Boxoffice-February.12.1968

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE EDITION • FEBRUARY 12, 1968 

Including the Sect.onal News Pages of All Editions 

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Stars Rex Harrison and Samantha Eggar in the 20th Century-Fox musical, "Doctor Dolittle," which 

was voted the January BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Aword by members of the National Screen Council 

tor its outstanding quality as suitable family entertainment. Miss Eggar shows scorn here when 

she suspects Harrison in the title role of underhonded dealings ... Sec Showmandiser Section. 

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"POOR COW" BECOMES A RICH COW AT 

THE BOX OFFICE AND WITH THE CRITICS! 

Equals ALFIE' and 'BLOW-OP' 

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"ONE OF THE 

YEAR'S 5 BEST! 

A honey of a flick, straight 

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from the shoulder. The 

sizzling diary of a girl 

whose life swings like a 

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"A FEMININE'ALHE!' 

Carol WhHe emerges as a rival of 

Julie Christie and Faye Dunaway 

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BRU A R 

1 2, 1 968 

THE 

"ETERNAL VIGILANCE . . 

. 

DECISION by the board of directors 

of the National Ass'n of Theatre 

Owners, meeting in Nassau last 

month, to continue its fullest support of 

the Council of Motion Picture Organizations 

is highly commendable. It is a realistic 

recognition of the accomplishments 

of this, perhaps only, unified factor that 

is representative of practically ALL industry 

elements that has served to benefit 

the industry as a whole. It would have 

been a great mistake to, in any way, diminish 

the scope of COMPO's operations 

which it has so effectively conducted, ever 

since its formation in 1951. 

Under the astute guidance of Charles 

E. McCarthy, executive vice-president, 

COMPO has fought and won many battles 

against censorship, effecting its elimination 

in states in which it existed. 

Moreover, it closed the drain on theatre 

admissions by bringing about the elimination 

of Federal ticket taxes. Hopefully, 

these evils will not again arise. But, in 

case they do, it is well to be prepared, with 

COMPO at its fullest strength. 

It is significant that, just two years 

ago, following President Johnson's State 

of the Union address, Mr. McCarthy, noting 

recommendations made therein for 

restoration of the excise tax on automobiles 

and telephone calls, observed, 

"These two suggestions in the President's 

speech simply go to show that we must 

never relax our vigilance on legislative 

matters—censorship, tax, minimum wage 

—or other legislation that hits our business. 

We must always—but ALWAYS 

be prepared and ready to act." 

As we said at that time, the industry 

knows full well that once a law—tax, censorship 

or whatever —gets on the books, 

it almost never comes off. The ticket tax 

law had its beginning during World War 

I—50 years ago. Censorship, too, was a 

half-century old nuisance, deterrent and 

expense. While it has been removed from 

the statute books in all six states in which 

it was originally enacted, the efforts of 

its advocates persist in trying to reinstate 

it in one form or another. And 

this has given root to an offshoot called 

"film classification," some attempts for 

which currently are being pressed. 

Mr. McCarthy is right: "We must 

never relax our vigilance on legislative 

matters— censorship, tax, or other legislation 

that hits our business. We rrnist 

always— hut ALWAYS— he prepared and 

ready to act." 

• * 

See You At Show-A-Rama! 

Just about the biggest—if not THE biggest—exhibitor 

trade show and convention 

ever held in America's Heartland 

and, maybe, even in the whole U.S.A., is 

being "whomped up" by the United Motion 

Picture Ass'n for its Show-A-Rama 

XI, to be held in Kansas City, February 

26-29. As successful as these events have 

been in the preceding ten years, the program, 

as it has been outlined, looks to 

"out-show" them all. 

From the practical aspects, which include 

a number of innovations in showmanship 

and useful ideas applicable in 

all phases of theatre operation—PLUS 

entertainment, fun and fellowship—the 

lineup of experts in their respective fields, 

as speakers, screen personalities, leaders 

in exhibition, distribution and production 

is extraordinary. 

Ab Sher, UMPA president, and Dick 

Conley, general chairman of Show-A- 

Rama, report that advance registrations 

are considerably ahead of last year at this 

time. So a new high mark in attendance 

is assured, which adds to the enthusiasm 

of the convention committees and has 

sparked their efforts to present a top 

show full of practical values for profitable 

utilization. 

That has been traditional with Show- 

A-Rama, much to the benefit of both newcomers 

and oldtimers in exhibition, as 

well as other members of the industry. It 

should be more so this year. 

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: German 

Gordon Stulberg of CBS to Keynote 

Show-A-Rama in Kansas City Feb. 27 

KANSAS CITY—Gordon Stulberg, president 

of the new theatrical production arm 

of Columbia Broadcasting System, will be 

the keynote speaker for the 1968 Internationul 

Show-A-Rama XI, convention and 

tradeshow, scheduled February 26-29 at Hotel 

Muehlebach's Convention Center. "The 

Forward Look Ahead" will be the topic of 

his addrc&s at a Tuesday luncheon (27). 

Stulberg joined CBS in 1967 to head a 

newly expanded division, which is responsible 

for all theatrical films to be released 

through the newly formed National General 

Pictures. He will delve into the projected 

future expansion and pnnvth of the 

film industry. 

"Stulberg is a particularly appropriate 

keynote speaker to highlight the 1968 International 

Show-.A-Rama XI convention, 

which ranks as the world's second largest 

exhibitor convention and tradeshow," said 

Dick Conley. general show chairman. "Our 

keynote speaker's vast professional back- 

C;ord()n .Stulberg Arthur I'. Jacobs 

ground and experience qualifies him as an 

authority to express his forward look opinions," 

he said. 

Stulberg served seven years as vice-president 

and chief studio administrative officer 

lor Colimibia Pictures, immediately prior to 

his present position. He was executive assistant 

to the vice-president of Columbia 

Pictures from 1956 to 1960. He was an associate 

and firm member of Pacht, Ross. 

Warne and Bernard from 1949 to 1956. 

A native of Toronto. Stulberg received a 

bachelor of arts degree in 1946 at the Unisersily 

of Toronto and a doctor of law degree 

from Cornell University in 1949. He 

h.is been admitted to the New York and 

California stale bar associations. He is an 

entertainment industry lecturer at the University 

of California at Los Angeles' School 

of 

Business .Administration. 

Don Wilson, famed Jack Benny announcer, 

who has been voted most popular 

announcer in broadcasting, will be the master 

of ceremonies for all business sessions 

and events, except the "Fvening With the 

Stars. Wilson " will introduce Jim Brown, 

the "New Male Star of Today. " Linda Harrison, 

the "New Female Star of Today" and 

N.'ini.in Jewison. the "Director of the >'ear." 

>'i In the Heat of the Night." Milton Fein- 

berg, vice-president of National Screen Service, 

will introduce the National Screen 

Story. 

As previously announced, Arthur P. Jacobs 

will be honored as "Producer of the 

Year" for his 20th Century-Fox productions, 

"Planet of the Apes" and "Doctor Dolittle." 

Charlton Heston will receive the 

male "Star of the Year" Award for his performance 

in "Planet of the Apes" and Stella 

Stevens will be given the female "Star of 

the Year" Award on the basis of her performance 

in Columbia's "Where Angels Go 

Trouble Follows" and "How to Save 

a Marriage—and Ruin Your Life." 

Gene Kelly, producer, director and actor, 

also will be here for the traditional "Evening 

With the Stars" cocktail reception and dinner 

Wednesday night (28). Raquel Welch, 

star of "FATHOM" and "One Million Years 

B. C." for 20th-Fox. also will be here to accept 

an award. Carol Channing, who was 

scheduled to receive a "New Star of the 

Year" .Award, has been canceled due to 

other commitments. 

Refreshment 'School' 

Scheduled by NAC 

KANSAS CITY—The National Ass'n ol 

Concessionaires will take an active part in 

Show-A-Rama XI at the Muehiebach Hotel. 

February 26-29. it was announced by Harold 

F. Chesler. Theatre Candy Distributing 

Co., Salt Lake City, chainnan of the association's 

committee on regional meetings. 

Julian Lefkowitz. L&L Concession Co.. 

Detroit. NAC president, and NAC members 

Virgil Odell. Odell Concessions Specialty 

Co.. Caldwell. Idaho: Johnny Johnston, 

the Vendo Co.. Kansas City. Mo., will present 

the NAC "School for Refreshment Personnel." 

which is based on a new Personnel 

Training and Instruction Manual for the 

Concessions Industry, recently published by 

the association. The manual, compiled from 

400 references containing over 2,000 points 

of information, was prepared and authored 

by NAC past president Philip L. Lowe of 

New York City. They will speak during a 

morning concessions forum, scheduled for 

luesday ( 27 ) 

Louis L. Abramson. NAC executive director. 

Chicago, also will speak at the 

morning session. Chesler. who is a director 

of NAC. has been working closely in developing 

NAC's program with Richard Conley, 

district manager of Fox Midwest Theatres. 

Kansas City, vice-president of the 

United Motion Picture Ass'n and general 

convention chairman. 

The subject of "Storage. Maintenance, 

Repairs and Cleanliness" will he covered by 

Lefkowitz; Odell will talk on "Quality Control" 

and Johnston will discuss "Merchandising 

and Promotion." 

Exhibitors lo Honor 

Actor Jim Brown 

KANSAS CITY—Jim Brown will be honored 

as "New Male Star of Today" at Show- 

A-Rama XI February 

26-29. at the Hotel 

Muehiebach Convention 

Center. 

Brown's award is 

based on his performance 

in MGM's "The 

Dirty Dozen." He 

portrays a condemned 

GI in Europe during 

World War II. who 

cheats the army hangman 

and completes a 

suicide mission behind 

lines before D-Day. 

th. 

Jim Brown 

front 

Brown will receive his award at a keynote 

luncheon Tuesday (27). Sharing the 

spotlight for honors at the same time will 

be Norman Jewison. who will receive "Director 

of the Year" for his work in "In the 

Heat of the Night." 

Jim Brown's acting career has included 

six movies in the last two years. His credits 

include; "Rio Conchos." "Dark of the Sun," 

"Ice Station Zebra," "Kenner," "Riot," and 

"The Split." He is a former AU-American 

and All-Pro Cleveland football star. His decision 

lo quit pro football and devote his 

career to motion pictures followed completion 

of "The Dirty Dozen." 

Brown is national chairman for the Negro 

Industrial and Economic Union, an organization 

he founded, which is dedicated to assisting 

the American Negro into the mainstream 

of the American economy. Brown's 

most successful season was in 1964. when 

he won the Hickok Belt as Professional Athlete 

of the Year. 

Mickelberry Sausage Plant 

Destroyed by Explosion 

C HIC.AGO—Violent explosions destroyed 

the Mickelberry Sausage Co. plant here late 

Wednesday (7). killing at least six persons, 

including the company president, Roy R. 

Laidley. injuring at least 75 others and leaving 

12 to 15 persons unaccounted for. 

Three of the dead were firemen. Laidley's 

body was found Thursday in a search of the 

debris and searchers continued to look for 

those missing. 

The two-story plant building was leveled 

in the blasts, apparently caused by a gasoline 

truck which caught fire and was parked in 

the alley near the factory. 

Firemen were on the scene when the explosions 

occurred, using ladders to remove 

personnel from the building which was burning. 

Witnesses were quoted as saying that 

about 25 persons were blown from the roof 

and from fire ladders by the main blast. 

Firemen were trying to rescue office workers 

huddled there when the main blast came. 

BOXOFFICE ;: February 12. 1968

NGC Agrees to Acquire 

Publishing Company 

NEW YORK—An agreement in principle 

has been reached through which 

National General Corp. would acquire Grosset 

& Dunlap, Inc., book publishing house, 

and its subsidiaries. Bantam Books and 

Transworth Publishing of London, it was 

announced here by Eugene V. Klein, chairman 

and president of NGC: Manual Siwek: 

chairman and president of Grosset & Dunlap, 

and Oscar Dystel, president of Bantam. 

According to the announcement, NGC 

will pay $41 per share cash for the approximately 

1,200,000 G&D shares outstanding. 

Of these, more than 70 per cent are held by 

five principals: Book-of-the-Month Club, 

Inc.; Crowell, Collier & MacMillan, Inc.; 

Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.; Little, 

Brown & Co. and Random House, Inc. The 

balance is held by the management and the 

public. 

Total purchase price would approximate 

$49.2. TTie sale is subject to the preparation 

of definitive contracts and ratification by the 

board of NGC. 

The Grosset companies, the statement 

said, would continue to operate autonomously 

under their present managements. 

Klein said of the proposed sale: "We are 

greatly pleased to have associated with us 

this highly regarded, long-established publisher. 

I regard the Grosset & Dunlap management 

as among the most capable in its 

industry and feel that the merging of the 

talents of these two communications companies 

should result in even more creative 

results together in the future than was the 

case in the past." 

Jonas Rosenfield Jr. Now 

On 4-Week Global Tour 

NEW YORK—Jonas Rosenfield jr., 20th 

Century-Fox vice-president and director of 

advertising, publicity and exploitation, has 

left New York and the 20th-Fox home office 

for a four-week trip around the world. 

Rosenfield was in Hollywood last week 

where he consulted with Richard D. Zanuck, 

executive vice-president in charge of production, 

and other studio executives as well 

as producers and directors, on this year's 

production schedule. Rosenfield also viewed 

a number of features which are either completed 

or in their final editing stages. John 

Friedkin, Rosenfield's executive assistant, 

accompanied him on this phase of the trip. 

Following his Hollywood visit, Rosenfield 

will then go to Tokyo, Osaka. Manila. 

Bangkok, Bombay, Tel-Aviv and Rome before 

returning to the home office on March 

4. During this portion of the trip, he will 

conduct ad-pub meetings on 20lh-Fox upcoming 

product in the company's local offices 

as well as map out production campaign 

plans for the forthcoming reservedseat 

attraction, "Tora, Tora, Tora!" in 

Japan, and the currently-shooting "The 

Guru" in India. 

BOXOmCE FebruaiT 12, 1968 

Seventh Managers' School 

Under Way by NGC 

HOLLYWOOD — Fifteen assistant theatre 

managers and seven theatre managers 

Monday through Friday (.'i-9) participated 

in a five-day seminar in National General 

Corp.'s seventh theatre manager training 

program. 

Conducted at the company's Los Angeles 

home offices, subjects will cover film buying, 

booking, advertising, publicity, promotions, 

insurance, maintenance, theatre operations, 

concessions and purchasing. 

Speakers included: William H. Thedford, 

vice-president and director of theatre operations, 

Eugene V. Klein, president; Samuel 

Schulman, senior vice-president and head 

of theatre operations; Ernest Sturm, assistant 

director of theatre operations, and William 

Hertz. Pacific Coast division manager. 

Since inception of the program July 1965, 

over 110 men have completed the series of 

seminars. Harold Wyatt, Fox West Coast 

Theatres' district manager, who has coordinated 

the previous projects, is in charge of 

the sessions. 

Student managers attending the sessions 

included: 

Joseph J. Novak, Fox Theatre, La Junta, 

Colo.: Thomas Reid Arrington, Fox. Albuquerque, 

N.M.; Larry Dean Duman, California, 

San Diego, Calif.: William Joseph 

Hughes, Fox. Venice, Calif.: Joe Bascetta, 

Academy. Pasadena, Calif.; Richard J. 

Baese. Rialto. Salt Lake City, Utah; Robert 

Leo Barker, Holiday, Great Falls, Mont.: 

John Richard Breshahan. Fox, Billings, 

Mont.; Ladd Anthony Nelson. Fox, Omaha. 

Nebr.; William Clay Schumacher, Fox, 

Springfield. 111.: Raphael Phillip Reno, Uptown, 

Kansas City, Mo. 

Also Jerry Lyie Willits, Fox, Fullerton, 

Calif.; Jerry Dean Battey, Fox. Hutchinson, 

Kas.; George David Wicker, Orpheum, 

Wichita, Kas.; Donald J. Drisdell, Cinema 

Bonaventure, Montreal. Canada: Thomas 

Duncan Carlile, Fox. Van Nuys, Calif.: 

David Joseph James, Studio City, Studio 

City, Calif.; Jerry Ronald Hagerman, Hollywood, 

Portland, Ore.: Jim Cisler. McDonald, 

Eugene, Ore.; Ken William Twombly, 

Coliseum, Seattle, Wash.; Richard Thomas 

Watkins. Tower, Fresno, Calif.; and Gregg 

Michael Kellum, Granada, Kansas Citv. 

Kas. 

Kirk Douglas Is Presented 

Dooley Foundation Award 

NEW YORK—Actor Kirk Douglas was 

honored with the Thomas A Dooley Foundation 

"Splendid American Award" at the 

philanthropic organization's fourth annual 

dinner at the Americana Hotel last week. 

The award, presented by author William 

J. l.edercr, also was given to U. S. Senator 

Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii. Shirley Mac- 

Laine accepted the award for the senator. 

The award is given annually to Americans 

making "outstanding contributions" to international 

goodwill. 

MPAA president Jack Valenti and Northeast 

Airlines president F. C. Wiser were cochairmen 

of the dinner for the Dooley 

Foundation. 

2nd MPAA Seminar 

To Be in Houston 

NEW YORK—The second in the national 

series of university seminar programs 

sponsored by the Motion Picture Ass'n of 

America will be held at the University of 

Houston Thursday and Friday (15, 16) 

when MPAA president Jack Valenti and 

film director Norman Jewison conduct the 

iwo-day program featuring a screening of 

Jewison's "In the Heat of the Night." 

The MPAA seminars were designed to 

create a closer rapport between students, 

American filmmakers and the Hollywood 

industry. The first seminar was held at 

Stanford University last month with Valenti 

and director-producer Stanley Kramer as 

guests. 

The two-day event at the University of 

Houston will also include representatives 

from the neighboring schools of Rice University 

and St. Thomas College. 700 students 

are expected to attend. Following the 

film showing, a discussion period will be 

held with Valenti and Jewison. The second 

day the industry representatives will conduct 

two half-day seminars for students 

who are majoring in cinema, law and business 

at the three schools. 

Related events scheduled for Valenli and 

Jewison include a taped television panel discussion 

with two Houston graduate students 

to be shown on the University's own channel 

and broadcast throughout the surrounding 

area, a reception and dinner in their 

honor given by the University and a luncheon 

meeting with students and faculty from 

the several participating schools. 

Commenting on the film discussions at 

the University of Houston, Valenti said: "I 

am proud to be able to present to my alma 

mater the second in this significant series 

of Campus Film Seminars. Norman Jewison 

is one of the world's most renowned filmmakers, 

having gained international attention 

with his earlier pictures. MGM's "The 

Cincinnati Kid" and UA's "Tlie Russians 

Are Coming the Russians Are Cominc" 

Prudential Chain Increases 

Will Rogers Contribution 

NEW YORK— Prudential New York 

Theatres, Inc.. based out of Merrick. L. I., 

has sent checks amounting to $.'?4,295.55 as 

that theatre chain's contributions to the Will 

Rogers Memorial Fund this past year. This 

total 

represents an increase of 80.3 per cent 

over the amount collected during the preceding 

year. 

According to the company's board chairman. 

Morris Seider. this "impressive showing 

was due to the enthusiasm engendered 

by our supervisors, plus the division collection 

contest," the prize being a weekend at 

Will Rogers at Saranac Lake, N.Y. Seider 

said. "Three of our six supervisors sparked 

this outstanding job." 

Prudential's three division winners were 

the Crossbay Theatre, the Mid-Island Theatre 

and the Plaza Theatre.

Rhode Island Senate 

Asks Classification 

PROVIDENCE— For the second successive 

year, the Rhode Island Senate has passed 

a bill calling for establishment of a motion 

picture classification board within the 

Department of Education, aimed at keeping 

youngsters under 18 out of theatres showing 

films considered unsuitable for them. The 

measure now goes to the House of Representatives. 

The bill calls for appointment by the 

governor of an eight-member board to review 

all films to be exhibited in the state 

;ind decide their probable effect on children 

under 18. 

Should the board decide a film is unsuitable, 

it could go into court and seek an 

injunction against the showing of the film. 

Tlie bill would make it unlawful to exhibit 

any film classified as unsuitable without 

such classification being posted prominently 

in front of the theatre, and it would also be 

unlawful to knowingly permit any person 

under 18 to viev.' the performance or to sell 

or give that person a ticket. 

Thi Senate action came only a few days 

.ifter a court attack by six Providence theatres 

on the city's advance screening practice, 

which the theatres allege is unconstitutional. 

Bringing the action were the Shipyard 

Drive-In, Avon Cinema, Art Cinema. 

Columbus Theatre, Majestic Theatre and 

l.oew's Stale Theatre 

Para. Signs Harold Prince 

To Three-Film Contract 

Nl \V 'lUKk Bro.idu.is producer 

Harold Prince has been signed to a threepicture 

contract by Paramount Pictures, 

marking his entry into filmmaking. The 

transaction was set between Paramount and 

Prince's Media Enterprises. Inc. 

The first of the three proiects. "Barlow's 

Kingdom." will go into production in June, 

with Prince directing and John Flaxman 

producing. The post-Civil War western has 

an original screenplay by John Rcdgate. 

The second film to be filmed in England 

next fall is "The Plavpcn," based on P. N 

Hubbard's novel "Hive of Glass." Jane 

Howard and Robert Carrington are doing 

the screenplay. The third picture will he 

announced at a later date. 

Prince, currently represented on Broadwav 

by two smash hits. "Cabaret" and 

"F-iddler on the Roof," will remain active 

in the theatre. His next Broadway entry 

will be a musical of the film "Zorba, the 

Greek " 

îrk Douqlas to Receive 

HFPA's DeMille Award 

IIOI I VWdon 

Tlic N'.ir.l of directors 

of the Hollywood Forcicn Press Ass'n has 

unanimouslv selected Kirk Douclas as the 

1968 recipient of the "Cecil B. DcMille 

.^ward," presented annually by the HFPA 

since 1951 for outstanding contributions to 

the motion picture indiisin,-, it was announced 

by Herbert G. I.uft. president. 

FOR "WILL PE^'N^••—Paramount 

held a streening and party for the Holl\\\o()d 

I'orciyn Press .-Xss'n in behalf of 

its lie" "eslerii, "\MII Penny." .Shown 

being iiiterxiewed by foreign correspondent 

Leon Batter are Charlton 

Meslon. who stars in the film, and Walter 

Seltzer, center, co-producer of the 

film with I'red Engel. The part) was 

h^'ld ill the Paramount eonimissary in 

HolhMood and attended by .^00 HFP.\ 

meniluTs and their quests. 

Rifkin and Diehl to Lead 

Panel on Automation 

NEW YORK Julian Ritkin. president of 

the National Ass'n of Theatre Owners, and 

Walter Diehl. assistant international president 

of the International .Alliance of Theatrical 

Stage Employes, will head a panel discussion 

on automation at the annual joint 

convention this week in Las Vegas of the 

Theatre Equipment Dealers Ass'n and the 

Thealre Equipment & Supply Manufacturers 

Ass'n. The convention is in session through 

February 14 at the Sands Hotel. 

More than 200 equipment manufacturers 

and dealers are attending the five-day convention. 

Rifkin is also the principal speaker 

at the kickoff luncheon Monday (12). 

WOMPI Nominating Group 

To Select 1968-69 Slate 

JAC KSON\ll I.i: Anne Dillon, president 

of Women of the Motion Picture Industry 

International, has named the following 

members to serve on the international 

nominating committee for 1967-68: 

Dorothv Reeves. New York, chairman; 

Ora Dell I.orenz. Dallas: Louise Bramblell. 

Atlanta: Helen Bila. New Orleans, and 

Sandv Easlcy. Jacksonville. 

The committee will propose a slate of 

officers for the 1968-69 term to be voted 

upon bv delegates at the WOMPI international 

convention September 20-22 at the 

Marriott Motor Hotel in Atlanta. 

McSorlev on 'Roses' Publicity 

NEW ÔRK—Lars 

McSorley has been 

appointed director of unit publicity for 

MGM's "The Subject Was Roses." starring 

Patricia Neal. which producer Edgar Lansbury 

will place before the cameras here 

Mondav (19). 

New Sales Managers 

Named by WB-7A 

NEW 'VORK—Al Duren has been appointed 

midwestern division sales manager, 

it was announced by Morey "Razz" Goldstein. 

Warner Bros.-7 Arts vice-president 

and general sales manager. 

Duren. formerly central division sales 

manager, will make his headquarters in 

Chicago, with supervision over Chicago. 

Cincinnati. Detroit. Indianapolis. Milwaukee 

and Minneapolis. He succeeds Robert L. 

Conn, who joined Cinerama Releasing 

Corp. as southern division manager. 

William Kumins has been appointed 

eastern district manager, working under the 

supervision of Jules Lapidus. eastern division 

sales manager. Kumins was formerly 

Boston branch manager and will, for the 

present, make Boston his headquarters. 

Milt Charnas, branch manager the past 

fi\e years for WB-7A's Los Angeles exchange, 

has been appointed western division 

sales manager, it was announced by Harry 

Buxhaum. western sales manager. Charnas, 

who has been with the Warner organization 

for the past 25 years, will headquarter in 

Los Angeles. 

Joseph Kaitz. formerly Denver branch 

manager, has been appointed Chicago 

branch manager. Gene Vitale. former Denver 

salesman, has been promoted to manager 

of the Denver branch. 

Terry Semel. formerly a salesman in the 

New York branch, has been appointed 

Cleveland branch manager, succeeding Judd 

Spiegle. w ho is resigning. 

Jack McGee Resumes Post 

With NGC in Denver 

DHNVLR — Jack McGee resumed his 

post in Denver on Monday (5) as division 

manager for National General Corp. 

Nfountain-Midwest Theatres, it was announced 

by William H. Thedford, NGC's 

director of theatre operations. 

McGee was temporarily detached from 

NGC domestic theatre operations last year 

to set up operations for the newly formed 

NGC Cinemas. Ltd., in Canada. 

The Canadian theatres will now be supervised 

by Roderick Smith, division manager 

for Fox Eastern Theatres, New York, with 

Robert Bothwell continuing in Toronto in 

charge of the company's homeofficc and 

acquisition program. 

'Born to Be Loved' Charted 

For Philadelphia Lensing 

NEW YORK—Born to Be Loved." an 

original screenplay by Bernard L. Sackett, 

goes before the cameras .A.pril 15 in Philadelphia. 

Originally set for production last 

fall, the Technicolor film was held up when 

director George Keathley became ill. 

Ethelyn Thrasher, casting director for Sackett. 

has stated that the original cast with the 

exception of one or two minor roles will be 

available. Ben Piazza, George Wallace. 

Carolya Coates. all from the New York 

stage, have the leading parts with Robert 

Q. Lewis and .Ann Miller in cameo roles. 

BOXOFFICE :: Februar\- 12, 1968

Valenli, Young NATO 

To Discuss Industry 

NEW YORK—On February' 14 Jack Va- 

Icnti, president of the Motion Picture Ass"n 

of America, and the heads of the National 

Ass'n of Theatre Owners" Young NATO 

group will meet here to discuss what part 

the Young NATO organization can play 

industry affairs with or without the participation 

of the MPAA. Cooperation between 

the two organizations, representing the exhibition 

side on one hand and the distribution 

end of the other, is of primary concern. 

Meeting with Valenti will be Roger Lockwood 

of Lock-J/ood & Gordon Enterprises. 

Boston, who is Young NATO chairman; 

Bruce Corwin. Metropolitan Theatres. Los 

Angeles; Richard Durwood of Durwood 

Theatres. Kansas City, and Bud Rifkin of 

Rifkin Theatres. Boston. 

The second generation theatre executives 

joined together to develop and carry out cooperative 

projects within NATO and on its 

behalf in special areas. Designed to reflect 

the younger viewpoints in exhibitions, the 

group conducted a special seminar last fall 

at the NATO convention in Miami. 

It is expected that Valenti will bring to 

the attention of the Young N.'\TO heads the 

results of the MPAA's lesearch program 

which surveyed such matters as theatre attendance 

habits, motivations and deterrents 

in the industry and advertising practices. 

Valenti is and has been campaigning to put 

more information about film content before 

the public in general so that parents will 

know about each film released. 

'Dolittle' Roadshows Open 

In 11 Cities This Month 

NEW YORK—"Doctor Dolittle." ZOth 

Century-Fox's reserved seat attraction starring 

Rex Harrison, unfolds this month with 

premieres in 1 1 domestic cities. The first 

two roadshow engagements in this schedule 

opened last week at the Palms Theatre in 

St. Petersburg and the Cedar Hills in Jacksonville, 

Fla.. Wednesday (7). 

Subsequent openings of the Arthur J. 

Jacobs production include the Manor Theatre. 

Pittsburgh. Tuesday (13); Midland 

Theatre, Kansas City, Mo.. Wednesday 

(14): the Elm in Hartford; Cinema 21 in 

San Diego: the Strand in Milwaukee, during 

the week of Monday (19); and, at the 

Lvric TTieatre. Indianapolis on Wednesday 

(21). 

W. R. Hearst Jr. Elected 

To 20th-Fox Board 

NEW YORK—Darryl F. Zanuck. president 

of 20th Century-Fox. announced the 

election of William Randolph Hearst jr., 

in 

editcr-in-chief 

of the Hearst Newspapers, as a 

member of the motion picture company's 

board of directors. This marks the first time 

that Hearst has served as a member of a 

board other than those affiliated with the 

Hearst organization. 

Eastman Kodak to Sponsor 

Academy Awards Telecast 

NEW YORK—The 40th annual awards 

presentation of the Academy of Motion 

Picture Arts and Sciences, to be televised 

live and in color, Monday, April 8, on 

.'KBC-TV, (10 p.m. to conclusion) again will 

be fully sponsored bv the Eastman Kodak 

Co. 

Last year, the Oscarcast. fully sponsored 

by Eastman Kodak for the first time. 

surpassed its record of the previous year 

for the largest single network audience in 

television history (62,000.000) by drawing 

an estimated 65,000,000 viewers. 

WB-7A to Sell EML Ltd. 

All of Its ABPC Shares 

NEW YORK— Eliot 

Hyman. chairman of 

Warner Bros. -7 Arts, has announced that 

the company has entered into an agreement 

to sell to EMI, Ltd., British firm, all of the 

shares of Associated British Pictures Corp.. 

owned by WB-7A and representing 25 per 

cent of the ordinary shares of that company, 

for a price of approximately $22.8 million. 

The sale is subject only to formal consent of 

the British government. 

Hyman said that the WB-7A board had 

deteimined to take this step after careful 

study, that the company looks forward to 

continuing productive relationship with EMI 

and that it is anticipated that proceeds from 

the sale will be used for reduction of bank 

borrowings of WB-7.'\. 

WKLCOMF. It \( K— I'alriiia Ncal. 

who stars in MGM's "1 he Suhject \>as 

This second Eastman Kodak sponsorship 

of the Oscar Awards ceremony was again 

placed through the J. Walter Thompson Co. 

The show will be broadcast from the Santa 

Monica Civic Auditorium. The 1968 Academy 

Awards will mark the eighth consecutive 

year that the ceremony has been telecast 

by ABC-TV. 

Roses." and Maurice Silversfcin. president 

of MGM International, are shown 

at a press conference luncheon held last 

week at the Warwick Hotel in New 

York to welcome the .\cadem.v .Awardwinning 

star back to motion pictures 

after an absence of three years. The 

screen version of Frank D. Gilroy's Pulitzer 

Prize plaj 

co-stars Jack .\lbertson 

and Martin Sheen under the direction 

of L'lu Grosbard. Produced by Edgar 

Lansbury, the drama goes before the 

cameras at Production Center in New 

York on Monday (19). 

Re-Elect Disney Boards- 

Quarter Net Is Up 

BURBANK, CALIF, — Stockholders of 

Walt Disney Productions re-elected all nine 

members of the board of directors, including 

Roy E. Disney who was elected to his first 

full term, at an annual meting last week. 

Consolidated net income of Walt Disney 

Productions and its domestic subsidiaries for 

the first quarter to December 30 was $2,- 

181,000, representing 52 cents per share on 

4,229,844 shares of common .stock outstanding. 

This compares with prior year's 

first quarter consolidated net income of $2,- 

092,000 or 50 cents per share. 

All per-share earnings have been adjusted 

for stock dividends and the stock split effective 

to stockholders of record on Oct. 26, 

1967. 

The board of directors at its organizational 

meeting immediately following the stockholders' 

meeting re-elected all officers, with 

the exception of William E. Potter, Robert 

P. Foster and Orbin V. Mellon, who had previously 

assumed vice-presidencies of the 

newly organized Walt Disney World Co., a 

wholly owned subsidiary which will be responsible 

for the administration of Walt Disney's 

Florida project. 

Ronald W. Miller, a direclt)r of the company, 

was elected to the position of vicepresident 

in charge of television. 

The board also declared a regular quarterly 

dividend of 7',2 cents per share, payable 

April I, to holders of record on March 15. 

G&W Drops Proposed Plans 

To Merge With Armour 

NEW YORK—Gulf & Western Industries, 

parent company of Paramount Pictures, 

announced that it has suspended a 

proposed merger with Armour & Co. The 

announcement came after disclosure that 

the Department of Justice had opened an 

investigation of possible antitrust violations. 

The G&W announcement that the $375 

million transaction had been suspended 

cited "present unfavorable market conditions." 

but spokesmen for the company indicated 

that if market conditions change, 

any future consideration of a merger would 

be subject to scrutiny by both companies 

and the DofJ. 

Charles Horwitz to Head 

UATC Site Development 

NEW YORK—Charles Horwil/ has been 

appointed director of site development for 

United Artists Theatre Circuit. Inc. In his 

new post, Horwitz will conduct in-depth research 

studies in an effort to determine areas 

of possible expansion for the theatre company 

and its affiliates and also will be responsible 

for site development in those areas 

selected by the company. 

Associated with Schine Enterprises for 21 

years, Horwitz served as personnel director, 

supervisor of real estate and executive director. 

In 1966. he was named business manager 

of the new Saratoga Performing Arts 

Center in Saratoga Springs. 

BOXOFFICE :: February 12, 1968

, . . oy 

. .Tommy 

FEATURE 

REVIEW 

Half a Sixpence' 

Paramount 

TOMMV sIl.hLK, who has practicalK 

made a career out of playing Kipps in 

"Half a Sixpence," was introduced to American 

moviegoers through his engaging portrayal 

in Wall Disney's "The Happiest Millionaire." 

However, after this delightful picturization 

of the Broadway and London 

stage hit and his forthcoming "Finian's 

Rainhow" film-musical. Tommy is certain 

to 

be known as one of filmdom's top dancing 

stars, happily combining the talents of 

Ray Bolger and Gene Kelly. 

This Charles H. Schneer-George Sidney 

production, directed by Sidney, entirely 

filmed in England against entrancing locations 

of villages, seaside resorts and the 

ITiames at the turn-of-the-ceniury. is always 

a tuneful and pictorial delight as well 

as just about the dancingest musical movie 

in years. Such song numbers by David 

Heneker as "If the Rain's Got to Fall," 

"Money to Burn" and the infectious title 

tune are already familiar to most patrons 

(rom the long Broadway run and lengthy 

road lour and best-selling record album. 

I xtra selling for Steele and the new soundtrack 

album should win over the teenage 

fans, while others will be impressed by the 

story source. H. G. Wells' novel. "Kipps." 

(filmed more than two decades ago by Sir 

.Michael Redgrave), as well as by the considerable 

'•lage fame of Cyril Ritchard. This 

should do strong business as a roadshow 

and later in regular runs. 

Tommy Steele started as a f>op singer in 

Hngland. then starred in the stage show of 

"Half a Sixpence" in London's West End 

for two years and. when it was brought to 

Broadway, took on additional dancing 

chores, for which he was acclaimed. Now. 

he is at his peak in this thoroughly ingratiating 

portrayal of the shy. middle-class draper's 

apprentice, who inherits money and 

then attempts tt> crash high-society. In addition 

to singing nine major songs, plunking 

on a banjo and dancing up a storm. Steele 

is highly amusing in the many comedy 

scenes and even manages to be touching 

in the rare moments of disappointment and 

heartbreak. He rates "bravos" throughout. 

IqtialK adept in the dancing, singing and 

dr.imatic departnu-nis is liilia L'ostcr. who 

Ii>nini> 

HALF A SIXPENCE" 

ParorTiOunt 

Technicolor-Ponavision 

Rotio: 2.35-1 

Running time U8 minutes, plus intermission 

. 

CREDITS 

Chorles H Schneer-George Sidney Production 

Directed by George Sidney. John Dork, executive 

~- -.jcer Assistont director, Peter Pierce. Onginol 

and lyrics by Dovid Heneker. Adaptotion 

verly Cross and Dorothy Kingslcy. Screen- 

Beverly Cross. Director of photography, 

'irey Unsworth. Production designer, Ted Ho- 

'.'. Director of music. Irwin Kostal. Chorcogrophor. 

... 

Gillian Lynne. Music editor, Corroll Knud- 

scn. Costume designers, Elizabeth Hoffenden, 

Jcon Bridges 

THE CAST 

Kipps Steele 

Ann Julio Foster 

Chitfcrlow Cyril Ritchard 

Helen Wolshinghom Penelope Horner 

Sholford Hilton Edwards 

Mrs. Wolshinghom Pomelo Brown 

Hubert Wolshinghom Jomes Villiers 

Peorce Grover Dote 

Sid Christopher Sondford 

Buggins . Leslie Meodows 

Kote Elaine Taylor 

Flo Julio Sutton 

Victono Sheilo Falconer 

and Jeon Anderson, Aleto Morrison, Horry Sinc'air 

Jeffrey Chondler, Deboroh Permenter. 

had previously attracted attention in a 

strictly dramatic role in "Aifie." but now 

plays a pretty housemaid. These two, whose 

Cockney accents are never too broad, carry 

the gentle romance, in which a broken sixpence 

is their good luck symbol, in most 

appealing fashion. 

Cyril Ritchard plays in appropriately 

broad style as a bicycling actor-playwright 

who introduces Kipps to the backstage theatre 

world, and Hilton Kdwards is properly 

apoplectic as the tyrannical owner of the 

draper's shop, where Kipps and three other 

apprentices. Grover Dale. Leslie Meadows 

and Christopher Sandford. live in a damp 

basement hut manage to prance about energetically. 

The bluebloods, who try to turn 

Kipps into an aristocrat, speak in cultured 

tones with fine effect by haughty Pamela 

Brown, her lovely daughter (Penelope Horner) 

and her double-dealing son. portrayed 

by James Villiers— all well cast. 

The choreography, which has been expanded 

and often brought outdoors from 

the rather cramped stage show numbers, is 

by Gillian Lynne. who can take credit for 

the season's finest, and the colorful period 

costumes created by Elizabeth Haftenden 

and Joan Bridges also rate special mention. 

Only a new number. "This Is My World." 

which brings in a "My Fair Lady" atmosphere, 

seems unneccessary and over-long. 

All in all, "Half a Sixpence" has "Flash! 

Bang! Wallop!" to echo one of its lively song 

niinihers F.l . 

Steele (pinyinc banjo) as Kipps in "Half a Sixpence." 

AIP Special Ad Campaign 

For 'High, Wild and Free' 

HOLLYWOOD— Fantastic grcsses registered 

by American International's newly 

acquired adventure thriller. "High, Wild 

and Free" in test engagements arranged 

throughout the country by producer Gordon 

Eastman, has prompted AIP to blueprint 

a special trade advertising and promotional 

campaign to launch the outdoor 

feature into national release late February. 

The picture, filmed in color in the primitive 

"sleeping giant" country of Western 

British Columbia, is not only showing 

spectacular bo.xoffice strength, but has been 

held over for as much as four weeks in 

situations where advance bookings permitted. 

Among its pre-release runs. "High. Wild 

and Free" played 26 days at the Ogden 

Theatre, Denver: the Wealthy Theatre, 

Grand Rapids: 14 days at the Vista Theatre, 

Boise; and full weeks in more than a 

dozen other northwest towns. 

American International is directing its 

advertising-promotion campaign to the 

American family trade and the estimated 

SO.OOO.OOO outdoor and wildlife fans in the 

U,S. 

Maj. Gen. Frederick Touring 

For 'The Devil's Brigade' 

NEW YORK— Major General William T. 

Frederick, organizer and leader of "Tlie 

Devil's Brigade" in World War II. was in 

New York for four days la.st week, first stop 

of a two-nation tour on behalf of the film 

of that name which David L. Wolpcr has 

produced for release by United Artists. 

Frederick, described by Winston Churchill 

as "the greatest fighting general of all time," 

also will visit Chicago. Montreal. Toronto, 

Detroit and Los Angeles. His story long 

kept under tight security wraps, the General 

will 

be interviewed by the press and hold reunions 

with surviving veterans of his 

"Devil's Brigade." as the unit was dubbed 

by the Germans. 

William Holden portrays Frederick in the 

true-iifc film about the Brigade's fabulous 

exploits. Cliff Robertson. Vincc Edwards. 

Dana Andrews. Michael Rennic and 

Gretchen Wylcr also are .starred in "The 

Devil's Brigade." which was directed by Andrew 

V. McLaglen. 

Film Title Changes 

rum Iruiii" IS ihc new title of the 

Joseph L. Levine presentation starring Vittorio 

Gassman. Martha Hyer and Gila 

Golan, formerly titled "Catch As Catch 

Can." The comedy was produced by Mario 

Cecchi Gori and directed by Franco Indovina. 

The Embassy color release is scheduled 

for an early spring debut in this country. 

"Run, Hero. Run" is the new title for 

UniNcrsal's Technicolor drama previously 

tilled ".'\ Time for Heroes." Rod Taylor, 

Claudia Cardinale, Harry Guardino and 

Peter Deuel star in the picture directed by 

loseph Sargent for producer Stanley Chase. 

BOXOFTICE :: February 12, 1968

. William 

. . . Producer 

. . John 

'ôU^cwKtd ^cftont 

Paramount Schedules Western 

As $ Multi-Million Project 

The rights to 'Once Upon a Time in the 

West" will be used by Paramount in a multimiihon 

dolhir project with an all-star cast 

headed by Jason Robards jr., Charles Bronson. 

Claudia Cardinale and Henry Fonda 

with filming in Italy, Spain and the United 

States. Sergio Leone will direct. The story is 

set in Kansas in the late 19th Century and 

is the story of a conflict between two killers 

with control of a new city going to the winner 

and certain death to the loser. April 15 

. . . is the start date Wolper Pictures, Ltd. 

just spent a reported $500,000 to purcha.se 

film rights for John Updike's new novel. 

"Couples," which is a contemporary study 

of the inter-relationship between si.\ couples 

in a small New England town. The production 

firm, which made its name in television 

specials, has bought eight properties for theatrical 

use on the screen in its one year of 

Romer Grey, son of the late 

existence . . . 

novelist Zane Grey, consummated a deal 

with Andrew J. Fenady Associates whereby 

rights to the novel, "Man From Nogales," 

was purchased by the latter company. .-Xrrangement 

gives the Fenady group TV and 

"Cesar and the Seven 

dramatic rights . . . 

Belles of Rome" will be written by Phil 

Shuken for Moustapha .'Xkkad, of Akkad 

Int'l Productions, with Cesar Romero in the 

title role. No date has been set for production 

of the feature . . . Sam Spiegel acquired 

the new comic novel by Max Wilk, "One 

of Our Brains Is Draining," to be produced 

for Columbia Pictures by his Horizon Pictures 

. . . Film rights to "How to Train Dogs 

for the Home, Stage and Moving Pictures," 

is the title which Roy Silver, president of the 

Campbell, Silver, Cosby Corp., announced 

that ihcy had purchased from Pitman Publishing 

Corporation. Henry R. East was the 

novelist. 

'Logan's Run' Due at MGM; 

George Pal to Produce 

George Pal will produce a film version 

of "Logan's Run," the recently published 

novel by William S. Nolan and George Clayton 

Johnson, which Richard Maibaum is 

adapting for MGM, starling in November. 

The unusual story, set in the near future, 

concerns a society in which all persons who 

reach the age of 21 are automatically sentenced 

to death. Theme of this treatment is 

about the attempt of one young man and 

his girl to avoid their fate. Maibaum, the 

v/riter of the screenplay, adapted the novel. 

such as "Dr. No," "From Russia With 

Love," "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball," for 

the screen . . . David Lean, who brought 

"Doctor Zhivago" to the screen, has started 

work on a new film for .MGM, which, 

though untitled at present, he plans to put 

before the cameras this summer on location 

in Ireland. The film will reunite him with 

•By SYD CASSYD 

Robert Bolt, who wrote the screenplay for 

"Zhivago." and who is basing the script for 

the new project on an original story of his 

own. .Set in 1900, the film tells what happens 

when a young romantic girl collides with her 

respectable provincial community. Anthony 

Havelock-Allan will act as producer of the 

. . . Orville 

film which MGM will release as a major reserved-seat 

attraction in 1969 

Hampton has finished a rough draft of 

"Where Are Our Children?" a story of runaway 

youngsters and their parents. Sam 

Katzman starts production in March at 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Culver City studio. 

Don Siegel Sets April Start 

For 'Gid' at Universal 

"Gid" will be produced and directed at 

Universal City studios by Don Siegel. Scheduled 

for production in April, the story was 

written by Larry McMurty as a novel and 

scripted by Larry Marcus and Robert Altman. 

Jennings Lang, senior vice-president of 

. 

Universal, stated that it will be a high-budget 

picture dealing with American contemporary 

youth and their attitude towards living and 

loving Sackheim drew a longlerm 

exclusive contract as creator-writerproducer 

of motion pictures for televsion 

and theatrical release, at Universal City Studios 

Clive Sharp, who will produce 

. . . "Yuki," forthcoming film to be made lor 

British Paramount under the banner of John 

Heyman Productions, is currently in Hollywood 

searching lor a young Japanese girl 

to play the title role. The story is a modern 

Madame Butterfly in reverse, with Phillip 

Shuken completing the screenplay based on 

the Ronald Kirkbride novel . . . Maximilian 

Schell has set a fall production start for "The 

Russian Garden," a romantic drama which 

he has written for the screen, but in which 

Columbia Pictures will 

he will not act . . . 

have a film started this spring on the Danish 

battle against the Nazis in World War II. 

The story, "The Savage Canary," was based 

on a novel by David Lampe and will be 

filmed at Shepperton Studios in England, 

and in Copenhagen where the heroic battle 

of the Danish resistance movement was 

waged. David Miller has been signed by producer 

Irving .Allen to direct. 

Narizzano and Monash Plan 

Productions at 20th-Fox 

Silvio Narizzano will produce and direct 

a romantic comedy, titled "The Love Department," 

for 20th Century-Fox release. 

John Mortimer is writing the screenplay for 

the picture, which is the story of a British 

lonely-hearts columnist and is based on a 

novel by William Trevor. April has been 

inked in as the starting date, with British 

actor Nicol Williamson set for the starring 

role. Narizzano directed last year's highly 

acclaimed "Georgy Girl" tor Columbia . . . 

Paul Monash and 20th-Fox have finalized 

an agreement for a new motion picture project 

under the producer's non-exclusive contract 

with the company. Based on a Will 

Henry novel, "One More River to Cross" 

which Monash will put under the working 

title of "Big Black's River" the picture will 

be a major-budget western wiih the starring 

character a Negro outlaw . . . Delbert Mann, 

producer-director and Arnold Schulman, 

writer of screenplays, have teamed up to 

produce a film under Mann's Biography 

Productions at the end of this year. The original 

and screenplay by Schulman is a dramatic 

contemporary story of an American 

doctor living in India who visits the United 

Nations World Health Organization in 

Geneva, Switzerland, with an altruistic plan 

to enlist aid for the needy and becomes involved 

in the life of the world's celebrated 

men of medicine, who live in the famed 

Swiss city on the lake . . . Jerry Schatzberg 

will produce and direct the next starring film 

of Faye Dunaway in India. Titled "The 

Puzzle of a Downfall Child," it will be a coproduction 

deal with India's Ismael Merchant, 

who produced "Shakespeare Wallah." 

It will be a Warner Bros. -7 Arts production 

Robert Stabler set a late February 

starting date for "Search and Destroy," 

Vietnam drama which is the next 

feature production for Stabler's Madison 

Productions. The screenplay is being completed 

by Charles Davis and Doug Wilson. 

Stuart Rosenberg to Direct 

'April Fools' for CBS Films 

Sluail Rosenberg, scheduled to direct the 

Pandro S. Berman production of ""Everything 

in the Garden." for 20th Century-Fox, 

starting in early 1969. first will direct "The 

.April Fools," starring Jack Lemmon, for 

CBS Theatrical Films. Rosenberg directed 

"Cool Hand Luke." the Paul Newman starrer 

for Jalem Proiiuctions which is attracting 

. . Rt>nald 

. 

considerable attention at the boxoffices. Producer 

Berman, meanwhile, is preparing 

"John Brown's Body" at 20th-Fox. which 

Guy Green will direct starting in July. 

Screenplay is by Paul Osborn 

Neame is set to direct the 20th Century- 

Fox Broadway hit, "The Prime of Miss Jean 

Brodie," which Robert Fryer will produce. 

Kay Allen who wrote the stage play from 

the novel by Muriel Spark is scripting her 

own adaptation. Filming starts in Scotland, 

with Maggie Smith playing the title role, 

next April Dexter, who directed 

many productions for England's famed National 

TTieatre. will make his motion picture 

debut when he directs "The Virgin Soldiers," 

which Carl Foreman will bring to the screen, 

via his Open Road Productions, for Columbia 

Pictures release. Based on the novel by 

Leslie Thomas about a group of misfit sol- 

. . . 

diers of a British garrison near Singapore, 

shooting will begin this summer in Malaya. 

John Hopkins wrote the screenplay 

Academy Award-winner Daniel Fapp, ASC, 

will be the director of photography on Hal 

Wallis' suspense western for Paramount, 

"Five Card Stud" which Henry Hathaway 

will direct with Dean Martin and Robert 

Mitchum toplined and Inger Stevens costarred. 

BOXOmCE February 12. 1968

BOXOFFICE 

BAROMETER 

This chart records the performance of current ottracHons in the opening week of their first runs in 

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

are reported, ratings are added and a»erages rerised. Computation is in terms of percentage in 

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

the figures show the gross ratings obore or below that mork (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.) 

Bonnie and Clyd. 

Camelol 

Carmen, Baby 

Charlie. Iho Loii*--omc Cougar :,BV) 

Clambake 

ComodUans 

Counterpoint 

i:m 

r.yo oi the Devil 

'*' 

"'•'minating Ancjol Tii. 

250 145 150 175 350 65 200 200 180 175 300 197 

.40 170 100 125 120 100 90 190 ISS 90 139 

100 100 113 

!25 140 175 560 350 200 350 225 150 150 200 150 234 

300 350 300 400 295 300 300 200 180 200 500 400 303 

125 400 125 250 160 180 218 

200 500 800 150 200 270 150 90 200 180 200 200 250 261 

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Push Lottery Tickets 

For Theatres in N.Y. 

ALBANY — Stale senator Anthony B. 

Gioffrc of Port Chester has introduced a bill 

that would permit the sale of state lottery 

tickets in motion picture and stage theatres 

in New York State. Restaurants, retail food 

stores, liquor, book, stationery, department 

and drug stores are also introduced in Gioffre's 

legislation as desirous outlets for increasing 

the sales of lottery tickets, which to 

date has made a disappointing showing. 

Presently, lottery tickets can be sold onl> 

at banks, hotels, motels and local and slate 

governmental outlets. After April 15, banks 

will be prohibited from such sales by federal 

law. 

In the past. State Tax Department officials 

have said they do not 

favor movie theatres 

as sales agents, because of the large 

number of young people who attend. Licensing 

of the new outlets would be based upon 

public exposure and convenience, business 

hours, financial responsibility and moral 

character, according to Gioffre's bill. 

Another bill has been introduced in the 

legislature by Senator Gioffre and Assemblyman 

Joseph R. Pisani (R-New Rochelle) 

that would make illegal the sale, 

giving away, distributing or possessing "with 

such intent" any motion picture film, book, 

pamphlet, writing, phonograph, paper, 

record or photograph which a "person" 

has prepared for public circulation with 

information "that would assist" in obtaining, 

manufacturing or in use of "any drug or 

chemical" the public dissemination of 

which, without prescription, is forbidden b\ 

laws of the state. 

RKO-SW Ready to Open 

Third L. I. Twin Theatre 

NEW YORK — RKO-Stanley Warner 

Theatres will open the third of its new Long 

Island Twin theatres, the RKO Twin Babylon, 

on Wednesday (21). It is located in the 

Great South Bay Shopping Center on West 

Montauk Highway. 

The RKO Twin Babylon has 720 .seats 

divided into two theatres of 360 seats each 

and both will present the same film at 

staggered running times. A common entrance, 

boxoffice and refreshment stand will 

prevail, but the two theatres have different 

color schemes—one burgundy, the other 

blue. 

Tri-State Drive-In Ass'n 

Re-Elects Saittis, Others 

PITTSBURGH—Tri-State Drive-In Theatre 

Ass'n, meeting Tuesday (6) at the 

Bigelow re-elected George Saittis, president; 

George Tice, secretary, and Bert Stearn, 

treasurer. The first two will continue in 

office for two years and the latter will serve 

another single year. The group renamed to 

its board of directors Gabe Rubin. Ernie 

Stern and Ernie Warren, and as a new director 

elected Vincent Ranalli. 

Producer Stross Tells Tradepress 

Abouf 'The Fox 

By JIM WATTERS 

NEW YORK—The Warner Bros.-7 Arts 

handout read: "Controversy may frighten 

some persons, but film producer Raymond 

Stross accepts its challenge with characteristic 

enthusiasm." From observation during a 

tradepress luncheon for the British producer 

at the Sherry Netherlands Hotel Wednesday 

(7). all indications are that Stross is indeed 

enthusiastic about most things, most particularly 

his wife, the beautiful Anne Hcywood. 

who is the star of his newest film "The 

Fox," based on the D. H. Lawrence novella 

about two lesbians in the north woods; and, 

about his varied and numerous future film 

projects. 

Miss Heywood is in perst)n smaller, more 

delicate (with luminous eyes) than her 

screen appearances and/ or cinemalographers 

have ever captured. The former Miss 

Britain made a brief appearance at the 

luncheon before rushing off to the Arlene 

Francis interview show. Together, Stross 

and his wife of .seven years, two and a half 

years of which she retired to have their 

young son and to paint, have made only 

three films— "The Very Edge" never shown 

in the U.S. and "90 Degrees in the Shade." 

released unsuccessfully last year in New 

York. With "The Fox," their third joint 

effort, they have full confidence that this 

time is the big one. 

As Stross says, "We have one of the 

most turned down films in history," mainly 

because of the subject matter. However, the 

producer firmly believes that "what was 

"GREAT HEART" AW ARD—Left 

to right are MiiNor .liimcs H. J. Tale 

of Philadelphia. .Maureen O'Hara, film 

star, and Ralph W. Pries. \ ariet^ Clubs 

International president, at ceremonies 

honoring Miss O'Hara with Varitly 

Clubs "Great Heart" .Vward for her 

humanitarian efforts in aid to handicapped 

children throughout the world. 

Mayor Talc received the keys to the 

third Sunshine Coach presented to the 

Citj of Philadelphia Recreation Department 

by the Philadelphia Variety Club, 

Tent 13. 

and Wife, the Star 

written .^0 years ago or more certainly 

should he proper material for movies after 

all this lime." He credited Steve Broidy with 

helping to swing "The Fox" into production 

b\ getting 90 per cent of the money from 

banks before 7 Arts stepped into the picture. 

Stross reported that "The Fox" has made 

a tremendous showing in Japan in eight engagements 

thus far. In Tokyo the film outgrossed 

some of WB-7 Arts other top attractions 

of the past like "Virginia Woolf." 

On the upcoming agenda for the busy 

executive who now resides in Hollywood, 

his next film will be "The Midas Run," a 

"spy thriller" to begin filming in Europe in 

April under the directit)n of Alf Kjellin. Miss 

Heywood and a major male star plus Fred 

Astaire will play the leads. Next fall. Miss 

Heywood and Jim Brown will appear for 

Stross in "Six Hours at Felice," a tale of 

one nun and nine "desperate" men in the 

lS60s in Arizona. These films may be WB-7 

Arts releases, but the deals arc not firm. 

ABC Films also is interested in these 

projects but Stross would say no more than 

being "financially involved." 

Stross hopes to do two biography films 

with Miss Heywood; the life and times of 

Edna St. Vincent Millay. whom he characterized 

as the "first hippie." and the life of 

birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger. 

Stross likes to make a film a year with 

his wife, but said "she is free as a bird for 

all other offers." He predicted Miss Heywood 

would be one of the important 

actresses of the next few years and hopefully 

they both will be attending the Golden 

Globe awards in Hollywood Monday (12). 

for which Miss Heywood is nominated for 

best actress in "The Fox." 

Dan Cohen Presides Over 

Loew's Division Meeting 

NEW \ORK The first of a series of 

divisional managers meetings concerning 

the coming Loew's Theatres 1968 showmanship 

drive took place Wednesday (7) at 

Loew's Paradise Theatre in the Bronx. Attending 

were representatives of Loew's theatres 

in upper Manhattan, the Bronx and 

Westchester county. 

line meetings were presided over by Dan 

Cohen, assistant director of theatre operations. 

Talks to the 1.^ managers present 

were made by Ted Arnow, publicity director; 

Robert Solomon, division manager, 

and Ed Bnmner. director of concessions. 

'Playboy' Chevron Release 

NEW YORK— "How to Seduce a Playboy." 

starring Peter Alexander. Antonclla 

Lualdi, Jocclyn Lane and Linda Christian. 

will be released nationally in April by Chevron 

Pictures. Filmed in color and directed 

by Michael Pfleghar. the comedy tells of a 

slick magazine's search for a male sex idol. 

BOXOFFICE :: February 12, 1968 E-1

'Poor Cow' Averages 180 Per Cent 

As It 

Opens at 3 Small NY Houses 

NKW YORK—Broadway business was good boxolfice in iis second week or Broadtame 

wilh an overload of long runs in their way at the DeMille and on the east s-de at 

last weeks before the arrival of "Doctor the Irans-lux 85th Street. 

150 

Fausius," "Sweet November." "The Fox" (Average is loO) 

, „, .- u A •• 

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Boronet—Chino l» Ncor (Roval), •Ifh wk 

and Pl.-.nei ot the Apes. I he art nouses ecekmon Gucsj who's Coming »o Dinner (Coi), 

reported better grosses on the whole than 

cop!J'o.-Fo, from .he Modding Cro.d .MCvii, 

"° 

the Broadway-line lirst-run theatres. i6ih wk of n. a dav 120 

.^. 

, ,, ..„ ^„ Cincmo I— In Cold Blood (Col), 8th wk 170 

rhe only new lilm was Poor Cow. cmcmo ii— Eiviro Modigan (Cinemo V), 

in at 

wk 

small houses—the Trans-l.ux East. Trans- cntcnon— Voiicy o» the ooiis (20th-Fox), 8th wk. 170 

Good, the Bod and the Ugly (UA), 

which pulled enough business three 

coônet-Thc Coduote Er^bossyi 7th :::::2?o 

, ,,, J «j I I'll 

Lux West and Murray Hill, 

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to 

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guarantee a 

DeMiMo 

2nd 

The 

wk "70 

comfortable run. The last house did weak Fcst.vai-Voiiey o» the doIIs (20th-Fox), 8th wk. 175 

Fine Artv- Live for Life (UA}, 7th wk I DO 

business with its (Ormer tenant. "Smashing Forum- The President's Anolysf (Poro), 7th wk. .155 

-W-- .. Guild— Scbostion (Parol, 2nd wk 100 

'"'"- Lincoln ,^rt— The Groduofc (Embossy), 7th wk. ..190 

"Bonnie and C'lvde" returned after mak- Lutie Corncgic- The Jungle Book (BV), 7th wk. .150 

. 

Loews Stotc Doctor Dolittle (20th-Fox), 

.. 

ing the rounds ol 

', , I , 11 

the nemhborhoods. In the 7,h wk of two-o-day I80 

second week of its Carnegie Hall Cinema. 

^°'XU°y,^ ^°^'-'''*'\'''"'''''"*^' ,^"°''''' ,30 

the film broke records, showing to siandins Murroy hiii— Poor Cow (ngp) i75 

... 

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wk 

only at most evening perlormances. riK)ni 

New Embassy- Sebostion (Poro), 

Pons—The stronger (Paro), 

2nd 

7th wk 

135 

160 

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.At the biggest house in town. Radio City 

^^"""^f.^/'^'^tc" ^l°-Hl'^'fol:ô Morrioge 

Music Hall. "How to Save a Marriane . . (Coi), 3rd wk with stage show 150 

. 

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1 . RiQlto 491 (P-Wl. 7th wk 155 

and Rum Your Life did only moderate r,voIi— Gone with the wind (MGM), 

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(Poro), 

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two-o-day 

Sebastian 

... '85 

business in its third and final week. "Sweet 

November" arrived at Boxofiice prcsstimc. 2nd wk 150 

• •/-•u _ I XI . , •• .. k.; .u «i. . . I !...., r.,a I 

34th Street East—Closely Wotchcd Trains 

China Is Near, which pla\ed lour mild (Sigmo ill), I7th wk 165 

weeks at the Baronet, moved into the Cine- Trons-Lux Eost— Poor Cow (ngp) 185 

. Trons-Lux West Poor Cow (NGP) 180 

ma .^7 Rendezvous, replacing a return-run Translux 85th street—The Good, the Bad ond 

set-up at that art house. Although getting 

viao'io^'Giest'w'ô'stoming to Dinner (Col). 

'" 

glowing praises from the highbrow critics. 8th wk 180 

", ... 

* ; .. ? Worncr—Comelot (WB-7A), 15th wk. 

the lilin has yet to really catch on. of two-o-doy 165 

In its 16th and last week on reserved-seat 

basis at the Capitol. "Far From the Madding "Valley of Dolls' Huge 400 

Crowd" concluded its unsuccessful engage- Second Week in Buffalo 

ment with a low gross. "Planet of the Apes" BUFFALO — "Valley of the Dolls" ran 

ct)mes at BoxoiFicii prcsstime. up a fabulous 400 in its second week at 

"Around the World in 80 days" opened Loew's Buffalo. "Gone With the Wind" and 

on its highly publicized first-return engage- "Cameloi" rocked along in the twice-average 

ment at the Astor. 86th Street East and Kips range at the Granada and Teck. respectively. 

Bay theatres, all of whom have been on re- "Culler of the West" entered the lists at the 

issue bookings the past two weeks. Century and met fine response from the 

"Sebastian." in its second week at the young set. 

Ciuild. New Evmbassy and 6Sih Street Play- suffoio— Voiicy of the Doiis ;20th.Fox), 2nd wk 400 

house, did as poorly as its disappointing Center—They Come From Beyond Spoce 

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figure in the opening week. Century— Custer of the West (CRC) 120 

ê.-n -I . . 7 . r u Cinemo, Amherst The President's Analyst 

Still playing to outstanding business were (Poro). 5th wk 95 

"Elvira Madigan," 14th week at the Cinema Coivm-Thc Penthouse (Poro) 5th wk. ; '^ 

,,,„,,,': , , , ,,. . Gronodo Gone With the Wind (MGM), 13th wk. 200 

11: In Cold BIikhI. eighth week. Cinema I; Tr>ck— Comeioi wp 7A) 7th wk 230 

"The Ciraduale." seventh week. Coronet and 

Lincoln .Art. and "Bedazzled." eighth week "The Graduate' Still First 

at the Plaza. Picking up business after a slow On Baltimore Grossing List 

start was "The Stranger" in its seventh week B.ALIl.MORL— " 1 he Graduate" topped 

at the Paris. first-run grossers wilh 250 per cent. 2.*^ 

"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" did points ahead of second place "Valley of the 

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.WVARD—Robert 

S. I'crguson. right. Columbia Pictures 

vice-president in charge of advertising 

and publitil>, ri'cel\es the BOX- 

()l I l( K Blue Ribbon .Award for the 

Robert Cohii presentation, "ôung 

.Vmericans," a Columbia relea.se, from 

Donald ^L Mcrsereau, as.seiate publisher 

and general manager of BOX- 

Oi-F'ICF. Ihc Technicolor musical was 

sel'^'cted by members of the National 

Screen Council as the best family picture 

for December. 

Dolls" and 50 pcrccnlage points in front of 

a quartet of 200 business winners— "Gone 

With the Wind." "The Incident." "The 

Comcilians" and "Camelot." 

Charles Woit Until Dork (WB-7A), 7th wk 180 

Crest Senotor- Volley of the Dolls (20th-Fox), 

7th wk 225 

Five West Live for Life (UA), 2nd wk 170 

Hillcndale, North Point Plaza, Liberty The 

Jungle Book (BV), 7th wk 150 

Hippodrome 

Mth wk 

Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

200 

Little Carmen, Baby (Audubon), 4th wk 190 

Moyfoir The Biggest Bundle of Them All 

(MGMl, 2nd wk 175 

New Camelot (WB-7A), 6fh wk 200 

Northwood The Incident (20th-Fox) 200 

Pike's, York Rood Cinema The Groduate 

(Embossy). 6lh wk 250 

Playhouse The Tiger Makes Out (Col), 3rd wk. .175 

Seven East Choppaqua (Regional) 150 

Tower The Comedians (MGM), 7th wk 200 

Westview Cinemo The Good, the Bad and the 

Ugly (UA), 3rd wk 190 

Trans-Lux Names Ross 

Film Print Coordinator 

\l \\ 'tORk Irans-Lux Distributing 

Corp. and Trans-Lux Television Corp. 

jointly announced last week ( 5 ) that Norman 

T. Ross has been appointed national 

film print coordinator. Formerly, he was 

head print booker at Embassy Pictures, a 

position he held for three years. Prior to 

Fmhassy. he spent 1 1 years w ith Columbia 

Pictures, holding posts in sales accounting 

,is 

well as theatrical film booking. 

Russ Meyer Film Debut Set 

NhW YORK — "Good Morning and 

Ciood-bye!" a new film produced and directed 

by Russ Meyer, will have its New 

York premiere on Monday (19) at the 55th 

Street Playhouse. The screenplay for the 

Eve Productions release was written b\ 

John E. Moran from an original story by 

Meyer. The Eastman Color drama stars 

Alaina Capri. Stuart Lancaster. Pat Wright 

and Haji. 

E2 BOXOFTICE :: February 12, 1968

Still another 

innovation by 

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An entirely 

self-contained 

solid state 

sound system 

For the first time — a 2 projector professional sound system has been 

built into a 35mm reproducer to give all the features of wall-mounted 

theatre amplification equipment. 

The Century Model 67 Sound System is a marriage between 

the recently announced ANAPFET (in itself an innovation, 

wedding the concept of the anamorphic lens with the photosensitive, 

field effect transistor) and the most modern 

techniques in silicon transistor amplifiers. The result is a 

truly compact, self-contained optical sound system, with 

fidelity that surpasses everything to date. A brief rundown 

of the features is convincing: 

1. All silicon solid state components. 

2. Power Output: 12 watts RMS (40 watts peak power.) 

3. Operates right from 110-120V, 50-60 Hz line. 

4. Overall hum and noise 75Db below maximum output 

power. 

5. Distortion: less than 1%. 

6. Frequency Response: Standard theatre characteristics. 

7. Independent Bass and Treble Controls. 

8. Changeover from either projector. 

9. Volume controls in each reproducer. 

10. Connections for external monitor speaker. 

1 1. Amplifier operates directly from ANAPFET. 

12. DC exciter lamp supply in exciter lamp compartment 

in each sound reproducer. 

The Century Model 67 Sound System may be used in regular 

theatres and, with additional higher power amplifiers such 

as the Century JRD-100, in larger theatres and drive-ins. 

It warrants your attention! 

Century's recent innovations are many and diverse. Make note 

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sound system for regular theatres and semi-portable sound 

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BOXOFFICE :. February 12, 1968 E-3

BROADWAY 

JN NhW YORK, lor only tivc days lust 

week to help out with the benefit premiere 

of their newest film, "Doctor Faust- 

U5," for Columbia release. Elizabeth Taylor 

and Richard Burton held forth at one of 

their rare press conferences for over 100 

mciropt>litan reporters at the Plaza Hotel 

VJonday (5). Gracious, witty and seemingly 

quite relaxed, it was a long but enjoyable 

session with the famous couple whii more 

than held their own with the press, 

amidst some rather boring and inane questions. 

Burton had to explain the difference 

between Marlowe's "Faustus" and Gocihe\ 

"Faust" to a German-Swiss correspondent 

and Miss Taylor was asked who designed 

her dress ("Dior") and what she was 

drinking ("Ginger ale . and Jack Daniels"). 

On more serious matters, they agreed 

that it was rough financing the filming ot 

literary classics but Burton plans at least 

three more Shakespeare films ("The Tempest." 

"Coriolanus" and "Macbeth," with 

Miss Taylor as Lady Macbeth), now that 

"Taming of the Shrew" looks like a boxoffice 

success. They liked "The Graduate" 

and "Bonnie and Clyde" of the curreni 

American films and called U.S. filmmakers' 

worship of foreign films "modestly America." 

in not thinking this country also pro 

duces fine pictures. As for top billing in the 

Burton family, each fights for the other's 

right to it. 

• 

A trio of iheaire executives— Lou Wolff. 

liriindl Theatres: Ed Schuinan, Walter 

Reaile Orvaniziition. ami Saul Shiffriii. An 

Theatre Utiild— /i(/i'f returned from Paris 

where they viewed a rough cut of Audiihon's 

forthcoinint; "Therese et Isahelle." 

which stars /^v.vy ("I, a U'onuin'") Persson 

and Anna Gael. The theatreinen were guest 'c 

of Radley Metzger. producer-director of the 

film, and Ava Leighlon. Aiiduhon general 

sales nuinager, who invited them to view 

what the tonipany considers to he its most 

iniporliint and major produrti >n 

• 

to dale. 

Albert Finney, currently appearing in 

Broadway's newest hit. "Joe Egg." is at the 

same time engaged in a series of press, 

syndicate, radio and television interviews in 

connection with his starring role in "Charlie 

Bubbles." which he also directed. The film 

opened Sunday ( 1 I ) at the Sutton. 

• 

Howard \ewnum. publicity director for 

20lli-Fox's forthcnniinQ reserved-seat attraction. 

"Star!", has eslahli.shed his headquarters 

in the company's home office here 

lo supervise the release phase of the roadshow's 

publicity and promotional campaign. 

The film biocmphv of Cerlrude l.awrence 

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Complrtc with tound ond picture chanqcovcri. 

Good for picture up to 18 feet. Good buy, excellent 

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C J Borneo t, Compony, Inc. 

6 Wert 48IS St New York CIfy, N.Y. 10036 

Telephone PLoza 7-6600 

E-4 

DKtOK VIKD—(ieorse H. "Bud" 

Dnisti'in, Paramount Pictures" > icepresident 

in eharne of foreiyn production, 

is decorated with the Order of 

Merit of the Italian Republic at ceremonies 

in llalv, attended by tup film 

industry and t;oNeriimenl figures. The 

decoration was made by a represenlati>e 

of the industry of entertainment 

and tourism in recognition of Onislein's 

contribution to the Italian film 

industry and for (jenerations closer collaboration 

between .Vmerican and Italian 

filmmakers. 

stars Julie Andrews and will premiere in 

London and New York ne.xt September. 

• 

Richard Johnson, who stars in UA's 

"Danger Route." is in New 'York for a brief 

visit and a few publicity tie-ins with the spy 

thriller . . . Elizabeth Hartman. who plays 

a starring role in MGM's "The Fixer." ha^ 

returned from Budapest upon completion ol 

. . . 

her role in the John Frankenheimer picture 

Producer-director Roger Corman paid 

a brief visit to New York to discuss advertising 

and pronuilion in connection with his 

upcoming .MP productions. 

• 

Veteran international film figure Herbert 

Wilco.x, producer, director, writer and now 

author of his autobiography, "25 Thousand 

Sunsets." i.s receiving messages of congratulations 

for his newest achievement, not only 

from British friends but from his many 

friends this side of the Atlaiiiic. With so 

nuiny prominent American "industryites" 

mentioned in the book and playing important 

roles in Wilcox's fabulous career, the book 

offers personal interest as well as invaluable 

documentation as part of movie history. 

• 

Katharine Hepburn will make her first 

official appearance on television as part of 

the 1968 .•\cademy of Motion Picture Arts 

anil Sciences annual awards telecast in 

\pril. T>ic actress will record a special 

tilmed segment on the set of her latesi 

\ chicle. Joseph E. l.evinc's "The I. ion in 

Winter." now filming in Ireland. 

• 

This past week in Xew York was unofficially 

"Sandy Dennis Week" in the big city. 

Her two newest films. "Sweet November" 

and "The Fox," opened one day apart at 

Radio City Music Hall and the Victoria and 

Festival, respectively. Both are from WB-7 

Arts, with "The Fox" distributed through 

the subsidiary, Claridge Pictures. At the 

same time, the current issue of Life magazine 

features a story and picture layout on 

the young blonde actress. 

• 

Harold Rand, president of Harold Rand 

& Co.. the public relations firm, is in Los 

Angeles this week for client conferences. 

• 

Diistin Hoffman, star of "The Graduate," 

is the guest speaker Monday (12) at the 

Union Free School seminar in Northport, 

Long Island. He will be addressing .•tome 

500 teachers and educators following a 

showing of the acclaimed film at the Northport 

Theatre. After a question-and-answer 

period, the young actor will fly immediately 

to Los Angeles to attend the Hollywood 

Golden Globes awards presentation. 

• 

Don Velde. last week, left for Lima, first 

stop of a tour of capitals and principal 

cities of South America, including Santiago. 

Buenos Aires. Rio. and Caracas. Mrs. Velde 

accompanied her husband on the trip. 

• 

A boy. Scon Howard, the couple's first 

child, was born Saturday (3) to Mr. and 

Mrs. Roger Arnow. in Long Island Jewish 

Hospital, New Hyde Park. The father is a 

member of the foreign publicity department 

of WB-7 Arts. 

• 

Barbara Steward has joined J. S. Fullerton 

Advertising. Inc.. as director of public 

relations. From 1956, she had been director 

of communications for Filmex. Inc. 

Pat Newcomb Will Direct 

Publicity for 'Dolly!' 

NEW YORK.— Pat Newcomb has been 

named publicity director for 20th-Fox's 

forthcoming reserved-seat attraction, "Hello. 

Dolly!" currently in rehearsals at the 20th- 

Fox studios in Hollywood. 

Miss Newcomb. who left New York a 

lortnighi ago for Hollywood in preparation 

for the start of production in April, most 

recently was publicity director for another 

2()th-Fox roadshow attraction. "Doctor Dolittle," 

as well as the forthcoming "A Flea 

in Her Ear." 

"Dolly" will be directed by Gene Kelly 

for producer Ernest Lehman with Barbra 

Streisand. Walter Matthau. Michael Crawford 

and Louis Armstrong headinc the cast. 

SG Names Mitchell 

M\\ YORK John H. .Mitchell has 

been elected executive vice-president of 

Screen Gems. Inc. He had been vice-president 

in charge of national sales since joining i 

the company in 1952, and a member of the 

board of directors since 1961. Previously 

Mitchell was with the Mutual Broadcasting i 

System and the television division of United 

.Artists. Screen Gems is the television division 

of Columbia Pictures. 

BOXOFFICE :: February 12, 1968

Edward Serlin Dies; 

Was Music Hall V-P 

NEW YORK ^ Edward Serlin, (58). 

vice-president in charge of public relations 

and advertising for Radio City Music Hall, 

died Thursday (S) at his home in Pleasantvilie. 

N.Y.. after a long illness, 

Serlin had been named a vice-president 

in November 1967. He joined the publicity 

staff of the Rockefeller Centre Theatre in 

1934, was named press representative in 

1937, director of publicity in 1959, and 

director of advertising and public relations 

m 1966. 

Serlin was born in Chicago. 111. He was a 

graduate of the University of lllint)is School 

of Journalism in 1932 and worked as a reporter 

for the Columbia News Service of 

CBS in Chicago before coming to the Music 

Hall. 

Serlin was a member of the Motion Piclure 

Pioneers, class of 1966. a member of 

the Avenue of the .Americas .Ass'n Public 

Relations Committee, and a member of the 

Rockefeller Centre 3()-Year Club. 

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Beatrice 

Bennetts Serlin; a daughter, Mrs. Oilman 

Grave of Boston; a son David, a senior at 

Bucknell University; two sisters, Mrs. Norman 

Saper and Mrs. Benjamin Waller, both 

of Chicago: and two brothers. Oscar, who 

lives in Manhattan, and Bernard, who resides 

in Babylon, L.I., N.Y. 

Services for Schlossberg; 

With Loew's Theatres 

NEW Y ORK— Funeral services were held 

Sunday (4) at the Boulevard (Riverside) 

Chapel in Brooklyn for Irving B. Schlossberg, 

70, assistant treasurer of Loew's Theatres, 

who died Thursday night (1) of a heart 

attack. 

.August 

Schlossberg started with Loews in 

1926 as a helper in the bookkeeping department. 

After working in 

the distribution end 

of the business for a number of years, he 

moved over to the exhibition end. After several 

promotions, he became assistant treasurer 

of the firm in 1959. 

Schlossberg leaves his wife Julia, a son 

Morton, a daughter Shirley, a brother Hector, 

a sister Jean Kerner. of California, and 

two grandchildren. 

George R. Canty 

NEW YORK—George R. Canty. 78, formerly 

an executive with the Motion Picture 

Export Ass'n of America from 1950 to 

1958, died Saturday (3) at his home in New 

York City. 

Canty served in the Consulate Service of 

the United States State Department for over 

30 years before joining the MPEAA. 

Services were held in Washington, D. C. 

Mondav (5). He leaves his wife and a son. 

MGM-TelePrompTer Deal Off 

NEW YORK— Robert H. O'Brien, president 

of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Irving 

Kahn. president of TelePronipTer Corp., 

have announced that discussions looking 

toward an association between the two 

companies have been terminated. 

BOXOFTICE :: February 12, 1968 

ALBANY 

^he OiiL-oiita Star ran .i leading editorial 

congratulating the Chamber of Commerce 

for re-electing Harold DeGraw. owner 

of the Oneonta I heatre, to a fourth term. 

This marked the first time an occupant had 

held the office so long. DeGraw. former 

Schine Theatres group manager, owns other 

businesses in dt)wntown Oneonta. The Sidney 

Theatre in Sidney is another of his operations. 

He buys and books the leased situation. 

His wife is an associate in the Oneonta. 

\ split of product between the Super 86. 

Plattsburgh, and the Star-Dust Drive-ln 

there is being arranged for the season. This 

is the second year there has been such a 

setup. Prior to that—after the opening by 

Hyman Krenovitz of the 1,000-car Super 

S7 off a Northway exit—bidding was the 

pattern. John Wilhelm of Wilhelm-Thornton, 

buys and books for the Super 87. Bill Hebert 

does likewise for General Cinema Corp. at 

Plattsburgh. Howard Goldstein serves Lillian 

Henry at the Star-Dust. 

Frank I.vnch, MGM branch manager, 

attended a sales meeting in New York. His 

predecessor Ralph Ripps, who retired January 

1, left January 31 lor Hollywood, Fla., 

where he and his wife have living quarters 

in a new high-rise co-operative apartment. 

The couple had lived here since returning 

from Florida last spring. Ripps also did some 

work for the city. .An older brother of Herman 

L. Ripps. assistant general sales manager 

of MGM and at one-time the company's 

local chief, he started as a violinist 

and leader of the pit orchestra in a Times 

Square vaudeville-film house. 

Frank J. Matthews. 63, projectionist in 

the Hcllman Tlneatre. died Friday (2) in .St. 

Peters Hospital. A native of Schnectady, he 

lived in Albany most of his life. Matthews 

had served at most of the city's theatres during 

a long career. He had been an officer of 

lATSE Local 324. He leaves four sisters, 

one of whom is Mrs. L. Wayne Carignan 

of Colonic, wife of the former 20th Century- 

Fox head shipper and salesman, now a manager 

for Thornton-Wilhelm Theatres, 

General Cinema's Bill Hebert made the 

rounds of Boston, Buffalo and Syracuse, and 

attended a very interesting week's seminar 

at the home base. He also made booking 

and promotion trips to the upstate cities . . . 

Joe Sherman swung through Filmrow from 

lair Haven, Vt. 

"Beautifull" describes MGM's new offices 

on the ninth floor of a new 14-story office 

building at 41 State St., downtown. The 

\iew from manager Frank Lynch's inneroffice 

is panoramic. Inside parking is one 

of the 

luxuries. 

Merij Gai;:es, Warner Bros. -7 Arts manager, 

arrant-id a morning screening for 

"Co intdown " in the Stanley Warner Strand 

Thu- Jav (8). 

Howard Minsky Elected 

Tent 35 Chief Barker 

NEW YORK—Howard G. Minsky, head 

of the motion picture division in New York 

of the William Morris 

office, 

was elected 

chief barker of the 

New York Variety 

l^ A' fW* '"'"'^- ''"'•"* 35' ^' ** ^^' 

*' ^ r-* ^.^.„| niceting of the 

board. Also elected 

were Salah Hassanein, 

first assistant; Bernard 

Myerson, 

second 

Charles 

assistant; 

Boasberg, dough guy, 

Howard Minsky 

and Edward C. Finneran, 

property master. 

The crew for the 1968 season includes, in 

atldition to the officers, the following: 

Charles Smakwitz, S. H. Fabian, Spyros P. 

Skouras. Maurice "Razz" Goldstein, James 

Vclde. n. David Rosen, George Waldman 

and James Gould. 

Minsky entered the industry as a theatre 

executive in Philadelphia, later joining Warner 

Bros, as a salesman. .After serving in the 

Navy during Worid War II, he became Buffalo 

branch manager for 20th Century-Fox. 

Later, he became a booker and buyer for 

Skouras Theatres, then returned to 20th-Fox 

as a division manager. He v.ent to Paramount, 

becoming assistant general manager 

in charge of western and Canadian sales. He 

headed Paramount's International Telemeter 

Co. from 1952 until becoming vice-president 

of Cinerama in 1963. He assumed his present 

post last year. 

Petition of Bankruptcy 

Filed by Budd Rogers 

NEW YORK—A voluntary petition of 

bankruptcy has been filed by Budd Rogers, 

listing liabilities of 5280,987 and S40.900 in 

assets. Rogers is president of Ultra Pictures 

Corp. in New York, and lists himself as a 

distributor of films and as a producer's 

representative. 

Rogers is a guarantor on two notes owed 

to Motion Picture Trading Corp. by Ultra 

Pictures. The notes are for .$73,030 and 

$4,579. He also guaranteed, for Ultra, 

promissory notes to Movielab, Inc.. for 

$34,695 and $44,579. 

Rogers, among other debts listed, owes 

Movielab $19,108 on a guarantee for Sidney 

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BUFFALO 

^clNvn Bemian, chief barker, has anniuineed 

the Tenl 7 chairmen and cochairman 

lor the ensuing year. They are: 

Enierlainment— Lewis T. Fisher. Norman 

.Schruit; bingo— Richard Atlas. Francis Maxwell; 

finance— Robert K. King; fellowship 

— .Myron Gross, Samuel Geflen; membership— 

Richard C. Aaron. Jerry Edelstein; 

heart— John .Serlustino. Robert K. King; 

house— Marvin .Alias. Edward Jauch; Billy 

Butlin Incentive Plan—James J. Hayes; convention—Thomas 

W. Fenno; press guys 

Edward F Meade. David N. Getman. 

Cohen, head of NATO of New 

Sidney J. 

York Slate, attended a directors' meeting of 

the Will Rogers Hospital luesday (6). He 

has been re-elected a director of the group. 

Ken Reuter. United .Artists branch boss, 

iradescreened The Scalphuntcrs" Wednesday 

(7) in the Operators screening room. 

Mike Klein. Warner Bros.-7 Arts exchange 

manager, iradescreened "Sweet November" 

Ihursday (S) there. 

Phil Tudd, one-time manager of the old 

downtown Mercury Theatre, now associated 

with Len-Todd Production of New 

York, was here visiting exhibitor friends, including 

Dewey Michaels, whose new Palace 

I heatre has booked Len-Todd films. 

I 

rtd Kfllcr, managing director of the Circle 

Art I heatre. in response to requests, is 

showing "The .African Queen." 

KoIhtI (. Ila>nian. Niagara Falls theatre 

execuiive and president of the United 

Jewish F-ederaiion. presented an award of 

honor to the UJF of Buffalo Friday (2) for 

its "outstanding efforts" in raising nearly $2 

million for needy Jews overseas last year. 

IncTi'usincly early maturity of the contestants 

w.is seen by the judges in the .'>Oth 

annual Kodak Teenage Movie Awards in 

Rochester, where there were 250 entries. 

"The films this year appear to have better 

over-all quality than those of previous 

years," explained Blair Watson of Dart 

mouth College, judging chairman, lop 

^

PHILADELPHIA 

^he William Goldman Orleans Theatre in 

northeast Philadelphia is approaching 

its fourth birthday, reports Manager Dan 

Ahearn. TTie house which runs above average 

in weekly grosses compared with competitive 

neighborhood houses, has accommodated 

nearly two-million patrons since it^ 

opening May 1964. Ahearn has been with 

the Goldman circuit 16 years, previously 

managing the Esquire. Bryn Mawr and 

Randolph. 

A new Goldman theatre has been opened 

in Miami. The 2,()()()-seater was designed by 

the Philadelphia architectural firm of Thalheimer 

& Weitz. It joins the list of one or 

more (joldman units built or remodeled each 

year for six years. 

Lee Miller, manager of the Studio Theatre 

here seven years, will bow out of the film 

business this month on an extended leave of 

absence. He and his wife will leave for a 

two-month Florida vacation. In his ab.sence. 

Sam Venus, co-manager, will take over, 

assisted by a yet-unappointed co-captain. 

David Milgram, another member of the 

Milgram Theatre family, is vacationing in 

Miami with his wife. 

Catherine Duncan, a Universal ledger 

clerk, is back on the job after a five-day 

illness. 

Jack Klugman, soon-to-appcar in a new 

MGM release "The Split," was in town visiting 

relatives prior to his departure for Hollywood 

. . . Tuesday Weld was seen dining in 

the Saxony East here with Jay Kattelman. 

the Lens & Co. Insurance vice-president. 

"In Cold Blood," set to open at Cinema 

19 Valentine's Day, has been set ahead a 

week. "The Jungle Book," presently being 

featured at the new showplace, is doing so 

well on weekends that the headman in New 

York decided to keep the Disney film another 

seven days. 

George Carter, 21, who is appearing in 

the Mike Nichols production "The Little 

Foxes" locally, wangled the job by just calling 

Nichols personally and asking for a job. 

RugofFs World Theatre is preparing lor 

remodeling. It will remain in operation during 

the revitalizing period, reports Manager 

Jay Holmes. 

Larry Leopold, former assistant manager 

at the Stanton Theatre, now is with the management 

at Cinema 19. Also joining him as 

an assistant manager under Dave Holt is 

Bill Phillips, formerly with a neighborhood 

chain. 

TKNT 19s NEW CHIEF — Chief 

Barker William A. Schnader of Baltimore 

lent 19 receives the gavel from 

former ( hief Barker and inlcrnational 

officer Bill Bri/endene at the (;()vcrnors 

Club. 

BALTIMORE 

^rthur HaHock, supervisor for Schwaber 

Theatres, has returned home from a 

hospital and is recovering rapidl>' from surgery 

. 

. . Bert Camp has been named manager 

of Broumas' Capitol Plaza Theatre in 

Landover, Md. 

Thomas Ro.senberg is manager of the 

Glen Burnie Mall Theatre, newly acquired 

by the F. H. Durkee circuit. Thomas formerly 

was manager of the Arcade Theatre, 

Paul Vogel of the Vogel circuit, Wellsville. 

Ohio, has been called to active duty, as 

an Aimy Reserve colonel, assigned to Ft. 

Holabird, Md. He met with his brother T. 

T. Vogel. president of the Maryland Theatre 

Owners Ass'n, and George Brehm, general 

manager of the Westview Cinema, for 

dinner in the Officers Club at Ft. Holabird 

Friday (9). 

Leo Neault, manager of the Elkridge 

Drive-In, reports vandals ripped off the top 

of the ticket machine and did other damage 

to the hoxoffice Friday (2) Ora Donahue, 

secretary of JF Theatres, reports that 

. . . 

all the circuit's units have installed vapor 

mercury lights to brighten up parking facilities 

for patrons. 

William .lohnson is the new manager of 

l!ie Nonh Pom; Plaza Theatre, Eric Ledbetter. 

general manager of JF reports. Johnson 

has just finished the circuit's nrmagers' 

training course. 

.lack Fruchlman, JF president, returned 

Monday (.S) from a trip to visit Jack Fruchtman 

jr, in California and his newly arrived 

Aaron Seidlcr, buyerbooker 

granddaughter , , . 

for JF, returned Monday (.5) from 

a 

short vacation to Lebanon, Pa. 

WASHINGTON 

Jack Valenti, MPAA president, will introduce 

Bosley Crowther. motion picture 

critic emeritus of the New York Times, 

when he speaks at the Woman's National 

Democratic Club luncheon Thursday (29). 

His topic will be "The Role of Violence in 

the Movies. Old and New." The club's 

calendar carries this biographical sketch: 

"In his M) years as an influential film critic, 

he opposed censorship, fought against the 

blacklist in the '.50s and helped w^n acceptance 

(f foreign films in this country." 

Tent 11 is in Us ,Uth >car of charitable 

:;clivilies in the nation's capital, having been 

founded in I9.M, according to Fred F. 

Goodman, newly appointed public relations 

chairman. Chief Barker Joel Margolis and 

the general membership are getting quarters 

in the newly opened Anthony Hotel, which 

will feature a screening room, meeting room, 

restaurant and bar. 

Catherine Murphy, 56. past president of 

(he Washington chapter of Women of the 

Motion Picture Industry, died Monday (5) of 

a heart attack. Mrs. Murphy, secretary to 

Otto Ebert, Washington branch manager for 

MGM, was serving as treasurer of the local 

WOMPI chapter and as international recording 

secretary. She had been associated 

with MGM for 37 years. 

Paramount's "Half a Sixpence" had a 

press, radio and TV showing at the KB Mac- 

Arthur Monday evening (5). It will bow 

March 6 at the Ontario, sponsored by the 

League of Women Voters. 

Ben Bache, Warner Brt)s.-7 Arts branch 

manager, tradjscreened "Sweet November" 

Thursday (8) in the Janus Theatre. 

James .Stewart, who is a brigadier general 

in the Air Force Reserve, saw his step.son 

Ronald McLean graduate Friday (2) from 

officers candidate school at Quantico, Va., 

and recei\e his gold bars as a second lieutenant 

in the Marine Corps. 

Patricia Neal was here Thursday (1) to 

receive from President John.son the 1968 

Heart-of-the-Year Award of the American 

Heart Ass'n. Her first film in over three 

years "The Subject Was Roses" will start 

production in New York Monday (19). 

Charles Freeman, Wilby-Kincey circuit, 

and Jini Gilliand. Stewart & Everett Theatres, 

whose hotne offices arc in Charlotte, 

visited Baltimore exhibitors Jack Fruclitman 

and Aaron Seidlcr regarding the playoff of 

pictures in Lynchburg. 

CARBONS, Inc. I 

Box K, C«dor Knolls, NJ 

Blumbcrg Bros., Inc., 1305 Vine S frccf, Philadelphia—Wolnut 5-7240 

Nationol Theotrc Supply, Philodelphio— Locust 7-6156 

Superior Theatre Equipment Company, Philadelphia— Locust 3-1420 

Notionol Theatre Supply Co., 500 Pearl Street, Buffolo, N.Y —TL 4-1736 

Chorleston Theotre Supply, 506 Lee Street, Charleston 21, West Virginia^ 

Phone 344-4413 

Slondard Theatre Supply, Greensboro, N. C, 215 E. Washington St 

Phone: Broadway 2-6165 

BOXOmCE February 12. 1968 

E-7

! v,M 

^(md/m êfront 

fHt BIOGhST NHWS that the industry 

has received in monihs came last week 

when Ihe hlecirical and Musical Industries 

(hMI) announced thai it had made an 

offer to buy Warner Bros. -7 Arts' 25 per 

cent stake in Associated British Picture 

Corp. for t9.5 million. And KMTs chairman. 

Sir Joseph l.ockwood, also announced 

that the company intended to make an offer 

for the remaining 75 per cent of ABPC for 

£29 million, making a total of £38 million 

for the entire group. This takeover bid for 

the second largest motion picture complex 

m the British industry is indicative of the 

growing strength of EMI with its Artists' 

.Agencies, its almost monopolistic position 

with Ihe production of records and its control 

through the Grade Organization of the 

Shipman & King Cinemas circuit. 

It is also a fair comment to say that, in 

spite of the progress made by ABPC on a 

number of fronts, the group as a whole has 

tended lo be conservative in outlook and 

failed to carry out much activity in the 

realm of British feature production. 

KMl with its fantastic control over artists 

obviously wants lo enter into the motion 

picture business at a time when only the 

.Americans would appear to be financing 

feature films. It will be difficult for the 

group lo refuse such a tempting offer 

from l-.MI and it will be assumed that most 

of the executives will slay on. but will have 

to operate a more bullish production policy. 

The ABPC group owns 270 cinemas. 12 

bowlmg centers, Hlslree .Studios, Associated 

British-Paihe, Pathe Laboratories and Pathe 

Hquipmenl. as well as a 50 per cent interest 

in Warner-Paihe and a 74 per cent interest 

in Anglo-Amalgamated, plus other diverse 

interests. Last March. EMI hade a successful 

17': million lake-over bid for the 

Cirade Organization. Grade, in addition to 

lis artists' agenc> and promotion aclivities. 

controls the Shipman i^ King chain of 

cinemas, which it acquired in April 1966. 

• • • 

Set lo start shooting this summer in 

Malaya, "TTie Virgin Soldiers" is about a 

group of misfit soldiers in a British garrison 

near Singap

NEWS AND VIEWS \ OF THE PRODUCTION CENTER 

(Hollywood Office—6331 Hollywood Blvd., Room 709. Phone: HO 5-1186) 

WGA Nominates 20 

For Script Honors 

HOI lA'WOOD — Twcnly -crcci writers 

have hcen nominated for "best"" scripts h\ 

the 5S2 active memhers of the Writeis Gnikl 

screen branch. Winners are to be announced 

March 22 at the annual awards dinner and 

satire .show. Final ballots are to be returned 

by Friday (16). 

From the 34 comedies, these were nominated: 

Neil Simon. "Barefoot ui the Park""; 

Norman Lear, "Divorce AMHRICAN 

Style'"; William Rose. "The Flirn-Flam 

Man""; Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. 

"The Graduate,"" and Frank Tarloff. '\ 

Guide for the Married Man."" 

Of the 65 "best-written"' American dramas: 

David Newman and Robert Benton. 

"Bonnie and Clyde"'; William Rose, "Guess 

Who'', Comini; to Dinner'"; Riciiard Brooks. 

"In Cold Blood"; Stirling Silliphant, "In the 

Heat of the Night,"" and Tad Mosel. "Up 

the Down Staircase." 

Of the ten musicals by guild members, 

only four received enough to qualify. They 

are: Alan Jay Lerner. "'Camelot""; Leslie 

Bricusse. ""Doctor Dolittle"'; David Swift. 

"How to Succeed in Business Withoi.it Rcalh 

Trying,"' and Richard Morris. "Thoroughh 

Modern Millie."' 

The focus of attention will be on the 

original screenplays, of which 31 were submitted, 

with only three winning nominations. 

They are: "'Bonnie and Clyde,"" Newman ami 

Benton; "Gu.ess Who"s Coming to Dinner,"' 

Rose, and "The President's Analyst."" Theodore 

.1. Flicker. 

Lou Vincent Is Plant Chief 

Of Foto-Kem Laboratories 

HOLLYWOOD— Lou \ incent. who has 

been connected with the film industry 3.5 

years, has become plant manager of Foto- 

Kem Film Laboratories here, announced 

Gerald D. Brodersen. president of Foto- 

Kem Industries. 

Vincent, who left a similar post at Filmservice 

Laboratories, was employed with 

Warner Bros., MGM and lechnicolor before 

World War II. He served four years in 

the Navy during the war as a film lab superintendent. 

According to Brodersen, Vincent will pki\ 

a key role in Foto-Kem"s expansion program, 

now in progress. Included within the 

Foto-Kem facility is Telscan. Inc., with 

James B. Gordon as president. 

George Lucas Sells Script. 

'THX1138 4EB/toWB-7A 

HOLLYWOOD—Georg; Lucas, 

who re 

cemiy won three of the top prizes of the 

National Student Film Festival, sold one 

of Ihem "THXIL^S 4EB"" to Warner Bros.- 

7 Art-.. Francis Coppola, who last year won 

ills lop scholastic degree with "'^'ou"re a Big 

Boy Now," on the UCLA campus will act 

;is executive producer. Kenneth Hyman. 

executive vice-president of v.'orldwidc production 

for the studio, noted that Lucas 

functioned as Coppola"s assistant on "Fin!an"s 

Rainbow." after winning the Sam 

Warner Memorial Scholarship. 

Lucas will prepare the script of a computer 

controlled subterranean world, from 

which four men attempt ;o escape and reacli 

the ni'lural surface of the eartli. Bert Patton 

will produce for the Coppola Co. with proiluction 

set for later in the yeai. 

Blumenfeld Building 

Overseas, Frisco Units 

SAN FRANCISCO—Adding to 35 units 

now in operation, local and overseas, Blumenfeld 

1 heatres, San Francisco-based circuit, 

has initiated immediate construction of two 

de luxe showplaces for roadshow attractions, 

according to Joseph Blumenfeld, president. 

The overseas unit, the second Blumenfeld 

theatre on the Island of Guam, follows 

the opening of the circuit"s 1,000-seat "Cinema."" 

It is a 7()0-seater. Equipment will comprise 

Noreico projectors, six-track stereophonic 

high-fidelity sound, a 60-foot-wide 

screen and pushback loge seating throughout. 

Construction is completely of prefab steel 

with a clear span of 70 feet. Interior walls 

are being soundproofed, covered with perforated 

Reynolds corrugated panels. Adjacent 

3()0-car parking is being provided. 

The second Blumenfeld house announced 

is being erected in a nearby Marin County 

shopping center, designed also for the showing 

of special-run pictures. Both operations 

are expected to be functioning in June. 

Form Stonehorse Company 

HOLL\ V\OOD — Chris Robinson and 

John Eppolito have formed an independent 

company. Stonehorse Productions. Their 

first feature is to be '"Delbert and Albert."" 

an original comedy script by John F'ppolito. 

F.ppolito will direct and Robinson will star. 

Andrews, Newman 

HFPA Film Favorites 

HOLLYWOOD — Julie Andrews and 

Paul Newman were named 1967 world film 

favorites by the Hollywood Foreign Press 

Ass"n as the result of public opinion polls 

abroad and a survey made by the HFPA 

memhers and their publications, announced 

Herbert G. Luft, HFPA president. They will 

appear on the Golden Globes awards show 

Monday night (12). 

Fifteen stars will make presentations. 

Taking part will be John Wayne, Nancy 

Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Claire Bloom, Charlton 

Heston. Faye Dunaway. Richard Crenna, 

Sally Field. Richard Harris, Natalie Wood, 

Jerry Lewis, Carol Channing, Mary Tyler 

Moore, Peter Lawford and Jim Brown. 

Andy Williams will emcee the show airing 

on a national hookup. 

Bryan Forbes to Direct 

'Madwoman of Chaillot' 

HOLLYWOOD— Producer Ely Landau 

has annoimced that Bryan Forbes has been 

assigned to direct the film version of Jean 

Madwoman of Chaillot.'" 

Giraudoux"s "The 

Forbes replaces John Huston who backed 

out over ""irreccmcilable differences"' on the 

script. Katharine Hepburn, Yul Brynner. 

Dannv Kaye, Charles Boyer, Donald Pleasence, 

Margaret I.eighton, Guilietta Masina, 

John Gavin and Paul Henreid will appear 

in the all-star production. Filming begins 

Februarv 26 al the Victorine Studios in 

Nice. 

Forbes" most recent films include the 

just-completed "DeadfaH"" starring Michael 

Caine for 20th-Fox release, and UA"s "The 

Whisperers,"" for which Dame Edith Evans 

has received the New York Critics" Award 

as best actress of the vear. 

Goldman Begin 

InterteL 

'Subterfuge' Filming 

HOLL^WOOD— Principal 

photography 

has been started for an action adventure 

film entitled "Subterfuge, "" to be produced 

in London. The film is the first of a threepicture 

co-production agreement between 

Interlel Services. Ltd., headed by Trevor 

Wallace, and Harold Goldman Associates, 

Inc. In the cast are Gene Barry, Joan Collins, 

Richard Todd, Michael Rennie, .Suzanna 

Leigh and Tom Adams. The director 

is Peter Graham-Scott. 

BOXOFFICE :: Februarv 12, 1968 W-1

Ijâckstucie 9' 

The L...S. muliun picture industry'!) closest 

approach to a government subsidy 

received a big push forward with the 

American Film Institute director George 

Stevens jr. using a press conference here to 

suggest that producers of short films can receive 

support from ;i S5(K),(K)i) fund to be 

allocated over the next two years. Joining 

the professionals getting grants and competing 

vviih them for a share of the money are 

student filmmakers, who number hundreds 

in colleges and universities. There are 154 

professionals in the short subjects branch of 

the .Acadenn of Motion Picture .Arts and 

Sciences. 

Stevens said the liisiitute's intention is to 

encourage diversitv within the program. "We 

are anxious to aid filmmakers from all parts 

of the countr>. and we intend to encourage 

a wide variety of styles and themes. We also 

hope to assist the best of these films to find 

an audience. The interaction of film and audience 

is essential to an artist's develi>pnient." 

The application contract between the AFl 

and the filmmakers contains a condition ol 

distribution. It reads. 'Under the terms of 

this agreement the AH will control distribution 

of the film and any profits will be divided 

equally between the American Film Institute 

filmmakers' lund and the grantee." 

The intent of this clause. Stevens said, is to 

Iced lilnis into all areas of exhibition but 

exact machinery has not been finalized. 

Ciranis for the professional or independent 

filmmakers will range between S.ÔO to 

SIO.IKIO. while those for the students range 

from S250 to S2..'5fM) They may be produced 

in either 16 or .15mm. If in the latter 

category, it appears that the union situation 

will have to he explored, though Stevens said 

Richard Walsh of I.ATSF. was "cooperative" 

and IS a trustee ol the lund. Sherrill Corwin. 

NATO chairman, expressed "enlhusiasm." 

said Stevens. 

A professional advisory committee, consisting 

of F-rcd Zinnemann. Sidney Poilicr 

and Richard I eacock. will assist Stevens in 

the work ol choosing the grantees. This is 

too early to iletermine how the mechanics 

will work, but the tirst quarter's grants will 

start this March. 

What impact will this have on the production 

and economics of the short 

subjects 

industry' According to Stevens it is not the 

end product itself, but the development of 

the short film as the training ground tor a 

majontv of the world's greatesi filmmakers, 

which prompted this move. "It is hoped this 

will be a dependable source for short film 

work." he said, thereby giving .American 

filmmakers a source of hope and opptirtunily. 

It's the creative phase of the industrv 

which will receive the most benefit. Of the 

14 films entered for the short subject award 

in ihc .\cademy this \ear. some of the bud- 

•ots range to several hundred thousand doliiiN 

These "nonfeatures" receive the benefit 

WITH SYD CASSYD2 

of foreign government subsidies, and are financed 

from export and public relations 

funds. 

To make a shiirl subject in Hollywood or 

in any labor-organized phase of the film industry 

is a costly process. It is doubted if 

very much of the money will flow in this direction. 

The emphasis may be expected 

among the college graduates, the industrial, 

educational and art filmmakers, who own 

about 2().()()() professional 16mm cameras. 

The product from the pri>tcssional fulltime 

lilmmaker will be mostly cooperative 

ventures if this subsidy works and it will pay 

some of the laboratory and editing bills, it 

the lop figure is granted. 

However, this is a start in the right direction 

so that America can develop its film 

art as other nations arc doing. The underground 

filmmakers in this country have been 

putting films together with "spit" and little 

polish. Now some of them can at least eat 

as other artists do when foundation monev 

is available. 

Fred Zinnemann to Direct 

'Man's Fate' for MGM 

NEW YORK— Fred Zinnemann. threetime 

.Academy .\ward winner, will direct 

.VIetro-Goldwyn-Mayer's screen adaptation 

of Andre Malrau.x's modern classic. "Man's 

Fate," .MGM president Robert H. Obrien, 

announced. 

Han Suyin has been signed to write the 

screenplay for the Carlo Ponti production, 

which is scheduled to begin filming in the 

Far East late this year. Zinnemann will visit 

Singapore and Hong Kong this spring to select 

locations for the large scale production. 

.Acknowledged as one of the most significant 

literary works of the 2()th Century. 

"Man's Faie" presents the famed French 

writei's highly dramatic story of people 

caught in the 1925-27 China revolution. 

Malraux's novel was the winner of the Prix 

Cioncourt. one of France's most important 

cultural honors. 

Zinnemann. who is one of the world's 

most acclaimed directors, received last year's 

.\cademy .Awards as producer and director 

of "A Man for All Seasons." In addition, 

the film won the Screen .Actors .Award and 

the New York Film Critics' Award. 

CBS Film to Star Lee Marvin 

\l \\ ÔRK— Fee Marvin will star in 

'Monte Walsh." a new feature for theatrical 

release which Hal landers and Bobby Roberts 

will produce as a joint venture with 

CBS Films. Based on the Jack Schacfer 

novel, production is set for 1969 production. 

Schacfer is author of the novel from 

which "Shane" was adapted. 

Isobel Lennart based the screenplay for 

United -Artists' "Fitzwilly" on a novel by 

Povntz Tyler. 

NM Film Delegation 

To Visit Hollywood 

.ALBLQLIRQL'E—A series of social ac 

tivities is on tap in Hollywood for New 

Mexico Gov. David Cargo, when he visits 

the film capital in early March in a major 

effort to lure more location filming to the 

state. The trip is set March 5-7. 

Lou Gasparini, Albuquerque exhibitor 

and chairman ol Cargo's advisory committee, 

said Cargo's party would be hosted with 

a luncheon at Paramount Studios March 5, 

and several other events are being worked 

out to introduce the New Mexico chief executive 

to Hollywood officials. 

Gasparini said the governor and his committee 

would huddle with various producers 

in private sessions during the three-day trip. 

Ihe committee plans to stay in the Beverly 

Hills Hotel during the visit. 

Others accompanying Cargo, besides Gasparini, 

include Albuquerque western novelist 

Max Evans and Academy Award-winning 

retired designer Charles LeMaire, now 

living in Santa Fe. 

WB-7A Acquires Rights 

To 'Mame' Musical 

NLW "iORK Warner Bros.-? Arts has 

purchased the film rights to the Broadway 

musical hit, "Mame, " now in its second year 

at the Winter Garden here, for what is believed 

to be the second highest price ever 

paid for a Broadway musical. 

According to Eliot Hyman, chairman of 

the board and chief executive officer of 

WB-7 Arts, the contracts were signed January 

31, calling for his company to pay S3 

million in cash over a four-year period. In 

addition to dividing 30 per cent of the film's 

gross receipts, after its cost is recovered, 

among Robert Fryer, Lawrence Carr and 

Joseph Harris, producers of the Jerome 

Lawrence-Robert E. Lee-Jerry Herman 

musical. 

Warner Bros, had paid the largest sum on 

record for the screen rights to the Lerner- 

Loewe musical, "My Fair Lady," which 

called for $5.5 million in cash, plus 47V2 

per cent of the film's gross receipts over 

S20 million. 

The film version 

" 

of "Mame 

will not be 

released until 1971. "Mame" is based on the 

Patrick Dennis hook, which was adapted by 

Lawrence and Lee into a play in 1955. 

which starred Rosalind Russell. Warner 

Bros, bought the film rights to the play in 

a pre-production deal for $500,000 and released 

the film version in 195S. also starring 

Miss Russell. 

'Tattoo' in Oscar Race 

NEW YORK— -The Tattoo" has been 

chosen r.s the official German entry for this 

year's Academy Award contest in the best 

foreign film category. Directed by Johannes 

Schaaf. the film deals with the physical and 

psychological marks suffered by a 16-yearold 

boy. from his reform school peers, his 

foster-parents and their 19-year-old niece. 

United Film Enterprises. Inc.. will distribute 

Ihe picture in the U.S. and Canada. 

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Hollywood 

Happenings 

RALLOTS for the Oscars were received by 

the Academy members and the date for 

the announcements will be Monday (19). 

The membership selects only candidates for 

best direction, picture, screenplay from another 

medium, best story and screenplay 

written directly for the screen, best performance 

by an actor and actress in a leading 

role and by an actor and actress in a supporting 

role. Acting, writing and directing 

ballots went only to members of those parlicuhir 

branches. The entire Academy nominates 

Ihe best pictures and votes all the final 

awards. Date of the lclecaÎ and 4()lh presentation 

is April 8. 

* 

Harold Cohen, former president of the 

literary division of one of the ten percenters, 

general Artists Corp., now is in film production. 

Long an agency man and former 

director of business affairs at .American 

Broadcasting Co.. his plans for packaging 

v.ill be announced. 

• 

The Redgraves are at it again. Lynn has 

been signed for the key role of Philippa in 

"The Virgin Soldiers." where she plays the 

unhappy love-object (that's what the publicity 

department called it) of a garrison of 

misfit and sex-starved British soldiers. Carl 

Foreman and Martin Jurow will produce it 

for Columbia. Sister Vanessa Redgrave, in 

her Columbia-release film by producer-director 

Alex Grasshoff. will play opposite 

Franco Nero in "Cyril," bringing this pair 

together again after their roles in "Camelot," 

* 

The local tradepress visited Columbia Studios 

to see the Burtons' production of "Dr. 

Faustus." 

• 

Gone Autry has completed remodeling the 

lOVi-acre Paramount Sunset Studio office 

building and moved his Golden West Broadcasters 

station KMPC into the new space. 

Lloyd Sigmon, Autry's lieutenant in charge 

of the activity, uses a personality line-up. 

while other local stations overwhelm the 

communitv with news and talk programing 

• 

United State Productions was formed by 

Milton Sperling and Jay Weston. Sperling's 

last film. "Battle of the Bulge,' was in Cinerama, 

• 

A move to merge Feature Films Corp. of 

.America is progressing to ihe point where an 

exchange of stock has been discussed in financial 

circles. 

* 

Mike Frankovich returned to Hollywood 

with I.A.L. Diamond after script conferences 

in New York. Robert M. Weitman. 

Columbia vice-president of production, relurncil 

from studio conferences with Abraham 

Schneider and Leo Jaffe. 

Ik- 

Steve Allen was master of ceremonies at 

the 30th anniversary awards banquet of Delta 

Kappa Alpha, national cinema fraternity. 

Sunday (II) at the Universilv of Southern 

California. Honored were James Stewart. 

.Viae West and Mervyn LeRoy. 

* 

Orvillc Crouch, Loew's California Theatres 

general manager, presented Michael J. 

Pollard his company's new-male-motion-picture-star 

award for his role in "Bonnie and 

Clyde." 

• 

Hall Bartlett hosted a panel discussion at 

the Directors Guild for the Hollywood Foreign 

Press Ass'n on his film "Sol Madrid." 

• 

Kroger Babb screened "Uncle Tom's 

Cabin" at the Nosseck Theatre Monday (5). 

The 7()mm color production was made by 

hree 

I'uropean production groups. 

* 

Sidney Epstein has been elected a director 

of the Friars Club of California, according 

to pre, idem Irving Briskin. 

• 

Many niemh.'rs of the production side 

tne industry are expected to attend the April 

9 Variety Club premiere in Mexico City ot 

"The Guns of San Sebastian." 

* 

Angela Lansbury will sing in the 40th Annual 

Oscar Awards. It will be her third appearance 

in the Oscarcast and the second 

time she will sing. She has received three 

pomii'ations for her own work in films. 

• 

CBS Films is to have a special type of 

"love-in" at the studio Wednesday (14), with 

a mini-screening from Doris Day's "With 

Six You Get Eggroll." Hollywood hippies 

love beads, psychedelic posters and lights 

will 

be throughout the studio. 

• 

"Sergeant Ryker." originally shot as a television 

show and reissued as a feature, emphasized 

Jennings Langs' point that investmems 

in "World Premiere" and other television 

properties pay off in residuals when, 

and if, the stars hit the headlines. Lee Mar- 

Nin. whose picture price is now a million 

dollars against a percentage of the gross, 

never has starred in a theatrical film for Universal. 

Two of his pictures "Ryker" and another 

"World Premiere"-slotted film, which 

never went on television though it was the 

first :ine shot for the NBC contract, brought 

in several millions of dollars from theatrical 

release. 

* 

Andre Previn has been named the principal 

guest conductor for the London Symphonv 

Orchestra for two years. 

• 

Aubrey Schenck's promotion materials on 

"Golden Bullet." which he is shooting in the 

Philippines, will be distributed by 30,000 

worldwide travel 

aecncies. 

• 

Da\id Charnay. Four Star International 

president, has been elected an AMPTV director. 

At the same time. Central Casting, 

which provides the bulk of the actors to studios 

here, re-elected all its officers. 

* 

"Elvira Madigan," Swedish romantic drama, 

was screened at the NGC offices each 

night for a week. The film is scheduled ii^ 

open .Monday (19) at the Lido Theatre. 

of 

New Agency to Sell 

Mexican Pictures 

By SAM ASKINAZY 

MEXICO CITY—At long last, 

the Mexican 

motion picture industry is taking steps 

to create an agency to promote its products. 

The lack of proper promotion always has 

been a problem with smaller countries 

whose industry is unable to compete with, 

for example, even one studio— like MGM. 

Warner Bros.-? Arts, 20th Century-Fox, 

Paramount. Columbia, etc.—which can afford 

a worldwide network of distribution 

offices to sell their product. Some of them 

are barely able to maintain a representative 

who covers an entire region. 

But distribution is the key to the whole 

business. What's the point of producing if 

you can't sell? And this requires proper 

promotion. 

The local film industry has three distribution 

agencies. Peliculas Nacionales, covering 

the Republic of Mexico: Peliculas Mexicanas. 

operating throughout Latin America, 

and Cimex, spreading itself thin trying to 

cover all other markets. Periodically, there 

have been charges of inefficiency on the 

lower levels (lack of experienced, dedicated 

personnel ) and lack of proper exploitation 

of films and stars. 

These agencies operate jointly with the 

National Film Bank, which finances production 

of motion pictures and director 

Emilio Rabasa is urging the establishment 

of an agency similar to Unitalia, Unifrance, 

Ihe Swedish Film Institute, etc., which 

would be devoted to promoting Mexican 

films and finding new markets. 

This is a step in the right direction. The 

next step, of course, would be producing 

quality films which merit inclusion in promotional 

material. The bulk of all film production 

(not only here) is aimed at the 

domestic market. If some countries produce 

six outstanding films a year, that's a pretty 

high percentage. (Those, of course, are the 

ones we usually hear about and eventually 

get to see.) It's precisely these films, with a 

greater commercial potential, which deserve 

more intensive promotion. 

The Swedish Film Institute, for example, 

may publish one issue or four issues during 

the course of a year, depending on what it 

considers worthy films. Unifrance, on the 

other hand, comes out regularly with an 

overall coverage of industry information. 

So. the new agency will have to decide 

which would best benefit the Mexican motion 

picture industry. But that. too. would 

depend on budgetary limitations. Even then 

it would have to be considered a welcome 

addition and an incentive to filmmakers to 

improve the quality of their product. 

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With 800 Seventh 

I.OS ANGELES— Four pictures ure pacing 

iIk lield us they pile up record-breaking 

grosses at iheir respective theatres: "Guess 

Who's Coming to Dinner. " 800 at the Village; 

Bonnie and Clyde." 6(iO in its area 

rerun at the New View Theatre; "The Gradui'.te. 

6(M) in its seventh week at the Four 

Star Theatre, and in Cold Blood." 450. 

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seventh week at the Bruin. 

Avcfoge H 100) 

K,,. n In Cold Blood CjI wk -Jiu 

C^'Clc— Gone With the Wind (MGM). 

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^k 265 

Voller o» 'he Dollj ,20thFox), 7lh wk. 265 

t. : , 

..ji.o Comclol WB 7A), Mth wk 200 

C,!,. 

Cft -.T Choppoquo Univ ^ 3rd wk 180 

ET.pt.an -Woit Until Oock :WB-7A). 7th wk 220 

fine AfH. Vogue— How I Won the Wor (UA), 

->nil vsk ' ^*^ 

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The Groduote Emboîvl 7th wk 600 

;f amount— Doctor Dolittic 

7lh wk lis 

L..I tof Lite (UA). 7th wk 75 

>ui A Man tor All Seoions (Col), 

„i 140 

The Stronger (Pofo), 7lh wk 130 

Gamc« Univ ?nd wk 190 

Man and o Woman lAA), 58lh wk. . .210 

The Whiipcrcrj Loport). 4th wk 80 

CuiM Who'i Cominq to Dinner (Col). 

„i 800 

.'. j.n r Preiidenfj Analyst (Poro). 

Beverly- The 

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.Vi^hire— For From the Modding Crowd (MGM), 

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Rosic,' Jungle,' "Graduate' 

First With 250 in Denver 

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dual run at the Crest and Towne theatres 

with a pleasing composite 240 per cent, 

right hehind 'Rosiel". "The Jungle Book" 

;:nd "The Graduate. " which all were rated 

at Z.SO for the week. 

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AiQdnn Wait Until Dork W6-7A). 7th wk 175 

7lh wk 180 

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Volley ol the Dolls 

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Chcrv Creek, Northglcnn, Villo Italic—The 

Incident (20th-Fo«). 60 

Com n-ntol— Roiie' lUniv), wk 250 

C.iopor Custer ot the West (CRC). 2nd wk 150 

2nd wk 

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Cfc\t T iwnc The Penthouse (Paro) 240 

Ocnham Gone With the Wind (MGM). 16th wk. 200 

O.nvr- The Junqle Book BV). 7th wk 250 

Fqhl Th.atrc-. Sol Madrid !MGM); 

vo'i tr. c > *COtu'C\ 125 

tvHi.rr The Groduote (Embassy). 7th wk 250 

Fvan\, Federal Golden, (3-nthic — The Shuttered 

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Prifon^ unt Thc Good, thc Bad ond the Ugly 

LiA frrh v,k 140 

,.• Cormen, Baby Audubon). 7(h wk 125 

'Graduate' 380. 'GWTW' 300. 

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SAN I RANC ISCO — The U>cal newspaper 

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M;ilioiiiil GtiKTal's projection room in ils 

'Hnlding al Curthay Square is finding 

increasing use as a screening room for Academy 

Award nominees and the company's 

NGP film. Hosting the showing of "Poor 

Cow" January 31 was Mike Klein, Eugene 

Klein's son. who was on midterm vacation 

from Harvard where he is in his third year. 

I. ike lather, like son, fits this young man. 

who L'leeled movi of the press and Dave 

Wolper; William Oozier; Morris Stoller. 

vice-president of the William Morris Agency, 

and helped Joe Halprin, B. B. Klein. Bill 

Feeder of Rogers & Cowan in their chores. 

Herb Cupvliin is in Mexico City for a two- 

'.veek vacatiiin hefore taking over his duties 

.It Pacific Theatres, where he is public relalions 

an.i liaison man for the circuit, covering 

siudios and lunctions. This gives Bill 

f-'ornKin two masters of the microphone. 

who could do as well as polished diplomats. 

Boh Selig and Copelan. 

William H. Moorinc (>'>. 

long time tradepress 

write" .ind critic for Catholic publications, 

is dead. He had been .i story editortor 

British lntern;itional Pictures before he 

cime heie in 19.^2. He retired last year and 

moved to Ojai. where the funeral was held. 

.Mooring never pulled his punches in telling 

his stories. He will be missed. 

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haitan Films, was seen making the rounds in 

Hollywood with Italian actress Soniu Romanofl. 

She was here regarding a role in the 

new Irving Allen "Matt Helm" film. The 

actress completed the female lead in the 

Spanish-made feature "Each Man for Himself." 

with Van Hellin and Gilbert Roland. 

Jack Sherriff. Manhattan Films branch 

manager, is back from San Francisco conlerences 

with Harry Farros. film distributor, 

and .M Camillo. General Theatrical 

Co. 

Hiiiry Pines, Uptown Thc.'.tre in Pasadena. 

IS recuperating from major surgery 

. . . Orville Crouch. West Coast general 

manager, and Keith McCallum. chief film 

buyer for l.oew's Theatres, are back from 

conferences in New York. 

Leon Blender. Milt .Moritz. Mickey Zide 

and Muira> Gerson, .American International 

Pictures executives, returned from New Orleans 

sales meetings. 

Herb Copelan and his wife Meg. hetbre 

leaving for their Mexican vacation, announced 

their daughter V;;lcrie and Stephen 

Tow. an insurance executive, are to be wed 

March 8 in the Beverly Hills Hotel. 

Gunnar MaMs.soii. author of "The Princess" 

on which the Swedish film of the same 

title is based, arrived here for meetings on 

the picture and for conferences with Dell 

icpreseniatives regarding the forthcoming 

paperl'ack edition of the 

novel. 

Producer-director Roger Corman is in 

New York to discuss advertising and promo- 

I'on .'M upcoming .MP releases. 

Irank Vandermacc, lormcr Universal 

I'ictures actor and prop man. who has been 

.ii the Motion Picture Country House since 

he reiiied in 1938. was honored on his 101st 

Sirthdas Friday (2). 

.\lbert Finney's "Charlie Bubbles" was 

, 

Long-Term 

'.elected as the first attraction for the reopening 

of the newly renovated Loew's 

Beverly Theatre m Beverly Hills. Regional 

Films is distributing the feature. 

L'liivenial Studio.s hosted 15 assistant theatre 

managers and se\en managers with a 

preview of campaigns on forthcoming piclures, 

and then a tour of the lot and luncheon 

ii! the studio commissary. Archie Herzoff 

and Jack Garber greeted the theatremen 

upon their arrival. 

William Fadiman will deliver the initial 

lecture of the course in filmmaking, conducted 

h) Sol Lesser, at the University of 

Southern California .Monday (12). Fadiman's 

subjeci will be "Story M.iterial and Writing 

for 

Films." 

Friiik Ramsey, manager of the NGC Village 

Wcstwood Theatre, was in the Baldwin 

Hills Hospital for treatment of an infection 

... At the same circuit. Emmetl Shane, 

head southern California booker for Fox 

West Coast Theatres, returned from a trip 

to New York. 

The big Variety Club luncheon will be 

held Tuesday (13) in the Beverly Hills Hotel 

Crystal Room. 

List 140 Technical Papers 

For SMPTE Conference 

LOS ANCiLLL.S—When F. B. .McGreal, 

vice-president of Producers Service Corp., 

and Bill Holm, newly appointed executive 

director of the Motion Picture Research 

Council, flew to Detroit for the directors 

meeting of the Society of Motion Picture 

and Television Engineers on January 26. 

They carried word from program chairman 

Alan Gundelfinger. Technicolor, that 140 

papers had been submitted for presentation 

at SMPTE's 103rd conference to be held 

May 5-\0 at the Century Plaza. Los Angeles. 

McGreal and Holm are SMPTE vicepresidents. 

Both quality and number of papers are 

running ahead of previous sessions, according 

to Gundelfinger. 

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San Francisco Theatre 

To Become Twin Unil 

SAN FRANCISCO — ABC Theatres ol 

California, will close the 50-year-old, 1,400- 

seat St. Francis Theatre Monday (12). The 

house will then be converted into a twindoiihle-decker 

theatre. 

The upper balcony section will become the 

Forum Theatre, seating 600. The downstairs 

section will remain the St. Francis and 

will seat 800. A next-door store will he removed 

so the lobby can be enlarged. An 

escalator will be installed between the two 

imits. 

The St. Francis marquee will be removed 

and a new flat type will be installed. Henry 

Greene is the architect for ABC and Paramount 

Theatres. Bernard G. Nobler is the 

local architect. The grand opening is planned 

for June 15. Earl Long is the district 

manager for ABC. He opened the Northpoint 

Theatre in 1967. 

Milwaukee Suburbs 

To Get First Runs 

From North Central Edition 

MILWAUKEE — Edward J. .StoUer, 

United Artists branch manager, announced 

his companv would depart from the industry 

practice of screening first-run films downtown 

before neighborhood or suburban theatre 

engagements. He explained the policy 

would give theatregoers the opportunity to 

see important pictures on or near their 

national release dates. 

Under the new arrangement, it was understood, 

the Fox Bay, 41 Twin Outdoor and 

either the Pix or Park theatres in Waukesha 

would premiere "Billion Dollar Brain" February 

7. 

Some suburban and neighborhood theatres 

now show first-run films, and occasionally 

are sold on a multiple basis, pictures 

opening in several theatres simultaneously. 

-According to Russell R. Mortenson, general 

manager of the Standard circuit, which 

owns the 41 Twin, and Pix and Park theatres, 

"Other major film distributors probably 

will follow United Artists' policy, and 

schedule first-run showings in outlying theatres." 

When asked whether UA had experienced 

any difficult} in getting first-run films into 

downtt>wn theatres. Stoller replied: "Yes and 

no. Mostly yes." Mortenson explained that 

some of the downtown houses have long 

runs, which precludes immediate release of 

a number of films. 

NGP Names Don Fuller 

To San Francisco Post 

SAN FRANCISCO—Don Fuller, 

branch 

manager for Buena Vista 13 years, is the 

new district manager for National General 

Pictures. He will cover the Bay Area, Seatlie 

and Portland. 

NGP's new office is in the Fox Plaza 

Bldg.. on the former site of the Fox Theatre, 

which was one of the largest houses in the 

United States. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

Jim IVlooney, Universal branch manager. 

\âs host for a western regional sales 

meeting (5-6). On hand were six branch managers 

from Sail Lake City. Denver. Poriland. 

Seallle and Los Angeles. In attendance were 

Milton R. Rackmil, president of Universal: 

Henry H. Martin, vice-president: R. N. 

Wilkinson, assistant general sales manager, 

Norman Gluck, head of Regional Film Distributors, 

and James J. Jordan, assistant to 

the general sales manager. The meetings 

were in the Mark Hopkins Hotel, and distribution 

plans for 1968 were outlined. 

Dick .Stafford, district manager lor 20tli 

Century-Fox, has returned from a two-da> 

meeting of district and division sales managers 

in New York. The agenda included 

(.'istribution, advertising and promotion plans 

lor nationwide launching of "Doctor Dolittle." 

"The Incident." "Bedazzled," "Th.- 

.Anniversary" and "Planet of the Apes." 

Variety Club of Northern Culiforiiiu has 

paid special tribute to the Women of Variety. 

The group raised .'S155.65() for the Tent 

.^2 BiintI Babies l-oundation wiihin 16 years 

Saluted were the past presidents: Mrs. Morris 

Rosenberg, 1952: Mrs. Sam .Sobel, 195.^: 

Mrs. Manuel Levin, 1954; Mrs. Earl Henning, 

1955; Mrs. Jesse Levin. 1956; Mrs. 

Rotus Harvey, 1957 and 1963; Mrs. Jimmie 

O'Neal, 1958 and 1965; Mrs. Bernard 

Mannheinier. 1959; Mrs. Wesley Rosenthal. 

I9(i(): Mrs. Hal Honore, 1961; Mrs. Benjamin 

Bonaparl. 1962; Mrs. Dale Wiseman, 

1964: Mrs. Roy Cooper, 1966, and Mrs. 

Millard Smith. 1967. 

Olivia Skarpnes is the new cashier at 

American International Pictures. Gordon 

Kershaw, salesman for AIP. has returned 

from a business trip through central and 

northern California. Also added to the staff 

us a secretary is Bricken Brown. 

Robert Nelson, the San Francisco filmmaker, 

uhose "Oh, Dem Watermelons" received 

national acclaim, was named thirdprize 

winner of .S2,000 for his "Grateful 

Dead" film at the Knokke, Belgium, International 

Experimental Film Competition. 

Harry Rice, manager of the Embassy, now 

has the biggest marquee in northern Calilornia 

on the face of the theatre building. 

The new marquee is Mai because a huge 

crane is at work in front of the house. The 

old marquee was removed because of the 

B.AKT" subway work in front. When the 

crane is moved. Dan McLean and Lee Dibble, 

co-owners of the theatre, will be able 

to swing the two huge panels, which measure 

9x35 feet, 

out from the building and form a 

"V" for a two-sided marquee. The vertical 

sign also is against the building and that also 

will 

be swung out. 

Ejjri Long, Northpoint Theatre city manager, 

presented three adult films in a row a! 

his new house. "Dirty Dozen" "Point Blank" 

and "Reflections in a Golden Eye." He then 

had a complete change of pace, when he 

featured "Happiest Millionaire." 

Katharine Ross, one of the stars of "The 

Graduate." now at the Metro Theatre, is a 

local actress who was with the .Actor's Workshop 

here several years ago. She was in San 

Francisco to plug the film. 

Jack Valenti, president of the MPAA. has 

agreed to consider a proposal by Mayor 

Alioio lo make six Shakespearean films 

available for showing in the city's slum 

schools. 

Marin Motion Picture & I V Council held 

lis monthly directors' meeting in San Rafael 

(d). The regular meeting and preview was 

held in the Tamalpais Theatre (13). Every 

monili the council prints a movie guide. 

Henry Meyer, business manager of the 

Motion Picture Projectionists Union, has 

recovered from surgery and is out of a hospital 

and back al work. Talks will start 

shorliv between the Theatre Owners Ass'n 

and the Projectionists Union, because the 

present three-year contract ends the middle 

of this vear. 

Keigler E. Flake Becomes 

WHCT-TV Vice-President 

From New England Edition 

HARTFORD — Keigler E. Flake, since 

l-'ebruars I96fi general manager of WHCT- 

IV, the RKO General owiicvl-and-operaled 

outlet here, has been named vice-president 

of the 

station. 

Flake will continue to head company operations 

in Hartford, including pay TV and 

commercial activity at WHCT-TV. The station 

provides free, commercial television in 

afternoon hours prior to the evening start 

of subscription entertainment. 

In addition. Flake will be lesponsible for 

development of a new station facility with 

color equipment and increased power. Plans 

for the latter phases were announced earlier 

in this publication. 

B:irbra Streisand and Walter Matthau 

will star in "Hello, Dolly!" 

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DENVER 

\A7;iiner Bros.-7 Arts branch manager Joe 

K.aiiz has been translcrreJ by his company 

to Chicago. His post is being taken 

over by Gene Vitalc who was a salesman. 

District manager Jules Ncedelman svas in 

town during the change over. 

Atlas Thealres has transferred Neil Ross 

manager ot the West Theatre. Gunnison. lo 

the Kcderal Theatre in Denver United 

•Xrtisis salesman Dominic Linza is being 

(ransicrred to .San Francisco. 

James Karris has been named manager ol 

the Dcnhani Theatre, succeeding Bob Clark, 

who IS going with General Cinema lo manage 

Its new theatre in the Englcwotid section 

iif southeast Denser. 

VisilinK the exchanges to set dales were 

Don Snuth and Carl l.eese. Palm Theatre. 

Ba>ard. Neb.: .Art Goldstein, llick Theatre. 

Colorado Springs. Billie Wheeler. Pace Theatre. 

Gordon. Neb.; Howard Campbell. 

Westland Theatres. Colorado Springs, and 

[ir. I Rider. Chateau Theatre. Wauneta. 

Neb. 

lJnivcrs;il hnineh munacer Jack Finn got 

. . . Betty 

his leg out of the cast prior lo traveling to 

Los Angeles for sales meetings 

Micheletti of Universal has been appointed 

chairman of the women's division ol the 

Rock\ Mountain Motion Picture Ass'n. She 

is heading a drive for new members and has 

secured a number of applications. 

American Infcrnational Pictures screened 

"The Desperate Ones' .it the Century 

screening room. 

The "roundup section" ot the Denver 

Post gave a lull page to the personal appearance 

of Robert Blake, co-star of "In Cold 

Blood." The picture is scheduled to open 

in the Centre Theatre . is 

scheduled to open at the .Maddin on Wednesday 

(!->). with tickets scaled from SI. 51) to 

$2.51. 

Work on Paul Cory's new drive-m. on the 

western edge of Fort Collins, is progressing, 

.md ii should he completeJ for a mid-March 

opening . . . Judy Mmleer of Universal is 

back at her desk after recuperating from a 

home accident. 

Exhibitor's Plane Missing 

On Flight From Aspen 

l)l.N\l Is .\ii iiilciisivc SL'.irch was carried 

out last week for a plane piloted by 

Tom Hardy, owner-manager of the Isis at 

.•\spen and Fgyplian at IX-lla. Three of his 

friends were aboard. 

Hardy's plane was lo have arrived from 

Aspen Sunday evening (4). When it failed 

to show up. a search was started in the extremely 

mountainous area between Aspen 

and Denver. Already this winter several 

searches for missing planes have been called 

iiff because of the lack of clues. A little 

~n,>w can cover grounded planes, obscuring 

ilieni Irom view from the air. 

Tim Warner Intermountain 

SEATTLE 

_ Boxoffice Representative 

1 

.S.-\L 1 LAK.L C I 1 "i — Ml) W arncr. manager 

of the Fox Rialio Theatre here, now 

is a Bo.xoiFin; representative in the Intermountain 

area. Idaho. Moniina. Utah and 

Wyoming. He v.ill handle all the film indusirv 

news, and can be contacted at 272 S. 

Main. Salt Lake City 

Intermountain 

T..M1 MiMahon, Salt 

News 

Lake City Buena Vista 

,.i..nagcr. has returned from his company 

sales seminar in HolKwood. More 

- 

than 3(M> exhibitors from throughout the 

country were on hand. Two upcoming Disney 

pictures were screened: "The One and 

Onlv. Genuine. Original Family Band." starling 

Walter Brennan and Buddy Ebsen. and 

Never a Dull Moment." starring L:)ick Van 

Dyke and Fdward G. Robinson. 

Leo Allen. Allied .Xrtisis home-office auditor, 

was in Salt Lake City in his periodic 

visit to the branch office. Fxchange manager 

W. W. McKendrick also was host to 

Carl Oi:.on. AA's western division manager, 

and John Dodson. newly appointed regional 

sales manager. 

VKKendrlek reports the Intermountain 

saturation hooking of "Devil's Brigade." 

starring Cliff Roborlson. William Holden 

and vlnce Fdwards. will slart May 26. 

(;eorKe .Sidnc>. director and co-producer 

of Paramouni's "Half a Sixpence." was in 

Salt Lake City to start his five-week tour of 

ihe country to promote the picture. Ted 

Zephro. Paramount branch boss, held an 

inviii'.lional screening of "Sixpence" m the 

Centi:.-v 21 Theatre. 

PORTLAND 

Cam Siegel was here working on Columbia's 

•In Cold Blood." booked into the 

Laurelhurst starting Wednesday (21). Anolh 

er picture from that company. "Guess Who's 

Coming to Dinner." has a St. Valentine's 

\y.\\ date in Stan Smith's Irvington. 

Arnold \Jarks. Oregon Journal 

eniertainrnent 

editor, was in Seattle for ; weok's vication. 

"Bonnie and Clyde." playing at the suburban 

\ Klory Theatre in Milwaukee, outside 

the city limits here, chalked up a record for 

the small house. The picture is to return to 

Portland Wedncsdav (21) at the Village. 

Mary Smiley Wins Title 

1)1 \\ 1 

K \I.ir\ Smiley. \'\ daughter ol 

Tom Smiley, general manager ol Wolfberg 

Thealres. won the title of Miss Wool of 

Colorado in the competition lor designing 

and making of clothing. A sophomore at Ihe 

University of Colorado, she was awarded 

several 

prizes. 

Monnan V.eitman, Columbia Pictures superMsor 

of roadshow sales, was in town 

.Monday (5) from New York to survey the 

Seattle and Portland areas for upcoming 

product .ôon to I'c releaseil as roadshows. 

Columbia's new Dean Martin film "The 

Ambushers" opened at the .^th .Avenue Tuesdr.y 

((,). and its "To Sir. With Love" began 

what :,> the current longest run in Seattle 

25ih week—Wednesday (7) at the Guild 

4.'ilh in the Wallingford d.strict. 

Uiiili-'d Artists opened "B:llion Dollar 

Brain" and "Navajo Joe" ;;1 the Seattle 7th 

Avenue Wednesday (7). to he followed by 

Wall Disney's. "The Happies! Millionaire" 

Friday (16). 

Gcorse Sidney, direcloi 

and co-producer 

i-j P;Mar.iounl PicUircs' "Half a Sixpence," 

will make personal appearances in conjunclion 

witii the roadshow opening set now for 

\pril .^ at Sieding's Blue Mouse. 

Sterling's new drive-in. Puget Park, will 

i.pen Wednesday (14) with Warner Bros.-7 

.Arts, "Up the Down Staircase." Located 18 

minutes from Seattle and five minutes from 

downun.n Everett, the drive-in is on the 

North-South Freeway 5, at Southwest 128th. 

Ingniur Bcrg:nian's "The Virgin Spring," 

•Wiki Strawberries" and "Smiles of a Summer 

Night" completed the 4ih week of the 

Janus Film Directors' Festival at the Edgemont 

Theatre in Edmonds. 

Venice Film Festival prize winner "Festi- 

-al" will open its first run Seattle engagement 

in .Sterling's Neptune in the University 

district tomorrow (13). paired with "The 

War Ciamc." 

"The Sand Pebbles" moved over from a 

successful two-week exclusive engagement 

at the Magnolia Theatre Wednesday (7) lo 

Sierliig's Northgaie. John Danz and Lewis 

.iiul 

Clark theatres. 

Michel Simon Will Visit 

New York for Premiere 

From Eastern Edition 

NEW YORK — Michel Simon. French 

actor, will make his first visit in many years 

lo New York in mid-February for the 

American premiere of his latest film, "The 

Two of Us," which opens Tuesday (20) at 

the Beekman. For a week (19-2.5) the Museum 

of Modern Art will honor Simon with 

a festival of his films. 

"The Two of Us." which is being distributed 

in the U.S. by Cinema V. was directed 

by Claude Berri, who will accompanv 

Simon lo this country. 

William A. Pitt. 9L Dies 

SEATTLE—William Addison Pitt. 91, in 

the theatrical business 72 years, died here. 

He directed Ihe Wilkes Theatre in Seattle 

three years and was a life member ot the 

New York Lambs Club and the Actors 

Equity Ass'n. He leaves one daughter. 

W-8 BOXOFFICE :. Februarv 12. 1968

— 

'P.J.' in World Bow 

At Chicago Roosevelt 

CHICAGO— Universal backed ihe Friday 

(9) world premiere of ••!'. J." at Ihe 

Roosevelt Theatre here with a strong mcr- 

Getting an advance look al the Jean 

Louis fashions created for Gaylc Hiinnicutt 

for her role in L'niversal's "P.J.," 

which had its premiere in Chicajjo I'rida\ 

(9). arc, left to ri«>ht, Dave Snierling, 

past chief barker of the Illinois 

Variety Club; Sally Madden, president 

of the Tent 26 Women of Variety; a 

model. Mrs. Alfred D'Ancona, and 

Henry G. Plitt, 

head of the B&K circuit 

and chairman of the Ttnt 26 Celebrity 

Ball, which was attended b> the film's 

stars after the premiere. 

chandising and publicity campaign. Highlight 

of the premiere was personal appearances 

by the picture's five stars—George 

Peppard, Raymond Burr. Gayle Hunnicutt. 

Brociv Peters and Susan Saint James. 

The campaign began five weeks in advance 

with statewide contests to select 25 

Premiere Girl Beauty winners. The contests 

were sponsored by 100 newspapers in 

the Chicago area. Winners were chosen from 

the stage of the theatre. 

Tlie premiere received advance plugging 

through the showing of Technicolor teaser 

trailers in Balaban & Katz' four big downtown 

theatres, plus 15 of the circuit's neighborhood 

houses for ten days. 

Miss Hunnicutt was selected by the Variety 

Club as its Heart Week Queen. Her first 

officit"! assignment, as such, was to visit Chicago's 

Mayor Richard J. Daley to accept a 

Heart Week proclamation. 

A complete saturation of the important 

Chicago Negro market was accomplished 

through advertising and promotions with the 

Chicago Defender and radio stations 

WVON. WBEE and WGRT. The latter station 

sponsored a contest to select 

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BOXOFFICE :: February 12, 1968 

to have breakfast with Brock Peters at the 

tamous London House. 

There was a series of 15 special screenings 

of the picture for various groups highlighted 

by a showing sponsored by the Sig .Sakowici' 

Mothei's Club for 500 wciunc'ed Vietnam 

veterans. 

Kollowing the premiere all of the stars 

wore guests at the Variety Club of Illinois" 

Premiere Celebrity Ball in the Guildhall of 

!he .Ambassador West Hotel. 

In addition, the "P. J." premiere received 

additional widespread coverage through the 

press from 18 Midwest cities, from uhich 

newspaper representatives were brought 

here as Universal's guests. 

Outstanding Grosses 

For 14 KC Features 

KANSAS CITY—With 14 out ot 15 firstrun 

programs grossing well above average 

and ;he 15th rating exactly 100 per cent, this 

report week has to be one of the best business 

periods st) far in 1968. Big gross percentages 

aboimded—those 200 or better. 

There was "Gone With the Wind" with a 

700 lor its l.ilh week at the Glenwood Theatre 

at Ihe top of the list; then came 

"Ulysses" and "Valley of the Dolls." each 

400; "Camelot" and "The lungle Book" 

with 350; "Wait Until Dark," .^00; "Our 

Mother's House," a newcomer, at the Metro 

4, and "The Biggest Bundle of Them All." 

the first week film at the Embassy 1 and 

Embassy 2, each with 200 even. 

(Average Is 100) 

Brookside— The Wicked Dreoms of Paulo Schultz 

(UA) 125 

Capri—Comclot (WB-7A), 1 2th wk 350 

Eight Theatres Sodismo (Trons-Amer); Mondo 

Teeno (Trans-Amer), assorted co-features ..140 

Embossv 1 , 

2—The Biggest Bundle of Them All 

(MGM) 200 

Empire 1— Wait Until Dork (WB-7A), 7th wk. ...300 

Empire 2—Custer of the West (CRC), 2nd wk. . . . I 50 

Fine Arts, Granada— Volley of the Dolls 

(20th-Fox), 7th wk 400 

Glenwood— Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

13th wk 700 

Kimo— Ulysses (Confl, 2nd wk 400 

Metro 4—Our Mother's House (MGM) 200 

Midland—Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ). 

33rd wk 150 

Plaza— Billion Dollor Brain |UA), 2nd wk 150 

Roxy, Electric— Firecreck (WB-7A) 100 

Seven Theatres—The Ballad of Josie (Univ); 

assorted co-features 140 

Uptown— The Jungle Book (BV); Charlie, the 

Lonesome Cougor (BV), 7th wk, , , 350 

'Guess Who's Coming' 375 

Third Week in Chicago 

( MIC AGO — "Guess Who'r; Coming to 

Dinnei " again was the first-run grossing 

leader in the city, showing 375 per cent lor 

lis third week's business at the Chicago 

Theatre. A check at other theatres brought 

in a flock of reports of good business, alihougfi 

most situations were showing hoklovers, 

Bismarck—Comclot VVB-7A), 15th wk 325 

Carnegie—The Groduote (Embossy), 7th wk 225 

Chicago— Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Col), 

3rd wk, . 

375 

Cinema— A Man and o Womon (AA), 59th wk. . , I 50 

Cinestaqc Gone With the Wind (MGM), 15th wk. 350 

Esquire- Bedazzled i20th-Fox:i, 2nd wk 195 

Loop- For From the Madding Crowd (MGM), 

3rd wk. . 

200 

Michoel Todd— Doctor Dolittle i20th-Fox), 7th wk. 325 

Oriental—The Good, the Bod and the Ugly (UA), 

6fh wk, . 

200 

Playboy— Elvira Modigon, 7th wk 175 

Roosevelt— Grand Slam Para), 3rd wk. ........ t2,'5 

State Loke— Volley of the Dolls (20th-Fox), 

7th wk. . , 

275 

United Artists In Cold Blood (Col), 2nd wk 300 

Woods Cool Hand Luke (WB-7A), 1 0th wk. . 165 

Censorship Not Dead 

As Yet in Chicago 

CHICAGO — Raymond F, Simon, city 

corporation counsel, announced he is preparitig 

an ordinance designed to preserve 

movie censorship in Chicago. He said the 

ordinance would sharply reduce the time 

taken to review a film and to process any 

appeal from an adverse ruling. 

"I'm going to present it to Mayor Daley 

in response ti> the U.S. Supreme Court decision." 

Simon said. "It is up to the mayor to 

ascertain whether he wants to present it to 

the council. 1 am sure there is an alternative 

if we want to keep cen.sorship." 

The Supreme Court had condemned Chicago's 

censorship unanimously on grounds 

that its methods of review and appeal "are 

loo slow," 

Simon said he will arrange a conference 

with the mayor's present film appeal board 

to determine the shortest possible period in 

which a movie could be reviewed, "It takes 

a month and a half now, and we will have 

to see how many days we can chop from 

that." 

Meanwhile, several loc.il film exhibitors 

and distributors reportedly were very 

pleased with the Supreme Court ruling, 

Charles Teitel, who presents films in the art 

category at his World Playhouse and who 

ir 

a distributor of such films, expressed satisfaction 

over the ruling. According to reports, 

two films being distributed by his company, 

"Body of a Female" and "Rent a Girl" led 

to forcing the issue. Both were banned as 

obscene by the Circuit Court and Illinois Supreme 

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was new to the industry. He entered into 

military service after his graduation from 

high school, and after his discharge he studied 

business administration and sales management. 

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the school with other members Irom 9:30 to 

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CHICAGO 

Deler Vales was in town to check up on 

possible sites for scenes for "Bullitt." 

co-starring Steve McQueen and Robert 

Vaughn. Vales said. "It's fantastic. So much 

of Chicago lends itself to movie backgrounds. 

The film is budgeted at S4 million." 

On filming, he said, "Today a filmmaker 

must go where the stories are, and 'Bullitt,' 

a contemporary social drama about the 

growing animosity between the public and 

the police, opens with exterior scenes in Chicago 

and then moves to San Francisco." 

I he \N ilnu-llc- I htalre. owned and operated 

>, Richard Slern. is offering two Israeli 

films. "Sallah" and "Impossible on Saturday," 

for a week's showing as a test. 

All officers ot l.\TSE Local 1 10, Motion 

Picture .Machine Operators, were renamed 

to three-year terms. Clarence A. Jalas. 

business 

manager, begins his fourth term in that 

office and marks his 26th year as an officer 

in various capacities. He is a 5()-year member 

oi the local. 

Ctilumhia Pictures was much in the limelighl 

>\hcn survcNs showed its films "In Cold 

Blood." at the L'niled .Artisfi. and "Guess 

Who's Coming to Dinner." Chicago, captured 

80 per cent of the downtown movie 

week. 

business for a 

Bill Schacfer. Columbia publicist, is start- 

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"Whcc Angels Go . . . Trouble Followsl" 

Baruch l.umcl, who appeared here in 

"Fiddler on the Roof." is negotiating with 

Fred Niles. head of a film studio bearing his 

name, and Charles Tcitel. president of Teitel 

[-ilm Corp.. about filming his story "Once 

Upon a Tailor" here. 

Robert Blake spent a few days here to talk 

. . . 

about his "In Cold Blood" co-starring role 

""Thoroughly Modern Millie" stans its 

first outlying run March 1 at the M&R Old 

Orchjid and Evergreen theatres. While advance 

tickets are on sale, it is not planned to 

show the film on a reserved-seat basis in 

either 

situation. 

Ben Katz, who lor many years has handled 

L ;iiversal Pictures publicity in this area. 

plans to move to Florida by the end of 

March. He will serve as cxploiteer for Universal 

there. 

Wally Heim, Midwest publicity and advertising 

supervisor for United Artists, hosted 

an advance screening of "Yours. Mine 

and Ours." 

Joe Kuit/., branch manager for Warner 

Bros. -7 Arts, iradescreened "Sweet November." 

Kemiit Russell 

and Loretta Wiorski have 

joined ihc C injrama Releasing Corp. Offices 

have been opened at 203 N. Wabash Ave. by 

Harr\ Goldman. 

Colleen Moore Hargraê, a Chicago resident 

ever since her marriage lo Homer Hargravc 

now deceased, was honored in Holl>wood 

at a reception hosted by Mervyn 

I.eRoy to herald her book. ""Silent Star."' He 

once was a writer for Miss Moore and he 

elirccied one of her early films. ""Oh. Kay."" 

Charles Cooper has taken over the Harvey 

Theatre at Harvey and the Lincoln in Chicago 

Heights, both of which had been operiilini; 

under the Great Slates banner. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

JS^H obscenity conviction for the showing of 

""I. a Woman" has been upheld by the 

Kentucky .Appeals Court. The ruling was 

.igainst the operators of the Crescent Art 

Fheaire in Louisville, where the film was 

seized three times by police. A Louisville 

couri ruled in .August thai the movie was 

I'bjeciionable and ordered fines totaling 

's.'5..'iOO for the manager and owner of the 

house. The high court action dismissed the 

.ippe.il and offered no opinion on Kentucky's 

1966 obsceniu lau under which the 

case was tried. 

Similar efforts lo prosecute operators ol 

three dri\e-ins and ihe Esquire Theatre in 

Indianapolis failed last fall. Film then seized 

by deputy sheriffs was returned when a Federal 

Court ruled for the defendents. An 

.ippcil by Marion Countv prosecutor Noble 

R. Pcarcy was denied b\ the Cour: of .Appeals 

in Chicago. 

lent Id's activities lor Variety Week (12- 

IS) here w.ll include a VIP luncheon in the 

Howard Johnson Motel, featuring Robert L. 

Bostick from the Variety Clubs International: 

a cocktail party that evening (14), hosted 

by the Women of Variety, and the presentation 

of the Encore Awards at Ihe annual dinner-dance 

in Brody's Restaurant Saturday 

evening (17). 

John Hedge, Union Carbide representative, 

vwis in the Indianapolis area. 

ST. LOUIS 

(Continued from page C-2) 

ning (7) of the Spanish film "La Verbena de 

la Paloma." sponsored by the .Socicdad Hispano-.\merican 

de St. Louis. Admission was 

S1.50. 

.Arthur .Mc.Manus, manager of Embassy 

Piciures. hosted a sneak preview of ""The 

Graduate" for indusiryiies and civic leaders 

at General Cinema Corp.'s Sunset Hills Cinema 

I Sunday (4). 

Sen. Edward V. Long will be the featured 

speaker .March 7 at a recognition dinner for 

community action workers under the area 

Human Resources Corp. program at Cape 

Girardeau. Mo. About 200 volunteers and 

officials are expected to attend the event, 

which will mark the advances in the war on 

poverty and salute the volunteers who have 

served. 

Frank Plumlee, Farmington. Mo. NATO 

board chairman, is recovering from emergency 

surgery performed in Ihe Mineral 

Springs Hospital. He was stricken while attending 

a board meeting at 

the hospital. 

Chick Schacffler, Warner Bros. -7 Arts, 

has made good progress following throat 

surgery. 

NATO of Eastern Missouri and Southern 

Illinois will forego a meeting of the board 

in f-ehruary because many of their members 

will he in Kansas Cily attending Show-A- 

Rama XL Meetings will resume in March, 

according to an announcement by president 

Tom VViiliamson. 

Or. Sterling Price, pastor of Third Baptist 

Church and a Variety chaplain, will be the 

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Meiselman Theatres 

Adds Atlanta Unit 

ATLANTA— Meiselniun Theatres. Chaikitte-based 

circuit, operating hardtops and 

drive-ins in the Caroiinas. Alabama, Florida 

and Georgia, is preparing to add the 600- 

scat Coronet to its four already in operation 

in metropolitan Atlanta. 

The dedication is planned Wednesday 

(21). according to Perry Reavis. Georgia 

district manager of the circuit. The initial 

film will he Embassy's "The Graduate." 

The Coronet is in a completely remodeled 

building within two blocks of Wilby-Kincey's 

Fox Theatre and Martin's Cinerama. 

H. B. Meiselman. a successful realtor in 

Charlotte, became one of the first advocates 

of shopping center theatres, when he purchased 

an existing center and opened his 

first house in it. The circuit snowballed 

fi'om 

there. 

'Traveling Saleslady' Bow 

Set for New Orleans 

NhW ORLEANS — Universal's "Did 

You Hear the One About the Traveling 

Saleslady?" the new Technicolor comedy 

starring Phyllis Diller. will have its world 

premiere at the Joy Theatre here Thursday 

(22). laimching more than 250 dates in the 

territory. 

The premiere and territorial openings will 

be followed by 300 engagements in the 

Charlotte territory starting Wednesday (28). 

The film is scheduled for national release in 

March. 

Miss Diller and Eileen Wesson, featured 

in the picture, are scheduled to participate 

in the advance promotion of the world premiere 

and the New Orleans territorial openings. 

"Did You Hear the One About the 

Traveling Saleslady?" set in the earh 

I9()()'s, deals with the adventures of a traveling 

saleslady who becomes entangled with 

a farmer's son. 

Theatre Group Schedules 

Convention in Atlanta 

ATLANTA—This city, for the first time 

in the 19-year history of the Southeastern 

Theatre Conference, will be host to the 

1968 convention of the organization Wednesday 

(28) to March 2 in the Sheraton- 

Biltmore Hotel. More than 1.000 delegates 

and visitors are expected. 

Among the speakers will be Michael 

Dewell of the Repertory Theatre at Ford's 

Theatre. Washington. D.C.: Isabel Burger, 

who will speak on her specialty, children's 

theatre, and Norman Nadel. past president 

of the Drama Critics Circle. 

Marian Gallaway. of the University of 

Alabama. Tuscaloosa, is president of the 

sr.TC and Gerald Kahan. of the University 

of Georgia. Athens, vice-president. 

Lila Kennedy. Atlanta actress, director 

and producer, and Richard Munroe, founder 

and director of the Pocket Theatre here. 

are co-chairmen of the committee in charge 

of arrangements for the conclave. 

Obscenity Law to Protect Children 

From Lewd Films Sought in Georgia 

ATLANTA—Fulton (Atlanta) Counlv 

solicitor Gen. Lewis R. Slaton is planning 

to ask legislators to enact as part of 

Georgia's proposed criminal code, an obscenity 

law "to protect the children of the 

state from being exposed to lewd motion 

pictures, magazines and books." 

An amendment, proposed by Slaton. 

would be patterned on a new District of 

Columbia law, and in the solicitor's opinion 

would not conflict with federal court rulings 

on obscenity. 

Backing up his efforts to obtain such 

legislation, he called attention to some of 

the current features now showing here and 

U) the open displays of sexually stimulating 

periodicals and books at newsstands. 

"Our hands have been tied by federal 

court rulings on obscenity as it applied to 

adults, unless there is a question of hardcore 

pornography." Slaton said. "But the 

courts have intimated that we should have 

more leeway as to obscenity and minors." 

Before the Supreme Court at the present 

time is a case questioning a New York state 

law that prohibits distribution of literature 

that "appeals to the prurient, shameful or 

morbid interests of minors." 

It is believed the high court's decision in 

this case may well determine the legality of 

any other obscentiy statute, such as the one 

President Lyndon B. Johnson signetl for the 

District of Columbia last month. 

"We need to be ready (with a Georgia 

law) in case the Supreme Court does uphold 

the rights of states to regulate obscenity 

as it pertains to minors." Slaton said. 

To this end. the prosecutor said, he is 

sending copies of the new D.C. law, along 

with his own recommendations, to legislative 

leaders, members of the Senate judiciary 

committee and to Gov. Lester Maddox. 

Georgia's general assembly now is in 

session and Slaton is hoping lor some immediate 

action. He is suggesting that his 

proposal be incorporated in the revised 

criminal code, which already has passed the 

House and is awaiting study by the Senate 

committee. 

Under the Washington law it is unlawful 

to sell, distribute or exhibit to anyone under 

17 any visual lepresentation of obscenity. 

Such a representation is defined as anything 

depicting nudity, sexual conduct or 

sadomasochistic abuse with the intention of 

"at fronting prevailing standards in the adult 

community as a whole with respect to what 

is suitable for minors." 

Slaton said the age requirements could 

be adjusted upward if the legislators deem 

it necessary. 

There have been controls established on 

obscenity in other places. notabl> on the 

local level, but these tend to be limited. 

Slaton cited as an example that Dallas requires 

a review board to rate all movies as 

suitable or unsuitable for young persons to 

see, but this does not prevent a minor from 

attending the theatre if he is accompanied 

by a parent or by a spouse who is of age. 

To the solicitor's knowledge. Georgia 

would be the first state to adopt such an allinclusive 

law such as he proposes. 

While Atlanta's Better Films Council is 

on record as being against censorship, it has 

become deeply concerned at the current 

"sex cycle" turn films have taken in recent 

months. 

Hundreds of Foreign Films Entered 

In Atlanta's 5 Festival 

ATLANTA—With nearly .^00 entries already 

certified, the first Atlanta International 

Film Festival, April 8-14, is rapidly 

burgeoning into what is almost certain to 

he one of the largest festivals in the wcirld. 

With entries scheduled to close Thursday 

{\5). J. Hunter Todd, executive producer 

for the event, forecast that "more than 

I .()(H) films from all over the world" will ho 

entered in competition. 

International entries so far, in addition to 

the U.S.. have come from Japan. Canada. 

England. France, Italy, with others expected 

from Mexico. Germany. Spain and Asia. 

Five categories will be in\olved in the 

competition — features. documentaries, 

shorts, television commercials and experimental. 

.Ml formats are acceptable. 70nmi 

lo Idmm; sound or silent (separate audiii 

Categories 

A panel of nationally known critics, 

tracks not accepted must be sound on film): 

optical or magnetic tracks; video tapes compatible 

to Ampex VTR 2000 accepted in 

TV commercial and TV documentary categories. 

writers, 

producers and judges will narrow the 

competition to select finalists in each category. 

During "festival week" they will be 

screened in the auditorium at the Regency 

H\aii House, site of the convention, and 

those achieving award status will he shown 

at Wilb>-Kinccy's 1.200-seat downtown 

Roxy Theatre. 

This festival is being staged in cooperation 

with Eastern Air Lines. Regency Hyatt 

House. Forward Atlanta. Cinema East-Todd 

Films International, of which Hunter Todd 

is producer and director, and major circuits 

in the southeast. 

Unlike most festivals, which distribute 

awards seemingly by the handful, the Atlanta 

event will present a single grand award 

for the best of festival, the Golden Phoenix, 

a massive piece of original sculpture representing 

"the phoenix rising from the ashes," 

which appears on the Atlanta seal, commemorating 

the resurgence of Atlanta from 

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Timmy Bella, American inicrnuiional Pictures 

district supervisor from Atlanta, 

and Bill Wenzcl of Saturn Pictures. Columbia. 

S.C. met here with Charley King. AlP 

manager for Florida, and iradescrecned Saturn's 

AIP release of "The Road Hustler. " 

Richard Lewis, salesman, reported screenings 

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Columbia's "Giifss Who's Coining to Dinner." 

Those on hand for the bow of the 

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Bonnie Hinson. 

Sammy Davis has a pocket full of keys. 

Hy Ciar.lner of Channel 6 presented him the 

keys to the city. Miami Beach Mayor Jay 

Dermer gave him some keys and metro 

.Mayor Chuck Hall handed him the keys "to 

the whole country." 

Jack Benny, who opens in the Hilton-Plaza 

Hotel's Great Room Friday (16), will 

make an appear.ince that night at the Israeli 

Uond Dinner. 

Raymond Burr, a director of both the 

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lorida .Memorial College and the Pasadena 

Playhouse, is working to bring the groups 

together on a joint project—a scholarship 

opportunity for Florida .Memorial students 

to work in the Playhouse program. 

"The .Siren and Cyrano" was the title of 

il'c I'KOI'S luncheon honoring Jose Ferrer 

..nd Fdie Adams in the Eden Roc Mona 

Lisa Room Friday (9). The skit was written 

hv Palsy .Miholl ,iiid produced by Jerri Poll.ik. 

Jai'kie CiKigaii was a visitor here. 

The L'niversity of Miami began its spring 

semester film program Saturday (3) with 

two showings of Marcel Camus" "Black Orpheus." 

Other films scheduled are "The Gospel 

.According to St. Matthew," "La Notte," 

"The Five-Day Lover." "The Trial," "El," 

"The Naked Night," "Muriel," "Thief," 

"King and Country." "The Bicycle Thief" 

and "Rocco and His Brothers." 

The Hibiscus Film Society has taken over 

the management of ihe DuPoni Plaza's .Artcinema, 

under the direction of Bob Buckman. 

Wometco Acquiring Assets 

Of Outdoor Ad Firm 

From Southeastern Edrtion 

MIAMI — Wometco Enterprises has 

signed an agreement acquiring certain assets 

of E. B. Elliott Outdoor Advertising Co., 

an outdoor sign painting company, based in 

Florida. The agreement calls for the purchase 

of the business of E. B. Elliott Outdoor 

Adv. in two phases. TTie first, consisting 

largely of the southeast Florida portion 

of the business, will be completed by March 

I. The second phase will entail the purchase 

of additit)nal assets located primarily elsewhere 

in Florida and to be completed prior 

to Oct. I, 1971. The purchase will be for 

cash. This operation will constitute a new 

ilivision of Wometco. 

Norwich Stage Show Benefit 

NORWICH. CONN.—The Jack 

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outlet, hosted a stage revue, billed as "'International 

Cavalcade of Stars." under the 

sponsorship of the Norwich Kiwanis Club. 

Admission was $1.50 and two performances 

— at 4 and 8 p.m.—were held on Thursday. 

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January Gratifying 

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OKLAHOMA CITY—January proved to 

ho one of the best months in years for exhihjlors 

here, lineups becoming a common 

sight again as outstanding product, introdticed 

during the Christmas-New Year's 

holid:.ys, pla\ed through profitable runs. 

Joe Broady. entertainment editor of the 

Oklahoma City Times and the Daily and 

Sunday Oklahoman. reviewed the gratifying 

developments in this column: 

This will go down as one of the best 

months of January in the history of the 

motion picture theatre business in Oklahoma 

City. The theatre owner pointed to a 

line of ticket buyers stretching down the 

street west from the Criterion Theatre on 

Main Street, meeting another line of ticket 

buyers, inching its way to the State Theatre. 

The State is in the middle of the block on 

North Robinson and the Criterion in the 

middle of the block on West .Main Street. 

"Valley of the Dolls." the current attraction 

at the Criterion, has set a house record 

outdistancing the two previous big moneymakers, 

"Shane" and "Peyton Place." The 

sentimental, tear-jerking film is setting the 

national hoxoffice pace. The engagement 

here is expected to continue through February 

and possibly well into March. Weekend 

business at three of the downtown firstrun 

theatres is so great that it has had to call 

out four police officers to handle the auto 

and foot traffic. 

"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" at the 

State is doing equally as well as two other 

pictures made with the same star, Clint 

Eastwood— "A Fistful of Dollars" and "A 

Few Dollars More." "Gone With the Wind" 

at 

the Cooper Theatre, just across the street 

from the State, would appear to be headed 

for a very long engagement. 

The business-is-good atmosphere is reflected 

in a study by the U.S. Department 

of Commerce, which predicts hoxoffice receipts 

will climb to almost one billion dollars. 

UA Names Frank Rule 

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appointed United Artists branch manager 

here. He joined the company in 1962 and 

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Roy Sturdivan. Ed Edwards, city manager. 

Dixie Theatre. Ruston. La., pronn)ted fullpage 

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Buena Vista's "The Jungle Book." He had 

an official imitate the voice of one of the 

main animal characters, and the people tried 

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Herman Gentry, manager of the Lakeside 

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Dean K.very, manager of Lakeside Cinema 

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Oakwood Cinema I and II, will attend Ihe 

yearly managers meeting in Dallas. 

Invitations have been received for the annual 

duck dinner at Lafayette, La. This year 

it will be Thursday (22) in the Magnolia 

Room of the Townhouse, with a meeting and 

cocktail party preceding at Toby's Place. 

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Judson W. Smith III, an Atlanta actor 

and singer, died here Friday (2). He was 

working for his master's degree in the philosophy 

of fine arts at Emory University at the 

time of his deatli. He had worked with the 

San Francisco Actors Workshop, Opera and 

Theatre Atlanta and Academy and Pocket 

theatres. 

Roy Newquist, literary editor of the C'hicago 

American, was in town promoting his 

hook "A Special Kind of Magic," which 

deals with the filming of Columbia's "Guess 

Who's Coming to Dinner." The picture 

bowed Friday (9) at the Capri Cinema. 

Other new pictures here arc "The Good, 

the Bad and the Ugly." Fox Theatre, and 

"The President's Analyst." Roxy, both Wilby-Kincey 

situations; "Weekend, Italian 

Style," Peachtree Art; "The Soft Skin," Festival 

Cinema, and Georgia Theatre Co.'s 

Plaza and Weslgate II are showing "The 

Endless Summer." 

Martin 'Iheatres and Paramount held an 

invitational screening Wednesday night (7) 

of "Half a Sixpence," which is booked to 

open at Martin's Cinerama March 15. 

Herbert L. Copelan Joins 

Pacific Theatres Staff 

From Western Edition 

HOLLYWOOD—Former Stanley Warner 

zone manager Herbert L. Copelan will assume 

public relations duties for Pacific Theatres, 

it is announced by William R. Forrnan. 

president. Copelan had planned to retire 

when the 31-theatre acquisition by Pacific 

of the West Coast and Texas Stanley 

Warner houses was announced. 

Herman said Copelan's duties will be in 

the field of intra-industry affairs and studio 

liaison. Copelan, a long-time Stanley Warner 

executive, served as theatre operations head 

m many key southwest zones before moving 

10 California to helm the nine houses here. 

At one time, he operated most of the theatres 

in Cuba. He will report to Pacific after 

a two-week vacation. 

Arnold Michelson and Murray Propper, 

Copelan's principal assistants in the SW operation 

in California, will remain with Pacific 

in their present capacities, following 

the acquisition of the theatres here, in Texas 

and Tennessee. 

Ml other SW personnel is being continued 

during the "transition period," as Pacific integrates 

the additions to the Los .Angelesbased 

circuit. 

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NO VI SAD, YUGOSLAVIA — Mike 

Mindlin of Filmways has previewed his new 

documentary "Journey to Jerusalem" for the 

cast and crew of Columbia's "Castle Keep," 

now filming on location here. The color documentary 

features Leonard Bernstein, Isaac 

Stern and Patrick O'Neal. 

"Castle Keep" performers on hand were 

Burt Lancaster, Peter Falk, Jean-Pierre Aumonl. 

.Astrid Heeren, Tony Bill, co-producer 

John Calley, Michael Conrad, Bruce Dern. 

.M Freeman jr., associate producer Ben 

Kadish, James Patterson. Columbia's Ira 

lulipan from London, Scott Wilson and 

Max Youngstein. a visitor. 

Doak Texas Division 

Manager for Pacific 

From Southwest Edition 

DALLAS—The appointment of 

Brandon 

Doak as manager of the Texas Division of 

Pacific Theatres was announced by William 

Forman. Pacific president, who said that 

Doak will have his headquarters here. He 

will have charge of the 27 Texas and one 

Memphis theatre which Pacific acquired in 

January from Glen Alden's RKO-Slanley 

Warner division. 

Doak formerly was assistant zone manager 

and film buyer for the SW units he 

will now supervise for the new ownership. 

He will continue buying and booking for the 

theatres, in addition to performing the added 

responsibilities of his new position. He saiil 

that all of the theatres in the Texas Division 

were most fortunate in having good managers 

and that no changes are expected in 

personnel. 

.W Reynolds, zone manager for same theatres 

when they were under the SW banner, 

will have a new role with the new ownership, 

having been appointed as real estate consultant 

to Pacific Theatres in the acquisition of 

more property. 

A group of Pacific circuit officials, headed 

by Forman and general manager Don 

Guttman, have been in Dallas to wind up 

the deal for the Texas and Tennessee theatres 

of the SW circuit. Pacific also has acquired 

nine SW West Coast theatres, adding 

them to the circuit's Coast Division. Pacific, 

which now has more than 100 conventional 

and drive-in theatres, also has units in Oregon, 

Washington, Arizona and Hawaii, as 

well as the California, Texas and Tennessee 

properties. 

.All of the theatres under Doak's control 

are drive-ins, except the Memorial. Houston; 

Prince. San Antonio, and Warner Downtown, 

Memphis, Tenn. 

Hundreds of Entries 

In Atlanta Festival 

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the ashes left by the Union Army troops 

when Atlanta was burned to the ground. 

Awards to best films in each category 

will take the form of the Silver Phoenix. 

Gold, silver and bronze medals will be presented 

to the best films in each subcategory. 

Eastern will present an Ionosphere Award 

for the best film dealing with flight and the 

Eastman Award will be a .? 1 ,000 grant of 

Eastman motion picture color film. 

Regency Hyatt House's award will 

be for 

the best film by a southern United States 

producer and the Forward Atlanta Award 

vKill go to the best film by an Atlanta producer. 

"Our primary objective with the festival 

IS to provide the creative filmmakers of 

the world with the most totally inclusive 

and internationally competitive of all film 

festivals," Todd said. "It will contribute in 

appreciation, understanding and communication 

the art of production in motion piclures 

and television." 

Major international companies are participating 

in the festival. MGM has entered 

10 films. .^0 films have been entered by J. 

Waller Thompson; MPO. Niles and Mc- 

Cann have entered at least 15 each. 

Todd said the major concentration among 

the entries has been in the documentary 

field. Norm Kohn is art director of the 

festival. 

John Tabor Licks Problem, 

Pupils Get to Attend Film 

From Mideast Edition 

LOGAN. OHIO—John Tabor, manager 

of Chakeres' Logan Theatre, found a way, 

when a school 30 miles away indicated its 

pupils wanted to see "The Taming of the 

Shrew." but would not be able to do so because 

of bus schedules. 

School officials said if the i)upils attended 

the theatre on a morning they would not be 

able to return in time for luncheon. And if 

they attended after eating, then they would 

not be able to make their bus schedules 

home. 

This was a problem, but Tabor set out to 

solve it. He contacted Blosser's Restaurant, 

which agreed to package a luncheon for the 

pupils at a discount and deliver the food to 

the theatre. .So. the Miller High School English 

classes attended the movie and were 

servet! luncheon in their seats afterward. 

| think the moral of this story is; When 

you have a desire to entertain the people 

where there's a will, there's a way." said 

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Cashier Foils a Holdup 

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RALEIGH, N.C.—Cashier Kay Messer. 

20. who stubbornly refused to surrender her 

empkners cash, foiled a robbery attempt 

here al the State Theatre. The junior at 

North Carolina Slate Unisersity. told police 

,1 man. about 30. walked up to the ticket 

hooth. demanded the money and threatened 

lo kill her when she wouldn't hand it over. 

She said the man had his hands in his 

pockets and told her he had a pistol pointed 

,it her. Miss Messer said there was about 

MOO in the cash drawer. 

She said she buzzed for an usher, who 

later said Miss Messer asked him lo "get 

rid" of the vsould-be bandit. When the usher 

arrived at the ticket booth, the frustrated 

holdup man walked away. 

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(nine With the Wind" and "The Good, the 

Bad and the L'gly" combined lo form a lop 

'nisinoss-getting fio and keep public inleresi 

in motion pictures at a high level. "Valley." 

in a sixth week at the Orpheum. 

still was attracting four-times-normal business, 

while "Gone With the Wind" was only 

vlighlly hehind. percenlagewise. with .^50 

for its 12th week at the Robert E. Lee Theatre. 

"Ciood. Bad and Ugly 

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average 

in a third week at the Locw"s Slate. 

(Averoge Is 100) 

GenliHv The Tiqcr Mokcj Out (Col), 6th wk. ...110 

Joy—The Bollad o# Josic iUnivl, 3rd wk 100 

Lakeside Thoroughly Modern Millie (Unjv), 

6th wk 75 

Lokcsidc Cinema 1, Ookwood Cinema I—The 

Jungle Book (BVi. 61h wk 100 

Lcew's Sfotc— The Good, fhc Bad ond the Ugly 

(UA), 5th wk 200 

Orpheum— Volley o» the Dolls 20th-Fox), 6th wk. 400 

Robert E. Lcc^—Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

12th wk 350 

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'Wind,' "Valley,' 'Camelot' 

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Ml MI'HIS Cione With the Wind" took 

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450 pel cent—the same gross reading the 

7()mm feature had in its 12!h week at the 

Crosstown. Two sixth-week pictures came 

in second with identical 300s, "Valley of the 

noils" grossing at that pace in its Maico 

Theatre engagement and "Camelot" compiling 

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Worner Wait Until Dork ^VB-7AI 6th wk 105 

Burt Topper Names Cash 

From Western 

Edition 

HOLlYWOOi:)— Bun Topper, who will 

produce American Inlern;ilional Picture's 

Hells Belles." has named Jack Cash as production 

associate on the piclure. which is 

scheduled lo start shooting in March. He 

had a similar position with Topper on five 

other .MP films, with "Wild in the Streets" 

I he latest one. 

MEMPHIS 

Tho controversial films are being shown 

here, after the Supreme Court ruled 

they're not obscene. "L a Woman" is playing 

the Guild and Studio art houses and 

"Mondo Freud." the Strand Theatre. 

KIton Holland, Malco Theatres city manager, 

held an invitational showing of MGM's 

"I ar From the Madding Crowd" before it 

opened Thursday (8) at the Memphian. 

\ ariet\ Week activities of Tent 20 began 

here yesterday (11) and included a fashion 

show, cocktail party and dance. Wednesday 

(14) a screening, luncheon and bridge 

tournament are scheduled. To climax the 

events, the annual Heart Ball and the selection 

of Miss Variety will be held Saturday 

night (17). Ken Goderre. manager of the 

I'la/a. is Variety Week chairman. 

Klvis Presley and his wife Priscilla are the 

parents of a daughter Lisa Marie, born 

Ihiirsday (1) in Baptist Hospital here, weighing 

pounds 15 ounces. 

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To Pittsburgh Division 

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COLUMBUS. OHIO — Ed 

McGlone. 

manager of the RK.O Palace here since 

1955." has been promoted to division manager 

in the Pittsburgh area for RK.O Theatres. 

Charles Van Fossan, manager of Great 

Western Cinema, is the new manager of the 

Palace. 

McGlone came to Columbus 13 years 

ago, after serving for five years in RKO 

theatres in Cincinnati. He has been associated 

with RKO for 35 years, starting in theatres 

in the New York City area. 

The Pittsburgh division includes 21 theatres 

in three states. There are nine houses in 

the Pittsburgh area. Pennsylvania cities include 

Dormont. Grccnsburg. Monroeville. 

Johnstown. State College and Brookville. 

Others are in Morgantown. West Virginia 

and Columbus. 

A native of Columbus. Van Fossan started 

his career as an usher at Locw's Broad 

nine years ago. He joined the RKO Palace 

in 1959 and became assistant manager at 

RKO Grand a year later. He stayed in that 

position when Beacon Theatres acquired the 

Grand. In 1966 he was named assistant at 

the Palace, leaving that post to become manner 

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S. K. BARRY NEW PRESIDENT 

OF TEXAS DRIVE-IN OWNERS 

Bill Slcmghter Is Chosen 

President-Elect; Will 

Take Office in 1969 

DALLAS—S. K.. Barry. Sun Antonio exhibitor, 

was elected president of the Texas 

Drive-In Theatre Owners Ass'n as the organization 

completed its 16th annual convention 

Thursday (1) ai the Statler Hilton Hotel. 

Bill .Slaughter of Dallas was the convention's 

choice to fill the newly created position ot 

president-elect and will advance to the association's 

top office at next year's meeting. 

Jack Arthur, Stephenville, and Eric De- 

Neve. Dallas, were elected to the other iwo 

new association offices—vice-president, administrative, 

and vice-president, convention, 

respectively. M. K. McDaniel. retiring president, 

becomes chairman of the board. 

Re-elected by the TDITOA members were 

Jack Cole, Rosenberg, secretary, and Harry 

McCartney. Dallas, treasurer. 

Arthur Convention Chairman 

Arthur served as chairman and Philip 

Tidball 

of Fort Worth was co-chairman for 

the three-day convention which attracted a 

registration of 700, representing all segments 

of the industry and nearly all of the 50 

states. The annual TDITOA conclave is the 

only exhibitors convention held in Texas 

and the organization is the onlv drive-in 

association in the country. 

Hardin Award to iVIcDaniel 

S. K. Barry, as the new president, presented 

the Hardin Award for the outstanding 

Texas drive-in theatre personality of the yea.'- 

lo McDaniel. Also at the presidential banquet, 

climaxing the convention on Tnursday 

evening, Lt. Gov. Preston Smith of Texas 

presented the association's Outstanding 

Newcomer Star of the Year Award to 

Celeste Yarnall, star of Feature Films' new 

release. "Eve." Miss Yarnall, who traces her 

lineage to Mary, Queen of Scots, expressed 

her appreciation for the citation and brought 

a big round of applause from the drive-in 

exhibitors and their guests when she said 

she vvas looking forward to attending the 

inaugural hall in Austin when Smith, already 

an announced candidate, becomes governor 

of Texas. 

Arthur received a special award for his 

work in planning the convention. 

Support for statewide efforts opposing 

standard time vvas voted by the exhibitors 

in the convention's final business session, 

which focused on resolutions submitted by a 

committee headed by Bill Slaughter. In passing 

this resolution on opposition to Daylight 

Saving Time the exhibitors were following 

the recommendation of Edwin Tobolowsky. 

TDITOA general counsel, that they align 

Leaders of Texas exhibition participate in ceremonies officially opening the 

three-daj convention held by the lexas Drive-hi I hcatre Owners .Vss'n lannary 30- 

February I at the Statler Hilton Hotel In Dallas. Lt. Gov. Preston Smith, a lon};-time 

Texas exhibitor, tut the ribbon which had bound the assembly room doors. Shown 

left to right at the ceremony are Wayne Long, Monahans; Eddie Joseph. Austin; 

Smith; Jack Arthur, Stephenville. convention chairman; M. K. McDaniel, LDI LOA 

president from La Marque; Jack Cole, Rosenburg, who was re-elected secretary; 

BiU Rau, San Antonio; Tim Ferguson, Grand Prairie, a TDITOA pasi president; 

Eddie Reyna, Victoria, a TDITOA director, and Alfred Pawelek. Karnes Citv. 

themselves with other Texas groups which 

have been adversely affected by six months 

observance of fast time. Uniied in support 

against Daylight Saving Time, then, the 

exhibitors and others can bring the problem 

up before the next regular session of the 

state 

legislature. 

Oother resolutions adopted favored: 

• Continued opposition to blind bidding. 

• Continued opposition to censorship and 

classification. 

• Five years clearance over motion pictures 

on television. 

• Continuation of technical research. 

• Encouragement of independent production 

and new production companies, specifically 

citing National General Pictures and 

Cinerama Releasing Corp. 

.Also discussed at the final business session 

was the proposal for TDITOA and Show-A- 

Rama, the outstanding industry conclave 

held annually in Kansas City by the United 

Motion Picture Ass'n, to have a joint convention. 

This proposal was assigned to a special 

committee for study. Also occupying the 

attention of exhibitors was the 1 per cent 

city sales tax which will become effective 

April 1 in around 100 Texas cities, making 

the sales tax 3 per cent, since those cities 

alrcadv 

tax. 

are collecting a 2 per cent state sales 

Jack Valenti, president of the Motion 

Picture Ass'n of America, was principal 

speaker at the presidential banquet (his 

speech was reported in last week's National 

Section of Boxoffice), the event being hosted 

by the Coca-Cola Co. 

On the upper dais at the banquet, in addition 

to Valenti and Edwin Tobolowsky, who 

served as toastmaster, were Mrs. Tobolowsky; 

Mr. and Mrs. M. K. McDaniel; Mr. 

and Mrs. S. K. Barry; Mr. and Mrs. Bill 

Slaughter; Edward Joseph, past president, 

TDITOA; Mr. and Mrs. Eric DeNeve; Mr. 

and Mrs. Jack Arthur; Mr. and Mrs. Jack 

Cole; Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCartney; Wilson 

Franklin, western area manager, the 

Coca-Cola Co.. Atlanta; M. G. Stephens. 

Dallas regional manager, Coca-Cola Co.. 

and Mrs. Stephens, the Rev. G, C. McElyea. 

rector, St. Luke's Episcopal Church. Dallas, 

who delivered the invocation, and Mrs. Mc- 

Elyea. 

Lower dais: AI Reynolds. Bob Davis, Earl 

Podolnick, Tim Ferguson and Charles 

Weisenburg, all 

past presidents of TDITOA, 

and their wives; Lt. Governor Smith; Miss 

Yarnall; George Roscoe, exhibitor relations. 

National Ass'n of Theatre Owners; Mrs. 

Pegg>' Ezell; Milton Feinberg, \ ice-president 

and general sales manager, N;>tional Screen 

Service, and Mrs. Feinberg; Richard Ellman. 

vice-president. Feature Films Corp.; Arlie 

Crites, executive secretary, TDITOA, and 

Mrs. Crites. 

(Continued on next page) 

BOXOmCE :: Februarv 12, 1968 

SW-1

S.K. Barry 

Bill 

New TDITOA President; 

Slaughter President-Elect 

(Continued trom preceding page) 

JuiKin kilkin. president of the National 

Ass'n of Theatre Owners, addressed the 

convention in another of the leaturc events 

— the Wednesday luncheon sponsored by the 

Pepsi-Cola Co. (Rifkin's speech also was 

reported last week in the National Section 

of BoxoKFitE). 

Sealed at the head table at the luncheon, 

with Bill Slaughter presiding, were Clyde 

Rentbetl. MI'A; Robin Wighlnian. .Arkansas 

TO.'\: Leo Greenlield. vice-president and 

general sales manager. Cinerama Releasing 

Corp.: Jack Arthur, convention chairman; 

Pete Sassasa and Ben Mayfield. Pepsi-Cola 

Co.; I-dvvin Tobolowsky; M. K. McDaniel; 

Samuel Arkoff, board chairr.ian, American 

International Pictures: Bill Slaughter; Julian 

Rifkii;: Earl Podolnick; Mrs. Thomas: Morris 

l.elko. vice-president and general sales 

man:iger, MGM; John H. Rowley; Richard 

B. Graff, vice-president and general sales 

manai'cr. National General Pictures; Rabbi 

Levi Ola, Temple Emanu-EI. who deliveretl 

ihe invocation; Walter Morgan; Milton Feinberg: 

r. Heard, Tri-State Theatre Owners: 

lim Cook. He;irt of .America: Bob Siever. 

exec'.itive vice-president. Cinema Distributors 

of America. Mobile. Ala., and Richard 

Ellman, Feature Film Corp. 

Earl Podolnick. president of Trans-Texas 

Iheat.es, presided at the Wednesday aftcrniH>n 

session. "Exhibitors .Meet Your Distributors." 

Important trailers for new products were 

screened for the registrants ai the Towci 

Thealie Thursday morning. Hospitality 

hours in trade exhibitors suites concluded the 

Thursday afternoon activities, preceding the 

presi.lenlial 

banquet. 

Ihirty-twi) Industry films had booths in 

ihe trade shiiw which \vas ,ipen from 11 

...m I'niil 5 p.m. Tuesday. 9 a.m. until 

5 p.m. Wednesday and until 2 p.m. Thursday. 

Donors for the door prize and souvenirs 

at various convention events included 

Carbons. Inc.: the Coca-Cola Co.; Dr Pepper 

Co.: General Paint: Modern Sales & 

Service; National Carbon Co.; the Pepsi- 

Cola Co.; RC -A Service Co.; Ringsdorfl 

Carlwn €>.'. and the Wrigley Co. 

.Among winners of ihese many door prizes 

were; Bill Rau, San .Anionio. six Reed drivein 

speakers: Ann Ferguson, Grand Prairie, 

a portable cooler; Eddie Joseph, Austin, six 

"M" drive-in speakers. Modern Sales & Service: 

Morry Relder, transistor radio. Lorraine 

Carb-ins, J. J. Rodriquez. Auto Vista Drivein, 

Grand Prainc. six Reed drivc-in speakers; 

Bernard Bragcr. Paranioiinl exchange 

manager, Dallas, raincoat: J. C. McCrary, 

20th Century-Fox. Dallas, Dr Pepper ice kit. 

Audie Murphy's Brother 

( FI INA. IF\ — Joe Preston Murphy, 

.12. a policeman in Frisco, Tex., and identified 

by stale ptilice as a brother of movie 

star and World War II 

vv.is killed in a car-truck collision. 

hero Audie Murphy. 

lexas I.t. (iov. Prestoii Smith, left, 

presents a special pla(|ue to Bill W illiams. 

rclirin)! chief barker :iriety aniii\cTsar\ luncheon 

held ill coiijiiiu'tiiin with the Texas 

I)ri\e-lii I heat re Owners Ass'n convention 

at the Slatler Hilton Hotel, Williams 

received the plaque for "Outstanding 

Club Leadership" durin(> his 

two terms as chief barker. 

Convention 

Highlights 

Mr-. S. K. Barry, chairinan of the "Gala 

Events for the Girls" program, and her committee 

were congratulated by .ill participants 

on the success of their efforts. The Wednesday 

afternoon sherry bingo party attracted 

76 players who competed for 43 prizes, 

which were largely imports trom Mexico. 

Mrs. Barry was especially pleased with the 

reaction of the ladies to the one prize she 

hand't purchased herself—a fuchsia feathered 

hat and a matching straw bag, these two 

items being bought by her husband on his 

recent trip across the border as an addition 

to the ladies' 

prizes. 

Mrs. Margaret Weschiisen. Winchester, 

Mass.. won a .Mexican bean poi and the 

Texas ladies were quick to tell her how luscious 

black beans would be cooked in this 

pol. Since black beans are a delicacy not 

readily available in the conventional New 

England supermarket. Mrs. Weschusen"s 

Texas friends arc going to send her a liberal 

supply from Texas. 

Among other prize winners were: Kay 

Scott, Odessa; Shirley Parrack. Dallas; 

[•,mma Rau, San Antonio: Lola McDaniel. 

La Marque; Charlotte Small. Dallas: Betty 

Welch, Dallas, and Bobbie Cole, Rosenberg. 

Some of the prizes were Mexican 

aprons, salad bowl sets. hags, perfume and 

numerous Mexican handicraft items. One 

U.S. -made gift was a summer Collins tote 

bag, this gift being suggested by another 

exhioitor husband. Bill Rau of San .Antonio. 

Who savs men don't know how to shop for 

women'.' 

.Another highlv popular event arranged by 

.Mrs. Barry and her committee was the ladies 

brunch in the Zodiac Room. Neiman Marcus, 

on Thursday morning, with Associated 

Popcorn Distributors as the sponsor. 

* * * 

Celeste Yarnail, the Hollywood starlet, 

was scheduled io arrive in Dallas at 4 p.m. 

Wednesday but her plane was delayed by 

engine trouble. Still she arrived in time to 

be a most welcome guest at 

the evening's 

cocktail party. She appeared at the party 

looking beautiful, young and vivacious in 

a i;iini-skirted dress and won the hearts of 

all the guests. Miss Yarnail was in Dallas 

in behalf of her first leaturc film. "Eve," 

which is being distributed through Dai-Art 

in ihc Texas territory. She returned to Los 

Angeles following the convention to appear 

on ABC-TV's Wide World of Sports, 

presenting trophies at the Pamona Beach 

races Saturday and Sunday. 

* :S :;: 

Jack .Arthur proved to be such a witty 

speaker that he nearly stole the show from 

the professional entertainer. The chimpanzee 

Chcc Chee. in Dallas in conjunction with the 

opening of "Doctor Dolittlc" at the Wilshire 

Theatre, was brought to the convention for a 

few minutes. Jack was at the mike introducing 

Tony Gentry, the chimpanzee's trainer, 

when Chee Chec reached out with a long 

arm and drew Jack over and kissed him on 

the cheek, which brought a big hand and 

laughter from the audience. Jack came back 

with: "I'm still country boy enough to get a 

kick (Mit ot ;i kiss—even from a monkey." 

* * * 

Associated Popcorn received many favorable 

comments on the attractive presentation 

of its merchandise, which stretched from one 

end of its area of the exhibit hall to the 

other. Associated Popcorn, Bill Cravens 

Concession Supplies. Coca-Cola. Pepsi-Cola 

and Dr Pepper booths were serving refreshments 

constantly and many extra calories 

were consumed by registrants through the 

generosity of these popular boothholders. 

* * * 

Industry companies with booths at the 

convention expressed themselves as greatly 

impicvsed and pleased with the nu;nber of 

new people in the industry who showed genuine 

inierest in their displayed products. 

Even though these firms have dealer-exhibitor 

good will relations in mind when the\ 

contract for a booth, they arc most appreciative 

when a visiting exhibitor takes time 

to investigate their wares deeply enough to 

buy. This interest on the par; of the registrants 

is appreciated by the Texas Drive-ln 

Theatre Owners Ass'n, 

too. 

* * * 

The young ladies assisting the various film 

exchanges in the promotion of their pictures 

also deserve much credit in keeping 

interest at a high pilch. During the "Snack 

With Exhibitors"" hour, the Girls in the Gold 

Boots entertained guests with a dance on top 

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T ou V\allcrs of Lou Walters Sales & Service 

hought hi^ wile a new car for her birthday 

Saturday (3) and they left the next 

morning for Phoenix. Lou said he intended 

to lake in a lot of the Sun City's sunshine 

lo kill all ihe liu germs which have been 

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\N().\1I'I I'rcmicrvMes assisted durmg Ihe 

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Texas Panhandle and Plains Boxoffice 

correspondent. She asks cooperation from 

area theatremen for future news items. Her 

address is 4605 Br\an 791 10—or telephone 

355-1291. 

Cinema Western Flaza. a theatre under 

construction here, is trying for an cpeninj; 

date of March 5. It is the first dc luxe indoor 

theatre to he built here in more than 

15 years. Thus far Amarillo docs not have 

a theatre equipped with 7()mm projection 

;intl liic new theatre will not ha\'c it either. 

J. J. Cheshire, projectionist at the Paramount 

Theatre, and S. F. Patterson, business 

agent for the newly chartered Lubbock 

Local 903, lATSE. had a visit here. Patterson 

told Cheshire that Local 903 members 

are very enthusiastic about their new organization 

and have great plans for its growth. 

Patterson's wife Betty, who also is a member 

ol 

Local 903, accompanied him to .Amarillo. 

The new south side of the Tascosa Drivein 

has been cut hack to weekends only since 

ihe Christmas holidays, but plans are to reiLirn 

lO fulllime soon. The north side is still 

. . . 

running fulitime. This same policy is followed 

at the Twin Drive-In The indoor 

Tex-Art and the Trail Drive-ln, the only 

local theatres with an art policy although 

iindci different ownerships, have continued 

through the winter with full-time operations. 

.Sam Chernoff is owner of the Tex-.Art and 

the Trail is operated by Bearden and Doyle. 

Glenn Richardson of the City Auditorium 

is on a two-week leave of absence to take 

part in Marine maneuvers at Camp Pendleton, 

Francis Hardwick, a partner 

Calif. . . . 

with Commonwealth-Frontier in the Star. 

Texas and Tower theatres at Hereford, attended 

the Texas Drive-In Theatre Owners 

Ass'n convention in Dallas. Hardwick also 

attended the orientation session the merged 

circuits held for Frontier managers in 

.Mbuquerque, N.M. 

George Wright, manager of Lubbock's 

Winchester TTieatre. reported he will run 

"Cionc With the Wind" 12 to 16 weeks. Thus 

. . . Gerald 

far he has been playing the 7()mm feature 

SRO at every performance 

Martin. Hereford, owner of the local flying 

service here, has been chosen by United 

Artists to be one of the pilots involved in 

filming of "The Battle of Britain," which 

re-creates World War II havoc. Martin is 

now in Spain on location. 

Wallace Walthall Closes Long-Run 

Engagement at Dallas NSS Branch 

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By MABLE GUINAN 

DALLAS—On January 15 the final curtain 

fell on the long-run engagement at National 

Screen Service 

of Wallace Walthall, 

special home office 

representative. 

__^ .1 Many employes re- 

T' 'y 

tire at 65 but Walthall 

Wallace Walthall 

was so vivacious and 

active in so many film 

industry interests that 

he was held over for 

an extended run of another 

22 years, the 

longest holdover record 

HI the history of the company. Walthall, 

however, claims he's not even retiring now. 

merely going on the inactive list as a reward 

lor his long service. 

During that lengthy tenure he held the 

franchise for National Screen Service in Oklahoma 

City while operating Enterprise Disiribuling 

Corp.. an independent film exchange, 

for approximately ten vears. 

Jan. I. 1931. Walthall established the Dallas 

NSS branch and has been there ever 

since. One of his greatest pleasures through 

the 37 years intervening since the opening 

of the exchange has been greeting and congratulating 

branch managers, .sales managers 

and home office executives, not only from 

NSS but from many other industry firms, 

many of whom started their film industry 

connections under his supervision. Naturally 

he is very proud of all these associates who 

have made good in the industry. 

He has enjoyed a very pleasant association 

with James Prichard. the present Dallas 

NSS manager, not only during Prichard's affiliation 

with the company but also during 

many years of service on Dallas Filmrow 

and in the work of Variety Tent 17. 

Wa'lhall is a charter mem'ocr of Tent 17 

and served as delegate to two Variety International 

conventions held abroad. He enjoys 

,1 reputation for an affluent vocabulary 

and has served as toast master for many 

Variety events. Recently he served on Variety's 

heart committee, calling on shut-ins and 

cheenng them \\ith tokens of love and interest 

from Tent 17 barkers. 

Pricliard and all NSS employes in Dallas 

invited Walthall to a brief get-to-gether 

Thursilay. January 25, at which time, amid 

laiighlcr and tears, 

he was gi\en a very fine 

parting gift. 

Wahhall will celebrate his 87th birthday 

March 12 at his home, 6407 Kenwood Ave., 

Dallas (75214). He wishes to extend greetings 

to all of his friends in show business 

everywhere and hopes to see them again 

soon. Lie would love to hear from his friends 

from time to lime (which is v/hy we have 

provided his home address here) and every 

card and letter he receives will 

help contribute 

jo\' to his leisure hours. 

Car Speakers Are Stolen 

At Athens, Tex., Airer 

ATHENS. TEX.— Eight .speakers, valued 

at $5.50 each, were stolen from the Trail 

Drive-In, according to Athens police. Cliff 

Turner, owner of the outdoor theatre, discovered 

the loss of the aluminum speakers 

when he checked the grounds after a Monday 

night show. 

Turner said that the speakers had been 

forcibly pulled from the posts and estimated 

that repairs and replacements would cost 

around S70. 

Structural Steel Ordered 

For Cleveland Theatres 

CLEVELAND. TEX. — Structural 

steel 

has been ordered for building the Te.xas Theatre 

in downtown Cleveland, a spokesman 

for Ovsen Properties told 

the Cleveland .Advocate. 

The circuit, which operates several theatres 

in Texas, plans to open the new Cleveland 

house this spring.

OKLAHOMA CITY 

lJarr> McKeiiiia, Screen GuiUI Protluclions. 

planed to New Orleans Friday (2) to 

attend a sales meeting for American Internaiioiial 

Picture^ home office executives and 

sales chiefs from the South and Midwest. 

Die meetings ran Irom February 1-6 at the 

Roososelt Hotel, the first three days bemj; 

for AIR sales representatives in the southern 

area. McKenna attended the second threeday 

session, opening Sunday (4). for Midwest 

representatives. Don Grierson. .Ml' 

Dallas exchange manager, also was present 

at the conferences at which Leon P. Blender. 

\IP \ ice-presidcnt and general sales manager, 

presided. 

In an item in BoxohFit k. svc reported thai 

Frank Rule. OC sales manager for Oklahoma 

City, was being transferred to New 

Orleans as the company's exchange manager. 

We failed to report that his wife Annette, 

who had been operating an employment 

agency in Oklahoma City, will accompany 

him—having sold her interest in the 

agency to her partner. We wish the Rules 

much success in their new assignment in 

N'eu Orleans. 

At the 5(llh aiiiiiî-rsurj celebration of 

IATSF: and .MI'.MO Local 51.1 in Tulsa January 

.S. gold cards were presented to Alex 

Blue, long-time exhibitor in Tulsa, formerly 

of the Admiral Twin Drive-In and now 

of the New Village Theatre: J. C. Duncan, 

long-time city manager in Tulsa for Video 

Independent Theatres, and Frank Piro. present 

secretary and past president of Local 

513 and also a member and past secretary 

of Local 354. The presentations were made 

by lATSE international vice-president Edward 

J. Miller, who also is business agent 

for Houston Local 279 and secretarv of the 

FINFR 

PROJEGION-SUPER ECONOMY 

Ask Your Supply Dealer or Write 

HURLEY SCREEN COMPANY ln(. 

]« Sarah Drtv* Fomlna

Over 2 million mentally 

retarded people hold jobs. 

What's the world coming to? 

It's getting better. 

But it's still not good enough 

There are still too many retarded 

people doing nothing-and costing 

?he public millions for their care^ 

There are still too many employers 

who don't realize that the 

mentally retarded can holdjobs 

that wouldn't interest mo^t people 

at all. Jobs like messengers, gar- 

deners, truck loaders, stock clerks. 

And the mentally retarded take 

more pride in their workôften 

have better attendance records because 

thev like what they re doing. 

In fact.'if placed in jobs for which 

they are qualified by special trainng 

85 % of the six million mentally 

reurded can help support themselves 

and become productive, efficient 

workers. .. 

, , 

Many employers don't knovv this 

vet. Someone ought to tell thenn. 

And for your own information, 

semi for a ?ree booklet. Wnteô 

the President's Commit tee .^îs^ 

on Mental Retardation, Kg; 

Washington, D. C. 

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BOXOFTICE :: February 12. 1968

ALL OF THESE 

PRACTICAL 

SERVICE 

DEPARTMENTS 

APPEAR REGULARLY 

in 

ADLINES AND EXPLOITIPS 

BOXOFHCE BAROMETER 

Finr Run Rtporti) 

Festival to Retrace Film History 

—Beginning With Edison's 

SAN ANIUNIO— I 

he history ol moiion 

pictures from the beginning to the present 

Jay will be illustrated in a unique series of 

programs under the title of '"Celebrating 

With Cinema" February 14 and 15 in Thiry 

Auditorium at Our l.ady of the Lake College. 

The Cinema Festival at the College will 

he presented in three parts, each tracing 

ihe development from infancy to full-bIo«n 

maiurit\ of the various aspects of the movie 

mdustry. At 1 p.m. Wednesda) (14) OLL 

students and guests will get the first view of 

the series, showing the original experimental 

films produced h\ Thomas Edison in IS9.'^ 

and such titles as "The Kiss." "Pullman 

Hone\nioon." and "Life of an American 

Fireman." This section will also include 

modern expcrimenlals by students and lowbudget 

individual filmmakers. 

At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, the audience 

will be treated to "The Great Train Robbery," 

forerunner of all the cops-and-robbers 

pictures shown so enthusiastically in 

movies today. Filmed by Fdwin .S. Porter 

m 19().\ this was the first film that attempted 

to tell a story and was quiclky followed 

by other innovations. 

D. W. Griffith produced such classics as 

The Lonedale Operator" and "Birth of a 

.Nation." both of which will he lealured. 

Kiss 

showing the then-revolutionary use of 

close-ups and careful editing. Mary Picklord 

and Lionel Barrymore are the stars of 

another Griffith master melodrama. "The 

New York Hat." 

The golden era of the flickers is aptly 

represented by names that still bring a thrill 

10 the hearts of movie buffs. The showing 

will feature such greats as Rudolph Valentino 

in excerpts from "Son of the Sheik" 

and "Blood and Sand": Mae West in "I'm 

No Angel" and Charles Chaplin in "The 

Vagabond." 

"The Coming of Sound" introduces the 

festival for Thursday (15) at 7:30 p.m. 

Sound, as we know it today, first reached 

eager audiences in 1927 and made a winner 

of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer." Excerpts 

from this movie will be featured, as well as 

a screening of Rene Clair's "Entr'acte." 

Documentaries, the depression babies 

horn of hard times and the urge to influence 

public opinion, are screened to show their 

development on an international basis. 

The experimental films will also receive 

coverage in depth along with the avantgarde 

prt)duclions. 

Admission price for the entire festival 

will be $2 for adults, $1 for students. 

Single event prices are $1 and 50 cents. 

EXHBITOR HAS HIS SAY 

ABOUT PICTURES 

FEATURE BOOKING CHART 

FEATURE REVIEW DIGEST 

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'Graduate,' 'GWTW 

Gain in Minneapolis 

MINNEAPOLIS — "Firccrcck," the 

James Stewart-Henry Fonda western, had 

the newcomer category all to ilseit' and talhed 

an okay 150 at the Stale Theatre. Moviegoing 

continued to be ardently pursued here, 

all houses chalking up average or better 

grosses. There was only one .heatrc reporting 

"only a\erage." The big money-winner, 

as it has been almost every week since it hit 

town, again was "Gone With the Wind." 

which moved from a previously reported 

375 to 400 at the Cooper Cinerama. "The 

Graduate" also gained grossing ground, 

climbing from a 275 to a 300. Word-ofmouili 

has been tremendous for both, the 

more mature moviegoer favoring "GWTW" 

while "Graduate" has been luring throngs m 

the 17-27 bracket. "Fitzwilly." which despite 

weak runs at many other spots took off at 

Cinema II, closed out a scven-ueek run with 

a 200. The cut-off was to meet a firm opening 

date for the upcoming attraction. Elsewhere, 

grosses held mosll\ lirm or rellected 

only marginal declines. 


Academy Cometot (WB-7A), 1 3th wk 200 

Cinema n— Fitzwilly (UA), 7th wk 200 

Cooper Cinerama Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

12th wk 400 

Gopher The Wiclced Dreoms of Paula Schultz 

(UA), 2nd wk 150 

Lyric Wait Until Derk (WB-7A), 7th wk 200 

Mann Doctor Dolittle (20th-Fox), 2nd wk 230 

Orpheum Valley ot the Dolls (20th-Fox), 7th wk. 200 

Park Cinerama Far From the Madding Crowd 

(MGM), 7th wk 135 

State Firecreek (WB-7A) 150 

Suburban World How I Won the Wor (UA), 

3rd wk 100 

World The Graduate (Embassy), 7th wk 300 

"Gone With the Wind' 300 

At Omaha Indian Hills 

OMAH.A—The big boxofficc attraction 

continued to be "Gone With the Wind" as 

the revitalized classic again scored 300 at the 

Indian Hills Cinerama Theatre—the 12tli 

week it has rung the bell at that point or on 

.! higher level. Other offerings generally did 

well, "The Sand Pebbles," in an area rerun, 

holding strong in a third week at the Omaha. 

Admiral The Cobra (AlP) 120 

Cooper Camelot (WB-7A), 11th wk 130 

Dundee Far From the Madding Crowd (MGM), 

2nd wk 150 

Indian Hills Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

12th wk 

Orpheum The President's Analyst (Para), 

300 

2nd wk 105 

Jerry Parker, 40, Dies; 

Commonwealth Manager 

SCOTTSBLUFF, NEB.—Rites for Jerry 

H. Parker, 40, Commonwealth Theatres city 

manager, who died in his home here Monday 

(5), were held in the Sage Funeral Home 

at Goodland. Kas.. Thursday (S). 

A native of Goodland. he was empkned 

in various managerial posts with Commonwealth 

after serving two years in the Navy. 

He was active in Elks and Lions clubs and 

the Chamber of Commerce since moving 

here from North Platte two years ago. 

He leaves his wife Helena: two children 

Jeralyn, 14, and Curtis, 12; his lather Harold 

B. Parker. Goodland: a brother James 

of Philadelphia and his grandmother Delia 

Braun of Goodland. 

MACO's New Cinema International 

Preparing for Grand Forks Debut 

GRANO FORKS. N.D.—With the North 

Oakolii premiere of "Camelot," Minnesota 

.Amusement Co.'s just-completed Cinema International 

here, begins its career Tuesday 

(20) as a motion picture theatre. 

Robert H. Thill, managing director, has 

set the first performance as a benefit for the 

North Dakota Heart Fund. The house is described 

by MACO officials as the "showcase" 

of its upper Midwest chain .iiid the 

linest theatre in the Dakotas and outside ol 

the Twin Cities, in Minnesota. 

Three other units already exist in downtown 

Grand Forks. They are the Empire. 

Dakota and the Fox. MACO officers emphasize 

that the Cinema IntCi national will 

be catering to moviegoers from throughout 

the Niirth Dakota-northwestern Minnesotasouthern 

Manitoba area and most often will 

be presenting hard-ticket productions. 

For that reason, they stress, they do not 

I eel the new theatre will have a depressing 

effect on the trio of current houses. The 

Empire, next to Cinema International, is the 

newest of the existing houses—and it marks 

its 50th anniversary this year. Like the other 

theatres, of course, it has been modernized 

severrl times during its half-century history. 

Thill and Clifford L. Knoll, the theatre 

advertising and promotion director, are mapping 

plans for theatre parties for visitors 

from as far away as Bismarck, Minot, Fargo 

North Central NATO 

Reviews Adult Films 

MINNEAPOLLS—Call it "conditioning" 

or "preparations" or "softening 'em up," but 

with today's screen frankness, audiences 

have to be preconditioned to much ol 

today's 

product. 

Thai's the consensus of directors ol 

NATO of the North Central .States, who 

discussed the perils of exhibiting some of 

the current Hollywood offerings. It was generally 

agreed that the proper handling of 

product can do much to prevent the stresses 

and strains that can develop for neighborhood 

theatres, smaller community houses 

and e\en those showcases In large cities, 

when some of today's "realistic" films are 

put on the screen. 

In their discussion, the direciors lashioned 

these guidelines: 

In presenting previews of coming attractions, 

lake into consideration the audience to 

whicii the pre\iews will be shown. If chil 

dren or a familv audience, eliminate trailei^ 

of films unsuitable for such audiences. (The 

Tentelino circuit, for example, unreels NO 

previews at any children's matinees.) 

For "adult films," advertise them as such, 

set an age limit for attendance—and then 

enforce it. Exhibitors are advised to insist 

upon "readable" type for this information 

in their newspaper advertising. 

In a one-theatre town, precede or follow 

and Winnipeg. II the thealie-parly program 

clicks, they expect such groups to remain in 

Grand Forks for a day or so. thus benefiting 

hotels, motels, restaurants and other 

entertainment spots, not to mention local 

merchants. 

The new theatre will pursue a policy of 

presenting onl>' major roadshows, up until 

now unavailable in markets like Grand 

Forks for a year or two after they are shown 

in major centers. Newspaper ads in Grand 

Forks long have proclaimed of such roadshow 

attractions "It's Worth i Trip to Minneapolis!" 

Now it's expected such attractions 

will average three months each at the Cinema 

International. 

"Camek>t," observed the MACO officials, 

is in major markets across the nation. 

The new theatre will have parking space 

for more than 400 cars. The gold-draped 

interior has 560 deep-foam cushion chairs 

with ample "stretch-out" room between 

rows. All seats for all attractions will be on 

a resei ved-seat, single-price basis. .Seats may 

be purchased in advance or tickets may be 

bought at the indoor boxoffice at the time 

of the showing. 

at 

It's not unlikely, say Thill and Knoll, that 

times the entire house or major blocks ot 

seats will be purchased in advance for parties. 

The screen is proportioned for 70mm, 

CinemaScope and the other king-sized screen 

productions. 

ihe adult lilm's run with a family or chililren's 

picture. Many situations in this area 

follow a policy of preceding and following 

the adult film with family tare. 

The directors did not condemn the trend, 

but said it might take some "getting used to." 

Remodeled Elite Theatre 

Reopens in Laurens, Iowa 

LAURENS. IOWA— liie Elite, operated 

by the Laurens Theatre Corp., has reopened 

here after being closed about three weeks 

for remodeling. .A faulty furnace, which 

blew soot throughout the building, forced 

the hmise to shut down. 

A new furnace has been installed, the 

lobby remodeled and the auditorium repainted. 

The theatre corporation constructed 

:'. new concession stand and ticket booth, 

while the Fathers Ahlers Knights of Columbu.=. 

Council, which owns and leases the 

building, ilid 

the other work. 

(such a low price... 

you never saw -n your life) 

Motion Picture Service Co. ~ 

1 25 Hyde St. 

San Francisco. Call(..Cerai(J L Karski.Pres. 

BOXOFTICE :: February 12, 1968 NC-1

There 

MINNEAPOLIS 

H tin BIyth arrived in St. Paul (4) lo Marl 

K-hcarsals lor the Civic Opera production 

ol "Kiss Me Kate." She told the press 

she "admires Shirley Temple Black's courage 

very much" but has no intentions of entering 

politics herself; that movies remain her favorite 

performing medium but has none in 

the ofling; thai today's screen emphasis on 

violeni;e ami sex holds no .ipp^-.il to her; that 

she's might happy as a normal Hollywood 

wile .ind 

mother. 

Din id Levy's The Oiildoorsman" (he's 

the distnbutpi ol ihis hunting-fishing film 

produced bv a Twin Cilian) has been going 

. . 

great guns across the territory. Its stronij 

Twin Ciiies dates were followed by heftv 

runs in smaller communities across the area 

Naie Naihanson. 20th Century-Fox 

central division manager, was in town for 

brand) huddles. 

Thej may put revolving doors on the 

Universal branch offices. No sooner did 

branch chief Roy Miller return from his 

company's sales conclave in New Orleans, 

than salesman Kenny Adams departed on .1 

Moriili' 

vacation. 

.\lsneymakers 

and they're both clean as a whistle. 

The whole family can enjoy both pictures. 

"Then there was "My Fair Lady' and 

Thoroughly Modern Millie.' also completel\ 

unohieclionable and due for high grosses, 

('anielot' at the Towne Theatre, I'm sure 

iîll make the cash box sing and Walt 

llisney's 'The Happiest Millionaire' at the 

( apitol Court Theatre, will take in millions. 

\nd, coming this month to the Strand, is 

mother delightfully clean movie, "Doctor 

nolittlc." which is destined to outgross the 

nudes. 

"Is not that the sort of motion picture 

entertainment the vast majority of film fans 

le.illv vv.inl' II not. how do you explain 

their great boxoffice interest".'"" Herzog 

asks. 

As for ""nudism" and sensationalism in 

pictures, Herzog says: "Hardly a day goes 

by that we don't read of some big star disrobing 

in a new movie. Even Rock Hudson, 

a big boxoffice draw, shed his clothing in 

Seconds." which wound up a big flop. 

It's "art." he says the producers claim, in 

descriring disrobing in celluloid. To which 

he savs. "Bunk I used to be a way 

of handling such matters by off-screen references 

or polite fadeouts. But now the socalled 

'art" films take us not onl> into the 

bedroom, but into the bed." 

He admits such pictures as "Bonnie and 

Clyde. Point Blank." "The Professionals," 

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'.'," "The 

Graduate." and Blow-Up." to name a few 

on the seamy side, did and will do well at 

Ihe boxoffice. 'But there's nothing quite 

as gratifying to the producer as the familystyle 

entertainment."" 

Says Herzog: ""Lately. I've been confronted 

with another criterion indicating 

that the honeymoon for the nudies is over. 

Very often when the title of a new picture 

is mentioned, there is the critical observation 

made by someone in the conversation, 

that in effect, it's another one of those 

naked affairs. It's brushed off as 'old hat.' " 

He concludes with the thought that exhibitionism 

on the screen is failing, and 

adds that the producers who think otherwise 

should study the red and black ink of 

films released last year. "All the nude shots 

and sensationalism in the recent "Reflections 

in a Ciolden Eye." plus Elizabeth Taylor and 

Marlon Brando in co-starring roles, couldn't 

save that one from laying a big egg!" 

MILWAUKEE 

^r. and Mrs. Henry H. McKinnies of 

suburban River Hills have been notified 

ih.it their son. actor Jeffrey Hunter. 41. 

arrived at the Los Angeles airport from Lonilon. 

He and British actress Sally Ann 

Howes. 37. say they will be wed soon. 

Qiiarlerback Bart Starr of ihe Green Bay 

P.ickcis will go before the cameras in April 

to make his acting debut. His first stint will 

he a segment of the TV series "Gentle Ben." 

James .Santulli, former production manager 

.It WISC-TV. Madison, was named 

production director for ihe newly formed 

Huff & Waterman, a film production company. 

A civil rights group here has asked the 

state equal rights division to warn law enforcement 

departments about the film. 

"Anarchy L'SA."" Robert M, Gill, chairman 

of the Anti-Defamation League, said the 

film reflected the John Birch .Society's 

"twisted view of civil riahts issues.'" 

Starting April 15. filming of "Hello. Dollyl" 

v\ ill continue for more than four months 

at the 20th Century-Fox Studio and in New 

York's Hudson River Valley. 

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BOXOFFICE February 12. 196S NC-3

OMAHA 

J^rea muviceucrs will have the opportunity 

lo scL- u motion picture first, when 

United Artists unreels "Danger Route" in 

a Ios(-inarketiny program beginning Wednesday 

(14). The lir^l public showing will be at 

the Admiral and Chjel theatres and the Sk>view 

l)rive-ln. Ralph Blank, owner ot the 

three units, said he isn't sure why UA picked 

Omaha lor the lest run of the film, featuring 

Carol l.ynley and Richard Johnson. The spy 

thriliei' is the third motion picture in ten 

years to be "world premiered" in Om;iha. 

The others are "Khartoum." wvhen Charlton 

Heslon visited the Omaha-I.incoln area in 

conneciion with the opening of the picture 

in June of 1966 at the Indian Hills Cinerama 

Theatie. The other one was "Cattle Empire." 

when Joel McCrea came here in February 

1958 for the opening at the Omaha Theatre. 

Men-dilh Willson was featured at the Univen>il> 

of Nebraska as the hcadliner of the 

seventh annual "Weekend With Music" on 

the campus. The Mason City (Iowa) native 

appeared at a number of events. 

Jack Klinêl, cily manager ot tlie Cooper 

Foundation Theatres, announced "In Cold 

Blooil" will open March I at the Stale Theatre 

Joella Cohen, who has the Crest Theatre 

.11 South Sioux Cilv. has been released from 

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lo gat In (ha 

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— 

'Dolls/ 'GWTW Go 

Over 400 in Cincy 

CINCINNATI—Grosses at 

tirst-run theatres 

incicased, compared to what exhibitors 

have been taking in during similar weeks in 

the past four years. "Valley of the Dolls," 

showing for the sixth week at the Ambassador, 

led the parade of hits at 450. "Gone 

With the Wind" rated 425 in its l.^th week 

at the Valley, while "Fitzwilly" had one ol 

its best weeks anywhere in the cotmtry as it 

earned 400 in the sixth >veek at the Times 

Towne Cinema. Healthy .ÔOs went to "The 

Graduate," sixth week at the Grand, and 

"CanieKn." 12th week at the Kenwood. 

, 


Albee Wait Until Dar1< (WB-7A), 2nd wk 

Ambassador— Valley ot the Dolls (20th-Fox), 

210 

6th wk 450 

Esquire La Guerre Est Finie (Brandon), 2nd wk, 

Grand The Graduote (Ernbassv), 6th wk 

, ,250 

300 

International 70 Far From the Madding Crowd 

(MGM), 6th wk ) 30 

Kenwood— Comelot (WB.7A), 12th wk 300 

Times Towne Cinema Fitzwilly (UA), 6th wk, ,,400 

Valley- Gone With the Wind (MGM), 13th wk, 425 

'Gone With the Wind' Gains 

150 Points in 14th Week 

CLEVELAND—"Gone With the 

Wind," 

picking up 150 plump percentage points in 

the 14th ueek at the Shaker Theatre, was 

running neck-and-neck with "Camelot." 

wlricn dropped ten points at the Colony. As 

a result of these adjustments, both films 

came up with excellent 4()0s and stood at 

the head of the class. "Wait Until Dark" 

fared very well in its seventh week at the 

Richmond and Riverside theatres, combining 

business at those two theatres for a 280 

rating. 

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, 

. , 190 

Allen, Severance Cop-Out (CRC) 120 

Colony Camelot (WB-7A). I 3th 400 

wk 

Continental Festival (P-W), 2nd wk 90 

Detroit The Good, the Bod ond the Ugly (UA), 

3rd wk 135 

Hippodrome, Lcew's East, Loew's West Berserk 

(Col) 175 

165 

Movlond. Palace—Volley of the Dolls (20th-Fox), 

6th wk 

Richmond, Riverside— Wait Until Dark (WB-7A), 

7th wk 

Shaker Rone With the Wind (MGM), 14th wk 

280 

,400 

Vonue The Birds, the Bees ond the Itolians 

(WB-7A), 2nd wk 

Atlanta Council Announces 

New Film Classifications 

From Southeastern Edition 

ATLANTA—The latest classifications for 

pictures, released by the Atlanta Better 

Films Council, include these features: 

.\dults— "Bonnie and Clyde." "My .Sister. 

My Love," "The Penthouse," "Tony Rome," 

"Valley of the Dolls," "The Good, the Bad 

and the Ugly," "Reflections in a Golden 

Fye." 

.Adults Mature Young — "The Comedians." 

"The Day the Fish Came Out." 

"Games." "The President's Analyst," "Wait 

Until Dark." 

Adults, Mature Young, Young People 

"Camelot," "Gone With the Wind." "Thoroughh 

Modern Millie." 

General Audience — "Fitzwilly," "Fight 

on the Lam," "The Jungle Book." 

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Lawrence B. Marcus will write the screenplay 

of Lawrence Durrell's "Justine" for 

20th Centurv-Fox. 

Stephen F. Booth Gets 

Screen Rights to Novel 

DETROIT — Motion picture 

and television 

rights to "The Situation in Flushing," by 

Fdnni.id G. Love, have been bought by producer 

Stephen F Booth. The no\el vsas published 

by Harper & Row. with excerpts appearing 

in the Saturday Evening Post, as 

well as Readers Digest. Loves best known 

prior work was "Subways Are for Sleeping." 

Booth said he has several feature productions 

scheduled for action in the coming 

months, including an original screenplay 

"A Time Will Come," and a novel by a 

niiijor author. tii follow the current release 

of "Brighty of the Grand Canyon." 

Paper Plays Up 40th 

Birlhday of Theatre 

GRAND HAVEN. MICH. — 1 he 

, 

4()th 

anniversary of the Grand Theatre, now operated 

by Jack Locks, was featured in an article 

ill the Tribune, vvitten b\ Clarence 

Poel. 

The article recalled that the house was 

planned as part of a niiijor downtown redevel'ipmcnt 

program, a $3,^8.000 project. 

However, the oncoming depression caused 

ahaniionmcnt of the plans tor ten stores as 

part of the project, reducing the cost to 

SI 75,000. 

The Harry L. Sanford Syndicate of Grand 

Rapids was the promoter, with G. F. Healy 

and William Wilson of Muskegon as partners. 

The house was leased for years to W. S. 

Buiterfield Theatres. 

The developments in the film industry, 

with original plans for vaudeville at the 

Grand, the coming of talkies and modern 

screen innovations, like CinemaScope. were 

recorded by Poel. 

Frank Feocco Is Manager 

Of Corning, N.Y., Theatre 

From Eostern Edition 

CORNING. N.Y.—Frank J. Feocco, 30 

years in the theatre business, has been 

named manager of Panther's Fox Theatre, 

succeeding William Kniidson. according to 

Robert Copley and Philip Thorne. district 

managers of the circuit. 

In recent years, Feocco has been associated 

with the Glen Theatre in Watkins 

Glen and the Lakes Car Drive-In, Ithaca. 

Previously he had managed theatres in Ithaca 

for the Cornell and Ryan circuits and 

had been a booker and buyer for Dipson 

Theatres. 

To Handle WEC Product 

~rom Eastern Edition 

NEW YORK—Irving Sochin. general 

manager of the World Entertainment Corp.. 

has announced the appointment of George 

I.ellô as distributors for his company's 

product in Chicago and Milwaukee. A veteran 

Chicago-area distributor. Lefko will 

handle such pictures as "TTie Bamboo Saucer," 

starring Dan Duryea, and "Saul and 

David." a Bibical epic. "Romeii and Juliet" 

will be released this spring. 

DETROIT 

your correspondent will niiirk his 40th anniversary 

the end of this monlh of covering 

the Detroit film business. He started 

as a correspondent for the BiMboard, which 

then covered the motion picUre business, 

Feb. 29, 192S, and still contributes news to 

that show business paper. 

Villliam Welsman, president of Wisper- 

WetsuKin Theatres, has nioveil his headquarters 

from the Fox Bldg.. where he has been 

35 years, to 132 N. Woodward Ave.. Birmingham, 

Mich. 

National Cêneral Plitures has opened its 

disiririulion office here at Room 307 in the 

box Bldg. Gene Graham. formerl> of Columbr: 

Pictures, is branch manager. 

Ruth Becker, prevu)usl> in I he bookkeeping 

department, has been moved to booking 

duties at the MG.M exchange. 

Jim O'Gara, roadshow sales manager of 

Warner Bros. -7 Arts, was in town visiting 

Mitciiell Theatre Service. 

(.ioy. George Ronincy's wife made a wellpublicized 

talk in the Gatewc.y Theatre in 

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. This is Detroit cireuiteer 

Joseph Fllul's other home town. 

Oorothy Duncan's son Craig has given up 

his college studies temporarily because of illne;s 

requiring surgery. 

"Ninotchka," the 1939 film starring Greta 

Garbo and directed by Ernest Lubitsch, was 

presented by the University Center for Adult 

Education. The showing was sponsored by 

Wayne State. Michigan and Eastern Michigan 

universities and by .McGregor Memorial 

Comiiuinit\ .Arts Center anil the Monleilh 

Cinen;;: Guild. 

"Concern" about adult movies being 

shown in Grand Haven was indicated by 

Mayor William Crcason and the city council 

tl-.cre. according to the Grand Haven 

Tribune. Letters t'rom citizens about the 

films have been received by the inayor and 

city manager R. V. Terrill. Tlie mayor and 

council said they planned to send a letter on 

the subject to the new owner of the theatre, 

the newspaper reported. 

As most readers of this column know, the 

regular correspondent is out-of-town several 

weeks. Would any good reader like to turn 

reporter during the interim? Call Sheldon 

Brown, 1,1 5-0691, if you are interested. 

Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong will have the 

key role of band leader in 20th Century- 

Fox's "Hello, Dolly!" 

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10. 

Mr. and .Mrs. Jules LivhiRstone (Columbia) 

arc spending a week in Puerto Rico. 

.Alice Krcitner of National Theatre Supply 

has been ill two weeks with sinusitis and the 

riu. Ohio ivpc. 

Filniro« \isitors included Mr. and Mrs. 

Steve Foster of the Uptown Theatre in 

Youngsiown: George and Frieda Blossom of 

the Little F-lower Theatre, near Toledo, and 

Paul Appel, projectionist union chief. 

.M(;M's "Gone With the Wind" is still going 

^lrong at the Shaker and is in its l.Sth 

ueek, to the delight of Leroy Kendis and 

Sam Schultz. 

COLUMBUS 

gcMTl> .\danis, leniinine star of Columbia's 

lorliiic Ciarden." was made an honorary 

fire chief in a ceremony on her arrival 

here :; Port Columbus. Columbus fire chief 

Glenn H. Barr presented her a fire chiefs 

helmet. She presented a giant invitation to 

he Ohio premiere of "Torture Garden" Friday 

(9) at I 

Loew's Ohio to Lt. Gov. John W. 

Brown in his office. A press luncheon in the 

Sheraton-Columbus Hotel was followed by 

radio and television interviews. 

\l Calder. Columbia exploiteer. cooperated 

with Sam Shuhouf. Loew's city manager, 

in setting up the schedule for her visit. Allan 

Nathan. Columbia exploitation director, accompanied 

Miss Adams to Columbus. 

Gledhill, Spore Reopen 

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C Kl Si I lor.i Ciledhill and 

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Quigley. who retired . . . Paula Jordan is the 

new contract clerk at MGM. 

Fnima Hurlburt. formerly with Universal 

and MOW li\ing in Tampa. Fla.. was a Film- 

.••ow visitor. 

Mildred Cummins, widow of Mark Cummins, 

following a visit here, has returned 

to her home in the Harbor House at Tampa, 

Fla. 

Tent 3 has scheduled an "old-time" stag 

installation for its officers .Monday (19) in 

the Vernor Manor club rooms. 

Exhibitors visiting the Row included Guy 

Greaihouse, .Aurora. Ind.: Kentuckians 

Waller Rodes. Lexington; Howard Shelton, 

Vanccburg: David Baker. Stanton; Jim Bitner 

and Robert Byrd. Williamsburg; Ohioans 

Carlos Crum. Lancaster, and Harry 

Wheeler. Gallipolis. 

UATC Plans to Construct 

25 Shop Center Houses 

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NEW YORK— United Artists Theatre 

Circuit, Inc., will undertake an extensive 

expansion and modernization program in 

1968 which will carry the company into new 

areas of operation, as well as expand the 

number of theatres within the areas now 

serviced by UA Theatre Circuit. President 

Marshall Naify announced last week that the 

expansion and modernization programs will 

be carried out on a simultaneous basis. 

The expansion phase for the current 

year calls for the construction of 25 con- 

\entional theatres, primarily in major shopping 

centers. In addition, the company has 

iniilined a long-range plan which carries the 

expansion program through 197.^. To coordinate 

the program, a department of research 

and site development has been 

formed under the direction of Charles 

Horwitz. former general manager of the 

Schine Circuit. 

The modernization of existing theatre 

properties will be intensified during the current 

year. Several of the circuit's theatres, 

now undergoing modernization, are scheduled 

lo be completed early in the year. With 

public demand for 

ihc continued increase in 

comfort. Naify stated that the modernization 

phase will demand even greater attention 

in the future. 

Gene Kelly will direct 20th Century-Fox's 

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Baldwin, Markgraf 

BOSTON—Art Baid'Ain and Rose MuriL- 

Markgri.t' have accepted invitations to speak 

at 

tlic Theatre Owners of New England mid- 

Art Baldwin 

Rose Marie Markgraf 

v/inter meeting at Nick\ Restaurant Fehriiary 

29. it was announced by Carl Goldman. 

TONE executive secretary. 

Baldwin, now marketing vice-president 

National Theatre Supply and formerly the 

company's vice-president in charge of the 

international division, will discuss theatre 

automation. Miss Markgraf is associate in 

community relations for the Motion Picture 

Ass'n of America. 

Goldman said that it's expected that representatives 

of two new film companies. 

National General Pictures and Cinerama 

Releasing Corp.. will be added to the convention 

program, which will start at 10 a.m. 

Julii'n Rifkin. president of the National 

Ass'n of Theatre Owners, previously had 

been announced as the principal speaker for 

the 

event. 

$500,000 Studio Project 

For Hartford Pay TV 

HARTFORD— RK.O General, which recently 

announced plans for expenditure of 

$2 million on its pay TV experiment has earmarked 

S500.000 for construction of a studio 

center in the downtown Trumbull Street 

renewal area. 

Keigler E. Flake, vice-president and general 

ma.iagcr of WHCT-TV. said his company 

wants to build a three-story structure 

on what was formerly the site of the Hotel 

Claret—the northwest corner of Trumbull 

and Church streets. It woirkl include a 41)- 

car parking garage. 

Pay TV, in operation here since June 

1962. has approximately 7. ()()() subscribers. 

Present WHCT-TV facilities, in leased 

property at 555 Asylum St., are called inadeqirate. 

particularly for color broadcasting. 

WHCT-TV also provides free, commercial 

television entertainment, beaming programs— 

in the main vintage films and syndicated 

shows—in afternoon hours prior to 

evening's start of subscription television. 

RKO General has asked the Hartford Redevelopment 

.Agency for a final decision on 

the company's offer to acquire the 17.000- 

squarc foot property for an estimated $170,- 

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BOSTON—Exhibition experienced one 

of the best weeks so far in 1968 as a large 

number of new films were introdirced with 

highly gratifying results. "Guess Who's 

Coming to Dinner" broke all Music Hall 

reciMds tor an opening week and on Saturday 

(3) set a single day's mark. Ben Sack, 

president of Sack Theatres, which operates 

the Music Hall, is predicting that "Guess" 

will set still another record in the Washington's 

birthday week. 

Checking other newcomers: "Berserk" 

was 140 at the Astor; "Bedazzled," 175 at 

the Beacon Hill: "The Wicked Dreams of 

Paula Schultz," 125 at the Cheri 3; "Cop- 

Oiii." 125, Paramount; "Cu!-de-Sac" and 

"Daisies," 140 Symphony Crncma Two. 

Outslandrng among the holdovers were 

"Valley of the Dolls." 310. Savoy; "The 

Gradita.e," 300. Paris Cinema; "Camelot," 

250, Saxon: "Gone With the Wind." 220, at 

the Gary. 


Astor Berserk (Col) 140 

Beacon Hill Bedazzled (20th-Fox) 175 

Charles Ulysses (Cont'l), 7fh wk 120 

Cheri — 

1 The Penthouse (Paro), 4th wk 115 

Cheri 2 The Ambushers (Col), 7th wk 115 

Cheri 3 The Wicked Dreoms of Poulo Schultz 

(UA) 125 

Circle Cinema The President's Anolyst (Pare), 

2nd wk 150 

Exeter Elvira Madigan (Cinema V), 7th wk 160 

Gary Gone With the Wind (MGMl, 16th wk. ...220 

Music Hall—Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Col) 450 

Orpheum Wait Until Dork (WB 7A), 7th wk 140 

Paramount Cop-Out (CRC) 125 

Pans Cinema The Graduate (Embassy), 7th wk. 300 

Savoy Volley of the Dolls (20th-Foxl, 7th wk. ..310 

Saxon Camelot (WB-7A), 14th wk 250 

Symphony Cinema One La Guerre Est Finie 

(Brandon), 4th wk I 50 

Symphony Cinema Two Cul-de-Soc (Sigma III); 

Daisies (Sigma 111) 140 

'Wind,' "Dolls' Only First Runs 

Above Average in New Haven 

NEW HAVEN— "Gone With the Wind, 

still shov/ing at the Whalley, and "Valley of 

the Dolls." a moveover at the Paramount. 

were the only films with sufficient boxoffice 

appeal to gross on the sunny side of average. 

"Wind" sailed merrily along with a 150 for 

its eighth week in town, while "Valley" 

which already had played two weeks in 

Haven at another theatre, grossed 130. 

New 

Bowl, Westville, Whitney The Ballad of Josie 

(Univ), various co-features 90 

Loew's College The Incident 20th-Fox) . 90 

Mass. Bill Would Levy 

10% Admissions Tax 

Bosthind when a hearinj; 

was held Tuesday (6) at the .State 

House. Carl (ioldman, TONK executive 

.secretary, represented the organization 

at the hearing. 

Ihe measure. House Bill 3628, was 

filed by Rep. Gregorv B, Khachadoorian 

of .Arlington. 

Miltord Cinema, Cinemart The Happiest 

Millionaire (BV), 3rd wk 75 

Milford Drive-ln, Roger Sherman Woit Until Dark 

(WB 7A), various co-features, 6th wk 50 

Strand^ The Birds, the Bees and the Italians 

(WB-7A), 2nd wk 70 

Whallev— Gone With the Wind (MGM), 8th wk. .150 

'Gone With the Wind' 175 

14th Week in Hartiord 

HARTIORD — If It weren't for "Gone 

With Ihe Wind," metropolitan Hartford 

showcases would have had little to boast 

about this report week. The Clark Gable 

starrer, after opening strong at the Lockwood 

& Gordon Cinerama Theatre, has sustained 

the most brisk boxoffice trade seen 

here in years—and showed no signs of abating 

as it grossed 175 per cent in its 14th 

week. 

Allyn, Farmington, Meadow Smashing Time 

(Paro), various co-teatures 60 

Burnside The Incident (20th-Fox), 2nd wk 90 

Central, Cinema One Volley of the Dolls 

(20th-Fox), 7th wk 100 

Cinerama Gone With the Wind (MGM), 14th wk. 175 

Cine Webb Camelot (WB-7A), 7th wk 70 

Strond The Happiest Millionaire (BV), 3rd wk. . . 70 

South Windsor Plans 

Include Theatres' 

H.ARTFORD—The construction firm of 

Savin Bros, has disclo.sed plans for a $75 

million "city within a city," to be known as 

Parkcentre, in South Windsor, six miles froin 

downtown Hartford. 

The commercial-residential complex, on 

a land area of 298.4 acres along Route 5 

for approximately one mile, will contain several 

motion picture theatres, a Savin spokesman 

announced. 

Just which interests will operate the theatres 

is yet to be determined. 

Parkcentre's marketing consultant is R. 

!\ Brodcrick & Associates, Hartford. 

NEW HAMPSHIRE 

Tn an action in Hillsborough County Superior 

Court in Manchester January 22, 

Irlin Harriman of Manchester, through his 

mother Mrs. Frietia L. .Adams sued Michael 

Goodreault, also of Manchester, for personal 

injuries allegedly resulting from an accident, 

not involving a motor vehicle, at the Manchester 

Drive-ln Sept. 4, 1964. Mrs. Adams 

;'lso brought a second suit against Good- 

''-•ault 

for medical expenses. 

A Foreign Film Festival was started at the 

P'.dacc Theatre in Manchester January 26, 

with Ingmar Bergman's "Persona" as the 

initial attraction. The other award-winning 

features were a top foreign film January 27, 

:md Phillipe DeBrock's ""King of Hearts" 

January 28. 

Joseph Strick, currently represented by 

"Ulysses," will direct ""Justine" for 20th 

Century-Fox. 

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Ucrb Schaefer, Bucna Visia exchange man- 

.igcr, and Florio Simi. salesman, returned 

MonJ;.y (5) Irom a trip to the Walt Disney 

studios in Biirbank, Calit. . . . Roger 

Bourassit has been promoted to head booker 

.:t the Biiena Vista exchange. Norman Plotkin 

is the new student booker . 

Schnapper was in town booking for his 

C'omniimity Theatre at Centerdale. R. I. 

Irxiii^ V- ciiier. Saniick & Aronson. accoiintani 

lor Esquire Theatres and Louric 

Theatres, is busy with the usual end-ol 

the-year scramble with W.2 forms, etc. . . . 

National General Pictures soon will announce 

New England playdates for "Poor 

Cow," which opened in New York City 

January 31. 

CORRKt'llON: Davis Films, distributor 

lor Allied Artists, is handling "Ski Fever" 

not Ellis Gordon as reported here . 

. . MGM 

screenings: "Battle Beneath the Earth." 

February 2; "Guns of .San Sebastian," February 

7 . . . Arnold Van Leer, dean of publicity 

men in Boston, is back at work ai 

Llniied Artists and reports he is feeling 

wonderfully well. He expressed appreciation 

lor all the gel-well cards and the concern 

shovMi b\ so many friends in the industry. 

Rill Kumins, chiel barker, and Bill Koster 

ol the \'.incty Club of New England announced 

that a luncheon will be held at 

Anthony's Pier 4 Tuesday (27) to honor 

these "new faces" in the Boston film industry: 

Marly Bcrman, Cinerama; .Arthur Friedman. 

United Artists; Jack Kcegan, 20th 

Century-Fox; Gasper Urb.in, National 

General Pictures; John Pecos, 2()lh Century- 

Fox; Bert Topal. United Artists; John B. 

Martin .ind Ralph R. Shaake. Coca-Cola 

Co. Tickets may be picked up at the door 

on the day of the luncheon; however, it 

would be better to make reservations so the 

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starting with "Sergeant Ryker" on Monday, 

January 29. On succeeding days. "Madigan," 

Jigsaw," "don"', just STAND there,' "I'll 

Never Forget What's 'Is Name," " Journey 

to Shiloh," and "Oedipus the King" (the latter 

produced in Greece) were screened. 

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SPRINGMFl.D— Ihe Art Theatre Guild 

ol Scof.sdale, Ariz., operator of the 531- 

seai Cinema X, first-run art outlet here, 

announced an extensive remodeling project, 

including rebuilding of seats (new padding, 

p:'.int and fabric), installation of a neu marquee 

and a new concession stand. 

Clark Crites. the company's director of 

physical theatre operations, was here to supervise 

start of the project. 

PROVIDENCE 

The de luxe Garden City Cinema, new 

General Cinema Corp. theatre, is niniimg 

continuous shows daily, starting at 1 

p.m. On any weekday, except Wednesday. 

Rhode Islanders have a choice of five theatres 

to attend during the day (l.oew's. 

Strand. Majestic. Albee and Garden City); 

on Wednesdays the Elmwood. Cinerama and 

Cinema 1 of the Four Seasons complex add 

lo this number. This is quite an improvement 

in daytime movie entertainment compared 

lo about five years ago. 

Ro-jer Norhorry, Norman Smith and 

\lilliin Alex.inder. all members of Local 

. . . Albert J. Siner, 

223. lATSE, are the new operators at the 

Garden City Cinema 

associated with the Strand Theatre for nearly 

24 years, has left to take a position with the 

Rhode Island State House. The Strand, 

formerly owned by the National Realty Co.. 

was taken over last July b\ Esquire The- 

;ilres of America, which has home headi|iiarlers 

in Boston. 

A iie« concessions stand uilh popcorn is 

plannetl for the Art Cinema in the near 

lulure. according to John O'Sullivan. district 

manager for L&G Theatres, which 

owns the Art . ol the Dolls." 

"the Number I best seller .ind now the 

Number I movie." as the Mbee Theatre 

management puts it in iheir dailv adverlisim: 

lavoiil. is havinc a lonu and successful 

run at that theatre. The picture was in 

its sixth week at the time of this writing. 

Esquire Theatres has tv;o big construction 

projects under way here in Providence. At 

the Four Seasons complex, a fourth auditorium 

is being added to Cinemas 1. 2 and 3. 

.At the Strand, a complete new theatre is 

being constructed within the Strand without 

interfering with tiie current showings. 

MAINE 

Q;>nslruction of the Lewiston Mall Shopping 

Center on Essex Street, 

Lewiston. 

v.hich will inc'ude a dual theatre, will begin 

;:roii!id .April, it has been ieported by Robert 

Rosenthal of Lewiston and Waterville. an 

official of Mall Trust, the buiiding firm. An 

air-conditioned, heated mall will conned 

the various business establishments in the 

center. 

The theatre purlj held at the Northwood 

Park Cinema in Lewiston in connection with 

the 1967 Lewiston-.Auburn United Fund 

campaign was such a success that it will become 

an annual event, it has been announced 

by campaign officials. 

The maiiagcincnt of the Priscilla Theatre 

in L-wiston. where an extensive remodeling 

job has been under way. has announced that 

reopening of the movie house will be temporarily 

delayed. Meanwhile, moviegoers 

were asked to watch for the opening of the 

Paris Cinema, featuring the outstanding film, 

"The Graduate." 

A recent item in the Lewiston Journal's 

"50 Years Ago Today" column recalled: 

"As a result of action taken by Rev. W. H. 

Varney and Rev. A. E. Tarbell, the local 

moving picture house in Lisbon Falls was 

lo be closed Sunday evenings. The theatre 

'lad been open only one Simday. The clergymen 

ielephoned Lewiston and jirocured legal 

advice on the closing of the theatre and 

Manager Newbegin agreed to keep the the- 

:itre closed on Sundav evenings." 

The Doc Williams country music show 

from ihL- WW'VA Jamboree in Wheeling, 

W. Va., was booked for the Capitol The- 

;;tre in Augusta. January 13. Other scheduled 

appearances were at the Community 

Building in Farminglon. January 16; Lewiston 

Ci;\ Hall. January 20. and Frye Hall 

in Portland. Januarv 21. 

Frank Sinatra. Sammy Davis jr. and Raquel 

Welch have been signed as stars of 

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the downtown area than many a retail outlet's 

widcK advertised bargain sale: yet 

nothing more than lip service is accorded 

a theatre owner's complaint about inadequate 

parking, particularly on a free basis. 

ID blocks in the immediate area. 

On the other end of the spectrum is 

availability of tie-in 'deals" with parking 

lot managements— i.e., permitting a specified 

number of theatre patrons' cars to be 

left in a particular area, with the theatre 

itself picking up the tab. ranging anywhere 

from 50 cents to one dollar. 

And since the theatre simply can't pass 

on this added cost to the patron, it's often 

a matter of "breaking even" on a motoring 

customer for the first-run theatre. 

One disillusioned first-nm theatre manager 

told BoxoilltL that parking managements 

aren't in a receptive mood, quite 

frankly, when it comes to broaching the 

contention that a customer's car. permitted 

to be parked free, isn't giving space away. 

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effect, and this isn't the practical solution 

to a most pressing problem." 

Police departments, with their manpower 

shortages and the constant threat of vandalism 

in the downtown areas, aren't about to 

forget the presence of a theatre patron's 

car? left in a no-parking zone, and parking 

tickets are tossed about, much to consternation 

of theatre patron and management 

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One New Kngland circuit executive remarked 

that after bringing the evident 

shortage of free parking spaces to his local 

chamber of commerce, he learned that here, 

too, "long-range" projections are being designed 

lo alleviate the situation. 

"This isn't good enough," he reasoned. 

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not accorded the courtesy of available space 

in a downtown area at any time of the da\ 

isn't about to return in a hurry for a restaurant 

or anything else." 

As for the latter-day emergence of the 

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theatres have seen to it that the areas arc 

amply and adequately lighted throughout 

the evening in a determined effort to thwart 

intended vandalism and timid theatre patrons 

unwilling to walk in evening darkness 

.11 performance's end. 

Increasingh. shopping theatre complexes 

arc getting the complex owners to improve 

the appeal of the parking area and there is 

a trend towards canopies to guard against 

inclement weather. 

Dudley Plaza Uniis 

Leased by Esquire 

DLI)l.i:V, i\l.>\S.S. 

— Rapidly expanding 

F.squire Theatres of America will operate 

a twin theatre complex to be known as Cinema 

I and Cinema II. now under construction 

in the Dudley Shopping Plaza, a circuit 

spokesman disclosed. 

The project is the first thoatre construciKMi 

in Oudley in 50 years. 

HARTFORD 

J^rs. Helen Greenway, widow of long-time 

I Aiews Palace Manager Fred R. Greenway, 

is living in Chicago, local industry 

friends have learned . Pete de Carli. 

wife of the president of Local 486, Moving 

Picture Projectionist Union, is dead , . . 

Robert Ben.sor, an industry newcomer, is 

stage manager at the Allyn. succeeding the 

late Oscar Majorie. 

The Urban League of Greater Hartford 

will sponsor the February 16 Connecticut 

benefit premiere of "Guess Wh.i's Coming to 

Dinner" at the Central in West Hartford. 

The film which stars Hartford's Katharine 

Hepburn. Spencer Tracy and Miss Hepburn's 

niece, Katharine Houghton of West 

Hartford, is also opening day-and-date at the 

Perakos Cinema One, East Hartford. Miss 

Houghton's family is expected to attend the 

Central performance. 

1 he young adult department of the 

YMC.\ is screening a free series of Ingmar 

Bergman motion pictures on Friday nights, 

with admission open to young adults of 

metropolitan Hartford. .Attractions include 

"The Seventh Seal," "Wild Strawberries" 

;md "The Virgin Spring." Discussion time 

follows each shinving and refreshments are 

served. 

Reopen in Sullivan, Ind. 

Frntit Central Edition 

SULLIVAN. IND. — Fdward Stewart's 

Sherman Theatre has reopened after remodeling. 

The initial run was Buena Vista's "The 

Gnome-Mobile." Ira Long is manager of the 

house which has a weekend-only policy. 

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lATSE. died at the Springfield Hospital. He 

had been employed in theatres throughout 

western Massachusetts. 

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Re-Elect Officers 

VANCOUVER — Tho British 

Columhia 

Canadian Picture Pioneers re-elected all its 

ifficers by acclamation at its annual dinnermeeting 

January 30 in the Hilton Hotel hero. 

Tiie president is Owen Bird; vicc-presi- 

Jcni, Jimmy Davie, and secretary-treasurer. 

Larry .Sirick. Shiley Wilson is past president. 

Reports on the 1967 activities were given 

by Bird, and the treasurer reported an increase 

of $1,500 in the sinking fund, besides 

the $3,500 which was sent to the benevolent 

fund in Toronto. Davie reported $7,597.64 

was split by the group and Tent 47 from 

the Lougheed Sunday shows, and Dawson 

Exiey, chairman of the golf tourney, saiti 

there was a $500 profit from the event. 

Nat Taylor, a past president of the Pioneers, 

presented scrolls to 15 members who 

have completed 50 years or more in the industry. 

They are .Sidney T. Walker, Myron 

C. and Roy McLeod. Bill McCartney, An 

Criite. Charles Kearns. Tomnn Winchester. 

Marvin Thoreau. Ray Hansom. Bill Myers. 

Len Brewer. Gordon Dalgleish. Tommy 

Backus, Claude Smith and Jack Droy. 

The Projectionist Union donated $500 to 

the benevolent fund, and $1,000 was received 

from the estate of member Jack hucus, 

who died last spring. 

These new members were introduced; 

George Hislop. Nip Gowan, Charles Backus 

and Barney Simmons. 

Fifty members and guests were on hand. 

Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Norm MacDonald, 

Edmonton, he is president of the Alberta 

Exhibitors Ass'n. and prospective Pioneers 

S>d Frcedman, Larry Katz, Jack Senior and 

Len B. Johnson. 

Out-of-town members attending were 

Cece Steele, Kitimat; Kelly Hayter. Salmon 

Arm. and Paul Gauthier, Quesnel. 

Ontario Announces Latest 

Classification of Films 

TORONTO—The Ontario Censor Board 

has classified these films; 

Adult— "The Ambushers," ""Cobra," "Cop- 

Out," "How I Won the War," "I Nostra 

Marita," ""Navajo Joe," "The President's 

Analyst," "The Sorcerers," "The Violent 

Ones." 

Restricted — "Chappaqua," "Flamboyant," 

"The Glory Stompers," "'A Maiden for a 

Prince," "'Male Hunt," ""Queens," ""A Rose 

for Everyone," ""Teenage Rebellion," 

""Valley of the Dolls." 

Ontario Tent 28 Installs 

Frank Strean Chief Barker 

TORONTO—The Variety Club of Ontario 

has installed Frank Strean as chief 

barker. He succeeds Jack Bernstein, who 

held the post two years. 

Tent 28 also seated Sam Shopsowitz and 

George Destounis (in absentia), assistant 

chief barkers; Stan Sobol, dough guy; Doug 

Wells, property master, and canvasmen Leon 

Weinstein. Jerry SoKvay, John Kurk, Alex 

Stewart and Stan Helleiir. 

'Funniest Man in 

World' Very Good 

In World Premiere Week at Toronto 

TOKON TO- -The Funniest Man in the 

World" made its world bow here at the In- 

'ernaiional Cinema and the ensuing week 

was highly successful for the theatre. This 

picture was one of several to earn "Very 

Good." ""F.xcellent" or "Good" ratings for 

their bo\i>ffice showings—among the other 

thriving first runs being ""Bedazzled," first 

week. Fairlawn; "Glory Stompers," Downtown 

and other Twinex houses; ""Cool Hand 

Luke," second week. Imperial, Golden Mile. 

Yorkdale and other Famous Players theatres. 

. 

Capitol Fine Art The Happiest Millionaire (Emp), 

6f h wk Good 

Carlton Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Col), 

3rd wk 

Excellent 

Coronet Frontier Hellcat (SR) Secret Agent 101 

(SR) 

Downtown group The Glory Stompers (Astral); 

Good 

The Cobra (Astral) 

Good 

Eglmton Doctor Dolittle (20th-Fox), 

6tti wk Very Good 

Fairlcwn Bedazzled (20th-Fox) Excellent 

Glendcle Far From the Madding Crowd (MGM), 

13th wk 

Hollywood (North)— The Penthouse (Para), 

Good 

6th wk 

Good 

Hollywood (South) Volley of the Dolls (20th-Fox), 

6th wk Very Good 

H/land The Ambushers (Col), 6th wk Very Good 

Imperial group Cool Hand Luke (WB-7A), 

2nd wk Very 

Internotional Cinema The Funniest Man in the 

Good 

World (IFD) Very Good 

Loew's Fitzwilly (UA), 3rd wk Good 

Loew's Uptown Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

I 6th wk Good 

Towne Cinema The Stranger (Para), 2nd wk. .Good 

University Comelot 'WB-7A), 6th wk Very Good 

Ynrkdole The Penthouse (Poro), 2nd wk Fair 

'Custer of West' Wins 

Quick Favor in Montreal 

MONTREAL— "Custer of the West" replaced 

"Grand Prix," which had a successful 

37-week run at the Imperial, and the newcomer 

at once established itself as a popular 

favorite. Also in favor of the Cinerama spectacular 

is its "'For the Entire Family" rating. 

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Alouette Gone With the Wind iMGM), 15th wk. Good 

Atwater The Incident (20th-Fox), 2nd wk Good 

Avenue The Happiest Millionaire (Emp), 

2nd wk 

Good 

Cinema Bonoventure L'Etronger (Para), 6th wk. Good 

Cinema Festival 

Cinema Place 

The Royal Track (SR) .Excellent 

du Canada--Tony Rome (20th-Fox), 

7th wk 

Cinemo Place Ville Marie Venom (SR) . . . .Excellent 

Good 

Cinema Westmount Square Reflections in a 

Golden Eye 6th (MGM), wk 

Good 

Elysee (Eisenstein) Le Regne du Jour (SR) 

Elysee (Resnois)— Lo Collectionneuse (SR), 

. . . .Good 

2nd wk 

Good 

Imperial Custer of the West (CRC) Excellent 

Kent How I Won the Wor (UA), 3rd wk Good 

Loew's Volley of the Dolls (20th-Fox), 6th wk. Good 

Palace Woit Until Dark (WB-7A), 4th wk Good 

Parisien Lo Fontaine de I'Amour (SR), 4th wk. Good 

Seville The Jungle Book lEmp), 6th wk Good 

Snowdon For From the Madding Crowd (MGM), 

13th wk. Good 

Von Home— Eric Soyo's 17 (SR), 3rd wk Good 

Vendome Belle de Jour (SR), 2nd wk Good 

Westmount Comelot ;WB-7A), 14th wk Good 

York Bonnie and Clyde (WB-7A), 20th wk Good 

'Bonnie and Cl'yde' 'Excellent' 

First Week in Winnipeg 

WINNIPEG — CJrosses continued stable 

and at about the same levels as the preceding 

week and lor the same period a year ago. 

Breaking on the local scene was "Bonnie 

and Clyde." strong enough to share the top 

spot vîth holdovers "Far From the Madding 

Crowd" and "'The Good, the Bad and the 

Ugly." The trio of "Camelot," "The Amliushers" 

and ""Gone With the Wind," all 

lonu holdovers, continued above averasc. 

"Doctor /hivago, " in a lelurn-run booking, 

had a productive week at the suburban 

Windsor. 

Capitol— Bonnie ond Clyde (WB-7A) 

Excellent 

Gaiety Comelot iWB 7A), 13th wk Good 

Kings The Sailor From Gibraltar (UA) Average 

Metropolitan— Gone With the Wind (MGM) 

13th wk . . 

Good 

Odecn The Good, the Bod and the Ugly (UA), 

2nd wk Excellent 

Park For From the Madding Crowd (MGM), 

6th wk Excellent 

New Vancouver Lyric Record 

Set By 'Doctor Speaks Out' 

VANCOUVER— A house record 

was set 

by the Lyric with the North ,\merican premiere 

of "The Doctor Speaks Out." In spite 

of a cold snap over the weekend, the boxoffice 

lineups started before the first show 

began and lasted throughout the first day. 

Business also was gratifying in the Capitol, 

showing ""Wait Until Dark"; Orpheum. 

""Flim-Flam Man"; Ridge, "Doctor Dolittle."' 

and Odcon, •Viiliey of the Dolls." 

Cap.tol Woit Until Dark (WB-7A) Excellent 

Coronet— The Good, the Bod and the Ugly (UA), 

3rd wk, Very Good 

Lyric The Doctor Spcoks Out Âstral) Capacity 

Odcon Volley of the Dolls (20th-Fox), 

6th wk , . 

Excellent 

Orpheum The Flim-Flam Man (20th-Fox) ..Excellent 

Ridge Doctor Dolittle (20th-Fox) Excellent 

Stanley — Camelot (WB-7A), 13th wk Average 

Strand Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

1 4th wk Above Avcroge 

Vogue The Wicked Dreams of Poulo Schultz 

(UA) 

Foir 

Rank to Distribute 

'Paddle to the Sea' 

\10NTRFAL-()ne of the largest deals 

lo date between the National Film Board 

and the J. Arthur Rank Organization involves 

Rank's purchase of the NFB film 

""Paddle to the Sea,"" which will result in 

wide theatrical distribution of this classic 

children's story throughout Great Britain. 

With the opening of three new Canadian 

external affairs offices in Ethiopia, Tunisia 

and Senegal, NFB film libraries will be 

established in those nations. The NFB also 

announced Zambia and Mauritius have 

bought nine films for television. 

The NFB is playing a major role in 

India's program of disseminating information 

on the dangers of overpopulation and 

food production. The NFB has provided 

550 prints of a film "Food," demonstrating 

the practices required to increase crop yields 

for mass distribution. The short was produced 

by a filmmaker from India while 

training at the NF-^B studios. 

More than 700 prints of ""People by the 

Billions," 

a 30-minute NFB production, are 

in distribution throughout India. 

MPTAO Adds 3 Members 

TORONTO — The Motion Picture Theatres 

Ass'n announces the.se new members: 

Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Laurin of the Pen Theatre 

in Penetang and N. J. Erechook, Roxy 

in Wawa. 

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The National Kilni Board ha^ announceJ 

the appoinmicni ot Horiensc Roy as 

program agent for the French Language Canadian 

Service here. She will be in charge 

of social action films. She was an NFB representative 

in Quebec Cit\ 

The Art Cinema, which o|Kiici.i just a few 

mi)nths ago and attracted crowds with its 

initial 

presentation of the Japanese film "Lost 

Sex." hiLS started on its second program. 

"Sang Reserve." based on Thomas Manns 

Walsungenblul" and directed by Rolf 

Thicle. The film, in German, has French 

•ublilles 

Michel Costom's Fleur de Lys Theatre 

had a good run with "Lamiel." starring 

Anna Karina and Robert Hossein . 

The 

Cinema Festival, also of the Costom's chain. 

:i!lr;:cled long lines of patrons with "The 

Xoyal Track" (Kingslcden) directed by Gunnar 

Hoglund. 

\t the Knipirc, Nikos Koundouros' 

"Young Aphrodites" also proved popular. 

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Tlie film is in Greek with English subtitles 

The Verdi Repertory Theatre had a 

Bogart film festival. 

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month IS adding t«o new series, a tribute to 

the famous comedy team of Laurel and 

Hardy and another to the French film director 

Jacques Becker. They join the four series 

already running (Animation. Lang, Canadian 

Films and Brussels). Jacques Becker's 

retrospective started with presentation of 

"Dernier .Atout." his first film made in 1942. 

Twelve other productions will cover the 

Becker's complete works (1942-1959). The 

Laurel and Hardy series will consist of 14 

films, some are silent pictures. 

TORONTO 

\/ernon I'. Becker was here for the world 

bow of his "The Funniest Man in the 

World" at Nat Taylor's International Cinema. 

He reported it took him 2'2 years to 

put together the feature-length montage of 

early Charlie Chaplin films, only to find out 

no major American distributor wanted to 

handle it. "So here I am with Nat Taylor 

h.mdling the Canadian distribution and 

\ICiM getting ready to open it abroad. 

O. J. Silverthorne, chief Ontario film censor, 

reported the role of his group has 

changed drastically over the years. "At one 

time our duties were relatively simple . . 

Now we are to pass judgment on what is pornography 

and what is obscenity, and perhaps 

our judgment not always is right. It may 

be that the time has come for such matters 

lo be handled by our courts." 

The I niversit> College film festival was 

lieki here, with .^2 productions being shown 

for a total screening time of just under ten 

hours. Local movie historian Reg Hartt of 

ihc Queen Victoria Silent Cinema helped 

put together the collection. Griffith's "Birth 

of a Nation" and Watkins' "The War Game" 

proved so popular they had to be shown 

twice. 

rile 27tli annual dinner-meeting of the 

Canadian Picture Pioneers has been scheduled 

Wednesdav (14) in the Seaway Hotel. 

Lionel Lester, chairman of the 16mni ex- 

'libition committee of the Ontario Motion 

Picture Theatres Ass'n, said that when complaints 

of improper noncommercial use of 

l(imm films have been reported, he has received 

cooperation from the distributors, 

which generally agreed that such exhibition 

hould not he advertised through the usual 

nicdi.i. Yo increase membership in the association, 

president Curlcy S. Poscn said he 

plans to send lists of nonmembcrs to members 

in the hopes they will be able to enlisi 

ilicin. 

.lack Hunter. 81, one of the originators of 

ihe Canadian Picture Pioneers, is dead. He 

•:ame to Canada from First National distributors 

in New York in the early 1920s, and 

s:rvcd for many years as Paramount branch 

manager. Later he managed the Bay Theatre 

He leaves his wife Nettie, a daughter 

Carol Malcolm of Brantford. Ont., and a 

son John of Port Credit. Oni. 

J. J. l-itzgibbons jr., president of Theatre 

Confections. Ltd.. has been awarded a Centennial 

Medal by the Canadian government, 

of which he said he had no foreknowledge. 

He organized the Prince Philip dinner in 

1964, which raised more than SI 00.000 for 

the Ontario Variety Club. 

Gordon Miller, 92, Canadian Motion Piciiue 

Pioneer and exhibitor, died in his hometown 

of Peterborough. Ont. He retired several 

years ago. 

Ihe New Cinema Club M Cinecity presented 

two performances of "The Deva Loka 

Sideshow." the premiere of a new mixedmedia 

group, with George Nachoff of Musitronic 

Productions handling the electronic 

music portion of the program. The compulerizjd 

music can be controlled to flow 

through the banks of speakers surrounding 

the auditorium, in 

a circular or diagonal direction, 

to create three-dimensional sound. 

Gregory Markopolous' "Twice a Man" is 

scheduled to be shown to the group tonight 

(12). 

Bob Hope Previews Film 

To Get Audience Reaction 

Frorn Western Edition 

RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — SERO Amusement 

Co.'s De Anza Theatre here previewed 

Bob Hope's just completed picture "The Pvt. 

Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell." and Hope was on 

hand with an entourage of film editors, technicians, 

soundmen and projectionists to 

judge the picture from the moviegoers' viewpoint. 

Accompanying Hope were his wife, son 

and daughter. 

During the screening of the United Artists 

release. Hope, flanked in the reserved section 

by producer John Beck and editor Ronnie 

Sinclair, dictated corrections and comments 

into a tape recorder. 

The reactions of the jam-packed audience 

(all on tape) will determine what stays or 

eets deleted from the finished product. 

VCI Dinner Set March 18 

For Lord Mountbatten 


NEW YORK—Variety Clubs International 

will hold a dinner in honor of Earl 

Mountbatten of Burma. Admiral of the 

British Fleet, at the Hotel Americana here 

on March 18. Darryl F. Zanuck. 20th-Fox 

president, and Mike Frankovich. independent 

producer for Columbia, will be the industry 

chairmen for the $100 per plate 

affair. 

Industryites on the committee include: 

Irving Berlin. Harry Brandt. Irving Dollingcr. 

S. H. Fabian. Douglas Fairbanks jr., 

Jean Goldwurm. Otto Koegcl. Joseph F. 

I evine. Nat Nathanson, Robert H. O'Brien. 

Seymour Poe. Otto Prcniinger. Samuel Rosen, 

Abe Schneider. Jules Stein. Donald S. 

Stralcm. Laurence A. Tisch. Richard F. 

Walsh. Walter Wancer. 

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Jvan Ai-kery, manager ol 

the OrpliLuni. had 

Jay Osf on hand tor ihc opening ol 

•The Flim-Flam Man." In the picture it was 

his hands in the close-ups of the card-dealing 

scenes, .-\ckery also had 20 members from 

the local magic group on hand, several ot 

whom were students of Ose. including one 

man who works part-time for the RCMP. 

i-hecking out crooked card game suspects. 

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Hernandez Continues 

Mystery Theme 

In Selling UA's Good, Bad, Ugly' 

Manager Fred Morgenroth. center, of 

the State Theatre, Richmond, Ind., 

presents a roiindlrip ticket to Disneyland 

to 6-year-old Lynn Moegerle, 

winner of a contest in connection with 

Biiena Vista's "The Jungle Book." Jim 

Wickemeyer. assistant manager of 

[VKB\'-Radio, hands her a recording 

of the voices she identified from the 

movie. She answered the radio quiz 

correctly and listed her reasons why 

she wanted to visit Disneyland. Morgenroth 

also had displays in supermarkets 

and bookstores. During the 

engagement, he sold "Jungle Book" 

coloring books in the lobby. 

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Largest 'Dolittle' Data 

Display in Kansas City 

The largest exhibit of "Doctor Dolittle" 

memorabilia in the country has opened in 

Kansas City in the Halls Store, a gift emporium, 

two weeks before the Missouri 

premiere of the 20th Century-Fox attraction. 

Highlighted with original drawings, 

manuscripts and notes written by Hugh 

Lofting, author of the "Dolittle" novels, the 

month-long exhibit presents many of the 

props, sets, costumes and working scripts 

from the reserved-seat musical spectacle. 

The color featurette from the film also will 

be shown continuously in the store. 

Present at the opening of the exhibit was 

Christopher Lofting, journalist and son of 

the author, and two supporting characters 

from the film, a chimpanzee and a macaw. 

"Doctor Dolittle." which stars Rex Harrison. 

Samantha Eggar. Anthony Newley 

and Richard Attenborough. will open Wednesday 

(14) at Durwood"s Midland Theatre 

in downtown Kansas City. 

A. J. Hernandez, for United Artists' "The 

Good, the Bad and the Ugly." continued 

"the man with no name" approach in selling 

this picture, even though the UA pressbook 

did not carry out that theme as it did on 

the first two Clint Eastwood starrers. 

Biggest Selling Point 

The manager of Gulf States Theatres 

Cinema 1-82 and Showtown U.S.A. Drivein 

in Greenville. Miss., believed Eastwood, 

as the "man with no name." still was the biggest 

selling point. Hernandez made up his 

own ads to stress this. He used a series of 

small teaser ads. beginning nine days before 

playdate, in various spots in the local newspaper, 

and found that sports and classified 

ad pages worked best. 

Radio-Teaser Spot.s 

Hernandez also set up a series of 30- 

second radio-teaser spots on WDDT. using 

similar copy as in the newspaper: "The 

Man With No Name Is Back." In addition. 

a tie-in was arranged with the station on a 

Pot-of-Gold contest, where $25 was 

awarded to the winner who guessed the 

number of pennies in a pot. Guest passes 

to the theatre were the other prizes. 

To find a convenient location for the pot. 

the Sears Roebuck ad manager. Leroy 

Craig, was contacted, and he arranged a 

display, including a 24x60-inch poster, in 

the store's radio-television center. (TTie win- 

Manager A. J. Hernandez 

of the Cinema 

1-82 in Greenville. 

M is s.. had 

these staffers dress 

in western attire to 

set the atmosphere 

for United Artists' 

"The Good, the Bad 

and the Ugly." Left 

to right are Grady 

Ballard. Shannon 

Boykin. Bonnie 

Sander s. Barbara 

Boykin. Lynne Resiner 

Blocker. 

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only one cent.) 

WDDT Promotion 

In conjunction with the contest. WDDT 

had 150 promotion spots within 15 days, 

beginning I 1 days before the opening. 

Next, Hernandez contacted a local western-wear 

store and made arrangements for 

a lobby display. The store, the Circle L, set 

up a 1 -sheet and furnished western attire 

for the staffers. This included guns and 

holsters for the two male staffers. Shannon 

Boykin. complete with a simulated beard 

and a poncho (as the Man With No Name), 

distributed lucky "dollar" heralds in the 

busy downtown area. Lucky numbers on 

the heralds, corresponding to those posted 

in the theatre lobby, were good for guesl 

tickets to the picture. 

On the front of the 6x3 '/2 -inch herald. 

Hernandez used a montage of the illustrations 

utilized in the first two "Dollar" pictures—stub 

of a cigar, rifle, poncho. The 

back was mostly type, except for a onecolumn 

mat on "The Good, the Bad and the 

Ugly." 

Attracts News Story 

The promotion generated a great deal of 

interest, and led the weekly newspaper the 

Leiand Progress to run a two-column feature 

story, including art on the staffers and 

Cinema 1-82 lobby display.

CITATIONS FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY 

\lvKON Tai.man, general manager oj Jack tUuL ilieatres. i» cilcd lor liis wcll-ijaced 

promotion at the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles of building 27 pictures, all reruns, 

into an excellent nine-week film festival date. 

1 by 

i"ic\NK. \ki>o\, manager of General Cinema's Weslland Cinema in Denver, earns an 

award for his clever safe-cracking stunt in his lolihy ior MGM"s "Jack of Diamonds.' 

P. C. "Chuck" Neff, manager oj Commoniiealth's Antioch Theatre in Kansas City 

\orth, for turning the lobby of the theatre into a sight-seeing Christmas attraction. 

I.OUI.s Gasparim, manager of the Fox-Winrock Theatre in Albuquerque, for his endless 

efforts in promoting "A Man for All Seasons."' especially as a school attraction. 

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IIkmiv "Bud" Som.MERS, city manager for Duruoud Theatres in Leavenworth, Kas.. 

whose letter to teachers played up the school theme in "To Sir. With Love. 

l)\\i \\ vi.sll, manager oj the Loew's Teck in Bujjalo. who iiad a silver-armored 

knight riding down Main Street with a police escort for "Camelot."' 

A model, to promote Paramount's 

"The Penthouse" at the Shadyside Theatre 

in Pittsburgh, hands out a card to 

a passerby, reading: "Hi. My name is 

Harry. Why don't you come up and 

visit me at 'The Penthouse' (address of 

theatre). I know you'll enjoy yourself. 

P.S. Best to leave the children at 

home." Looking on is IVYDD disc 

jockey Gil Barringlon. who drove the 

model around Pittsburgh and shopping 

centers in this English taxi. 

Fkki) ('l RTICE. managing director oj Syujy Enterprises' Century 21 Theatre in Sacramento, 

for his exciting campaign for the opening of the new theatre and "Gone 

With the Wind." as the first attraction. 

|{|(:mai Goi.dsworthy. manager oj the Fox Theatre in the Charleston Plaza Shopping 

Center in Las Vegas, a previous BoxokkFck Showmandiser Citation wiinier. is 

cited again for his >uccessful "Hey. Kids. Show" series, in general, and his attention-getting 

campaign for "The Jungle Rook."' in particular. 

M. I{. ^ WKOVlcil, manager oj Redstone's Cinema I and II in Louisville, another previous 

winner, earns a citation for his exciting, well-planned holiday campaign 

for "The Comedians" (Cinema 1 1 and "Wait Until Dark" (Cinema III. 

Bcin Iheiitrcs Ambassador and 20th Ceninrx in suhurhan Cincinnati receive a 

promotiimal boost for their playdates throui^h this downtown window display. 

( inrinnati merchants find it to their advantage to have such attractive displays 

ivi J li)ni:-rangc basis. 

Encore Film Series 

Building in K.C. 

Manager Terry W. Boyle of Dickinson"s 

Kimo Thcalrc in Kansas City has concluded 

the first series of the Sunday Encore Theatre, 

and he plans to make it a regular 

policy. 

The Sunday feature is the encore-showing 

of classic art films by public request. The 

patron can attend (he regular feature either 

before or after the encore, which is at 

3 p.m. every .Sunday. 

Patrons Request Films 

Patrons may fill out request cards in the 

lobby, and the cards arc reviewed by Boyle 

with the assistance of Dr. James K. 

Loutzenhiser, film chairman of the Missouri 

Council on Arts; the Rev. Robert Lakes 

and the Rev. John Kavanaugh. both of 

Rockhurst College, and Dennis Stack, film 

critic of the Kansas City Star. A herald on 

the series is distributed through area high 

schools, colleges and women's clubs. A 

weekly feature story with stills appears in 

the Star, in addition to the encore film's 

mcniion in the "now-playing" section. The 

heralds arc available at all programs, which 

include a special trailer about the encore 

pictures, and a teaser trailer about next 

week's film. 

Business Booster 

This has added to the revenues of a 

normally slack time and could be used by 

smaller town theatres in college communities 

to provide art films which are popular 

with students. Tlie encore also has been 

used for students of cinema and drama for 

important art films of the day. 

ther 

1 the 

— 22 BOXOFFICE Showmandiser :: Feb. 12, 1968

— 

Voctor Do/ittie' (20th-Fox) Wins 

January Blue Ribbon Award 

By VELMA WEST SYKES 

pANTASY AS FAMILY FILM FARE is popular now—probably as a reaction from 

the amount of realism and sadism in many current motion pictures. So it was no 

surprise that the 20th Century- Fox version of Hugh I.oftings stories about a country doctor 

who became a special kind of linguist, in that he talked to animals, was voted the 

January Blue Ribbon Award as the most outstanding current release that was wholesome 

entertainment for the whole family. Rex Harrison in the title role gave it a sophistication 

and adult appeal it might not have had otherwise, as did the music and lyrics by Leslie 

Bricusse, who also wrote the screenplay. 

BoxoFFiCE gave "Doctor Dolittle" a "Doctor Dolittle" is a "treat" instead of 

. . . this musical roadshow 

king-size review January I. condensed to 

regular size in its issue of Januarv 15. This 

review said in part: "For the ailing market 

of good general family film entertainment, 

producer Arthur P. Jacobs has come up 

with a film version of 'Doctor Dolittle,' 

based on the world famous stories by the 

late Hugh Lofting 

attraction from 20th-Fox is a sheer 

delight for young audiences ... It should 

bring pleasure and fun to audiences for 

many years to come." 

In situations where it has already started 

playing the winning film has scored more 

than 300 per cent of normal business. And 

it is the kind of picture that can play in 

every part of the coimtry with equal appeal, 

as well as in urban, rural and small 

town situations. National Screen Council 

members, who voted it the Award, had 

this to say about the unique musical: 

Imagination and Charm 

It is good to have the film industry show 

a human being civilized enough to treat 

animals as if they really are God's creatures!"—Cecile 

Burton. Kansas City 

drama teacher . . . Delightful, entertaining 

fantasy that brings the world of Doctor 

Dolittle to life on the screen.—W. A. 

Payne. Dallas News . . . This classic tale 

has been transferred to the screen with 

imagination and charm—a film to delight 

adults and children.—Virginia Beard. 

Cleveland Public Library . . . Terrific 

family entertainment.—Arlie Crites. Texas 

Drive-In TOA, Dallas. 

a "treatment" and the best "medicine" to 

come out of Hollywood in years—marvelous 

entertainment for the entire family.— 

Roger G. Field, ABC-TV. Hollywood 

. . . The 

acting is excellent, production 

values superb and the music beats 

most of Broadway this season by a mile. 

It's one the family can enjoy together. 

Nancy Razen. Newark Star-Ledger . 

. . 

Delightful music and an amusing circus 

sequence.— Mrs. William A. Dalton. 

I.F.C.A., Avon, N.J. 

A wonderful family film. There are 

poetry, fantasy, humor and a little pathos 

in it. enjoyable for both children and 

grownups.— Mrs. George H. Sutcliffe. 

Brooklyn MPC . . . What can one say 

about Rex Harrison's delightful portrayal? 

A romping good time.—John Anthony. 

WITI-TV, Milwaukee ... I like Rex Harrison, 

I like animals—and I like the combination. 

— Nevart Apikian. Syracuse 

Post-Standard. 

"Doctor Dolittle" is a superb and delightful 

musical for old and yoimg alike. 

— M. B. Smith. Commonwealth Theatres. 

Kansas City ... A must film for all the 

family. Tlie lusty tunes add much to the 

enjoyment.—Len Massell. Stamford Advocate 

The acting of the animals ex- 

. . . 

cellent and Rex Harrison perfect in the 

doctor's part.—Mrs. Arthur L. Murray, 

Long Beach Kappa Kappa Gamma. 

The magic of Hugh Lofting's story 

comes through with droll gaiety in "Doctor 

Dolittle."— Mrs. Maurice E. McLoughlin. 

D..'\.R. nat'l chairman, Brooklyn. 

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REX HARRISON AS THE WHIMSICAL COUMRY DOCTOR 

DOLITTLE TEACHING HIS PARROT ANIMAL LANGUAGES 

HERE HARRISON RIDES INTO THE JUNGLE ON HIS PET 

GIRAFFE TO EXTRACT A CROCODILE'S ACHING TOOTH 

WILLIE SHAKESPEARE X. SCHOLARLY TRIBAL CHIEF. 

EXPLAINS THE IMPENDING FATE OF THESE CAPTIVES 

Doctor John Dolittle Rex H.vrrison 

Emma Fairfax S.^manth.x Eggar 

Matthew Mitgg Anthony Nfwi.ey 

Albert Blossom . RlCHARD Attenboroi'gh 

General Bellowes 

Peter Bui i 

The Cast 

. . 

Mrs. Blossom Muriel Landers 

Tommy Stitbhins 

William Dix 

Willie Shakespeare .Geoi frey Hoi der 

Sarah Dolittle Portia Nelson 

Laily Petherington Norma Varuen 

. . . . 

Produced by Arthur P. Jai ohs 

Directed by 

Richard Fleischer 

Associate Producer Mort Abrahams 

Assistant Director Richard Lang 

Screenplay by 

Leslie Bricusse 

Music Scored & Conducted by 

Lionel New.vl\n. 

Alexander Courage 

Dance & Musical Numbers Staged by . . 

Herbert Ross 

Director of Photography 

Robert Surtees, A.S.C. 

Production Staff 

Special /'holographic Effects 

L. B. Abbott. A.S.C. 

Art Cruickshank. 

Emil Kosa Jr. 

Howard Lydecker 

Vocal Supervision 

Ian Eraser 

Film Editors 

Samuel E. Beetley. A.C.E.. 

Marjorie Fowler, A.C.E. 

Sound Supervision . . . .James Corcoran. 

Murray Spivack 

Produced in 

Todd-AO (R) 

Color by 

De luxe 

BOXOFFICE Showtnandiser :: Feb. 12, 1968 — 23 — 

This award is given each month by the 

National Screen Council on the basis of outstanding 

merit and suitability for family 

entertainment. Council membership comprises 

motion picture editors radio and TV film 

commentators representatives of better films 

councils civic, educational and exhibitor organizations.

XHIBITOR HAS HIS SAY 

lABOUT PICTURES' 

~S- 

AMERICAN-INTERNATIONAL 

House of 1,000 Dolls (MP (—Vincent 

Price, Murtha Hycr. George Nader. This is 

a picture that did okay for us. but had some 

competition. Do a little extra advertising on 

it. .Some places may want to put a second 

feature with it. Ran this on our Christmas 

week while school was out. Played Thurs.. 

Sat. Weather: Fair.—Leon Kidwell, Majestic 

Theatre. Allen, Okla. 

COLUMBIA 

Big Mouth. The (Col)—Jerry Lewis. Harold 

J. Stone. Buddy Lester. This was well 

received here. Big low was due to extreme 

cold weather, but this picture is good. Played 

Thurs. and Sat.—Charles Burton. Cozy 

Theatre. I.ockwood. Mo. Pop. 852. 

Enter l.auehing (Col)—Jose Ferrer. Shelley 

Winiers. Flainc May. What a nice family 

picture— with little or no appeal. It needs to 

be sold and hard—enjoyed by those who 

came hut blizzard, etc. chalked up a big. fat 

loss here. Wonh a date. Played Sun.. Mon. 

Weather; Blizzard to .^2 below.— Ken Chrislii'.nson. 

Roxy Theatre. Washburn. N.D. 

Pop. 91.^. 

Murderers' Row (Col)— Dean Martin. 

\nii\I.irgrel. K:irl Maiden. I played this 

way late to above average business on the 

weekend between Christmas and New 

Year's. Played Fri.. Sat. Weather: Cold.— M. 

W. Long. Lans Theatre. Lansing. Iowa. Pop. 

1..^28. 

METRO GOLDWYN-MAYER 

Doctor /.hi\aBo (MtiM»—Umar Sharif. 

Julie Christie. Tom Courtenay. Another theatre 

in ihe metropolitan area, advertising in 

the metropolitan press, charged 25 cents less 

on the lop admission. The explanation? He 

was second run and I'm first. Very bad for 

public relations. I cannot see how a film 

company gains by placing an exhibitor in 

an embarrassing position with his patrons, 

with bad feeling all around. Played two 

weeks.—Jack Frost, Park Theatre. While 

Rock. B.C. Pop. 7.000. 

Don'l 

Make Waves (MGM»—Tony Curtis. 

Claudia Cardinale. Sharon Tate. Not a 

holiday picture, as we used it. Curtis' poorest 

and in poor taste. Did not even make a ripple 

at the boxoffice. Too much of the same 

old thine, sex .nnd more sex. Played Thurs.. 

'E\ Dorado' One of Best 

Westerns in Some Time 

Oh, loM'ly 

(la>s for clear John \\a\nc 

and Paramount for making us one of 

(he best Mestenis we Unw shown for 

some time, "Kl Dorado." dood business 

and "ilh the right terms. 

Rex Ihealre, 

Konowa, tlkla. 

I.EON KIDWELL 

Audience Really Liked 

Col's 'Walk, Don't Run 

Our audience really got a bang out of 

Walk, Don't Run" from Columbia. A 

good cast, nice eolor and ( inemaSeope, 

and loaded with fun. too. If >ii haven't 

played it. you won't go wrong h\ doing 

so. 

HARR^ I . IIAWKINSON 

Orpheum Theatre, 

Marietta. Minn. 

Fri.. Sat. Weather: Fair.— Kon Christianson. 

Roxy Theatre. Washburn. N.D Pop. 9I.V 

PARAMOUNT 

Africa — Texas Style! (Para) — Hugh 

OBrian. John Mills. Nigel Green. This one 

reminded me a lot of "Hatari." also from 

Paramount, and as of late on the boob tube 

in color, too. This is geared to the family 

and they will enjoy it. The photography is 

excellent. Played Sat.. Sun.— Harry F. Hawkinson. 

Orpheum Theatre. Marietta. Minn. 

Pop. 380. 

Chuka (Para)—Rod Taylor. Ernest Borgnine. 

John Mills. A bloody and rough western 

that was just lair draw. Played Fri.. Sat. 

Weather: Cold— 10 below.— M. W. Long, 

Lans Theatre. Lansing. low.i. Pop. 1.328. 

El Dorado (Para)—John Wayne, Robert 

Mitchum. James Caan. Topnotch all the 

way. Plaved Sun.. Mon.—.Arthur K. Dame. 

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

Naked Prey, The (Para)—Cornel Wilde. 

Gcrt Van Den Berg. Ken Gampu. Now here 

is an African adventure program that is different, 

spell-binding and fairly thrilling. The 

main bill of fare in Africa must be "long 

pig." but that is all part of a pretty good 

Played Wed. Weather: Warmer, up to 

story. 

20 above.—Carl W. Veseth. Villa Theatre, 

Malta. Mont. 

20TH CENTURY FOX 

Blue .Ma.\, Ihe (:inh-l oxi- Cieorge Peppard. 

James Mason. Ursula Andress. Here 

is a class A-1 piece of film, that did excclleni 

business here and single feature, too. Toprate 

acting and those planes were the real 

stars. Peppard is getting better. Mason is still 

a wonderful villain and Ursula .Andress 

WOW! We played this on livable terms and 

made a few bucks. It's nice to play something 

classy and make money. Played 

Thurs.. Fri.. Sat. Weather: Warm.—Jerry 

Drew. Sierra Tliealre. Chowchilla. Calif. 

Pop. 4.453. 

Fantastic >oyage (20th-F-ox) — Stephen 

Hoyd. Raqucl Welch. Ldmond O'Brien. This 

is an above average picture, one that did 

very well with us and one that pleased our 

customers. They seemed glued to iheir scats 

tor a change. Do extra advertising on this 

one and you won't be sorry. Played Thurs.. 

Sat. Weather: Good.—Leon Kidwell. Rex 

Tlieatre. Konowa. Okla. 

UNITED ARTISTS 

Hawaii (UA)—Julie Andrews, Max Von 

Sydow. Richard Harris, Jocelyne La Garde. 

Played it to very good crowds one week 

could have played it six more days. A 

wonderful picture— not too long, either. Just 

long enough. Very educational and contains 

breath-taking photography. Top acting. 

Played Sun. through Sat. Weather: Warm. 

Paul Fournicr. Acadia Theatre. St. Leonard. 

N.B. Pop. 1.900. 

How to Succeed in Business (U.A)—Robert 

Morse. Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee. This 

failed dismally in teaching me how to succeed 

in business. Maybe I am trying too 

hard. Played Sun.. Mon., Wed. Weather: 

Good.— M. W'. long. lans Theatre. Lansing. 

Iowa. 

UNIVERSAL 

Tammy and the Millionaire (Lniv)—Debbie 

Watson, Frank ,McGr:iih. Denver Pyle. 

A cute family picture that gave me the poorest 

Christmas gross I ever had (in 23 years). 

I don't know why because it is an entertaining 

picture. Played Christmas and Wed. 

Weather: Good.—M. W. Long. Lans Theatre. 

Lansing. Iowa. Pop. 1,328. 

Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ)—Julie 

in 

.Andrews, James Fox. Maty Tyler Moore. I 

had a chance to see this fine motion picture 

another theatre and want to mention howfine 

it is. This one has music, comedy, a 

good cast and is the perfect way to spend an 

evening. Although we are not now on the 

Universal bandwagon, they really have a 

fine family motion picture.—Harry F. 

Hawkinson. Orpheum Theatre. Marietta. 

Minn. Pop. 380. 

WARNER BR0S.-7 

ARTS 

Battle of the Bulge (\\ B-7A)—Henry 

I'onda. Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan. This 

picture did not do any business at all. No 

fault of the picture, as it is one of the best 

in years. .A tremendous cast, all doing top 

jobs. Color photography excellent. Played 

Thurs.. Fri.. Sat.—Paul Fournier. Acadia 

Theatre, St. Leonard. N.B. Pop. 1.900. 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Morgan! (C inema \ I— \ .uiessa Redgrave. 

David Warner. Irene Handl. Doubled with 

"The Leather Boys." "Morgan!" is another 

very interesting and quite entertaining picture 

along the lines of "Blow-Up" and 

"Georgy Girl." However, except for a few 

aware college types, no business here. A 

monev-losing engagement. Played one week. 

—Jack Frost. Park Theatre. White Rock. 

B.C. Pop. 7,oon. 

John Wayne Top-Noich 

In 'War Wagon Role 

John Wayne at his best in Iniversal's 

"The War Wagon." Also, the western at 

its 

best. Nothing but praise for this outstanding 

picture. Business hit by cold 

weather, but still much better than of 

late. 

KEN C HR1.STIAN.SON 

Roxy Theatre, 

Washburn, N.D. 

24 — BOXOFFICE Showmandiser :: Feb. 12, 1968 

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by 

ther 

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An interpretive onolysis ot loy and tradepress renews. Running time i> in parentheses. The plus and 

minus signs indicate degree ot merit. Listings cover current reviews, updated regularly. This departrnent 

also serves as on ALPHABETICAL INDEX to feature releases. §1 is for CinemaScope; iV Visto 

Vision; g) Panavision; J) Technirama; >si Other anamorphic processes. Symbol U denotes BOXOfFICE 

Blue Ribbon Award; © Color Photography. National Catholic Office (NCO) ratings: A1 — Unobjectionoble 

for General Patronage; A2—Unobjectionable for Adults or Adolescents; A3—Unobjectionable 

for Adults; A4— Morally Unobjectionable for Adults, with Reservations; B—Objectionable in Part for 

All; C—Condemned. For listings by company in the order of release, see FEATURE CHART. 

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^£VIEW DIGEST 

AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX 

H Very Good; Good; — Fair; — Poor; = Very Poor In the summary 

i' is rated 2 pluses, - as 2 minuses. 

Affair of the Heart, An 

(75) CD Avala Films 11- 6-67 

4074©Amhushers, The (102) 

Comic Thriller Col 12-1S-67 B 

Anderson Platoon, The (65) 

Doc Pathe Contem. 1- g-6S 

40S5 ©Anniversary. The (95) (Si CD 20th-Fox 2- 5-68 B 

—B— 

4078 ©Ballad of Josie. The (102) C W, Univ 1- 8-68 AI 

4036 ©Banning (10) ® D Univ 7- 3-67 B 

Battle of Algiers. The (120) Hi Rizzoli 10- 2-67 

4041 ©Beach Red (107) ® War D UA 7-31-67 C 

4071 ©Bedazzled (107) (g) C 20th-Fox 12-11-67 A4 

4078 ©Berserk (96) Ho-Sus Col 1- 8-68 

Beyond the Great Wall (105) Chinese 

Mus D Run Run Shavi 10- 9-67 

4082 ©Biggest Bundle of Them All, The 

(110) ig C MGM 1-22-68 B 

4035 ©Big Mouth, The (107) C Col 7- 3-67 Al 

4073 ©Billion Dollar Brain (108) 

(g Spy Ad UA 12-18-67 B 

4069 Blood Beast From Outer Space 

(84) SF Melo ..World Entertainment 12- 4-67 

4055 ©Bloody Pit of Horror (74) 

Ho Melo Pacemaker 10- 2-67 

4046 ©Bonnie and Clyde (111) 

C WB-7 Arts 8-14-67 A4 

4037 ©Born Losers (113) Motorcycle D..AIP 7-10-67 B 

Burmese Harp, The (116) Melo Brandon 10- 9-67 

4068 ©Camelot (179) ® Mus 

Romance 

WB-7 Arts 11-20-67 A2 

4060 ©Carmen, Baby (90) (DO... Audubon 10- 2-67 C 

Cat in the Sack 

(74) D Pathe Contemporary 

4067 ©Chappaqua (82) Part color Autobio 

Doc Regional Film (Univ) 

4059 ©Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar 

(75) Wildlife Ad BV 10-16-67 

4048 ©Christmas Kid, The (90) 

W ..Producers Releasing Organization 8-28-67 

Circle, The (60) 16MM 

. . .. UA 

Doc .... Nat'l Film Board of Canada 11-13-67 

4065 ©Clambake (99) (D Mus C 11- 6-67 Al 

Climax. The (97) D Loperl 9-18-67 A3 

Closely Watched Trains (89) D Sigma III 

4077 ©Cobra, The (93) ® D AlP 

4066 ©Comedians, The (160) (g) D MGM 

4084 ©Cop-Out (95) D-My Cinerama 

4044 ©Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers (92) C 

Farce Southeastern Pictures 

407S ©Counterpoint (106) Sus Melo Univ 

4079 Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy, 

The (83) C Brenner Associates 

7- 3-67 

11-20-67 A3 

12- 4-67 

1- 8-68 

11-13-67 A3 

1-29-68 B 

8- 7-67 

1- 1-68 A2 

1-15-68

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COMING 

Rel. 

Date 

MISCELLANEOUS 

Rel. 

Date 

ALLIED ARTISTS 

©Belle De Jour D..6710 

(';iilierinc neneuve. Genevieve Page 

AMERICAN 

INTERNATIONAL 

©Cervantes Ad Spec. 

Horst Bucbolz, Gina Lollobriglda. 

Jose Ferrer, Louis Joutdan 

©Tile Conqueror Worm ® .... Ho. 

Vincent i'rice, Ian Ogilvie 

©Hell's Angels 

Unciiained . 

Hi'ir.5 

.Vngel.-; 

Melo. 

©Miniskirt Mob Ac Melo. 

Susan Oliver. Sherry Jackson 

©Three in tile 

Attic Sex C-Melo. 

i*eter Poniia. Yvctto Miiuieiix 

©Wild in tlie Streets D., 

Siieliey Winters. Ciiristopiier Jones 

BUENA VISTA 

©Never a Dull Moment C. . 

Diel! Van Dyke, Edviard G. liobinson 

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©The One and Only. Genuine, 

Original Family Band M 

)V;iItfr ilrennan. Buddy libsen 

CINERAMA 

©East of Java (Cinerama) ...Ad. 

Maximilian Sciieli. Diane Baker 

©For Love of Ivy C 

Sidney Poitier. .Abbey Lincoln 

OHcll in the Pacific D. 

i,ee Marvin. Toshiro Mifune 

©The High Commissioners .-..D. 

Rod Taylor. Christopher Plummer 

©The MudskipPer (Todd-AO) ...C. 

Gregory Peck 

©Shalako W. 

Sean Connery, Brlgitte Bardot 

COLUMBIA 

©A Dandy in Aspic ® D.. 

Laurence Harvey. Tom Courtenay 

©Doctor Faustus 0.. 

Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor 

©Don't Raise the Bridge, 

Lower the River C. . 

Jerry Lewis. Jactriieline Pearce 

©For Singles Only CD . 

John Sa.xon. Mary Ann Mobley 

©Funny Girl (?i M 

Barhra Streisand. Omar Sharif 

©The Swimmer D . 

iiurt Lancaster. Janice Rule 

©30 Is a Dangerous Age, 

Cynthia . 

C. . 

Dudley Moore. Eddie Foy jr. 

CONTINENTAL 

©The Castle D. 

Maximilian Schell 

©Tell Me Lies DM. 

Royal Shakespeare Co. 

EMBASSY 

©I Married for Fun C. 

Mtmira Vl!ti, Giorgio .Mbertazzl 

©The Lion in Winter D. 

Katharine Hepburn. Peter O'TooIc 

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER 

CTlie Appointment D 

nniar Sharlff, Anonk Almec 

Battle Beneath the Earth S-F. 

Kerwin Mafhevvs. Vivian Ventura 

©The Fixer D 

.Man Rates, Georgia Brown 

©Ghosts Italian Style C 

.Sophia Loren, Vittorlo Gassman 

©Mayerling 

D 

Omar Stiailf, Catherine Denem'C 

©Stranger in the Night 

Tony Antliony, Frank Wolfe 

NATIONAL GENERAL 

©The April Fools C. 

Jack Lemmon 

©How Sweet It Is ® C. 

James Garner, Debbie Reynolds 

©The Quiet Couple C, 

Rock Hu

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Rom-Love 

. Christ 

BELGIAN 

Rtv. 

Date 

Le Deplft (89) C 11-13-67 

(aUabrti KIUJUI ,Je«/i rierre 

L?uan NIkolalehuk. 

I-arlsa Kadochnlkora, Tatlana 

Itistiirva. Spartak BagashvlllI 

Girl and the Bugler. The 

(76) Melo. 1-1-68 

U'na Proklova. Rnlan 

(Artklno) . 

Bykov 

There Was an Old Couple 

(103) D. 5- .2-67 

(Artkinn) .Iran M«rln. Vera 

Kiirnetsnin (Jrlôry Mnrtlitvink 

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SOUTH AMERICAN 

BLicli God and White Devil 

(100) Melo 3-20-67 

lll..ch:i Fi'msl . .Gi-raldo Del Kay. 

Yona M.icalhae5. Othon Ba.'itn^. I,ldif> 

Silva. M.Tiiriclo Do Vale 

Game! Men Play. The 

(92) Sex 8-27 67 

(J'iwr>h Brenner) . .Maria Antlnaa. 

Amelia Rnice. Blsa Daniel. Martha 

I^rflrand. f^se nhrlan. Anttel Mbbijih 

SPANISH 

Hunt. The (93) D. 6-5-67 

(Trans I.ujc) Ismael Merlo. Alfredo 

Mavo, Jose Maria Prada. Rmlllo 

raha 

Wall, The (90) Melo. .1-1-68 

(Pathe-Contcmporary) . Michel Del 

rMtlllo, Denis Mahaffey. Mathleii 

Kloôvvskl 

SWEDISH 

Climax, The (97) D . . 9-18-67 OElvira Madlgan 

(SsjrmI) JaiM Fooda. 

(Ixipert) 

Peter 

Vin 'n>Enazzl. Slelanla 

(90) . Story 11-20-67 

MrKrrry. Mli-hM Plrroll, Tina 

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other onomorphic processes. For story synopsis on each picture, so* rov«rse sld*. 

Sweet November 

Ratio: Drama 

1.S5-1 a 

\VB-7 Arts (7681 114 Minutes Rel. April '67 

The silver screen has had its share of ladies dying of 

terminal diseases—Garbo's "Camille." Bette Davis' Judith 

Traherne in "Dark Victory," and Margaret Sullivan's ,.e 

role in "No Sad Songs for Me." to name a few notable încases 

of prognosis negative. Now comes Sandy Dennis, 

looking dowdy beyond her years, but by far "the most 

healthy and jovial of the lot, in "Sweet November." the 

Jerry Gershwin-Elliott Kastner production for WB-7 Arts 

release. In Herman Raucher's original script. Miss Dennis 

is a Mis.s Do-Gooder. who has a love affair per month 

with men who need her special lesson in good cheer and 

joy to the world 'While many a movie heroine has moved 

steadily toward the grave, none has done so with such 

animated and mannered wholesomeness as Miss Demiis. 

As the true lovt from whom she must tui-n away after his 

November days are over, Anthony Newley matches his 

co-star, grimace for grimace, gesture for gesture, as if the 

film were a musical comedy minus the music. Director 

Robert Ellis Miller concentrates on focusing attention on 

the actors and their natural, often humorous and telling 

dialog. Daniel L. Papp's Technicolor camera work happily 

catches the New York locale in an unobtrusive mamier. 

"Sweet November" should attract and please the ladies. 

Sandy Dennis. Anthony Newley, Theodore Bikel, Burr 

DeBenning. Sandy Baron. Martin West. 

Doctor Faustus 

Ratio: Ciassical Drama 

1.85-1 3 

Columbia (021) 93 Minutes Rel. Feb. '68 

In recent years, the .so-called cultural explosion has 

seen a new phenomenon in films, the birth of the movie 

out of stage plays, television shows, opera and ballet, all 

filmed as originally performed without much tampering. 

'D T But. of course, this practice is not new. for. in early film 

history, Sarah Bernhardt and other famed stage perform.eis 

simply photographed their stage performances. 

"Doctor Faustus" belongs to a degree in this special category 

of filmed theatre. It is the result of Richard Burton's 

1967 appearance at Oxford in a stage version of Marlowe's 

Elizabethan classic. Several months later, Burton filmed 

the production in Rome, using the Oxford stage cast and 

his wife. Elizabeth Taylor, who plays the dialog-less role 

of Helen of Troy and a few bit parts. Oxford professor 

Nevill Coghill co-directed the film with Burton, and 

Richard McWhorter, associated with the Burtons on "The 

Taming of the Shrew." is co-producer. The film version 

is much more elaborate and has several sequences that 

could not have possibly been pre.sented on the stage. But 

the main attraction is Burton in a fine cla.ssical role 

suited to his enormous talents. Yet. the film version is 

overdone and .suffers from a lack of simple, straightforward 

presentation. Photographed in Technicolor. 

Richard Burton. Elizabeth Taylor, Aîdreas Teuber, 

Ram Chopra, Richard Carwardine, Patrick Barwise. 

Bye, Bye Braverman 

Ratio: 

1.S5-1 

Comedy 

© 

\VB-7 Arts (762) 94 Minutes Rel. April '68 

Whether it is Tab Hunter chasing Sophia Loren in 

"That Kind of 'Woman" or "12 Angry Men" locked in a 

jury room or a Staten Island veranda, circa 1905. in "Long 

Day's Journey Into Night." or even a pawiibroker In East 

Harlem, director Sidney Lumet stands alone as the one 

director who most rejoices in New York locales and characters, 

past and present. Lmnet's newest film. "Bye. Bye 

Braverman." originally for 7 Arts prior to the 'WB-7 Arts 

merger, fits snugly into the urban scene of New York. A 

humorotis and sort of quasi-fable about Jewish life, the 

film has a somewhat distasteful plot revolving around 

some old buddies getting lost on the way to a friend's 

funeral. This motley group of diverse New York types will 

be mostly at home in the movie houses of the metropolitan 

areas. Based on 'Wallace Markfield's "To an 

Early Grave," Herbert Sargent's screenplay does not compromise 

its ethnic base to fit the bill on mass public entertainment. 

The cast is good, particularly Jessica 'Walter as 

a man-eating widow. Lmnet is again using that great 

cinematographer. Boris Kaufman, for the nth time and 

again Kaufman works marvels with the plainer side of 

Manhattan and Brooklyn. In Technicolor. 

George Segal. Jack Warden, Jessica Walter, Phyllis 

Newman. Godfrey Cambridge. Joseph Wiseman. 

Blackbeard's Ghost 

Buena Vista (201) 

106 Minutes 

Ratio: 

1.S5-1 

Comedy-Fantasy 

© 

Rel. Feb. '68 

Peter Ustinov makes the notorioiLs pirate a ghost character 

that is quite appealing in the fantasy field. The last 

Walt Disney production iBill Walsh co-producmgi is a 

delightful bit of entertainment for family audiences, but 

sophisticated enough to avoid sneers from the cinema 

snobs who are prone to avoid any film not labeled "Adults 

Only." The screenplay was adapted from the Ben Stahl 

novel by Walsh and Don DaGradi and was miaginatively 

directed bv Robert Stevenson. Dean Jones and Suzanne 

Pleshette are also pleasingly starred and Elsa Lanchester 

gives her usual outstanding performance. Coming as it 

does at a time when there are both speculation about the 

occult, and scientific research going on in that field, the 

humorous attempts to rationalize events keeps the whole 

thing from missing fire. Special effects necessary for the 

ghost appearances are .skillfully handled and the eerie 

scenes sufficientiv spine-tingling to promote story suspense. 

Action is swift and the ludicrous blended with the 

fanciful in such a wav that eveiTthing almost seems 

plausible. Here is a film that should test the sincerity of 

those crying for wholesome entertainment. They should 

all stand in line to see it. Filmed in Technicolor. 

Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones. Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa 

Manchester. Joby Baker. Elliott Reid. Richard Deacon. 

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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adiines for Newspapers and Programs 

THE STOKV 

"Doctor Fauslus" (Col) 

It Ls the 1500s and Richard Buiton is a doctor of alchemistry, 

astrology and philosophy at Wittenberg University 

in Germany. In his old age. he makes a pact with the devil 

Lucifer's disciple Andreas Teuber. The pact is written in 

Burton's blood, calling for the devil to have Biu-ton's soul 

after 24 years of living life in "all its voluptuousness." Buiton 

becomes a youiig man of 30 again and visits the seven 

deadly sins with Teuber as his guide. He conjiues up 

Elizabeth Taylor for three of his students and then asks 

Teuber for pleasure with him. The years pass fast and 

soon Burton is headed toward hell, realizing that power 

and a beautiful woman are not worth the loss of his soul. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

" 

"Doctor Faustus 

best be sold through specialized 

handling: Columbia's Cum Laude plan in college communities, 

special tie-ins with fine arts, literary, diama 

and Great Book Clubs and societies. In regular run, 

the name.s of Taylor and Burton are the strong selling 

points. 

CATCHLINES: 

See the World's Most Famous Motion Plctiue Stars in 

One of the Great Classics. "Doctor Faustus" . . . Burton 

As "Doctor Faustus Is Acting at Its Very Best ... A 

Great Role for a Great Actor 

THE STORY: •P. J." (Univ) 

While down on his luck as a private detective, George 

Pcppard earirs a job by slugging it out with a rival for 

same. The job is seemingly to protect the secretary-mistress 

of a malevolent millionaire Burn who 

i 

takes her. his wife and several of the wife's relatives 

along on a vacation jaunt. Actually. Peppard is supposed 

to be a cat's-paw in a plot to get rid of Gayle but he falls 

in love with her and doggedly sticks to his assignment. 

Biu-r's female relatives exchange insults with Gayle and 

Peppard is kept busy trying to head off sinister attempts 

on her life, so he also becomes a target while acting as her 

personal bodyguard. Burr has hired him to set him up as 

the patsy if something happens to her but he gets wise 

to their .schemes and outwits them. In fact, this Is one 

drama in which "Perry Mason" loses—both his life and 

the girl. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Play up stars George Peppard and Gayle Himnicutt 

and Raymond Biut because of his wide following in the 

PeiTy Mason series. Advertise the picture for what it is, in 

raw terms. 

CATC!ILINES: 

Gun in One Hand—Woman in the Other! . . . Mui'ders. 

Brawls, Broads and Sizzling Action ... A Private Eye 

Almost Gels It in the Neck! 

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THE STORY: 

"Sweet November" (A\^-7 Arts) 

Sandv Dennis meets Anthony Newley at a diiving license 

test She asks a question and he is blamed for cheating. 

She then buys him a hot-dog lunch. He is a Britisher, 

now living in U.S.. who manufactures boxes. She's a 

Brooklyn Heights bohemian. who makes a living out of 

fo.i sub-leasing apartments for more than she rents them. 

'«. ' 

Her best friend is Theodore Bikel. who espouses the vegetarian 

party plateform. Little does Newley know that Dennis 

is seriously ill. He accepts her offer to move in for 

one month, a policy with which she has had gi-eat success 

with men. who have some sort of problems. The men each 

stav with her for one month only. This time Dennis and 

Newley reallv fall in love and, because she doesn't want 

him to suffer, but to remember her as she was during 

their "Sweet November." she makes him stick to the original 

agreement to leave. Martin West comes in for the 

month of December. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

The gi-owing popularity of Sandy Dennis should be 

played up, perhaps using reprints and throw-aways of the 

Time Magazine cover story on tills young actress. Use tieiiis 

with Anthony Newley s records and Broadway show 

albums via music stores and disc jockey shows. 

CATCHLINES: 

A Different Type of Love Story As Warm As a November 

Fire and As Cold As a November Wind . . . "Sweet 

November" Is the Sweetest Kind of Love Story. 

THE STORY: •Bye, Bye Braverman" iWB-7 Arts) 

One morning George Segal and his wife, Zohra Lampert, 

are awakened by a phone call from Jessica Walter 

who says her husband is dead. Segal goes to visit her and 

she makes a pass at him in front of her child. Segal picks 

up other old friends. Joseph Wiseman, Sorrell Booke and 

Jack Warden, who has to leave his girlfriend. Phyllis 

Newman. Tliey get lost, not knowing the exact name of 

the funeral home. They have an accident with cabby Godfrey 

Cambridge, who is al.so Jewish, as well as Negro. They 

find a funeral parlor and hear rabbi Alan King's eulogy: 

then find out it is the wrong funeral. They finally find 

the cemetery and pay their respects. They all return home 

to their old routine life. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

( Use tie-ins with the Wallace Markficld book, "To an 

" Early Grave." Use lobby displays of New York scenes and 

locations used in Lumet's films. Play up the comedy elements 

via record tie-ins with Godfrey Cambridge's work, 

ad\'ertising the Negro comedian's role of a Jewish taxi 

driver. 

CATCHLINES: 

This Motion Picture Is Conceived to Erase the Memory 

of Leslie Braverman—Who Had the Poor Taste to Drop 

Dead, Without Warning . . . Please Omit Flowers, Just 

See "Bye, Bye Braverman." 

THE STORY: "Danger Route" (1.4) 

Richard Johnson, licensed to kill, is tired and wants to 

resign. But his boss, Harry Andrews, has another assignment 

for him—that of killing a Russian scientist who has 

defected to the West and is being held in England by 

American agents. With the help of Diana Dors, Johi«on 

disposes of the scientist, but is taken prisoner by Sam 

Wanamaker. Wanamakcr tells Johnson that .someone in 

his own organization is using him to kill agents in his own 

spy ring. Johnson escapes, rctiu-ns to his yacht and 

meets Jackson, his partner in a boat-yard coverup. and 

Barbara Bouchet. a girl who has been placed in Johnson's 

group for unknown reasons. Taking the two as prLsoners. 

Jackson tortures Bouchet into confei^'ilng that when the 

Americans discovered John.son killed one of their agents, 

they sent the ca.se file to an agent. Maurice Denham. who 

kept it to himself, borrowing Bouchet from American 

agent Wanamaker to investigate Andrews and Jackson. 

Bouchet is killed and John.son gets back to his London 

flat, where he kills his betraying mistress (Carol Lynley. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

A "dar.ger route" game can be played on a radio station. 

Clues can be offered as to a final coal, with free tickets 

and dinner for two as the payment for the prize winner. 

CATCHUNES: 

Fniiow the Danger Route to Excitement and Adven- i^, ^ 

':; 

" 

.^ Crack. Unemotional Killer's Nerve Begins to Go. C 

. 

F' Has One More Assignment to Carry Out! 

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THE STORY •Blackbeards Ghost ' (BY) 

Elsa Lanchester and several other old ladies, descendants 

of Blackboard, live in an eerie old house run as a 

resort on an island. Some hoods want to take over the 

place for a gambling casino, and will unless the mortgage 

IS paid. Dean Jones, track-team Instructor, finds a witch's 

code book and uses a spell which calls up Peter Ustinov, 

the ghost of Blackbeard. whose spirit cannot rest until he 

does a good deed for someone. Suzanne Pleshette is Jones' 

romantic interest, but. when he is conversing with Ustinov 

to hen. she fears for his sanity—as do others. 

Among other things. Ustinov helps the track team win by 

some clever maneuvers, manipulates some gambling devices 

to raise money for the mortgage and, finally, saves 

the home for the dear old ladies, earning rest from having 

to ramble about in limbo. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

This one should be easy to promote, with all 

the pirate 

memorabilia to choose from. Dress a staff member as 

Blackbeard and have him roam the streets, with 

i 

a stuffed'? 

> parrot on his shoulder, passing out leaflets with 

theatre playdates. 

CATCHLINES: 

Gangway for a Ghost-to-Ghost Laughwave! . . . Piecesu 

of-Eight for Your Boxoffice From Blackbeard! . . . Here 

Comes Blackbeard's Ghost Hoisting the Black Flag!

Dallas, 

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25 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. 64124. • 

CLEHfiinG HOUSE 

HELP WANTED 

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE 

THEATRES WANTED 

THEATRES FOR SALE, Cont'd 

EXPERIENCED THEATRE MAINTENANCE DEIBLEH TRACKLESS TRAINS, 914 

lan. Everything from 

Claflin 

Road. Phone: Area Code 913 

Wanted to Buy or Lease: Indoor theatre 

in metropoUtcm areas, population at seats, lully equipped and operating. Be- 

THEATRE FOR SALE REASONABLE. 791 

seats to booth. Top 

ay, travel allowance IE 9-5781 

and fringe benefits, Manhattan, Kansas. 

least /^.UlU iûnt.jct Wilha.-n Bergei, Belle tween Long Beach and Los Angeles, California. 

Owner deceased. 11709 Long Beach 

hiladelphia exchange area. Contact; 

PIa.:a 1210, 20 Island 

larshal and Roed 

Avenue, Miami Beach. 

Theatres, 111 East Cherf 

Hill Apts., Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Amp. lamps and rectifiers. lapanese lens, 

CENTURY CC BOOTH. Strong 115, 135 Fla. 

Blvd., Lynwood, California, 90262. 

3034. 609-662-2022. 

mirrors. Altec Stereo System, 1220 East 

WANTED 

7th 

TO BUY or lease indoor, outdoor; 

metropolitan area. Contact; Griffith 

Street, Charlotte, N. C. 28204. 375-8481. 

THEATRE MANAGER WANTED. PUBLIC SALE 

Experinced 

or will train Must be bondable. WAGNER and BEVELITE LETTERS, like Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida 

Enterprises, Roxy Theatre Building, 1527 

lood starting salary. Send photo, exerience 

and references first letter. BOX- plete list. BOXOFFICE 1653. 

SEAT IHEATRE BUILDING, 441 Main 

new, all sizes, all colors- Send lor com- 

33139. 

PUBLIC SALE TO SETTLE ESTATE! 375 

)FriCE 1671 

WANTED TO BUY or lease: Indoor or 

Street, Roaring Spring, Blair County, 

MANAGER 

WAGNER 

outdoor theatres in metropolitan areas, 

CAST 

AND 

ALUMINUM, black marquee 

Pennsylvania. With 5 room and both 

PROJECTIONISTS, lully 

population at least 100,000. Contact: Alan 

letters in good condition. Approximately 

240—12 

apartment, second floor. Storeroom first 

xpenenced only, lor Colorado location, 

Horwitz. Olympic Films, 8949 Sunset Blvd., 

inch with 26 numerals,- 55— 

floor, large basement. Included: 15 x 30 

vergreen Theatres, Inc., P.O. Box 477, 

Los Angeles. California. 

24 inch,- 430—12 inch; 274—8 inch with 13 

screen (CinemaScope), 2 Century projectors 

with Peerless lamp houses, RCA 

oveland, P0537, 

numerals and 12 word plates; 342—10 inch WANTED TO LEASE, indoor theatre in 

with 30 numerals plus 70 

THEATRE MANAGERS! 

word plates 

Exceptional manger 

oponings 

and Wisconsin or upper Michigan. Terry Behm, sound. Popcorn and sollt drink machines, 

punctuation marks. Make offer. 

with expanding Midwesi 

Cooper 1831 Arizona, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. 

candy case and piano. Inspection time 

Theatres, 325 Stuart Building, Lincoln, 

8:30 to 10 00 A.M. before sale. Sale time 

Ijrcuit, opportunities unlimited. Annual Nebraska, 68508. 

WANTED TO LEASE with option to buy 10 00 A.M. Saturday, February 17, 1968. 

Qcation. life insurance and hospital proram, 

pension plan. Send late photo cfnd 780 pushback chairs; soundheads: RCA 12,000 or over Florida, Georgia, North or COMPANY, Alloona, Penna. Executor. 

indoor theatre. First run, population of Sale location—MID-STATE BANK & TRUST 

5sume, including starting salary expectd- 

Replies confidential. BOXOFFICE 1680. jectors: Super Simplex, Brenkert BX60 & first letter. BOXOFFICE 1678 

Auctioneer. 

9030 & 9050, Four Star sound system; pro- 

South Carolina area. Complete details, Gerald S. Turner, Attorney. Carl Shultz, 

80. Popcorn machines. Harry Melcher, Enterprises, 

3238 W. Fond du Lac Avenue, WILL RENT OR LEASE: Indoor theatre. 

WANTED: EXPERIENCED THEATRE 

lANAGER to: a key situation in New Jerey 

Many benefits, including retirement 5020. 

lation at least 100,000. Contact Americana 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 

metropolitan areas 

53210. AC 414-442- 

m any state with popu- 

THEATRE SEATING 

lan. Apply: Walter Reade Organization, 

Entertainment Association 929 E. 139th 

ic, Mayfair House, Deal Road, Oakhurst, FOR SALE: 632 blue. International all Avenue. Tampa, Florida 33612. 

WE REBUILD THEATRE chairs anywhora. 

'ew Jersey, 

metal, theatre seats in good condition, 

Finest materials, best workmanship. Low 

ready to install on sloping floor. Recently 

prices. CHICAGO USED CHAIR MART, 

rebuilt with new back and cushion covers THEATRES FOR SALE 

1320 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago 50605. 

Wood arm rests, l.o.b., Lincoln. Send offer 

Phone 939-4518- 

POSITIONS WANTED 

or phone; Cooper Theatres, 325 Stuart 

SUNSET THEATRE, 386 seats, good 

Bldg., Lincoln, Nebraska. 

CHAIRS REBUILT ANYWHERE! EXPERT 

equipment. Excellent family operation. No 

GENERAL MANAGER. Film 

workmanship, personal service, finest materials- 

buyer, adertising, 

concessions. Twenty 

opposition, located in Heart of Columbia 

years 

Arthur 

exerience, 

age 43. Presently employed EQUIPMENT WANTED 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

Judg?, 2100 E. Newton Ave., 

Basm Project, Write: Box 578, Connell, 

Washington. 

'alifomia. Boxoffice, 1668. 

THEATRE CLOSE TO Rochester. 

Projection equipment wanted. 

Minnesota, 

excellent condition, 390 seats 

SPECIALISTS IN REBUILDING CHAIRS. 

AMBITIOUS, 

Highest 

INDUSTRIOUS, DEPENDiBLE 

young man 

prices paid Lou 

with 

Best workmanship. Reasonable prices. 

Walters Sales & Service 

desires full management 

nice living quarters. 

Co. 4207 Lawnview Ave 5% financing. Call 

Rebuili theatre chairs for sale, Heywood, 

or 

, Texas 

osition. Military complete. Presently 

write; 

75227 

Mohn Realty Company, Rochester, Ideal, American. Also staggering, respacing. 

We travel anywhere. Seating Corpo- 

heavy" assistant. Experienced various 

Minnesota. 507-2S9-40B2 

spects 

ration of 

management- Competent odversmg 

'promotion. Will relocate. BOX- lamphouses, 

TOP PRICES 

New York (Neva Burn), 247 

PAID. For soundheads, 

570 SEATS, SEAGOVILLE, TEXAS. Widow 

says sell for only $28,000. Includes real 212-875-5433. (Reverse charges). 

Water Street, Brooklyn, NY. 11201 Tel 

rectifiers, projectors, lenses 

)FF1CE 1670- 

and portable projectors. What have you? estate. $3,000 

Star Cinema 

down, $200 per month. "Joe" 

Suppiv, 621 West 55th Street, 

EXPERIENCED FILM BUYER Joseph, 2621 Milton, Dallas, Texas. 

& BOOKER. New Phones: SEE STTTCHCRAFT CORPORATION FOH 

York, 10019 

iterested in same, and 

WH 6-2235 or EM 3-2724. 

the ultimate in seal rebuilding. Quality 

'or assistant to 

wner. Age 48, college graduate, triple 

ONE SUPER. PANATAR lens and bracket- 

R. L. Ac^kms, Box 189, Higginsville, Mo. 

soft seat with the most comfort for a longer 

fabric, tailoring and service provide a 

588 SEATS, OVERTON, TEXAS. Absentee 

A" references. Boxoffice, 1664, 

owner has other business. $32,500 includes life. Our new plant is designed to provide 

16mm, 

THEATRE MANAGER 

35mm iilm and projectors wanted. building and three lots. $5,100 down. 

fast service for you. STITCHCRAFT CORP., 

AVAILABLE. 22 

Write, Boxoifice, 16S4. 

$390 month. "Joe" Joseph, 2621 Milton, 1226 South Fourth Street, Forest City, Iowa, 

ears experience in de luxe and twin oprations- 

Write ads, public relcrtions, COMPLETE THEATRE EQUIPMENT, in- 

3-2724. 

Dallas, Texas. Phones: WH 6-2235 or EM 50436. Phone: 515 582-3343. 

nows vending, will relocate. Roy A. cluding 25l metal backed seats. Would 

700 AMERICAN. 750 plywood cushion 

Ihrisman, 1533 Maple Avenue, Downers buy together or separate. Murray Theatre, FIRST TIME OFFEREDl Three highly successful, 

adult only, Art Type Theatres, lo- 

SEATING, Box 1734, Dallas. 

chairs. Also leatherette. LONE STAR 

Srove, 111. Ph: 312-969-1090- 

Murray, Ic-.va 5'017.1 Phone' 4081 

cated in the 100% area of three downtown 

WANTED, MANAGERIAL SITUATION, 

major metropolitan cities, doing a combined 

gross of $5,000 weekly. Present Send detailed information. BOXOFFICE 

WANTED: USED MODERN theatre seats. 

luluple operation preferred, 30 years exerience, 

manager and district manager, 

owners retiring in comfort to travel the 1673. 

BUSINESS FOR SALE 

'resently employed, available at your re- 

world. All inquiries must be from qualified 

:uest- Bcxoffice, 

OWNER OF EXPLOITATION distribution 

1GS3. 

purchasers, no fast buck artists or long 

company d-esires to sell ail or one half oi term deals considered. These are good, 

his interest. Contemplating semi-retirement solid houses which hove made the present 

in Switzerland. Annual income in excess 

REPAIR 

owners wealthy, and can do the 

SERVICE 

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of $500,000. Long term financing will be you. The price is $100.000 00 cash. Please 

considered. Call or write: Olympic International 

Films, 8949 Sunset Boulevard, Los 

reply to, BOXOFFICE 1674. 

THEATRE EQUIPMENT REPAIR SERVICE 

Y EXPERTS, all makes projectors, lamps, Angeles, California. (213) 275-5373. 

INVESTORS. WHOLE CITY BLOCK, prime Order Form 

ound, rectifiers, you name it—reasonable 

property. Deluxe theatre, several rentals, 

;all or write us, FA 1-3981, Shreve Thetre 

Equipment Co., 541 Ann St., Kansas 

FILMS FOR SALE 

person only. Phone for appointment. "Joe" BOXOFFICE: 

large Texas city, $425,000. Information in 

îty, Kansas- 

Joseph, 2621 Milton, Dallas, Texas, Phones: 

WH 5-2235 or EM 825 Van Brunt Blvd. 

3-2724. 

16MM CLASSICS. ooTaiog, Manbeck 

Kansas City, Mo. 64124 

Pictures, 3621B 

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