Boxoffice-July.24.1967

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE EDITION • JULY 24, 1967 

Including the Sect oiial News Pages of All Editions 

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Eliot Hyman, left, who was elected chairman of the board of directors of Worner Bros.- 

Seven Arts and who continues as chairman of the executive committee. Benj. Kolmenson, 

right, who was named president of the new company, formed last week when Seven 

Arts completed acquisition of all of the assets cf Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. This followed 

approvol of the consolidation by stockholders of both companies. Story on page 3.

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FCCS LATEST PAY TV PLAN 

spectre of pay TV is again raisingits 

ugly head! The reawakening 

has come from the recommendations of 

a special committee and accepted by the 

Federal Communications Commission to 

authorize nationwide pay TV service on 

a "limited" scale. That this plan would be 

inimical to the best interests of the motion 

picture industry — particularly of its 

exhibition branch—was made clear in 

the FCC's statement concerning feature 

films, which plainly sets forth the "safeguarding" 

of free TV, while usurping the 

use of primary product from theatres. 

The FCC report stated 

"Since, generally, free TV cannot obtain 

current feature films, the films 

which STV (subscription) shows will not 

be siphoned from free TV. Since it is expected 

that about 85 per cent of the programing 

of STV will consist of current 

films, the rule does not harm STV." 

Get that 85 per cent of the programing 

of STV will consist of current films! And 

to get the even more drastic effect this 

would have on motion picture theatres, 

the report stated that feature films could 

not be broadcast on STV "if they received 

first-run showing on a non-reserved-seat 

basis anywhere in the U.S. more than two 

years before proposed subscription television 

showing." But it would permit a 

limited number—up to 12—of feature 

films older than ten years to be shown on 

pay TV. 

With "85 per cent of the programing 

of STV" consisting of current films, as 

the FCC sets forth, and with the limit of 

feature films more than ten years old set 

at 12—how is STV going to exist, EX- 

CEPT THROUGH TAKING VIRTUALLY 

ALL FILM PRODUCT AWAY FROM 

THEATRES! 

The FCC speaks of "serving the public 

interest" by feeding STV current theatrical 

product, excepting hard-ticket roadshows. 

But what about "the public interest" 

inherent in the service provided 

through being able to see films, old or 

new, IN THEATRES in their communities! 

Exhibitors and producer-distributors 

should not allow themselves to be lulled 

to sleep by the "limited scale" promise of 

the FCC as to the number of pay TV stations 

it will permit and the areas of tlbi 

operation. These are primary maif 

areas, approximately 80 in num?: 

which at present account for 78.8 e 

cent of all homes with television sets! 

Telecasting pay TV over the air wcl 

make every home on the perimeteic 

each STV station area a potential ui 

tomer. And, with almost exclusive chic 

of current film product at its commE.t 

it takes no seer to figure out what wcl 

become of the movie theatres in tlj 

surrounding towns. They already areoi 

ing whip-sawed by prime-time showi^ 

of prime films on free TV and their : 

tension into the smaller communitieffc 

Community Antenna operations. The i 

ter alone, reportedly, serve more ti 

2,500,000 homes. 

Any notion that pay TV will take lb 

to develop, that there is no immed.1 

danger to movie houses from its iniii 

incidence, would be whistling in the d;i 

One needs only to recall how free r 

spread across the nation, despite the |( 

that it came about, city by city; wheu 

national pay TV could now take holca 

most overnight. But, whether its devei] 

ment comes about quickly or slowly 

bears the mark of "danger" for hundr'^ 

if not thousands, of motion picture tl!i 

tres. 

Significant is the statement madeit 

Philip F. Harling, chairman of the Ja 

Committee Against Toll TV, on the FC;; 

report, which he concluded with: 

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in the latest FCC decision. We n 

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phasis on current motion pictures wk 

reiterates our traditional position, t} 

without first-run pictures, pay TV is ? 

nomically impractical. We shall contii 

to do everything in our poioer to repre.t 

and protect the best interests of exlb 

tion through all avenues available to s 

And every exhibitor who wants tor 

main in this business should give 1 

Harling and his committee the ultinii 

of his support. 

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FORM WARNER BROS.-SEVEN ARTS; 

HYMAN, CHM,. KALMENSON, PRES. 

Jerome A. Newman Heads 

Finance; Semenenko Role 

Is Given Importance 

NEW YORK—Seven Arts completed the 

acquisition of all of the assets of Warner 

Bros. Pictures, Inc., on Saturday (15), after 

shareholders of both companies approved 

the acquisition at meetings held the preceding 

day in Wilmington and Toronto. The 

company will be known as Warner 

Bros.-Seven Arts (WB-Seven Arts), with 

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Warner Bros, adopting a plan of dissolution 

land changing its name to WBP, Inc. 

Eliot Hyman was elected chairman of the 

'board of directors and Benj. Kalmenson was 

president of the new company at 

;man, a Seven Arts director, was elected 

of the finance committee. 

at the special WB meeting in 

Wilmington on July 14, more than 73 per 

cent of the outstanding WB common stock 

I of record June 16 was voted in favor of 

all aspects of the dissolution and 

complete liquidation, including the sale of 

all assets to Seven Arts. The vote was 

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3,600,242 shares in favor, 189,765 against, 

and 44,458 not voting, out of the 4,905,052 

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Coulson Presides at WB Meeting 

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Former Judge George Tyler Coulson of 

'Wilmington presided at the meeting, also 

attended by directors Thomas J. Martin, 

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iWB treasurer, and Robert W. Perkins; by 

officers Richard Lederer, vice-president; 

jHoward Levinson, secretary, and Walter 

ithe Tuesday (18) meeting of the board. 

will also continue as chairman of 

the executive committee. Jerome A. New- 

iMeihofer, controller and assistant treasurer, 

land by George Fishman, WB studio reprefsentative 

in Washington, D.C. 

at a general meeting in 

Toronto, Seven Arts stockholders approved 

Ithe purchase of all WB assets by Seven Arts 

(Associated Corp. of Delaware, wholly 

owned subsidiary of Seven Arts Productions, 

Ltd., of Canada. That meeting also voted 

ithe creation of an additional 4,000,000 

shares ranking on parity with the existing 

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'6,000,000 common shares and to increase 

! the board from 10 to 17. 

to the plan adopted by both 

for each share of WB the share- 

holders are entitled to $5 in cash, Vi of a 

of WB-Seven Arts and $10 principal 

of 5 per cent convertible subordinated 

debentures of WB-Seven Arts, due in 

1968. Stockholders of WB will soon receive 

from Marine Midland Grace 

Trust Co., exchange agent, concerning the 

surrender of their shares of WB. 

The WB shares will continue to be traded 

on the New York Stock Exchange until 

such time as the cash and securities of WB- 

Seven Arts are available for distribution 

through the exchange agent, estimated to be 

on or before July 31. The shares and debentures 

of WB-Seven Arts which the WB 

shareholders are entitled to receive are currently 

being traded on a "when distributed" 

basis on the American Stock Exchange. 

The WB-Seven Arts statement announcing 

the election of Hyman and Kalmenson referred 

at length to references in the Wall 

Street Journal and New York Times about 

Serge Semenenko's financing relations with 

Warner Bros. The company statement said: 

Data Included in Proxy Material 

"Referring to articles which have appeared 

in the press, the company stated that 

information concerning the payment of 

$1,000,000 by Jack L. Warner to Serge 

Semenenko, vice-chairman of the First National 

Bank of Boston, first came to the 

knowledge of Seven Arts three days before it 

was prepared to mail proxy soliciting material 

to its stockholders in connection with 

the Seven Arts meeting held to approve its 

acquisition of the assets of Warner Bros. 

Pictures, Inc. After consultation with its 

counsel. Seven Arts decided that this information 

should be disclosed in the proxy 

soliciting material, and a statement of the 

transaction between Warner and Semenenko 

was included in the material sent to the 

stockholders of both companies. 

"Semenenko did not represent Seven Arts 

at any time in the transaction with Warner. 

The purchase agreement between Warner 

and Seven Arts, which is a matter of public 

record, states that Allen & Co., of which 

Charles Allen is a senior partner, acted as 

broker in the transaction and that there 

were no other brokers involved. In this regard, 

Seven Arts agreed to pay Allen & Co. 

a commission of $433,000. 

Explain Indemnity Bond Agreement 

"In connection with the transaction with 

Warner, an indemnity bond from an insurance 

company had been requested by counsel 

for Warner. To permit the scheduled 

closing, the First National Bank of Boston 

agreed to loan $5,000,000 to Seven Arts 

under the terms of its loan agreement in 

order to fund the indemnity in the contract 

with Jack Warner if any liability under it 

should ever arise. The agreement for this 

financing provided that it would be discharged 

by replacement with an indemnity 

bond from an insurance company. This insurance 

company bond was procured. All of 

this occurred many months prior to the time 

Seven Arts had any information concerning 

Semenenko's agreement with Warner. 

"In accordance with the statement of its 

intention contained in the proxy soliciting 

material sent to the stockholders of both 

companies, Seven Arts is inviting all the 

directors of WB to join the board of directors 

of WB-Seven Arts. 

"Although the press reports about Semenenko 

contain inaccuracies as far as Seven 

Arts is concerned, the company emphasized 

that as the commercial banker representing 

the First National Bank of Boston, Semenenko 

had rendered invaluable services to 

Seven Arts over the years of association between 

Seven Arts and the First National 

Bank of Boston," the statement concluded. 

The New York Times biographical piece 

on Semenenko refers to him as being best 

known in business circles as the "financial 

doctor of the entertainment industry." He 

has played a major behind-the-scenes role in 

its development. At one time or another, 

Semenenko has been active in the affairs of 

Columbia, Universal, Cinerama, Warner 

Bros., Eagle Lion and Seven Arts. 

First National Bank of Boston 

Makes New Five-Year Loan 

NEW YORK — Jerome A. Newman, 

newly elected chairman of the finance committee 

of WB-Seven Arts, announced Wednesday 

(19) that the First National Bank 

of Boston is heading a group of banks in 

resetting 

of WB-Seven Arts existing debt to 

the Boston bank and others. 

Plans call for a new five-year term loan 

together with additional available credit for 

film production purposes. It is expected that 

the total amount of the new financing will 

provide approximately $90,000,000, compared 

with existing debt of approximately 

$68,000,000 or an increase of $22,000,000. 

Filmways 9-Mos. Net Up; 

Record Third Quarter 

NEW YORK—Net income after taxes of 

Filmways, Inc. for the nine-month period 

ended May 31, amounted to $779,003 or 

$1 per share on the 782,642 shares then outstanding, 

compared with a net of $775,184 

for the same period in 1966. The current 

nine-month net includes $234,107 of net 

income for the third quarter ended May 31, 

which represents the highest dollar earnings 

for any like quarter in the company history. 

Revenue for the nine months amounted 

to $21,100,834, compared to $25,426,758 

a year earlier. Expenses were $19,622,831, 

against $23,949,574. 

The report, announced by Lee Moselle, 

president of the television and film production 

company, does not reflect any operations 

of Sigma III, for which Filmways will 

issue common stock upon closing of the 

transaction which is subject to a favorable 

tax ruling. 

Currently the 

Filmways Production Center 

here has been kept busy, most recently 

serving as the production base for Sidney 

Lumet's "Bye Bye Braverman." 

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Pay TV, CATV Integration 

Forecast by Arthur Levey 

NEW YORK—Future integration of pay 

television and community antenna video 

systems was forecast here last week by Arj 

thur Levey, president of Skiatron Elec- 

tronics & Television Corp., following the 

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and current feature films. "In that caj 

LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION 

billings. Program schedules would be provided 

several weeks in advance. 

FCC for Pay TV System; 

'Early Fall' Hearings Set 

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications 

Commission has adopted, by a 

4-to-O vote, the recommendation of a special 

committee that the FCC authorize 

nationwide pay television service on a limited 

scale and has announced that it will conduct 

full-scale hearings "in early fall" on 

the proposal. 

The pay TV committee, in calling for 

certain specified limitations on subscription 

television operations, modified an earlier 

full commission proposal for a permanent 

unlimited pay TV system. 

Subscription television stations would be 

limited to large metropolitan areas—those in 

communities within the primary coverage 

area of five or more commercial TV stations, 

with the pay TV station counted as one of 

the five—and no more than one pay TV station 

would be permitted in a community. 

Of primary interest to the motion picture 

industry is the committee recommendation 

concerning feature films, under which old 

movies, with certain exceptions, would be 

banned on pay TV. Designed as a "safeguard" 

to prevent the siphoning off of older 

motion pictures from free television, the 

committee suggestion would provide that 

feature films could not be broadcast on pay 

TV if "they received first-run showing on 

a non-reserved-seat basis anywhere in the 

U.S. more than two years before proposed 

subscription television showing." It would 

permit a limited number— up to 12—of 

feature films older than ten years to be 

shown on pay TV. 

The report stated: "Since, generally, free 

TV cannot obtain current feature films, the 

films which STV shows will not be siphoned 

from free TV. Since it is expected that about 

85 per cent of the programing of STV will 

consist of current films, the rule does not 

harm STV." 

Asserting that pay TV could provide a 

beneficial supplement to conventional TV 

programing, the committee report said such 

programing "might consist mostly of current 

feature films and of sports events not 

generally available on conventional TV, and 

it recommended that not more than 90 per 

cent of a pay TV station's programing 

would be permitted to consist of feature 

films and sports events combined, to assure 

a "minimum amount of cultural and 

educational programing." 

The proposed rules would bar sports 

events which were regularly televised in the 

community within two years preceding the 

slated pay TV broadcast and also would prohibit 

"series-type" programs, such as soap 

operas, "which constitute a large part of 

free television programing." 

Additionally, the committee recommended 

that charges for programs would be regulated 

by the FCC. The report, prepared by 

committee members Robert E. Lee, Kenneth 

A. Cox and James J. Wadsworth, did 

not estimate how much it would cost a 

viewer to watch a pay TV program, but it 

found that, based on the five-year Hartford, 

Conn., pay TV experiment, the average 

family paid $1.22 per week, or slightly 

less than $65 per year for subscription television 

entertainment. 

Charges would vary for programs and 

customers would be billed monthly for service, 

with a decoding machine attached to 

the home TV set providing the basis for 

Joint Commiftee to File Arguments 

New York—Philip F. Harling, chairman of the Joint Committee Against Toll 

TV, declaring that "all of exhibition has a vested interest" in the FCC committee 

recommendation for a nationwide pay television system, last week announced that 

the Joint Committee would accept the invitation, as an interested party, to file 

arguments and comments by September 15 and to appear at oral hearings on the 

FCC proposal this fall. 

"We note with great concern," HarUng said, "the programing emphasis on 

current motion pictures which reiterates our traditional position, that without 

first-run pictures, pay TV is economically impractical. We shall continue to do 

everything in our power to represent and protect the best interests of exhibition 

through all avenues available to us." 

Promising that, as soon as the report is studied, full details would be made 

public to exhibition, Harling quoted one section of the report: "It is the hope of 

the Commission that such rules can be adopted without undue delay since 

no applications 

for STV authorizations will be accepted for fiUng until such time as they 

have been adopted. Having found that over the years, STV service is in the public 

interest, it should be given a chance to provide benefits to the public as soon as 

possible." 

vision service. 

Levey, asserting that such FCC action i 

"should help future pay TV operations in 

major cities across the country achieve a 

fast return on equity and amortization," also 

commented: 

"It is entirely feasible to integrate the 

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which should soon develop into regional 

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the introduction of pay TV with a meaningful 

potential boxoffice that should generate 

a large cash flow." 

Antitrust 

Division Pursues 

Blocking ABC-ITT Merger 

WASHINGTON—The antitrust division 

of the Department of Justice, still unhappy 

with the Federal Communications Commission 

approval of the long-proposed merger 

of International Telephone & Telegraph 

Corp. and American Broadcasting Companies, 

this week recommended that Attorney 

General Ramsay Clark go to court in 

a further attempt to block the consolidation 

of the two big companies. 

The recommendation was made by Donald 

F. Turner, assistant attorney general in 

charge of the antitrust division, and should 

the DofJ accept Turner's proposal, its action 

would be in the form of a U.S. District 

Court appeal from the FCC decision. The 

DofJ has until Monday (24) to file such an 

action. At that time, the 30-day period allowed 

for appeal will expire. 

New Universal Subsidiary 

For Specialized Films 

NEW YORK—Regional Films Distrib-^| 

utors. Inc., is a new subsidiary of Universal 

Pictures which will handle the distribution 

of specialized product for release in this 

country. Universal vice-president Henry H. 

Martin announced the formation of the new 

subsidiary Wednesday (18) to be supervised 

by Norman Gluck, who will also direct its 

sales program. 

The first release through Regional Films 

will be "Chappaqua," the independently 

made feature by Conrad Rooks, which won 

the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion award 

in 1966. Rooks served as producer, writer, 

director of this, his first film based on his 

own personal experiences while undergoing 

withdrawal from drugs. An American pre- i 

miere is scheduled for fall. 

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Century-Fox 

will hold its 1967 international convention 

HOLLYWOOD—Twentieth 

here the week of August 13, with more than 

80 worldwide sales and publicity executives 

in attendance from 41 countries. Announcement 

of the meeting was made last week in 

New York by David Raphel, vice-president 

of 20th-Fox International, who will 

chair the convention. 

Richard D. Zanuck. executive vice-president 

in charge of production, and his staff 

will host the convention, the first to be held 

in the company's production headquarters. 

The theme will be keyed to the company's 

forthcoming "Salute to the President" 

worldwide sales drive, honoring Darryl F. 

Zanuck. 

will tour studio facilities and 

Iview the filming of a number of pictures 

then in production, including Robert Wise's 

"Star!" and Arthur P. Jacobs' "Planet of 

the Apes." 

Promotional sessions will be conducted by 

Jonas Rosenfield jr., vice-president and director 

of advertising, 

publicity and exploitation, 

on such major upcoming productions 

as "The Flim-Flam Man," "FATHOM," 

'"The Day the Fish Came Out," "'Valley of 

Dolls," "Tony Rome," "The Anniver- 

'sary," "Planet of the Apes," "Deadfall," 

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"Bedazzled" and "Prudence and the Pill," as 

'well as the forthcoming reserved-seat attractions, 

"Doctor Doiittle" and "Star!" 

company officers and interna- 

tional production executives scheduled to at- 

include Harry J. Mclntyre, vice-president, 

administration: Joseph M. Sugar, vicein 

charge of domestic sales; David 

Brown, vice-president and director of story 

operations; Andre Hakim, managing director, 

20th-Fox Productions, Ltd., Lon- 

Edward Leggewie, head of the Paris 

[production office; Joseph Bellfort, inter- 

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national manager; Morey Marcus, home of- 

Ifice representative. Far East; Harold Mars, 

'home office representative, Latin America; 

Stephen Roberts, home office representative, 

English-speaking territories, and Sidney 

Samuels, worldwide manager of prints and 

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Advertising-publicity executives from 

New York will include Arthur Manson, executive 

assistant to Rosenfield; Dick Brooks, 

national publicity manager, and Joel Coler, 

'international advertising and publicity colordinator. 

'Doiittle' Benefit Set 

NEW YORK—The first public showing 

jof 20th-Fox's forthcoming roadshow musical, 

"Doctor Doiittle," starring Rex Harri- 

[son, will be presented for the benefit of the 

^College of Mount Saint Vincent, on Dec. 

20. 1967, at Loew's State Theatre here. The 

[showing follows the premiere on Dec. 19, 

|which is being sponsored by Project HOPE, 

and marks the latest of the sponsorships as- 

'sociated with the Todd-AO and DeLuxe 

Color attraction. 

Volenti Forecasfs Over Billion Gross 

In U.S. Film Theotres in 7967 

NEW YORK—Predicting that the motion 

pcture industry "is entering a golden era of 

artistic 

progress and accompanying prosperity," 

Jack Valenti last week reported to the 

Motion Picture Ass'n of America board of 

directors on his first year as MPAA president, 

asserting that: "We view the future 

without fear. There is much to be done, and 

a good deal of that unfinished business is 

difficult and crowded with hazards; but the 

greatest asset we have is our unity, and the 

greatest weapon we have is our common 

purpose." 

Valenti detailed the accomplishments of 

the past year and forecast a $25 million 

gain in boxoffice gross in U.S. theatres this 

year, estimating a domestic gross in 1967 of 

$1,005,000,000. compared with $980,000,- 

000 in 1966. He pointed to the fact that 

domestic gross rentals have increased for 

the past four years, with 1966 rentals showing 

an 1 1.23 per cent increase over 1965. 

Of the future, the MPAA president said, 

"We face growing problems in the form of 

growing costs, growing international restrictions 

and growing diversionary entertainment. 

These are only a few of the difficulties 

which, as in other great enterprises, 

abound and multiply. Nevertheless, these 

can be offset by the vitality of the motion 

picture, the awareness that our association 

must apply resourcefulness to match the difficulties 

and, finally, a determination to 

achieve for our industry its highest estate," 

Uptrend in Construction 

Valenti cited new theatre construction, 

with an estim.ated 400 theatres built in 1966. 

and forecast that about 200 more are expected 

to be completed this year, and he 

pointed out that 

the first 

feature film production for 

five months of 1967 showed a substantial 

increase over the same period in 

1966, as indicated by the fact that 83 features 

were approved by the Production Code 

Administration, compared with only 61 for 

the same period a year ago. 

He reported in detail on the adoption of 

the new Code of Self-Regulation and the 

accompanying Code Seal campaign designed 

to inform the public "of the effort in our 

industry to meet its responsibility for excellence 

in art with due regard to the mores 

and sensibilities of our vast public." 

MPAA efforts "to improve and sharpen 

the dialog between the American community 

and the film industry" were outlined, and 

Valenti told the board, "Our programs endeavor 

to heighten the community's awareness 

of the nature and significance of the 

motion picture as a potent medium of communication, 

artistic expression and entertainment 

in our modern image-conscious 

society," 

He discussed MPAA activities in 

the field 

of education and in government, notably 

those dealing with copyright laws and community 

antenna television as well as in 

battling censorship and film classification. 

and he pointed with pride at the efforts in 

the studios and among guilds and unions to 

provide expanded opportunities for new creative 

talent to come into the business of 

filmmaking. 

Valenti cited as one of the important 

events of the year the establishment of the 

American Film Institute, backed by funds 

from the government, the Ford Foundation 

and member companies of the MPAA, and, 

turning to the foreign market, he pointed 

out that total annual paid admissions to 

motion picture theatres in the world are 

estimated at $13,588,000,000 and that 

American fUms are seen by 50 to 60 per 

cent of the free-world audience. 

Turning to current projects, Valenti said 

that a long-range audience research program, 

started in many communities last 

December, is scheduled to be completed 

during the summer. Aims of the research 

are to find out what the public thinks and 

feels about motion pictures; to get a clear 

understanding of today's variety of audiences; 

to measure existing and potential 

markets, and to ascertain how intelligent, 

imaginative advertising and promotion procedures 

can be used to reach more persons 

effectively. 

Of the future, Valenti predicted that it 

will be practicable to project a motion picture 

to a satellite which will then beam the 

picture to television sets or motion picture 

theatres throughout the world, and, he 

added, 'We intend to keep abreast of the 

scientific developments in this field; study 

the facts, and pursue the answers to questions 

posed. 

Need Accord With Youth 

He asserted that "We need to find greater 

rapport with the youth of the world, on 

the campus, in the street, wherever they 

gather, and we need to listen to what they 

are saying. In a world whose inhabitants become 

increasingly young, the creators and 

the managers of the motion picture industry 

must understand the spirit and the aspirations 

of youth. There is ferment abroad in 

our land, and the action is on the campus 

and in the high school. In that arena will we 

find opportunities to build new audiences 

and to find fresh, new talent. It is our purpose 

to know more about young people and 

involve ourselves with them." 

Concluding his report, Valenti said, "It 

is no accident that the increasing popularity 

of American films throughout the world 

stems from the craftsmanship in these films. 

We need to seek excellence in every motion 

picture we produce. This applies also to the 

advance of technology on sound stages and 

on location, and in the laboratory, as well 

as to distribution and marketing, which are 

indispensable to the prosperous world market. 

Summing up his report, Valenti said, 

"To lift the level of excellence in creativity, 

technology, distribution, and attract a worldwide 

audience worthy of its achievements. 

TTiis is our goal." 

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Fellman Urges Exhibitors to Support 

NATO's Fall Film Fare Campaign 

NEW YORK— Motion picture 

exhibitors 

throughout the nation were urged to lend 

their full cooperation in the "1967 Fall Film 

Fare" business campaign, in an appeal by 

Nat D. Fellman. vice-president and general 

manager of Stanley Warner Theatres and 

chairman of the National Ass'n of Theatre 

Owners picture selection committee. 

"The purpose of this campaign is to sell 

more tickets in October." Fellman told exhibitors. 

"By your cooperation you can 

demonstrate conclusively that good quality 

pictures, backed by solid distribution and 

exhibitor marketing effort, can do business 

regardless of the time of the year. The past 

is well known. The future is up to you. The 

committee, which I am chairing, acted on 

behalf of exhibition and accepted these four 

outstanding pictures — 'Point Blank' (Metro- 

Goldwyn-Mayer), "Waterhole No. y (Paramount). 

'Hour of the Guns' (United Artists) 

and 'Rough Night in Jericho" (Universal). 

I am sure that you will agree that 

these pictures offer substantially more potential 

than last year. 

"The sales managers have given us every 

cooperation by releasing these pictures in 

October," Fellman continued. "In order to 

make it a great success, it is up to you, under 

the leadership of NATO, to make every effort 

by booking these pictures and putting 

your best foot forward with an all-out individual 

campaign so as to get the greatest 

amount of results. The umbrella, '1967 Fall 

Film Fare' will enable every exhibitor, first 

run and subsequent run, to do his part in 

stimulating additional business." 

Half-Year Net Is $158,000. 

Reade Tells Analysts 

NEW YORK—Walter Reade jr., president 

and chairman of Walter Reade Organization, 

speaking before the New York 

Society of Security Analysts here, 

disclosed 

that the company's earnings from operations 

in the first half of the current year topped 

$158,000, or ten cents per share, up from 

$61,000, or four cents per share, the preceding 

year. 

Reade did not give six-month revenue 

figures, but said the company will issue a 

detailed earnings report August 15. He estimated 

that 1967 revenue would be between 

$17 million and $18 million, up from the 

$16,442,000 reported in 1966 and said the 

year's earnings will show a greater "percentage 

gain" than revenue. 

In addition to the reported earnings, 

Reade said the company had a special credit 

in the first half of four cents per share from 

the sale of an interest in British Lion Films, 

Ltd., of London. Recently, Reade also announced 

it had acquired U.S. distribution 

rights to the Russian-made film. "War and 

Peace," tentatively set for release in December. 

He told the analysts the company has 

made no plans to begin paying dividends. 

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National Screen Service is making up kits 

to include a leader trailer to which exhibitors 

can attach teaser trailers, as well as 

the production trailers, for any of the four 

pictures featured in the campaign. Leader 

copy will read, "As part of our theatre's effort 

to bring you excellence in entertainment, 

this theatre is proud to participate in 

the '1967 Fall Film Fare" sponsored by 

National Ass'n of Theatre Owners. Our 

feature attractions during this summer period 

will represent some of the industry's 

outstanding motion pictures." 

NSS will include a tag in the kit of the 

approved symbol, "NATO Award of Entertainment—Excellence, 

Selected by National 

Ass'n of Theatre Owners." This also can be 

used to head off the feature during its playdate. 

Accessories will include gummed 

streamers, gummed snipes, 40x60s. onesheets 

and display banners for marquee 

decoration, all carrying "Theatre's Salute to 

1967 Fall Film Fare." 

The exhibitor committee will prepare ad 

slugs, pressbooks, etc.. to be included in the 

kit, all of which will be combined with full 

press material on each of the pictures. Distributors 

will make available 16mm featurettes, 

special radio tape material and will 

endeavor to obtain personal appearance of 

stars in support of the campaign. 

Fellman further told exhibitors: "We 

urge you. in playing these pictures, to give 

each of them maximum playing time in 

order to influence progress for an all-yearround 

even flow of good product." 

and that no mergers or acquisitions are 

planned for the immediate future but "we 

would be very interested in merger or acquisition 

potentials." 

Valenti on NBC Today Show 

Talks on Visit to Russia 

NEW YORK—Jack Valenti, president of 

the Motion Picture Ass'n of America, discussed 

his recent visit to the Soviet Union as 

chairman of the United States delegation 

to the Moscow Film Festival, Thursday 

morning (20) on the NBC Today Show. He 

said that Russia desires to see U.S. films and 

is 

eager for the exchange of ideas in production 

creativity. Valenti returned to his 

Washington office Tuesday (18). 

Kellers, Kelly Appointed 

To Music Hall Promotions 

NEW YORK—In an expansion of administrative 

activities at Radio City 

Music Hall. Frederic Kellers has been 

He is 

named director of theatre operations. 

being succeeded in his former position as 

boxoffice treasurer by Robert D. Kelly. 

Kellers has been with the Music Hall since 

1949 and Kelly, since 1957, except for 

European military service from 1959-61. 

3 U.S. Films Rejected 

At Moscow Festival 

NEW YORK—The Moscow Film Fesjl 

val rejected for showing out of competiti^ 

after earlier approval, three American filn 

Warner Bros.' "Who's Afraid of VirgiJ 

Woolf?" United Artists" "The Russians A| 

Coming the Russians Are Coming" an 

Columbia's "Young Americans."" The fe^ 

val ended Thursday (20). 

"Woolf" was reported in the press 

being objectionable due to subtitles transla| 

ing dialog into Russian and it was speq 

lated that the picture might yet be shoy^ 

with a voice-over translation. No officl 

word was received on the UA film. 

As for "Young Americans,"" the filn 

producer, Robert Cohn, and Columbia vid 

president Robert S. Ferguson, returnifl 

here Tuesday (18), agreed that the pictuij 

was rejected as part of a reprisal for thl 

U.S. position in the Middle East crisii 

Ferguson said that the Moscow selectio 

committee would provide no explanation fd 

cancellation of the film except to descr 

the picture as unsuitable for public showi^ 

Cohn asserted that the picture had bq 

found good enough for showing before 

Middle East crisis developed, and, concedin 

that "the timing was bad,"" he added, 

were caught in the bind of a politi| 

struggle." 

Both Columbia executives described 

picture as presenting a "true picture 

America," and Ferguson commented th^ 

the film "shows American youth able t 

move freely." 

Cohn suggested that the Motion Pictur 

Ass'n of America should do a better job i 

definitely clearing in advance all America 

films slated for presentation, in or out c 

competition, in the Moscow festival. Jac' 

Valenti, MPAA president, tried to interven 

in behalf of the film, but came up against 

typical Russian bureaucratic wall. 

Following the Soviet rejection, "Youn 

Americans'" was shown by U.S. Ambassadc 

Llewellyn Thompson at the American En 

bassy in a private showing attended by mor 

than 100 persons, including 12 Russian 

The print has been left there for addition:, 

presentations. 

Ferguson asserted that "any dialog b^ 

tween the two countries is vital and tl^ 

Moscow Festival does .serve a useful purpo^ 

in improving Soviet-American relations, ai^ 

he pointed to the warm reception given th 

official U.S. entry, "Up the Down Stai; 

case," and the British entry, Columbia's 

Man for All Seasons,'" as well as such ou 

of-competition films as "Hombre," "TIi 

War Wagon," "Ship of Fools" and "Nigl 

of the Generals."" 

Clayton Film to Venice 

NEW YORK—Jack Clayton's film c 

"Our Mother's House," a Filmways pre! 

entation for MGM release, has been selecte' 

as the official British entry at the Venic 

Film Festival on August 26 through Septan: 

ber 8. Martin Ransohoff is executive prd 

ducer of the film which stars Dirk Bogard( 


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NEW YORK—Paramount Pictures has 

armed a new music division, encompassing 

11 of its extensive worldwide interests in 

;cording and publishing, it was announced 

Vednesday ( 19) by Martin S. Davis, execuve 

vice-president and chief operating offier 

of Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of 

iulf and Western Industries. 

D. Burk has been named a viceresident 

of Paramount Pictures in charge 

f the entire music division, which marks the 

rst time that Dot Records. Famous Music, 

aramount Music. Ensign Music and other 

lusic publishing affiliates, as well as motion 

icture and television music activities, have 

een grouped together as a single entity. 

fUrk will maintain headquarters in both 

lew York and Hollywood. 

recording activities for the division 

iill be under the direction of Randolph C. 

|/ood, 

president of Dot Records and a viceresident 

of Paramount Pictures, who has 

Iso been named a vice-president of Famous 

llusic. 

publishing activities, as well as motion 

icture and TV music, will be under the 

lirection of William R. Stinson, who has 

een named executive vice-president and 

;neral manager of Paramount's publishig 

companies, 

the formation of the new music 

ivision, Davis said that Paramount fore- 

;es an accelerated program of expansion 

|i one of the most important areas of the 

jisure-time field, through the development 

if new producers, artists and composers, 

ad greater concentration on Broadway 

jiusical and film soundtrack recordings, 

was formerly an assistant vice-presi- 

;nt of Paramount Pictures and executive 

ii charge of business affairs at the Holly- 

'ood studio. He joined Paramount in 1964 

|0m United Artists, where he served in 

Jmous executive capacities. 

U Steen Joins Parcanount 

is Tradepctper Contact 

YORK—Al Steen, former eastern 

litor of BoxoFFiCE and director of public 

:lations for Theatre Owners of America 

ntil its merger with Allied States Ass'n, has 

I'ined Paramount Pictures as tradepaper 

imtact, replacing Lloyd Ibert, who has re- 

'imed his former position as editorial as- 

'iciate of Independent Film Journal. 

held editorial posts with the Film 

I'aily, 

'lotion 

the Hollywood Reporter, Variety, the 

Picture Daily, Greater Amusements, 

[ well as BoxoFFiCE. Steen is married to 

:ie former Adeline ("Pat") Padula, founder 

id first president of the Women's Auxiliary 

New York Variety Club, Tent No. 35. 

|/0lumbia Votes Dividend 

YORK—The Columbia Pictures 

isard of directors has declared the regular 

-larterly dividend of $1.0614 per share on 

e $4.25 cumulative preferred stock payile 

August 15 to stockholders of record 

the close of business August 1, 1967. 

New Type Film Fare Needs Promotion 

To Reach Youth, Says Bruce Corwin 

VIRGINIA BEACH. VA.—"The 'generation 

gap' is at the crux of the industry's 

problem in fully understanding the new 

breed of moviegoers." Bruce Corwin. head 

of the Young Committee of the National 

Ass'n of Theatre Owners, told the Mid- 

Atlantic NATO convention here Wednesday 

(19). 

Speaking before the combined convention 

of AMPTO of Maryland, NATO of Virginia 

and MPTO of the District of Columbia, 

the young executive declared that "my 

generation is vastly different from previous 

generations," adding: "Increasing numbers 

of today's students and young adults, 

unlike 

their parents, enjoy the privilege of being 

able to sort through a wide range of options 

and decide according to personal priorities 

how they want to live their lives." 

He said such "free thought had led to 

the rise in popularity of films such as "Blow- 

Up," "The Game Is Over," "A Man and a 

Woman" and "Georgy Girl," and that the 

student, "through films, is searching for 

answers and he seems to find solace in this 

new type of film. Today's young people seek 

an unconventional realism in movies, sex. 

thought and politics." 

Corwin viewed the success of sophisticated 

film fare as a "compensating factor" 

for the decline in demand for certain family 

pictures, and he called for special exhibitor 

effort in behalf of "question-mark" 

pictures. "We must get out and punch for 

films like 'A Guide for the Married Man." 

'The Naked Runner" and "Bobo"—these are 

the kinds of product where a progressive, 

hard-hitting, dedicated campaign can make 

Three Films on Lyles' Slate 

For Para, to December 

HOLLYWOOD— Producer A. C. Lyles 

has three feature films on his Paramount 

schedule between now and December, inaugurating 

his new contract for ten features 

m 30 months, a repeat of the same deal he 

recently completed, according to Robert 

Evans, Paramount vice-president in charge 

of production. 

The new trio consists of two westerns 

and one "eastern," the latter a private detective 

adventure drama which will be Lyles" 

first non-western action picture in almost 

four years. 

He will continue his series of westerns, 

augmenting them with modern-day action 

stories. First on the three-film slate will be 

"Rogue's Gallery," the private detective 

yarn, to be followed by the westerns, "Ride 

the Badlands" and "Chadock," the latter 

a tentative title. 

Paramount released Lyles' "Fort Utah" 

this month and completed and awaiting release 

are "Hostile Guns" and "Arizona 

Bushwhackers."' 

The new Lyles-Paramount deal, one of 

the largest signed by a major studio with a 

a difference. We have a job to do in educating 

the public to certain films." 

Looking to the future. Corwin predicted 

an age of specialization in which the hardticket 

roadshow house and the art or specialty 

theatre would be increasingly profitable. 

He offered a visionary concept of the future 

in which a specialty theatre might be a part 

of a combined office-apartment-theatre 

building complex, with apartments occupying 

upper floors, offices on lower floors and 

a theatre below street level. He envisioned 

an occupant finishing in the office at 6 p.m., 

going upstairs for dinner and shower, then 

taking the elevator to see the latest motion 

picture in the ultra-modern theatre below. 

Regarding responsibilities of Young 

NATO, Corwin decried the lack of young 

executive personnel in the theatre business. 

To compete effectively for topflight young 

people and particularly those on the college 

level, we first have to raise the salaries of 

our recruitments to be competitive with 

other industries," he said. "Perhaps we must 

also devise new methods of monetary participation 

for our people. A man who has 

a piece of the action is more than an employe, 

he is a partner and more interested in 

the financial net because it directly benefits 

him. 

"It is our hope," Corwin continued, "that 

Young NATO will be called upon to undertake 

the job of visiting colleges and universities, 

participating in college film courses 

and recruiting new, young, bright people. 

It is up to us to encourage school officials 

to institute theatre exhibition training programs." 

single producer in recent years, is the fourth 

which Paramount has handed Lyles in the 

last three and one-half years. 

20-Acre Set Is Prepared 

For 'Jolly Pink Jungle' 

HOLLYWOOD—A 30-man crew, 

working 

round the clock, is adding an additional 

seven acres to Universal's existing 1 3-acre 

backlot jungle set in preparation for "The 

Jolly Pink Jungle,"" starring James Garner, 

Eva Renzi and George Kennedy. The 

Technicolor film, which Delbert Mann will 

direct for producer Stanley Marguiles, is 

slated for a July 17 start. 

Moraskie Named to AIP 

Latin American Post 

NEW YORK—William J. Moraskie has 

been named Latin American supervisor for 

American International Pictures Export 

Corp. Prior to his association with AIP, 

Moraskie was with Columbia Pictures in 

Latin America for over 13 years. His new 

headquarters is at 632 Monies Urales, Mexico 

City. 

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Subsidy Plan for U.S. Production 

HOLLYWOOD—Lou Greenspan, editor, 

has made "money for production" the theme 

of the June issue of The Journal of the 

Producers Guild of America. The title of 

the issue is "The Journal Looks at Foreign 

Film Subsidies." One of the most provocative 

suggestions comes from a conservative 

American banker, who advocates an American 

subsidy to make Hollywood competitive 

with other producing areas. 

A. H. Howe, vice-president of film financing 

at the Bank of America, wants the 

public to pay for the subsidy at the boxoffice. 

He doesn't mince words, stating, "I 

propose most seriously a fund designed to 

stimulate production in the United States," 

Howe didn't tell why this industry shouldn't 

be treated in the same manner as shipbuilding, 

airplanes, railroads, or even the farmers, 

all recipients of government subsidies. 

In another article in the issue, by Thomas 

H. Kuchel, United States senator from California, 

titled "Protecting the American Film 

Industry," the lawmaker stated that many 

nations realize the importance of developing 

a strong motion picture industry and cites 

those using subsidies. He said, "There is no 

reason why the United States should not consider 

similar assistance in maintaining America's 

position as the Number One film production 

center of the world." 

Desilu Shareholders Okay 

Merger Plans With G&W 

HOLLYWOOD — Desilu 

Productions 

shareholders approved the company's merger 

into Gulf & Western Industries in an 

exchange of stock. Under the terms of the 

previously announced merger, Desilu shareholders 

will receive one-half of one share 

of Gulf & Western Series A convertible 

preferred stock and one share of G&W 

$5.75 sinking fund preferred stock for each 

ten shares of Desilu common. 

Each share of G&W series A convertible 

preferred is convertible into 3.09 shares of 

G&W common. At the current market 

prices, the offer amounted to about $16.78 

for each Desilu share, according to Edwin 

E. Holly, Desilu secretary-treasurer. 

The merger does not require the approval 

of G&W shareholders, but approval is needed 

of regulatory authorities. Earlier, both 

companies had said they received questionnaires 

from the Department of Justice concerning 

the merger but express confidence 

that the DofJ would not oppose it. The 

"Justice Department is now talking actively 

with us and studying the situation very care- 

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Irving Allen a producer who has used 

subsidies abroad is against the idea. He 

wrote that he was "astonished to learn that 

it (subsidies) is drawing nods of approval 

from film organization people who should 

know better." Allen argues that, if it were 

not for American "financial aid and distribution," 

foreign production couldn't exist 

despite the subsidies the governments there 

provide. He didn't give an explanation of 

this apparent contradiction as to why American 

money couldn't be termed a subsidy for 

foreign producers. 

Greenspan, an astute, veteran film man, 

in his editorial wrote; "It is not the purpose 

of this survey to analyze the relative merits 

of film subsidies." He noted that mediocrity 

had resulted where the administration of the 

plan had been loosely handled. In some 

countries, production was on a manufacturing 

basis where it was "profitable to produce 

largely for the sake of the subsidy." This 

compares to the American farmer withholding 

acreage just to get paid for it. In Mexico, 

before the present regime handled the 

cinema bank, many of the producers reportedly 

received their money and then went 

about other business, while the films were 

being produced. 

Jack Valenti, president of the Motion 

Picture Ass'n of America, wrote that he has 

been studying for some months the various 

plans for a voluntary subsidy program 

for the domestic film industry. He stated he 

wasn't ready to come to a conclusion at this 

time. 

Among the smaller independent producers 

who are not members of the large producer 

groups and who do not distribute their 

product through the majors, but use the 

state rights outlets or hire salesmen and 

exploitation men, the idea of a subsidy has 

different connotations. It would be possible, 

if a government subsidy were instituted, to 

have a steady flow of program pictures at 

lower budgets from this source. 

fully," a Desilu officer stated. However, he 

said, there has been "no definite indication 

of what the Justice Department's final decision 

will be." 

G. Stromberg, Corey Allen 

Sign Universal Term Pacts 

HOLLYWOOD—In line with Universal's 

policy of building a roster of creative as 

well as acting talent, the studio has signed 

Gary Stromberg to an exclusive long term 

writer-producer contract and Corey Allen to 

an exclusive term pact as writer-director, it 

Was announced by Edward Muhl, vicepresident 

in charge of production. 

The young filmmakers first teamed last 

year to make a 17-minute film, "Mad 

Game," which has been invited to be shown 

at the upcoming Venice, Edinburgh, London, 

New York and San Francisco film 

festivals prior to its release. 

Under the terms of their Universal contracts 

Stromberg and Allen may work as 

a team or individually at the discretion of 

the studio. Their first project will be a 

team effort and they are now seeking an 

outstanding story from young writers. 

Filmack Names R. S. Asche 

Production Coordinator 

CHICAGO—Filmack Trailer Co. has ap 

pointed Ronald S. Ascher production cc 

Ronald S. Ascher 

ordinator, it was ar 

nounced by presider 

Bernard Mack. 

Ascher was formei 

iy film editor an 

graphic artist for Al 

lend'or Production; 

Hollywood; art d 

rector for Faust/ Da 

Advertising Agencj 

and an executive o 

S. J. Fecht & Associ 

a t e s, managemer 

consultants of Northbrook, 111., where h 

was in charge of motion picture productio 

for the film's clients. 

A graduate of the Institute of Design a 

Illinois 

Institute of Technology, Ascher alsi 

attended the University of Southern Cali 

fornia, where he was a graduate instructo 

in the Department of Instructional Tech 

nology. 

New Governing Committee 

Is Elected by IFIDA 

NEW YORK — The Independent Filii 

Importers & Distributors of America electej 

a new governing committee for the 1967-6 

corporate year. Two new members namei 

were Eugene Picker, president of the entei 

tainment division of the Trans Lux Corpi 

and veteran theatre-distribution executiv 

Leonard S. Gruenberg, president of Sigra 

III 

Corp. The IFIDA governing committe 

serves the organization in lieu of a presider 

or vice-president. 

Munio Podhorzer, president of Casia 

Films, was re-elected to his position for ai 

additional one-year term. 

In a statement coincident with the ar 

nouncement of the election results, Michac 

F. Mayer, executive director, hailed th 

services of two retiring governors—Jea' 

Goldwurm of Times Films and Davi 

Emanuel of Governor Films. 

Mayer said: "Jean Goldwurm and Davii 

Emanuel have served our organization witj 

fidelity and distinction. All of us in IFID^ 

are deeply indebted to them for their senj 

ices far beyond the call of duty. We kno'l 

that they will continue to be active witl 

us in the promotion of our aims." 

Ralph Hetzel Honored 

With Italian Award 

NEW YORK—The rank of commander i 

the order of merit of the Italian Republic wi 

conferred upon Ralph Hetzel, executive via 

president of the Motion Picture Ass'n t 

America, Wednesday (19). 

The award was presented to Hetzel i] 

New York at the Italian consulate by Vi! 

torio C. di Montezemolo, consul general «i 

Italy. 

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LETTERS 

Industry Cooperation 

June 14-17. 1967, The Missouri Council 

on the Arts held the second Film Institute 

for high school teachers and students at 

Stephens College in Columbia. Mo. Like the 

Institute last year in Kansas City, the purpose 

was to create an understanding and 

appreciation of films as an art form. The 

Institute was a great success. 

I am writing to tell you of the fine cooperation 

that Commonwealth Theatres and 

Warner Bros, gave the Institute during the 

sessions. They arranged for a special 

screening 

of the film "Up the Down Staircase" at 

the Uptown Theatre. Warner Bros' Don 

Walker then arranged to have Bel Kaufman, 

author of the novel on which the film was 

based and technical adviser to the film, 

speak and discuss the film with the participants 

via amplified telephone. It was a 

very worthwhile discussion. There was no 

for this. 

Bob Walter, of Commonwealth in Columbia, 

let any of the Institute participants visit 

any of the Commonwealth Theatres at any 

lime during the Institute 

"for free." 

to pass on to you the knowledge that the 

'exhibitors and distributors in the Missouri 

are indeed interested in the screen edu- 

of their public. 

Thank you for sending Boxoffice to 

Stephens College. It is of great benefit to 

students. 

Director, 

Film Institute, 

Mo. 

H. WAYNE SCHUTH 

Raw Film Prices to Rise 

With Silver Cost Hike 

NEW YORK—The price of photographic 

'film will rise immediately as a result of the 

!hike in silver prices, it was announced last 

jweek by both Eastman Kodak Co. of Rochester 

and the General Aniline & Film 

Corp. of New York. 

J. D. Fewster, Eastman treasurer, said 

"silver is a very important factor in our 

production of film." The company uses 

S 

'about 28 million ounces of silver annually. 

added: "This panic in the price 

|of silver was to be expected, but it's bound 

'to settle down," and he projected the evenitual 

silver price at $1.50 to $1.65 per ounce. 

prices rose sharply early in the week 

following 

; announcement by the U.S. 

'Treasury that it would no longer sell governiment 

silver at $1.29 per ounce. 

iNew High in UA Drive 

YORK—The annual United Artlists' 

Week Drive, which this year ran from 

jJune 25 through July 8, achieved a new 

|record high of 30,107 bookings, according 

to UA vice-president James R. Velde. He 

'reported that the 1967 results surpassed 

•those of banner 1966 by 2,242 bookings. 

Name Women's Committee 

For NATO Convention 

MIAMI—Sherrill C. Corwin, president of 

the National Ass'n of Theatre Owners, has 

designated the committee of women who 

will act as official hostesses and who will 

plan the program for the women attending 

the national convention at the Americana 

Hotel in Bal Harbour, Fla., October 17-20. 

Mrs. Mitchell Wolfson will be honorary 

chairman with Mrs. Harry Botwick and 

Mrs. Harvey Fleischman as co-chairmen. 

Named to the women's committee: 

Mesdames James Carey, James Fuller, 

Arthur L. Gray, Franklin Maury, Jack 

Mitchell. Sylvan E. Myers, John Patno, 

Howard Pettengill, Sonny Shepherd, Frank 

Sonshine. Gordon Spradley, Ethel Stern. 

Stanley Stern, Matty Tylek. Frankie Waxenberg. 

Alfred Weiss, Gerald Whaley, Louis 

Wolfson and Richard Wolfson. 

Because of the tremendous attendance 

expected and in order to accommodate 

everyone properly at the social functions, 

all convention registrations must be made in 

advance, Corwin said. As was the policy at 

the first NATO convention in New York 

last year, there will be no provision for lastminute 

registration at the convention. Convention 

registrations have been arriving at 

NATO headquarters in New York in far 

greater numbers than last year. 

Ivan Tors' 'The Unkillables' 

Retitled 'Daring Game' 

NEW YORK—"Daring Game" has been 

set as the new title for the Ivan Tors production 

for Paramount Pictures formerly 

titled "The Unkillables." 

An adventure-drama starring Lloyd 

Bridges, "Daring Game" is the story of a 

team of adventurers who rescue an American 

held prisoner by a Latin dictator. 

Appearing in major roles in the motion 

picture are Nico Minardos, Joan Blackman, 

Michael Ansara, Shepperd Strudwick, Alex 

Montoya, Irene Dailey, Brock Peters, Marie 

Gomez, Michael Walker, Barry Bartle and 

Perry Lopez. 

"Daring Game" was produced by Gene 

Levitt and directed by Laslo Benedek in 

color from a screenplay by Andy White. 

Tors is the executive producer. 

Carlino Story Acquired 

NEW YORK—Producers Martin Poll 

and Ted Dubin have acquired "The Mechanic," 

an original story by Lewis John 

Carlino, which will be filmed next year by 

Marpol Productions and Shadrach, Inc. 

Carlino also has been signed to write the 

screenplay for the story, which he describes 

as "an excursion into the minds of a master 

professional killer and his pupil." 

Dr Pepper Half Year Net Up 

DALLAS—Dr Pepper Co. reported an 

increased net income of $1,518,629, or 

$1.02 a share, for the first half of the year, 

up from the net of $1,241,809, or 84 cents 

a share, for the 1966 period. The company 

reports sales only on an annual basis. 

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COTTONPICKIN' 

CfflCKENPICKERS 

(Southeastern Pictures)—Some fine, fanciful 

farce is spiritedly applied to one of 

the most pleasurable bits of all-out country-and-westem 

entertainment to reach 

the states rights market in many years. It 

isn't especially complicated, and the acting 

values, at best, are casually impressive, 

but the ebulliency, the very bounce of the 

music, the fast-crackin,' fast-steppin' principals 

are more than ample enjoyment for 

those who like this type of theme. Filmed 

in Eastman Color in Florida, this standard 

ratio picture was directed with 

amusingly-paced touches by Larry E. 

Jackson, who co-produced with Dick Randall. 

Del Reeves, Hugh X. Lewis, Sonny 

Tufts, David Houston, Greta Thyssen, 

Lila Lee. 

HOSTILE GUNS (Para)—A. C. Lyles is no 

trail blazer, but he does insure a steady 

course of action for his programer westems. 

His latest is "Hostile Guns," one of 

his more routine efforts. The economical 

corner-cutting seems to show in this particular 

picture more than in most of his 

other such productions. Veteran R. G. 

Springsteen directed in Technirama and 

Techniscope this color production which 

deals with one man's hazardous journey 

across the prairie in charge of a prison 

wagon filled with desperate characters. 

The cast is made up mostly of old-timers, 

which is truly one of the joys of all A. C. 

Lyles westerns, which give film buffs a 

field day. George Montgomery, Yvonne 

De Carlo, Tab Hunter, Brian Donlevy, 

John Russell, Leo Gordon. 

SURFARI (States Rights)—The best thing 

about this slight presentation is the title 

itself. In all other respects, it fares unfavorably 

with its prototype, that incredibly 

successful "The Endless Summer." 

Filmed in Eastman Color in Hawaii, 

Australia, and California by director 

Milton Blair with Don Brown as 

producer and photographer, this entry 

should appeal more or less to the sports 

enthusiasts only, whereas the other film 

had a wider interest because of its firstrate 

editing, beautiful photography, and 

total freshness. "Surfari" has beautiful 

photography at times, too, but over all is 

less well-organized and less skilled technically, 

but it's all very wholesome and 

occasionally entertaining just because of 

the surfing itself. It also makes an attempt 

at a story-line with a neophyte 

learn the 

surfer from France who has to 

sport while getting into everyone's way. 

Ricky Grigg, Greg Noll, Sue Peterson, 

John Teague. 

These reviews will appear in full in 

a forthcoming issue of Boxoffice. 

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'Alfred the Great' Planned 

For 1968 Start by MGM 

A May 1968 start has been scheduled for 

the large-scale production of "Alfred the 

Great," adventure drama about the 9th 

Century Saxon warrior king. Formerly 

titled "A King Is Born." the film will be 

produced by Bernard .Smith, who was one 

of the first to work out production details 

under the new Clark Ramsay regime after 

meeting here with Ramsay. Metro-Goldwyn- 

Mayer president Robert H. O'Brien and 

Arvid L. Griffen. managing director of the 

firm's British studios. James R. Webb, writer 

of the script, is co-producer with Smith on 

the film. Both take off for London to start 

prcproduction sessions at the MGM studios 

there. Also at MGM, "Piano Sport" is in 

advanced screenplay form, with Don Asher 

writing the story based on his own novel. 

The film is being developed by Katzka- 

Berne Productions with Gabriel Katzka as 

producer. Harold Loeb is partnered with 

him in the production. First of the Katzka- 

Berne stories to roll at MGM will be "The 

Little Sister." a Raymond Chandler murder 

mystery being scripted by Stirling Silliphant. 

In Europe, meanwhile, Naples, Rome and 

Britain are being used for location work for 

the new Carlo Ponti production for MGM, 

. . 

"The Best House in Naples," starring Sophia 

Norman 

Loren and Vittorio Gassman . 

Maurer, producer, and Bernard Girard. 

writer-director, started prcproduction work 

in the production, "The Mad Room," for 

Columbia release. Locations will he used in 

Vancouver and other Canadian spots. Maur- 

. . 

er, famed for his comic artistry before becoming 

a producer, will be back with the 

Three Stooges once more in a successful 

combination. Both Maurer and Girard visited 

Canada last week . The "Funny Girl" 

company planed to Jersey City for shots on 

both sides of the river. The troupe, headed 

by Barbra Streisand, returns to the Columbia 

lot in August. The nine actresses portraying 

the Ziegfeld girls in the Broadway 

play are in the hands of Ray Stark's ad-pub 

director Jack Brodsky. 

Sheila MacRae and W. T. Orr 

Form Production Company 

Actress Sheila MacRae has been joined 

by executive producer William T. Orr, financier 

Irving Cowan and television producer 

Ronald Wayne in the formation of a 

motion picture and television production 

company to be known as Charisma Productions. 

The first production under the new 

company banner will be a film based upon 

re-creation of many of the W. C. Fields 

motion picture classics. Comedian Buddy 

Hackett has been signed to portray Fields 

and will be an associate on the production, 

although not a partner in the company. All 

of the company principals are joining forces 

on a single-venture-at-a-time basis and still 

will retain their individual outside interests 

By SYD CASSYD 

. . . Martin Ransohoff, producing under 

his Filmways banner for Columbia release, 

has signed Burt Lancaster to star in "Castle 

Keep." The William Eastlake novel, acquired 

by Ransohoff's company a year ago, 

will be lensed in Yugoslavia where the government 

is in partnership with its own local 

communities in obtaining co-production financing 

deals with foreign producers. John 

Calley co-produces with Ransohoff. 

To Produce 'Hammerhead' 

For Columbia Release 

Irving Allen will shoot "Hammerhead" 

for Columbia release in Portugal and London 

with a September start indicated. Herbert 

Baker and Jack Briley are writing the 

script for the Vince Edwards starrer, which 

is based on the James Mayo novel ... "A 

Time for Heroes" has gone before the 

Technicolor cameras at Universal with Rod 

Taylor. Claudia Cardinale, Harry Guardino 

and Peter Deuel starring and Joseph Sargent 

directing for producer Stanley Chase. The 

film is the 18th to be started by Universal 

this year, compared to 11 for the same 

period in 1966 . . . United Artists has 

signed for a comic story of a group of 

American tourists making the grand 21 -day 

tour of Europe on a bus, with a script by 

David Shaw. Herb Jaffe, UA vice-president 

in charge of West Coast productions, made 

(he deal with Wolper Pictures, Ltd., with 

a 1968 summer date announced for production 

start. 

Zugsmith Delays Lensing 

Of 'Young Detectives' 

Shooting of "Young Detectives" by Al 

Zugsmith in France has been delayed to the 

end of August with Victoria Meyerink 

dropped from the cast ... In Budapest. 

Hungary, producer Edward Lewis is holding 

production meetings for "The Fixer," which 

is being scripted by Dalton Trumbo for direction 

by John Frankenheimer with Alan 

Bates in the starring role. This is the famed 

Bernard Malamud Pulitzer Prize-winning 

novel . . Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda's 

. 

new Robert Blumofe production, "His. Hers 

and Theirs," will use Howard A. Anderson's 

new titles, opticals and special effects which 

were developed by Sidney Solow's Consolidated 

Film Industries and Anderson. The 

film is a United Artists release. 

Mia Farrow Will Appear 

In 'Rosemary's Baby' 

Polish writer-director Roman Polanski, 

who won an Oscar for his "Knife in the 

Water," will have Mia Farrow in "Rosemary's 

Baby." The film rights to Ira Levin's 

novel were bought by producer William 

Castle from the galley proofs before its 

April printing. Miss Farrow is the first casting 

announced for the picture which starts 

in August. It is an eerie story of witchcraft 

in modern Manhattan and is the first in 

Polanski's three-picture deal with Paramount. 

Prior to reporting to the studio, the 

young actress wife of Frank Sinatra will star 

in a two-hour television adaptation of| 

"Johnny Belinda." Announcement camel 

from Robert Evans, vice-president in charge 

of production for Paramount . . . John Saxon 

will play a key role in "It Takes a 

Thief," at Universal, with the assignment 

made by producer Frank Price. The film 

was originally shot as a TV pilot, but the 

studio made the decision to expand to a 

feature-length film. Roland Kibbee then 

added Saxon's role to the screenplay. Robert 

Wagner and Senla Berger star . . The 

. 

Paramount Film Services, Ltd., film release, 

"My Side of the Mountain," to be produced 

by Robert Radnitz, will star Teddy Ecclcs 

in the lead role. Eccles, a 12-year-old veteran, 

plays the role of a young boy who runs 

away to the mountains and is befriended by 

a troubadour and a librarian, played by 

Theodore Bikel. The script is by Ted 

Sherdeman, Jane Klove and Joanna Crawford 

. . . The French Cognac region is one 

of the locations for Paramount's "Benjamin, 

which stars Pierre Clementi, Catherine 

Deneuve, Michelle Morgan, Michel Piccoli 

and Monsieur Dufilho. The latter plays a 

peasant farmer in the color comedy set in 

the 18th century . . . Jill Donahue's option 

for another year has been picked up by 

Universal. She made her feature debut in 

"Nobody's Perfect." . . . Rex Harrison and 

his wife Rachel Roberts have started preproduction 

on the Fred Kohlmar production 

of "A Flea in Her Ear" in Paris for 

20th-Fox. Rosemary Harris also stars in the 

film. 

Dean Jagger Gets a Role 

In MGM's 'Evil Gun' 

The third starring role in Jerry Thorpe's 

"The Evil Gun" has been filled with the 

signing of Dean Jagger to play in the MGM 

release. Filming in Mexico starts at the end 

of this month on the Eric Bercovici and 

Charies Marquis Warren screenplay. Jagger 

plays a desert recluse who trades with the 

Apaches in this large-scale western drama. 

Lloyd Richards is associate producer, with 

Thorpe both producing and directing . . . 

Patti Jean Keith, year-and-a-half-old granddaughter 

of director Norman Taurog, will 

make her acting debut as one of Elvis Presley's 

four mini-leading ladies in MGM's 

"Speedway," now filming at the Culver City 

studios. Six-year-old actress Victoria Meyerink 

was previously signed for a top supporting 

role opposite Presley. With Nancy 

Sinatra sharing the starring honors with 

Presley, "Speedway" is being produced by 

Douglas Laurence from a screenplay by 

Phillip Shuken . . . George Kennedy has 

been signed to star with Kim Novak, Peter 

Finch and Ernest Borgnine in MGM's "The 

Legend of Lylah Clare," which is set to 

begin filming this week at the Culver City 

studios. The contemporary drama, set in 

Hollywood, will mark his fourth film for 

producer-director Robert Aldrich. Written 

for the screen by Hugo Butler and Jean 

Rouverol, "The Legend of Lylah Clare' 

concerns the events surrounding the filming 

of a motion picture about a former star. 

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This charf records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in 

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

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

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

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Joseph Brenner Forms 

New Production Unit 

NEW YORK Preceding the trade 

iscreening a fortnight ago (14) of his latest 

release, "The Games Men Play," film disiributor 

Joseph Brenner played host to the 

iradepress at a luncheon in the Gaslight 

Club. Special guest was Jean-Pierre Desimarais, 

representative for Day & Day Films. 

'Ltd., of Montreal, whom Brenner introduced 

to the New York pressmen. 

Together the gentlemen announced that 

[they are in the process of "formulating a 

oroduction company" because they wish "to 

(bring the better pictures to the public." According 

to Brenner, "it is getting more diftficult 

to find good product," and in his opinion, 

the culprit is television. He told the reporters 

that "now even TV companies have 

jepresentatives at every European production 

center and film festival, and this limits 

the market." Brenner called television the 

i'prince errant" of the distribution world. 

Desmarais has production deals and ties 

with many European countries as well as 

Latin American ones, although his operalions 

are Canadian-based. Along with Brenner, 

he agreed that today "there is no such 

hing as a foreign film per se." Today's market 

is an international one and one of the 

inain reasons is not only "the trend toward 

;lubbing and post-sync" but that techni- 

;;ally dubbing is "so good now." Brenner 

fioted that dubbing was particularly necesfary 

in the drive-in market as opposed to 

(lUbtitling. 

who scored a critical as well as 

'•:onimercial success with Canada's Larry 

ICent and his film, "Caressed," announced 

hat Kent's newest effort, "High," is now in 

Ihe final stages and will be shown at the 

Montreal Film Festival. He also revealed 

[hat it might be in the forthcoming New 

iifork Film Festival in September. The title 

efers not to a special feeling, but a general 

expression of being "up" and "with" 

:verything from love and sex to the world 

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politics and social consciousness. 

Brenner will also shortly be releasing "Rejurn 

From the Beyond," and "The Incredible 

Face of Dr. B," two science fiction 

jilms produced in Mexico, dubbed into English. 

As for "Games Men Play," this South 

iVmerican film has won several festival 

jLwards and will be released in this country 

'n both a dubbed French subtitled version 

nd a dubbed English version. Brenner has 

interpolated some explicit nude scenes to 

lazz up the marital comedy of errors. Ar- 

'entine star Elsa Daniel heads the Latin 

ast. 

GrCC Plans Diversification 

BOSTON—Richard A. Smith, president 

if General Cinema Corp., which operates 

nore than 100 theatres throughout the counry, 

has announced that the company is ac- 

|ively engaged in attempts to make corporte 

acquisitions outside the theatre industry. 

Fabian Managerial Shifts 

Announced by Ettelson 

ALBANY—A series of promotions for 

Fabian Theatres in New York has been 

announced by Adrian 

Adrian 

Ettelson 

Ettelson, newly appointed 

general manager. 

Lou Rapp was 

transferred from manager 

of Proctor's Theatre, 

Troy, to manager 

of the Fabianoperated 

Latham 

Shopping Center. Edgar 

Stillman went 

from the Cohoes 

Theatre, Cohoes, to the directing post in 

Troy, and Bruce Rapp, 19-year-old son of 

Rapp. Cohoes managership. The latter is 

now a weekend operation, and young Rapp 

will also assist in Troy. 

Rapp's new assignment was handled for 

two years by Ettelson as part of his division 

manager responsibility when Ettelson 

maintained his office at the 35-unit shopping 

center. 

Lou Rapp, younger brother of Phil Rapp, 

Fabian city manager, has been associated 

with motion picture houses 30 years. He 

long was stationed in Schenectady, part of 

the time as manager of the old 2,100-seat 

Plaza. He also managed the former Leland 

in Albany. Stillman, native of that city, began 

as an usher at Proctor's. 

Pa. Township Ordinance 

Requires Review of Films 

LEVITTOWN. PA. — An ordinance 

which will require theatres to present all 

films to the Middletown Township supervisors' 

board to determine whether they can 

be shown to those under 16, will go into 

effect August 11. The board will not be 

able to ban an "adult" film. 

If an exhibitor objects he can appeal to 

the courts. The township also can go to 

court and get an injunction against the theatre. 

It will be an offense to exhibit any 

motion picture without receiving a ruling 

from the township board. 

Supervisors' chairman Martin G. Ragsdale 

sees no censorship in the law, but the 

president of the Bucks County Civil Liberties 

Union said he thought the law was unconstitutional. 

Springer Names Spittel 

Hollywood Office Head 

NEW YORK— Richard Spittel has been 

appointed head of Ihe Hollywood office of 

John Springer Associates, Inc. Spittel has 

been with the New York office of the public 

relations firm for the past two years. He was 

formerly associated with the Bill Doll Co. 

Working with Spittel as his executive assistant 

will be Katherine Robinson, who has 

been in the Springer West Coast office for 

the past si.\ months. 

DoiJ Files Court Suit 

On ABC-ITT Merger 

WASHINGTON — The Department of 

Justice on Thursday (21) announced that 

it would go into Federal Appeal Court the 

following day to file suit seeking to halt the 

merger of International Telephone & Telegraph 

Co. and American Broadcasting Companies, 

twice approved by the Federal Communications 

Commission despite DofJ opposition. 

Both ABC and ITT expressed disappointment 

with the DofJ action, and Leonard H. 

Goldenson. ABC president, said "We shall 

contest their action in the court, confident 

that we are right and that the court in its 

judicial wisdom will uphold the FCC and our 

position." 

ITT called the department action "especially 

surprising in the light of the FCC's 

conclusions — twice repeated and after a 

year and a half of intensive investigation 

that the merger would benefit the public 

interest." 

Thornton-Wilhelm Annex 

Hunter, N.Y. Theatre 

ALBANY—Addition of the Hunter in 

Hunter to George Thornton-John Wilhelm 

circuit gave it five compactly situated 

houses in the Catskills. The 292-seater, 

which enjoys its best business during the 

summer, had been under management of the 

Klein family interests many years. Mrs. 

Frieda Klein, widow of its founder, is believed 

to be the oldest Albany exchange 

district woman exhibitor. 

Her oldest son, Maurice, and his 

younger brother operate; Mountain Drivein, 

outside Hunter; Sunset Drive-In, five 

miles from Hudson; Hi-Way Drive-In, Coxsackie; 

Jericho Drive-In, Bethlehem, near 

Albany. Brandt Theatres buys and books 

these. 

Thornton and Wilhelm conduct the Community, 

Catskill; Orpheum, Saugerties; 

Windham, Windham, and Orpheum, Tannersville. 

They also own the Colony, Schenectady 

and the Hathaway Drive-In, North 

Hoosick; buy-book for independent accounts. 

Thornton, resident of Saugerties, has 

been a Catskill Mountains showman for 40 

years. Wilhelm is a former 20th Century- 

Fox branch manager in Albany. 

Andrew W. Loebl Is Dead; 

National Screen V-P 

NEW YORK — Andrew W. Loebl. 76. 

vice-president of National Screen Service 

died in New York July 19. He was a member 

of the NSS management team since 

1959, serving also as a member of the board 

of directors. He is survived by his wife, 

Florence Weinberg Loebl, a daughter. Margot 

Gumport and four grandchildren. 

Van Johnson will portray Father Chase 

in the upcoming Columbia release, "Where 

Angels Go . . . Trouble Follows!" 

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'Barefoot in Park' Leads New York 

First Runs to Outstanding Week 

NEW YORK— Despite the hot weather. "A Man for All Seasons" at the Fine Arts, 

despite the rainy weekend, despite the com- in its 32nd week, and "Ulysses," in the 17th 

muter train slowdown because of the rail week at the Trans-Lux 85th Street, topping 

strike and despite many films being in final its preceding week's percentage, 

weeks. Broadway business was great. All of Closing shop were "Gunn," after a modwhich 

proved that good product always can est three-week run at the Forum, and "A 

withstand the onslaught of anything and Rose for Everyone." the Claudia Cardinale 

everything, with a deep bow, of course, to starrer, which didn't quite make it in three 

the tourist business which by now is an ac- weeks at the Little Carnegie, 

cepted part of the summer here. ,, ., „, !'^''^'S9? 'S,'9°' =.,^ 

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^ ^ Astor— You Only Live Twice (UA), 5th wk 185 

The big hits of the past month also were oaronet You Only Live Twice (UA), 5th wk. .185 

^, I- . •. £ *L .,1, an *• * :„ *u^ beekman The Family Woy (WB), 3rd wk 190 

the big hits of the week. Barefoot in the capito,—The Dirty Dozen Imgm), 5th wk 225 

Park," in its eighth week, continued to do '-'"'"^° \—^° sjr, with Love icoi) 5th wk 200 

Cinema II Accident (Cinema V), 

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amazing business at the biggest tourist at- Corjnet The Taming of the Shrew (Col), 19th 

traction of all the movie houses— Radio City cr.Teôn-ThoVougMy Modern Millie (Univy, 

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Music Hall. "Park" undoubtedly will run 7th wk. of two-a-day 200 

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DeMiile Hawaii (UA), 40th wk. of two-a-doy .175 

another two weeks, with "Up the Down festival King of Hearts (Lopert), 4th wk 200 

staircase" coming in early in August. 

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The four theatres where "You Only Live Forum &unn (Para), 3rd wk 140 

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. ... , , ... Guild Palaces of o Queen (Univ), 3rd wk 160 

Twice was playing will be reduced to two L.ncoln Art—Woman Times Seven (Embassy), 

after this week but over the seven days 

Little Camegie-A "° 

Rose for Everyone (Royal)-,- ' 

making up this report period boxoffices 3rd wk 1 35 

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. , . Loew's Mate The Bible (20th-Fox), 42nd wk. 

were busy at the Astor. Baronet. Loew s of two-a-day i so 

"-cew^s 

Orpheum and Victoria. The latter two thea- o^pheum—You Only Live Twice (UA), 

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tres are turning to "Divorce AMERICAN Loews Tower East Woman Times Seven 

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Style," leaving James Bond at the Astor and Mufray°HHi— A^'ciTide for VheMorriVd Man 

Baronet to compete with a showcase run of sth wk. - • '55 

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New Embassy The Family Woy (WB), 3rd wk. ..200 

"You Only Live Twice" around the metro- Fans— a Man and a Womon (AA), 53rd wk 200 

politan area. But James Bond is popular 

''°''pora)',"8?'hTk .""""r^""""*. '."."" .''.°.'.'' 210 

first-run, showcase or what have you. Rivoh—fhe sand Pebbles (20th-Fox), 36th wk. 

or two-a day 165 

The third big hit, "The Dirty Dozen," Sutton The jokers (Umv), 8th wk 160 

u u * lU ^"fh itreet East The Dirty Dozen (MGM), 

was maintaining its smash business at the 5th wk 200 

Capitol and the 34th Street East. In its fifth 

Trans-Lux East—The Honey Pot (UA), 8th wk .155 

^ Trans-Lux West For o Few Dollars More (UA), 

week. "Dozen" equaled its previous week's 2nd wk 1 70 

„ .^ .^ of u^,u u^.. ^^ Trans-Lux 85th Street Ulysses (Cont'l), 17th wk. 185 

grosses at DOtn nouses. Victona—You Only Live Twice (UA), Sth wk 185 

womer—Grond Prix 

The big surprise hit of the art circuit, "To (mgm), aoth wk. of 

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Sir, With Love," ended its fifth stanza with 

a sustained gross matching its other four "Barefoot in the Park' Scores 

weeks. "The Family Way," day-dating at the Impressive 200 in Buffalo 

New Embassy on Broadway and the east 

BUFFALO — "Barefoot in the Park," 

side Beekman, played at a top gross level 

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On the roadshow agenda, "Hawaii," wrap- ^gî^ qôj business also was reported again 

ping up a final week of a 40-week engage- ,Yom the Buffalo Theatre as the third week 

ment, had done nicely in its over-all run. 

^f ..you Only Live Twice" hit the 170 level. 

"Thoroughly Modern Millie" remained the 

Butfaio-You Only Live Twice (UA), 3rd wk 170 

top roadshow hit in a 17th week at the Cri- Century—St. Volentine's Day Massacre (20th-Fox), 

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'Divorce,' 'Staircase,' 'Dozen' 

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BALTIMORE — "Divorce AMERICAN 

Style," "Up the Down Staircase" and "The 

Dirty Dozen" were still breaking house 

records. Also doing well, at 225, were "A 

Man for All Seasons," "You Only Live 

Twice," "L a Woman," "The Sand Pebbles," 

"Two for the Road" and "Grand Prix." All 

other films were 200 or below. 

Boulevard, Reisterstown Plaza Divorce AMERICAN 

Style (Col) 250 

Charles— A Man for All Seasons (Col), 20th wk. .225 

Crest, New, Patterson, Northwood You Only 

Live Twice (UA), 4th wk 225 

Edmond:.on Village Thoroughly Modern Millie 

(Univ), 6th wk 200 

Five-West A Man and o Woman (AA), 21st wk. 200 

Hippodrome Gunn (Para) 175 

Little I, a Womon (Audubon), 9th wk 225 

Mayfair The .Sand Pebbles (20th-Fox), 22nd wk. 225 

Northway— Eric Soya's 17 (P-W), 3rd wk 175 

Pike's Two for the Road (20th-Fox), 3rd wk. .225 

Senator, Uptown Up the Down Staircase (WB) .250 

Town Grand Prix (MGM), Sth wk 225 

Westview Cinema, York Road Cinema The Dirty 

Dozen (MGM), 2nd wk 250 

'Ski on Wild Side' Debut 

To Aid Olympic Team 

NEW YORK—Warren Miller's "Ski on 

the Wild Side," presented by Sigma IH, will 

have a gala benefit premiere for the U.S. 

Ski Team Fund on July 31 at the Guild 

Theatre here, prior to its opening on 

August 1 at the Guild and 34th Street East. 

The benefit will help raise money to 

send the U.S. ski team to the 1968 Winter 

Olympics as part of the Ski Fund's $400, 

000 drive. Bob Beattie, the team's Alpine 

coach, and Evelyn Masburch, the fundraising 

chairman, are lending their support 

to the gala. 

The first theatrical film about skiing and 

skiers. "Ski on the Wild Side" is a color 

film produced, directed and narrated by 

Warren Miller. His wife and three children, 

plus the world's champion skiers, 

the film. 

appear in 

'Luv' Dual Premiere Set 

At DeMiile and Coronet 

NEW YORK—Columbia Pictures will 

hold the world premiere of Martin Manulis' 

production of "Luv" at the DeMiile and 

Coronet theatres here Wednesday (26). Jack 

Lemmon is the star of the screen adaptation 

of the smash Broadway hit. Under the 

direction of Clive Donner, Peter Falk, Elaine 

May, Eddie Mayehoff and Nina Wayne costar. 

Elliot Baker wrote the screenplay from 

the Murray Schisgal play. 

'Whisperers' to Open 

NEW YORK—"The Whisperers," starring 

Dame Edith Evans, will be the next attraction 

at the Little Carnegie Theatre and 

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follow "Round Trip," the Walter Reade I 

presentation currently playing there. "The 

Whisperers," a study of loneliness and old 

age, is distributed by Lopert Pictures. Dame 

Edith recently won the Silver Bear best actress 

award for her role at the Berlin Filmij 

Festival in June. The film was produced, 

written and directed by Bryan Forbes. 

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Forum Theafre in Times Square Area 

Is Renovated With 'New-New Look' 

By JIM WAITERS 

NEW YORK.—Any visitor to the Times 

Square area who has been away for any 

length of lime will be surprised ainay.'i by the 

constant changes taking place. At present, the 

Astor Hotel razing is about finished; the 

Paramount Theatre, long an empty shell, 

and the MGM offices in the Loew's Building 

moved to 1350 Sixth Ave. Not all 

the changes are so drastic. The Times 

Square Tower is now the Allied Chemical 

Bldg. and something of a showplace and 

tourist attraction. 

For industryites, an interesting and important 

change in the last several months is 

the new look of the Forum Theatre on 

Broadway at 47th Street. The catch phrase 

is the "new-new look" and the watchword is 

"change." 

Completely renovated and redecorated 

"from top-to-bottom" at the cost of $250.- 

000, the Forum, which has been called the 

Central, the Gotham, the Holiday, and the 

Odeon in its past 40 years on the Time 

Square strip, is now sporting a new personality, 

along with its totally new face and 

interior. This all came about when veteran 

theatre owners Norman Elson and Charles 

B. Moss formed a new association which 

has resulted in joint management by them 

of both the Forum and the New Embassy, 

on Broadway. 

diagonally across the street 

'Renaissance' on Broadway 

Both men, beaming proudly, agreed that 

their theatres and their investments have 

never looked so good. They weren't just 

referring 

to the new marquee with super lighting 

or the new white marble boxoffice, all 

of free-form design, which accentuate the 

Forum's uplifted facade. Elson and Moss 

are business men and they know the theatre 

business. They were talking about the 

"comeback" and the "renaissance" of Broadway. 

For a while, when the really big houses, 

those built for legit, vaudeville and burlesque, 

which then turned to movies, were 

slipping business-wise and real estate-wise, 

Broadway was not a happy place. It's the 

opinion of Moss that, while the "era of the 

big theatre" is gone, except for hard-ticket 

or the Radio City Music Hall business, the 

metropolitan area has seen a resurgence on 

Broadway in the smaller houses, beating the 

grosses in the Eastside art house arena. 

Moss says that, basically, the good picture 

nowadays grosses much better "than ever 

before" and it does so in a small house providing 

longer runs. The Forum, with its 865 

seats, is ideal in this respect and the point 

was well-proved by the outstanding business 

done by 20th-Fox's "A Guide for the Married 

Man" which was the reopening attraction 

there. Day-dating with an Eastgate 

theatre, the Broadway grosses were excellent 

for a five-week run. Moss and Elson 

have such films as Paramount's "Gunn," the 

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current attraction, WB's "Reflections in a 

Golden Eye" and "Cool Hand Luke" as the 

diversified bill of fare booked already for 

their house. 

Both men point out that 

any type of film, 

as long as it is a good one, can do business. 

Diversification is the order of the 1967 exhibitors' 

outlook. Elson said that audiences 

are younger today and movie-going is 

again 

"the thing to do," as opposed to the '65s 

when watching television was still a novelty 

and special event. The Forum benefits from 

tourists, of course, but also from metropolitan 

residents who like a night out in the 

heart of the big city. 

Elson feels that Times Square will 

always 

be a "worldwide attraction" and. with the 

new buildings and new hotels in the area, 

theatres will be part of the upsurge in interest 

and business. In the case of this association, 

the Forum can provide the more general 

entertainment, while across the street, 

the New Embassy has been sticking with 

long, long runs — "Alfie" and "Blow-Up" 

and now "The Family Way." 

Overhanging Flower Garden 

Upon entering the Forum, one is greeted 

by an overhanging flower garden suspended 

from the new "floating" ceiling. The garden, 

it was explained, will change its flower 

dress with each season, a la The Four Seasons 

restaurant. The interior has been redesigned 

for a feeling of intimacy and, yet, 

lightness and modern grace. To prevent 

sound from reverberating, the mezzanine 

facade has been acoustically treated with 

a special fabric. Improved-type new chairs 

with generous spacing between rows have 

been installed throughout the house. All the 

walls have been rendered not only more 

attractive, but with a practical sense, too, 

for the new vinyl covering can easily be 

cleaned of lipstick, stains and New York 

dirt. The new handrails, which have the 

appearance of bronze, actually are covered 

with a new vinyl synthetic bonded over steel. 

Messrs. Moss and Elson said that theatre 

owners today have to compete with the TV 

influence of patrons wanting all the comforts 

of home. Therefore, everything in the 

Forum is designed and renovated with the 

concept of home ease and intimacy. 

Technically, the theatre has been 

equipped with the very latest in projection 

equipment. The exterior of the booth is of 

anodized chromium beneath which are 

layers of rock-wool insulation effectively 

sealing the booth. 

According to Moss and Elson their houses 

are streamlined for "simplicity," and "free 

from the complications of maintenance." 

numbers 25. They also say 

The Forum staff 

that theirs is a "representative group of 

theatres." Elson, among other theatre interests, 

owns and operates the Guild Theatre 

in Rockefeller Center and the Embassy 

at 72nd Street and Broadway. 

Neighborhood Circuit 

Plans 950-Seat House 

SPRINGFIELD, VA. — Neighborhood; 

Theatres, with headquarters at Richmond,] 

plans to start construction of a 950-seat| 

"showcase" house here in August, according I 

to the circuit's publicist Herman Ramsey, 

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Vosbeck & Vosbeck, Alexandria architectural 

firm, designed the free-standing 

structure, which is to be built in the Springfield 

Shopping Center near Interstate 95. 

The theatre is to have an all-weather insideoutside 

boxoffice, and music is to be piped 

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The house will be equipped for 70mm as 

into the lobby. 

well as 35mm films. This will be the tenth 

northern Virginia theatre for the circuit. 

which operates 32 units. 

Annual Festival Aug. 12-19 

To Honor Victor Herbert 

LAKE PLACID, N.Y.—This community 

has scheduled an annual festival in honor of 

composer Victor Herbert for the week of 

August 12-19 under the chairmanship of 

Ralph GeUner. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 

which has in its library many of the screen's 

greatest musicals, among them Victor Herbert's 

"Naughty Marietta" and "Sweet-. 

hearts," may well be credited for the inspira-| 

tion that resulted in the tribute. 

As part of the week-long festivities, Reginald 

Clark, owner of the Palace Theatre, 

will book one of the MGM films made from 

a Victor Herbert operetta. The ice skatinj^; 

show in the Olympic Arena on August 12 

will feature his music as the performance 

theme. 

Camp Solitude, a noted music school during 

the summer months, will present its best 

students in a concert in the Village Park on 

August 14, and a number of local organizations, 

including the Lions Club, are planning 

special events for the gala week. Dr 

Paul White, director of Lake Placid's Sinfonetta 

Orchestra, is preparing a concert to 

include music from "Naughty Marietta,' 

"Sweethearts," "The Fortune Teller," "The 

Red Mill," "The Dream Girl" and "Eileen.' 

Victor Herbert wrote some of his most 

famous operettas while vacationing in this 

Adirondack community and he lived here 

for more than 20 years. 

Paramount Names Brent 

As Financial Executive 

NEW YORK—Jason G. Brent has beer 

appointed special financial assistant to Bernard 

Donnenfeld, Paramount Pictures vice 

president in charge of production admin-, 

istration and studio operations. 

Brent comes to Paramount from the Rug^l 

off Theatres in the East where he functioneqjj 

as controller. 

Previously, he was assistant tcjl 

the senior vice-president of the Railway! 

Express Agency, Inc., specializing in the]| 

areas of management and system controls 

In his new post, he will devote his tinu 

as administrative assistant to Donnenfeld ii 

the financial areas of production. 

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IN DRIVE FOR ISRAEL—Key figures 

in the $3 million Israel Bond drive 

in the amusement industry attend the 

kickoff luncheon in the Waldorf-Astoria 

Hotel. They are, seated, Harry 

left, the drive's chairman, and 

F. Walsh, lATSE president. 

Standing are Seymour Poe, left, and 

Saul Jeffee, co-chairmen. The opening 

resulted in the mobilization of 

than $2 million in Israel Bond 

funds to help the economic 

of Israel. 

Fo Honor Adrian Ettelson 

It Dinner on August 28 

ALBANY—Industry men will join other 

fiends in tendering a dinner August 28 at 

;ihaker Ridge Country Club for Adrian Etelson, 

whom Fabian Theatres recently pronoted 

from Albany district chief to general 

manager. A letter has been circulated 

|in the testimonial for able, well-liked Etelson. 

Tariff is $10. Party starts at 6:30 

b.m. 

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Co-chairmen are Herb Gaines, Warner 

'Jros. manager, Samuel E. Rosenblatt, presi- 

•lent of Acme Theatres, Inc., and Al Kelj3rt, 

owner of Kellert Advertising Agency, 

jiosenblatt and Kellert share with Ettelson 

he honor of having been chief barkers of 

jfent 9. 

! Ettelson again is exhibitor co-chairman 

|or Will Rogers Memorial Hospital fund 

^'rive. His service with Fabian organization 

Jpans 20 years. 

Zollinger Heads Publicity 

Para, in Europe 

YORK— Hy Hollinger has been 

"""or 

jamed publicity director for Paramount 

j'ictures" European production operations, 

formerly publicity manager for the com- 

'any in the home office in New York, 

ilollinger will now be headquartered in 

iondon to supervise all overseas production 

pr Paramount. He will work closely with 

ieorge (Bud) Ornstein, vice-president. 

Ilollinger recently returned from London 

'here he was special assistant on the uppming 

Paramount roadshow presentation 

if "Half a Sixpence." 

began his film career as a trade 

aper reporter and has worked for CBS, 

I'uMont and Warner Bros, before joining 

aramount. 

J^LTHOUGH Michael Sarrazin has "introduction" 

billing in 20th-Fox"s "The 

Flim-Flam Man" and the 20th-Fox press 

re'eases and pressbooks all say this is his 

first film, the fact still remains the same 

actor with the same name and same lean 

look played a mighty big role in Bobby 

Darin"s "Gunfight at Abilene," a Universal 

spring 

release. 

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To quote from Richard K. Doan. TV 

Guide columnist, in the July 22-28 issue of 

that magazine: "ABC officials say they are 

getting into the two-hour pilot swim, hut 

are mum on details. They point out that the 

current movie. 'Africa-Texas Style!' with 

Hugh O'Brian. while being shown theatrically 

rather than on TV. was the pilot for 

ABC's forthcoming 'Cowboy in Africa' 

series with Chuck Connors. The implication 

to all of this: The networks are fast getting 

hip-deep in moviemaking. Some TV programers, 

like NBC's Mort Werner, see the 

day when the network "movie nights" may 

be booked from original productions, with 

little need for the old-movie backlog." 

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From TV pilots to old movies. New Yorkers, 

at least the film buffs in the area, are 

truly dismayed by the current Gallery of 

Modern Art tribute to producer Arthur 

Freed. And well they might be. The Gallery 

is showing all of Freed's glorious productions 

but, unfortunately, a number of the 

ones from the 1940s which were originally 

in Technicolor are being shown in black 

and white prints. Not only is this a great 

disservice to the original film but audiences 

find the prints very ugly to look at. The gals 

all have black lips and bruised cheeks because 

the color-camera makeup is too deep 

and heavy in the cheaper black and white 

prints. 

Friends of Ed Serlin. 

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director of advertising 

and public relations for Radio City 

Music Hall, are happy to know that he is 

out of the hospital and hack at home in 

Pleasantville. He should be reporting to 

work shortly now. 

• 

Cornel Wilde, producer, director and star 

of UA's "Beach Red," the controversial war 

film 

which presents both sides of the American 

invasion of a Japanese-held island in 

the Philippines, is in New York in connection 

with the American premiere at the 

Trans-Lux East and Trans-Lux West. His 

blonde wife. Jean Wallace, who also appears 

in the picture, is with her husband for the 

New York visit. 

• 

Columbia Pictures has been deluged with 

nuiil in response to the two-page Sunday 

New York Times ad which ran on July 9 

as the kickoff for the "Funny Girl" filming 

and roadshow opening in September, 1968. 

There are already 78 complete sellouts for 

the engagement and 6.200 mailed replies to 

the ad were received during the first week 

after its appearance. Columbia carrying the 

ball one step further ran a followup ad in 

last Sunday's Times (23) 

"Mondo Nudo," one of tho.se documentary 

features showing some of those 

"unusual social customs," will have New 

York actress Lucie Becker in a leading role 

for the sequences to be photographed in 

New York. Times Films will be releasing 

the picture. 

• 

Loew's new theatre in the South Shore 

Mall at Bay Shore will be opening with a 

fancy clambake this week, but trade reporters 

last week got a swatch of the "Magic 

Carpet" that "untold thousands of moviegoers" 

will he walking on when the new 

house is an old one. 

• 

"The Gnome-Mobile," Buena Vista's 

current 

New York release, features as part of 

the promotion one of the littlest books, "of 

course, it"s for gnomes." that trade observers 

have seen in some time. The hook is all of 

two by two-and-a-half inches. 

• 

On the move: Gordon Weaver, of the 

MGM publicity department, has returned to 

New York from Budapest. Hungary, following 

meetings with producer Edward Lewis 

on "The Fixer." which John Frankenheimer 

will 

direct. 

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Producer Martin Poll, head of Marpol 

Productions, has left New York for Geneva 

to meet with director Anatole Litvak on 

"The Ski Bum." which will be made this 

fall for Joseph E. Levine's Embassy Pictures. 

Peter O'Toole is 

the star. 

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Ely Landau, president of the Landau' 

Unger Co.. has returned from Moscow, after 

production meetings on "The Nutcracker." 

Terry Levine Aide to Sylvan Schein 

NEW YORK—Terry Levine has been 

appointed assistant to Sylvan Schein. head 

of the Century Theatres Circuit's buying 

and booking department. He replaces Chris 

Pope who has resigned. 

FINER PROJEQION-SUPER ECONOMY

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^^HM.E the trading profit for Associated 

British Picture Corp. for the year ended 

March 3 1 was lower than in the previous 

year, its cinema contribution to the final 

profit was slightly larger. The trading profit 

of the group was £4,835,000 as against 

£56,060,000 of which £2,310,000 came 

from the cinemas, an increase of £8,000 

against 

£2,302,000: film production and distribution 

dropped £127,000 against £330,- 

000 while tenpin bowling was £198,000 compared 

with £230,000. The television operation 

of the corporation was up by £2,000 to 

£2,200,000. The directors of ABPC arc 

recommending a dividend of I2'/2 per cent 

less income tax on the ordinary stock. 

A cost-cutting operation by Paramount's 

UK distribution organization was announced 

here by W. Russell Hadley, chairman 

and managing director. It followed a 

two-day sales conference in which the company's 

plans for a more flexible and efficient 

service were discussed in detail and welcomed 

by the delegates. The scheme breaks the 

United Kingdom up into three zones: 

Southern, which embraces London, Birmingham 

and Cardiff: Northern, which includes 

Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle and Northern 

Ireland and the Scottish zone, which will 

continue to service the whole of Scotland. 

The three sale teritories will come under 

the control of an area sales controller who 

will report to Peter Reed, sales director. All 

branch offices and the titles of branch 

managers are abolished. There will only be 

three offices in place of the previous seven 

consisting of London, Manchester to process 

the north, and Scotland. And all sales controllers 

will operate in the field. 

H: it- 

E. A. Herren, better known as "Kip" in 

the industry, has done a rattling good job 

for the Rank Organization and Pinewood 

Studios since he took over the job as general 

manager five years ago. In that time he has 

helped to build it up so that it has now become 

one of the busiest studios in the world. 

Three years ago he was made director of 

Rank Film Productions. John Davis, chairman 

and chief executive of the Rank Organization, 

announced "with great pleasure" 

the appointment of Herren as managing 

director of Rank Film Productions. 

The Rank Organization has chosen Ross 

Hunter's "Thoroughly Modern Millie," starring 

Julie Andrews, to open its new Odeon 

Theatre, St. Martin's Lane, London, in 

October. 

Louis M. Heyward, newly appointed director 

of European productions for American 

International Pictures, arrived in London 

last week where he will set up permanent 

headquarters. Heyward met the tradepress 

within a few days of getting into town 

and reported on some of the things he will 

be handling. His current tasks are to investigate 

projects on a co-production basis, from 

scripts already completed, to negotiate AIP 

By ANTHONY GRUNER 

involvement in productions planned or already 

under way, for which European producers 

are seeking distribution in the western 

hemisphere, and thirdly, to acquire completed 

pictures for distribution in the western 

hemisphere by AIP. 

Heyward said, "My aim is to acquire at 

least 20 features under one of the three 

headings during the next 12 months. I am 

looking basically for 'youth orientated' pictures 

like 'Morgan,' "Georgy Girl" and 

"Alfie," but not musicals. Among the immediate 

European productions lined up are 

"The Oblong Box," an AIP-German-Spanish 

co-production to be made in Spain: "The 

Gold Bug," an AIP-French co-production 

to be made in France and "The Marquis de 

Sade" an AIP-British co-production to be 

made in London. 

News in brief: The grapevine says 

John Huston is making one great piece of 

entertainment in the rollicking adventure 

costume picture "Sinful Davey," based on 

a 19th Century Scottish rascal who sets out 

. . 

to cap his highwayman father's infamous 

exploits. The film is a Mirisch presentation 

for United Artists, produced by Bill 

Graf and directed by Huston, with John 

Hurt in the title role and Pamela Franklin, 

Nigel Davenport. Robert Morley, Ronald 

Eraser and Fidelma Murphy . The formation 

of London International, Ltd., a major 

move in the consolidation of four ranking 

artists agencies in London, was jointly announced 

by Robin Fox, chairman of the 

new organization and Richard Gregson, 

president of the American company. Named 

to the hoard of directors of London International 

were Laurence Evans, Robin Fox, 

Richard Gregson, Olive Harding and Gareth 

Wigan. The American company officially 

opened its offices early this month in Hollywood 

and New York, headed by Gregson, 

and will operate from Century City Hollywood 

and 5 East 55th St., New York . 

World Wide Pictures is now filming a new 

color feature on location starring Cliff 

Richard, entitled "Two a Penny" with Dora 

Bryan and Ann Holloway. Frank Jacobson 

is executive producer and James F. Collier 

is director of the film, which has been written 

by former Londoner Stella Linden . . . 

Bette Davis has finished starring in the 

Hammer Seven Arts black comedy, "The 

Anniversary," her 78th motion picture, her 

fourth in Britain and her sixth in color. She 

plays a one-eyed possessive mother in this 

picture directed by Roy Baker and scripted 

and produced by Jimmy Sangster from the 

successful stage play presented on the West 

End stage last year. On conclusion of the 

film Miss Davis flies back to the U.S. and 

to her new house she has purchased in Westport, 

Conn. Her next major film is likely to 

be the "The Killing of Sister George" for 

Robert Aldrich in Hollywood at the beginning 

of next year . . . The Rank Organization 

and Raymond Gautrau of Societe No 

velle les Films Oceanic (Bordeaux) ha 

reached agreements to coordinate their d 

tribution and financial activities througho 

France. The Rank Organization contribut, 

its expertise in overseas distribution, lea 

ing Raymond Gautree free to concentrate h 

energy on financing a French line-up, whi. 

will be selected in cooperation with Hei 

Lassa, Rank's general manager in Fran 

. . . One of the best known and most popui 

senior sales executives, Harold Boodso 

died last week following a heart attack 

his home in Birmingham. He was 70. As li 

Kine Weekly put it "To Harold the film i 

dustry was everything." Boodson continui 

with Rank Film Distributors past the reti 

ing age and when he went on a pension f 

the company two years ago he soon foui 

retirement irksome and returned to tl 

street on a part-time basis as a distributit 

consultant for British Home Entertainmer, 

MGM Completes Productio 

Of Herman's Hermits Film 

LONDON — Production has 

been cor 

pleted here on MGM's "Mrs. Brown, You' 

Got a Lovely Daughter," the swingii 

musical adventure starring Herman's Ht 

mits and Stanley Holloway. Produced t 

Allen Klein and directed in Panavision ai 

color by Saul Swimmer, the 

Ivorygate Filr 

production was shot at Shepperton Studi. 

and on locations in Manchester and Londo 

Herman's Hermits sing eight songs in t' 

film, including the million-selling title son 

The internationally famous recording groii 

arrived in the United States this week 

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begin their concert tour, which will co\ 

50 cities. 

Chertok Film at Expo '67 

NEW YORK—"7 Surprises" will ha, 

its Canadian premiere at Expo '67 with 

special invitational performance at t 

Youth Pavilion August 3. Produced in Ca 

ada by Harvey Chertok in association wi' 

the National Film Board, which holds V. 

Canadian rights, this feature is compos I 

of seven shorts of various lengths bu 

around the theme of "the endless come' 

and tragedy surrounding man and his wor 

of love and conflict." The film is being d 

trihutcd here by Warner Bros. -Seven Ar, 

Ltd., which also is presenting "Bonnie ai 

Clyde," the Warren Beatty production, 

the opening night presentation on August; 

at the eighth Montreal Film Festival. 

Coote to UA British Post 

NEW YORK— Frank Bernard Coote 

joined United Artists as British productii 

supervisor, replacing Andy Donally, wj 

has resigned. Coote has been active in vir 

ious phases of film production and accou^ 

ting since he joined Denham Studios t 

1946. As a free-lancer on both Americi 

and British films, his most recent assig 

ments were chief accountant for "Night I 

the Generals" and production representatif 

for "The Charge of the Light Brigade," t) 

latter set for release by UA next spring. | 

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ALBANY — Capitol District Drive-In 

Iheatre, Inc., of Menands, N.Y., has been 

iied $500 by a justice of peace in nearby 

jlonie for showing "Aroused" to minors 

its Tri-City Drive-In. after being con- 

'cted of charges based on the obscenity law 

the state penal code. Charges against 

anager David J. Azadian, 22, Troy, were 

;smissed. 

Assistant district attorney Richard Kohn 

id he believed this was the first time the 

year-old state law had been applied to 

otion pictures. The charges stemmed from 

raid on the airer June 19. 

MB ANY 

|fel Meyers is now Paramount's Albany 

representative, having been proloted 

from the New York exchange to 

icceed Bob Moore. The latter resigned as 

[anch manager to become a buyer and 

i)oker for Redstone Theatres in Boston. 

core came here from that city, where he 

fid for Paramount. 

Frank Lynch, MGM branch manager, 

new area exhibitor co-chairman of 

l/ill Rogers Hospital drive. Lynch, long 

Itive in Rogers campaigns, was aide to 

lalph Ripps during a successful area 1966 

fort when $20,000 was raised. 

Myron Gross of Co-Operative Theatres in 

:jffalo, was here on business and went 

Rogers Hospital at Saranac Lake to 

sit his wife, who is a patient. 

Lewis succeeds Jackie Wildermuth 

,i a secretary at Columbia. Miss Wilderiiuth 

is now a counselor in a state training 

;hool at Hudson. 

E. Gagliardi, Stanley Warner operabns 

engineer, arrived with zone manager 

rnes Bracken and architect Dick Preble to 

peck on modernization of the uptown 

;adison . . . Phil Baroudi, operating the 

Horthwood in North Creek, the Warren in 

arrensburg, and the Lake in Indian Lake, 

on Filmrow. 

jis 

Century-Fox sneak-previewed 

I'âthom" Wednesday night (21) at the 

jrand 

Theatre. 

Cinema is the name under 

;hich Esquire Theatres of America, Inc., 

i)w operates the only theatre in Lee, Mass., 

jviced from Albany by Columbia. Some 

improvements include the marquee 

jshed to the building, the boxoffice moved 

side, a new concessions stand, and recareting. 

BUFFALO 

Cidney J. Cohen, head of NATO of New- 

York State, has appointed this nominating 

committee to name candidates for 

directors: Myron Gross, Co-Operative Theatres; 

Harry Berkson, Boulevard Drive-In; 

Al Burns, Joylan Theatre, Springville; Ninj 

Bordonaro, Olean; Mannie Brown, Brown 

Associates, and Ronald Zackem, Lockport 

Drive-In at Lockport. 

Ken Renter, United Artists branch manager, 

tradescreened Lopert Pictures' "King 

of Hearts" Monday evening (17) in the 

Operators screening room. 

Joseph Prete, former local theatreman, 

now manager of Jo-Mor's Towne Theatre, 

IS back at work following recuperation from 

surgery. Bill Laney and Prete arranged for 

a display of fashions of the '20s in McCurdy 

Department Store as a tie-in with 

Thoroughly Modern Millie" at the Towne. 

An over-heated sump pump in the basement 

sent smoke into the auditorium and 

forced about 100 patrons from the Circle 

Art Theatre Thursday night (13). There was 

no tire nor damage, and patrons later returned 

to their seats. 

The opening "The Taming of the Shrew" 

August 1 at Panther's Monroe Theatre in 

Rochester will be sponsored by the Alumni 

Ass'n of McQuaid for its scholarship fund. 

The picture opened at Shea's Teck here 

Wednesday (19). Dave Walsh is manager. 

Frank "Smitty" Smith, retired manager of 

the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, is looking 

younger than ever these days ... A 

testimonial dinner will be held October 10 

in Kleinhans Music Hall for Floyd M. 

Crawford, executive secretary of the advertising 

club, 42 years. He has been a good 

friend of theatres through the years, promoting 

their product in the club publication 

Ad Vents. 

The Buffalo Museum of Science, 

Sunday 

(16) in its second in a series of free family 

films, screened "Sparky the Colt," "Wild 

River" and "Rendezvous at Lake Constance." 

The Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the- 

Lake is holding a film series each Monday 

through September 4 (Labor Day). Some 

of the scheduled films are "A Woman Is a 

Woman," "Lord of the Flies," "Casanova 

70" and "To Bed or Not to Bed." 

St. Rita's Home for Children received a 

check from the Variety Club's Children 

1 oundation in ceremonies Sunday (16). Taking 

part in the presentation were Robert M. 

Kruger, the home's advisory board chairman; 

Sister Mary Sebastian, Peter G. Becker, 

Children's Foundation president; Harold 

Bennett, head of the Tent 7 heart committee. 

After the ceremonies. Sister Sebastian 

held a tour of the facility. 

Radio station WGR held a luncheon-party 

aboard its Marine News cruise boat to Lake 

Erie. Among those participating were Fran. 

Arena. Loew's city manager; Carl Schaner. 

C jntury Theatre; Edward Miller, Center; 

James Hayes, downtown Cinema; Em i 

Noah, Coivin; Edward Meade, Tent 7 press 

guy; Dick Aaron, property master and 

WGR account executive; William Martin, 

Century, and WGR radio and TV representatives 

Billy 

Brian Byrnes. 

Keaton, Carl Flickinger and 

Jake Stefanon, buyer and booker for Blatt 

. . . 

Bros. Theatres, is chairman of the Tent 7 

golf tournament Monday (24) at Erie Downs 

Robert Kowal, long-time employe of 

Biatt Bros., now is manager of the circuit's 

local-area units, making his headquarters at 

the Star 

Drive-In. 

Eddie Meade's article on Tent 7 in the 

Barker, official publication of Variety Clubs 

International, was played up in the Courier- 

Express by reporter Anne Mcllhenney, saying 

the tent "is a beautiful enterprise ... It 

polishes the local image to a high lustre." 

Panther's Palace Theatre in Lockport 

made a good tie-up with Pies Furniture Store 

there on "Doctor Zhivago." The store advertised, 

"Be our guest. For every purchase 

of $39 or more, you and a guest will be our 

guest at a presentation of the award-winning 

'Doctor Zhivago' at the Palace." 

A combo of New York musicians and .i 

miniature film festival will be featured in 

this year's Arrangers' Holiday, August 3, in 

Rochester's Eastman Theatre. This progra, 

will replace the single guest policy that 

prevailed previously. 

'Belle de Jour' Selected 

As Venice Film Entry 

NEW YORK— "Belle de Jour." the new 

Luis Bunuel film starring Catherine 

Deneuve which Allied Artists will be releasing 

in this country in the fall, has been 

selected as the official French entry at the 

Venice Film Festival in August. 

This film has broken boxoffice records 

at three Paris theatres since its May 24 

opening. Bunuel is considered one of the 

great filmmakers, having had international 

success with such films as "Viridiana," "The 

Young and the Damned" and "Le Chien 

Andalou." 

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Charleston Theatre Supply, 506 Lee Street, Chorleston 21, West Virginio 

Phone 344-4413 

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week, then followed this with "Texas 

Africa Style!" The house manager at the 

Plaza is Myron Novitsky. The Theatre is 

owned and operated by Harold Hecht. 

Prances (.'sta, a member of the hoxofficc 

stuff al the Belleviie Theatre in Uppei Carl Jablonski, manager at SW's Embassy 

Montclair since 1960 and head boxoffice in East Orange, has returned to his duties 

treasurer there since 1964, remains on a there, following a two-month leave of 

medical leave of absence. Mrs. Costa is al->sence for medical reasons. Nick Meola, 

recovering at her home in Lakewood in Embassy assistant, headed affairs there during 

Jablonski's absence. 

South Jersey. She has been absent from the 

Bellevue since mid-June. 

Fabian district manager Joe Lefkowitz 

Vincent Liguori, RKO manager for 35 leports "The Sound of Music" continues to 

years, has been appointed to manage RKO break records for attendance and gross at 

Proctor's first-run house in downtown the Rialto in Westfield. The film was in its 

Newark. He had served with RKO in the fifth week al the theatre, where George 

Bronx and succeeds Brad Manning, who Karros is manager. 

was promoted to district manager. Serving 

Dorothy Bellina, assistant manager at 

as Liguori's assistant is Margaret Wail. 

Warner's Sanford in Irvington, resigned 

The North Jersey delegation to the New after nearly two years. No successor has 

York State-New Jersey NATO convention been named. 

August 7-10 in the Concord Hotel at 

Returning from two weeks' vacation in 

Kianiesha Lake, N.Y., will be represented by 

New York state was Nyman Kessler, manager 

of the De Witt in Bayonne, a Stanley 

250 delegates from this area, according to 

Howard Herman, local president of the 

Warner house. His assistant Robert Braumann 

was preparing to leave for vacation 

group. Herman, who operates the Hawthorne 

Theatre in Hawthorne, reports enthusiasm 

for the convention is very high. 

this week. 

Also on vacation was the manager of 

Newark, and its business community, 

SW's Union in Union, Dorothy Bertelo. 

have agreed to put up $600,000 to finance 

Relief manager Gladys O'Dell was subbing 

major improvements to Symphony Hall, 

for her. 

formerly the Mosque Theatre. Chief improvement 

will be the air-conditioning of 

the 3.365-seater. This will allow the showplace 

to operate full time and offer its 

PITTSBURGH 

cultural program to patrons year-around, 

according to Moe Septee, managing director 

pioyd Klingensmith, operator of the Sunset 

of Symphony Hall, Inc., which the city 

Drive-In at Natrona Heights, has been 

purchased in October 1964 for $240,000 

elected president of the Allegheny Valley 

less back taxes owed the city. Since then, the 

Optimist Club . Summerville, former 

theatre has featured many cultural programs 

area exhibitor, has taken over the Paramount 

city sales post, succeeding Jimmy 

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and presented "name entertainers on stage. 

Several Newark theatres closed at the Ley. 

height of Negro rioting, which erupted in 

Stephen Feinstein, Yale University law 

that city a week ago. First-run houses in the 

student and son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry 

downtown section which were known to be 

Feinstein, and Karen Wolk plan to be married 

September 2. The elder Feinstein is 

closed were Stanley Warner's Branford, 

RKO Proctor's and the Paramount and 

zone manager here for the Stanley Warner 

Adams' theatres, both operated by Thomas 

circuit. 

Adams. Loew's was forced to close, due to 

fire damage, which resulted from the rioting. 

Almost all downtown businesses closed posal to legalize racing with pari mutuels . . . 

The state legislature has killed the pro- 

on the second day of rioting. Fires resulting "Young Americans," an October release 

from gasoline bombs in the main theatre from Columbia, was exploited here by the 

section were numerous. 

Young Americans, 36 high school and college 

musicians from southern California. 

The Plaza in Paterson is featuring firstrun 

films for the first time in its history. 

They held a free concert Friday evening (21 

at Point State Park. 

Normally a subrun neighborhood house, it 

kicked off its first-run policy with "El Father Robert Boelcke, 72, educator and 

Dorado," which was held over a second projectionist at St. Mary's College at North 

East, Pa., was a Filmrow visitor. He held a 

first anniversary Mass for the late Ken 

Blakeley, formerly of Keller's Theatre in 

^ÂTTENTION GETTING 

North East. The old theatre now is closed 

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and is to be demolished. The building was 

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paramount's "Africa—Texas Style!" wa: 

previewed Monday (10) for under 

privileged young people as a significant con 

tribution by the motion picture industr' 

toward summer entertainment, a segment o 

President Johnson's Council on Youll 

Opportunity of which Vice-President Hum 

phrey is chairman. The vice-president's oli I 

fice, in further implementation of the youtW * 

program, invited a film group of opinion 

makers to the Labor Department to viev 

and evaluate two documentaries cominis 

sioned by foundations. The filmmakers wen 

school drop-outs: youths in north Philadel 

phia, producers of "The Jungle" and ii 

vvatts, producers of "Johnny Gigs Out. 

Julius Cahn, the Vice-President's publicist 

presided at the discussions following thi 

screenings. He said the purpose of the coun 

cil is to "help young people make the mos 

of their lives, time, money and facilities.' 

Kenneth Clark, vice-president of MPAA 

was among those taking part. 

Alex Schimel, Universal branch manager 

expects to tradescreen "Games" Tuesda; 

afternoon (25) at 20th Century-Fox screen 

ing room. 

Lou S. Hart, who resigned as general 

manager of the Broumas Theatres Fridav 

(14), brought with him from the liquidate, 

Schine circuit Herman Kopf, William Pe 

trych. Nelson Gardiner and George anc 

Gus Lynch. All will continue in their respec 

five posts: Kopf as district manager o 

Broumas' ten houses in the Virginia-Mary 

land area; Petrych as district manager o 

the eight houses in the Pennsylvania-Ohi( 

area; Gardiner, as accountant, and Georgi 

Lynch, as booker and buyer, assisted by hi 

nephew Gus. The Silver Spring-based cir 

cuit, as debtor in possession, is being oper 

ated by the theatres' previous owers. 

Films will be included in the "total in 

volvement" entertainment of the "Ambas 

sador Theatre." which formerly was a hou.S' 

in the Stanley Warner circuit. The hippi; 

night spot was orginally to be called th' 

"Psychedelic Power & Light Co." Its thre 

youthful owners are Anthony Fenestra, 2." 

Court Rodgers, 24, and Joel Mednick, 22. 

Al Fisher, United Artists exploitation di, 

rector, visited the local branch. Edwin Big 

ley, manager, has a teenage summer helpel 

from New York. She is Shela Oder, niece o 

Henry Goldman of Fabian Theatres. 

Charles Demma, K/B Theatres grou 

sales director, returned from his vacation. 

L. R. GiUand, of the Stewart & Everei 

Theatres, Charlotte, N.C., was a visitor t 

Filmrow . Carter, Wheele 

Films cashier, gave birth to a son. 

film booker Frank J. Thomas and his wif 

Helen, have scheduled a carnival Tuesda 

(25) for the benefit of muscular dystroph 

victims. Contributions may be mailed I 

them at 631 Hampton Ave. 

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(Hollywood Office— 1714 Ivor St., Room 205. Phone: HO 5-1186) 

Calls for Updated Library 

Of Film Location Sites 

for an updated 

library of location information 

possibly under the jurisdiction of the new 

research council of the Motion Picture and 

Television Producers Ass'n of America. 

j 

Leonard Freeman, at a press conference 

here in the Brown Derby Monday (17), 

labeled the information in the major studios' 

files ••outdated and 25 years old." He said 

he would pass this request on to the MPTA. 

of the picture must necessarily go up 

[when an independent producer who has not 

concluded a deal with one of the majors 

has to spend money seeking locations, said 

the producer. If the studios do have the 

information, they won't make it available 

until a deal is concluded, he stated. By that 

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time, the packager or producer has gone 

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iin;o a great outlay of funds and this ups the 

•cost of the production. 

While this may be true for some produc- 

!ers. veteran filmmakers here said it would 

'be "wild" if decisions on locations were 

'.made from the proposed studio "grid" of the 

!I3 western states proposed by Freeman. A 

[spokesman for the MPTV said that they 

Iwould study the matter when it was brought 

|to their attention. 

production scheduled for Freeman 

is "Five-O." which will be produced for the 

.new Columbia Broadcasting System entry 

iiinto feature pictures with Hawaii set for the 

;location. CBS has the option of going dijrectly 

into theatres, placing it on television 

ifirsi or using it for a pilot for a series. 

Freeman has a deal for more than one film 

under this setup. 

Problems Seen in Color 

Films of British, U.S. 

laboratories here 

iwiil fe faced with a new problem because 

iGreat Britain adopted the German system 

'of color television instead of the American 

!system. 

Britain's colors are softer, somewhat 

llike the difference in color which exists between 

prints made in British and American 

iFechnico'or laboratories. How this will afifect 

release prints is still to be determined. 

fight for color standards was not 

iiased entirely on which system was best but 

pn an economic level, for Germany is backing 

England to come into the European 

;omnion market, and France with its sysjtem, 

has been fighting Britain's entry. Rusj>ia 

adopted the French system. 

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Fronkenheimer to Film The Fixer 

In Budapest With Hungarian Crew 

HOLLYWOOD — "You put 

your emotional 

life on the line each time you make 

a film," said John Frankenheimer, film director. 

"You always take a chance when 

you make a film and sometimes everything 

doesn't happen the way you want it to, and 

then, too, sometimes your own judgment is 

lousy." 

Frankenheimer, who has won some kudos 

for his being one of the "hot directors" in 

the business, is on his way to Budapest to 

direct a Bernard Malamud feature for 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer release. He talked 

to the Hollywood Foreign Press at a Sunday 

(16) brunch in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. 

Novel Won Pulitzer Prize 

Discussing the story ""The Fixer" and 

asked why it was chosen, the director said 

that he and Eddie Lewis, the producer, had 

purchased the novel and then made a deal 

with MGM to produce it. Later it won the 

Pulitzer Prize and the National Book 

Award. Assigned to write the script is another 

National Book award-winner Dalton 

Trumbo. 

Novelist Malamud chose the tale of a 

Jewish resident of a small town in Czarist 

Russia for his subject. Accused of the socalled 

"ritual" slaying of a man, the setting 

in 1914 is similar to that which exists today 

in Hungary. This is not a co-production deal 

but that of an independent filmmaker using 

the creative talents of an eastern European 

industry, said Frankenheimer. He is using 

an all-Hungarian crew, including Jean 

Badal, the cameraman, with the film being 

processed in color by LTC film laboratory 

in Paris. 

Four Reasons for Color 

Frankenheimer was asked why he was 

using color instead of black and white, since 

he has to send it to Paris and wait for the 

dailies, and the dramatic story seems to be 

more in the gray scale of black and white. 

••I have four reasons why I am shooting 

in color. First, I am very much impressed 

by use of color by Joseph Losey in 'The Accident' 

and by Antonioni in The Blow-Up. 

By the way, it is four times as difficult to 

use. Secondly, I have been very disappointed 

the way my black-and-white prints have 

appeared on the screen in Europe. The titles 

were lost, the prints were not like my original 

and in color I can have the titles 

burned' in so that they won't be lost." 

He went on, saying, "Frankly, there is 

the possibility of a sale to television at a 

later date and that must be color. And finally, 

1 am shooting it in the tint because I 

want to work in color." 

Because the 100 television shows and the 

creativity of his work on the small screen 

gave him his opportunity to achieve recognition, 

he was asked why so few new directors 

were coming from that medium now. 

"In the golden days of televised live shows 

in the 1950s, we had the great writers. We 

had three weeks of rehearsal before we went 

before the camera and we had free swing." 

Frankenheimer said he would like to do a 

TV show again if the right script came 

along. The theory of early television during 

that period was to sell television sets. Now 

that the market is saturated, this has 

changed. 

Asked if he would ever direct a religious 

film, the director said he would like to do 

the "Last Temptation of Christ" by the 

Greek writer Katzenakis, and do it on the 

same scale as Jules Dassin's "He Who Is 

About to Die." 

With great respect for the creativity of 

"A Man for All Seasons," Frankenheimer 

pointed to this Oscar winner as an example 

of what could be done with a religious film. 

"Not only is it a fine piece of art, but it also 

has great commercial value," he said. 

$5,000 Will Rogers Event 

HOLLYWOOD—More than 400 tickets 

were sold by the Will Rogers Hospital Fund 

drive here for the Friday (21) running of 

the fourth race at the Hollywood Park track. 

About $5,000 was collected from the affair, 

headed by Irwin Yablans, distributor chairman 

and Paramount exchange manager. The 

race was arranged through Mervyn LeRoy. 

president of the Turf Ass'n. 

Finishing "Hang 'em High' 

HOLLYWOOD—Director Ted Post is 

completing his work on "Hang 'em High" 

for United Artists, with the company of 

the Clint Eastwood starrer back from Las 

Cruces, N.M. 

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Overcomes TV Threat on Taiwan 

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HOLLYWOOD—Two television 

in Taiwan, which has 11 

stations 

million inhabitants, 

cut the theatre attendance on the island off 

the China mainland by 30 per cent, though 

they have been on the air four years, said 

Henry Kung, operator of 12 theatres there 

and booker and buyer for 50 others. 

With additional theatres and a raise in admission 

prices, the 500 theatres on the island 

met the threat and brought the yearly $20- 

million-gross business back to its former 

status, he said. Concessions only bring a 

small part of the income. 

Kung, who also owns a studio with five 

sound stages and produces ten features a 

year with budgets of up to $400,000 for a 

three-hour color film, said the average film 

there grosses about $50,000. The dialect 

films in Mandarin, subtitled in English and 

Chinese, also are distributed in Japan, Vietnam, 

the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia. 

Singapore and Thailand and shown in 19 

theatres in the U.S. 

Censorship, Kung said, is used as a political 

device, with "Who's Afraid of Virginia 

Woolf?" banned and "Exodus" and "Judith" 

banned because of the nation's relations 

with the Arabian countries in the Near East. 

Kung and producer Victor L. Lam, who 

accompanied him to the press conference 

in the Motion Picture Ass'n office here 

Wednesday (19), hope to make more films 

acceptable to the Western nations. 

Kung, visiting the United States on the 

international visitor program of the State 

Department, is president of the Central Motion 

Picture Corp., Taipei, a commercial 

enterprise of the Kuomintang Party, headed 

by Chiang Kai-shek. With a special graduate 

status from the Medill Journalism School of 

Northwestern University, Kung was author 

and editor of "A Pictorial Biography of 

President Chiang Kai-shek" in 1956 and 

editor of "Asia's First Republic" in 1961. 

He heads the 400-student department of 

communications at the College of China 

Culture and is a director of the eight-nation 

Federation of Producers in Asia. 

On the American film industry, he said 

there is a contradiction between the reports 

from the New York film offices and the 

low volume of production in Hollywood. 

He said he was told the film industry had 

recovered from the inroads of TV and boxoffice 

receipts equaled those of pre-telesion. 

However, he said when he came to 

Hollywood and found production here less 

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than he expected, he was surprised. He said 

he was told the reason was stepped-up overseas' 

production by Hollywood filmmakers. 

Robert Wise filmed "The Sand Pebbles" 

in one of Kung's studios, which measured 

1X0x80 feet. When the 20th-Fox group left, 

he purchased some of the equipment, primarily 

for snowmaking. About 40 of his 

own crew worked on the picture. Kung said 

he learned many things. 

Discussing the China mainland and its 

film production, he said the Hong Kong studios 

of Mae Tse-tung produced feature films 

three years ago, but now they have lost 

much of their market. Films then contained 

little propaganda. Today, the three studios 

there, belonging to the mainland Chinese, 

produce only propaganda films. 

TV Residuals in June Hits 

Peak Month for Actors 

HOLLYWOOD — The all-time record 

monthly sum of $1,556,138 was distributed 

by the Screen Actors Guild to members in 

residuals on television entertainment programs 

during June, announced John 

L. Dales, the guild's national executive 

secretary. 

Of the amount, $1,410,907 was in residuals 

for domestic reruns, compared with 

$1,257,185 in June 1966. Residuals for foreign 

showings of television films amounted 

to $145,231. Additionally, the guild collected 

and distributed to actors during the 

month $34,589 for post-1960 feature motion 

pictures shown on television. 

Since the first television residuals were 

paid in 1953, the guild has distributed 

$69,065,578 to members. 

Universal Stars Take Part 

In 'Operation Cool Head' 

HOLLYWOOD — Guy Stockwell. 

Steve 

Carlson and Sara Lane, three of Universal's 

young contract stars, represented the motion 

picture industry Monday (17) at the kick-off 

of Los Angeles' annual "Operation Cool 

Head" designed to help curb juvenile delinquency 

during the summer months. 

The trio will greet several hundred youths 

gathered for the opening of a city-wide free 

bowling program aimed at keeping young 

people off the streets. 

Motorcycle-Type Pictures 

Pay Off in Albuquerque 

ALBUQUERQUE — Frontier 

Theatre's 

Tesuque Drive-In has capitalized on the 

booming motorcycle craze, with the playing 

of two crowd-getting films within a month. 

"Hells Angels on Wheels" played to record 

crowds, with stars of the film and Sonny 

Barger, president of the real Hells Angels, 

in for two days of personal appearances. 

The Tesuque opened "Devil's Angels," 

TOO MUCH GLARE—Paul 

West, 

Albuquerque manager of All-State Theatres, 

filed a court suit to get the Sinclair 

Oil Co. to cut down the glare from 

its 40-foot sign, upper right, as seen 

from the Terrace Drive-In. The distracting 

lights brought complaints from 

patrons. After the suit was filed, Sinclair 

agreed to reduce the illumination 

or change the stark white background 

to a more subdued color. 

with a personal appearance tour of the local 

media and concession stand autograph party 

by Kip Whitman, one of the film's featured 

actors. 

Lou Avolio, manager of Frontier's Albuquerque 

Theatres, reports brisk summertime 

business from both adult and teenage 

crowds. 

Immerman, AIP Executive, 

On Army Reserve Duty 

HOLLYWOOD—William J. ImmermanJ 

assistant secretary in American Internationa 

Picture's corporate structure and attached 

to the legal department, has been granted 

temporary leave of absence for annual ac 

tive training duty at the judge advocate 

general's Army career course school in Ft 

Carson, Colorado. 

Immerman is a captain in the Army Re 

serve and is assistant legal officer of thL- 

30 ht Civil Affairs Group. The AIP execii; 

tive will be on duty until Sunday (30). 

Jack Edwards Elevated 

By Para, in Australia 

Frcrn Eastern Edition 

NEW YORK—Jack Edwards has beer 

named managing director for Paramoun 

Pictures in Australia. He formerly wa) 

sales manager for Australia and succeed; 

Robert L. Graham, newly appointed region 

al director for the Far East, Latin Americ: 

and Australasia. 

Edwards joined Paramount in its public 

ity department, later becoming brand 

manager in Perth and Melbourne. He wa: 

appointed sales manager for Australia ir! 

1963. 

Roy Chesterman, who was formerl; 

Brisbane branch manager, will succeed Ed 

wards. 

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'Barefoot in 

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With 440 Third Week at LA Plaza 

LOS ANGELES—The handful of newcomers 

could muster only average business 

but many of the long runs were thriving 

grosses two, three and four times normal 

lighting up the first-run report chart. "Barefool 

in the Park" carried off the top gross 

percentage. 440 for the film's third week at 

(he Plaza. Right behind at 400 came "A 

Man for All Seasons," although it had been 

on the Music Hall screen for 31 weeks. 

While they are not first runs, "The Sound of 

Music" and "Doctor Zhivago" each scored 

in the 400s in LA reappearances, this time 

at the Loyola and Picfair theatres respectively. 

"The Dirty Dozen" came up with 375 

in a third week at the Hollywood-Paramount, 

running neck-and-neck with "Divorce 

AMERICAN Style," which grossed 

360 at the Village. 

(Average Is 100) 

Baldwin, Los Angeles El Dorado (Para), 3rd wk. 100 

Beverly The Bible (20f h-Fox), 4 1 sf wk 1 50 

brum— Two for the Road (20th-Fox), 8fh wk. ...250 

Ch.nese You Only Live Twice (UA), 5th wk 290 

Cinerama Grond Prix (MGM), 30th wk 250 

Crest A Guide for the Married Man (20th-Fox), 

5th wk 300 

Eg,ptian Hawaii (UA), 40th wk 120 

Embassy The Big Mouth (Col) 100 

Fine Arts The Honey Pot (UA), 3rd wk 75 

Four Stor The Endless Summer (Cinema V), 

13th wk 120 

Hollywood-Paramount The Dirty Dozen (MGM), 

3rd wk 375 

Lido Blow-Up (Premier), 30th wk 125 

Music Hall A Man tor All Seasons (Col), 

31 St wk 400 

Pontages The Happiest Millionoire (BV), 4th wk. 220 

Flaza Barefoot in the Park (Pcra), 3rd wk 440 

Regent— A Man and o Woman (AA), 29th wk. .300 

Vil, age—Divorce AMERICAN Style (Col), 

4th wk 360 

Vogue Woman Times Seven (Embassy), 34th wk, 200 

Warner Beverly The Taming of the Shrew (Col), 

17th wk 100 

Warner Hollywood Thoroughly Modern Millie 

(Univ), 14th wk 250 

Wilshire The Sond Pebbles (20th-Fox), 29th wk. 140 

Wiitern Hollywood St. Valentine's Doy Mossocre 

(20th-Fox) 100 

"Endless Summer' Yields GOO 

In Denver Towne Opening 

DENVER—The Towne Theatre hii ihc 

jackpot for the week as it took in six times 

normal income for an opening week. The 

big attraction was "The Endless Summer," 

which follows skiing activities around the 

world and proved to be just what Denverites 

most wanted to see. "The Dirty Dozen" 

continued to make business profitable at 

three Denver theatres, particularly the 

Cherry Creek, where the gross percentage 

was again 300; however, the film's composite 

gross for its third week at the three 

houses was 220. "You Only Live Twice" 

amassed 225 as the Denver Theatre showed 

it for a fourth week. 

Aladdin The Sand Pebbles (20th-Fox), 9th wk. 

Centre Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

8th wk 

.200 

Cherry Creek, Northglenn, Villa Italia The Dirty 

Dozen (MGM), 3rd wk 220 

CLntinental Those Fontastic Flying Fools (AlP), 

3rd wk 90 

Cooper Grand Prix (MGM), 25th wk 120 

(Col), 13th wk, Crest—The 

Denham 

Taming 

Hawaii 

of 

(UA), 

the 

4th 

Shrew 

wk 

200 

100 

Denver You Only Live Twice (UA), 4th wk 225 

Esquire A Man for All Seasons (Col), 22nd wk. . . 125 

Paramount Divorce AMERICAN Style (Col), 

Endless 

Vogue— I, o Womon (Audubon), 8th wk, ...... .200 

Woodlawn, Monaco, Mayan, Federal The Big 

2nd 

Towne 

wk 

The Summer (Cinema V) 

185 

600 

Mouth (Col); various co-features 150 

"Dirty 

Dozen' Carries Off 

Frisco Top Honors With 320 

SAN FRANCISCO — High tide 

among 

first-run grosses was measured at 320 at the 

North Point, where "The Dirty Dozen" was 

the attraction for a second week. "You Only 

Live Twice" was nearly as successful, earning 

three-times-average income at the Empire, 

Royal and El Rancho and matching 

the 300 posted by the reissued "Snow White 

and the Seven Dwarfs" in its second week 

at the Warfield. 

, , 

Alexandria Woman Times Seven (Embassy), 

2nd wk 80 

Alhambra Barefoot in the Pork (Para), 2nd wk. 140 

Balboa Doctor Zhivago (MGM), 7th wk 80 

Bridge, Larkin The Endless Summer (Cinema V), 

2nd wk 180 

Cinema 21 Two for the Road (20th-Fox), 

3rd wk 140 

Clay The Hunt (Trans-Lux), 2nd wk 60 

90 

Coliseum, El Rey, Crown The Big Mouth (Col) 

Coronet, Mission Divorce AMERICAN Style 

(Col), 2nd wk 80 

Empire, Royal, El Rancho You Only Live Twice 

(UA), 2nd wk 300 

Golden Gate Grand Prix (MGM), 24th wk 200 

Golden Gate Penthouse The Sand Pebbles 

(20th-Fox), 19th wk 170 

Metro The Taming of the Shrew (Col), 1 8th wk, 90 

N rth Point The Dirty Dozen (MGM), 2nd wk, . .320 

Orpheum Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

8th wk 280 

Forkside The Honey Pot (UA), 7th wk 70 

Stage Door A Man tor All Seasons (Col), 

24th wk 120 

St Francis, Geneva Up the Down Staircase (WB), 

2nd wk 200 

United Artists The Bible (20th-Fox), 29th wk, , 

Vogue— A Man ond a Woman (AA), 29th wk, . 

, 90 

, 70 

'Dirty Dozen' Quadruples Average 

For Second Week in Seattle 

SEATTLE—"The Dirty Dozen" maintained 

its city first-run lead with a second 

successive 400 at 

the Town Theatre, doubling 

the percentage of the runner-up film 

"You Only Live Twice." Sharing 150 ratings 

were "Up the Down Staircase," a thirdweek 

offering at the Music Box. and "The 

Sand Pebbles," in a fourth week at the 

Paramount. 

Blue Mouse Hawaii (UA), 23rd wk 100 

Coliseum Caprice (20th-Fox) 110 

Fifth Avenue The Bible (20th-Fox), 3rd wk 135 

Music Box Up the Down Staircase (WB), 3rd wk. 150 

Paramount The Sand Pebbles (20th-Fox), 

4th wk 150 

Seattle 7th Avenue You Only Live Twice (UA), 

3rd wk 200 

Town— The Dirty Dozen (MGM), 2nd wk 400 

Uptown Woman Times Seven (Embossy), 3rd wk. 80 

Plan 990-Seat Theatre 

At Lancaster, Calif. 

LANCASTER, 

CALIF.—Griffith-Grossman 

Enterpises, which operated Lancaster 

Drive-ins 1 and II and theatres in Burbank, 

Sepulveda, Canoga Park and Thousand 

Oaks, plans to build a 99()-seat theatre herein 

the Antelope Valley, announced Bernie 

Rawitch, general manager of the circuit. 

To be named the Holiday, the unit will 

have the latest in projection and sound 

equipment, he said. 

Rescue 'Mackenna's Gold' 

Crew in Flooded Canyon 

KANAB, UTAH— Producer Carl Foreman 

led a rescue operation Friday morning 

(14) about 50 miles from here in Paria 

Canyon, when 26 members of the crew of 

"Mackenna's Gold," the movie that Gregory 

Peck and Omar Sharif are currently filming 

for Columbia Pictures, were trapped by a 

flash 

flood. 

A four-foot wall of water carrying tree 

trunks and debris caused the overflowing of 

iwo rivers in the canyon blocking the only 

means of exit of the movie company's equipment 

and men. A heavy rain late Thursday 

afternoon (13) brought about the sudden 

rising of the water. 

Foreman, and a hastily organized rescue 

team of other crew members, were able to 

bring the trapped personnel out of the 

canyon with the help of four-wheel drive 

equipment, heavy chains and ropes. The 

crew members were unable to leave Paria 

Canyon for about seven hours, prior to the 

rescue operations. 

Sound Stage Construction 

Begins West of Tucson 

TUCSON, ARIZ.—The Old Tucson Development 

Co., headed by Robert Shelton, 

is building a 12,800-square-foot sound stage 

to provide expansion of the motion picture 

and television filming in the area. The 

$190,000 structure is expected to be completed 

by mid-November. 

Shelton said about 72,000 shares of common 

stock had been sold to pay for the initial 

construction costs at Old Tucson, 15 

miles west of here. Old Tucson originally 

was built by Columbia Pictures in 1940 at 

a cost of $500,000 for the film "Arizona," 

then was donated to Pima County. In 1959 

the property was leased to Old Tucson Development, 

and at least 30 feature films and 

dozens of television episodes have beeOj 

filmed there since then. 

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LOS ANGELES 

Leon P. Blender and Milt Morilz, vicepresidents 

of American International 

Pictures, were in Chicago and New York for 

a series of exhibitor meetings relative to 

. . . Peter 

current and upcoming product 

Fonda, who stars in AlP's "The Trip," is on 

a tour for the picture, including guest spots 

on the Johnny Carson and Mike Douglas 

shows. The film goes into general release 

Wednesday (26). Fonda is considering producing 

a film on his own, combining acting 

and management. In the 1967 Boxoffice 

Barometer Fonda was named the most popular 

young male star for the third year. 

Dee Somers, president of the charitable 

social group Girls Friday of Showbiz, 

reports the organization has added 1 1 members, 

bringing the total membership to 40. 

The group held its meeting Tuesday (18) in 

the Corsican Restaurant, where Ann Pinkus, 

program chairman, had Fifi D'Orsay as 

guest speaker. Her topic was "Why I'm 

Glad I'm Not Young Anymore." 

Joy King has joined Syufy Enterprises as 

head of the advertising-publicity department 

after leaving Pacific Theatres. A graduate 

of SMU's Journalism School, she was here 

two years. 

Esther Schwartz, private secretary at 

Manhattan Films, and her husband William 

observed their 23rd wedding anniversary. 

Victoria Georgia Latsis and Constantine 

George Pappas were married in the St. 

Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral here Sunday 

(9). The father of the bride is Peter 

C. Latsis, home office publicist for National 

General Corp. 

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Kansas City. 

Days of Week Played 

Exhibitor 

Joe Solomon, president of U.S. Films, was 

in Chicago with John Garwood and Adam 

Roarke, stars of "Hells Angels on Wheels," 

to make personal appearances at the Woods 

Theatre for the Friday (21) opening. The 

picture did outstanding business in its first 

week in New England. 

Julian F. Myers, local publicist and owner 

of a television station, suggested a name 

for the UHF organization, calling it the All- 

Channel Television Society (ACTS). 

Peter C. Latsis, National General Corp. 

publicist, entered St. Vincent's Hospital for 

minor surgery and an annual physical checkup. 

Milton Charnas, Warner Bros, branch 

manager, was married Saturday (1) to Beverly 

Bartlett. A reception was held in the 

Hillcrest Country Club. 

Vivian Harrington has closed her Ra- 

Poynter 

mona Theatre at Ramona . 

has closed his Arrow Theatre, Fontana, for 

the summer. A reopening is planned when 

school opens in 

the fall. 

George Nick Diamos of Diamos Theatres 

conferred with George Tripp, Warner Bros, 

exchange, on his visit . . . Sam J. Aspass 

started his 22nd year with National Theatre 

Supply, while at the same company Redium 

Marass, PBX operator, observed her 24th 

birthday. 

Pismo Theatre, Pismo Beach, is the new 

address for Jack Barber jr., running the new 

enterprise for his father. Joe Moss, the 

Chunk-E-Nut Co., reports the theatre has 

been painted and new drapes hung. 

Guadalupe, 

Henry Garcia, Royale Theatre at 

service. 

YOUR REPORT OF THE PICTURE YOU 

HAVE JUST PLAYED FOR THE 

GUIDANCE OF FELLOW EXHIBrTORS, 

Mo. G4124 

has redesigned the snack bar for faster 

Mr. and Mrs. Charles "Chuck" Newman, 

American International Pictures, announces 

tl-e engagement of their daughter Harriet to 

Dr. Herbert Malman of Minneapolis, where 

Harriet was a booker for Warner Bros. The 

Company 

Theatre 

Weather 

— Right Now 

marriage is to take place in Los Angel 

December 3. 

The new girl at the AIP exchange 

Elaine Treister, contract clerk . . . Sheik 

Pennington, daughter of Ward Penningto 

division manager. Paramount Pictures, h: 

taken a job at the exchange for the summe 

Shelley is a poet, and it doesn't take muc 

to get her to show you her works. 

Barbara Greenwald, booker's secretary, ; 

Paramount, received coffee and cake froi 

her co-workers on her birthday . . . Hea 

booker Walter Lang of Paramount has n 

moved the sling from his arm after his mi; 

hap. 

Robert Rothafei, former district managd 

of Statewide Theatres, died in his sleep. H! 

leaves his wife and daughter. He formerl 

was managing director of the Roxy in Ne- 

\ ork. 

Traveling and returning to town was A 

Schuler, National Theatre Supply; Tor 

Moyer, who came from Portland to visit th 

Paramount exchange; Mr. and Mrs. Jir 

Snelson, in from Bagdad, Ariz., booking nn 

buying; Jim Velde, United Artists vice-pres 

dent and general sales manager, here for 

confab with Dick Carnegie, branch mani 

ager, and Bill Wasserman, sales manageij 

Jack Goldbert, from Linda Vista Theatre 

where he runs the theatre of the same name' 

Jack Berwick, Columbia publicist, bad 

from a San Francisco business trip; Jacl) 

Katz, United Artists exchange, on a north! 

ern California sales trip. 

Elmer Hollander of Hollander Entei 

prises, finalized a deal in New York to h 

exclusive western states distributor for Bo 

Dylan's "Don't Look Back." The film i 

now at Cinema Theatre here on exclusiv* 

run. 

Dean Matthews Is Managei 

Of Fox Twin in Lansing 

From Mideast Edition 

LANSING, MICH.— Dean Matthews ha 

been named manager of the new Spartan 

and Spartan II here, it is announced b 

Harold Guyett, district manager of Foi 

Eastern Theatres, subsidiary of Nationai 

General Corp. 

, 

Matthews, who graduated in 1947 fror. 

Franklin High School in Portland, Ore,, 

started in the theatre business as doorman a 

the Bagdad Theatre and was manager at 1' 

for the Century Theatre there. He joinei 

Fox Evergreen in 1951 as assistant man^ 

ager at the Paramount Theatre in Portland 

From 1952 to 1954, he managed the Stat 

Theatre in Olympia, Wash., and from 195 

1964, he has been manager of the Fo 

Theatre in Spokane. 

Empire Films to Distribute 

From Canadian Edition 

TORONTO—Empire Films, Ltd., has ad 

quired three current French-Italian co-prq 

ductions in color from Alan Davey Filmî 

Paris, under an agreement signed betweei| 

Herb Mathers, general manager of Empir^ 

and Alan Davey. 

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Also 

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Michael 

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George Sam Caporal 

Building OC Airer 

rom Southwest Edition 

I 

OKLAHOMA CITY—Another drive-in 

iheatre has teen placed under construction 

Here, this one by George Sam Caporal at the 

niersection of South 59th Street and South 

ianta Fe Street. Caporal already has the 

t'a'e Theatre in Capitol Hill, in the southern 

TdTl of the city. No name has been cho.sen 

or the new drive-in. 

Caporal's father Sam and brothers Pete 

ind Chris operate the Cinema Mayflower. 

'i local art theatre, and the Skyview Drive-In 

n the northeast section of the city. 

SEATTLE 

I 

IH be Swerdlow, district manager for Universal, 

was up from Los Angeles for a visit 

vith the local exchange . . . Larry Blair. 

;!Oth-Fox salesman, vacationed with his family 

at Disneyland. 

on vacation is Ed Hinchey, MGM 

'looker . . . Janet Shrauner. MGM booking 

';lerk. has resigned and moved to San Fran- 

,;isco, Phyllis Diller will not appear in Seattle 

|is scheduled. Monday (31) through August 

li, in the Opera House, as motion picture 

jilming conmiitments will keep her from 

fulfilling this engagement. Replacing her 

or these dates will be the Don Ho Show. 

With the Aliis. announces Northwest Releasing. 

Ho starred at Duke Kahanamoku's 

Slight club in Honolulu and later became a 

jiit in California. 

I 

"Luv" (Col) is scheduled to open August 

[16 at drive-ins. "To Sir, With Love" will 

I'ollow on August 23. 

Filmrow visitors from out-of-town included 

I 

Keith Beckwith, North Bend; Glen 

iipencer of the Proctor Theatre. Tacoma; 

'>id Dean, Tacoma; Fred Mercy jr.. Yakima, 

|ind Joe Rosenfield, Spokane. 

Wellman Bros. Planning 

$1,500,000 Development 

rem Mideast Edition 

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO—The Wellman 

irothers, who operate theatres in Girard, 

3hio, and Sharon, Pa., are planning a 

1 1.500,000 commercial and recreational 

ileve!opment, including an 1,800-car drive-in 

|ind a 520-seat hardtop, as well as a motel, 

jind a commercial and professional structure. 

proposed site is a 68-acre area northwest 

of the Tibbetts-Wicks Road-Belmont 

i^venue intersection in Liberty Township, 

jiear Youngstown. 

Wellman said the township board 

iias been asked for a commercial zoning exjension 

for the rear 45-acre portion of the 

iract to permit construction of the theatres 

Imd recreational space. Work on the theatres 

lihould be completed in 12 to 18 months 

the zoning change. 

ifter 

The Wellmans have held the roadside 

i.e:tions of the property since 1959, and 

Purchased the back acreage last year. 

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iiOXOFFICE :: July 24. 1967 

DENVER 

fôlumbia's western divisional manager 

Byron Shapiro and home office 

executive 

Jerry Pickman were in town for an 

invitational screening of "Enter Laughing" 

at the new Century screening room. The 

. . . Columbia followed up 

screening was followed by a cocktail party 

and reception 

with a screening on "Who's Minding the 

Mint?" at the downtown Paramount Theatre 

Sunday evening (16). 

. . . Charles Allum. 

Michael Trent has reopened the Pines 

Theatre at Manassa on a two-change-a-week 

Word was received here of the 

basis . . . 

death of Michael Stewart in Albuquerque. 

He had been a salesman, covering the New 

Mexico territory for the old RKO exchange 

prior to his resigning to start work for the 

telephone company 

manager of the Fox Lakeridge Theatre, has 

entered St. Anthony's Hospital for surgery. 

. . . 

Eldon Menagh, who operated Theatres in 

Brighton for a number of years, has joined 

National Screen Service as a booker 

Toni Dykesterhuis, office manager of United 

Artists, has resigned and will move to San 

Francisco where she will join her husband 

Dyke who is joining National Theatre Supply 

Jay and Kathryn Randolph 

there . . . have taken over operation of the Uranium 

Drive-In at Naturita from Clarence ami 

Bob Spahn of United Enterprises 

June Files. 

will continue to handle the account. 

Distributor chairman Joe Kaitz and exhibitor 

chairmen Larry Starsmore and Tom 

Smiley held a meeting of Filmrow personnel 

regarding the Will Rogers Hospital drive. 

All Denver theatres will hold audience col- 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Tack Spain, manager of the Spruce Drive- 

In. has been having a swap 'n' shop on 

Sundays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. With the 

parking area set aside for the display, selling 

and trading of new and used items by businessmen, 

housewives and organizations are 

held. Live entertainment, including a clown, 

was provided. 

The Variety Club's 1967 Blind Babies 

Foundation collection drive is under way. 

Some of the first theatres to have collections 

are the Serra. State. Alexandria. Balboa. 

Coliseum. Coronet, Crown. El Rey, Granada, 

Metro and Vogue. 

Pitt Becker, who is featured in "A Guide 

for the Married Man," was in town to plug 

the film, which was presented at the Jack 

Lucy-managed Fox Warfield Theatre. She 

is 

a member of 20th Century-Fox's training 

school for stars. The program was started 

a year ago and closely resembles the old 

Hollywood studio policy of grooming young 

performers for stardom. There are 17 in the 

school, nine young women and eight young 

men. They all have seven-year contracts and 

they go to class five days a week. Miss 

lections. Additionally, Smiley of Wolfberg 

Theatre and Starsmore of 

Weslland Theatres have donated a $500 

i ond; Vera Cockrill of the Denham Theatre, 

a portable television set, and radio station 

KIMN a taps recorder for a drawing in 

mid-September. 

C!aude FJewe!!, MGM salesman, is in St. 

Luke's Hosp tal, where he had an eye operation 

. . . Sy Evans, head of advertising and 

publicity for General Cinema Amusement, 

was in town checking on the Villa Italia and 

Cherry Creek Cinema theatres. 

In Denver to buy and book were Larry 

Starsmore and Howard Campbell, Westland 

Theatre, Colorado Springs; Ike Ross, Capi 

uil Theatre, Springiield; Bernie Newman, 

Gem Theatre, Walsh; Frank Piazza, Fox 

Theatre. VValsenburg; Bob Heyl, Wyoming 

iheatre, Torrington, Wyo.; George and 

Harold McCormick. Skyline Theatre. Canon 

City, and Art Goldstein. Flick. Colorado 

Springs. 

Bill Hastings of General Cinema Amusement 

is busy supervising last-minute arrangements 

for the opening of the new 848-seat 

Westland Cinema, which is being erected in 

ihe Westland Shopping Center in west Denver. 

The theatre will be a companion to the 

Villa Italia Cinema and Cherry Creek Cinema. 

The theatre will open "Up the Down 

Staircase." 

Pnrchase of the Trails Theatre. Bridgeport, 

Neb., by the city of Bridgeport for 

use as a city auditorium for only $4,500, 

was defeated in a city vote by nearly a 2-to- 

1 majority. 

Becker also appeared briefly in "In Like 

Flint." 

Carl Mayberry, 25-year-old 

University of 

California student, turned a small store here 

into what he claims is the smallest motion 

picture theatre in the world. It seats 20 and 

from 

has 16mm projection equipment. He is 

Ihe Midwest and hopes to present small 

>cale, independent films from producers of 

experimental and underground productions. 

Ray Cook, owner of 

Ray Cook Theatre 

Supply, is set up in his new warehouse at 

1/3 Scotia St. He survived the recent warehousemen's 

strike and has a full supply of 

all items. His new phone is 647-0600 or 

647-0601. 

Ohio Grand Jury Refuses 

To Indict Two Exhibitors 

COLUMBUS, OHIO — The Franklin 

County grand jury refused to indict two 

theatre operators arrested here for showing 

Audubon Films' "I, a Woman," which the 

state alleged to be an obscene motion picture. 

The grand jury action of "no bill" was 

returned Friday afternoon (7) in favor of 

Kent and Dora Nitz, operators of the World 

Theatre. 

W-7

Ethics. Where have they gone? 

Ethics, says the dictionary, is 

"the science 

of human duty; moral science." 

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. 

As life gets more complicated, men lose 

their sense of identity, value and purpose. 

Life, in a sense, becomes "cheap" and 

"unimportant." And whh that, it becomes 

ever easier to take the easy way, 

to ignore the principles of right—and 

our human duty 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 you care, the place where 

you worship can become, with your 

help, a rallying point for lifting all 

the deteriorating values you see 

around you. Worship this week ' 

—and put your faith to work 

all week. 

Worship this week 

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W-8 BOXOFFICE :: Jiilv 24, 196'

'Millie/ 'Barefool' 

Tie at 450 in KC 

KANSAS CITY—The flood of high percentages 

continued to roil in from all parts 

of the metropolitan area, although practically 

every theatre reporting was showing 

holdover product. "Barefoot in the Park" 

and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" raced to 

a 450 tie for the best grossing mark of the 

week, nosing out "The Dirty Dozen," which 

had frequent lines at the Roxy Theatre and 

a 400 third week. "A Guide for the Married 

Man," 325 in a fourth week at the Embassy 

1 and Embassy 2, and "The Taming 

of the Shrew," 300 for its 13th week at the 

Glenwood, ranged close behind the top trio. 

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," not 

listed below among current first runs because 

it's a reissue, doubled average in a 

third week at the Uptown. "The Big 

Mouth," the area's sole new picture in this 

report period, came up with 150 in a multiple 

theatre debut—an impressive figure 

when one considers that it represents the 

composite gross percentage of ten indoor 

and outdoor situations. 


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John Vos, former Pariimount area salesman, 

has joined 2()lh Century-Fox to handle 

territorial sales. He had been with Paramount 

here two years after being with 

Paramount in Denver as office manager and 

booker. Chuck Elder of Des Moines succeeded 

Vos in the Paramount post. Elder, 

who was with Universal here in 1954 as a 

salesman, was with MGM in Des Moines 

two years. He previously was with Paramount 

in Des Moines. 

M. Robert Goodfriend, general manager 

of Durwood Theatres, is planning a vacation 

to the West August 4-21 with his family 

(wife, son Jeff, 19; daughter Cathy, 15, and 

dog Ginger). They will visit Denver, Salt 

Lake City, Lake Tahoe, Yellowstone, Yosemite, 

San Francisco, Carmel by the Sea and 

Los Angeles. 

Patty Hullebusch is secretary to Dan 

Meyers at Mercury Advertising. She succeeds 

Neola Meyer, who will join her husband, 

stationed at Ft. Sill. Okla. 

Columbia Pictures has a new student 

booker, Vernon Ogden, who began work 

Monday (17). 

Harry Gaffney, who is well known on 

Filmrow, has returned to Kansas City from 

California. He has worked with various film 

distributing companies throughout the years, 

and was the former national sales manager 

for United Screen Arts. He underwent 

surgery in St. Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, 

Monday (17). 

Marvin Heath, who was injured in a 

plane crash June 2 was seen on Filmrow 

with his wife. He also has been out to visit 

his Hillcrest 

Drive-In. 

Steven Schenck, former Commonwealth 

manager in Wheatland, Wyo., has completed 

six months under the direction of 

"Uncle Sam"" in the National Guard. He 

is back on the job at the Sunset Drive-In 

at Lawrence, Kas. 

United Artists sneak previewed "In the 

Heat of the Night,"' starring Sidney Poitier 

and Rod Steiger, at the Brookside Theatre. 

The picture will be sneaked at the Orpheum 

in Wichita August 25. Again many civic 

and social organizations have been invited 

to attend . . . The Plaza Theatre's run of 

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Pat Corbett has been named assistant 

manager to Byers Jordan for the new 

Mctcalf Theatre being built by Commonwealth. 

Corbett formerly was manager of 

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Rockhill Theatre. 

Larry Ross, manager of the Antioch Theatre 

in Kansas City North, announces the 

marriage of his daughter Vicki to Greg 

Farmer on Monday (10). The couple will 

be at home in Kalamazoo. Mich. 

Out-of-town exhibitors seen on Filmrow: 

From Missouri—Bob Adkins, Higginsville; 

Bert English, Springfield; Ed Beaman. Trenton; 

Frank Wilcox, Gallatin; H. E. Mc- 

Mannus, St. Louis; Ed Harris, Neosho. 

From Kansas—Ernie Block, Sabetha; Eldon 

Harwood, Bill Dockery and Steve Schenck, 

Lawrence; Weber Meredith, Wichita. From 

Nebraska: Oscar Johnson, Falls City. 

Mae Louth of Universal Pictures was on 

vacation in Colorado Springs. Before returning 

home she planned to visit Salt Lake City 

arid Denver. 

KC Durwood Circuit Hosts 

Rank Organization Officials 

KANSAS CITY—Two executives of the 

Rank Organization of England, Bryan 

Quilter, managing director, and Lew Small, 

technical supervisor, flew into Kansas City 

from Expo 67 for a tour of the Durwood 

circuit here. 

The two were interested primarily in looking 

at the Durwood multiple-theatre complexes 

that 

include the twin Embassy units, 

the Parkway twins, and the Metro quads. 

Of special interest to them were booth 

equipment, automation methods devised by 

Durwood, use of wall coverings, auditorium 

and lobby decor and traffic control arrangements. 

They also were shown the Empire, 

the over-and-under roadshow twin operation 

and the Midland, as well as other downtown 

Durwood installations. 

The tour was conducted by Richard M. 

Durwood, vice-president; M. Robert Goodfriend, 

general manager, and Robert J. 

Schumann, director of properties. 

An exchange of information plan was established 

between the two companies so new 

techniques developed by Rank and Durwood 

could be evaluated for possible use by 

both. 

Fire Damages Concession 

At Hi-Way 40 Drive-In 

KANSAS CITY—Extensive damage to 

the food concession building at the Hi- 

Way 40 Drive-In, Independence, was caused 

by a fire Sunday morning (16). Loss to the 

contents was estimated by firemen at 

$10,000 and loss to the structure $4,000. 

Firemen said the cause of the fire was an 

overheated pizza oven. 

The night watchman had closed the drivein 

and noticed the lights were not on in the 

building as he was driving home. When he 

went back he discovered the fire, which 

destroyed the electrical system. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

"J^he Fourth Avenue Corp., Louisville, has 

announced several appointments. Walter 

C. Wolverton will be city manager in 

Lafayette, Ind., succeeding Harry J. Frederickson, 

who is retiring. Anthony J. Gasvoda 

will succeed Wolverton as manager of the 

Indiana Theatre in Terre Haute. Curtis 

Dunn will be manager of the Rialto Theatre, 

Louisville, succeeding the late A. B. McCoy. 

The Crescent Art Theatre, Louisville, 

has 

a continuation of its court procedure following 

the seizure of "I, a Woman" by police 

and the arrest of the manager and operator. 

The newly completed Plaza Theatre, 

Owensboro, Ky., has been formally opened 

by Paramount-Gulf Theatres, following the 

closing of its Center Theatre there. 

General Cinema Corp. will open its Indianapolis 

Cinema I and II Wednesday (26). 

The twin theatre is located in the Glendale 

Shopping Center, and will be the first shopping 

center theatre in the area. 

Mid-States Theatres of Cincinnati has reopened 

the Town-Cinema Theatre in Lexington, 

Ky.. following extensive refurbishing. 

Peter G. Turluliis is the new owner of the 

Sundown Drive-In at Ellettsville, Ind. The 

theatre has been renamed Cinema West. 

Turlukis also operates the Starlite Drive-In 

and the Towne Cinema at Bloomington. 

Rocl(wood Amusements, Nashville, 

Tenn., has reopened the Palace Theatre, 

Greenville, Ky., after extensive remodeling. 

Starlight Musicals opened its season here 

Monday (10) with Gordon MacRae and 

Caria Alberghetti in "Kismet." In spite of 

the cool weather, the total paid attendance 

for the seven performances was 20,779. 

Opening Monday (17) was "My Fair Lady," 

starring Jane Powell. The other summer 

theatre, Avondale Theatre-in-the-Round, 

will 

not open this season. 

NATO of Indiana has moved its office 

to 420 Illinois BIdg. Richard T. Lochry, 

president, announced the fall meeting will 

be held in the Cole Porter Room of the 

Sheraton-Lincoln Hotel October 23 and 24. 

The Lost River Drive-In, Bowling Green, 

Ky., has been sold to the Martin Theatres 

of Georgia, which operates two downtown 

theatres in Bowling Green. 

The Shelby Theatre, Shelbyville, 

Ky., has 

closed for the summer ... B. N. Peterson, 

NTS branch manager, spent the weekend 

at Zanesville, Ohio, to attend the christening 

of his newest granddaughter Julie Peterson. 

B. N. jr. now has two daughters and a son. 

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as a combination for late July. Robbin 

management makes note of the fact that 

there is only one set of prints of these films 

which were first released in the 1930s. 

Abe Piatt, who retired from B&K, was 

honored at the Variety Club board meeting. 

He was presented a plaque, inscribed; To 

Abe Piatt in appreciation for long years 

of outstanding service to Variety Club of 

Illinois, Tent 26. He has been a member 

since the formation of the tent here. 

Leon Blender, American International 

Pictures vice-president and general sales 

manager, and Milton Moritz, the company's 

director of publicity, were in town to 

confer with exhibitors in the company of 

local administrators Sam Seplowin and Vic 

Bernstein. "The Trip" and "House of a 

Thousand Dolls" were discussed. 

Sidney Poitier, in a discussion here about 

his new film "In the Heat of the Night," 

said he considered Sparta, III., where shooting 

took place for two months, "a pleasant 

quiet, friendly town." In saying the people 

in the downstate community were very 

cooperative, letting them borrow their buildings, 

police cars and main street, Poitier 

added, "I could have practically settled 

down there!" The film is set to open at tf 

Oriental Theatre in early August. From hei 

Poitier will go to the Moscow film festiva 

He is a member of the official America 

delegation, and three of his films, "A Pate 

of Blue," "To Sir, With Love" and "In th 

Heat of the Night" will be shown out c 

competition at Moscow. 

Advance ticket sales started for the n 

served-seat engagement of "Thoroughl 

Modern Millie" at the United Artists Thi 

atre, where it opens August 9. Performance 

will be given twice daily Monday throuc 

Friday, with three showings on Saturday 

Sundays and holidays. The opening night 

a benefit performance sponsored by th 

Travelers Aid Society of Chicago. 

Dominic Frisina Is Dead; 

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SPRINGFIELD, ILL.—Dominic Frisin; 

76, head of Frisina Amusement Co. hen 

which has theatres throughout the states c 

Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, died June 2' 

apparently of a heart attack. 

The native of Italy came to the Unite 

States with an uncle in 1905 and purchase 

the Opera House (now the Joy Theatre) i\ 

Pawnee, III., in 1916. By the late '30s, h! 

was operating 60 theatres. 

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ATLANTA—Tent 21 Women of Variety 

celebrated the tenth anniversary of its 

organization Wednesday (19) with a luncheon 

and program honoring the past presidents 

in the tent's newly decorated clubrooms 

in the Fox Theatre Bldg. Each past 

president received a corsage as a memento. 

Mrs. Jacob Pries, president of the Variety 

Women, introduced Mrs. Jon Farmer, 

who reported on the accomplishments of 

the group during its 

ten years of activation. 

In addition to giving $20,000 directly to 

the Variety Foundation, the group has contributed 

to many children's organizations. 

Its fourth children's charity ball, for the 

benefit of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 

will be October 21 in the Progressive Club. 

James Dodd, chief barker of Tent 21, 

was a guest at the affair. 

The president is the mother of Ralph W. 

Pries, new president of Variety Clubs International. 

Other officers are Mrs. Carl 

Koslow, vice-president; Mrs. Mel Finkel, 

treasurer, and Louise Bramblett, corresponding 

secretary. Mrs. Bramblett also is president 

of Atlanta WOMPI. 

Eileen Heckart to Star 

In New York-Made Film 

From Eastern Edition 

NEW YORK — Award-winning Broadway 

actress Eileen Heckart has been signed 

for a starring role in Sol C. Siegel's produc- 

tion "No Way to Treat a Lady," for Paramount 

Pictures. The suspense-drama, which 

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also stars Rod Steiger, George Segal and 

Lee Remick, is scheduled to go before the 

cameras later this month on locations here. 

Through a special arrangement of her 

schedule. Miss Heckart will continue to appear 

in the Broadway stage production of 

"you Know I Can't Hear You When the 

Water's Running" while filming her role in 

"No Way to Treat a Lady." In the motion 

picture, the actress will portray the mother 

of a New York policeman. Segal is cast as 

the son, assigned to a murder case. 

"No Way to Treat a Lady" will be directed 

by Jack Smight from a screenplay by 

John Gay, based on William Goldman's 

novel. 

Film Industry Workshops 

Honors Director Ballamy 

From Western Edition 

HOLLYWOOD—Earl Bellamy, director 

of more than 700 movies and television 

shows, has been honored by Film Industry 

Workshops, Inc., at Columbia Studios, announced 

Tony Miller, head of FIWl. 

Bellamy's long-time watchword, "No 

Strain," has been officially adopted as a 

professional maxim guiding the development 

and training of young directors and 

actors in the professional workshop. 

Bellamy will 

serve on the FIWI auditions 

board on September 1 and will make his 

third appearance as guest director on 

September 12, Miller said. 


Charlotte, N.C., WOMPI 

Names Committee Heads 

CHARLOTTE. N.C. — WOMPI president 

Virginia Porter has named these committee 

chairmen for 1967-68: 

Finance, Viola Wister, Howco; program. 

Sylvia Lowe, Stewart Everett Theatres; 

membership, Ruth Svoboda, 20th Century- 

Fox; social, Mabel Long. Columbia Pictures; 

by-laws. Myrtle Parker, Paramount; 

publicity, Jeanette Royster, Buena Vista. 

Service, Arietta Craft, Exhibitor's Service; 

bulletin, Lawatha Hegler. Consolidated Theatres; 

industry service, Amalie Gantt, Howco 

International; scholarship, Mildred Warren, 

20th Century-Fox, and Will Rogers, 

Bessie Guyer, Columbia Pictures. 

Atlanta Readies Big 

'Gone With Wind' Bow 

AT L A N T A—Judson Moses, MGM 

southeastern fieldman, has opened premiere 

headquarters for "Gone With the Wind" 

in the downtown Loew's Grand Theatre 

Bldg., where the picture made its first bow 

in December 1939 and where it will open 

October 4 in its new process of 70mm and 

six-track 

stereo sound. 

Mayor Ivan S. Allen jr. already has declared 

October as Gone With the Wind 

Month, and Gov. Lester Maddox is expected 

to issue a similar proclamation for 

the entire state. 

Associated with Moses in handling details 

of the premiere will be Michael Valentine, 

MGM public relations staffer. 

Moses said Vivien Leigh, who co-starred 

as Scarlett O'Hara in the David O. Selznick 

production and who died Saturday (8) in 

London, had planned to attend the picture's 

opening here. 

"She will be deeply missed from the 

premiere," said Moses, "but the planned 

activities will go on as scheduled. We will 

supplement the 'Gone With the Wind' personalities 

with other stars, as we originally 

planned." 

Of the principals in the cast only Olivia 

de Havilland, Ann Rutherford, Atlantan 

Evelyn Keyes, Victor Jory, Eddie "Rochester" 

Anderson and Butterfly McQueen still 

are living. 

All have expressed interest in attending 

the opening, with the exception of Miss 

Keyes, whom the studio has not been able 

to locate. 

Moses and William Shealey, Loew's 

Grand manager, are cooperating in details 

for the gala opening, including a five-story 

front for the theatre, representing 12 Oaks, 

the home of the Wilkes family in the film. 

On the eve of the opening, the Tara Ball 

will be held in the Regency-Hyatt House 

Ballroom, sponsored by the members guild's 

junior committee of the High Museum of 

Art. which also will sponsor the opening 

night of the film. Tickets for the ball went 

on sale Monday (10) at $25 each. Mrs. 

William Healey III is general chairman, 

and her assistants are Mrs. Lindsey Hopkins 

III and Mrs. H. English Robinson jr. 

Organization Is Now 

NATO of Louisiana 

BILOXI, MISS.—The name of Louisiana 

Theatre Owners Ass'n has been officially 

changed to NATO of Louisiana, president 

Doyle Maynard has announced. The action 

was taken by the board of directors of this 

NATO-affiliated exhibitor association during 

the Louisiana-Mississippi regional convention 

last week at the Broadwater Beach Hotel 

in Biloxi. 

This brings to 29 the number of regional 

exhibitor associations which have changed 

their names since NATO president Sherrill 

C. Corwin first proposed uniform names 

and identification with NATO in his inaugural 

address at the national convention 

in New York City last October. Only 16 

NATO-affiliated exhibitor associations remain 

still using diverse names. 

Atlanta WOMPI Meeting 

To Discuss Year's Plans 

ATLANTA—The monthly WOMPI 

meeting Wednesday (26) will be featured 

by the reports of committee chairmen on 

plans for the coming year. The club also 

will elect delegates to the WOMPI International 

convention to be held in the Jung 

Hotel in New Orleans, September 15 to 17. 

President Louise Bramblett has named 

these committee chairmen: 

Polly Puckett, Seven Arts Pictures, industry 

service; Nell Middleton, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 

publicity; Sara Masdon, United 

Artists, community service; Oris Smith, 

MGM, Sunshine Coach; Sylvia Spivey and 

Margaret Baker, both of Wil-Kin, co-chairmen 

of Will Rogers Memorial Hospital 

Fund; Grace Bramblett, bylaws; Juanita Elwell, 

bulletin; Tillie Shapiro, social, and 

Ruby Robbins, Buena Vista, chaplain. 

Jean Mullis, first vice-president, is chairman 

of the program committee, and Esther 

Osley, second vice-president, heads the membership. 

President Bramblett also has 

named Johnnie Barnes, parliamentarian, and 

Frankie English, historian. 

Arthur Laurents Scripting 

Kazan's 'Arrangement' 


NEW YORK — Arthur Laurents, the 

playwright and screenwriter, has been signed 

by producer-director Elia Kazan to write 

the screenplay for Warner Bros, film version 

of the Kazan best-seller, "The Arrangement." 

Last month at a WB press confab, Kazan 

labeled as "erroneous" the report in the 

tradepress 

that Laurents would be scripting 

the book. Laurents is best known for his 

plays "The Time of the Cuckoo" and 

"Home of the Brave" and for his screenplays 

"The Snake Pit" and "Anastasia." 

He wrote the books for the musicals "West 

Side Story" and "Gypsy." 

Kazan's Athena Enterprises Corp. will 

make the film for WB with Kazan as both 

producer and director. The filming will begin 

early next year. 

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\X^hile theatre owners, especially drive-in 

operators, arc reluctant to discuss the 

matter, the much-maligned daylight saving 

time has not spread as much woe as first 

was expected. Most airers, which cannot 

start the showings until nearly 9:30 p.m. 

these days, have pushed their closing hours 

to around 1 a.m. and have been surprised 

and delighted— at the crowds on hand when 

"good night" is flashed on the screen. 

Dick Richnian and Jack Scanlan, Columbia 

publicists working out of New York, 

were here conferring with Joel Poss, southeastern 

fieldman, on the forthcoming personal 

appearance schedule of the song-anddance 

group The Young Americans, in connection 

with the southern bow of "The 

Young Americans" film in Charlotte, N.C. 

Judy Kirkum, secretary to Columbia 

office manager Robert Burnett, has returned 

to her duties after being summoned to her 

father's bedside in a Nashville hospital after 

he suffered a heart attack in his Cross Plains 

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NEW YORK—Martin Ackerman, presideni 

of Perfect Film & Chemical Corp., has 

hecn elected chairman and president of 

Pathe Industries, motion picture processor. 

The companies had agreed in principle to 

merge, according to Lawrence L Weisman, 

former chairman and president of Pathe. 

Perfect Film said directors of both companies 

would consider a "possible amalgamation" 

and said no terms had been negotiated. 

A subsidiary had purchased 332,000 

shares of Pathe common stock for $2 a 

share, representing about 7Vi per cent of 

the shares outstanding, Morton David, general 

counsel, reported. He said the merger 

would not be completed before 1968. Davis 

has been elected to the Pathe board while 

Weisman will continue to serve as a consultant. 

Perfect Film, formerly United Whelan, 

operates a national photo finishing chain, 

imports novelties and sells mail-order prescriptions. 

MEMPHIS 

TJobert L. Bostick, the traveling vice-president. 

Southern Markets manager for 

National Theatre Supply, was on hand for 

the Mississippi-Louisiana Theatre Owners 

convention at the Broadmoor Beach Hotel 

in Biloxi, Miss., then went to New Orleans 

to visit the NTS office there. 

Hal Richardson has taken over as the new 

manager of the Whitehaven Cinema, having 

been transferred from St. Louis by General 

Cinema Corp. George Smith, former Cinema 

manager, went to Tulsa, Okla., to open 

a new theatre. 

Visiting exhibitors included: Louise Mask, 

Luez Theatre, Bolivar, Tenn.; Leon Rountree. 

Holly Theatre, Holly Springs, Miss.; 

William H. Cook. Valley Theatre, Water 

Valley, Miss.; Frank Heard, Lee Drive-In, 

Tupelo, Miss.; Maurice Basse, Starlight 

Drive-In, Union City, Tenn.; Orris Collins, 

Capitol Theatre. Paragould, Ark.; Ann 

Hutchins, State Theatre, Coming, Ark., and 

Howard Nicholsson, 51 Drive-in. Millington, 

Tenn. 

Harry Lustgarten to Join 

Independent Distributor 

From Central Edition 

CHICAGO—Robert Allen. 

Midwest representative 

of Rizzoli Film Distributors, has 

announced that Harry Lustgarten will join 

him January 1 as an associate in the distribution 

field. Until he announced his retirement, 

Lustgarten was the vice-president and 

film buyer for all Balaban & Katz houses 

and its subsidiary Great States Theatres. 

Allen and Lustgarten will represent other 

independent producers and distributors, as 

well as Rizzoli. At present Allen is headquartering 

at 203 N. Wabash, Chicago, 

Room 1308. 

'Dirty Dozen' 600 

2nd Memphis Week 

MEMPHIS—"The Dirty 

Dozen" followed 

up a rousing 800 first week at the Maico 

Theatre with a good second stanza 600. The 

film's first week gross surpassed all opening 

marks at the Malco except the total set up 

by "Goldfinger," and "Dozen" equaled that 

lucrative take. Also continuing as a highly 

profitable booking was "A Man for All 

Seasons" at the Memphian, this time recording 

500 per cent in its 13th week at the 

house. In a week generally pleasing for 

Memphis exhibitors, "Thoroughly Modern 

Millie" and "You Only Live Twice" distinguished 

themselves in their long runs at 

the Paramount and Palace respectively, each 

earning a healthy 300. "Persona," the only 

new film in the report week, was slightly 

on the sunny side of average. 


Crosstown The Sond Pebbles {20th-Fox), 

nth wk 225 

Guild Persono (Lopert) 110 

Ma CO The Dirty Dozen (MGM), 2nd wk 600 

Memphian A Mon for All Seasons (Col), 

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Palace You Only Live Twice (UA), 3rd wk 300 

Paramount Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

5th wk 300 

Pork— El Dorado (Para), 2nd wk 250 

Ploâ— A Guide for the Married Man (20th-Fox), 

2nd wk 125 

State Thp Big Mouth (Col), 2nd wk 150 

Warner The Wor Wagon (Univ), 4th wk 120 

Whitehaven Cinema A Guide for the Married Man 

(20th-Fox) 100 

'Up the Down Staircase' 300 

Second Week in New Orleans 

NEW ORLEANS—There was only one 

opener in the downtown area—a return run 

for "Spartacus," the tale of a Roman slave 

uprising, and it attracted double average 

business to the Joy Theatre. Among the 

pictures appearing in New Orleans on their 

initial runs, the best grosser percentagewise 

was "Up the Down Staircase," 300 in a 

second week at the Orpheum. Everything 

else was twice average or better—the 

"better" being represented by "A Man for 

All Seasons," which ran up 250 in a 13th 

week at the Robert E. Lee Theatre. 

Joy's Aereon Alfic (Para), 17th wk 200 

Loew's State You Only Live Twice (UA), 3rd wk. 200 

Martin Cinerama Grand Prix (MGM), 8th wk. ..200 

Orpheum Up the Down Staircase (WB), 2nd wk. 300 

Robert E. Lee—A Man for All Seasons 

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real problem for our economy . . . and for 

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Write about it. Urge your business and civic 

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Convincing young people of the value of get- 

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JACKSONVILLE 

JJarry Radcliffe, who is proud of being a 

"country boy," came up from Orlando 

a few years ago to write Florida State Theatres' 

local newspaper ads. Today he is rated 

as one of the ten biggest producers of the 

games which supermarkets and gasoline 

stations use to build their volume of retail 

sales. His business is in the million-dollar 

class and may hit the three-million mark 

this year. Consumer groups charge that 

games like Radcliffe's increase retail prices. 

but he is delighted with them. However, he 

said, "I think that everyone in the merchandising 

field will agree that it's a fad. I expect 

it to grow strong for another year or two 

and then fall way off. Then in five or six 

more years I expect it to come back again." 

The local county commission cleared the 

way for construction of Jacksonville's first 

dinner theatre—a place where patrons may 

dine and wine before seeing a Broadwaytype 

stage production. Ted Johnson, president 

of Manor Theatres, which has units 

operating in other leading southern cities, 

said plans for construction of a $200,000 

theatre and dining building would be pushed 

as fast as possible with hopes for a mid- 

October opening. Opponents of the dinner 

theatre, including many church people in 

the area where it is to be built, termed it a 

"cultural booze" project. 

Creation of Sunny Acres Park for Handicapped 

Children in suburban Arlington, the 

principal humanitarian achievement of the 

Motion Picture Charity Club with valuable 

assists during the past few years from 

WOMPI, has secured a breakthrough in 

staffing the park's playgrounds, buildings and 

swimming pool. The Duval County Commission 

has recognized Sunny Acres' significant 

contribution to the area's well-being by 

assigning a group of teenage county employes 

to the park during its summer peak 

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supervisor of the park, said the volunteer 

workers from local high schools underwent 

a training period, similar to that of 

Peace Corps workers, to weed out the emotionally 

unfit and mentally unstable. The 

teenage counselors have quickly adapted 

themselves to the situation, Mrs. Colemen 

said. 

ViOMPI volunteers fanned out into the 

biggest deployment they have ever made 

here for the audience collections of the Will 

Rogers drive. Beginning with the Florida 

Theatre at its opening of "You Only Live 

Twice," where the audience collections 

doubled that of last year, members moved 

a week later to the downtown Center Theatre 

for the opening of "The Dirty Dozen" 

and on to the main screen outlets of Meiselman 

Theatres and, for the first time, to the 

big, local circuit houses of Kent Theatres, 

pi us some leading independents. 

Alt Castner, manager of the suburban 

Edgewood, who has been able to move 

along on an even keel with the revival of 

"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," put on 

the steam to advertise his opening of 

"Brighty of the Grand Canyon." He had 

cross-plug trailers and reams of giveway 

heralds at the other Florida State Theatres 

houses in town. Distributor of "Brighty," 

Harry Clark of this city, looks for some 

super business on the film. 

In keeping with the trend to make their 

drive-in outlets more available to teenagers 

during the summer, executives of Kent Theatres 

moved a notch closer to the inclinations 

of young theatregoers by slamming an 

exploitation film "Wild, Wild Planet" into 

three of its local airers, plus "Double 

Trouble" into another drive-in and a continuation 

of the roadshowing of "The Taming 

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affair was Stewart Harnell of National 

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The new president has named these com 

mittec chairmen: 

Bylaws, Gene Barnette: finance, Ann: 

Sinopoli and Annette Johnson; extension; 

Agnes .Schindler: fraternal, Claire RitJ 

Stone; historian, Lee Nickolaus; industrjl 

service, Lillian Sherick; .social, Delia Favrij 

and Agnes Garcia; telephone, Ethel Holton 

Will Rogers Memorial Hospital, Ann:! 

Ryan; yearbook, Annette Johnson, am 

parliamentarian, Marie Berglund. 

NEW ORLEANS 

^ôodrow Sherrill, MGM division manager, 

accompanied Hyp Arata, branch mant 

ager, to the NATO of Louisiana-Mississippi 

convention in Biloxi. Sherrill succeedec 

Herb Bennin, who resigned. 

Arrnand Portie of MGM returned fronl 

his vacation and William Moseley, office 

manager, started his annual holiday . 

Also vacationing is Joe Moll of NSS. 

Dick Richman, publicity manager of thfj 

Columbia exchange, left for Atlanta to worlj 

on the campaign for "Divorce AMERICAl"^ 

Style." . . . Filmrow was happy to learti^ 

the wife of C. Clare Woods of United The 

atres is recovering from a heart attack. j 

WOMPI news—Members are concentral] 

ing on the Will Rogers Memorial Func 

drive and the upcoming national conven 

tion, for which the local club will be hosi 

September 15-17 in the Jung Hotel. Thi 

theme of the conclave is "New Orlean 

Soiree." Chairmen are Marie Berglund am 

Thursday (13) the girlj 

Lee Nickolaus . . . 

of Holman Center were entertained b' 

WOMPI at a barbecue ... A party for thi 

outgoing officers was held in the home 0| 

Eddie Favre in Metairie Saturday (15) . . 

Helen Bila, publicity chairman, is still talk| 

ing about her vacation trip to the Hoi; 

Land. 

The Gordon Theatre at Westwego w;i 

destroyed by fire Saturday (15). Damage 

were estimated at .$100,000 from the blaze 

which apparently was started by a shor| 

circuit in the air-conditioning system. 

Jerry Lewis' "The Big 

Mouth" opened ii 

a multiple run of nine hardtops and fou 

drive-ins. 

New Honey Grove Theatre 

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From Southwest Edition 

HONEY GROVE, TEX. — The ne 

Honey Grove Theatre was opened here la 

month with the showing of "Texas Acrosj 

the River" as the first attraction. 

The theatre marks the realization of 

dream for many Honey Grove resideu 

who have been wanting a theatre of thd 

own once more. Completely new atil 

modern in every respect, the Honey GrovJ 

is conveniently situated on the northeaffl 

corner of the square. 

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NEW YORK — "Revenues from the New 

IVork State lottery are falling far below expectations 

because banks are the wrong 

iiales agencies for selling lottery tickets," 

liccording to Harry Brandt, president of the 

ndependent Theatre Owners Ass'n of New 

t'ork. 

Brandt has been a leading proponent of 

he sale of lottery tickets in theatres since 

he New York legislative lottery go-ahead, 

t is Brandt's opinion that movie theatres 

lire "ideal vehicles" for lottery sales and the 

'aw should be amended to include them as 

ligible venders as soon as the state legisature 

reconvenes. "Our theatres are con- 

'eniently located and our cashiers" windows 

ire readily accessible for lottery purchases. 

Ve are open seven days a week and for a 

bnger range of hours each day, thereby expanding 

the revenue potential," says Brandt. 

also believes that theatres are more 

ompatible for selling the lottery tickets since 

ihe film business is sales-based entertainment 

as compared with banking institutions 

vhere "sales are in violation of the thrift 

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nd savings principles." 

noted that the federal govern- 

Jnent's banking authorities are questioning 

jhe lottery sales by banks and that legislation 

i being considered by Congress to prevent 

jianks from selling the tickets. 

ITOA president said trailers and fea- 

I 'urettes could be effectively used "within 

'fie law." Under the existing statute, eligible 

endors are confined to banks, hotels, mo- 

;;ls. Western Union and government of- 

'ices. Brandt said that he had already been 

'iformed by State Tax Commissioner Josiph 

H. Murphy that theatres would "make 

n excellent outlet for lottery tickets." 

)TV Station Converting 

For Color Broadcasting 

torn New England Edition 

HARTFORD — RKO General, ownerperator 

of this country's only on-the-air 

ubscription television experiment, admits 

lat the project stands at a number of 

important thresholds" as it marks its fifth 

nniversary of operation via Hartford's 

1/HCT-TV (Channel 18). 

STV Magazine, the WHCT-TV twicelonthly 

program magazine distributed free 

subscribers and opinion-maks. 

cites these approaching developments: 

"Anticipation of a Federal Communicajons 

Commission decision regarding nation- 

]ide operation and conversion of the sys- 

;m to color capability." 

The conversion of Hartford STV to color. 

le magazine statement comments, has been 

long time in coming. "Both Zenith (which 

lanufactures ST'V equipment) and RKO 

eneral," it is noted, "have been reluctant to 

) ahead with final production of the necesry 

equipment until they were assured it 

)t only met the basic problems of color 

'ceptance perfectly but was suitably engi- 

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;ered to handle other vital facets of operion 

as well. It is now in the final stages 

development." 

|OXOFFICE :: July 24, 1967 

MIAMI 

pT 109" was sold to the highest bidder here 

Tuesday (11). The 85-foot craft is a 

rep jca of the one commanded by the late 

President John F. Kennedy during World 

War n and which was featured in the 

movie based on his wartime heroism. After 

the picture was made in Key West, Warner 

Bros, sold the PT boat to a South Carolinian 

who plannned to use it for fishing. He left 

it at a boat yard and never returned. Stuck 

with a has-been "movie star," the yard got 

a federal court order permitting it to sell the 

vessel. A feature story with photos of a 

decaying hulk of the movie ship and the 

way the boat looked in the film rated frontpage 

space in the Miami Herald. 

Prince Mike Romanoff, a butler in "Caprice,"" 

a headwaiter in "A Guide for the 

Married Man"' and assistant producer of 

Frank Sinatra"s "Tony Rome,'" is playing 

the role he knows best in "Valley of the 

Do!ls""— a restaurant owner. 

Patty Lehr became Patty London, and 

her father-film producer Milton Lehr said 

it was "like a Polish wedding— it went on 

for a week." But there was an incident not 

in the "script." Lehr's father-in-law Benjamin 

Smerling. president of ABC Consolidated, 

brought a pair of earrings with him, 

and they disappeared. They were valued at 

$25,000, and there was no insurance. 

Vivi Cobell, Florida State Theatres' receptionist, 

it was pointed out, resembles 

Twiggy in all respects, except she's a brunette. 

Norris Anderson, who is press agenting 

the Miss Universe contest, has been 

assigned by Life to find a Twiggy lookalike. 

Vivi could be the one he's seeking. 

"Doctor Zhivago," which has been playing 

the hardtops more than a year here, now 

is headed for the drive-ins. The film opened 

Friday (21) at the Le Jeune, Tropicaire and 

Ciulfstream 

airers. 

The Variety Children's Hospital Women's 

Committee is working this summer to aid the 

hospital, project of Tent 33. The group is 

planning a membership party October 2 in 

the home of Gen. E. Arthur Evans, president 

of the hospital. Heading the party are 

Mrs. Harold Gardner, general membership 

chairman; Mrs. Edward W. Broidy, life 

trustee, and Mrs. Ben Levin, life membership 

chairman. Mrs. George MacLean is 

new president of the committee. 

the 

The Golden Harvest Luncheon will be 

he'd November 15 in the Fontainebleau 

Hotel, honoring Lenore Baruch, mother of 

Donald Baruch, chief of the production 

branch of the Office of Public Affairs, and 

who handles liaison with film companies. 

Mrs. Baruch is a long-time resident of Miami 

Beach and active in the Women of Variety. 

Wometco's newly purchased closed-circuit 

TV Channels 8 and 9 have a new general 

sales manager: Carl S. Harold, who 

switched over from Channel 4. 

Ned Welch Injured Fatally; 

Projectionist Local Official 


COLUMBUS, OHIO—Ned Ross Welch, 

58, business agent for the Columbus projectionists' 

local and booth man at RKO Palace, 

died in Doctors Hospital Thursday (6) after 

suffering a heart attack while driving his car. 

The car was badly damaged when it struck 

a traffic control box, parked car, signpost 

and bridge abutment. 

Welch also was a member of the Columbus 

motion picture examining board for 

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Dallas— "Bonnie and Clyde," 

which 

was filmed in this area last fall, has 

been chosen as the official U. S. entry 

in the Montreal Film Festival, which 

will be held next month in conjunction 

with the continuing Expo 67. The film 

also has been accorded the distinction 

of opening the festival August 4. 

The movie is based on lives of Clyde 

Barrow and Bonnie, notorious Southwest 

area bank robbers of the depression 

era in the 1930s. Directed by 

Arthur Penn, the film stars Warren 

Beatty and Faye Dunaway and marks 

Beatty's first venture as a producer. 

'Jericho' Premiere 

In Two Texas Cities 

DALLAS—So successful were the dual 

premieres of "The War Wagon"" here 

and in Fort Worth, the pattern is going to be 

repeated by Universal Pictures and Inter- 

Theatres next month with ""Rough 

Night in Jericho." 

The Worth Theatre in Fort Worth and 

Dallas Majestic, the two Interstate 

houses participating in the May promotions, 

again will be the setting for the next two-city 

premiere. Although definite dates for the 

event have not been selected, pending 

determination of which screen periSonalities 

will be available for local partici- 

'pation in the two-city buildup, premiere 

headquarters have been established at both 

theatres. 

Dean Martin, in his first role as a "heavy," 

is starred in ""Rough Night in Jericho,"" cast 

a former lawman turned town boss. Costars 

are George Peppard and Jean Simjmons. 

Appearing in a bit role in the film, 

was shot mainly on location in Mexico, 

is Dean Martin jr. 

Pacific Thecrtres Adds 

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by Pacific Theiatres 

of the Martin Cinerama Theatre here 

;was announced by William R. Forman, president 

of the Los Angeles-based circuit of 

drive-in, walk-in and Cinerama theatres. 

4-year-old Cinerama house is one 

of the most successful roadshow theatres in 

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'the western United States. It was buUt in 

il963 by E. D. Martin whose circuit headquarters 

are at Columbus, Ga. 

latest addition to the extensive Foriman 

holdings is part of a major expansion 

jProgram for the chain in the northwest. 

[Ground has been broken for a million-dollar 

[hardtop in the new Tacoma (Washington 

Mall) shopping center. The 1,200-seat house 

will be equipped for all processes, including 

70mm and Cinerama, Forman said. 

Soon to start is another Pacific indoor 

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a new shopping center. 

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DALLAS 

XA/hifney Stine, who handles advertising 

for the Lou Walters Sales & Service, 

came in from Los Angeles for conferences 

with Lou. Stine also has an advertising 

agency which serves as a liaison member and 

coordinator for TEDA and TESMA. He 

was entertained for lunch by Lou Walters 

and joined by Charlie McKinney and Jimmie 

Skinner of Modern Sales & Service. 

Gene Taylor, who has had a new metal 

screen installed at his theatre, was here to 

visit with Lou Walters and other Dallas 

friends . . . Lou and his wife left Dallas by 

car Sunday for St. Louis. He planned to fly 

from St. Louis to Chicago Tuesday, then 

return to St. Louis to join his wife for 

a trip home by car . Loree Butler, an 

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Interstate staffer and a charter member of 

WOMPI, is in Methodist Hospital, where 

she underwent emergency surgery. 

Mon Whitcher, Columbia's sales manager, 

is very appreciative of the many visitors, 

hundreds of cards, many gifts and 

flowers which helped him during his trying 

illness. Mon told us that it was only through 

a notice in a recent issue of Boxoffice that 

his friends could know of his illness and he 

requested that we express his thanks to all 

of you. He added that the nurses leased him, 

saying he must own a flower shop and a 

men's gift shop to receive so many cards, 

flowers and gifts. These expressions of concern 

over his illness proved to be better than 

"a shot in the arm" to his morale, as he said 

he hadn"t realized before that he has so 

many friends. Since Mon now is staying 

with his aunt, to be near the hospital for 

X-ray treatments, please keep cards and 

other expressions of interest pouring in to 

Mon; he needs your moral support. Send 

your cards to the Columbia Dallas exchange 

and staff members will see that Mon gets 

his mail regularly. 

Sharon Guernsey of Paramount was 

entertained Thursday noon (13) 

with a surprise 

luncheon in the Sheraton Dallas Hotel 

in the Ports o" Call. Sharon left Paramount 

the following day to work for the Heywood 

Simmons Booking Service, 2705 Swiss Ave. 

Those present at the luncheon included Bernard 

Brager, Vern Fletcher, Jack Haynie, 

Paul Chapman, Pat McCoy, Nancy Clyatt, 

Madee Bradley, Dorothy Mealer, Mable 

Guinan, Dixie Fields, Marvel Lee Sullivan, 

Hazel Helm. Ethel Hodge, Hazel Martin, 

Willard Cunningham, Mary Galbraith and 

Darlene Morton. 

The 2705 Swiss Ave. address for the Heywood 

Simmons Booking Service represents 

a change that became effective July 17, 

when this service, as well as Jemco, Inc., 

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all moved from the old quarters into the 

2705 Swiss offices. All three firms are 

inviting industry friends and customers to 

visit their new offices and make use of the 

ample parking facilities at the rear of the 

building. The new telephone is TA 7-8030. 

Again this year Jacques Walthall of 

National Screen Service is planning another 

vacation in Old Mexico, leaving here August 

19. Mexico has been his favorite vacation 

place since 1960, so he"s familiar with 

the route, features of the scenery and the 

good eating places. He plans to leave Dallas 

on Saturday morning and drive to McAUen; 

if conditions permit that day, he will go on 

to Monterrey for the night. From there on 

he will play it by ear, although his eventual 

destination is Mexico City. Jacques has 

brochures and road maps of all descriptions 

and would enjoy the pleasure of sharing 

this wonderful trip with anyone interested 

in a vacation in Mexico. The trip could 

have a nommal cost if expenses are shared. 

Anyone desiring to make this trip, sharing 

costs, may contact Jacques at National 

Screen Service, 805 South Ervay, Dallas. 

The guest list of personalities coming here 

for the July 26 world premiere of the country 

music film. "What Am I Bid?,"" is growing 

steadily. Latest names to be announced 

were those of Tex Ritter, Johnny Sea and 

Faron Young, who will be here as guest 

stars. From the regular cast of the film. Bill 

Craig has promised to be present for 

personal appearances at the Capri Theatre, 

where the premiere is scheduled. Previously 

announced as coming in for the gala occasion 

were Al Hirt, Leroy Van Dyke and 

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several cars parked at the home of Eleven 

Moore and his wife. We discovered that the 

occasion was Eleven's birthday, although 

we're not sure which one. He and his wife 

Cora hook and operate the Wigwam Theatre 

for Grace Holt. Mrs. Holt, her mother and 

sister were visiting in Missouri, so were 

unable to share in the birthday party, but 

Mrs. Bessie Cooper, sister of Mrs. Moore, 

was present. Bessie is the mother of John 

Cooper, who with his wife Pat, owns and 

operates the Kiamichi Drive-In at Antlers. 

In addition to Mrs. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. 

Moore's daughter and two children were 

present to enjoy the birthday celebration. 

Here's wishing Eleven Moore many more 

such happy birthdays. 

We were advised by John Cooper that 

his daughter Joellen, still in high school at 

Antlers, won a very fine gold wrist watch 

for a paper she had prepared on REA. 

Joellen read the paper at a conference in 

Stillwater where 18 counties of southeastern 

Oklahoma were represented, each representative 

reading a paper on rural electrification. 

John and his wife Pat are very 

proud of their daughter's outstanding 

achievement. 

The Dierks Co-Operator, monthly publication 

put out for Dierks' employes, noted 

that an engraved silver tray in recognition 

of 50 years of service was presented to 

Harve A. Wooden of Wright City. Wooden 

joined the Dierks organization in 1917, 

working up from a $13 per week job to be 

planer department foreman at Wright City. 

Wooden also is a partner in operation of the 

Little River Drive-In, Wright City, his partners 

being his daughter Helen and her 

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Tommy Tunnell became MGM exchange 

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MGM, he was in the shipping department 

of Video Independent Theatre. When Bates 

Farley was transferred to Denver several 

years ago. Tommy became MGM's head 

booker. He held that position until Bob 

Egbert, then the MGM branch manager, 

became ill; then Tommy, with the help of 

Fred Hull, MGM district manager, served 

as acting exchange manager until this 

month, when he was appointed branch 

manager. Congratulations are due Tommy 

and his many industry friends wish him a 

very successful career with MGM. 

Last week's Boxoffice carried a story 

about new construction projects for Ferris 

Enterprises in Norman, Edmond and Midwest 

City. To those facts, which are indicative 

of the healthy outlook for motion 

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point out that the fast-growing circuit also 

has a $300,000 theatre on the drawing 

boards to replace its present Villa Theatre 

here in Oklahoma City. If a building permit 

can be secured for the new Villa, it should 

be ready for operation by January at Northwest 

23rd Street and Villa Avenue. The new 

Villa project has been pending for some 

time but Maurice Ferris said that plans were 

held up due to legal and zoning obstructions. 

The present Villa will be closed when the 

sparkling new house is ready for its premiere. 

Construction costs on current Ferris 

projects were given in a recent newspaper 

story here as Edmond Plaza, $150,000: Uptown, 

Midwest City, $200,000; and Norman's 

Hollywood Theatre, $250,000. 

Few exhibitors came in during the Fourth 

of July holiday period but they flocked in to 

Filmrow offices the following week. Among 

the out-of-towners were Leon Kidwell, who 

has the Majestic in Allen, Rex in Konawa 

and Main in Stonewall; Dick Thompson and 

his son. Thompson theatres in Healdton, 

Lindsay and Walters; J. S. Worley, Texas 

and Pioneer, Shamrock, Tex.; Mr. and Mrs. 

John Thompson, Thompson, Atoka, who 

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daylight saving time went into effect. 

Also here were J. E. Jones, Rex and 

Skyvu, Nowata; W. B. Sylvester, Tech and 

forty-West Drive-In, Wcatherford, who is 

taking over the Bulldog in that town August 

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Kingfisher; G. E. Ortman, Ortman, Hennessey; 

Volney Hamm, Mount Scott and 

Hankins drive-ins, Lawton; Dean Fox, Rex. 

Leedey: Milan G. Steele, Buffalo and Lakeside, 

Pawnee; O. L. Smith, Alamo and 

Longhorn theatres, Marlow; Mr. and Mrs. 

C. W. Estes, Capade, Floydada, Tex., and 

Plains and Scale, Lockney, Tex.; Pauline 

Smith, Grand, Canton; Bill Slepka, Crystal 

and Jewel, Okemah; R. L. "Benny" Robison, 

K. Lee Williams Theatres, De Queen, 

Ark., and Robert D. Rice, Cinema, Boswell 

from Dallas were Al Wolf, Acme 

Pictures; Don Grierson, American International, 

and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mauldin. 

Sam now is connected with the military film 

booking department but he formerly was 

with the Columbia exchange here. 

Industry Sponsored 

Swimming Pool Opens 

f-rom Southeastern Edition 

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Dedication 

ceremonies marked the opening of an Olympian 

swimming pool at Sunny Acres Park 

in suburban Arlington to serve the recreational 

needs of handicapped children. 

Participating were the organizations 

whose work, financial contributions and 

planning for two years have created the 

pool. They are the Motion Picture Charity 

Club, which instituted the project; the Duval 

County commission, which donated the 

land, labor and managerial skills to the park, 

and Jacksonville WOMPI, whose members 

provided equipment and hours of industry 

service to the park and its handicapped children. 

The dedication also was well attended by 

child patrons of Sunny Acres, their families 

and interested citizens. Tom Sawyer, head 

of the MPCC's Children Foundation cut 

the ribbon to open the pool. He was assisted 

by WOMPI president Mary Hart and county 

commissioner Bob Harris. 

U.S. Rep. Charles Bennett sent a flag, 

which had flown over the White House, and 

it was raised on a new flagpole by an Air 

Force color guard. 

Afterward, the entire park was opened 

for play activities and an outdoor carnival, 

a fund-raising project to provide transportation 

during the summer for the children 

who live in areas distant from the park. 

WOMPI members staffed the booths. 

Fabian Promotes Ettelson 

To General Manager 


ALBANY — Adrian Ettelson, Fabian 

Theatres district manager five years, has 

been promoted to general manager of the 

circuit, with offices in New York, Edward 

L. Fabian announced. 

Ettelson moved here from Staten Island's 

managership to succeed Elias Schlenger. 

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fhis city's new theatre, the Art Cincni;i. 

opened with a premiere of a French import, 

"Calia," Tuesday (18). The theatre has 

a seating capacity of 200 and is owned by 

Wiiham Moody jr. of Houston. Mrs. Jeanette 

Manley, the manager, will book LJ..S. 

and foreign product. 

In connection with the showing of "Barefoot 

in the Park"" at the Josephine Theatre, 

the San Antonio Evening News and Cinema 

Art Theatres are sponsoring a photo contest. 

All that is required is to identify ten pairs of 

bare feet, two pairs each day, in photos published 

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Jerry O'Donnell of Dallas 

see the film . . . 

came in on industry business, your correspondent 

running on to him in the office of 

Tom Powers, Cinema Arts Theatres. 

Debbie Sollock, 14-year-old daughter of 

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Sollock, was visiting 

her father at the Aztec Theatre, where he's 

the manager, when we stopped there to 

check news developments. Debbie enjoys 

baton twirling, one of her activities at 

Robert E. Lee High School. She also plays 

a flute in the school orchestra. 

Lutheran Church Selects 

'Heat of Night' for Study 

From North Central Edition 

MINNEAPOLIS — Mirisch-United Artists" 

"In the Heat of the Night" has been 

chosen as another in the series of commercially 

produced films to be incorporated 

in an adult study program of the division of 

parish education of the American Lutheran 

Church, which has its headquarters here. 

ALC members will receive a study guide 

for the film in the September issue of the 

Lutheran Teacher, the parish education 

magazine. 

The Rev. Robert G. Konzelman, director 

of the Dialog Thrust in Films program, says 

the church seeks to deal with the movie 

industry with integrity, without censorship 

and to bring out positive values expressed ir 

motion pictures. 

Rev. Konzelman describes the Sidne\ 

Poitier starrer as a "social commentary 

dealing with the dynamics of human changt 

and cultural change in the South."" Addition 

ally, he says the film shows how a change ir 

economic structures often provides foi 

human relationships that dissipate prejudice 

HOUSTON 

T ocal youngsters were able to see a shagg\ 

little burro, similar to the one ir 

"Brighty of the Grand Canyon," when ht 

was taken on a Friday visit to the Cinemt 

Gulfgate, Cinema Meyerland and the Park 

view theatres and to the Granada, Oak Vil 

lage and Cinema Northline on Saturday. All 

of these theatres, of course, were showing 

the picture at that time. 

"Doctor Zhivago" opened for the firsl 

time at four local drive-ins after a roadshow 

engagement of 44 weeks . . . Formeti 

Houstonian Mark Miller, whose televisiorj 

series "Please Don"t Eat the Daisies" wai 

cancelled, is planning to produce a motiotj 

picture based on "Bigamy" Jones. H(! 

would premiere the film here, with proceedil 

going to charity. Premieres also would b( 

held at the HemisFair 1968 in San Antonic 

and in a Fort Worth theatre. 

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OMAHA—From one end of the 

Omaha 

movie front to the other turnstiles played a 

happy tune as new offerings, the closeouts 

of long runs and holdovers all contributed 

to pulling in a heavy run of patrons. "The 

Sound of Music" played its 118th and final 

at the Dundee Theatre, going out in 

a blaze of boxoffice glory with 300 per cent. 

It was only one of four 300-grossers on the 

Omaha scene, one of the group being "The 

iSand Pebbles," the newcomer at the Cooper 

Theatre. Also tripling average business were 

"Grand Prix," which was at the Indian Hills 

Cinerama Theatre in a second week, and 

the reissued "Snow White and the Seven 

Dwarfs," for which there was a steady line 

lof patrons at 

the State Theatre. 

Is 100) 

lAdmirol Eight on the Lorn (UA) 170 

i-cvper—The Sond Pebbles (Univ) 300 

Dundee The Sound ot Music (20th-Fox), 

18fh wk 300 

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Indian Hills Grond Prix (MGM), 2nd wk 300 

lOmaha— Up the Down Stoircose (WB), 2nd wk. . .200 

jOrpheum A Guide for the Morried Man 

(20th-Fox), 3rd wk 110 

Sturdy Holdovers Dominate 

Minneapolis First-Run Houses 

MINNEAPOLIS — They used to sing 

Hold That Tiger." Around here, the lyrics 

have been changed to "Hold That Picture." 

Again, holdovers were the rule. There's an 

exception to prove every rule—and in this 

case ifs "The Game Is Over," which bowed 

to a modest 100 at the Gopher. Otherwise, 

I (there was no shuffling of letters on mart 

iquees. "Grand Prix," enjoying a solid run, 

more headed up the grosser list and 

i "You Only Live Twice" posted a hefty 190 

I 'in its fourth week. Interestingly, three of the 

I Idozen first-run houses have attractions that 

have run 20 weeks or more. 

'Academy— Hawaii (UA), 22nd wk 150 

Cinema II, Uptown My Sister, My Love 

(Sigma III), 3rd wk 100 

Cooper Cinerama Grond Prix (MGM), 23rd wk. 225 

Gopher The Gome Is Over (Royal) 100 

Lyric -Up the Down Stoircose (WB), 3rd wk 150 

Mann The Sond Pebbles (20fli-Fox), 20th wk. .160 

Orpheum You Only Live Twice (UA), 4th wk. .190 

Pork Cinerama A Mon for All Seosons (Col), 

Mth wk )40 

'Stote El Dorado (Para), 2nd wk 100 

Suburban World Persona (Lopert), 2nd wk 140 

World A Guide for the Married Man (20th-Fox), 

4th wk 120 

Unanimous Zoning Board 

Okay for Flache Airer 


AUSTIN — The five-member zoning 

board has granted permission to owner 

|John A. Flache to finish his nearly comipleted 

drive-in east of Montopolis Drive. 

The Austin Statesman said that a secondary 

road will link the property with Travis 

^County Vargas Road on the east. 

Dick Baker, representing 

Flache, said the owner planned interim thejatre 

and golf driving course use of the 

leight-acre tract until future development 

imight justify a shopping center. 

than 25 Montopolis residents opapproval 

of the zoning change necessary 

to permit Flache to complete his drivein 

but the board was unanimous in its decision 

in favor of the theatre project. 

BOXOFFICE :: July 24. 1967 

Tri-States 

Opens $250,000 Plaza 

In Cedar Rapids Shopping Center 

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — Tri-States 

Theatres, a subsidiary of American Broadcasting 

Companies, opened its 730-seat 

Plaza Theatre June 30 with "The War 

Wagon." Dean Schaff is the manager of the 

$250,000 house in the Lindale Plaza Shopping 

Center. Willis Ford is Tri-States' city 

manager and manager of the circuit's downtown 

Paramount. 

The first-run house has rocking chair-type 

seats, a 50x22-foot screen and projection 

equipment for 35 and 70mm films and the 

latest transistorized sound system. 

The interior has a blend of blue and gold 

colors, accented by green and brown. The 

boxoffice in the lobby, which is carpeted 

in gold, blue and green, has gold-brown 

walls. The lounge area opens off the lobby 

at opposite sides, with the concession stand 

opposite the boxoffice. 

DES MOINES 

Ctate Rep. Don Bowen, Waterloo theatre 

manager and founder of the Theatre 

Managers Retirement Plan, will be on hand 

for the Iowa NATO meeting at 11:30 a.m., 

Monday (24) in the Uptown Terrace Cafe. 

Vacationers included Tim Evans and his 

wife who fled summer in Anamosa for a 

week in Canada . . . Victor Dahl is planning 

a face-lifting at the Fayette Theatre in Fayette. 

Would you believe a gold bathtub dispensing 

"free bathtub gin" in front of the 

New Times 70 Theatre in Cedar Rapids? 

It was part of exhibitor Roy Metcalfe's Roaring 

'20s opening Friday (14) of "Thorough- 

DES MOINES WELCOME — Bill 

Haver, left, Des Moines city manager 

for Tri-States Theatres, and Roy Disney, 

right, manager of the Paramount 

Theatre, greet 20th Century-Fox starlet 

Pat Becker and Allen White, Fox publicist, 

who arrive at the Des Moines 

Airport for promotion on "A Guide for 

the Married Man," vrhich opened at 

Tri-States' Plaza Theatre. 

Draperies in the auditorium are in a rich 

gold color. The acoustically treated back 

wall is deep blue, and the ceiling is white 

and broken by recessed flood lamps. 

At the rear of the auditorium are two 

emergency lights that automatically turn on 

in case of a power failure. 

The second floor holds the projection 

room, the manager's office, employes' locker 

room and the air-conditioning and heating 

units, which were designed to handle yeararound 

temperature control. 

The opening of the Plaza brings the number 

of theatres in the Cedar Rapids-Marion 

area to nine. This was the first theatre building 

to be constructed since the Iowa and 

the Paramount were opened within months 

of each other in 1928 and the first hardtop 

to be put into operation since the Times 

opened in the middle '40s. 

ly Modern Millie." The entire theatre staff 

was costumed in clothing of the era, including 

headache bands and spit curls. A Roaring 

'20s singing group entertained in the 

lobby from 7 p.m. until curtain time. 

H. Nick Schrodt jr. has become associated 

with his father in the H. N. Schrodt Theatre 

Enterprises in operation of the drive-in 

at Marshalltown. Young Schrodt, a graduate 

of Colorado State College, resigned his 

teaching position at Bloomington, III. 

A "twin cinema" theatre with a seating 

capacity of 1,900 will be constructed adjacent 

to the Memri Drive-In at Milan. 

Elmer Wulf of Sioux City has purchased 

the equipment in the Capitol Theatre at 

Hartley. 

Condolences to Oky Goodman, Oskaloosa 

exhibitor, whose father died. 

"Lllysses" had its first Iowa run and the 

first drive-in showing for the film anywhere 

at the Hillcrest Drive-In at Cedar Falls, at 

$5.50 a person. The dates were Tuesday 

through Thursday (18-20). 

Galaxy Theatre Manager Nevin McCord 

reported, "We can't take care of the crowds 

for "You Only Live Twice'." Audience reaction 

to "Honey Pot," sneaked at the Galaxy 

was very good. 

'Hawks and Sparrows' 

Debuts in NYC July 26 

Hrom Eastern Edition 

NEW YORK—Pier Paolo Pasolini's "The 

Hawks and the Sparrows," the highly acclaimed 

Italian film entry at the New York 

Film Festival last fall, will have its New 

York theatrical premiere at the new Cinema 

Studio and the 72nd Street Playhouse on 

Wednesday (26). Produced by Alfredo Bini 

and written and directed by Pasolini, who is 

known in this country for "The Gospel According 

to St. Matthew," this film is a "farout 

comedy" starring the late Italian comedian 

Toto. 

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MILWAUKEE 

T arry Kelly, who formerly operated the 

Majestic and Cudahy theatres in suburban 

Cudahy and who is mayor of Cudahy, 

thought he had "troubles" as an exhibitor, 

Cudahy's assessor is conducting the first 

complete reassessment of residential property 

in the suburb's history. Some of the aldermen 

admitted that when he first arrived 

they thought he "was a nice guy, the kind 

that won't rock the boat." They continued 

to think the assessor was a nice guy until 

they found out what he had been doing. 

Now, all they can do is await the forthcoming 

tax bill for the bad news. Kelly agreed 

that a reassessment was overdue. However, 

he is worried about the effect on people 

with fixed incomes. 

M. P. "Pat" Halloran, branch manager 

for Universal, on one of those sweltering 

days, decided to drive up to Iron Mountain 

to confer with Tom Renn, who operates the 

Thomas circuit. The temperature went down 

to 40 degrees. "It was skiing weather," Pat 

said. 

One ambitious exhibitor in the Milwaukee 

area makes it a point to keep track of what 

the "opposition" is booking. Herewith is a 

GERRY KARSKI, PRES. 

125 HYDE ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 94i0Z^ 

portion of the list: "Billy Budd," to be 

shown at Cardinal .Stritch College; "Nights 

of Cabiria," Marquette University; "Way 

Down East" and "The Man Who Walked 

Through the Wall," University of Wisconsin, 

and "The Idiot," Cardinal Stritch College. 

Then conies: Jack Benny, Art Linkletter. 

Rex Allen, Debbie Bryant, Skitch Henderson, 

George Kirby and Herb Alpert and 

the Tijuana Brass, all booked for the annual 

Wisconsin State Fair, August 11-20. 

They're in and out at Mt. Sinai Hospital: 

Hugo Vogel, Variety Club's executive director 

is out and back in the groove at the 

office. Angelo Porchetta, vice-president of 

Capitol Service, is convalescing. Up at Wisconsin 

Rapids, Ray Knowlinski, manager of 

the Wisconsin Rapids Theatre, went into a 

hospital with heart trouble. 

Here's the latest evaluation of films, reported 

by Val Wells, executive secretary of 

the Motion Picture Commission: 

GENERAL AUDIENCE—"Arizona Bushwacker," 

"The Big Mouth," "The Bobo," 

"El Dorado," "Those Fantastic Flying 

Fools," "Further Perils of Laurel and 

Hardy," "The Happiest Millionaire," 

"Jack of Diamonds," "The Man Who 

Finally Died," "Palaces of a Queen," 

"Sting of Death," "Sullivan's Empire," 

"They Came From Beyond Space," "You 

Only Live Twice." 

MATURE ENTERTAINMENT — The 

Biggest Bundle of Them All," "Born 

Losers" (with deletions), "Cool Hand 

Luke," "Don't Make Waves," "Hells Angels 

on Wheels," "The Hills Run Red," 

"In the Heat of the Night," "The King's 

Pirate," "Made in Italy," "Marat/ Sade," 

"Mondo Mod," "Mother Goose a Go- 

Go," "A Rough Night in Jericho," "The 

St. Valentine's Day Massacre." 

ADULTS ONLY—"The Drifter," "Moonlighting 

Wives," "17" (with deletions). 

MINNEAPOLIS 

Cteve Savitt, assistant manager of the 

Cooper Cinerama Theatre, has enlisted 

in the Army security branch for a four-year 

hitch. Savitt, armed with the best wishes of 

local filmites, departs for his new post today 

(24). 

It looked like a local film industry "Who's 

Who" at the Variety Club board of directors 

meeting in the Boulevard Cafe. In attendance 

were Bob Karatz, Martin Lebedoff, 

Tom Burke, Roy Miller, Rodney Grubb, 

Harold Engler, Mike Adcock, Benny Berger, 

Don Palmquist and Clem Jaunich. 

Bob Conn, Warner Bros. 

Midwestern division 

manager, in town on a routine swing 

Lee, Embassy Pictures branch 

manager, is attempting to get Sammy Davis 

jr. to headline a charity golf tournament. 

Filmrow visitors: Burr W. Cline, Grand 

Theatre, Jamestown, N.D.; Ray Vonderhaar, 

Tentelino Enterprises, Alexandria, 

Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Rauenhorst, 

Murray Theatre, Slayton, Minn.; Meredith 

Themer, State Theatre, Olivia, Minn. 

Milt Goodman, Columbia Pictures assistant 

general sales manager, was here Tuesday 

(18) from New York for conferences with 

branch executives and local exhibitors, 

following similar meetings in Milwaukee. 

ITOA Re-Elects Brandt 

For His 34th Year 


NEW YORK—Harry Brandt has been 

elected president of the Independent Theatre 

Owners Ass'n for the 34th consecutive year, 

coincident with his 53rd anniversary in the 

film industry. 

Other officers elected were Max A. 

Cohen, first vice-president; Sidney Dreier, 

second vice-president; Julius Sanders, third 

vice-president; Ray Rhone, treasurer; Edith 

Marshall, secretary, and Martin Wurtzburg, 

sergeant-at-arms. 

Directors elected 

were Meyer Ackerman, 

Felix Bilgrey, Harold Forman, Cy Frank, 

Harold Gussin, Jack Heyman, Manny Kroman, 

Howard Lesser, Martin Levine, Al 

Margulies, Stewart Marshall, Mel Miller, 

William Namenson, Eugene Picker, Murray 

Schoen, Sid Sinetar and Fred Steinberg, with 

Carmi Djiji and Ronald Lesser serving as 

associate 

directors. 

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Norbert Wettstein Reopens 

Theatre at Coleman, Wis. 

COLEMAN, WIS. — Norbert C. Wett- 

.stein, owner and operator of the Coleman 

Theatre, reopened the house Friday (21). It 

had been closed since the death of his wife 

in December. 

Wettstein, who has been living with his 

daughter in Memphis, Tenn., underwent 

surgery May 9 and reports he has completely 

recovered. 

George A. Romine, 63 

From Central Edition 

CHICAGO — George A. Romine, 63, 

manager of the State Theatre, died in the | 

DuPage County Memorial Hospital at Elmhurst. 

He had been an executive for the 

B&K circuit and had managed a number of 

the company's theatres in 38 years. The , 

Covington (Ind.) native leaves his wife 

Marie and son Jack. 

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LINCOLN 

Prizes are a Mustang, color TV and a trip 

T incoln's grand old man of the industry, 

1327 S. Wabash Chicago, 60605 - III. George Monroe announced he's making 

retired Bob Livingston and his wife had to Las Vegas. 

their quiet summer at home highUghted by 

At Cooper's new suburban Lincoln, "The 

some house guests in their Lincoln Hotel 

Sound of Music" was described as "fantastic." 

The film ended its eighth week (23), 

apartment. One was his niece Josephine 

Pickens of Cleveland and the others, Mrs. 

the period at which a change was planned. 

Gordon Bennett and daughter Betty from 

The musical is being held. Officials attribute 

Pittsburg, Kas. Mrs. Bennett and Livingston 

grew up in the same Ohio town of 

much of the record attendance to patrons 

coming from southeast Nebraska and many 

Crestline. 

nearby communities in adjoining Kansas, 

Livingston's secretary of many years. Avis 

Missouri and Iowa. 

Rutherford, also has been making travel American International Pictures' pressbook 

news. The retired secretary and a companion 

on "Those Fantastic Flying Fools" 

Lillian Crouch flew out to San Francisco 

includes among ideas for promotions a 

for a week of vacation and sight-seeing. reprint of Walt Jancke's talk on the picture 

Mrs. Rutherford's luggage made it a nineday 

at the Rocky Mountain Motion Picture 

trip, delayed several days in San Fran- 

Ass'n convention in Colorado Springs and 

cisco when the flight number tag came off. a photo of him. 

Mrs. Rutherford said the West Coast trip 

Clarence Frasier, owner-manager of the 

was a last-minute but happy substitution for 

Joyo Theatre in suburban Havelock, was 

a scheduled visit to Expo 67 in Montreal. 

worried about the railroad and rubber 

strikes. It 

It seems to be traveling and returning 

the strikes had continued for a 

lengthy period, 

time for others, too; projectionist Bob 

he feared his business would 

Cochrane returned to the State Theatre 

be affected, since the house is located in the 

area of the Goodyear plant and the Burlington 

booth after he and his wife went coast-tocoast 

as Bob handled film projection work 

shops. 

for an automobile company's sales promotion 

Lincoln's stormy weather in former weeks 

Leon Wragge, Nebraska Theatre produced some damage and produced some 

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manager, and his wife will go to Mexico unique situations, such as the mud-covered 

speaker projectionist D. D. McDougal found 

this month for a two-week vacation . . . 

Projectionist Tony Palanka is doing some at the 84th and O Street Drive-In. It apparently 

projection work for another traveling automobile 

had fallen off the stand, says Man- 

company show. Filling in for him at ager Robert Levorson. It took some time 

the Varsity projection booth is former Lincolnite 

for McDougal to clean out the mud. It is 

Homer Hotchkiss, who comes up his daylight job to maintain the 740 

each summer from his retirement home at speakers. 

Pierce, Fla., to help handle projection union 

members' vacations. 

New ushers at the State Theatre are 

OMAHA 

Danny Bowlin and Dale Rotschafer. "The 

The Sound of Music" ran up a record that 

Caper of the Golden Bulls" is next at the O 

"probably never will be topped in 

Street house . . . Over at the Varsity, "You 

Omaha," said city manager Jack Klingel of 

Only Live Twice" had weekend patrons 

Cooper Foundation Theatres. The Julie Andrews 

starrer ended its long run at 118 

lined up two blocks for the last show Saturday 

night (15). Says city manager Walt 

weeks, considered phenomenal for a city of 

Jancke, "You don't mind working late at 

this size. "Unless Omaha has a miraculous 

times like these . . . Across the street, "The 

population explosion, 'The Sound of Music" 

Dirty Dozen" also was doing well. 

mark most likely will not be challenged for 

Paramount's "Gentle Giant" was tradescreened 

at Cooper's Nebraska Theatre Cooper city manager was recuperating from 

many, many years," Klingel said. The 

. 

Jancke, nursing a summer cold, is busy a throat infection, and considering the activity 

at the circuit's theatres here, it is easy 

promoting the sale of donation tickets to 

finance the Nebraska Variety Club activities, 

including the operation of the two Sun- 

kind of a bug to take over. Within the span 

to see why his system was right for some 

shine Coaches at the Orthopedic Hospital of a few weeks, premieres were held at the 

here and the Children's Hospital in Omaha. Indian Hills Cinerama for "Grand Prix," at 

the Cooper 70 for "The Sand Pebbles" and 

at the Dundee for "Thoroughly Modern 

Millie," which replaced "The Sound of Music." 

The foundation also had a cocktail 


party for the press in connection with 

KID SHOWS "Millie" at "America's most fashionable 

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CATALOGS held at the State for Columbia's "To Sir, 

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starting late in August, to be a smasher here. 

plans for reseating and extensive remodeling 

at his Fort Theatre in Kearney, Neb. 

Byron Hopkin.s, Glenwood exhibitor, is 

back at work after major surgery, but he 

says his doctor still has him grounded as far 

as his auto driving is concerned . . . Loten 

Todd, drive-in exhibitor at Lexington, Neb., 

is adding several rooms to his home. 

Walt Hagedone, who has the Rialto The-f 

atre at Cozad, Neb., has been busy fertilizing 

and cultivating on his farms in the lush irrigated 

Platte Valley. 

Art Sunde, exhibitor at Papilion, Neb., 

. . . John Casey, 

has gone to Arkansas to check the bitter 

sweet crop on his farm 

West Point theatre owner, can keep up with 

the demand for homes. He has started building 

his fifth house of the year there. 

Dean Richardson of the 

Pawnee Theatre 

at Pawnee City, Neb., and his family have 

left for a vacation in northern Minnesota. 

Howard Howells of the Table Rock Theatre 

at Table Rock, Neb., is one of the contractors 

on the new consolidated bank build-: 

ing being constructed at neighboring! 

Pawnee City . . . Russell Brehm and his 

daughters returned from a successful ribbonwinning 

junket with their quarter horses in 

Iowa. 

Warren Halls, exhibitor at 

Burwell, Neb.,j 

said on a visit to Filmrow he is extra busy 

helping with plans for "Nebraska's Big Rodeo" 

which will be held in his town in August. 

Others on the 

Row included Nebraskan^l 

Jack March, Wayne; Had Nancel, Bellevue;' 

Art Sunde, Papilion; Don Johnson, Schuyler; 

Clarence Frasier, Havelock; John Casey.^ 

West Point; lowans Al Haals and wife, Harlan; 

S. J. Backer, Harlan; John Rentfle, Audubon; 

Jim Travis, Milford, and South Dakotan 

Eskel Lund, Viborg. 

Paramount Music Director 

Retires After 45 Years 


HOLLYWOOD — Paramount music di 

rector Irwin Talbot has announced his re 

tirement, effective immediately, after mon 

than 45 years association with the company 

Termed by Paramount music departmen 

head. Bill Stinson, as "one of the mos 

creative men in the history of the motior 

picture industry," Talbot began his con 

tinuous service with Paramount at the com 

pany's Missouri Theatre in 1921 as con 

ductor. Two years later, he transferred t( 

New York's Rivoli Theatre and in 1926 t( 

the New York Paramount. 

He supervised and trained conductors fo 

stage shows in the Paramount-Publix circui 

and conducted most of the backgroum 

records used for silent pictures by thi 

studio during the transition from silent t( 

sound. 

In 1929, he first established headquarter^ 

at Paramount in Hollywood. For the nex^ 

38 years he conducted the scores for morjj 

than 90 per cent of Paramount's pictures. 

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"The Taming of the Shrew" for August 

2, following the long run of "A Man for All 

Seats will be unreserved. Knight 

the Fordhani Film Study Conference, 

sponsored by Fordham University, 

at the Park-Sheraton in New York. The 

conference discussed ways to encourage film 

study in high schools. 

A. Benner, 60, former supervisor 

Peters- 

of Academy Theatres here, died in St. 

Fla. He leaves his wife Ina, two 

and a sister. 

Half of Participants Win 

Prizes in Tent 5 Outing 

DETROIT—More than half of the approximately 

300 guests at the 33rd annual 

Variety Club golf outing at Hillcrest Country 

Club at Mount Clemens received door 

prizes, the Tent 5 committee reported. With 

the list of donors totaling 90, a number of 

individual prizes was valued at $75 each. 

This again proved to be one of the major 

fund-raising events of the year for the Variety 

Growth and Development Center. The 

grand prize of a Buick convertible was 

awarded to a daughter of circuit owner 

Nicholas George. Incidental recreation for 

those attending included swimming and 

cards. A buffet dinner was held. 

NFB Establishes Film 

Center in Saint John 

From Canadian Edition 

SAINT JOHN, N.S.—Appointment of 

permanent National Film Board representative 

for southern New Brunswick, with 

headquarters here, has been announced by 

H. P. OToole of Halifax, Atlantic regional 

director. 

The post will be filled by Chesley Yetman, 

a native of St. John, Nfld., and a graduate 

of Memorial University. He has 

worked with the NFB in Halifax and Moncton. 

His office will be in the Customs Bldg. 

Prince William Street, where the library 

will be increa.sed to make a wider variety 

of NFB films available free to groups and 

organizations locally. 

Cincinnati Theatre Holds 

'Teenager Club Each Week 

CINCINNATI — Deer Park Theatre, 

by Saul and Mae Striks, was featured 

'in the Enquirer's Teen Section as "The' 

place for teenagers to have fun. 

The newly redecorated theatre has a stage 

and a small dance floor. Three nights a week 

it is a teen club, complete with live enterllainment, 

local disc jockeys, refreshments, 

prizes and a movie—all for 99 cents. 

The Striks have two teenagers of their 

and understand how parents worry 

about their youngsters having a place to go. 

The Striks have provided the place and the 

teenagers think it is "just great." 

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You Only Live Twice Grosses 550 

In Cincinnati; 'Millie Hits 450 

CINCINNATI — It was strictly a plus 

business week for area exhibitors as gross 

percentages ranged from a low of 150 up to 

550, every theatre showing first-run product 

thus enjoying far-above average income. 

The toppers were "You Only Live Twice," 

which repeated as the area's percentage 

leader with 550 for the third week at the 

Times Towne Cinema. "Thoroughly Modern 

Millie" came next, thanks to a rousing 

450 seventh week at the Valley. 

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Albee Up the Down Staircase (WB), 2nd wk. 

Ambassador A Guide tor the Married Man 

(20th-Fox), 2nd wk 

Esquire The Taming ot the Shrew 

300 

(Col), 3rd wk 400 

Grand The Dirty Dozen (MGM), 2nd wk 350 

International 70 The Bible (20th-Fox), 2nd wk. 150 

Kenwood Cinema Barefoot in the Park (Pare), 

2nd wk 275 

Times Towne Cinema You Only Live Twice (UA), 

3rd wk 550 

Valley Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

7th wk 450 

The Dirty Dozen' Jumps Ofi 

To 600 Start in Detroit 

DETROIT—Exceptionally high percentage 

reports from an unusually large number 

of theatres made the report week look good 

here. "The Dirty Dozen" started off at the 

Adams with six times normal business, yet 

it barely topped the third week percentage 

of 565 for "I, a Woman" at the Trans-Lux 

Krim. "Thoroughly Modern Millie," in the 

eighth week at 

the Northland, and "A Man 

for All Seasons," in its 16th at the Studio- 

New Center, were paired for the third spot 

at 375. Other strong runs reported included 

"Hells Angels on Wheels," opening at the 

Fox with 325; "The St. Valentine's Day 

Massacre," opening at the Grand Circus 

with 300, and "Night Games," in the fourth 

week at the Studio-8, with 250. 

Adams The Dirty Dozen (MGM) 600 

Alger, 29 other theatres Eight on the Lam (UA) 145 

Detroit Producer Sees Need 

For Gen. Audience Films 

DETROIT—American producers should 

devote more of their efforts toward production 

of high-quality films for the general 

audience, said Stephen F. Booth, producer 

of "Brighty of the Grand Canyon." But it 

will 

require a change in the use of locations. 

"If the story is good and unusual and 

appealing locations are used instead of a 

studio backlot, then with quality production 

and a good sales campaign, people will come 

to see the film and will tell others about it, 

virtually assuring its success." 

Booth himself announced plans for production 

of features designed for the young 

adult and mature audience groups, as well 

as continuing with the family films typified 

by "Brighty," based on the story of a burro. 

Booth has gone to Hollywood to begin 

conferences on several story properties 

which are being scheduled for production. 

He has completed an extensive promotional 

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Americana A Guide for the Married Man 

(20th-Fox), 2nd wk 240 

Belair, 15 other theatres Double Trouble (MGM) 105 

Camelot, Mai Koi The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 

20th wk. at popular prices 165 

Fox Hells Angels on Wheels (USF); I Crossed the 

Color Line (USF) 325 

Grand Circus The St. Valentine's Doy Massacre 

(20th Fox) 300 

Madison The Bible (20th-Fox), 22nd wk 150 

Mercury The Taming of the Shrew (Col), 

16th wk 155 

Northland Thoroughly Modern Millie (Col), 

8th wk 375 

Palms, Gateway, Radio, Terrace, Wyandotte-Main, 

.240 

Redford You Only Live Twice (UA), 2nd wk. 

Punch & Judy, La Porisien, Royal Oak Women . 

Times Seven (Embassy) 110 

Quo Vadis, Macomb Cinema II, Norwest, Village, 

Vogue Divorce AMERICAN Style (Col) 200 

Studio-1 Persona (Lopert, 2nd wk 125 

Studios— Night Games (Mondial), 4th wk 250 

Studio-New Center—A Man for All Seasons (Col), 

16th wk 375 

Studio-North Georgy Girl (Col), 28th wk 200 

Trans-Lux Krim I, a Woman (Aububon), 

3rd wk 565 

'Up the Down Staircase' 

Repeats Cleveland 500 

CLEVELAND—The happiest sounds of 

the week came from the Vogue, where patrons 

continued to flock in to view "Up the 

Down Staircase," giving that shopping area 

theatre a second successive 500 per cent. 

The Colony, which turned from "Hawaii" 

to "The Family Way," was rewarded with a 

400 week and the Detroit, continuing for 

the fourth go-round with "You Only Live 

Twice," recorded 275, which is a nice 

week's business for any theatre. 

Allen. Mavland El Dorado (Para) 95 

Beach Cliff, Cedar-Lee The Honey Pot (UA), 

3rd wk 115 

Center-Mavf ield. Fairview, Granada. Lake, Loew's 

State The Dirty Dozen (MGM), 3rd wk 200 

Colony The Fomily Woy (WB) 400 

Loew's Eost Loew's West Divorce AMERICAN 

Style (Col), 3rd wk 280 

Loew's Ohio The Bible (20th-Fox), 30th wk 200 

Paloce Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

I2th wk no 

Richmond, Riverside Two for the Road 

(20th-Fox), 4th wk 120 

Vogue Up the Down Staircase (WB), 2nd wk. ..500 

Redstone Cinema III 

Planned in Toledo 

TOLEDO, OHIO—Redstone Theatres of 

Boston, which operates Cinema I and II 

tour for "Brighty," which is being distributed 

by Feature Film Corp. of America. 

here, announced plans for the construction 

of Cinema III, to adjoin Cinema I. Construction 

is expected to be completed by Thanksgiving, 

said Phil Klein, Redstone district 

manager. 

The new unit will be the largest of the 

three and will seat about 1,140 persons. An 

acre of additional parking space has been 

acquired. 

Redstone also operates the Miracle Mile 

and Franklin Park drive-ins here and the 

Maumee Drive-In in nearby Maumee. 

Rose Yackness, 78. Dies 

DETROIT — Rose Yackness, 78, died 

Monday (10). She was the mother of Irwin 

H. Yackness, who headed the motion picture 

arbitration tribunal here under the consent 

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CLEVELAND 

Mico Jacobellis, who resigned as manager 

of the Heights Art, Continental and 

the Westwood Art after 12 years, has been 

named as 2()th Century-Fox's regional publicity-advertising 

manager. His territory will 

be the Cincinnati and Cleveland areas, with 

his headquarters here. He succeeds the late 

Emanuel "Nlanny" Pearson. Jacobellis, who 

came to the United States from Italy in 1948 

as an exchange student, graduated from 

Adelbert College of Western Reserve University 

in 1952. In 1956 he completed the 

graduate school. He has handled freelance 

promotion and movie advertising several 

years. He will continue his lectures on motion 

pictures at Western Reserve and Lake 

Erie College in Painesville. He is married 

and has two sons. 

The 42nd Drive-In has opened on Highway 

42 between Medina and Brunswick. It 

has a capacity for 600 cars. The initial pictures 

were "The Reluctant Astronaut" and 

"Tobruk." 

TRAILERS 

GERRY KARSKI, PRES. 

125 HYDE ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 94102 

The office of Herbert Horstmeier, independent 

buyer and booker, in the Film 

BIdg. is being remodeled. The ceiling is 

being lowered, the office repainted and new 

carpeting and light fixtures are being added. 

Barbara Leavitt, daughter of Mr. and 

Mrs. .Sanford Leavitt (Washington Theatre 

Circuit), was married Thursday evening (20) 

in the Temple Emanu-El to David Salz. The 

couple was graduated from American University 

in Washington. After a honeymoon 

in Bermuda, they will live in New York, 

where he is associated with Saks Fifth 

Avenue. 

Statewide Movie Day 

In Ohio October 20 

COLUMBUS. OHIO—The Ohio Federation 

of Women's Clubs will sponsor the 

annual statewide "Movie Day" October 20, 

with ciub members asking citizens to attend 

a movie that day! 

Citations will be awarded to theatre managers 

by the federation for outstanding campaigns 

promoting "Movie Day." Mrs. H. C. 

Weaver of Columbus is state communications 

chairman for the federation. 

CINCINNATI 

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Jâry Jo Begley, 17, is the winner in 

Columbia Pictures' Ohio-wide search 

f(M" a teenager to make her debut in "Where 

Angels Go . Trouble Follows!" Miss Begley 

of Kettering and Lynn Forberg, 18, 

Cincinnati, were selected to represent the 

southern area in the state contest at Cleveland 

by Roy White, Mid-States Theatres; 

J;ick Haynes, Cincinnati Theatres, and Roy 

White. Mid-States Theatres; Jack Haynes, 

Cincinnati Theatres, and Roy Boeh, Boeh 

Studios. 

G. C. Porter, long-time Beckley (W. Va.) 

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tri-state area, died Monday (10). 

Paula Schenk, Buena Vista secretary, and 

Ken Cunningham were married Saturday 

(22). 

Away on vacations are Jack Haynes, Cincinnati 

Theatres general manager; Don 

Benning, Paramount booker; David Schreiber, 

Universal head shipper; Virginia 

Meyers, cashier, and Terra Gruener, secretary, 

20th-Fox. 

Among the exhibitors visiting Filmrow 

were Ohioans Harry Wheeler, Galipolis; 

Bob Knostman. Minster; Ted Christ, Spen- 

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Wally Allen, Springfield. 

Radio City Music Hall 

Awards 5 Scholarships 

From Eastern Editpon 

NEW YORK — Five scholarships for 

studies in theatre arts have been awarded 

by Radio City Music Hall under a continuing 

scholarship program instituted by the 

famed theatre in 1956. The program is limited 

to employes and their children. 

Music Hall president James F. Gould announced 

the winners last week. They are 

Robert and Suzanne Jett, 12 and 10 years 

old. studying trumpet and piano, respectively. 

They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. 

David Jett of Forest Hills. 

Other winners are Pamela Levy, 9. daughter 

of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Levy, who will 

study piano; Ellen Bender, 7, daughter of 

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bender, and Christine 

Treimanis, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 

Gil Treimanis. Both will study piano and 

cello. 

'Paper Lion' Writer to Be 

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HOLLYWOOD—Lawrence Roman, who 

is writing the screenplay for Stuart Millar's- 

United Artists production "Paper Lion," has 

been invited by Edwin Anderson and Joe 

Schmidt, general manager and coach of the 

Detroit Lions National Football League 

team, respectively, to spend the next month 

at the Lions' training camp in Bloomfield, 

Mich. The story is based upon George 

Plimpton's humorous account of his experiences 

trying out for quarterback with the 

Lions. 

Designer Jean Louis Aids 

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EL PASO, TEX.—Jean Louis, famed 

costume designer, came here to take part in 

promotions for the July 1 2 reserved-seat 

premiere of Universal's "Thoroughly Modern 

Millie" at the Northgate Theatre. 

Louis participated in press interviews 

preceding the premiere. He also hosted an 

after-theatre supper party and fashion show 

at the new Northgate Department Store. 

Robert Graves, noted British poet and 

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DETROIT—Revision ot plans and additional 

details in the recently announced 

addition to the year-old Quo Vadis Theatre 

in Westland disclose that the project will 

have a number of unusual unique features. 

Martin Shafer, partner in Wayne Amusement 

Co., announced that two small theatres 

will be built on the second floor, 

instead of the single auditorium previously 

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BOSTON Philip L. Lowe and Edward 

S. Redstone have been appointed chairmen 

of committees on arrangement for the joint 

convention of the regional National Ass'n 

of Concessionaires and Theatre Owners of 

New England at Mount Washington Hotel. 

Bretton Woods, N. H. Lowe will be in 

charge of the NAC committee and Redstone 

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August 28-31 convention. 

Serving with Lowe, who heads the Lowe 

Merchandising Service at Newton Centre, 

are Nat Buchman. Theatre Merchandising 

Corp.. Boston; Irving Shapiro. Concession 

Enterprises. Boston, and David Trasiter, 

Sack Theatres, Boston. The committee was 

appointed by Jack O'Brien, president of 

New England Theatres and regional NAC 

president. 

In addition to Redstone, the TONE committee 

includes Carl Goldman, coordinator; 

Mai Green. Interstate Theatres; E. M. Loew. 

E. M. Loew Theatres; Al Lourie. A&D Theatres; 

Julian S. Rifkin. Rifkin Theatres; 

Romano. Coolidge Theatre; Richard 

Smith and Mel Wintman, General 

Cinema Corp.; James Bracken. Stanley War- 

Theatres; Chester Stoddard. New England 

Theatres; Philip J. Scuderi, Esquire 

'Theatres; William J. Trambukis. Loew's. 

Providence; Everett Warren, Paramount 

Theatre, Needham; Roger Lockwood and 

James F. Mahoney. Interstate Theatres. Also 

on the 

committee for TONE are W. Leslie 

'Bendslev. Edwin J. Fideli. Samuel Pinanski. 

Joseph S. Stanzler and Chester A. Yamil- 

koski. 

Sherrill Corwin. president of the National 

of Theatre Owners, will be a featured 

at the convention. Other prominent 

industry speakers will be an outstanding pro- 

ducer, a major studio head and a circuit 

Carl Goldman, TONE executive 

director and coordinator for the convention, 

that names of these three men will be 

'released as soon as their acceptances are 

received. 

Civil Patrol Pilot Finds 

'Bodies of Maine Couple 

WILMINGTON, VT. — The bodies 

Herbert Brooks, film exhibitor in Wells. 

Me., and his wife were found July 5 on the 

1 slopes of nearby Haystack Mountain in the 

wreckage of their plane which had disap- 

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bodies, which had been sighted by a 

Air Patrol pilot, were recovered by 

.state police, aided by aeronautics and con- 

|servation 

officials. 

38-year-old owner of three thea- 

;tres in Wells, rented the plane in Rochester. 

N.M.. Sept. 13, 1965, for a flight to Bradley 

Field in Windsor Locks, Conn. He and 

his wife had planned to visit relatives in 

Connecticut. 

plane originally was sought in the 

iFitchburg. Mass., area after its disappear- 

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By Coolest Summer in Recent Years 

BOSTON—Business was way up again 

at film theatre boxoffices. With a rainy Saturday 

(15) again boosting gross percentages, 

the city's coolest summer and best in decades 

for exhibitors continued. It was a terrific 

week for openers, the big films riding 

in over the once-feared summer doldrums. 

"Two for the Road" and "A Guide for 

the Married Man" made the biggest splash, 

each coming up with an opening week of 

225— "Two for the Road" at the Beacon 

Hill and "A Guide for the Married Man" as 

the premiere offering at Ben Sack's new 

Chen 3. "Divorce AMERICAN Style" also 

had an impressive 175 first week as the 

Savoy screen fare and newcomer "Don't 

Make Waves" ran up 155 at the Paramount 

Theatre. Jerry Lewis's latest, "The Big 

Mouth," was a successful 160 as it bowed 

in at the Center Theatre. 

Meanwhile, the holdovers were attracting 

a steady flow of trade, too, "The Dirty 

Dozen" rating 250 in a third week at the 

Astor, a percentage good enough to lead the 

area for the week. "To Sir, With Love," 

showing for the third week at Cheri 2, and 

"You Only Live Twice," at the Music Hall 

for the fourth week, scored even 200s. while 

all other first-run films exceeded average 

by substantial 

margins. 


Astor The Dirty Doien (MGM), 3rd wk 250 

Beacon Hill Two for fhe Rood (20th-Fox) 225 

Boston Grand Prix (MGM), 30th wk ) 25 

Center The Big Mouth (Col) t 60 

Ctiarles Barefoot in the Pork (Para), 4th wk. ..150 

Cheri 1 —A Man for All Seasons (Col), 25fh wk. . . 1 50 

Cheri 2 To Sir, With Love (Col), 3rd wk 200 

Cheri 3 A Guide for the Married Man (20th-Fox) 225 

Circle Cinema Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

)6th wk 140 

Esquire (Combridge), Paris Cinema Woman 

Times Seven (Embassy), 3rd wk 130 

Exeter Made in Italy (Royal), 10th wk 135 

Gary The Sand Pebbles (20th-Fox), 11th wk. .140 

Music Hall You Only Live Twice (UA), 4th wk. . .200 

Orpheum Up the Down Staircase (WB), 3rd wk. 145 

Paramount Don't Moke Waves (MGM) 155 

Savoy Divorce AMERICAN Style (Col) 175 

West End Cinema 10:30 P.M. Summer (Lopert), 

5th wk 115 

'Divorce' Lofty 250 Debut 

Leads New Haven Grosses 

NEW HAVEN—"Divorce 

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Style" came up with an outstanding 250 

gross percentage as it played the Westville, 

Whitney and Summit in a first week. The 

only other New Haven percentage even 

close to this figure was 175 for "You Only 

Live Twice." as the Bond film checked off 

the fourth week of a multiple run. 

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Bowl The War Wagon (Univ); Valley of 

Mystery (Univ) 100 

Center, SW Roger Sherman A Guide for the 

Married Mon {20th-Fox); various co-feotures, 

3rd wk 100 

Crown Hurry Sundown (Para), 2nd wk 100 

Lincoln Persona (Lopert), 2nd wk 90 

Loew's College, Milford Cinema, Milford 

You Only Live Twice (UA); various co-features, 

4th wk 

SW Cinemort The Sand Pebbles (20th-Fox), 

175 

10th wk 

Summit, Westville, Whitney Divorce AMERICAN 

Style (Col) 250 

Wholley Hawoii (UA), 12th wk 85 

'Sand Pebbles' Achieves 275 

Third Week in Hartiord 

HARTFORD — The sustained 

drawing 

power of "The Sand Pebbles," "Thoroughly 

Modern Millie" and "The Dirty Dozen" was 

the feature of first-run business in this area, 

although "A Guide for the Married Man" 

and "The Taming of the Shrew" enjoyed 

good support in their opening week. 

Allyn, Manchester State, New Britoin Strand, 

Farmington Klurry Sundown (Pare), 

various co-features 100 

Burnside, Meadows You Only Live Twice (UA), 

4th wk 175 

Central, UA Theatre East, Manchester, Mansfield, 

Middletown, Southington The Dirty Dozen 

(MtoM); various co-feotures, 3rd wk 

Cine Webb—A Guide for the Married Man 

200 

(20th-Fox) 125 

Cinema One The Taming of the Shrew 

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(Col); various co-features 

Cineramo (MGM), 22nd wk. Grand Prix 65 

E. M. Loew's, New Britain Palace, East 

Windsor The Big Mouth 

(Col); various co-features 100 

Elm The Sand Pebbles (20th-Fox), 3rd wk 275 

Strand Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 4th wk. 240 

Strand in Providence 

Leased by Esquire 

PROVIDENCE — Esquire Theatres of 

America, the Boston-based circuit which 

owns the Four Seasons Cinema here and 

recently has acquired theatres in Wakefield 

and Narragansett, has entered the downtown 

area of Providence by leasing the privately 

owned Strand. The lease, announced 

by Edward Stokes. Esquire's general manager, 

became effective July 3. 

Asked what the circuit's plans are for 

the Strand. Stokes said it will be completely 

remodeled, as was a downtown theatre the 

circuit acquired in Worcester. However, due 

to the Strand's film bookings, which will 

have to be honored, any redecoration involving 

a temporary shutdown of the theatre 

will have to wait until late summer or 

early fall. Much of the work presently 

planned can be done without closing the 

theatre, Stokes said, but there will probably 

have to be a shutdown of a couple of weeks 

to complete final phases of the renovation. 

No plans to change the theatre's policy 

have been made, he emphasized, and Albert 

J. Siner. the present manager, is being retained 

in that position by Esquire. Stokes 

believes the Strand eventually may adopt a 

roadshow policy of playing big films as presently 

done in outlying theatres of this area. 

Esquire also made news recently by opening 

Cinema III in the Four Seasons Cinema 

complex. The third auditorium has 1.000 

seats, very ultramodern decor and the very 

latest in projection and sound equipment. 

The opening program at Cinema III was 

"Hurry Sundown," followed by the return 

of "The Sound of Music." 

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J^lfred Hall, who manages the Oaksbluff, 

Edgertown and Vineyard Haven theatres 

on Martha's Vineyard, was written up 

in Newsweek. In addition to managing the 

three island theatres. Hall is an outstanding 

insurance agent and his appearance in the 

magazine was to laud him for his excellent 

sales . . . The Myer Feldmans, Universal, 

left for a two-week trip to Nova Scotia. 

Harry Cooper, who teaches just about 

everything in film production at Cinemateque 

Theatre, where they hold classes once 

a week for aspiring filmmakers, has joined 

the staff of Northeastern University as film 

director in the division of instructional tele- 

Les Bendslev of the Community Playhouse 

in Wellesley has announced that his 

theatre would close July 9 for completely 

new seating and redecoration. Twenty-four 

hours before the old seats were to be taken 

out of the Playhouse, the seating factory 

management wired Les that the plant was 

PROVIDENCE 

Tsaac W. Vealey, assistant manager at the 

Art Cinema, has been helping at the 

Avon Cinema on Wednesday evenings while 

Ev Rancourt's assistant has been at a military 

training camp. 

Enormous lines have formed at the Majestic 

on Friday and Saturday nights the 

last two weekends to see the James Bond 

film "You Only Live Twice." All this overwhelming 

response came while the weekend 

admission for the film was $2. 

The Darlton Theatre in Pawtucket was 

closed several nights, about two weeks ago, 

due to the death of William A. Pinault, one 

of the theatre's owners. 

LA Monogram Industries 

Buys Spaulding Fibre 

ROCHESTER, N.H.—Monogram Industries 

of Los Angeles, which manufactures 

film editing equipment for the motion picture 

and television industries, has purchased 

the Spaulding Fibre Co., manufacturer of 

fibre board and other materials for various 

industries. Spaulding has plants in North 

Rochester, Milton and Dover, N.H.; Tonawanda, 

N.Y.; North Westchester, Conn., 

and Toronto in Canada. 

The Spaulding firm maintains sales offices 

in 29 areas in the United States, Can- 

on strike and the seats could not be shipped. 

In fact, the management refused to commit 

itself on any date when the seats could 

be delivered. The Playhouse is now open 

for business. 

Jane Dyer, daughter of Walter Dyer of 

Universal Pictures, was married in Westbrook, 

Me., July 8 to Paul Christiansen, a 

senior at Dana College in Blair, Neb. . . . 

Chet Yamilkoski of the Redrock Drive-In 

at Southhampton and the Deerfield Drive-In, 

Deerfield, was here for a day of booking 

films. He lunched with Mel Safner, Ruff 

Associates; Nelson Wright, Wright Enterprises, 

and Justin Freid, Esquire Theatres, 

all 

leading Filmrowites. 

Gil Norton of the Paramount exchange, 

returned from Expo "67 and reported that 

he enjoyed it tremendously, although his 

feet hurt from standing in so many lines. 

He saw a lot of wonderful sights; anyone 

else who is Expo-bound should talk to Gil 

and find out what he advises on what-to-see 

and what-not-to-see. 

ada, London and Paris, and was founded 

in 1873 by Jonas Spaulding in Townsend 

Harbor, Mass. Two of his sons, Huntley and 

Roland, became governors of New Hampshire. 

Officials of Monogram, which is an open 

stock firm listed on the American Stock Exchange, 

with approximately 800,000 shares 

of stock issued, include Martin Stone, chairman 

of the board and president; Harvey L. 

Karp, executive vice-president and secretary-treasurer, 

and Henry Gluck, vice-president 

in charge of operations. 

Special Student Prices 

For 'Ulysses' Return 

BOSTON—Ben Sack brought back the 

controversial, unexpurgated "Ulysses" for a 

limited reserved-seat engagement at the 

Saxon Theatre Wednesday (19), with daily 

performances at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. Sack 

previously played "Ulysses" for a three-day 

record engagement at the Music Hall with 

a $5.50 per seat price. For the July engagement, 

Sack instituted "student prices." 

"Ulysses" was a scary item to exhibitors 

when it went up for bids last winter. Only 

an engagement in Providence had been 

played when Sack brought the film to Boston 

in May for its first major playdates. Although 

"Ulysses" was the subject of much 

comment, newspaper reviews were good 

and no censorship troubles were encountered 

here. 

Theatreman Ed Bloomberg 

Leads Successful Drive 

GLOUCE.STER, MASS. — Edward 

Bloomberg of the North Shore Theatre has 

led the city on its first quota-meeting Redj 

Cross drive in 22 years. ; 

Last year the citizens of the Cape Ann| 

area realized that the free blood and other 

services provided by the Red Cross might 

be cancelled because of a shortage of funds, 

Bloomberg, who has one son in medical 

school and another already qualified as a 

doctor, was asked to take charge of the next 

fund-raising campaign. 

Now, with the drive successfully con 

eluded, the theatreman is receiving many 

commendations from the townspeople, newspapers 

and the Red Cross organization for 

his services. 

The importance of those services to the 

hospital was stressed by Robert F. Thompson, 

secretary to the hospital's executive 

committee of trustees: "The close association 

of the hospital and the Gloucester 

chapter over many years, especially in connection 

with the blood bank, has been of 

inestimable value to the whole community, 

the termination of this vital service would 

have been a tragic loss." 

New Owners Are Updating 

Medford, Mass., Theatre 

MEDFORD, MASS.—Workers are busy 

from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily in a determined 

dr.ve to get the Medford Theatres renova 

tion completed in time for a late July re 

opening. 

Frank Andre and Dr. 

Anthony Graffeo, 

the new owners, are giving the Salem Street 

building a thorough face-lifting, which began 

with sandblasting of the exterior and 

construction of a new brick entrance. The 

lobby is being completely refurbished and 

wall-to-wall carpeting is to be installed 

throughout the theatre. New wide aisle seating 

is being installed while the theatre inter 

ior is being redecorated. A new refreshment 

stand occupies a generous area of the lobby. 

The new owners have chosen "Medford 

Cinema" as the name under which they will 

operate the house, which will have daily 

showings with matinee and evening perj 

formances. Local musical combos will be 

featured occasionally on stage at evening 

shows. 

Silent Classics on Durham TV 

DURHAM, N.H.—Channell 11, the 

educational television station here, started 

showing a series of 17 silent screen classics 

the night of July 1 1. The first program featured 

William S. Hart in "On the Nighi 

Stage." 

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Ciinimcr may have relieved downtown 

parking woes in New England's major 

entertainment centers but the more toresighted 

observers lament that as soon as 

colder weather returns to the Atlantic seaboard 

the plaints of parking patrons will be 

sounded again with vigor. 

It is argued, and with some considerable 

justification, that not enough of the "city 

fathers" in the principal points of population 

are doing all that could conceivably be done 

to accommodate more cars on downtown 

streets after sunset. 

"Free" parking, it is stressed, can be 

"had" in many a city, once the theatre 

"picks up" a tab of at least 25 or 50 cents 

a car at nearby lots after sunset. The cost, 

understandably, can run into a lot of money 

in a year's time. And many a showman 

gripes that too many lots near his theatre 

would simply be empty of customers after 

the 9 to 5 working day without the potential 

movie crowd. 

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It is argued, moreover, thai when a showman 

approaches what is considered a "cooperative" 

parking lot owner and asks about 

the chances of a customer leaving his vehicle 

on a free basis at night (the showman's 

contention is that the customer will probably 

return as a regular day-time customer), 

the "cooperative" parking lot owner gives 

him a blank stare and the harsh words, 

Who needs YOU!" 

Many a key New England city showman 

has made promising tie-ups for parking 

space, willingly paid the 25 or 50 cents per 

car required by the parking lot management, 

only to learn that the customers of the theatre 

aren't happy over prospects of "bucking" 

traffic from suburban towns and then having 

to "redeem" the parking ticket at the 

theatre boxoffice while buying a 

regular admission. 


HAVE lUST PLA-ifED FOR THE 

GUIDANCE OF FELLOW EXHIBITORS. 

"There's too much 'clutter' involved with 

this practice," said a showman. "We've got 

a devise a practical arrangement with parking 

lots about not charging for parking and 

we've got to do it on a sustained basis. We'll 

give them lobby cards, even screen mention, 

if they'd cooperate. But they turn a deaf 

ear to our arguments." 

Moreover, key city theatres that have 

made arrangements for purchasing additional 

adjacent parking space learn, lamentably 

enough, that costs of the land are prohibitive. 

Too many "cooperative" lots are too far 

for walking to theatres. "I've got an owner 

of a lot next door," said one major theatre 

operator. "He wants our customers to use 

one of his lots three blocks away. That's too 

far in rain or snow." 

Many a major New England circuit head 

has told Boxoffice in casual conversation 

that "going" to the chambers of commerce 

about the hard-pressed need for additional 

free parking spaces falls on deaf ears. 

"These same people who boast about 

their individualistic efforts to 'boost' the 

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downtown shopping regions simply cannot 

comprehend the enormous hollowness oi 

their argument when it comes to accommodating 

movie patrons," asserted one city 

showman. "They fail to understand that toe 

many people are getting fed up with the 

prospects of paying as little as 25 cents tc 

leave their car in a downtown lot, prepara 

tory to movie attendance, when they car 

just as easily park their cars in a free, light 

ed, paved parking lot adjacent to a suburbar 

movie theatre." 

Marjorie Adams, movie columnist for tht 

Boston Globe, is back from a tour of tht 

Near East. 

Total business activity in Connecticut foi 

the first four months of 1967 was nearly 

6 per cent above the corresponding period 

lor 1966, it is reported by the Connecticui 

Bank & Trust Company. 

Son of Mirisch Executive 

Wins use Film Grant 


HOLLYWOOD— Michael Rachmil, soi 

of Lewis J. Rachmil, Mirisch Corp. vice 

president, who currently is producing "In 

spector Clouseau" for the Mirisches in Loni 

don, has won the senior scholarship aware 

for a documentary film made at the Unil 

versity of Southern California's cinema de 

partment. 

Young Rachmil, in addition to the schol. 

arship award, also won a spot as 

a teachinj 

associate during his senior year at the unil 

versity. The young filmmaker, a third-gen 

eration Rachmil in the film business, i 

slated to go to work in the production de 

partment of the Mirisch Corp. upon gradu] 

ation from school. His grandfather Hymai* 

was a pioneer exhibitor. 

'Do-It-Yourself Sundaes 

Popular at Sack Theatres 

BOSTON—Sack Theatres is expandin;. 

its smorgasbord ice cream bars to its othe 

theatres after initial success at the Cheri 

and Cheri 2, where the plan 

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was initiatef 

as a "do-it-yourself" ice 

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cream sundae bai; 

Next the smorgasbord ice cream bar ex 

periment was tried at the Savoy Theatre 

now it is being introduced at the 4,400-sea 

Music Hall, where the ice cream equipmen 

is contained in a new continental sidewal) 

cafe in a corner of the vast lobby. At th 

Music Hall ice cream bar patrons make thei 

own confections from a choice of 14 flavor 

and 12 toppings. 

In the new Cheri 3, the smorgasbord ij 

called "Guide for the Ice Cream Buff." 

James Timothy Connors; 

Former Shea Manager 

MANCHESTER, N.H.—James Timothj 

Connors, former manager for 

the Shea ciij 

cuit here and in Nashua, died July 7 whit 

being taken to a local hospital after he haij 

suffered a heart attack at the Dyer & Chajij 

man Drug Store, where he was employee 

He leaves his wife Blanche, two daughj 

ters, a brother and four sisters. 

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Scheduled Aug. 11-15 

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Film Festival here August 11-15 in 

the National Film Board Auditorium has 

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be the best labor film, 

To be selected will 

and prizes will be awarded in six categories: 

labor, social and economic, safety and accident 

prevention, welfare, social studies and 

education. 

Sponsoring the festival is the International 

Labor Film Institute through the cooperlation 

of the Canadian Labor Congress and 

ithe NFB, Besides Canada, countries taking 

part will be the United States, France, Belgium, 

Austria, Germany, Sweden, Israel, 

Japan, Finland and Italy. 

jExpo 67 Filmmakers Visit 

Montreal World's Fair 

MONTREAL—Nick and Ann Chaparos, 

JNew York filmmakers, who produced "The 

Earth Is a Man's Home." shown continuously 

in the theme pavilion Man the Ex- 

'plorer at Expo 67, were here visiting the 

[world's fair. 

The couple lived in Canada from June 

1964, when they started work on the film, 

until last April. The film is screened in three 

[ISO-seat theatres in the theme pavilion, with 

;an estimated one million people having seen 

it so far. The 11-minute production is 

shown on screens 30 feet tall. They departed 

from the usual multi-screen technique to 

'print vertical three-screen images on a single 

piece of film. Special printing equipment 

Iwas devised by Film Effects of Hollywood, 

Iwiih the soimdtrack created by Brian Avery 

'and rerecorded by Todd-AO. 

Chaparos also created all of the short 

films on earth, science and space themes 

that are being used in the exhibit section 

of the pavilion, as well as background 

Sounds for the exhibits. 

Hartford Trumbull Plans 

Must Be in by Sept. 1 

From New England Edition 

HARTFORD—The city's redevelopment 

[agency, on a city council recommendation, 

ihas voted to invite possible developers to 

Isubmit their ideas for a civic center comjplex, 

including an auditorium and exhibition 

Jhall, in the Trumbull Street renewal project 

|by September 1. 

tract at present contains commercial 

[Structures, including the 1,500-seat E. M. 

;Loew's and 1,900-seat Allyn (ABC) theatres. 

Tax Collections Rise 

city's annual report 

for the fiscal year ending April 30 showed 

surprising 7.2 per cent increase in amuseiment 

taxes. The total was $2,509,328, com- 

Ipared to $2,340,703 for the previous period. 

The rise, it wa spointed out, cannot be at- 

Jiributed to Expo 67, which did not open 

until the last days of April. 

Theafre Turnstiles Hum in Toronto; 

You Only Live Twice Outstanding 

TORONTO—Summer business 

remained 

very good for Toronto first-run houses, with 

three or four particularly strong bookings. 

Odeon reported that "You Only Live Twice" 

was outstanding in a third week at the Carlton, 

as was "The War Wagon" in the first 

week of a multiple at the Coronet and 12 

other houses. "Up the Down Staircase" was 

a winner in its second week at the Hollywood's 

North Cinema and the Westwood 

theatres, while "Two for the Road" continued 

to attract big business in a fourth week at 

the Hollywood's South Cinema. Twinex also 

reported good to strong returns from its 

bookings, "Woman Times Seven" doing 

somewhat better in its second week at the 

Yorkdale than it did at the Towne Cinema. 

Capitol Fine Art The Sond Pebbles (20th-Fox), 

20tti wk Very Good 

Carlton You Only Live Twice (UA), 3rd wk. Excellent 

Coronet, 1 2 other theatres The War Wagon 

(Univ) 

Excellent 

Danforth The Toming of the Shrew {Col), 

16th wk Good 

Downtown, eight other theatres— The Million Eyes 

ot Su-Muru (Astral) 

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

Good 

22nd wk Excellent 

I 

Fairiawn A Man for All Seasons (Col), 

30th wk Excellent 

Hollywood (North Cinema), Westwood— Up the 

D,>wn Staircase (WB), 2nd wk Big 

Hollywood (South Cinema) Two for the Road 

(20th-Fox), 4th wk Big 

Hyland The Honey Pot (UA), 6fh wk Very Good 

Imperial Group El Dorodo (Para), 2nd wk 

International Cinema A Man and a Woman 

Good 

(IFD), 36th wk Excellent 

Nortown Doctor Zhivogo (MGM), 39th wk. Still Good 

Towne Cinema, Yorkdale Woman Times Seven 

(IFD), 2nd wk Good 

University Thoroughly Modern Millie (UA), 

7th wk Very Strong 

Sixth Consecutive Gain 

For Grosses in Winnipeg 

WINNIPEG—Grosses continued to improve 

on a weekly basis for the sixth time 

in a row. The current report week was aided 

by the strong showings of three holdover 

situations — "Barefoot in the Park," 

"Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "You 

Only Live Twice" — in contrast to past 

weeks when the impetus came from a strong 

list of newcomers. Last week's figures were 

about 8 per cent ahead of the same week 

last 

year. 

. Excellent 

Capitol Barefoot in the Pork (Para), 

2nd wk 

Gaiety The Sand Pebbles (20th-Fox), 

3rd wk Very Good 

Garrick The Way West (UA), 2nd wk Fair 

Hyland The Taming of the Shrew (Col), 

4th wk Average 

Kings Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

2nd wk Excellent 

Metropolitan The Dirty Dozen (MGM) ....Excellent 

Odeon You Only Live Twice (UA), 2nd wk. Excellent 

Park Galio (SR), 2nd wk Average 

Towne The Endless Summer (SR), 3nd wk. . .Average 

Shorter Runs Bring Out 

More Patrons in Montreal 

MONTREAL—With a policy of changing 

films more rapidly, leading first-run 

theatres in this area showed slightly better 

results at their boxoffices in the stern competition 

with Expo 67. As for the fair, after 

75 days of operation more than 20,000,000 

admissions were reported. 

Alouette Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

13th wk 

Atwater A Guide for the Married Man 

Good 

(20th-Fox) 

Good 

Avenue Accident (IFD) Good 

. . 

. 

. 

. .Good 

Capitol Don't Moke Wovcs (MGM) 

Cinema Bonaventure Gunn (Para), 2nd wk. 

Good 

.Good 

Cinema Festival Loving Couples (IFD), 

23rd wk 

Cinema Place du Canada Divorce AMERICAN 

Good 

Style (Col) Good 

Cinema Place Village Marie Ski on the Wild Side 

(SR) 

Elysee (Resnais) A Man and a Woman 

Good 

(IFD), 48th wk Good 

Fleur de Lys La Seconde Verite (SR), 6th wk. .Good 

Imperial 

Kent 

Grand 

You're a 

Prix 

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Boy 

8th wk 

Now (Emp) 

Good 

Good 

Loew's Barefoot in the Park (Para), .Good 

3rd wk. . . 

Palace You Only Live Twice (UA), 2nd wk. . . 

Parlsien British Train (SR) Good 

Van Home The Deadly Affair (Col), 2nd wk. - -Good 

Vendome— Russian Film Festival Good 

.Good 

.Good 

The Great Robbery 

Westmount To Sir, With Love (Col), 2nd wk. 

York The Sand Pebbles (20th-Fox), 16th wk. 

'Only Live Twice' 'Very Good' 

At Eight 'Vancouver Theatres 

VANCOUVER — Cooler and milder 

weather following the holiday brought a 

sharp upswing in first-run receipts, many 

of the holdovers topping their opening 

weeks. "To Sir, With Love," at the Odeon; 

"You Only Live Twice," at the Vogue, and 

the rerun combination of "Cat Ballou" and 

"Georgy Girl" at the Lyric were particularly 

strong. 

Capitol Divorce AMERICAN Style (Col) . 

Coronet Eight on the Lom (UA), 2nd wk 

Downtown Two for the Road {20th-Fox), 

.Average 

Fair 

. . 

3rd wk Fair 

Hyland—A Man for All Seasons (Col), 20th wk. Slow 

Odecn To Sir, With Love (Col), 2nd wk. . . .Excellent 

Orpheum EI Dorado (Para), 2nd wk. Above Average 

Park Thoroughly Modern Millie 

(Univ), 2nd wk Good 

Ridge The Sand Pebbles (20th-Fox), 8th wk. Average 

jian ey The Taming of the Shrew 

(Col), 4th wk Good 

Studio Accident (IFD) Above Average 

Vogue, seven other theatres You Only Live Twice 

(UA), 2nd wk Very Good 

Chief John Big Tree, 90, 

Indian Actor, Is Dead 

SYRACUSE—Chief John Big Tree, 90, 

"Isaac Johnny John," described as "the 

greatest Indian film star of all time," died 

Thursday (6) in his home on the Onondaga 

Indian Reservation after a short illness. 

His profile can be found on the Indian 

head nickel. In 1912, the artist who designed 

the nickel chose Chief Big Tree as one of 

the three models for the coin. Only part 

of the chief, "from the nose up," appears 

on the coin. 

A full-blooded Iroquois, he was grandson 

of the noted Seneca Chief Red Jacket. A 

veteran of more than 100 movies, he was 

known as the best bareback rider in Hollywood. 

His best known film was "Life of 

Buffalo Bill" but he was the leading Indian 

in such films as "Drums Along the Mohawk," 

"Western Union" and "Last of the 

Mohicans." 

He leaves his wife Cynthia. 

Joe Levine Is Chairman 

Of AGVA Festivities 

NEW YORK.—Joseph E. Levine, president 

of Embassy Pictures, is the new chairman 

of the motion picture division of the 

AGVA Youth Fund's Show Business Salute 

to Danny Stradella December 5, in the 

Americana Hotel. 

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MONTREAL 

Quebec Picture Pioneers" annual golf tournament 

will be held August 17. Tec ofl 

at the Wentworth Golf Club in Montreal 

will be 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Harold Giles is 

the official in charge of entries. Information 

men are Nat Gordon. Jack Kroll. Romeo 

Goudreau and Arinand Besse. A dinner will 

be held at 6 p.m., with trophies, golf prizes, 

door prizes and special trophies to be awarded. 

A special raffle of $1,000 in cash will 

be drawn on the tournament night. First 

prize is of $400, second prize $200; five 

prizes of $50 each and six prizes of $25 

each. 

The Office Catholique National des Techniques 

de Diffusion has changed its name to 

Office des Communications Sociales. The 

office deals with classifications of films as 

far as moral standards are concerned. 

Nineteen films, ranging from shorts to 

features, make up the program for a week 

of Cuban films at the Cinema Elysee. The 

event opened Friday (21) and will run 

through Thursday (27). Three films of Santiago 

Alvarez, "Ciclon," produced in 1963, 

"Cerro Pelado,"" produced in 1966 and 

"Now," produced in 1965, together with 

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National Film Board pictures appearing 

in local theatres are "Adventure in Newfoundland" 

at the Strand, "The Big Swim" 

at the Westmount, "Dimensions" and "Helicopter 

Canada" at the Amherst and "Man 

and His World" at the Cinema Festival. 

TORONTO 

paramount's "Barefoot in the Park" was 

sneaked at the Imperial and other Famous 

Players theatres Wednesday evening 

(12). The local Paramount office issued 

guest tickets for the screening. 

Three youths were arrested for causing a 

disturbance at 

the Uptown. In the audience 

was an off-duty constable, who offered his 

assistance. On the screen at the time was 

"The Dirty Dozen." 

Manager and part owner Phil Ulster reports 

bumper business since Loew's new 

7 and 27 Drive-In opened. Approximately 

1,000 cars were turned away Saturday night 

(8). 

Among other new bookings were "Bolshoi 

Ballet '67" at the International Cinema, following 

a 36-week engagement of "A Man 

and a Woman" there. The film immediately 

moved to the Crest to continue after ten 

months in the city. "My Sister, My Love" 

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Hullabaloo" bowed at the Downtown, 

Metro, Beach and that group of Twinex locations. 

"The Countess From Hong Kong" 

and "Fahrenheit 451" was billed as the VIP 

Show of the Week, opening at the Birchcliff, 

Alhambra, Palace, Park and another group 

of Twinex houses. "Hurry Sundown" started 

at the Imperial and Vaughan. 

The hard-ticket engagement of "The 

Taming of the Shrew" closed at the Odeon's 

Danforth after a strong run of 16 weeks. 

The new booking was the reissue of "Spartacus," 

opening Thursday (13) with two 

showings on Saturdays and Sundays. "The 

Honey Pot" also closed its engagement at 

the Hyland and "To Sir, With Love" opened 

there. 

Grand Rapids Indifferent 

To Proposed Code Changes 


DETROIT— Proposed amendments to the 

obscenity code for pictures at Grand Rapids, 

arouse little open support from the industry 

and police officials for tightening up existing 

legislation, according to a roundup of the 

local reaction by David Nicolette in The 

Grand Rapids Press. An anonymous police 

official is quoted, "We're police officers, not 

moralists or censors," and that the department 

would let some other agency decide 

when to enforce the code. 

Steven Dykema, city attorney, is quoted 

to the effect that the changes merely clarify 

the existing practice, and there has been 

consideration of setting up a review board. 

Bob Goodrich, operator of the Savoy 

Theatre, is quoted predicting "great problems 

in having anyone decide just what is 

obscene. We've gotten away from the 'adults 

only' label and gone to 'suggested for mature 

audiences.' We . . . leave to the parents 

to supervise what their children see." 

Nicolette reports an anonymous exhibitor 

holding that a censorship system only functions 

to "give undue publicity to some 

darned mediocre pictures." 

The Grand Rapids proposal for new 

censorship legislation appears to stem from 

the specific case of Floyd Bloss, who was 

required to close his Capri I because of civic 

objections. 

According to Nicolette, "Frankly, the intent 

appeared to be to strengthen the license 

suspension . . . Bloss has been closed for 

a couple of weeks, not for showing obscene 

films, but rather for his attitude toward city 

officials who want to enforce the code." 

Bloss is planning immediate conversion 

of the theatre into a bookshop with strictly 

adult literature with admission charge to 

help screen out youngsters and to be refundable 

in case of completed purchases, Nicolette 

reports. He quotes Bloss as claiming 

no license is needed for a bookstore and that 

planning further court action to reopen 

he is 

the location for theatre operation. 

The world premiere of "Funny Girl," to 

be held in New York Sept. 11, 1968, was, 

announced 14 months in advance by Columbia. 


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The remodeled drive-in has projection 

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Theatre Service is handling the booking. 

Barbara Grey went to Montreal for her 

vacation to take in Expo 67 . . . IFD representative 

Ted Ross and his wife Nora of 

2()th Century-Fox stayed at their Howe 

Sound home for their vacations. 

Returning from their annual holidays 

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Cary Grant made his second visit here 

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businesses having poor attendance over the 

Dominion Day holiday. The Shrine Circus 

played to less than ."Ô per cent of capacity 

in the 4,800-seat Agradome in ten performances. 

The Lovin" Spoonful group drew less 

than $5,000 in a house scaled at $20,000. 

Weatherwise, temperatures were hot for the 

holiday, and people stayed at home. 

Drive-Mis, on the other hand, had excellent 

business during the prolonged hot spell, 

especially at Lougheed, New Westminster, 

North Vancouver, Cascades and Delta. 

United Artists' "You Only Live Twice" 

bucked the weather in eight houses and was 

held for a third week in all situations. The 

reissue combination of "Georgy Girl" and 

"Cat Ballou" also was held for a third week 

at the Lyric. In the suburbs, long-run champion 

"The Russians Are Coming the Ruscians 

Are Coming" at the Hollywood and 

"Darn That Cat" at the Guildford at Surrey 

were held for a second week. 

OTTAWA 

Theatres on or around the newly opened 

Sparks Street Mall in downtown Ottawa 

have encountered an unexpected problem 

in the invasion of the beautified thoroughfare 

by beatniks and hippies whose 

prolonged antics, particularly at night, have 

discouraged attendance at performances, 

according to a theatre spokesman who 

called for reinforced police protection to 

control the 

situation. 

With the royal visit by Queen Elizabeth 

and Prince Philip now a matter of history 

and the city crowded with tourists, Ottawa's 

first-run theatres are having a real pickup 

in business, according to Ernie Warren, district 

supervisor of 20th Century Theatres. 

The two Elgins are busy with "Blow-Up" in 

its sixth week and "You Only Live Twice" 

for a second week. The big Capitol was do- 

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ing land-office business on "Barefoot in the 

Park" in its second week, while at the two 

roadshow theatres "A Man for All Seasons" 

was still holding in its fourth month at the 

Elmdalc and "Grand Prix" was getting 

crowds at the Nelson, where it opened June 

14. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" at 

the Regent and "For a Few Dollars More" 

at the Somerset held for a second week. 

The new law in the adjacent province of 

Quebec, which will permit the operation of 

drive-ins, already has had one result in eastern 

Ontario in the postponement of a move 

for construction of an ozoner in Glengarry 

County near the interprovincial border to 

await possible developments. Also significant 

was a paid advertisement in the Ottawa 

Citizen which offered a site to prospective 

Ontario buyers for the building of a drive-in 

facing the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, 

Color television, introduced some months 

ago on the two networks in this country, 

hasn't 

made much of an entertainment dent 

apparently because of the high cost of sets. 

A survey showed 155,000 color receivers 

were in u.se in Canada. The total for Ottawa 

was 4.4 per cent, second to Toronto with 

6.3 per cent, thanks to availability of various 

U.S. stations. 

"Doctor Zhivago," which had a long 

roadshow engagement in Ottawa not long 

ago. made another appearance here for four 

nights at the Aladdin Drive-In. managed by 

Dan May, and the result was worthwhile. 

Ottawa's Central Canada Exhibition, August 

16-26, has announced several attractions, 

including the Centennial Military Tattoo, 

Pat Boone and Herb Alpert and the Tijuana 

Brass. 

D. B. Stapleton, veteran owner of the 

Centre in downtown Ottawa, is spending 

some time in the lake country in northern 

Quebec . . . Doug Pinder, Rideau manager, 

has returned from his Parry Sound vacation 

with plenty of fishing stories but no fish. 

Nicholas Monsarrat, author of "The 

Cruel Sea," which became a Hollywood 

film feature, no longer is an Ottawa resident, 

having moved to Guernsey in the English 

Channel. "The Cruel Sea" was a recent 

CBC-TV presentation. 

"Hawaii" is the latest roadshow attraction 

at the Odeon Hyland in Kingston, Ont., at 

prices scaling up to $2. 

MPTRF Renames Officers, 

Elects Five New Trustees 


HOLLYWOOD — Joseph 

Youngerman, 

chairman of the nominating committee of 

the Motion Picture and Television Relief 

Fund, announced the election of these men 

to the fund's board of trustees: Bernard 

Donnenfeld, Charlton Heston, William K. 

Howard, John Lehners and John Rich. 

Officers of the fund, all re-elected, are 

Mary Pickford, president emeritus; George 

L. Bagnall, president; Otto Kruger, Sol 

Lesser, George Seaton and Ralph Clare, 

vice-presidents; Frank McCarthy, treasurer, 

and William T. Kirk, executive director. 


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Stag Party Highlights 

Dallas 'Married Man' 

A special stag premiere and party for 

married men was televised throughout the 

central part of Texas to launch 20th Century-Fox's 

"A Guide for the Married Man" 

at the Cinema II Theatre in Dallas. 

Invited to the premiere were 600 married 

men who responded to a contest sponsored 

by radio station WFAA. The husbands 

joined actress Pat Becker, who served as 

official hostess for the opening. Miss Becker, 

who appears in the Panavision and De Luxe 

Color attraction, has been on an extended 

promotional tour in behalf of the adult 

comedy. 

Following the showing, the first 100 men 

who responded to the contest, were invited 

by WFAA-TV to a midnight stag party, 

hosted by Ron Chapman, star of Dallas' 

top-rated teenage show. 

Televiewers then were treated to a fourminute 

clip of comedy highlights from the 

motion picture, followed by Miss Becker's 

singing of three songs, accompanied by 

Juvey Gomex Trio. Afterward, a pair of 

go-go dancers performed an elaborate number 

utilizing the recording of the film's title 

song by the popular singing group, the 

Turtles. 

Capping the evening was the distribution 

of bottles of Reserva Montelera Champagne 

to the bachelors-for-a-night, as well as to 

attending members of the press. 

Another special feature of the premiere 

and party was a contest sponsored by one 

of Dallas" top stores, Margo's La Mode, in 

which three lucky husbands were given $90 

worth of fashion certificates as gifts for 

their wives. However, the wives were not 

forgotten, as the following morning they 

were guests at a special Hen Party Showing 

of "Guide for the Married Man" at the 

Cinema II. 

'Flim-Flam Man' Song 

"The Flim-Flam Man," an original song 

inspired by 20th Century-Fox's new comedy 

drama, has been released as a 45 rpm recording. 

Copies of the record, by the Mother 

Love group, have been shipped to stores 

across the country. The title song of the 

Panavision and De Luxe Color attraction 

was issued on 20th-Fox Records, which are 

distributed by ABC Records. The film stars 

George C. Scott, Sue Lyon and newcomer 

Michael Sarrazin. 

Steal a Diamond 

For Golden Bulls' 

An exploitation caper developed by Durwood 

Theatres in Kansas City put some 

unusual emphasis on "The Caper of the 

Golden Bulls" in its engagement at the circuit's 

Metro Plaza I and II. The promotion 

invited patrons to "steal a diamond from our 

jewel chest," and was a tie-up with Ruback's 

Jewelers. 

Rhinestones and Diamonds 

James Leroy, theatre manager, obtained 

a supply of 15-point rhinestones, which were 

placed in a beaker on a stand in the lobby. 

Ruback's mixed into the beaker a pair of 

15-point diamonds and each patron was 

given a chance to try his luck in picking out 

a diamond with a pair of tweezers. Patrons 

who were lucky enough to pick a diamond, 

valued at $75, kept it as the prize. 

The stunt, plugged in newspaper ads and 

radio spots, was in operation from the opening 

Wednesday through Saturday and proved 

highly intriguing to the customers. There 

was a line of a half dozen or more patrons 

waiting for a turn at the diamond plucking 

at all times during normal business hours. 

Word-of-mouth was excellent, Leroy reports. 

Ronnie Ruback of the jewelry firm was 

on hand to identify the actual diamonds 

when selected by a patron. Theatre cashier 

Jeanine Sellaro was the attendant in charge 

of the diamond-stealing stand. The winners 

of the real gems were Sherry Wissmuller on 

Thursday evening and Cecelia Kinsella Saturday 

night. 

Radio Program Boost 

"Golden Bulls" also was boosted by a tiein 

with the Johne Pearson Show on KMBR 

radio (FM). This is a weekly tie-up between 

the station and Durwood Theatres, and may 

be used at any one of the four Metro theatres 

of the circuit. Air personality Pearson 

plugs the picture on his show and asks his 

followers to buy tickets in advance and 

meet him at the show on a designated evening. 

TTie performance that evening is preceded 

by 30 minutes of talk and games, with 

numerous prizes for audience members. 

The Pearson followers are a loyal breed 

and always turn out in force for the monthly 

club meeting. The tie-up brings much plugging 

on the air as well as word-of-mouth. 

Stunt Leads Bally 

in Kansas City 

among the members of the Pearson following, 

reports M. Robert Goodfriend, Durwood 

general manager. 

Ronnie Ruback, Ruback's Jewelers; 

Jeanine Sellaro, theatre cashier, and 

James Leroy, right, manager of Durwood's 

Metro I and II, stand by the 

"steal-a-diamond" promotion, which 

was used in connection with Embassy's 

"The Caper of the Golden Bulls." 

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Tie-Ins Set Pace for Film 

Promotion in New Orleans 

Tie-ups were made with merchants and 

radio and television stations in New Orleans 

for the opening of "Divorce AMERICAN 

Style" at the Orpheum Theatre there. 

Mexic Bros. Jewelers ran an ad in the 

newspapers, asking: "Is Marriage Dead?" 

All couples planning to be married during 

the month were invited to the store to select 

rings and register for a one-carat diamond 

drawing. Also the couples were guests of 

the store at the Orpheum. 

Rubenstein Bros. Clothing advertised Ratner 

suits were "star performers" in Jason 

Robard's wardrobe in the picture. And on 

WDSU-TV and Radio, women guests were 

asked, with reference to 

the Orpheum playdate, 

"What single thing do you suggest to 

keep a marriage from getting to the divorce 

stage?" 

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Radio, TV Aid Builds Up Campaign 

For Hells Angels' at El Paso Capri 

As a tie-up with "Hells Angels on Wheels" at the Trans-Texas Capri in El Paso. 

KELP-TV's "Actshun." new program for teenagers, featured "Big Mother" left, 

and "Hippy." right, whose true identities never were announced during the broadcasts. 

Here, disc jockey Don Dare interviews them. 

of KELP-TV and Radio, carried out a 

Bill Bohling, manager of the Trans-Texas 

Capri Theatre in El Paso, with the cooperation 

well-rounded campaign for "Hells Angels 

on Wheels." 

A highlight was the appearance of the 

motorcycle group Nobody's Angels, which 

has the respect of the city. The 40 members 

make it a policy to help stranded motorists 

whenever possible, fixing a flat tire, going 

for gas, etc. Once aid is given, the motorist 

is given a card, reading: "You have just 

assisted by (member's name), a 

member of Nobody's Angels, Motorcycle 

Club, El Paso, Tex." 

Disc Jockey's Guest 

The young men and women were guests 

of KELP disc jockey Steve Crosno at a performance 

of the picture. Crosno, who has 

spent much time entertaining teenagers and 

working for charity, had a day set aside 

in his honor at Las Cruces, 40 miles from 

El Paso, where he lives. At the theatre, the 

performance was dedicated to him, and he 

appeared on stage with a musical group the 

Majesties. 

Bohling for the Crosno evening had klieg 

lights flashing in front of the theatre, police 

were on hand to keep traffic moving and 

KELP TV and radio units were present to 

cover the events and interview patrons. 

TV Program Tie-in 

The next three days moved to KELP's 

outdoor studio, adjacent to its new building. 

There, the TV station's new teenager program 

"Actshun" was launched. The program 

tied in with the Capri date and opening daily 

with Big Mother and her sidekick Hippy 

riding onstage on motorcycles. KELP disc 

jockeys were emcees. The guests' true identities 

never were revealed. Each day. Big 

Mother presented neatly wrapped gift boxes 

to the DJ hosts. Included was a polished 

hubcap, which she said was "very special 

because it's from the car of the Los Angeles 

police chief." Such "gifts" brought applause 

from the studio audience. 

Also each day of the promotion brought 

out an additional feature, such as a custom 

painted exhibit on the latest psychedelic 

designs, a mod-fashion show, the Actshun 

Girl, who painted mod art with her shoulderlength 

hair. Instant live television was featured, 

too, so teenagers could see themselves 

on closed-circuit TV. 

A remote radio broadcast featured two 

hours of dancing, with Big Mother and 

Hippy on hand. There were door prizes and 

"Miss Actshun," a beauty contest of the 

"grooviest gals" from the local high schools. 

Campaign Is Pleasing 

Says Bohling, "This campaign wrapped 

up as one of the most exciting that was 

ever entered into, with all of our 'co-advertisers' 

putting out the welcome mat ... for 

future promotions with the Capri Theatre 

and KELP." 

Free Kiddie Shows 

In Lima, Ohio, Broumas' American Mall 

Theatre worked out a deal with the local 

Montgomery Ward store for a three-month 

series of Saturday morning free kiddie 

shows. Parents can obtain tickets in advance. 

Ward's handles the advertising for the promotion, 

while the theatre does the publicity. 

A feature film and cartoons are featured 

each week, allowing the parents to shop 

freely while their children attend the Ameri- 

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Buffalo Bow Recalls 

Era of Gangster Film 

Gangsters, big cars, bathtub gin—all part 

of the Al Capone era—returned to Buffalo 

for a night with the opening of "The St. 

Valentine's Day Massacre" at the downtown 

Century Theatre. 

A tie-up with radio station WKBW helped 

Carl Schaner, managing director of the theatre, 

to set the pace for realism in re-creating 

the era of the 20th-Fox picture and to add 

atmosphere to the opening. 

Ratio Station Plugs 

Two weeks before playdate, WKBW disc 

jockeys Dan Neverth, Jim Scott and Fred 

Klestine started plugging the film and the 

fact they would be hosts at the opening 

taking on the look of Capone hoods as part 

of their roles. 

The three also distributed guest tickets as 

part of the promotion. 

On the day of the opening, the theatre 

was closed until 9 p.m., half an hour before 

opening festivities. As patrons entered the 

lobby they were served bathtub punch, 

symbolizing the bathtub hooch of the prohibition 

era. 

The three disc jockeys arrived in a big car 

after leading a parade of antique vehicles to 

the theatre. Inside they began their roles as 

gangsters, to the delight of the first-nighters. 

Earlier Ballyhoo 

In an earlier promotion, Schaner secured 

the services of Buffalo artist Louis Cherenzia 

jê" 

jns, 

to paint the body of bikini-clad model \too. 

Sandra Czwanek in front of the theatre. 

This stunt was for "Don't Make Waves," 

and pointed up the artist-angle in the MGM 

picture. The attention-getter drew crowds of 

spectators and attracted the attention of a 

roving TV cameraman from Channel 7, 

whose shots were featured in a newscast. 

Three make-believe hoods (WKBW 

disc jockeys) climb out of their Packard 

(circa 1929) to enter the Century Theatre 

in Buffalo to host the opening of 

20th-Fox's "The St. Valentine's Day 

Massacre." Adding further color to the 

opening. Manager Carl Schaner had 

"bathtub punch" served in the lobby, 

symbolic of the bathtub gin days. 

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gALLOTING for the June Blue Ribbon 

Award was more exciting than it has 

been for several months. Although "Eight 

on the Lam" (UA) finally forged far enough 

ahead to win, "The War Wagon" (Univ) was 

so close that it 

qualifies as a runnerup. The 

rest of the votes were so scattered that while 

a number received quite a few votes, none 

received enough to be given Honorable 

Mention. National Screen Council members 

expressed their views of certain pictures, 

and of the ballot list, in these selected 

remarks on their ballots: 

"Eight on the Lam" 

Once again Bob Hope has made a film 

suitable for the family. Lots of gags and 

antics.—Mrs. Henry F. McGill, La Canada 

(Calif.) PTA . . . Phyllis Diller and Bob 

Hope together provide a hilarious comedy 

that is fun for the entire family.—Mrs. J. R. 

Muterspaugh, Indianapolis NSC Group . . . 

Lm voting for "Eight on the Lam," but 

reluctantly.—Dave Mclntyre, San Diego 

Tribune. 

"Eight on the Lam" is my choice for a 

good, clean, entertaining family picture. 

"Caprice" is good also but not the family 

picture that "Eight on the Lam" is.—Mrs. 

Paul Gebhart, Cleveland Cinema Club . . . 

Not much to choose from, but "Eight on the 

Lam" if I must.—Mrs. M. E. McLoughlin. 

MP Chairman, N.S. D.A.R., Brooklyn . . . 

Our members enjoyed this, but it is slapstick 

comedy.—Mrs. Fred Hire, Fort Wayne 

Indorsers of Photoplays. . . . This was an 

easy choice. "Eight on the Lam" truly an 

enjoyable, family-type film.—Mrs. Frank J. 

Baldus, G.F.W.C., Independence, Mo. 

"The War Wagon" is a tremendous film. 

However, I selected "Eight on the Lam" because 

of its entertainment values for adults 

and children.—Angelo J. Mangialetta, 

WAGA-TV, Atlanta . . . It's slapstick comedy, 

true—but it is the kind all the family 

can enjoy.—Mrs. C. B. LaDine, Indianapolis 

NSC Group. 

"The War Wagon" 

John Wayne rolls on—and on—and 

on.—Wayne Allen, Springfield (111.) State 

Journal-Register . . . I'm not a Wayne fan, 

but apparently the family is. 

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Like a familiar 

youthful wart, so goes and grows John 

Wayne. And "The War Wagon" continues 

his popular image.—Al Shea, WDSU-TV, 

New Orleans . . . "The War Wagon" is the 

best of the month's fare.—Jeannette Mazurki, 

Glendale (Calif.) News Press . . . 

What action!—Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle. 

Nice to have an exciting outdoor adventure 

that you can take the children to see, 

too.—Kenneth Barnard, Detroit Free Press 

. . . This hardhitting western is light on sex 

and gore and heavy with a familiar, fine 

and famous cast.—Lois Baumoel, Cleveland 

MPC review chairman . . . "The War 

Wagon" is one of the best western motion 

pictures that we have seen in some time. 

Mrs. Leslie T. Barco, Greater St. Louis 

BFC. 

"The War Wagon" is old-fashioned, western 

fun. The ballot list is pretty awful this 

month.—Bill Donaldson, Tulsa Tribune . . . 

"The War Wagon" is the best all-around 

choice. "Casino Royale" and "The Honey 

Pot" just miss the mark.—John P. Recher, 

NATO of Maryland, Baltimore . . . What 

else but "The War Wagon?" "Eight on the 

Lam" is okay for family, but so dull. 

Barry Morrison, Denver Post. 

Miscellaneous 

"The Honey Pot" is not a family picture 

but is a joy in its finished acting, clever 

dialog and delightful decor. The scenes in 

T never thought I'd recommend a Doris 

Day picture, but for good family 

entertainment, "Caprice" is a delight, 

with plenty of inventive situations and 

beautiful production dress. For adult 

films, "Two for the Road" and "The 

Accident" are excellent choices. In fact, 

this month's list is one of the best in a 

long time.—James L. Limbacher, Dearborn 

Press . . . Such slim pickings! A 

few good films listed, but not for children. 

Give it to "For a Few Dollars 

More." — Tom Sullivan, 

Record and Call. 

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This month's ballot list 

Hackensack 

leaves much 

to be desired. "Eight on the Lam" is 

not an outstanding movie, nor is "Caprice," 

yet they're the only two on the 

list suitable for families. I have to refrain 

from voting this month. If a film 

has no value, it isn't worth voting 

for.—Nancy Sparks, Wichita Beacon 

. . . Again I have to go for a picture 

not for the family trade. But it was 

interesting and unusual — "Triple 

Cross."—Brainard Piatt, Dayton Journal 

Herald. 

There is very little of interest on this 

month's list suitable for family viewing. 

The Bob Hope film was just mildly 

amusing, although gags and antics at 

times proved hilariously funny. My vote 

goes to "The Accident," for adult audiences, 

of course. — Virginia Beard, 

Cleveland Public Library. 

Venice are to revisit that delightful city. 

Mrs. Julia B. Steiner, Brooklyn MPC . . . 

So far above the others on this list is "The 

Honey Pot" that it isn't even a contest. 

Bob Sokolsky, Buffalo Courier-Express. 

"Two for the Road" proves Hollywood 

interests need not be malignant forces. It is 

a lucid, scintillating adult comedy for adults. 

It does say something and gives audiences 

credit for understanding. This is a 

far cry from typical Hollywood junk like 

"Caprice."—Bill Morrison, Raleigh (N.C.) 

News & Observer . . . "Two for the Road" 

for adults only, though.—Bob Porter, Dallas 

Times Herald. 

Even sex can be made palatable to the 

family when it is lampooned as merrily as it 

is in "Casino Royale."—Alfred L. Peloquin. 

Bay City (Mich.) Times ... Of the ones I've 

seen, this spoof is the best of the lot.—Tom 

Peck, Charleston Evening Post . . . Although 

"Eight on the Lam" is better family 

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entertainment, I must cast my vote for 

"Casino Royale." It is very good!—Bob 

Battle, Nashville Banner . . . This is good 

fun, if not the greatest for the very young. 

Grant Marshall, Burlington (Iowa) Hawk- 

Eye. 

Perhaps "Caprice" is not for the whole 

family, but I enjoyed it more than any others 

on the list that I've seen.—Stephen Werbel, 

Western Mo. Mental Health Center Psychologist, 

Kansas City ... I finally chose "Caprice" 

because of Doris Day but it is not 

altogether family fare.—Agnes E. Rockwood, 

Bennington (Vt.) Banner . . . Doris 

Day has done it again with a very delightful 

evening's entertainment filled with travel, 

adventure, romance and beautiful clothes. 

Mrs. John A. Smith, Greater Pittsburgh BF 

& TV Council . . . Tashlin's beautiful visual 

style and subtle imagery in "Caprice" creates 

a very funny adventure. "The War Wagon" 

is a cool second.—Z. Samuel Bernstein, 

Ottumwa Courier. 

Some persons may question "For a Few 

Dollars More" as to being suitable for children, 

but it is the best film on this month's 

list.—Kim Larsen, Denver Register . . . This 

is a fast-paced movie with some very exciting 

moments.—Pat Hadwick, CSU, Fort 

Collins, Colo. . not family fare, 

it is a good, stark, realistic western.—Joanne 

Sequin, WBEN-TV, Buffalo. 

"The Accident" is not really for family, 

but a marvelous film.—Leo Lerman, Mademoiselle 

. . . Oxford has me intrigued, since 

I'll be there six weeks this summer.— Sister 

Bede Sullivan, Lillis High School, Kansas 

City, Mo. . . . Let 

intellectuals live in 

'em learn how the British 

"The Accident."—Archer 

Winsten, New York Post. 

"Caprice" and "Casino Royale" are playing 

now to several weeks of business but 

I don't feel they are family fare—too much 

violence!—Dorothy R. Shank, WJJL Radio, 

Niagara Falls . . . "Chuka" is an unusual 

western of an Indian attack on a poorly defended 

fort, but this is a very poor list for 

anyone.— Elisabeth Murray, Long Beach 

Teachers Ass'n . . . This is a weak list as 

far as family is concerned. The best of the 

lot are "Caprice" and "Casino Royale," 

neither of which is likely to win.—Earl J. 

Dias, New Bedford Standard-Times. 

Only two have been here and neither is a 

family flick.—Holly Spence, Lincoln (Neb.) 

Journal-Star . . . No candidates worthy. 

Norman Dresser, Toledo Blade . . . Nothing 

listed is outstanding for the family.—Dick 

Osgood, Radio WXYZ, Detroit . . . It's summer! 

I saw these three films this month: 

"Caprice," "Casino Royale," "Eight on the 

Lam"—all are equally terrible!—Lou Peneguy, 

Georgia ETV Network, Atlanta. 

Intrigue, spies, theft, murder, sex and 

wars in the entire list. Not one that 1 can 

recommend on my two film bulletin boards. 

"Two for the Road" is reminiscent of 

"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf." Sorry I 

can't vote.—Mrs. Arthur L. Murray, Long 

Beach Kappa Kappa Gamma, D.A.R. . . . 

No vote—the few I've seen are either adult 

or terrible.—Bob Freund, Fort Lauderdale 

News. 

"Caprice" is not only an extravagant delight 

for adults but appealing to youngsters 

as well.—Alvin Easter, Cinema 

Magazine, Kansas City . . . Hard to decide 

this month—many good ones. I enjoyed 

"Caprice," it being a Doris Dav. but my husband 

prefers Bob Hope.—Mrs. Walter J. 

Tait, Marin County (Calif.) MPC ... A 

terrible list—not one outstanding, none. 

Emery Wister, Charlotte News.

'Exhibitor has his say 

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL 

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (AIP) 

Mike Henry, Nancy Kovack, David Opatashu. 

A Tarzan with a different twist that 

did okay business. Played Thurs., Fri., Sat. 

Weather: Clear and warm.—Terry Axley, 

New Theatre, England, Ark. Pop. 2,136. 

BUENA VISTA 

Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, The 

(BV)—Roddy McDowali, Suzanne Pleshette, 

Karl Maiden. This was well liked and 

did good business. It is worth a playdate. 

Played Tuesday.—S. T. Jackson, Jackson 

Theatre, Flomaton, Ala. Pop. 1,480. 

Follow Me, Boys! 

(BV)—Fred MacMurray. 

Vera Miles, Charles Ruggles. Along 

comes a fine family-type picture like this 

and the public ignores it. Very poor boxoffice. 

An excellent picture which didn't deserve 

such a fate. Played Fri., Sat., Sun. 

Weather: Excellent.—H. E. & C. W. Rowell, 

Idle Hour Theatre, Hardwick, Vt. 

COLUMBIA 

Alvarez Kelly (Col)—William Holden, 

Richard Widmark, Janice Rule. This made 

a very poor showing at the boxoffice. Those 

who came were interested in the story. 

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

Paul Thewlis, Tazewell Theatre, Washington, 

III. Pop. 5,900. 

Birds Do It (Col) — Soupy Sales, Tab 

Hunter, Arthur O'Connell. Oh, no they 

don't! This is unfit for any change and an 

awful waste of Tab Hunter. If this is the 

best they can do we should replay those silent 

Valentino pictures. Played Saturday. 

Weather: Warm.—Charles Burton, Tri- 

Cities Drive-In, Lockwood, Mo. Pop. 852 

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER 

Blow-Up (MGM) — Vanessa 

Redgrave, 

David Hemmings, Sarah Miles. This was an 

English-made, art-type picture we played 

to a very select group. There was a great 

deal of mixed reaction to the film and it 

wasn't that good—but not really too bad. 

We couldn't play too many of them. One 

week, Tues., Wed. Weather: Good.—Peter 

A. Silloway, Star Theatre, St. Johnsbury, Vt. 

Pop. 6,809. 

Up 

Attendance Built 

On 'Follow Me, Boys!' 

Here is a good movie for small 

towns, although my attendance veas 

small Sunday and Monday, but better 

than average attendance on Tuesday. 

I enjoyed this picture completely. 

Broadway Theatre, 

Estacada, Ore. 

GARY SARIN 

Exhibitors' Rating 

On Films Wanted 

I appreciate very much the Exhibitor 

Has His Say column. I think a 

column is very important like this one 

because it gives exhibitors a chance to 

read about the opinions of his fellow exhibitors. 

However, I think that if a rating 

system of some sort was adopted it 

might prove even more beneficial. 

When I read the column, I am concerned 

with whether the picture met the 

standards of the exhibitor who played 

the picture. I am not too interested in a 

basketball game or dance, which might 

have affected his attendance. I think 

some form of rating might also induce 

more exhibitors to partake in 

writing to your column. 

Capitol Theatre, 

Rochester, N.Y. 

JOHN HEBERLE 

Double Trouble (MGM)—Elvis Presley, 

Annette Day, John Williams. In my opinion, 

it's a very funny show in the "Tickle Me" 

vein. A great movie that I viewed at Springfield.—Charles 

Burton, Tri-Cities Drive-In, 

Lockwood, Mo. Pop. 852. 

Hot Rods to HeU (MGM)—Dana Andrews, 

Jeanne Crain, Mimsy Farmer. We 

had a fair crowd for this and it was well 

liked, but played too soon after the drivein, 

which doesn't help. Played Wed., Thurs. 

Weather: Fair.—Leonard Wahl, Lake Theatre, 

Lake Mills, Wis. Pop. 2,951. 

PARAMOUNT 

Alfie (Para) — Michael Caine, Shelley 

Winters, Julia Foster. This was another excellent 

adult entry. It seems that every time 

we put up an adult picture, we play to larger 

crowds. What happened to the family picture 

and the families? Played Wed., Sat. 

Weather: Good.—Peter A. Silloway, Star 

Theatre, St. Johnbury, Vt. Pop. 6,809. 

Funeral in Berlin (Para)—Michael Caine, 

Eva Renzi, Paul Hubschmid. It's good, but 

hard to so-classify a picture that failed to 

come near making expenses. No more spies 

for me! Played Sun., Mon.—S. T. Jackson, 

Jackson Theatre, Flomaton, Ala. Pop. 1,480. 

20tii 

CENTURY-FOX 

Reptile, The (20th-Fox)—Noel Willman, 

Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett. Doubled with 

"Rasputin—the Mad Monk" (Christopher 

Lee, Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco), a 

good horror combination. National Screen 

Service has a combination trailer on this 

(for which they charge you double). No advance 

in combination paper! Played Sun., 

Mon.—S. T. Jackson, Jackson Theatre, Flomaton, 

Ala. Pop. 1,480. 

Way . . . Way Out (20th-Fox)—Jerry 

Lewis, Connie Stevens, Robert Morley. It 

your fans like Jerry Lewis, this is okay. If 

not, skip it. We did average business on 

same here. Played Thurs., Fri., Sat. Weather: 

Clear and cool.—Terry Axley, New Theatre, 

England, Ark. Pop. 2,136. 

UNITED ARTISTS 

Fistful of Dollars, A (UA)—Clint Eastwood, 

Marianne Koch, John Wels. An interesting 

picture— it was different, for sure. 

If your customers like blood, this is it. 

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

Paul Thewlis, Tazewell Theatre, Washington, 

III. Pop. 5,900. 

Thousand Clowns, A (UA)—Jason Robards 

jr., Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam. 

In black and white and no draw here—better 

leave it on the shelf—no sense to it. It is 

nothing for the small town. Give the small 

towns some good ones and we can make 

a little extra. Played Fri., Sat., Sun. Weather: 

Fair.—Leonard Wahl, Lake Theatre, Lake 

Mills, Wis. Pop. 2,951. 

UNIVERSAL 

Appaloosa, The (Univ)—Marlon Brando, 

Anjanette Comer, John Saxon. Marlon 

Brando needs diction lessons. We could 

hardly understand him in this. Don't play 

it on Friday and Saturday. It is too arty and 

a bit slow. Not much "appaloosa" in the 

story. Played Fri., Sat.—Arthur K. Dame, 

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

Reluctant Astronaut, The (Univ)—Don 

Knotts, Joan Freeman, Arthur O'Connell. 

Better than average results at the boxoffice 

—crazy enough to please our patrons. 

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

—H. E. & C. W. Rowell, Idle Hour Theatre, 

Hardwick, Vt. 

WARNER BROS. 

Lady, A (WB)— 

Big Hand for the Little 

Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason 

Robards. There is some good humor in this 

and the ending is quite a surprise. However, 

it is not the type that appeals. Acting, story, 

photography, all outstanding. Woodward is 

a standout.—Paul Fournier, Acadia Theatre, 

St. Leonard, N.B. Pop. 1,900. 

Hotel (WB) — Rod Taylor, Catherine 

Spaak, Karl Maiden, Melvyn Douglas. This 

was a very good, fast-moving drama of the 

happenings in the hotel business. The picture 

was well received here, the acting and scenes 

were excellent. You'll agree if you play it. 

Played Wed., Sat. Weather: Good.—Peter 

A. Silloway, Star Theatre, St. Johnsbury, Vt. 

Pop. 6,809. 

Never Too Late (WB)—Paul Ford, Connie 

Stevens, Jim Hutton. This is probably 

the funniest film in years. Really superb. 

However, I have a little drive-in in a little 

hick town, so my customers don't particularly 

like clean films. Lucky it was the 

second feature. Not many left when it was 

over. Played Fri., Sat. Weather: Cold.—Don 

Stott, Calvert Drive-In, Prince Frederick, 

Md. 

/re 

^llS. 

ioo. 

IIG — BOXOFFICE Showmcmdiser :: July 24, 1967

An interpretive onalysis of lay and trodepress reviews. Running time Is in parentheses. The plus and 

minus signs Indicate degree of merit. Listings cover current reviews, updated regularly. This deportment 

olso serves oj an ALPHABETICAL INDEX to feature releases. © is for CinemaScope; Cy) VistaVision; 

^ Panovtsion; (f^^ 

Techniroma; ;s^ Other anomorphic processes. Symbol O denotes BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon 

Aword; ® Color Photography. National Catholic Office (NCO) ratings: A1 — Unobjectionoble for General 

Potronage; A2— Unobjectionable for Adults or Adolescents; A3— Unobjectionoble for Adults; A4—Morally 

Unobjectionoble for Adults, with Reservotions; B—Objectionable in Part for All; C—Condemned. For 

listings by compony in the order of release, see FEATURE CHART. 

V U H. 1 

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Review digest 

AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX 

H Very Good; + Good; — Fair; — Poor; = Very Poor. In the summary H is rated 2 pluses, — as 2 minuses. 

4016 QAccident (105) D Cinema V 

Adolescents, The (SO) 

D Pathe Contemporary 

4001OAdventures of Bullwlilp Griffin, 

Tlie (110) W Com BV 

3095 ©Africa Addio (125) ® Doc Rizzoli 

4022 ©Africa—Texas Style! (105) 

African Ad Para 

4017 ©After You, Comrade (84) C Continental 

Age of Illusion (97) D Brandon 

4010 Agony of Love, The (83) 

Psych. Mclo Boxoffice Infl 

All the Other Girls Do (90) CD Harlequin 

—B— 

4036 ©Banning (102) ® D Uni» 

402S©Barefoot in the Park (106) C Para 

4035 ©Big Mouth. The (107) C Col 

4019 ©Bikini Paradise (89) C AA 

Birds, the Bees and the Italians, The 

(115) C Seven Arts 

Black God and White Devil 

(100) Melo Rocha Films 

402S©Boho, The (105) iPi CD WB 

4037©Born Losers (113) Motorcycle D..AIP 

Boudu Saved From Drowning 

(84) Satire Pathe Contemporary 

4011©Brighty of the Grand Canyon (S9) 

Animal Ad Feature Film Corp. 

3089 ©Bubble, The 

(112) 4-D space Vision SF Arch Oboler 

3093 ©Busy Body, The (90) ® C Para 

4025 ©Caper of the Golden Bulls, The 

(104) Ad Embassy 

4023 ©Caprice (98) © Spy C Ad. . .20th-Fox 

4018 Carry On Cabby (S9) C Governor 

4020 ©Casino Royale (130) Spy C Col 

Cat in the Sack 

(74) D Pathe Contemporary 

Chafed Elbows (63) Novelty Satire 

(Part Color) Film-Makirt' DisL Center 

Chelsea Girls, The (210) Avant-Garde 

(Part Color) Film-Makers' Dist. Center 

4015©Chuka (105) Outdoor Ad Para 

4005 ©C'mon, Let's Live a Littlcl 

(85) ® D with Mus Para 

3089 ©Come Spy With Mt 

(85) Spy C 20th-Fox 

4027 ©Cool Hand Luke (129) (p) WB 

3097 ©Cool Ones, The (95) ® Mus C. . .WB 

3098 ©Corrupt Ones, The (92) ® Ac Melo WB 

4010 ©Countess From Hong Kong, A 

(105) C Rom Unlv 

3088 ©Covenant With Death, A 

(96) Cr D WB 

—D 

3091 ©Deadly Affair, The (106) (g Spy.. Col 

3093 ©Deadly Bees, The (84) Sus D Para 

3094 ©Deadlier Than the Male 

(97) ® M Univ 

4013 ©Devil's Angels (90) ® Melo AlP 

3084©Devil's Own, The (90) Ho D..20th-Fox 

4021 Diabolical Dr. Z, The (83) Ho U.S. Films 

4033 Diary of a Swinger 

(75) Melo Boxoffice Infl 

4034 ©Dirty Dozen, The (149) (§ 

War D MGM 

4032 ©Divorce AMERICAN Style 

109) C Satire Col 

4002 ©Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding; 

(94) C MGM 

4033©Don't Make Waves (97) p C...MGM 

4011 ©Double Trouble (90) ® 

C with Mus MGM 

©Do You Keep a Lion at Home? 

(81) Fantasy Brandon Films 

Drifter. The (74) 

D Film-Maker's Dist. Center 

4025 ©Drums of Tabu, The (91) 

3090 Dutchman 

Ac Melo Producers Releasing 

(55) Melo... Gene Persson Enterprises 

1-30-67 

2- 6-67 

2- 6-67 

4-17-67 

1- 2-67 

5-15-67 

6-26-67 

6-25-67 

6-19-67 

3- 6-67 

6-26-67 

4-10-67 

1-16-67 

6-12-67 

5-29-67 

1-23-67

REVIEW DIGEST 

AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX t+ Very Good; Geod; Foir; Poor; Very Poor. In the summary ff is rated 2 pluses, = as 2 minuses.

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COMING 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Rel. 

Date 

ALLIED ARTISTS 

Belle De Jour 

Catherine nwiwjve, Genevieve Page 

©Islanif of the Doomed Ho.. 

Cameron llitdiell 

N ghtmarc Castle Ho.. 

Barbara Steele 

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL 

©The End D Ad 

. 

Peter Fonda 

©Beach Boy ® D.. 

(east to be announced) 

©The Marquis De Sade D.. 

(ca.st tn be announced) 

©The Oblong Box Edgar Allan 

Roe Classic 

FtTiKindu Lamas. Siisan Strasberg, 

Vincent Price 

©Miniskirt (g Teenage D.. 

(cxst to he annoiinced) 

©Mondo Amour ....Doc on Love.. 

©Pitstop Racing . 

Taliian. Mimsy Farmer. Yvonne 

Crale 

©Wild in the Streets D. 

Tuesday Weld. Carol Lynley. Mary 

Ann Mobley 

BUENA VISTA 

©Jungle Book. .Animated 

Feature (75) 

Voices of Phil Harris, Louis Prima, 

Sterling Hollov\ay, Sebastian Cabot, 

George Sanders 

COLUMBIA 

©How to Save a Marriage—and 

Ruin Your Life 

Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Bli 

Wallace, .\nne Jackson. Betty Field 

©Berserk Sus Thriller.. 

Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana 

Dors 

©The Swimmer Contem. D.. 

Burt Lancaster, Barbara Loden 

CONTINENTAL 

Ulysses (125) D.. 

Milo O'Shea, Barbara Jefford, Maurice 

Roeves (Roadshow engagements) 

MAGNA 

Descent Upon Drvar D 

Maks Furjan, Mata Milosevic 

The Hot Hand D 

.Jacques Chassier, Macha Merit 

Kozara (100) D 

Bert Sotlar, Olivera Markovic 

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER 

©The Comedians Ad. . 

Rich.Trd Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, 

Alec Guinness. Peter Ustinow, Paul 

Ford, Lillian Gish 

©Jack of Diamonds 

George Hamilton, Joseph Cotten, 

Marie I,aforet 

©Our Mother's House 

Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Brooks 

©Point Blank! 

Lee Marvin, Angle Dickinson, 

Keenan Wynn 

©The Scorpio Letters D . 

Alex Corii. Sliirli^y Katun 

PARAMOUNT 

©Daring Game Ad. 

Lloyd Bridges, Joan Blackman 

©Gentle Giant Animal Ad 

Dennis Weaver. Vera Miles 

©Hostile Guns W. 

George Montgomery, Yvonne De 

Carlo 

Further Perils of Laurel 

and Hardy (99) C Doc. 

©The Last Safari Ad 

Stewart Granger, Gabriella Licudi 

©Marco 7 D 

Gme Barry, Elsa Martinelll 

20TH CENTURY-FOX 

©Doctor Dolittic 

70mm Mus Roadshow. 

Rex Harrison. Sam,antha Etigar, 

Anthony .\e\vley. Richard 

.Vttenborough 

©Tony Rome Detective D . 

Frank Sinatra. Jill St. Jolm. Sue 

Lyon 

UNITED ARTISTS 

OBillion Dollar Brain Ad.. 

Michael Caine, Francoise Dorleac, 

Karl Maiden 

©Clambake Mus C. 

Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares 

©The Good, the Ugly, and the 

Bad W. . 

Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, 

Eli WaUach 

©Kill a Dragon Ad . 

Jack Palance, Fernando Lamas, 

Aldo Ray 

©Navajo Joe W. 

Burt Reynolds, Nicoletta 

Machiavelli 

©Fitzwilly C. . 

Dick Van Dyke. Barbara Feldon. 

Edith Elans 

©The Wicked Dreams of Paula 

Schultz C. 

Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Maureen 

Arthur 

UNIVERSAL 

©Counterpoint ..World War II D.. 

Leslie Nielsen, Charlton Heston, 

Maximilian Schell, Kathryn Hays 

©The Ballad of Josia W. 

Doris Day, Peter Graves 

©New Face in Hell Sus D . 

George Peppard, Raymond Burr. 

Gayle Hunnieutt 

©Nobody's Perfect C. . 

Doug McClure, Nancy Kwan, James 

Whitmore 

WARNER BROS, 

©Assignment to Kill Spy D 

Patrick O'Neal, Sir John Gielgud 

©Camelot 

Mus. 

Vanessa Redgrave. Richard Harris, 

Franco Nero (Roadshow) 

©Countdown ® D 

James Caan, Joanna Moore 

©Reflections in a Golden Eye . 

Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando 

. D 

©Wait Until Dark D. 

.\udrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin 

AMERICANA ENTERTAINMENT 

ASSOCIATION 

The Weird World of LSD 

Melo-Fantasy. -May 67 

(72) . . . . 

Terry Tessem, Yolanda Morino. Ann 

Lindsay, Robert Jackson, Ray 

Becker. Cliff Anderson 

AUDUBON 

I, a Woman (90) .Sex D.Mar 67 

Bssy Persson 

Frustrations (SS) Sex D.Mar 67 

Magall .Noel. Patd Guers 

©Carmen. Baby (93) ..D.Aug 67 

It a Lcvka, Carl Mohner 

BOXOFFiCE INT'L 

The Agony of Love 

(83) Sus Melo. Apr 67 

Pat BaiTinffton, Sam Taylor. 

Parker Garvey 

Girl With the Hungry Eyes 

(85) Sus Melo, Apr 67 

Cath.\ Crowfoot. Vickie Dee, 

Shannon Carse, Scott Avery 

. 

Cool It Baby (75) Sex D . May 67 

lUnerly Baum. Joe Marzano 

Story of Artist Studio Secrets 

(78) Melo. May 67 

Percy Green, Hortense 

The Wonderful World of Girls 

(72) C Spoof. May 67 

Rita Atlanta. Griff Hansen, Cole 

Frank. Brandy Smith. Barbara 

Norton, Sheila French 

Venus in Furs 

(75) Sex D. .Jun 67 

"Elinore," Shep Wild, Stephanie 

Smythe 

Diary of a Swinger 

(75) Expl D. Jul 67 

Joanna Cunningham, Rose Comti 

Kitten in a Cage 

(72) ...Expl Ac Melo. May 67 

M'rlam Eliot, John Dunham, June 

Morgan 

CAMBIST FILMS, 

INC. 

The Female Seventy Times 

Seven (93) Sex Melo. 

r.sabelle Sarll 

Rent-A-Girl (77) Sex Melo.. 

Barbara Wood, Frank Spencer, 

Carol Nadine 

CHAMPION FILM 

PRODUCTIONS, INC. 

©The Weekend Warriors 

(90) Sports Doc Nov 66 

CHILDHOOD PRODUCTIONS 

©The Christmas That Almost 

Wasn't (96) Nov-Dec 66 

Rossano Brazzi, Paul Tripp 

CINEMA V 

The Hours of Love (89) 

I'go Tctgn.azzi, Eromanuele Rlva, 

Barbara Steele 

©The Endless Summer 

(92) Doc. Sep 66 

Mike Hynson, Robert August 

©Accident (105) D.. Apr 67 

Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Vivien 

.Merchant 

COMET 

©The Poppy Is Also a 

Flower (100) Ac D..Nov 66 

Yul Br,vTmer, Angle Dickinson, 

Trevor Toward, B. G. Marshall, 

all-star cast 

©Savage Pampas (97) Ac D. Apr 67 

Robert Taylor, Ty Hardhi, Marc 

Lawrence. Ron Rajidell 

©The Gentle Rain 

(110) Rom D. Sep 67 

Christopher George, Lynda Day 

CROWN INT'L 

Mondo Balordo 

(86) Shock Doc, Mar 67 

Narrated by Boris Karloff 

Catalina Caper (87) Outdoor 

Sus C Apr 67 

Tommy Kirk. Del Moore, Peter 

Iiuryea 

EMERSON FILM ENTERPRISES 

©The Devil's Mistress 

(66) My D..66 

Joan Stapleton. Robert Gregory 

©Manos, the Hands of Fate 

(74) My.. 

Tom Neyman, Diane Mabree, 

Hal Warren 

EUROPIX CONSOLIDATED 

©Kill Baby Kill 

(S3) Ho Melo.. May 67 

G. Rossi Stuart, Erlka Blanc, Max 

Lawrence, Giana Vivaldi 

Sound of Horror (85) . . May 67 

James Philbrook, Arturo Fernandez, 

Soledad Miranda, Ingrid Pitt 

FEATURE FILM CORP. OF 

AMERICA 

©The Destructors (98) Sep 67 

Richard Egan, Michael .Ansara, 

Jo.an Bljickman. David Brian 

©Run Like a Thief (94) ... .Sep 57 

Kieron Moore, KeeiLin Wynn, Ina 

Balin. Fernando Rey 

©Brighty of the Grand Canyon 

(89) Animal Ad. Sum 67 

Joseph Cotten. Dick Foran. Pat 

Conway 

©Ten Billion Dollar Caper 

(..) Ad. Oct 67 

Jolyn Erlcson, Lola Albright. 

Neliemiah Persoff, Leslie Parrish. 

Don Rickles, Kent Smith 

©Panic in the City 

(..) Ad. Oct 67 

Howard Duff, Linda Crist,al. Anne 

Jeffries, Nehemiah Persoff, Stephen 

McNally 

©The Violent Ones 

(..) Ad.. Nov 67 

Aldo Ray, Fernando Lamas, David 

Carradlne, Tommy Sands 

FILM-MAKERS' DIST. CENTER 

Chafed Elbows (63) part 

color Novelty Satire. . Feb 67 

George Morgan, Elsie Downey 

The Chelsea Girls (210) black 

and white and 

color Avant-Garde. . Feb 67 

Gerald Malangs, Nico, Edie 

Sedgwick, Superstar 

Echoes of Silence 

(74) D.. Spring 67 

Miguel Chacour, Viraj Amonsin, 

Jean-Francois Gobbl, Stasia Gelber 

The Drifter (74) D.. Jun 67 

John Tracy, Sadla Marr, Michael 

Fair 

GOLDSTONE 

Hail! Mafia (90) D.. Jan 67 

Henry Silva, Elsa Martinelll, Jack 

Klugman 

©Once Before I Die (97) D.. Jan 67 

Ursula Andress. John Derek 

The Man Who Finally 

(98) 

Died 

D. Jan 67 

St;uiley Baker, Mai Zetterllng, 

Peter dishing 

HOFFBERG PRODUCTIONS, Inc 

The Eagle (75) Ad Dr. .Nov 66 

Itiiilolph Valentino in his last film 

Evil Forest (77) Drama 

based on Richard Wagner's 

"Parsifal" and featuring his 

music Feb 67 

Gustavo Bojo, Ludmilla Teherina. 

and cast of thou.siiTids 

IMPACT FILMS 

Hell on Wheels 

f§) Racing Spec. May 67 

Marty Robbins, Gigi Perreau. John 

Ashley 

Naked Among the 

Rush to Judgment 

(116) Doc .. Summer 67 

(From the book by attorney Mark 

Lane which presents argiunents 

against the Warren Report as the 

final word on the assassination of 

John F. Kennedy) 

LOPERT FILMS 

©10:30 P.M. Summer 

(85) D.. Nov 66 

Melina .Mcrcouri, Romy Schneider. 

Peter Finch 

©King of Hearts (102) ..C. Jan 67 

Alan Bates, Genevieve Bujold 

Persona (81) D.. Mar 67 

Hilii AiHlersson, Liv Ullmann 

Wolves (100) D. .Apr 67 

Brwin Gescliorineck, Fred Delmare 

PREMIER PRODUCTIONS 

Blow-Up (110) D.. Jan 67 

Vanessa Redgrave, David Hemmings 

PRODUCERS RELEASING 

ORGANIZATION 

©The Fickle Finger of 

Fate (. .) My C. Mar 57 

Tab Hunter, Gustavo Rojo 

The Phantom of 

Soho (. .) Ho My. .Mar 67 

Barbara Rutting, Dieter Borsche 

in combination with 

The Monster of London 

City (..) Ho My. Mar 67 

Marianne Koch, Jorg Felny 

©The Treasure of 

Makuba (84) Ac Ad. .Apr 67 

Cameron Mitchell, Mara Cruz 

©•/ou've Got to Be 

Smart (..) Mus..Apr67 

.Mamie Van Doren, Preston Foster, 

Roger Perry 

Flame Over Vietnam 

War D (..) Apr 67 

Elena Barrios. Jose Nieto. Maria 

Martin 

©A Witch Without a 

. May 67 

Broom ( . . ) C 

Jeffrey Hunter, Maria Perschy 

©The Vengeance of Pancho 

Villa (..) W..May67 

John Ericson. James Philbrook 

©The Drums of Tabu 

. . .Jul 67 

(91) Ad. May 67 

James Pliilbrook. Seyna Sein 

©The Christmas Kid (90) 

.leffrey Hunter, Louis Hayward, 

Perla CiLstal 

©Girl of the Nile (. .) Jul 67 

Rory Calhoun. Mara Cruz 

RIZZOLI 

A Very Handy Man 

(95) CD. .Jan 67 

L'go Tognazzi, Glovanna Ralli, 

Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimee 

©Africa Addio (125) ® Doc. .Mar 67 

ROYAL FILMS INT'L 

©The Game Is Over 

(98) (B D. .Jan 67 

Jane Fonda, Peter McEnery, 

Michel Piccoll, Tina Marquand 

La Vie de Chateau 

(92) C Rom. .Mar 57 

Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Nolret. 

Pierre Brasseur 

SOUTHEASTERN PICTURES 

CORP. 

Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers 

(91) ..Country Music C. May 67 

Del Reeves. Hugh X. Lewis. Sonny 

Tufts. Lila Lee, Slapsy Maxle 

Rosenbloom 

THUNDERBIRD INT'L 

©Sting of Death 

(76) Ho Melo. Jun 67 

Joe Morrison, Valerie Hawkins, John 

Vella. Jack N;igle, Sandy Lee Kane, 

Deanna Lund 

©Death Curse of Tartu 

(87) Scope Ho. .Jun 67 

Fred Pinero, Doug Hobart, Babette 

Sherrill 

TIMELY MOTION 

PICTURES, INC. 

©Mondo Mod (89) Ac Doc—Jan 67 

TRANS AMERICAN FILMS— AlP 

Hallucination 

(90) . Exploitation Dr. .. Dec 66 

George Montgomery. Danny Stone 

©It's a Bikini World 

(86) Mus C. .Apr 67 

Tummy Kiik, Deborah Walley, 

The Animals 

Teenage Rebellion 

(81) Shock Doc, Apr 57 

©Sadismo (..).. Shock Doc. Sep 67 

U.S. 

FILMS 

The Hostage 

(84) Shock Sus. .Jun 67 

The Sailor From Gibraltar 

©Road to Nashville 

(89) D. .Apr S7 

Marty Robbins, 60 country imisic Jeanne Moreau. Ian Bannen, 

stars 

Vane-isa Redgr.ave 

©Red Dragon 

©Aphrodisia (..) . C. Jul 67 The Whisperers (105) ...Summer 67 

(The Fountain of Love) 

Dame Edith Evans, Eric Portman, 

©Wild Rebels 

Nanette .Newman 

(..) ...Motorcycle D..Jul 67 

Steve Alaimo, Willie Pastraiio, PIKE PRODUCTIONS 

.lohn Vella 

Fcelin' Good (85) Mus D.. Mar 67 

Crossed the Color Line 

(88) Mar 67 

Rleh,ard Gllden, Harry Lovejoy, Rlma 

Kutner 

WOOLNER 

©Lightning Bolt (91) Apr 67 

Anthony Eisley, Foico Lulll, Sophia 

Marl 

(90) Ac 0. Apr 67 

Stewart Granger. Rosanna Schiaffino 

©Hillbillys in a Haunted House 

(91) May 67 

Basil Ratlibone. I.ori Chaney, John 

Carradine, Ferlin Husky. Jol Lansing 

BOXOFFICE BookinGuide :: July 24, 1967

CANADIAN 

Review 

Date 

Cat in the Sack (74) 7-3-67 

(I'atlie ronleniponiiy) ca.st ghen 

no 

CHINESE 

Magnificent Concubine, 

The (97) 7-11-66 

(f^li;nM ..l.i Li-liiia, Yen Chuan 

3The Mermaid (99) 2-7-66 

(Trnnk Lt-i-) ..I\y Ling To. Li 

Cliini; 

CZECHOSLOVAKIAN 

^)Do You Keep a Lion at 

Home? (81) 1-16-67 

(naiiiinnl ..Laillsliiv (leenasek, 

.liisff 

I'ilip 

Lo es of a Blonde, 

The (88) 11-21-65 

(I'romitu'iit ) liana Brpjchova, 

Vl.Kiimir 

I'lidiott 

ShoD on Main Street, The 

(128) 2-7-66 

(r'ir>niincnl) . ..UKi'f Kroner, Idji 

K.iniinska 

Sweet Light in a Dark 

Room (93) 7-11-66 

(Pronu'iiaile) ..Dana Smiitna, Ivan 

Mislr:k 

DANISH 

©Eric Soya's '17' (S7) ....2-6-67 

(Prppm-orn \Vnrni.«:c'r) ..01c Saltofl. 

niiita .Norh.v, Lily Broher;;, 

SlisaiHU' 

Ili'inrich 

Gertrud (110) 7-4-66 

(Puthe ronlemporary) ..Nina Pens 

llode, Bendt liothc 

FRENCH 

Band of Outsiders (94) ....5-9-66 

Anna Karina, Sami Frey. 

Claude Brasseur 

Boudu Saved From Drowning 

(84) 3-6-67 

(Pathe Contemporary) . .Michel 

Simon, Charles Grandval, Marcelle 

Hainla, Jean Daste 

Fever Heat (86) 4-3-67 

(Mishkin) babel Corey, Roger 

Duchesne, Guy Decomble, Gerard 

Buhr. Daniel Cauchv. Claude 

Cenal 

Galia (105) 10-17-66 

(Zenilh Infl) Mireille Dare, 

Francoise Prevost, .Jacques 

Riberolles, Venantino Venantini 

©Game Is Over, 

The (98) (g 2-20-67 

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The Flim-Flam Man 

Ratio: Comedy-Drama 

2.35-1 ® © 

20th-Fox (715) 104 Minutes Rel. Aug. '67 

A flim-nam in southern vernacular is a swindle, and 

the flim-flam man of all times is George C. Scott. In 

this film produced by Lawrence Tuiman and directed by 

Irvin Kershner, with screenplay by William Rose from 

the novel by Guy Owen, Scott, one of the screen's finest 

performers, gives a standout characterization of an aging 

southern drifter whose occupation is "greed," and who 

looks at the world as one in which greedy men are the 

rule. Underneath all this he is a lonely, warm-heart€d 

character. Michael Sarrazin, young talented newcomer, 

plays Scott's sidekick, who finally tui'ns to better ways 

after pretty Sue Lyon enters his life, but who keeps a deep 

loyalty to the old man. The film is set in the Kentucky 

Blue Grass country, where it was beautifully photographed 

in Panavision and De Luxe Color by Charles 

Lang. Jerry Goldsmith composed the delightful score 

which smacks of a rich blend of country and folk sound. 

The one drawback may lie in the chase scene, which although 

funny at times, seems a bit excessive in length 

and wreckage, however in keeping it may be with Mordecai's 

(Scott) particular brand of irresponsibility. This is 

a folk-type comedy-drama steeped in om- heritages. 

George C. Scott, Sue Lyon, Michael Sarrazin, Harry 

Morgan, Alice Ghostley, Slim Pickens. 

lea: 

5ppi\ 

The Spirit Is Willing 

Paramount (6631) 

100 Minutes 

Ratio: 

1.85-1 

Mystery 

Q 

Comedy 

Rel. Aug. '67 

As often happens for any number of reasons, some 

plctm-es take quite some time to get into release. Producer/ 

director William Castle's first Paramount production, 

"The Spirit Is Willing," is just such a case. It is now 

set for summer playoff following the earlier release last 

spring of Castle's second Paramount film, "The Busy 

Body." "Spirit" is one of Castle's comedy-horror films 

like his successful "Let's Kill Uncle." However, this time 

it is an outright ghost story played in a broad style and 

filled with silly antics. Based on the novel, "The "Visitors" 

by Nathaniel Benchley, it was filmed at Fort Bragg, Calif., 

to captm-e a New England setting, just like "The Russians 

Are Coming," which was not only filmed at Fort Bragg, 

too, but was based on a Benchley story. The similarity 

ends there. Ben Starr's script is cartoon thin and the 

performances are downright hammy, particularly father 

and son, Sid Caesar and Barry Gordon. "Vera Miles is 

wasted as is Cass Daley, who retm-ns to movies after a 

very long absence. Marvelous Mary Wickes gives by far 

the most entertaining performance in this routine tale. 

As a programer, "Spirit" should please the kidaies. 

Sid Caesar, "Vera Miles, Barry Gordon, John McGiver, 

Cass Daley, Ricky Cordell, Mary Wickes, Jesse White. 

Privilege ^^- °"^' 

Universal (6723) 103 Minutes Rel. Sept. '67 

The concept of Universal's European production head. 

Jay Kanter, to use the very best of the continental creative 

film talent is indeed an admirable one which to date 

has, alas, not really paid off commercially. "Privilege" 

follows "Fahrenheit 451" and "A Countess From Hong 

Kong" in this ambitious program and probably will be the 

most controversial of the lot. Made by director Peter 

Watkins, who again is using the television documentary 

approach of his Oscar-winning "The 'War Game," this 

powerful film is a cold-blooded look at the corruption of 

modern society as seen through the pop cultm-e of the 

'60s and its heartless merchandising methods. "Watkins 

shows how a teenage idol is used by money powers, the 

State and the Chuixh to control man's mind and to deny 

one's individuality. His harsh reality is absolutely devastatingly 

dramatized in the organized religion sequence, 

which resembles something out of the Nazi documentaries 

of the '30s. Paul Jones is perfectly cast as the bisexual 

star in Norman Bogner's screenplay and English model 

Jean Shi-impton is endearing in her amatemish fashion. 

Peter Suschitsky's Technicolor photography is stunning. 

This John Heyman production definitely will appeal to 

those who are seriously interested in the film. 

Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London, Max 

Bacon, Jeremy Child, William Job. 

The Hostage 

Ratio: Suspense Drama 

1.S5-1 

Crown Int'l 84 Minutes Rel. June '67 

This fresh and pictorially exciting melodrama should 

appeal to mass audiences. It has enough suspense for 

adult appreciation and yomigsters will identify themselves 

with the little "hostage." Of high quality though 

on a low budget, this was filmed entirely in the Middle 

West by a new company. Heartland Productions of Des 

Moines, Iowa, headed by Russell S. Doughten jr., who 

both produced and directed, from a screenplay by Robert 

Laning. The late Don O'Kelly as the ruthless "Bull" and 

Dean Stanton as his more thin-skinned sidekick, tui-n in 

convincing performances as the truck-driving kidnapers. 

Director Doughten uses a series of near vignettes through 

the unusual clipped editing of Gary Kurtz. The viewer 

follows the anguish of the distraught parents, played by 

Ron Hagerthy and Jenifer Lea, and such episodes as the 

untimely demise of the prime suspect, aptly portrayed by 

John Carradine. Unknown six-year-old Danny Martins 

was selected from 100 Iowa youngsters tested for the role. 

Lesser characters were drawn from veterans of the Des 

Moines little theatre. The film is based on a novel by 

Henry Farrell, author of previous film hits: "What Ever 

Happened to Baby Jane?" and "Hush . Sweet 

Charlotte." Filmed in Technicolor. 

Don O'Kelly, Dean Stanton, John Carradine, Danny 

Martins, Ron Hagerthy, Jenifer Lea. 

riEA 

Round Trip 

Continental 

86 Minutes 

Ratio: 

1,S5-1 

Romantic 

© 

Drama 

Rel. July '67 

"Round Trip" is a fiction film, the first for documentary 

filmmaker Pierre Gaisseau, who is best-known in 

the U.S. for "The Sky Above—the Mud Below," and "The 

Flame and the Fire." This Walter Reade Organization 

release very likely will not pay off. Although having some 

evocative images of New York, where it was shot in its 

entirety, "Round Trip" is an amateurish jom'ney on a 

slow boat of romance between a French painter, recovering 

from a broken marriage and very interested in Negro 

sociology, and a beautiful New York Negro model, who 

prefers forgetting her background and living a very ritzy 

life of jewels and furs and fine cars. The film is superficial 

and suffers greatly from Ellen Faison's inept performance 

as the model. Perhaps Gaisseau's direction of 

performers in a non-documentary work is part of the 

fault, too. However, as the painter, "Vanentino "Vanentini 

comes through with some conviction. To make the scene 

more authentic, artist and musician Larry Rivers plays 

himself. William Dufty wrote the screenplay and Mitchell 

Leiser produced. The Reade company is one of the few 

willing to take a chance these days. 

Venantino Venantini, Ellen Faison, Larry Rivers, 

Joan Thornton, Clarice Rivers, Jacques Kaplan. 

What Am I 

Bid? 

Ratio: Country-Western Musical 

1,S5-1 ® © 

Emerson 92 Minutes Rel. 

A new approach to combining family fun and country 

and western song, "What Am I Bid?" gets an added push 

into the family market with its story line of a clean-living, 

former Navy star shoved into a complex Hollywood 

situation where he comes up a hero. Top-drawer star 

names in the western field are LeRoy "Van Dyke, Tex 

Ritter, Al Hirt, Johnny Sea and Faron Young. With 12 

songs going the colorful, tunefully stocked Liberty International 

film by Wendell Niles jr. and Hue R. Lee, in 

Technicolor-Techniscope, gives Joe Emerson of Emerson 

Films a great film to exploit. The story line is adequately 

designed to fit the brother-and-sister devotion tale 

around the music. Music is the theme and getting it 

across to the listener-viewer was well-lensed by Ralph 

Woolsey. Ernie Freeman gave "Van Dyke free expression 

to his style and the million-sale record of the hit, "Auctioneer," 

is a milestone in music of this genre. Romance 

between combos of 'Van Dyke and Stephanie Hill and 

Kristin Nelson and Bill Ci-aig play sweetly, and with some 

dramatic impact. Scene of the naval carrier with the stars 

entertaining the crew with song and dance brings in nice 

handling of a guitar ensemble and a U.S. Navy atmosphere. 

Gene Nash wrote and directed. 

LeRoy Van Dyke, Kristin Nelson, Stephanie Hill, Bill 

Craig, Al Hirt, Tex Ritter, Johnny Sea, Faron Young. 

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THE STORY: "The Spirit Is Willing" (Para) 

Sid Caesar and Vera Miles, with their son Barry Gordon, 

take a seaside house for a summer vacation. One 

hundred years before, Cass Daley has axed her bridegroom 

Bob Donner and his sweetheart Jill Townsend and 

all thi-ee are ghosts who haunt the Caesar vacation spot. 

As soon as the guests arrive, strange things begin to 

happen. When rich uncle John McGiver anives, his yacht 

is sunk. Gordon is blamed for all the trouble, but he 

sees the ghosts and with girlfriend Jill Townsend and 

her older sister librarian, also Jill Townsend, go about 

trying to make the others see the spirits. Uncle McGiver 

loses a second yacht and Gordon decides to hold a costume 

party so that the ghosts can appear as themselves 

in their 19th Century clothes. Even psychiatrist John 

Astin gets into the pictm-e and everyone is totally confused 

and frightened. Astin runs away and Daley pushes 

McGiver off a cliff to get him for herself. The Caesar 

family leaves the haunted house with a better understanding 

of one another, but not of the real situation. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Paramount is using Ghost Captin's hats for promotion, 

as well as Buzza Cardozo cards which are supernatural 

greeting cards. Use tie-ins with the national William 

Castle Pan Club. 

CATCHLINES: 

The First Pictme to Face the Biggest Pi'oblem of Qui- 

Time: The Sex Life of Ghosts. 

THE STORY: "Round Trip" (Continental) 

French painter Venantino Venantini is at a pop art 

party on a boat off Manhattan and he meets a beautiful 

model, Ellen Faison, who is a Negro. Their romance grows 

and she becomes his mistress. However, their attitudes 

toward life are very different. He is interested in absorbing 

Negro culture first hand via trips to Harlem, observing 

the people. Faison wants the better things in life. The 

love affair begins to drift and when he takes off back to 

France, she knows she never will see him again. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

The interracial romance might be a controversial subject 

worth playing in some parts of the country. The New 

York setting is appealing and should be used to advantage 

in promotional and advertising copy. Venantino Venantini, 

who scored a big success as the romantic lead opposite 

Mireille Dare in "Galia" last year, has some name 

power in the big cities. 

CATCHLINES: 

"Round Trip" Takes You on a New Kind of Romance 

... A Love Story of Two People From Two Different 

Worlds . . . The New York Art Scene and the People Who 

Was Not Enough for This "Round 

Make It Lively . 

Tiip." 

THE STORY: "What Am I Bid? (Emerson) 

LeRoy Van Dyke, recently discharged Navy veteran, 

displays guitar-strumming and western singing ability, 

while seeking a friend in the Hollywood Bowl. Discovered 

as the son of former country-western pop star of years 

back, talent agent Bill Craig and magazine writer Stephanie 

Hill pursue him to Arizona. Kristin Nelson, his 

sister, and Van Dyke are determined they won't let a 

showbusiness career ruin their lives, as their father did 

before. The agent and the magazine writer win and, while 

romance blooms between Miss Hill and Van Dyke, she 

plots to finish her expose fan story, but falls in love with 

him. Craig and Miss Nelson do the same, and his career 

is launched with Tex Ritter helping. When the story 

breaks, so do the attachments, but not the love. Craig 

gets the magazine publisher to tell the truth to Miss 

Nelson and a reconciliation between all parties takes 

place on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in San Diego, while 

Van Dyke is entertaining the crew, with a dancing sailor 

ensemble and guitar group. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Tie in to stores with merchandise auctions, using local 

Gibson guitar sales outlets telling them that 30 or 40 are 

used in the film. Make tie-ups on the song "Auctioneer." 

CATCHLINES: 

Hollywood's Latest "Sound-Round" Music With a Big- 

Time Beat. Al Hirt and His Trumpet . . . Van Dyke With ,„' 

o„ 

His Guitar . . . and Tex Ritter With His Songs. iha 

5tors 

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THE STORY: 

"The FUm-Flam Man" 20th-Fox) 

George C. Scott, thrown out of a passing train, is rescued 

by Michael Sarrazin, AWOL from the Aimy for slugging 

a needling Yankee sergeant. Scott is a notorious 

flim-flam man, but the two join forces for sui'vival, flimflamming 

only would-be cheaters since Sarrazin's conscience 

balks. After a series of successful swindles, the 

two "borrow" Sue Lyon's car, and a wild chase through 

town follows with the sheriff in hot pursuit. The car and 

town wrecked, Scott and Sarrazin hide out in the woods. 

Sarrazin and Lyon meet romantically, and she tries to get 

him to break with Scott, but his loyalty remains firm 

even though he wants a better life. When the two are 

jailed, Sarrazin escapes and threatens to blow up the 

courthouse if Scott is not freed, telling Scott to leave 

town and call the number of a local phone booth three 

times and hang up. When the phone rings, Sarrazin gleefully 

pushes the plunger, but the whole thing has been a 

trick to get Scott released. The latter, who has called 

from around the corner, walks away, and Sarrazin prepares 

to face the music—Lyon and her father helping. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Have a lobby display of interesting portrayals in movie 

history. Set up a flim-flam display with tools of the trade. 

CATCHLINES: 

He Plim-Flams His Way Across the Screen a Laugh and 

a Swindle a Minute ! Meet the Flim-Flam Man, As Engaging 

a Rogue As You'll Ever Meet! 

THE STORY: "Privilege" (Univ) 

Paul Jones is a pop singing idol, whose stage routine 

includes a sadistic beating by police as part of the act to 

give that teenage audience a release of stored-up emotions. 

He is literally physically harmed during his performances. 

Painter Jean Shrtmpton is an independent 

thinker in his life. His managers decide to change Jones' 

image and make him the head of an evangelical crusade 

with the help of the cleric. Underneath, Jones is not a 

free agent nor a clear thinker, becoming only a puppet 

of his many advisers and managers and their desires. 

When he tries to find himself and be himself, Jones discovers 

that his fans want the figurehead—not the real 

person. A product of mass emotion and promotion, he is 

immediately broken by the same people and fans who 

onoe worshipped him. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

This film is an unusual one and a special one. Play 

Voiaid 

^p jjg controversial natm-e, its so-called look into today's 

world of teenage influence. Use tie-ins with the record 

soundtrack album and interest youth audiences with the 

name of Paul Jones in his first movie role. 

CATCHLINES: 

A Film So BizaiTe, So Controversial, It Shall Cmcify 

Yom- Mind to the Tree of Conscience . . . Behind the 

Screams and Headlines Are the Manipulators . . . "This 

Is the Story of 'Steve'—Pop Singer Extraordinary 'Who 

Dares to Say 'I Won't Conform.' " 

.s,smi 

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THE STORY: "The Hostage" (Crown Int'l) 

The Cleaves family is moving from the city to the suburbs 

and while his mother and father are preoccupied 

with the task of packing, young six-year-old Damiy explores 

the moving van. As he stows away amid the fui'- 

nishings, he is unaware of the fact the two truck drivers, 

O'Kelly and Stanton, were involved in a mm'der the night 

before. Stopping en route to Danny's new home, they pick 

up the victim, conceal him in a di'esser inside the van and 

bm-y him along the way. Once the murderers realize they 

have an eye-witness in Danny, and Danny realizes his 

danger, there are anxious moments of escape and chase. 

Taking refuge in a turkey fanner's home. Danny is returned 

by the farmer and his wife to the wily O'Kelly who 

claims him as his runaway son. Stanton's sympathy for 

the boy eventually saves him and he is reunited with his 

parents, after a harrowing chase through a vacant house 

and a near-fatal ride in the van on a rain-slick highway. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

A key selling point is that "The Hostage" was written 

by Henry Farrell, who authored the two hit films mentioned 

earlier. In the Midwest, having been fOmed in that 

area will add local interest. Stories of real kidnapings can 

be used in newspaper articles. 

CATCHLINES: 

An Outrageous Kidnaping—and a Town Is Gripped by 

Pear . Me! I Am the Hostage! . . . She Tried to 

Help but Lost Her Nerve. 

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