now being accepted 

by Don I.ulz, 20th-Iox branch man- 

.iger. 

. 

Business has been slack for the film 

houses, but there continues to be a considerable 

number of holdovers in Minneapolis. 

I hat goes for such current Minneapolis 

newcomers as roadshow "Ru ssian Advenofferings 

lure" and non-hard-ticket 

as 

"Morgan!" which is day-and -date at two 

neighborhood first-run houses 

Way Out" and "The Swinger." 

. 

. . Special 

OLD FRIENDS MEET— Esther 

Green (Mrs. Harry F. Humphrey), head 

of the Film Exhibitors Printing Co. 

(FEPCO) in Omaha, got together with 

long-time friend George Jessel, while 

he was in Omaha on business. 

children's matinees at Minneapolis uptown 

theatres find pictures day-and-daie at as 

many as a half-dozen houses with grosses 

healthy all down the line. Little wonder that 

the policy of presenting such pictures is becoming 

increasingly popular. 

Congratulations to Lowell Kaplan, associate 

manager of the Bennie Berger circuit, 

whose elder daughter Sherry was married to 

Leonard Hallfrin of St. Paul . . . Tent 12 

held its annual election dinner in its clubrooms 

Monday night (7). 

Ted Mann, owner of all but a lew of the 

Twin Cities" first-run theatres and many other 

houses both in Minneapolis and St. Paul 

as well as elsewhere, and Stillwater, Minn., 

circuit owner Ernie Peaslee have joined 

Northwest Theatre Owners, this area's 

NATO unit, which now is quartered in the 

Minnesota .Amusement Co. (United Paramount 

circuit) building. Mann, who soon 

will be embarking on picture producing as 

well as continuing exhibiting, is out of the 

city until luesday (15). 

Joe Hawk, United Artists salesman, owner 

of a stable of horses, was in Louisville to 

acquire another horse. He exhibits the 

horses at the Minnesota State Fair . . . Mike 

.Adcock, Warner Bros, salesman, has a yen 

lor sandwiches and comes up from time to 

lime with new recipes, which his many 

friends share with him. 

Mike Giittnian, .Aberdeen, S.D., exhibitor, 

u.is .1 lilnuow visitor . . . Bob Conn. 

Warner Bros. Midwest division manager, 

was in St. Paul for the Norstar rhealre"s 

opening . . , Glenn Wood, retired Univeral 

booker, was off to Florida to spend the 

winter there. 

Northwest Variety Club members are being 

urged by the club bulletin"s editor Eddie 

Schwartz and convention chairman Sim 

Heller to not lose time in making their reservations 

for the coming Variety Clubs International 

annual convention, May 14-19, 

in Mexico City. Schwartz points out that 

this year's convention in London was sold 

out six months before it took place. 

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the theatre safe and were unsuccessful. They 

did a "bang up" job, however, ransacking 

the place and strewing rolls of tickets about 

the place and pouring soft drinks from the 

concession stand around the theatre, 

John Long, area representative for 

Cieorgc Regan Film Distributors of Chicago 

and Kansas City, was in Des Moines, Omaha 

;ind Lincoln arranging saturation dates on 

The Magic Christmas Tree" lor kiddy 

matinees on December 17, 18. 

LINCOLN 

ON HAM) lOR THE HOS rA(.l S— Attciidiiiu the xvorld premiers of 

Heartland's "I he Hostajies" and ()j)i'nin); of Cinema I and II in Des Moines, «herc 

the pieture >vas filmed, are, left l(» ri);ht, Mollie Dodd, actress and wife of Henry 

Farrell, author of the film; Nora .Marlo«, who is featured in the film: Rav Storey, 

set desi(;ner; farrell, who also authored "Hush . 

. . Hush, Sweet Charlotte" and 

"What K\er Happened to Baby Jane?"; Russell Doughten jr., producer-director 

and president of Heartland Productions; Jenifer I.ea, who has a feature role, and 

l)ann\ Martins, the film's "hostage." 

DES MOINES 

The 20th Century-Fox exchange has moved 

a block down the street to 1216 High 

but the move marked the end of an era. 

There no longer is a screening room in Dcs 

Moines. The 44-seat screening room had 

been part of the Fo.x compound since 1936. 

After Paramount closed its screening room 

a number of years back, all tradescreenings 

have been in the "little Fox Theatre." Both 

distributors and exhibitors now express hope 

that something can be worked out soon for 

some sort of cooperative screening room 

venture. 

Carl Schwanebeck was here on Filmrow 

when he received an urgent call from Knoxvillc 

that a fire raging in the business district 

had spread to the building next to his 

(irand Theatre, which, however, was spared. 

Condolences to Onawa exhibitor Arnold 

Johnson and his family on the death of Mrs. 

Johnson. .Survivors include Mrs. Jim Phelan, 

wife of Paramount Pictures associate in Des 

Moines. 

Danny Martins, the delightful Davenport 

lad who stars in "The Hostage." saw the film 

lor the first time at its world premiere here. 

A high-water mark of suspense in the film 

comes when Di.n O'Kelly. the rough-tough 

murdering truck driver, has Danny trapped 

in an empty house. Failing in his attempt to 

catch the child, the audience hears a door 

slam while Danny remains still hidden 

imder a closet shelf. At this point "in real 

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lilc" at the premiere. Danny wus heard 

to exclaim. "Has he gone?" Danny came 

close to being upstaged at the premiere by 

his lovely sister. She's 4. 

Buck Manbeck is president of Manbeck 

Pictures Corp.. distributor of Kimm sound 

and silent film classics. He's distributing all 

over the U.S.. and abroad, such monuments 

as Lon Chaney's "Hunchback of Notre 

Dame" and "The Cat and the Canary." a 

1927 "old house horror epic" starring Laura 

I. a Plante . Sound of Music" is ending 

its run at Roy and Idamae Metcalfe's 

theatre in Cedar Rapids. 

Bel Kaufman, auther of "Up the Down 

Staircase, ' was in Des Moines as a featured 

speaker at the Iowa Teachers convention. 

Her best-seller is being produced by Warner 

Bros, as its F.aster release. During her visit, 

Joe Young and \VB officials had a special 

press luncheon at the Steak Ranch in the 

Fort Des Moines Hotel. Don Walker, publicity 

director from Kansas City, was here 

for the event. 

Among exhibitors on Filmrow were B. N. 

Brown, Hawarden: Keith Milner, Cresco; 

John Rcntfle. Audubon, and S. D. Backer. 

Harlan. 

Ray .Schnicrt/, 2()th Ccntur)-l-ox district 

manager from Chicago, paid a visit to Des 

Moines. 

"The Tattered Hawk," a classic western, 

(book by Ron Honthaner), will be produced 

by Heartland Productions. Russell 

Doughlon jr., president, said this probably 

will not be Heartland's next film, but will 

he shot sometime next year. 

Central .States executive Frank Rubcl is 

ri.i:o\ering from an operation in Rochester, 

Minn. His wife was doing the same thing in 

.1 Des Moines hospital. 

Burglars who broke into the Grand Theatre 

at Creston attempted to batter open 

pi't' -State Theatre is preparing lor a big 

Christmas show opening of Walt 

Disney's "Follow Me. Boys." Prior to that. 

Manager Gene Burdorf and Nebraska Theatre 

Corp. city manager Walt Jancke will be 

hosts at a special invitational screening of 

ihe Disney special. The date for this is 

December 13, with city, county and state 

officials, civic leaders and other special 

Lincoln citizens on the guest list. 

Lincoln's Filmrow has been greeting 

•everal out-of-town industry representatives. 

They include Jack Winningham of National 

Screen Service in Kansas City, Bob Hirz, 

Warner Bros. Omaha offices manager, and 

loc >(umy, Dcs Moines WB executive. Hir/ 

and ^'oung made it here in time for the 

Nebraska-Missouri football game and 

sia\ed over for the annual Nebraska State 

Marching Band Festival, in which Hirz' 

daughter participated. 

The Nebraska Theatre Owners Ass'n 

is watching Colorado voter results on the 

Daylight Savings Time question. One in 

particular will be Walt Jancke, since Nebraska 

Theatres Corp,'s Colorado sister organization 

has some drive-ins throughout 

the state. He and NTOA president Irvin 

Dubinsky say no plans have jelled yet on 

what their organization will do to ward off 

an\ Nebraska attempts to get fast time 

adopied m 1967. 

Felton's Arena Productions 

Opens Office at Paramount 


HOLLYWOOD - Nornuin I cllons 

Arena Productions, heretofore headquartered 

at 

MGM-TV, has established a second 

office at Paramount Studios, for which Felton 

will produce motion pictures under a 

multiple contract. Initial feature scheduled 

is " riic Happening," an original screenplay 

b\ Robert Thoni. 

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'Dr. Faustus' to Columbia 

From Eostern Edition 

ROME—Columbia Pictures will distribute 

"Dr, Faustus," starring Richard Burton 

and Elizabeth Taylor, which is currently 

before the cameras at the De Laurentiis 

Studios, The picture, being co-produced by 

Burton and Richard McWhorter, is being 

co-directed by Burton and Neville Coghill. 

Burton previously produced "The Taming 

of the Shrew" with Miss Taylor for worldwide 

release by Columbia. 

NC-4 BOXOFFICE November 14, 1966

1—Kaleidoscope 

The Russians' 300 

13th Week in Cincy 

CINCINNATI—Theatre grosses at firstrun 

theatres were slightly above average for 

this time — of year. The opening of three new 

products "'Kaleidoscope" at the Albee: 

"What's Up Tiger Lily'.*" at the Esquire and 

Hyde Park; "The Gospel According to St. 

Matthew" at the Ambassador—added interest 

and variety to the area's screen fare. 

(Averoqe Is 100) 

AR)e«— Kal*ido>cop« ;WB) 135 

Ambossodor—The Gospel According to St. 

Matthew (Confl) 150 

Copitol— Fontoitic Voyoge (20th-Fox), 4th wk . .250 

Esquire Hyde Park—What's Up Tiger Lily? (AlP) 125 

Gfond— Khartoum lUA), 2nd wk 95 

Internalioool 70— Mister Buddwing (MGM), 2nd wk. 85 

Princeton Cinemo—Way . . . Way Out (20th-Fox) . .100 

Times Towne Cinema—The Russians Are 

Coming ;UA), 13th »k 300 

Vollo -Doctor Zhivogo MGM), 31st wk 125 

'Le Bonheur' Passes Censor 

And Scores 520 in Detroit 

Dl-TROIT— "1 e Bonheur." blocked for 

weeks while the censor pondered over it, 

opened at Studio- 1 for perhaps the highest 

gross ever reported here by an art house 

—520. The runnerup percentage was the 

350 earned by the 84th week of "The Sound 

of Music" at the Madison. Tied for third 

in the gross ratings were the fourth week of 

"A Man and a Woman" at Studio-North 

and the opening for a twin bill consisting 

of "The Black Cat" and "The Blood Drinkers" 

at the Fox. 

Adorns— Fantastic Voyage (20th-Fox), 4th wk .120 

Cinefpo II. Macomb, Norêst, Radio City, Mai 

Koi—An American Dreom (WB), 2nd wk 110 

Civic. 23 other theofres—Alvarez Kelly (Cal) 80 

Fo«—The Black Cat (Hemisphere); The Blood 

Drinkers (Hemisphere) 200 

Mercury, Village, Quo Vadis, Warren 

Graryj Circus, 

Cincnvj (WB), 2nd wk 100 

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La Ponsien, Studio-New Center, Palms, Bloomfield, 

Woods— Seconds (Para), 2nd wk 

Modison—The Sound o» Music (20th-Foi

DETROIT 

^|el Maron, MGM roadshow executive, 

was on ihe local visitors' roster . . . 

Herb Eschbach, veteran manager and theatre 

advertising man. was busily plugging 

lor Judge Carl VVeidcman's re-election. 

The Nederlander family. David T. and 

his five sons, well known in Detroit show 

business for many years, have just added 

Ihe Henry Miller Theatre in New York to 

their operations. They took over the N.V. 

Palace last year. 

. . . 

John Killcen is the new manager of the 

Terrace in Livonia for Suburban Detroit 

Theatres, succeeding Tony Rinaidi 

Richard Bolion is assistant manager to Eugene 

Grew at the new Northland in Southfield. 

Mike Miinlcy, president of Ticket .Sellers 

and Treasurers Local 757. lATSE. has been 

hospitalized for treatment of ulcers . . . 

Ro> Ruben, business agent of lATSE Local 

199. has returned to his office in improvctl 

health. 

Herman K. Kramer, 74. died October .Î 

at Clearwater. F la. He was a member ol 

Ihe family which built and operated Ihe 

Kramer Theatre, starting in the 192()s. Subsequently, 

the theatre was leased to the late 

Leon Krim, and is now operated by Paul 

Broder. Kramer leaves his wife Lucille an i 

two sons. 

Ann V. O'Donnell, who retired aboLiI five 

years ago after 15 years as office manager 

lt>r Albert Dezel. independent disiributoi. 

died suddenly in her Fort Lauderdale. Lla.. 

home Wednesday (2). She had been active 

in the industry here since the 192()s. The 

Escanaba. Mich., native started with Harry 

Charnes, an independent distributor. Later 

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ênt 6 will sponsor the premiere of "THE the bridal bouquet. fYou know what that 

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Loew's Ohio on December 23. Proceeds will 

I.ce Appell of Columbia is back at work 

be used toward the purchase of a second with new respect for the current brand of 

Sunshine Coach for the Crippled Children's flu and its near-pneumonia effects. 

Society. The one bought last year has been 

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move" under way aboiil 

is necessary. 

December 1 in the Film BIdg. The Cleveland 

Motion Picture Exhibitors Ass'n will move 

The new student booker at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

from room 505 to 514, AIP from 433 to 

is Terry Synon 505, and Motion Picture Sound. Inc.. 

here has been selling candy and has made (screening room. etc.). in 427. will expand 

a profit of $50. Members are working on its quarters to 433. 

a new project, which will be initiated Saturday 

(26), and that money will be appre- 

Mrs. Ronald Cohen of United Artists, 

owner of a "now-working" color TV set. 

ciated. 

will spend Christmas in Chicago with her 

Marge Bartko of MGM and Grace Dolphin 

of Columbia were delegates to Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Kerner (MGM booker) 

parents Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Gutentag . 

WOMPI convention in Des will visit 

Moines, September 

Mexico, leaving here December 3. 

28-October 2. Both are enthusiastic They will be in Mexico City. Taxco, Cuer- 

about the benefits of the convention. Marge navaca and Xochimilco. His brother Ed has 

received a "reward" at the wedding of her 

been in Mexico for MGM since spring. 

sister-in-law's niece Tina de Rose to Jim E. S. "Eddie" Johnson, Canton Film 

Laverty in St. Prokop's Church. She caught Truck Service, is at his Turkeyfoot Lake 

home after being hospitalized. 



CINCINNATI 

'SUBURBIA ^ surprise snowstorm didn't hamper the 

festival opening of "The Fortune 

CONFIDENTIAL" Cookie" in a benefit performance for Tent 


3's Sunshine Coach fund Wednesday (2) at 


ihe Times Towne Cinema. Although the 

A STEPHEN APOSTOLOF PRODUCTION parade, which always precedes an opening 


performance at the theatre, was canceled, 

SACK AMUSEMENT ENTERPRISES patrons had a gay time including Ralph 

1710 Jockjon Rl 2-9445 — Dallas 

I'ries, first vice-president of Variety Clubs 

4107 Bedford Rood — HU 6-6654 — Baltimore International, who flew in from New York 

lor the occasion. The fund was swelled by 

about S4,000. A combo entertained the audience 

'COULITE PX* Front Surfoc* R«IUctors before playtime and at the cham- 

pagne parly following the screening. Women 

GUARANTEED MOHtATUIMAOt "Pyrex' 

received gardenias as a memento. 

Dale .Stevens, Post & Times-Star movie 

Manufacturers Prices 

critic and entertainment editor, was the honored 

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guest of the city's film and theatre 

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BOXOFFICE — THE NATIONAL FILM WEEKLY 

825 Von Brunt Blvd., Konsos City, Mo. 64124 

October 31. He is leaving the newspaper to 

join the Detroit News. 

Filmrow welcomed Calvernia Jacobs as 

a new office staff member at Universal . , 

.Mitchell Blachschlager, operator of the 

.Acadenn Drive-In, is in Jewish Hospital. 

Branch managers William A. Meier. Paramount, 

and Ralph Salyer. Warners, visited 

the Chakeres circuit at Springfield, Ohio . . . 

I ilmrow visitors included Karl Bruss. MGM 

field representative and his assistant Boh 

Smith: exhibitors Dan Krueger. Danville, 

Ky.: Ohioans Lee Schulz. Miamisburg: Jack 

Stallings. Norwood, and Bob Mills and John 

Holakan. Dayton. 

Charles Ackerman, president of Glenway 

Chevrolet Co. and former general manager 

of Ackerman Enterprises, operators of 

Covedale Theatre, died October 2S while 

on a hunting trip in Canada. 

CATV Competitors Join 

Forces in Raleigh Area 

From Southeast Edition 

RALEIGH, N.C.—A corporation which 

had trouble getting a license to operate cablevision 

here has joined forces with a competitor 

that threw up most of the obstacles. 

The Jefferson-Carolina Corp. of Greensboro 

has purchased "a substantial interest" 

in Southeastern Cahlevision Co., according 

lo a joint announcement. 

The city council June 6 awarded Southeastern 

a license to operate a CATV system 

here. At the same time, after legal objections 

were raised by Southeastern, the council 

deferred action on a license application 

from Jefferson-Carolina. .Action was deferred 

again in August when the legal questions 

were still unresolved. 

The stock deal just announced is not a 

merger, but Jefferson-Carolina will operate 

the system. Jefferson-Carolina's management, 

contributed by two parent companies, 

has had extensive experience with CATV 

elsewhere in the state but Southeastern is 

new to the business. 

The announcement by presidents A. J. 

rielchcr of Southeastern and M. H. Crocker 

of Jefferson-Carolina said construction of 

Ihe s\stem will begin immediately. Southeastern 

had obtained a dispensation from 

the city council to begin construction before 

it could guarantee the minimum of six television 

channels required by city ordinances. 

The system will serve subscribers, who 

pay $20 for installation and $6 a month for 

reception, from a single signal tower. Connections 

to home television sets will be 

made from cables strung along the poles of 

Southern Bell Telephone Co. and Carolina 

Power and Light Co. 

Southeastern will own the cables and will 

pay rental fees for the utility poles. The 

most serious barrier to Jefferson-Carolina's 

previous license application was the company's 

plan to rent cables owned by the utility 

companies, which would have lowered 

tax revenues for the city. 

The deal between Southeastern and Jefferson-Carolina 

apparently has ended a succession 

of corporate maneuvers since the 

idea of CATV for Raleigh first came up in 

1963. 

ME-4 BOXOFFICE :: November 14, 1966

Sianley Warner Opens 

More Than $500,000 Being Invested 

Cinema in Danbury /n Perakos Construction, Updating 

DANBLRY. CONN. — Stanley Warner 

Thcaires has opened its 14th Connecticut 

unit, the newly constructed 1.200-seat Danbury 

Cinema in the Danhury Shopping 

Plaza. 

The theatre, designed with New England 

colonial motif, is managed hy Sam Cardenne'e. 

who had hecn manager of the Danbury 

Palace the last three years. 

Harold Lancaster. SW Danbury city man 

ager. will supervise the operations here. 

Full-Page Time Ad Plugs 

Brookline 'Paris' Debut 

HOSION- .\ picture opening here has 

t-een advertised in Time magazine for the 

first time in local motion picture history. 

"Is Paris Burning?" opening at the Circle 

Theatre in Brookline. suburb of Boston. 

was advertised in a full-page advertisement 

in the November 4 Time. 

The ad on page B-8. carried at the bottom 

of the plate, "Opens November 10 at 

Circle." The advertisement also ran the 

price scale of the reserved-seat engagement. 

the first such booking engagement for the 

Redstone house, which was taken over, rebuilt 

and refurbished from the old Cleveland 

Circle Theatre. 

In the Time ad. which caused much comment 

in motion picture circles here, mail 

orders were requested and special arrangements 

for group theatre parties were said to 

be available. The price scale: S3. Sundays 

through Thursdays; S.3..30, Fridays. Saturdays, 

holiday evenings and holidays: S2.75. 

matinees. 

Cinema Lodge B'nai B'rith has a benefit 

premiere on November 9. 

Arlington Costume Contest 

ARLINGTON. MASS.—The New Capitol 

presented cash prizes for the best costumes 

at its annual Halloween matinee 

show. All patrons received free candy and 

admission was 50 cents. On the screen were 

"House of Fright" and "War-Gods of the 

Deep." 

Tim McCoy in Vermont 

BURLINGTON. VT.—Col. Tim McCoy, 

star of 200 motion pictures, appeared in a 

country music caravan show at Winooski 

High School. Admission was one dollar for 

children under 12: SI. 50 for students and 

adults. 

1 

Redstone Stresses 'Nearness' 

AWRINCL. MASS.- -Redstone Theatres' 

dc luxe Showcase Cinemas, at Routes 

114 and 495. are running newspaper ads 

asscrtini;. "Onlv Minutes From You!" 

Drops Monday-Tuesday Shows 

WINSTED. CONN.— Independent exhibitor 

John Scanlon III dropped Monday 

and Tuesday showings at the Strand Theatre. 

Shown at the Perakos Theatre .Associates managers luncheon in New Britain, 

Conn., are, back row from left to ri(;ht: Dan Finn, associated with PI A through affiliation 

with B&Q Theatres and the Astor in Boston; circuit president Peter Perakos 

sr.; Bob Thomas, Palace, New Britain: John D'Amalo. metropolitan Hartford district 

manager; James Landino. metropolitan Bridgeport district manager, and Peter 

Perakos jr., office manager. Front row, left to right: John Perakos, assistant general 

manager; Peter Flynn, Plainville and Southington drive-ins supervisor, and Fddie 

Stankiewicz, Strand, Thompsonville. 

NEW BRITAIN, CONN.—Sperie P. 

Perakos. vice-president and general manager 

of Connecticut's expanding Perakos Theatre 

Associates interests, is one circuit executive 

spiritedly advocating a need for constant 

activity on the local exhibition \e\e\. 

Presiding at a managers meeting at the 

New Britain home office, followed by a late 

afternoon lunch. Perakos remarked that, in 

truth, it's not enough to know—one must 

also act on this knowledge. 

"We know." he told the assembled company 

executives and field managers, "that 

there is a pronounced feeling of "upbeat' in 

our industry. The right and resoundingly 

strong thing at this junction is to be "with it' 

today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow." 

As an example of just what the Perakos 

interests, on the Connecticut exhibition 

scene six decades, are doing at the moment. 

Perakos disclosed the immediate and upcoming 

expenditure of half a million dollars 

in theatre improvements. 

Breaking down the figures, he noted 

SI 00.000 for the Beverly, Bridgeport: Cinema 

1. East Hartford. 5125.000: Cinema 

1. Bridgeport, SI 25,000: Strand. Thompsonville 

(being changed to the Enfield Cinema 

to better identify with the motion picture 

entertainment concept), S50.000, and 

Plainville Drive-In. Plainville. S75.000. 

"For a theatre manager to ignore at least 

weekly contact— by phone, by mail, by personal 

visit—with the communications people 

in his immediate area is just another form of 

deliberate industry suicide," he said. "Make 

it a point to give your downtown newspaper 

a call or. better still, sit down over a cup of 

coffee and ask the city editor or the amusements 

editor what he likes in the form of 

special publicity or art work for the amusements 

pages. 

"There is no excuse for the protestation 

that I didn't have time," for example, to 

phone in a movie time schedule to the newspaper. 

After all. in all of our towns, this 

schedule is published by the newspapers as 

free public service and people are in the 

habit of quickly looking down the listing of 

theatre starting times before going out for 

the evening. 

"If a schedule for one of our theatres 

isn't in the paper, the public, inevitably. 

(eels we are lazy, apathetic and not concerned." 

I'eier Perakos sr.. circuit president and 

industry pioneer (he opened his first theatre 

in New Britain shortly after the turnof-the-century 

and is probably the oldest 

active exhibitor in the country), addressed 

the group. 

"We're not content," he asserted, ""in 

merely planning out work schedules. What 

we have to do on a DAILY basis is WORK 

our PLANS. We've got to convey the excitement 

of the motion pictures, that are playing 

and that will play our theatres, to our 

regular customers and to those people living 

in the general periphery of our theatres vsho 

look to moviegoing as something in the 

sphere-and-scope of casual entertainment." 

He commented, moreover, that ""The 

Soimd of Music." will have nearcd the 100- 

week mark when it terminates its long-run 

engagement at the de luxe 70mm-equippcd 

Elm. West Hartford, in mid-December. 

"With this particular motion picture of 

distinction, we've pronounced most encouragingly 

that we can easily count on attracting 

thousands upon thousands more people 

than live within easy commuting distance of 

a showcase theatre and then proceed to get 

thousands upon thousands more people 

back for two and three additional showings 

of the same film." 

(Continued on page NE-4) 

BOXOFFICE :: November 14, 1966 NE-I

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Boston Grosses Still Firmly Above 

Average; 'Hawaii' 3rd Week 300 

BOSTON—Business was rated mild generally 

as the film business settled down alter 

last week's big rush. Competition from \arious 

musicals and other stage attractions 

definitely affected grosses at film theatres, 

although "Hawaii" again had a tremendous 

week—300 for its third week at the Gary. 

Among the new films, some of the leading 

percentages were "Texas Across the River," 

150 at the Savoy; "The Shameless Old 

Lady." 150 at the Kenmore Square, and the 

English-dubbed "La Dolce Vita," 140 at the 

Orpheum Theatre. 

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Astor Alfie (Para), 5th wk 130 

Beacon Hill—The Russians Are Coining (UA), 

20th wk 120 

Adventure (URP), 6th wk 

Center— Let's Kill Uncle (Un.v;; The Plainsman 

Bostor>— Russion 100 

(Univ) 100 

Chen—The Wrong Box (Col), 8fh wk 

Circle Cinemo— Fontostic Voyoge (20th-Fox), 

110 

6th wk 120 

Exeter—The Endless Summer (Cinema V), 5th wk. .150 

Gay—Hawaii (UA), 3rd wk 300 

Kenmcre Square—The Shameless Old Lady 

(Cont'l) 150 

Music HoII— Deod Heat on a Mcrry-Go-Round (Col), 

3rd wk. ... 115 

Orpheum— La Dolce Vito 140 

Poromount—The Poppy Is Also a Flower (Comet) . .115 

Pans Cinemo— Romeo ond Juliet (Embassy), 

2nd wk 155 

Sovcy—Texas Across the River (Univ) 150 

Soxon— Doctor Zhivogo (MGM), 33rd wk 145 

State—The Pink Pussycat (Cambist) 125 

West End Cinema— La Visita (Promenade) 135 

'Khartoum' Highest Grosser 

With 125 in New Haven 

NKW HA\LN — "Kharloum," ihc 

Loew's College screen fare, topped what has 

to be categorized as a mild week for this 

college town, scoring 125, which looked big 

compared to the below-average percentages 

recorded in most theatres. The only other 

above-average gross was the 1 10 compiled 

by "Gigi," the reissue starting a new run 

at the SW Roger Sherman, 

Crown— Dioboliquc (Cont'l), reissue 90 

Fairmount—A Fine Madness (WB), rerun 80 

Lawrence—Time of Indifference (Cont'l); Tales of 

Porif (Conflj 75 

Lincolr^—The Gospel According to St. Matthew 

(Cont'l), 2nd wk 70 

Loew's College— Khartoum (UA) 125 

Milford Cinema—The Blue Max (20th-Fox], 

moveover 90 

Milford Drivc-ln— Way . . . Way Out (20th-Fox); 

Who's Got the Action? (Poro), reissue 85 

SW Cinemort—The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 

72nd wk 55 

SW Roger Shermon—Gigi [MGM), reissue 110 

Wcstvillc, Whitrwy Alvarez Kelly (Col); A Study 

in Terror (Col) 90 

Whollcy— Doctor Zhivago MGM), 24lh wk 80 

'Gigi,' 'Mediterranean Holiday' 

Rank One-Two in Hartford 

HAKIIOKI) Mcdilcrranean Holiday," 

which played here several years agi> 

at the SW Slrand, came back—ihis lime at 

the Cinerama Theatre—and registered the 

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week's second percentage, 1 1 5, outgrossed 

only by "Gigi." a reissue opening at the 

Biirnside Theatre at a 150 pace. The bulk 

of the metropolitan area's drive-ins have 

adopted cooler weather policies, the majority 

now operating weekends onl>. 

Allyn, Cinemo One, Blue Hills— Alvorez Kelly (Col); 

vorous cc-fcatures 

Art Cinema—The Alley Cots (Audubon); Young 

Sinners (SR) 

80 

100 

Eurnside Gigi MGM;, reissue 150 

Centrol My Fair Lody (WB), rerun 75 

Cine Wr! I Dioboliquc (Cont'l), reissue 70 

Cincrorro Mcditcrroneon Holidoy (Cont'l), rerun ..115 

Elm— The 

E, M. Lccv 

Sound of Music (20fh-Fox), 72nd wk. 

s LA Ttieatre East, Meadows—Way 

. . 70 

. . , Wov Out (20th-Fox); various co-features ... 80 

R.voli—John F. Kennedy (Embassy) 85 

Strand—Doctor Zhivogo (MGM), 24th wk 85 

Webster—The Gospel According to St, Matthew 

(Cont'l), 2nd wk 60 

Zerinsky Appealing 

'Lorna' Conviction 

()R,\N(ii:. MASS.--Roherl Zerinsky, 

manager of the Pioneer Dri\c-ln, has appealed 

an Orange District Court finding that 

he was guilty of showing a lewd film at the 

drive-in Ocloher 1, The appeal will be heard 

by the grand jury at Greenfield in the January 

sitting of Superior Court, Bail of $500 

in the case continues. 

Judge William A, Garbose. presiding in 

Orange District Court during the mid-October 

trial of Zerinsky's case, fined the 

drive-in theatre operator .Si 00 following his 

conviction, the court having found probable 

cause on a charge of possessing the film, 

Zerinsky was arrested the second evening 

of the showing of Eve Productions' "Lorna," 

by Cpl, Ernest T. Finan of the state police 

special services of Boston and Sgt, Albert 

Sahanski, who said they v\ere called by Sgl. 

rancis Sullivan of the Athol Barracks after 

I 

Charles Kclley, Petersham attorney, had 

filed a complaint against the picture, 

J, Philip Howard, Gardner attorney who 

represented Zerinsky at Ihe district court 

trial, based the defense on constitutional 

guarantees of free speech and free press. 

Zerinsky contended "Lorna" was presented 

for adults and is not immoral. 

The commonwealth, represented by Stanley 

L, Cummings of Greenfield, assistant 

district attorney, maintained that "Lorna" 

is obscene and has no social redeeming 

values, which he pointed out was one of 

ihe tests under the recent U,S. Supreme 

Court ruling. 

Howard also cited decisions of the Supreme 

Court—decisions which he said took 

care lo protect the rights of free speech and 

freedom of Ihe press. He named such film 

md slage productions as "Streetcar Named 

Desire." "Forever Amber," "Ulysses" and 

others which he said the Supreme Couii hail 

tilled are not obscene, 

Howard also pointed out that at the time 

Zerinsky was arrested, "Lorna" was being 

shown at Ihe Boston Savoy Theatre, where 

il had been presented on a 16-week run. 

D'Oyly Carle Group 

Sets Boston Record 

BOSTON- -The Sack Savoy Theatre, the 

former Keith Memorial which opened as a 

vaudeville-film house in 192S, played host 

for the first time to a legitimate production, 

the D'OyU Carte Opera Compans, which 

set a city record by grossing 580,000 for 

seven performances. 

The first legitimate production for the 

2,85S-seat motion picture theatre had a price 

scale of $2.50-$5 for matinees; S.^,50-$6, 

weekday nights: $3.50-$6,50, Friday and 

Saturday nights, and was completely sold 

out Saturday night, when standing room 

was sold, too. 

The theatre has three floors of dressing 

rooms with private baths, a billiard room 

and a clubroom. The D'Oyly Carte was the 

first company of performers ever to use the 

ornate dressing rooms. Walter Pierce said 

the Savoy makes an ideal place for shows 

hs middle-size companies and revealed that 

he will bring in the Mexican I'olklorico 

Ballet, the Royal Danish Ballet and the 

MazovNse Polish dance company to the 

Savoy as a result of the success of the 

D'Oyly Carte presentation, 

Al Fischer, company manager for the 

touring S. Hurok production, which opened 

in Montreal, said the D'Oyly Carte grossed 

more in seven performances at the Savoy 

than in two weeks played last season at the 

Colonial. Bruce Worsley, the British manager 

representing Bridget D'Oyly Carte and 

the D'Oyls Carte Opera Trust, said it was 

the hcsi engagement thus far in the tour, 

Ben Sack, president of Sack Theatres, reported 

that legitimate producers who have 

been here with pre-Broadwa\ tryouts have 

sent representatives to look over Ihe Savoy 

with a view of using it for musical tryouts. 

Sack pulled out "Alvarez Kelly" to put in 

the D'0\ ly Carle Opera and then, in another 

Boston first, opened the Sa\oy Sunday (6) 

with "Texas Across the River," the first 

Sunday opening in Boston film history, 

'Texas Across the River" was played up as 

a family picture for Ihe opening and disc 

jockeys from radio stations were brought in 

lor the film's start. 

Grover Dale Is Signed 

For Part in 'Sixpence' 


HOLLYWOOD 

Aclor-dancer-singer 

Grover Dale has been signed for a role in 

"Half a Sixpence," the Charles H, Schneer- 

George Sidney international musical production 

starring Tommy Steele and Julia 

Foster, 

Grover has completed a key role in the 

Seven Arts musical "The Young Girls of 

Rocheforl," which also stars Gene Kelly, 

Catherine Deneuve, Francoise Dorleac and 

(iei>rge Chakiris. George Sidney is directing 

"Sixpence" with William Perlberg as executi\e 

producer of this Paramount release. 

Paul Newman has the title role in "Cool 

Hand Luke," Warner Bros,' film based on 

a novel about a chain-gang prisoner. 

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Stanley Warner Theatres, characterizes as a 

refreshing and imaginative approach to 

bringing art film appreciation into the college 

community has started at the circuit's 

College Theatre at Storrs. Conn., adjacent 

to the sprawling University of Connecticut 

campus. 

The project is labeled "A New Kind of 

"Film Festival." " 

The program, comprised of five "Cannes 

quality" motion pictures on consecutive 

Tuesdays, is being coordinated by the University's 

School of Fine Arts. Screenings arc 

open to the general public at reduced subscription 

prices. 

Coninicniing on this distinctively new 

\cnture. Dean Frank Cookson, of the School 

of Fine Arts, told this peripatetic Box OfncE 

paragrapher that the "festival" is. 

frankly, in the nature of a pilot research 

project, lis goal, he told us, is to find out 

if these superior films CAN attract wider 

audiences than is generally conceded. What 

lie wants, in effect, is to design an approach 

lor wider public exposure to art motion piclures, 

per se. 

The program is supported by the Kellogg 

I oundatioii. which, on an earlier occasion, 

awarded the School of Fine Arts a substantial 

grant to explore the possibilities of 

bringing the several art forms to a larger 

segment of the general public. 

When the "festival" ends at Storrs this 

month, the sponsors, which include the 

Connecticut Commission on the Arts and 

the National Foundation on the Arts and 

Humanities, hope to take the film "on 

lour." 

Before going out "on tour," however. the\ 

plan to evaluate the local response in the 

Storrs community, essentially a college 

campus atmosphere. 

Toiman has agreed to present similar 

"festivals" at a select number of SW theatres 

in Connecticut. 

Dean Cookson is convinced that the public 

IS willing to support excellence in the 

motion picture medium. 

"One of the principal aims of the commission 

on arts and the Kellogg Foundation," 

he told us, " is to explore the impact 

of quality on the public. We know they're 

ready for it and will respond to it when the 

opportunities are provided." 

Another important aspect of this series 

also supported, incidentally, by the university's 

own Jorgensen auditorium management—is 

the distribution of informative 

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program notes on each attraction as it is 

screened. 

The "festival" films include "The Gospel 

According to St. Matthew," "King and 

Country." "Shakespeare Wallah," "11 Suc- 

^;c^so." and "The Island." 

Morris Simms is SW resident manager at 

ihc handsomely resplendent College Theatre. 

Elsewhere on the area scene, Connecticut's 

economy is going to grow faster than 

ihal of the rest of the U.S. in the next 14 

years, according to Edwin L. Caldwell, vicepresident 

and economist of the Connecticut 

Bank & Trust Co. 

A newly published book. "The Connecticut 

Economy lo 1 9S0." by Caldwell, cites 

these significant factors: 

• The population of Connecticut in 1965 

was approximately 2.8 million. It is expected 

to grow to 3.074 million by 1970 and .1,698 

million by 1980. placing the Nutmeg State 

eighth or ninth among the 50 states in 

growth. 

• Most of the population increases to 

1 980 will probably be located in the urban 

regions of downsiate Fairfield County and 

in other areas along the shoreline. Especiallv 

strong gains are predicted for Fairfield 

County (which abuts New York state's 

Westchester County) and the capital region 

(metropolitan Hartford). 

• By 1980. the service industries will 

probably provide about 64 per cent of the 

|obs in Connecticut, compared with prevailing 

59 per cent. 

HARTFORD 

"The rapidly expanding; Hartlord-based Art 

Theatre Corp., headed by Franklin E. 

Ferguson, has joined forces with theatre 

owner Joseph Shulman lo operate the Plaza, 

Windsor. The move follows termination of 

an extended lease by Lockwood & Gordon 

hnlerprises. The new management team 

plans remodeling, to be accomplished while 

the theatre continues its daily schedule. ATC 

also operates the Rivoli and Webster. 

Hartford's Louis J. Hunter and Marvin 

Billings have leased the 1 ,000-seat Lenox, 

long-shuiiered Hartford subsequent run. 

from Friedman Bro.. for two years, planning 

to stress live entertainment and motion 

pictures. Hunicr and Billings are calling the 

iheaire the New Lenox. 

UA Theatres* third Connecticut showcase, 

a 1.200-seat theatre in the Groion 

Shoppers Mart, is expected to be ready for 

opening by early January. Other UA facilities 

in the stale are in Trumbull and Manchester 

shopping plazas. 

Jack Keppner, son of Morris Keppner, 

Burnside Theatre Corp. partner, and Mrs. 

Keppner, was married to Sylvia Gloth of 

Springfield, Mass. The bridegroom is with 

ihe Connecticut Transportation Authority. 

Harry Biancamano, 69, a stagehand for 

more than 40 years at the Bushnell Memorial 

and Parsons theatres prior to retiring, 

is dead. He was a member of Local 84 

lATSE. 

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stjie show and lilm premiere will be 

presented at the downtown Paramount 

Theatre November I 

6 for the benefit of the 

Register Fresh Air Fund. The screen attraction 

is Columbia's "The Professionals." The 

Edward Malley Co.'s downtown store plans 

a showing of latest fashions prior to the premiere 

. . . The Clinton Drive-ln closed down 

for the season, concluding with ".Made in 

Paris" and "Spinout." 

l>on Felix, veteran area theatre manager, 

is now relief for Manager John Scully at the 

UA Trumbull Theatre, in the Trumbull 

Shopping Plaza . Earl Wright, 

widow of the E.M. Loew-Lockwood & Gordon 

Candlelite-Pix Drive-In manager, came 

up from Florida to visit friends. . . . Mrs. 

Flo Shau. widow of the Loew's Poli-New 

England Theatres division manager, is living 

in an apartment downstate. 

F.lvis Presley is still popular in this area 

as demonstrated by the recent saturation 

opening of "Spinout," his latest MGM release, 

at 1.35 New England theatres for a 

combmed $300,000 first week. Business 

here with the picture topped all previous 

I'rcslcN releases. 

Big Construction Program 

For Perakos Associates 

(Continued from page NE-I) 

He said that he was "tremendously impressed" 

with such upcoming films as 

"Alfie," going into the Elm after "The 

Sound of Music," and "Murderers' Row," 

penciled in for Christmas in East Hartford 

and Bridgeport. 

"The need for showmanship on a local 

level has never been greater, nor the results 

more gratifying," he continued. 

"These are exciting times." ihe elder 

Perakos commented. "We are getting motion 

picture entertainment in quality we only 

wistfully dreamed of a few short years ago. 

Pictures of the calibre of 'The .Sound of 

Music' have not only broken long-standing 

house records on our circuit but have also 

impressed the general Connecticut community 

with the durabilil\ and dignity of 

the motion picture ihealre. 

"We've got lo remind town, city and state 

officials on occasion just how much Ihe 

motion picture theatre contributes to the 

local community. I'm not talking now of 

mere economic worth. I'm talking of 'livening' 

up Ihe downtown sections. A darkened 

Ihealre means a darkened street and this, in 

turn, reflects badl\ on the community. 

"The motion picture theatre brings people 

oul for the evening, in a quantity unduplicaled 

by any other element. This is a prime 

ingredient of our industry's pride." 

NE-4 

BOXOFFICE :: November 14, 1966

Broker Points to FPC 

As Good Investment 

MONIRlAl — \\ilh mmic atlcndaiKC 

climbing in most theatres across Canada, a 

leading investment firm—Collier. Norris & 

Qiiinlan, Ltd., has called attention to the 

attractiveness of (he shares of Famous Players 

Canadian Corp., Ltd., listed on the Montreal 

Stock Exchange. 

"The shares are an excellent holding in 

the entertainment field." the firm said. 

"With people spending more time on leisure 

pursuits, an opportunity now exists to take 

part in this growth through purchase of the 

company's shares and we would use any 

market weakness to make new or add to 

present holdings." 

The stock is selling for around S26 on 

Montreal Stock Exchanges. Estimated priceearnings 

ratio for 1966 is 16.5. The company 

has shown a strong upward trend in 

earnings, which have increased at an 8 to 

10 per cent annual rate within two years. 

Consolidated net profit for the first half 

of the current fiscal year was equal to 78 

cents a share of common, up 24 per cent 

from the similar 1965 period. 

"If this trend continues for the next three 

years, it is reasonable to expect per share 

earnings of about $1.90 in 1969, and assuming 

the company maintains its approximate 

75 per cent payout, a dividend level of 

about SI.40 could be expected in three 

years" time." 

Famous Players, the investment company 

said, is the largest owner and operator of 

cinemas in Canada. It also has interests in 

CATV systems, the Ontario Muzak franchise, 

radio and TV stations and has a 

wholly owned confectionery operation to 

service its theatres. At the end of the year. 

FP had an interest in 257 theatres and 47 

drive-ins, with 12 new theatre projects under 

way. 

20th-Fox Tries to Prevent 

Pulling 'Sound of Music' 

PHILADELPHIA — Court action is 

sought by 2l)th Century-Fox to prevent the 

Midtown Theatre from pulling "The Sound 

of Music," now in its 85th week, just prior 

to the holidays. Twentieth-Fox claims the 

theatre plans to end the engagement about 

November 15. The film distributor said this 

is in violation of its contract and is asking 

the common pleas court for a preliminary 

injunction against ending the run. 

Twentieth-Fox said the contract can end 

only if gross receipts from the film in each 

of three consecutive weeks are less than 

$7,615, and then only upon 14 days' written 

notice. The complaint said the lowest gross 

for a week was $8,233, in the 82nd week. 

George Bealtie, vice-president of William 

Goldman Theatres, which operates the Midtown, 

said the circuit had "no comment" 

on the suit. 

The roadshow film consistently grossed 

more than 520.000 a week in the first weeks 

here. According to the distributor, the 

film had grossed more than S60 million 

worldwide as of August 20. 

The Trap Western Canada Premiere 

Stimulates Vancouver Film Grosses 

VANCOUVER—The Western Canada 

premiere of "The Trap," accompanied by 

" 

the return of "My Fair Lady and the opening 

of "The Fortune Cookie." made for a 

pleasant and profitable week all around. 

Copitol The Bottle for Khortoum (UA), 

7th wk Average 

Coronet The Fortune Cookie UA) Very Good 

Dominion Who's Afroid ot Virginia Woolf? 

(WB), 18th wk Above Averogc 

Lyric Weird, Wicked Naked 

Work) (SR); 

Africo (IFD), 2nd wk Averogc 

Odcon Torn Curtain lUniv), 7th wk Average 

Orpheum My Foir Lody (WB), rerun Good 

Park The Greatest Story Ever Told 

UA), rerun Average 

Ridgc The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 

85lh wk Average 

Stanley Doctor Zhivogo (MGM), 30th wk. Average 

Strand Alfie (Para), 2nd wk Good 

Studio A Fine Modness (WB), 2nd wk Good 

Vogue, three other theatres The Trap 

(20th-Fox) Very Good 

'Fantastic Voyage' Tremendous 

Fourth Week in Toronto 

TORONTO— Receipts continued strong. 

"Fantastic Voyage" still doing big business 

in its fourth week at the Imperial and "The 

Wrong Box" excellent in its sixth week at 

ihc Carlton. '".Allie" had a second big week 

at the Hollywood, South Cinema, and "Hawaii" 

indicated a long engagement at the 

University. However, Twinex first-run 

houses did fair business, "Spinout" falling 

off sharply in its holdover for a second week 

at the Downtown Theatre and seven other 

locations. 

Carlton The Wrong Box (Col), 6th wk Excellent 

Danforth, four other theotres The Russians 

Are Coming (UA), moveover Excellent 

Downtown, seven other theatres Spiitout 

(MGM), 2nd wk Fair 

Eglinton The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 

86th wk Excellent 

Fairlawn The Blue Mox (20th-Fox), 


1 

Gtcndale Cinerama Romeo and Juliet (IFD), 

4th wk Foir 

Hollywood, South Cinema Alfie (Para), 

2nd wk Excellent 

Hollywood, North Cincmo—Who's Afroid of 

Virginia Woolf? (WB), 14th wk Good 

Hyland How to Steal a Million (20th-Fox), 


Irrpcriol Fonfasfic Voyage (20th-Fox), 

4th wk Strong 

International ....Foir 

Cinema Gigi (MGM), reissue 

Îortown Doctor Zhivogo (MGM), moveover ..Good 

Towne Cinemo A Fine Madness (WB), 4th wk. Fair 

University Hawaii (UA), 2nd wk Excellent 

fnrkdolc Cinema, Capitol Fine Art The 

Eorly Bird (20th-Fox) Fair 

'Russian Adventure' Grosses 

High in Montreal Opening 

.MONIRFAL — Good boxoffice results 

were obtained by the leading firsi-run theatres. 

At the Cinema Imperial, the grand 

opening of "Russian Adventure" was very 

well attended and good write-ups of the big 

proiluction were provided by the city's 

leading tilin critics. ,At the .Mouelte, the recently 

introduced "Hawaii" also attracted 

good crowds. At the other theatres, the variety 

fare of new and holdover films 

brought out good patronage. 

Alouettc— Hawoii UA!, 2nd wk Excellent 

Avenue The Russiom Are Coming (UA), 

15th wk Good 

Copitol Fontattic Voyog* (20th-Fox), 4th wk. Good 

Cinema Festival—Onibobo (SR), 58th wk 

Cinemo Place Vtlle Mane—-Mondragola 

Good 

(SR), 2nd wk Good 

Dorvol (Red Room) Goldfingcr (UA), reissue, 

2nd wk Good 

Dcrvol (Solle Doree) The Pod (Univ) Good 

Elysee (Solle Resnais) A Man and o Woman 

(IFD), 12th wk Good 

Elysee (Solle Eisenstein) ...Good 

The Fiances (SR) 

Foirview (No. I Cinettw)—T1»« Russians Arc 

Coming (UA) 

.Good 

(No Foirview 2 Cinema; Mister Buddwing 

(MGM] 

Good 

Imperial- Russian Advcntur* (SR) Excellent 

Kent—Doctor Zhivogo MGM), moveover, 

2nd wk Good 

Loews Torn Curtoin Univ), 2nd wk Good 

Poloce L (M&M), 2nd Lady wk Good 

Ponsicn- Cc Drolc do Paradif (SR). 7lh wk. Good 

Seville— The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 85th wk. Good 

Von Hern The Wrong Box (Univ), 2nd wk Good 

Vcndomc- Golio SR 12th wk Good 

Westmoiint The Idol IFD), 3rd wk Good 

York— The Blue Max 20th-Fox), 18th wk Good 

Grosses Gain 10 Per Cent 

At Winnipeg First Runs 

WINNIPEG— With the arrival of "The 

Wrong Box" and "Dear John," grosses 

picked up over 10 per cent and returned to 

the mid-September level. Also sharing the 

spotlight were "Doctor Zhivago," which improved 

over the previous week, and "The 

King and I," which also indicated continuing 

improvement in its third week. "Alfie," 

"The Sound of Music" and "The Greatest 

Story Ever Told" were above average, while 

"Khartoum" and "This Property Is Condemned" 

were rated disappointing and ended 

their runs. 

Capitol This Property Is Condemned (Para) Fair 

Goietv Alfie :Paro', 2nd wk Good 

Gamck Khartoum (UA) Foir 

Hyland—The King ond I (20th-Fox). 

reissue, 3rd wk Very Good 

Kings—The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 83rd wk. Good 

Lyceum- The Silencers ,Col); The Chose 

(Col), reruns Good 

Metropolitan Doctor Zhivago (MGM), 

12th wk Very Good 

Odoon The Wrong Box (Col) Very Good 

Park—The Greatest Story Ever ToM (UA), 

3rd wk Good 

Towne Door John IFD) Very Good 

Plan Triplex Theatre 

For New Ottawa Center 

OTI.NW.X I'kms .iic advancing for the 

constriiclion of a huge shopping center in 

the West End here, according to John W. 

Combs, developer. Included will he nian\ 

stores, four apartment bli>cks and triplex 

theatre. 

The three-theatre combination, which will 

include a cinema below ground level, will be 

an operation of Nat Taylor's 20th Century 

Theatres, it is announced. Extensive underground 

parking facilities also are planned. 

In the East End of Ottawa, work is well 

under way on a comprehensive shopping 

complex, which will include a unit of Odeon 

Theatres (Canada). Ltd. 

Candice Bergen Co-Stars 

In UA's 'Live for Living' 

From Wcitern Ed • -n 

HOLLYWOOD—Candice Bergen is being 

co-starred with Yves Montand in "Live 

for Living" which producer-director Claude 

I^louch will make for United Artists release. 

Leiouch, Cannes Film Festival prize 

winner for his "A Man and a Woman," has 

scheduled production to start by the end 

of November, with filming to be on locations 

in Amsterdam and Kenva. 

BOXOFFICE :: November 14, 1966 K-1

MONTREAL 

prance Film's St. Denis Thcalrc had a successful 

premiere in Canada of Alain 

Resnais" "La Guerre Est Finie." starring 

Yves Moniand and Montreal's young film 

actress Genevieve Bujold. She has had a 

remarkable screen career in the last few 

years after devoting some time in broadcasting 

and stage work. She appeared in 

person at the theatre. 

Animator Don .Arioli of the National 

Film Board is joining Yugoslavia's Boris 

Kolar to work on a special film feature . . . 

Visitors to the Montreal World's Fair, opening 

April 2S. will be offered a daily program 

of science films from 70 countries to 

be presented by the National Research 

Council of Canada. Three hours of films 

will be shown every day of the 26-weck 

exhibition, running through October 27. 

"Insight 67." the name of the show, is one 

of three scientific programs the council will 

sponsor at Expo '67 in the 372-seat Du Pont 

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^^hile the critics are deploring the drop in 

boxoffice returns for the art house-type 

picture like "The Shop on Main Street," 

which in spite of rave reviews bowed out of 

the Studio in one week, the 25 per cent drop 

in attendance at the Vancouver Film Society's 

monthly offering and the failure of the 

intellectuals to support the Simon Fraser 

University's Film Society off-beat pictures. 

which have entertainment as the main 

theme, are continuing to pack them in. 

Famous Players' booker Barney Regan 

reports thai the first four weeks of "The 

Wrong Box" in the West Vancouver Park 

Royal topped each comparable week for 

any other picture. "MorganI" went 1 1 \er> 

good weeks in the Varsity, winding up its 

day-and-date run with the Odeon West Vancouver 

where it successfully bucked "Wrong 

Box." "Born Free" has just completed five 

weeks in the Dunbar, following a nine-week 

engagement for "Those Magnificent Men 

in Their Flying Machines." "Born Free" also 

went eight weeks and four days at the Fox 

Victoria. 

While the West Coast-produced "The 

Trap" was having its grand opening at the 

Vogue, notice appeared on the financial 

pages of the suspending of trading in shares 

of Panorama Estates on the Vancouver 

Stock Exchange. An exchange notice said 

only the suspension will be effective pending 

clarification of the company's financial 

affairs. Panorama owns a film studio and 

land above the Upper Levels Highway in 

West Vancouver. .Several productions have 

been filmed in the studio during the last 

few years but the operation no longer is 

Visiting Filmrow was Empire Canadian 

general manager Herb Mathers, who conferred 

with branch manager Bill Grant, circuit 

heads and independent industry leaders. 

Taking a belated holiday after setting up 

the premiere of "The Trap" was Odcon 

publicist Ken Alkey. who had wound up a 

very successful promotion for the reopening 

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Abe Kounatz. The Blue Bombers defeated 

the BC Lions, 27-13 

camera at the football game, this correspondent 

cast Dawson Exiey's son Ted, who 

was playing trumpet in the Kitsilano Boys 

Band as part of the half-time show, in a 

leading role. Barney Regan has agreed to 

pencil the "short" into the Famous houses, 

pending review of the subject matter after 

printing, of course. It's all in Snini. but in 

'living color." 

on AW A 

(Continued from page K-2) 

The other was a Saturday morning theatre 

party for 2,300 members of the safety traffic 

patrols at local schools. 

Skyline Cablevision, Ltd., which is preparing 

to operate a system in the eastern 

half of Ottawa, gained prominence by announcing 

a contest for an identifying trademark 

or symbol, with 13 prizes offered for 

best design. The contest will close Wednesday 

(30). 

With the first snows of winter in evidence 

in the Ottawa area. Jack Marion, manager 

i>f the Britannia Drive-In. made his departure 

for the third and final week of his 

active. One man is now living at the site and 

acting as a caretaker. Film-producing equipment 

has been removed. A lawyer for the 

summer vacation. 

company After scning as president 

said certain 

of the Hamillon, 

litigations are going 

on, which 

Ont., 

could 

Theatre Managers ,\ss'n for a 

materially affect the future 

of Panorama. 

number of years, Verd Marriott has stepped 

down. His successor is Al Ford, another 

veteran. 

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I-'. G. Robertson's Mayfair in Ottawa 

.South has cut down the number of performances 

each week by canceling matinee 

shows Thursday and Friday until furiher 

notice. The Mayfair is one of four Foto- 

Niie theatres here, at which the weekl\ 

draws are conducted Wednesday night. 

"Doctor Zhivago" had a busy 16th week 

as a roadshow at the Nelson. Other holdovers 

were "Morgan!" for a fourth week 

at the Elmdale and "Dear John" a secoml 

week at the Elgin, with "Gigi" rounding 

oiii a fourth week at the Little Elgin. The 

new one at the Regent is "Alfie," which follows 

ihe extended run with "How to .Steal 

.1 Million." 

Ashton Is AIP Publicist 

HOl I ^\\•()()D Ted Ashton has joined 

American Inlernalional as unit publicist on 

,\IF's stock car racing drama. "Ihundcr 

Alley." it was announced b\ Milton ,\toritz, 

national advertising and publicity director. 

Universal Space Lease 

To Animation Firm 

IKH.l ^WUOD Ra> Patterson, president 

of Grantray-Lawrence Animation, has 

negotiated a long-term lease for production 

facilities at Universal City. A two-story 

l-iuilding is being remodeled. It will be ready 

lor the company's staff of more than 50 

animators and technicians by January I. 

The move by Grantray-Lawrence is being 

made to meet the demands of the company's 

expanded production program, which includes 

the "Marvel Super-Heroes" animated 

television 

series. 

WINNIPEG 

The Winnipeg Tribune entertainment editor 

Frank Morris (formerly of the Toronto 

Globe and Mail) and Free Press columnist 

Gene Telpner have returned from New 

"ôrk, where United Artists held special 

promotion meetings for "Hawaii." Both coliininisls 

had much to say about the film, 

which is scheduled to open here at the Kings 

in mid-February. 

Odcon-Morton Theatres, in conjunction 

with Coca-Cola and the National Film 

Boartl. held a "meet Suzanne Valery" reception 

in the Winnipeg Press Club as a 

promotion for the showing of "The Merry 

World oi Leopold Z." The star was here 

as part of a cross-Canada junket for the 

NFB. the producers and Columbia Pictures, 

Caiiadi.m distributors of the Montreal-made 

film. 

"A Patch of Blue" has concluded a nearrecord 

21 -week rini at the Famous Players 

Pace Cinema. 

With regular lirsl-riui houses crammed 

with product, several films have been run 

oil at houses generally booking day-anddaie 

or second-run situations. Among the 

showings were "Night of Ihe Grizzly" and 

"Psychopath" at the .Airliner Drive-In: "A 

Kavishing Idiot." "Nude in His Pocket." 

"Johnny Tiger " and "Gunpoint " at the Rialto 

and Ihc still-current "le Bonheur" at the 

Omar Sharif to Be Honored 

At Mexican Film Festival 

Fnm Western Edition 

HOI l.YWOOD Onuir Sh.inl will be the 

guest of honor at the Ninth World Review 

of Film Festivals in Acapulco. Mexico, in 

conjunction with the screening there of 

David Lean's MGM release, "Doctor 

Zhivago," in which Sharif starred. The actor, 

currently completing MGM's "Happily Ever 

After" with Sophia Lorcn in Rome, will 

arrive for the festival's opening Tuesday 

(15). 

Fn route back to Europe, he will stop 

over in Hollywood and New York for talks 

with Colimibia officials on his promotional 

chores for Sam Spiegel's "Nighl of the Generals." 

in which Sharif teams with Peter 

O'Toolc. 

K-4 BOXOFFICE :: November 14, 1966

• ADLINES 4 EXPLOITIPS 

• ALPHABETICAL 

INDEX 

• EXHIBITOR HAS HIS SAY 

• FEATURE RELEASE CHART 

• FEATURE REVIEW DIGEST 

• SHORTS RELEASE CHART 

• SHORT SUBJECT REVIEWS 

• REVIEWS OF FEATURES 

• SHOWMANDISING IDEAS 

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

I 

Fashion Tie-Ups 

Lead Cincy Bally 

On Kaleidoscope' 

Joe Alexander, manager of the RKO Albee 

Theatre in Cincinnati, used extensive 

promotion tie-ups and balhhoo in connection 

with his engagement of 

" 

"Kaleidoscope. 

Shillito"s Department Store lied in with 

the store and theatre promotions, which included 

the presentation of a "Kaleidoscope 

of Carnaby Mod Fashions," on stage at the 

Albee. The store provided a local combo. 

"Gary and the Green Hornets." to enliven 

the proceedings and cross-plugged the show 

in its teen fashion department, store winl^ 

dows, and via its weekly sponsored radio 

show over W.SAI. 

Stores Tie In Contest 

In addition the store officials sponsored 

a contest, inviting its customers to compete 

for prizes including "Kaleidoscope" T- 

shirts. record albums and theatre passes. 

The lop prize was a pcrson-to-person phone 

conversation with Warren Beatty. co-star of 

the film. Additionally, the store crossplugged 

the "Kaleidoscope" tie-ins via its 

newspaper advertising. 

A second important lie-up was made with 

radio station WKYC. which features popular 

Bob Jones on a four-hour daily show. 

"Kaleidoscope." For two weeks before 

opening. Jones invited 12 of his listeners to 

be his guest at dinner in Cincinnati's toprated 

Living Room. Winners received "Kaleidoscope" 

T-shirts and were guests of the 

Albee following dinner. Affiliated WKYC- 

TV covered the dinner and theatre party in 

a newscast. 

Radio Promotion 

Radio station W.SAI also cooperated by 

inviting listeners to win free theatre admission 

tickets by writing in. TTie station then 

asked winners to meet in the theatre lobby 

30 where their disc jockeys were on hand to 

meet them. Condition of the invitations was 

that all winners assemble wearing the new 

mod fashions. 

Alexander had 12 attractive girls on the 

downtown streets a week in advance to exploit 

his playdate. Each of the girls wore a 

mini-skirt and T-shirt spelling out the picture's 

title. The girls paraded from block- 

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For "Kaleidoscope" in Denver, the Paranioiinl Theatre attracted attention to its 

playdate with mini-skirt meters. Here, two teena)>ers are heinn "tneasiired" for style. 

Mod-fashion shows and discotheque and radio promotions also were used to hally 

the picture. 

lo-block, assembling on street curbs and 

reversing their positions so potential theatre 

p.iirons could caich the reverse message: 

"RKO Albee Wed." The girls handed out 

boxes of matches inscribed with the film 

title and theatre playdate. WKYC-TV also 

MGM Sets World Tour 

For 'Grand Prix' Car 

MGM has arranged a world promotional 

tour of the 200-mile-per-hour Ford GT 40 

electronically equipped camera car designed 

to photograph race sequences for the John 

Frankenheimer film "Grand Prix." 

The car first will be air freighted to Japan, 

Australia and New Zealand in December 

prior to openings of the hard-ticket attraction 

filmed in the new Cinerama single 

lens process. Before shipment overseas, 

the car will be featured as a highlight of 

the annual HolUwood Boulevard Christmas 

parade. 

During recent weeks operation of the 

car's unique 360-dcgree camera set-up has 

been demonstrated for press, TV and radio 

commentators at the Riverside International 

Raceway and Watkins Glen Grand Prix 

track in New York state. The picture, produced 

by Edward Lewis and directed by 

Frankenheimer. will have its West Coast 

premiere at Pacific's Cinerama Dome Theatre 

December 22. 

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covered the stunt wiih its newsreel camera. 

.'Ml Cincinnati radio stations featured 

Kaleidoscope" music. WS.M and WKYC 

used interview records of the stars and 

WKYC-TV had a special promotion reel. 

"London Swincs." 

Lacey Kelley. featureJ in CDAs "Common 

Law Wife," stands in front of a 

i -sheet on the picture at the Billiken 

Drive-In in Anchoraije, Alaska. She 

made personal appearances there for 

the film and held autograph sessions. 

The picture was paired with another 

(DA film "Poor White Trash." The 

Billiken used radio spots on two stations 

and newspaper advertising to promote 

Miss Kelley's appearances. She 

lives in Eagle River, a suburb of 

Anchorage, and was at the drive-in the 

last two days of the run.

Massive Fashion Promotion Set for Hawaii'; 

Tie-Up Includes 60 Vogue Pages^ 36 Stores 

"Hawaii," Mirisch Corp. roadshow presentation 

for United Artists release, is the 

object of a concentrated fashion promotion, 

which is the most extensive ever handled by 

Vogue Magazine. The promotion will reach 

an estimated 75 million people across the 

country. 

SLxty pages in the Tuesday (1) issue of 

Vogue are devoted to the "Hawaii" fashions 

designed by leading manufacturers and currently 

available in 36 major department 

stores in as many cities across the country. 

Each store is mounting full window and instore 

displays to showcase the new style in 

feminine apparel. A kit is being distributed, 

which contains advertising and publicity 

material and merchandising tips of the latest 

fashions in the film. 

Features Film Credits 

The Vogue spread begins with a title page 

about the UA release, with the film's logo, 

pictures of the stars and production credits. 

TTie magazine features ads for every fashion 

idea from haute couture to lingerie to cosmetics 

inspired by the Islands and "Hawaii." 

Credit is given the film (in the form of the 

logo) and United Air Lines, officially designated 

airline for the motion picture. 

The fashion kit is introduced by a publicity 

release on "what's happening these 

days in Hawaii ... in Vogue ... in 'Hawaii' 

... in travel ... in luxury . . . and 

in fashion, Hawaii's really happening." 

Also in the kit are ads for the film, 

sample Vogue ads as well as a booklet from 

the Fischer Co., Bantam Books' 16-page 

iSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 

This 7-fool standee of Joey bishop, who 

portrays an Indian in the picture, 

helped in the advance campaign of 

Universal's "Texas Across the River," 

which had a four-city Texas world premiere, 

beginning in Houston at the 

Majestic Theatre. 

color insert from the souvenir movie edition, 

information and stills from the film, the 

"Hawaii" page from Vogue, and suggested 

fashion-promotion ideas including window 

displays, newspaper ads and luaus. 

Department stores involved in the fashion 

Best & Co., New York; Bullock's, 

tie-up are: 

Los Angeles: Carson Pirie Scott. Chicago: 

the Liberty House. Honolulu: Joseph Magnin. 

San Francisco: Jordan Marsh. Boston; 

John Wanamaker. Philadelphia; Woodward 

& Lothrop, Washington: May D&F, Denver; 

J.L. Hudson, Detroit; the Dayton Co., 

Minneapolis: Halle Bros.. Cleveland; Joseph 

Hornc Co.. Pittsburgh; Burdine's, Miami: 

Stix. Baer & Fuller. St. Louis: L.S. Ayres & 

Co.. Indianapolis; the Boston Store. Milwaukee; 

Best Apparel, Seattle; the Marston 

Co., San Diego; Goldwater's, Phoenix: Makoffs. 

Salt Lake City and Louisville; Fanny's, 

Las Vegas; Al Rosenthals, Inc.. Oklahoma 

City; Furchgott's, Jacksonville; Battelstein's, 

Houston; the John Shillilo Co., Cincinnati; 

Harzfeld's, Kansas City and Baltimore: 

Sanger Harris, Dallas; D.H. Holmes. New 

Orleans; Davison Paxon, Atlanta; Meier & 

Frank, Portland; F&R Lazarus, Columbus; 

NLias Bros., Tampa; Goldsmith's, Memphis: 

Hovland-Swanson, Lincoln, and Rike-Kumler 

Co.. Dayton. 

Four-Way Tie-Up Contest 

For 'Texas Across River' 

Mcxicana Airlines, Hilton International, 

Interstate Theatres and the Houston Post 

combined to sponsor the "Dean Martin Dialog" 

contest in conjunction with the world 

premiere showing of "Texas Across the 

River" at the Majestic Theatre in Houston 

October 26. 

The contest consisted of writing what the 

individual entrant thought Martin's humorous 

remarks could he in each of six daily 

illustration scenes in the Houston Post. The 

scenes are from the motion picture. The 

^'.inner and a guest received transportation 

U) and from the nearest airport in Texas 

served by Mcxicana Airlines; air transportation 

to Guadalajara, Mexico; accommodations 

lor a week at the Guadalajara-Hilton 

Hotel and S.300 in cash for meals, entertainment 

and miscellaneous expenses. 

A similar contest was held in San Antonio, 

with the Evening News and the Majestic 

Theatre taking part. The prizes were 

the same as in Houston. During the activities 

in Houston Martin was scheduled to 

select the national winner of "Dino's Texas 

Darlings" contest from among 15 finalists. 

A week's trip to Hollywood as guest of Universal 

was the fop prize. 

Promotion in Albany 

Fabian's Palace in .Albany held a morning 

preview screening of "The Gospel According 

to St. Matthew" to help promote 

the picture. Invited were priests, nuns, ministers 

and religious leaders. 

Ned Wald, manager of Trans-Texas 

Texas Theatre in Austin, used this 

stunt to let people know of the "overall" 

good entertainment for National 

Movie Month. He received newspaper, 

radio and a few plugs from television. 

Nearly all the surrounding merchants 

got together and helped in the promotion 

by giveaways. He dressed all of the 

theatre staff in overalls and received 

many inquiries on why they were being 

worn. 

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'Professionals' Gels 

'Direct Sell' on TV 

Columbia Pictures, in its television advertising 

campaign for "The Professionals." 

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is using the direct-selling technique that is ,.,. 

frequently employed by the cigaret and 

brewing industries, but never used to advertise 

motion pictures. 

The unusual approach is being used in the 

television spots, which were prepared under 

the direction of Robert S. Ferguson, Columbia 

vice-president of advertising and publicity, 

by F.lliot-Unger & Elliot, whose beer 

commercials have stirred considerable interest 

and comment in the advertising industrv 

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Columbia's 'The 

Wrong Box' 

Wins Oct. Blue Ribbon Award 

By VELMA WEST SYKHS 

PASED loosely (very) on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. 

"The Wrong Box" is an enchanting madcap comedy brought to the screen by 

Salamander Films and released by Columbia. National Screen Council voted it the 

October Blue Ribbon Award, as both outslandinp and good famil\ entertainment. 

Starring John Mills, Michael Caine and Ralph Richardson, Nanette Newman and others, 

with Peter Sellers in one of his most memorable roles, the picture as produced and 

directed by Bryan Forbes has run up a boxoffice score of 247 per cent of average business 

on first-run reports from key cities. 

Boxoffice reviewed it August 8, saying 

— in part: "That old gag 'Where there's a 

will (here's a relative'-—has been expanded 

by 1 arry Ciclbart and Burt Shevelove . 

into an irreverently funny comedy about a 

pair of lively 'coipses' who thwart all 

efforts to be buried prematurely by their 

greedy next-of-kin who hope to inherit 

the family fortune. Action, set in the 

Victorian era, pyramids to a frenzied 

climax involving an extra corpse nobody 

wants, and a race to the cemetery by horsedriven 

hearses, a beer truck and an ice 

wagon. Bryan Forbes proves as excellent 

at directing offbeat period comedy as he 

is at drama, and the slightly stylized 

acting technique occasionally used by his 

all-British cast . . . adds flavor to the fun." 

"Outrageously Funny" 

As usual. NSC members commented on 

their ballots with pertinent reasons for 

their choice, some of which are quoted 

here: 

It's a "different" comedy with a Victorian 

charm, well - acted. — Nevart 

.Apikian, S\racusc Post-Standard . . . "The 

Wrong Box" is so outrageously funny 

that it is the best film on a very good list. 

Peter Sellers alone is worth the price of 

admission.—James L. Limbacher, Dearborn 

Press . . . "The Wrong Box" is the 

right choice—a family comedy with satire, 

subtlety and slapstick.—Don Braunagel, 

Pontiac Press. 

"The Wrong Box" is the outstanding 

comedy of the year, John Mills and Ralph 

Richardson are terrific. This is excellent 

entertainment for the entire family.—Kim 

l.arsen, Denver Register . is in 

the fine tradition of "Kind Hearts and 

Coronets" and "Nothing But the Best." 

Alvin Easter, Cinema Magazine ... A 

fine comedy, with satire for some audiences, 

slapstick for others. — Howard 

Pearson, Deseret News. 

TTiis is the most delightful movie I have 

seen in a long time. It's so fresh, and very 

funny. Everyone should see it.—Pat Hadwick, 

CSU, Fort Collins, Colo. . . . Peter 

Sellers as the absent-minded alcoholic doctor 

is superb in this uproariously funny 

farce. In fact, the entire cast gives outstanding 

performances. — Virginia Beard, 

Cleveland Public Library Film Curator. 

I know "The Wrong Box" is termed a 

black comedy, etc. but it was still funny, 

fresh, clean—and it moved. It's a really 

British "Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."-— 

Al Shea, WSDU-TV, New Orleans ... The 

British genius for comedy and character 

development at its best.—W. A. 

Payne. Dallas News. 

Good farces are rare, but this is one of 

the good ones. Opulent photography, good 

satire of Victorian mores, zany characters. 

—Earl J. Dias, New Bedford Standard- 

Times . . . Witty, wild and woolly— in 

delightful proportions.—Paine Knickerbocker, 

San Francisco Chronicle . . . "The 

Wrong Box" is a highly amusing, exaggerated 

farce. Not for the very young, but 

certainly entertaining.—Lois Baumoel, review 

chairman, Cleveland MPC. 

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MASTERMAN FINSBURY (JOHN MILLS) NOT TOO SICK 

TO RESIST WORRYING HIS NEPHEW. MICHAEL CAINE 

PETER SELLERS. AS UNSCRUPULOUS OR. PRATT. PER- 

FORMS HILARIOUSLY IN HIS CATINFESTEn OFFICE 

JOSEPH (RALPH RICHARDSON), MINE OF INFORMA- 

TION ON INCONSEQUENTIAL THINGS. IS A BORE 

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Mastennan Finsbury John Mills 

Joseph Finsbury .... Ralph Rich.ardson 

Michael Mich.ael Caine 

Morris Peter Cook 

lohn Dudley Moore 

Jtdia Nanette Newman 

The Cast 

Detective 

ToNY Hancock 

Dr. Pratt Peter Sellers 

Peacock 

Wilfrid Lawson 

Mrs. Hackett Irene Handl 

Major Martha .... CiCELY CoURTNEIIXJE 

The Temperance Seven .... Themselves 

Producer-Director 

Production Staff 

Bryan Forbes 

Screenplay by. and Co-producers 

Larry Gelbart 

Burt Shevelove 

Suggested by Novel by 

Robert Louis Stevenson 

Lloyd Osbourne 

Music Composed, Arranged, Conducted by 

John Barry 

Funeral & Military Airs played by 

The Temperance Seven 

BOXOFFICE Showmandiser :: Nov. 14, 1966 

"Livht of Head" Composed by 

Clifford Bevan 

Costumes by 

JuLIE Harris 

Set Designed by 

Peter James 

Edited by 

Alan Osbisfon 

Photographed by . . Gerry Turpin, B.S.C. 

Production Manager Don To.ms 

Assistant Director 

Christopher Dryhurst 

Sound Recordists Bill Daniels 

Ken Barker 

Eastman Color by Pathe 

— 175 — 

Tins award is gnrtn etch mofilh by the 

National Screen Council on the basis of outstanding 

merit and suitability for family 

entertainment. Council membership comprises 

motion picture editors, radio and TV film 

commentatort. representaliiK better films 

of 

CMUitils. chic educational and exhibitor organizations.

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XHIBITOR HAS HIS SAY 

s. ABOUT PICTURESi 

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL 

Queen of Blood (AlP) — John Saxon. 

Basil Raihhonc. Judi Meredith. Dennis Hopper. 

This is not as gory as it .sounds and it 

will entertain. Played Wed. and Fri. 

.\\- 

thur K. Dame. Scenic Theatre. Pittsfield. 

N.H. Pop. 2.300. 

BUENA VISTA 

.Marj I'oppins (B\ I- Julie .Andrews. Dick 

Van Dyke. David Tonilinson. What can we 

say that has not already been said. Wonderfull 

Played Wed. to Sat.—Harold Bell. Opera 

House, Coaticook, Que. Pop. 8.000. 

COLUMBIA 

Gordon. The (Col) — Peter Gushing. 

Christopher Lee. Barbara Shelley. Played 

this late lor the horror aspect, but it didn't 

do what others have done. Played Thurs., 

Fri., Sat. Weather: Hot and dry.—Terry 

Axley, New Theatre, England. Ark. Pop. 

2,136. 

Heroes of Telemark, The (Col)— Kirk 

Douglas. Richard Harris. Ulla Jacobsson. 

Good, but low grosser, which seems to be 

frequent enough generally. Played Thurs., 

Fri.. Sat.—C. A. Swiercinsky, Major Theatre, 

Washington, Kas. 

Silencers, The (Col)—Dean Martin, Stella 

Stevens. Daliah Lavi. This was a rather 

crazy picture but the crowds .seemed to enjoy 

it—why, I don't know but I guess 

those who like Dean Martin like his pictures. 

I am sure his TV show must have 

helped. Played Sun.. Mon.. Tues. Weather: 

Good.—Peter Silloway, Star Theatre, So. 

Johnsbury, Vt. Pop. 6.000. 

EMBASSY 

Gii: (Fmbassy)— Jack Chaplain, Heather 

North. Leslie Bradley. This is an excellent 

dog story that should fit nicely anywhere. 

Family audiences prevail. Played Tues., 

Wed.— Arthur K. Dame, Scenic Theatre, 

Pittsfield. N.H. Pop. 2,300. 

Villane of the Giants (Embassy)—Tommy 

Kirk, Charia Doherty, Johnny Crawford. 

A 'way out story that gave me the biggest 

gross of the summer. Play it. by all means. 

Played Thurs.. Fri.. .Sat. Weather: Warm 

and rain.—Terry Axley. New Theatre. Fnghind. 

Ark Pop. l.\^h[ 

Presley's 'Spinout' 

One of His Best 

Klvis I'ri-slcj's "Spinoiil" from Mctro- 

(ioldwyn-Maycr is one of Kl\is' best 

actiiin pictures for sonic time, and it 

had plenty of sl^înK, •'"'• Wc played 

this to one of the lartjest crowds we 

have played to for some lime and all 

enjoyed the picture. 

Star Theatre, 

St. Johnsbury, Vt. 

PETER .SILLOWAY 

'Stop the World' Termed 

Greatest Musical 

Warner Bros.' "Stop the World— 

Want to Get OtT' is unquestionably 

the greatest screen mnsieal we have 

ever played and we've played them all. 

Although I can't recommend It for the 

rural trade, the more metropolitan 

areas should do a helluva business with 

it. The ones who came (very few) knew 

what they were going to see and they 

raved about it. I'he performances by 

Tony Tanner and .Millicent Martin are 

outstanding. Played with 20th-Fox's 

"Do Not Disturb," which I could have 

done without. 

Fayette Theatre, 

Fayetteville, W. Va. 

LARRY THOMAS 

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER 

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing '2(»s (MGM) 

— Stan I aurcl. Oliver Hards. Edgar Kennedy. 

A sleeper for us. as we did quite well. 

Not very funny or entertaining. Black anil 

white. But we were satisfied with the boxoffice. 

Played Fri., Sat. Weather: Hot. 

Ken Christianson. Roxv Theatre. Washburn. 

N.D. Pop. 968. 

Prize, The (MGM)— Paul Newman, lidward 

Ci. Robinson, Elkc Sonimer. Played 

before. This picture still brings in the 

crowds. Worth playing again. Played Sat. 

Weather: Good.—Bill Mellon. Marathon 

Theatre. Marathon, Fla. Pop. 7.000. 

.Singing 

Nun, The (MGM)— Debbie Reynolds. 

Ricardo Montalban, Greer Garson. 

Since there are no Catholics in town to 

speak of, we didn't expect a great deal 

from this. It was very good, 1 thought. It 

should have done more than it did. But the 

word "nun" has no appeal to my patrons. 

Played Sat., Sun. Weather: Good.—Leon 

Kidwell. Majestic Theatre. Allen. Okla. 

Pop. 1.000. 

PARAMOUNT 

Night of the Grizzly, The (Para)—Clint 

Walker. Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn. Okay 

business. Not great, not bad, just average. 

Don't pass it. Second feature was "Judith." 

Played Fri., Sat. Sun. Weather: Good. 

Don Stott, Calvert Drive-In. Prince Frederick. 

Md. 

.Shane (Para-Reissue)—Alan Ladd, Jean 

Arthur, Van Heflin. As more schools arc 

reading the book on a mass basis, we re-ran 

movie. We heard excellent comments 

and made a good net, as wc bought it flat. 

Played Thurs.. Fri.. Sat. Weather: Good- 

C. D. Simmons, Grace Theatre. Grace, Ida. 

CENTURY-FOX 

20th 

Dear BrigiHc (2()lh-lox)—James .Stewart. 

Glynis Johns. Fabian. Cute, but not 

much business. Only average. Rather far out 

for a small town. Lots of sage wisdom, but 

too sophisticated for small towns and too 

mild for big ones, 1 guess. Played Sun., 

Mon., Tues. Weather: Good.—Don Stott, 

Calvert Drive-In. Prince Frederick. Md. 

UNITED ARTISTS 

McLintock! (UA)—John Wayne, Maureen 

O'Hara. Yvonne De Carlo. Returned 

after only two years and still outgrossed the 

new ones. If you haven't repeated this one, 

\ou small town hoys, better grab it. It is 

still one of the big ones. Played Sun., Mon., 

1 lies.—Bill Curran. Ramona Theatre. 

Krcrninhng. Colo. 

What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? 

(UA)—James Coburn. Dick Shawn, Sergio 

Fantoni. Although this one is a slow 

starter, it picks up somewhat faster as it 

goes along. Coburn is too smart, Shawn too 

stupid to suit this clientele. No one person 

had anything good to say in favor of it. Harry 

Morgan is the most notable. Walkouts 

prevalent. Weather: Rain and cold.—W. F. 

Nokes, Odeon Oakville Theatre, Oakville, 

Onl. Pop. 4.';.()0(). 

UNIVERSAL 

Arabesque (Univ)—Gregory Peck, Sophia 

l.orcn, .Alan Badel. Good picture, but didn't 

bring in people the way it should have with 

Gregory Peck starring. Played Sun., Mon., 

Tues. Weather: Very nice, but cool.—Thelnia 

Jenks, Ionia Theatre. Ionia. Mich. Pop. 

10. 000. 

Johnny Tiger (Univ)—Robert Taylor, 

Geraldine Brooks, Chad Everett. This picture 

seemed to be well liked. Did a little 

ictio 

StO' 

better than average business. Played Sun., itu 

Mon.—S. T. Jacskon, Jackson Theatre, -.. 

Flomaton, Ala. Pop. 1,480. 

King Kong vs. Godzilla (Univ)— Michael 

Keith. Harry Holconib. James Yagi. It was 

the second time we played it and nobody 

complained. This is about the best monster 

picture made. We could definitely use more 

of this type. Both young and old enjoyed 

the realistic battle scenes. Pla>ed Sat., Sun. 

Weather: Warm and clear.—John Heberle. 

Capitol Theatre, Rochester, N.Y. 

lorn Curtain (Univ)— Paul Newman. 

Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova. Not being one 

to buck Mr. Hitchcock's direction and production, 

many expected a horror film, but 

received a spy-intrigue story. It was excellent, 

in my estimation, but not in that of my 

patrons. Played one week. Weather: Cold. 

W. F. Nokes. Odeon Oakville Theatre, Oakville. 

Ont. Pop. 4.*^. 000. 

WARNER BROS. 

inside Daisy Clover (WB)—Natalie Wood, 

C hrislopher Plumnier, Robert Redford. 

Some reports panned this, but it did good 

business for me. Natalie Wood is popular 

here. Played Sun., Mon. Weather: Hot and 

dry.—Terry Axley, New Theatre. England. 

Ark. Pop. 2. 1. (6. 

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (WB)—

Para 

B o X o r r I c E B00KIN6UIDE 

An interpretive anolyiii ol loy ond trodcprcu re»i< 

minuj signs indicate degree ot merit. Listings co»cr 

also serves as an ALPHABETtCAL INDEX to tcatu 

i^ Ponovision, t Tcchniromo, s Other onomorphic p 

Award; 'i Color Photography National Catholic OH 

Potronagc; A2—Unobjectionable for Adults or Adoki 

Unobieclionoble for Adults, with Reservatior 

listings by compony in tlic order off release. 

rws. Running time is in parentheses. The plus ond 

current reviews, updated regularly. This deportment 

re releoses. c is tor CincmoScope, v VistaVision; 

recesses. Symbol u denotes BOXOFHCE blue Ribbon 

cc (NCO ratings: A1 — Unobjcclionobic tor ocneral 

cents, A3— Unobjcclionobic tor Adults, A4— Morolly 

in Port lor All; C— Condemned. For 

^£VI£W DIGEST 

AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX 

Vei7 Good; ~ Good; Poor; — Very Poor. In the summory is rated 2 pluses, as 2 minuses 

a 

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JOJSAjtiit 38-2.1-36 (105) Cora SR 7-4-66 3: 

3052 OAKie (114) ® Dr Para 8-29-66 A4 

3062OAIiaie2 Ktlly (116) Hi D Col 10-10-66 

3049OAmbuih Bay (109) War D UA S-22-66 

3054 OAmerican Dream, An (107) Dr..WB 9- 5-66 B 

3021 And Now Miguel (95) ® Drama. Uni« 5-16-66 Al 

3066 OAny Wednesday (109) Com .. WB 10-31-66 A3 

3058 OAppaloosa. The (99) Ad Or Uni> 9-19-66 A2 

3320 Q Arabesque (105) (g Chase Drama Uni> 5- 9-66 A3 

3015 OAround the World Under the Sea 

(117) 'K SF MGM 4-25-66 Al 

6-20-66 A2 

3032 Assault on a Queen

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Variety 

Daily 

Film 

Hollywood 

Reporter 

Parents' 

Magazine 

REVIEW DIGEST 

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INTERNATIONAL 

OWar IHIian Style C. 

lliister Kralon. FrttI Clitk 

OTrunk to Cairo Sp». 

Audio .Murphy. Cforgt Sanders. 

Marianne Koch 

OTom Thumb 

Children's. 

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02267 A.D.—WhBi Iht 

Sltemr Wakes SF. 

Vincent 

I'rice 

COMING 

Ol.OOO.OOO Eyes o( Su-Muru. 

The 

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Anthony Qulnn. Michael P.irks 

(iforile Maharls. M.irii.i llyvr 

©To Sir. With Lo»e 

Sidney Poltlcr. Suzy Kendall 

©Enter Laughing C 

J.Ke Ke-rer. Shelley Winters, 

Talne May 

OOi orce American Style C. 

Dick Va.T nyke. Iiohhie Re)TOl*. 

Jn«n Uoliards. Jean Slmmoas. Van 

Johnson 

CONTINENTAL 

Ulysses 

Mllo n'Shea. Barbara Jefford. 

Maurice Roeres 

EMBASSY 

CTMad Monster Party? F 

Voices of Boris Karloff, Phyllis 

nuier 

©The Caper of the Golden 

A*.. 

Bulls 

Stephen Boyd, Yvetle Mlmleux 

©The Hellbenders W. 

.lixsoph rotten. Julian Mateos 

_They Came From Beyond 

Space 

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IMKTt llution. Jennifer JajTie 

©Woman Times Seven C 

Shirley .MacLalne 

MAGNA 

The Hot Hand (100) I 

Jacques Chaasler, .Macha Merll 

Descent Upon Dnrar (100) .. I 

Mak5 Furjan. Mata Jllloseric 

Kozara (100) D. 

Bert Sollar. Olltera Markoric 

©La Calda Vita (110) D. 

raiherlne Spaak. John Perrtn 

METRO GOLDWYN-WAYER 

2001: a Space 

. . Odyssey Cinerama SF 

Ceir liullea. Oary Lockaood 

OThe Venetian Affair My. 

Itobert Vauchn. Bike Sommer, 

n.irls 

Karlott 

©13 Sus D. 

neborah Kerr, Darld NIven 

PARAMOUNT 

OOh Dad. Poor Dad, Mama's 

Hung You in the Closet and 

rm Feelin' So Sad C. 

Fort Utah W. . 

Vlrcinla .Mayo, John Ireland 

OFuneral in Berlin 

(..) Spy Ad.. 

Michael Calne. tXa Renzl, Oscar 

Homolka 

OHurry Sundown 

Michael Paine, Robert Hook.?. Jane 

lMinii.i lllahinn Tarroll 

20TH 

CENTURY-FOX 

©The Quiller Memorandum 

Ad.. 

(P) 

fieorce Seeal. Alec Oulnness. Mai 

Von Sydow, Senta Bcrger, George 

Sanders 

©Two for the Road (g) C . 

Audrey Hepburn, Albert Finney 

UNITED 

ARTISTS 

OThe Persecution and Assassination 

of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed 

by the Inmates of the Asylum of 

Charenton Under the Direction 

of the Marouis Oe Sade ...D 

Tlie Royal Shakespeare Company 

©How to Succeed In Business 

Without Really Trying ..Mus C. . 

Robert Mnne. Michelle Ue. Rudy 

Vallec 

UNIVERSAL 

WARNER 

BROS. 

©Hotel D. 

Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak 

BOXOFFICE BookinGuicie :: Nov. 14, 1966 

AOELPHIA 

All Men Are Apes (85) . .0. Jan 66 

.f ei-hanU- lie Passe, .Mark ll).iii 

ALTURA 

Fury Is a Woman (98) . . Dec 66 

The Witnesses (80) Dec 66 

AMER. FILM DIST'R CORP. 

My Baby Is Black! 

(75) Melo..May65 

Corlon Heath. Francolse Glret 

ARTIXO 

How NOT to Rob a Department 

Store (95) ...C. Jan 66 

Jean-Claude Brial), Marie Laforet. 

Mhert llemy 

CAMBIST 

The Pink Pussy Cat (SO). Feb 66 

l,ebl.UlC 

l.ili.Tl.lil 

Aroused (80) Melo Oct 66 

Sieve llolleslcr 

COA 

(E) D.. Feb 66 

Rat Fink 

Schuyler llayden. Judy Hiiehes 

. Poor White Trash (86) .D. Jan 66 

I'eter Graves. LIta Milan. 

Iioiiglas 

Shame 

FoHley 

(80) D. Jan 66 

\Vill:ani Shalner, Lultsford. 

Beverly 

Il.il).-rl Fmhardt 

The Thrill Killers (80) . . D. .Mar 66 

I'hici:. r.i«h Liz Renay 

Common Law Wife (84) . Jan 66 

l.nrey Kelley 

CHAMPION FILM 

PRODUCTIONS, INC. 

OThe Weekend Warriors 

(90) Doc, .Nov 66 

CHILDHOOD PRODUCTIONS 

nSnow While (74) Oct 65 

I'aiil Nar'ator: Tripp 

OThe Gentle Rain 

(110) Rom D. Sept 66 

chrlitopher Georce. L>7ida Day 

OAnoel on Earth 

(88) Fantasy Jan 66 

Itomv Sehnehler. Jean-Paul 

RHmondo. Henri VIdal 

OSki Champ (90) 0.. Jan 66 

Tony Sailer 

©Girl From Hong Kong 

(95) D .Jan 66 

Aklko. Helmut Grelm 

©Only a Woman (86) C Jan 66 

Maria Srhell Paul fhrMman 

A Taste (or Women (90) C. Oct 66 

Two Colonels (90) C 66 

Waller PIdteon. Tntn 

OOperalion Delilah (86) . C Jan 66 

'Mry falhoiin. Gla Scala. 

Van In Kaplan 

Weh of Fear (92) D..AugS6 

MIrhael Morjin. Pan? Ratal 

DON KAY ASSOCIATES 

Mating Modern Style (92) C Jun 65 

S.ii.lila l/irer, rharles Rnyer 

The Widow Is Willing (97) Feb 6S 

Fleonora Rossl-MraKo. Jean 

Trlntljrnant 

noid Shallerhand (130) Sep 66 

Guv Madlion, Mntlah Ijivl 

EAGLE AMERICAN FILMS. INC 

O Indian Paint (91) Apr 65 

Inhnnv rrnnfonl. Jay Sllierheell 

ELDORADO 

'ir.o-Go Big Beat! (82) ...Jun 65 

M llle Small. The AnlmaU. 

I 

and the l,iinfrt 

EMERSON FILM ENTERPRISES 

©Make Like a Thief 

(80) My D. Mar 66 

Itlrhard I.lndman 

l.one. Ake 

Saturday Night Bath in Apple 

Valley (81) C .66 

Mlml nines. Bert Ford, niff 

Arnuette 

Seven Against the Sun 

(115) Ad 0.. Aug 66 

Ge-t Van EllMbeth 

Her Bent. 

Mever 

Is The Street My Beat 

(93) Ux 0. Oct 66 

Shary Marshall 

©The DeviPs Mistress 

(66) My 0.66 

.loan Greuorr 

Stanleion. Robert 

Scream (74) Ho My .66 

©Manos, the Hands of Fate 

(74) My 

Tom Neyman. Hlane Mahree. 

Hal Warren 

MISCELLANEOUS 

EMPIRE PICTURES 

'.a.rii anj the Bra.e (92) D Jan 66 

EUROPIX-CONSOLIDATED 

Tie She Beast 

(74) (S Ho Jun 66 

llarbira Steele. Karl

Jeanne 

.(Tmrles 

. Rosarma 

.Sandra 

-Slmonc 

Glovanna 

.Mlcbiyo 

.Zblgnlew 

Aurora 

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CHINESE 

Come Drink With Me (97) . 11- 7-66 

il.'uii Klin SluM ).. Cheng Peo-pel. 

Yd.l. Hiia 

OEnchanting Shadow, Tlie 

(84) 8-30-65 

llitin Itun 8)uic)..L>ob Till, 

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I'hao Lei 

. . Female Prince, The (105) 8-30-65 

(l!un Iliin Sha»)..l>y LUig Po 

Grand Substitution, The 

(116) 12-13-65 

LIHua, Iry 

(Frank Vet Infl) .LI 

Line Vo. Yen rhun 

OLast Woman of Shang, 

T)ie (109) U-22-65 

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ÊATURE REVIEWS 

irphic procciioi. For itory synopsis on each picture, leo revcno lid 

Penelope 

MGM 16711) 

Ratio: 

Comedy 

2.35-1 p O 

97 Minutes Rel. Dec. "66 

In this madcap comedy wliich stars Natalie Wood as 

the neui'otic wife of a banker who robs his bank to gel 

attention, again pokes fun at psychiatrists and psychiatry 

—considered fair game for some time. Perhaps it is only 

that she is bored and has become an addict to stealing. 

Her motivations are as much of a mystery to the audience 

as to her psychiatrist, Dick Shawn, who himself cracks 

up as he gets involved in her larcenies, trying to cure 

her. Produced by Arthm- LiOew jr. and directed by Arthur 

i 

Hiller from a screenplay by George Wells on a 

novel by E. V. Cunningham', this is light entertainment 

that depends on frenzied action, MetroColor and bizarre 

chaiacters to hold the interest. None of the character.s 

seem to be entirely normal and there are enough surprise 

elements to keep audiences happy who like wacky movies. 

Jonathan Winters as Professor Klobb, Lila Kedrova as 

the dress shop proprietor not averse to trying a little 

blackmail, and Peter Falk as the detective who fails to 

follow his own hunch, add some of the better scenes. The 

whole film has a tongue-in-cheek quality—which is howit 

should be viewed. A Euterpre production. 

The Swinger 

Natalie Wood. Ian Bannen, Dick Shawn. Peter Falk. 

Jonathan \Vinters, Lila Kedrova, Lou Jacob!. 

/ Deal in Danger ^ 

Actionôrama 

20th-I'O.\ (625) 89 Minutes Rel. Nov. '66 

Coming at a time when the market has been glutted 

with spy films, both on TV and in the theatres, this 

Buck Houghton production still has a good title and 

Robert Goulet's marquee diaw to insui-e its popularity 

with the action-minded fans. The 89-minute riuining 

time makes it best suited to the supporting spot generally. 

If the story line seems familiar to some patrons, this is 

because the featui-e is made up of three episodes from 

ABC-TV's "The Blue Light." which had brief exposuie 

last season. However, production values are good, there 

is plentiful action and intrigue against European locations 

in De Luxe Color and has France's Christine Carere 

and Germany's Chiistian? Schmictmer i both have made 

Hollywood films 

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to support the handsome Goulet, who 

, 

unfortunately never sings a note— all plus values. If s' 

MGM can make featm-es from its popular "The Man 

Ftom U.N.C.L.E." TV series, this was less familiar to 

TV addicts with the title "Blue Light" mentioned only 

briefly. As directed by Walter Grauman, who was also 

executive producer, it's exciting, if readily forgettable, 

fare. Several German actors, notably Werner Peters 

and Hoist Frank, contribute realistically villainous portrayals. 

Robert Goulet, Christine Carere, Donald Harron, Eva 

PflUK, Werner Peters, Christiane Schmidtmer. 

Zero in the Universe '^, '"Tala"'" 

Kilin-Makers 85 Minutes Rel. 

Producer-writer Jock Livingston

. . Ann-Margret 

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. . Spy 

. . Truth 

FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adiines 

for Newspaper and Programs 

THE STORV: "The Swinger" i Para I 

Ann-Margi'tt tried in vain to place her short stories in 

Gill-Line Magazine but the editor, Tony Franciosa, labels 

thcni too tame, so she dreams up a semi-autobiographical 

story full of sex, which she is sm-e the magazine will publish. 

Fianciosa and his publisher, Robert Coote, travel 

to Ann-Margrefs house and find an orgy in progress 

all arranged by Ann-Margret and her friends. When the 

place is raided, Tony rescues the girl and takes her to his 

aimt's home in hopes of reforming her. The aunt, Nydia 

Westman, decides that the girl will make a good wife for 

Tony, who is engaged to the publisher's daughter. Eventually, 

Tony learns the truth about Ann-Margret but he 

decides to teach her a lesson by forcing her to re-creat 

her lurid past for photos in his magazine. It all turns 

out happily with Tony chasing the girl. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

For the teenagers, Aiin-Margret and the title are the 

big selling points so use plentiful stills of her in her 

bikini costume. The October issue of Playboy Magazine 

had a layout on the pictuie for display in a lobby frame. 

For adult moviegoers, play up Tony Franciosa and Robert 

Coote, the latter the original Col. Pickering in "My Fair 

Lady." 

CATCHLINES: 

She Swings Like Nothing Ever Swung . . . It's the 

Bimniest Pictiu-e of the Year . Swingin 

und Swaying Her Way Through a Playboy World. 

THE STORY: "A Pistol for Ringo" (Embassy) 

In the Old West. Mexicans seeking a better life in the 

U.S. cross the Rio Grande, including Fernando Sanchez. 

a killer and gang leader who loots small town banks. The 

sheriff, George Martin, hires a killer named Ringo to 

deliver Sanchez, who has holed up on a ranch owned by 

Antonio Casas and his beautiful daughter. Sanchez 

threatens to kill several of the ranch hands each day 

unless Martin withdraws hLs men outside the ranch. 

Meanwhile, Casas takes a liking to Nieves Navarro, Sanchez' 

camp follower. But the hired Ringo manages to infiltrate 

the ranch and in the resultant gunplay, Nieves 

is mortally wounded, Sanchez is killed and the stolen 

bank money is returned to Martin—as Ringo rides away. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

The title is the best selling point—even though Ringo 

Starr of the Beatles is not the same as this western killer. 

Use photo of Montgomery Wood and George Martin, 

both handsome cowboy players. 

CATCHLINES: 

Killer Against Killer—As Blazing Guns Shatter the 

Westt-rn Silence ... A Thrill-Packed Western—Entirely 

Filmed in Italy . . . Ringo—He Was Hired to Capture the 

Mexican Killers of the West. 

THE STORY: "Bold New Approach" i 

Mental Health 

In an effort to interpret to an architect the basic concept 

of the comprehensive community mental health 

center, psychiatrist Archie R. Foley narrates a number 

of case histories, at the same time detailing how 

troubled people can indeed be helped by such .services as 

inpatient and outpatient treatment, day and night hospital, 

emergency service, referral to and consultation with 

other community agencies, preventive programs and 

diagnostic and evaluation services. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Cooperation by local and state-level mental health 

authorities is a miLst. Problems involved should lend 

ample subject matter to local newspapers, radio and TV 

outlets. 

CATCHLINES: 

America's Mental Health—With Candidness and 

Authority! . This Happening Now! In Your City! 

. . Is 

State! In Your Country! . . . Coping With the In Your "' 

.Jet Age! -i.. 

THE STORY: 'Penelope' (MGM) 

A little old lady carrying a paper shopping-bag holds 

up one of the women tellers of a bank. In the confusion 

uluch follows, an attractive young woman in a yellow 

.suit em;erges from the re.strooin complaining there is an 

old lady in there brandishing a gun. Natalie Wood ha.'- 

taken off her mask and spectacles and disappears in the 

crowd. Later, with her husband ilan Banueni, the bank's 

Ijresiaent, she views the robb:'ry scene which was caught 

oy a hidden camera. Peter Falk, Lt. Bixbee, suspects 

the young woman in the yellow suit but only has a rear 

view to identify her—and Natalie has given the suit 

away. Lila Kedrova recognizes its value in a thrift shop 

and buys it for very little. Learning its significance, she 

tries to blackmail Natalie who has been trying to confess 

her "crime" to her husband because her psychiatrist, 

Uick Shawn, tried to restore the money in the night deposit 

box and left it exposed so that a young woman i.^ 

accused—but Natalie saves her and reforms. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Play up cast names, especially the star, Natalie Wood, 

and Lila Kedrova. Set up a teller's window in the lobby, 

with phony money on display. 

CATCHLINES: 

Is It Kleptomania When You Rob Yoiu' Husband's 

Bank for Kicks? . . . The World's Most Beautiful, Mbced- 

Up Bank Robber . Stranger Than Fiction and 

Harder to Believe. 

THE STORY: "I Deal in Danger" I20th-Fox) 

Robert Goulet, the last smviving agent of an 18-man 

Allied spy ring known as Blue Light, has managed to 

work liis way into German Intelligence and gets to steal 

a moael torpedo made in a Gc>rman secret weapons factory. 

Werner Peters, S. S. captain, suspects Goulet and 

tries to trap him dm-ing a visit to neutral Lisbon but the 

tables arc tmned and Peters is named a traitor. Back in 

Germany, Goulet plans to visit a plant for the construction 

of secret missile submarines but he first must win 

the aid of Eva Pflug, a .scientist who has lived underground 

for three years and wants to be free again. 

Goulet, who plans to explode the plant, tries to save Eva 

but she is trapped. With the plant destroyed, Goulet 

goes to his next assignment. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Robert Goulet, who sprang to fame in the Broadway 

musical, "Camelot" and starred in nightclubs. MGM's 

"Honeymoon Hotel" and the recent TV special "Brigadoon," 

is the big selling angle. Make tie-ups with record 

shops for displays of his many albums. Christiane 

Schmidtmer is the German glamor girl who was in "Ship 

of Pools" and "Boeing Boeing," as well as on magazine 

covers. 

CATCHLINES: 

Trapped Into a Game Where Every Woman Is a Pawn 

—Or a Prize . for the Enemv—Or Planted in 

the Midst by Allies? 

THE STORY: "Zero in the I'niverse" (Film-.'Nlakers) 

Man's arch enemies are seen floating in a timelessness, 

retaining their primary opposition in whatever form 

they take at the moment. It is man's mission to attempt 

to understand the complex of the world in which he's 

committed to live and to strive for a comprehension of 

the fates that are doled out for one and all. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Sti-ess this as latest American avant-garde, experimental 

filmmaking from producer-writer Jock Livingston. 

Appeal to the science-fiction fans by displaying miusual 

scenes from the film. 

CATCHLINES: 

See American Avant-Garde Movie-Making! . . . Shock 

CI' 

After Shock! . . . The Universal Complex of Understand- 

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