Boxoffice-December.11.1967

NATIONAL EXECUTIVE EDITION • DECEMBER 11, 1967 

IncluditiQ the Sectional News Pages of All Editions 

IN THIS ISSUE 

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NATO PRESIDENT SPEAKS IN WISCONSIN 

MustSolve Own Problems, 

Rifkin Tells Exhibitors 

Outline 5-Poinf Plan 

To Aid Small Houses 

ducers. 

MILWAUKEE— Ray Vonderhaar, president 

of NATO of North Central States, 

headquartered in Minneapolis, and a member 

of the Small Theatres Committee of the 

MILWAUKEE—Calling upon exhibitors 

to split instead of bid, to stand up and reject 

exorbitant film demands Julian S. Rifkin, 

president of the National Ass'n of Theatre 

Owners, told the NATO of Wisconsin convention 

here Tuesday (5) that exhibitors 

alone can and should solve film problems 

and stop distribution abuses. 

Film Is the 'Gut Problem' 

His full address follows: 

"Film is the 'gut problem' of our business. 

Film: the amount of film, the availability of 

film, the methods of obtaining film, and 

above all—the cost and payment for film. 

One thing must be understood: NATO cannot 

buy your film for you. But NATO can 

and does try to create an atmosphere in 

which you and you alone can buy your pic- 

Federal Trade Commission, to Congress, to 

our local and state officials, to school departments, 

women's clubs and service organizations, 

and to anyone else who would 

listen. And we have gotten absolutely nowhere—and 

I 

think with good reason. 

Showmen Can Half Blind Bidding 

"Do you know where the complete solution 

to blind bidding lies? Right here, here 

in this very room. Just one little question: 

what do you suppose would happen if none 

of us here would bid until we saw a picture? 

No one can dispute that this is the sensible 

and businesslike thing to do. You know the 

answer to the question. Blind bidding would 

stop immediately — just like that! 

the public will buy all of the time ... or 

even most of the time? Believe me, if we 

the exhibitors would just stop bidding . . . 

bidding would disappear. 

"Next question: what would happen if we 

all inspected our own books and came to 

what seems to be an obvious conclusion that 

we just can't continue to remain in business 

by playing pictures for many times their desirable 

run at prices that guarantee a loss? 

"Does anyone think that bidding ridiculously 

high terms increases the number of 

pictures made? If there are 150 pictures for 

15 theatres, will you have more than 10 pictures 

for each theatre next year? The fact 

you'll have less because you'll bid longer 

Code Seal Total for '67 

Steps Ahead of '66 

HOLLYWOOD — Production Code Administration 

seals will total approximately 

200 by the yearend, compared to 168 last 

year, it was announced by Duke Wales, 

public relations director for the Association 

of Motion Picture and Television Pro- 

Wales said, "Wc already have passed last 

year's mark of 168, and at the present rate 

of reviewing seal applicants the final count 

on December 31 should be close to 200." 

The increase in seals was due to more 

"Next question: why must we bid at all? pictures produced, and therefore reviewed, 

What would happen if we all realized that by the Code Administration, according to 

none of us are smart enough to guess what 

is 

national organization, told the delegates to 

the Wisconsin NATO convention of the 

committee's five-point proposed program 

designed to 

help small theatres stay in business. 

The two-day convention ended here 

Wednesday (6) in the Pfister Hotel. 

1. Vonderhaar said theatres with a weekly 

gross of under $1,000 should be sold films 

on a scale based on actual house-expense. In 

non-competitive situations, block buying 

with established exhibitor eliminations would 

prove helpful. 

2. There must be an elimination of the 

practice of forcing playdates of unwanted 

pictures and excessive playing time. Just 

the 

simple recognition of the three changes 

runs to get fewer pictures—and maybe induce 

even more sub-runs to bid for those would be helpful, he said. Changing the 

a week runs of the low-grossing houses 

pitiful few pictures left over. 

tures and remain in word business. 

"weeks," the basis for city first-run 

"I feel that the most hungry distributor 

"One 

changes, to 

of 

"film 

the most 

changes," the 

important 

usual threeweek 

required 

ideas that 

would never have dared to ask came for the 

out 

terms 

of our recent 

run 

national 

of roadshows 

convention 

would break 

we are now paying if 

was 

some hungrier exhibitor 

had not himself offered that 

a very urgent appeal to the common 

down to a single week for the smaller theatres. 

sense 

deal to get 

of all exhibitors to work out splits of 

a picture away from his opposition. 

product rather 

We 

than to continue bidding. We 

3. There also 

showed 

must be the elimination o( 

distribution the way to 

exhibitors 

drive us out 

do have the intelligence and ability 

to mold 

the arbitrary 

of business—and 

delay of availability. 

it is up to us to face ourselves 

and say—one 

sanity out of madness—order out 

of 

and all—once and for 4. Branch managers should have the 

chaos—if only we will use it. I would 

all—smarten up—stop running for help authority to cooperate with exhibitors 

like to on 

state that within the past two weeks 

where it does not exist—stop calling 

NATO 

for the those thhee points. 

has 

The 

used 

exchange manager is 

its leadership and good 

cops—the courts—and the government. 

offices Try familiar 

to 

with 

participate 

the individual 

in working 

houses in his 

out the details 

of 

to arrange splits. They are legal if properly 

a 

area, 

split arrangement 

and is best qualified to 

in one 

determine realistic 

contested rental 

of the 

arrived at. Stop 

most 

paying 60 per cent or 70 per 

violently bidding areas 

adjustments. 

in the 

cent if you cannot afford to. 

United 

Say 'no' and 

States. 

5. An arbitration committee should be 

stick to it. Don't play a picture three weeks 

"In discussing film problems 1 inevitably 

established to resolve the 

if it only has 

complaints of unfairness 

a market for one. Stand up 

come to a most distasteful conclusion: the for your 

by all 

business 

concerned—exhibition 

judgment and 

and 

your right 

very evils that are the most persistent are to make distribution. 

a profit. Stand up, remain standing, 

those that we the exhibitors have caused and don't lay down again! 

Vonderhaar pointed out the committee 

that we the exhibitors have allowed to continue—and, 

"The film companies are reporting fantastic 

profits from production 

decided to draft the proposal in view of the 

most important, that we the exhibitors 

have 

and distribution, 

while we the exhibitors are 

complete absence of results from exhibitor 

the ability to cure by ourselves. 

Faced with 

being driven meetings with distributors in recent years. 

problems of our own making, 

t)ut of business. 

we We alone are 

have 

responsible for He gave no indication of what the 

run 

next step 

to the Department of Justice, 

both of these conditions. And we to the 

alone are would be. whether distributor discussions 

local, state and federal courts, to the 

the only ones who can redress the balance." would be sought on the proposals or some 

other method of implementing the five-point 

program would be attempted. 

He said the committee had difficulty in 

defining "small theatre," since it was brought 

out that many houses grossing more than 

$1,000 weekly were in as serious difficulty as 

tho.se grossing less. The committee. Vonderhaar 

said, finally settled 

for the term "smallgrossing 

theatres." 

To show the need for a definite relief 

program, he said, the NATO committee has 

started a research project to find the number 

of theatres closed within five years and number 

operating weekends only. 

The head of NATO of the North Central 

States also pointed to "under-reporting" of 

grosses by theatres on percentage engagements, 

a practice which was assailed by Sher- 

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ill 

C. Corwin, immediate past NATO president, 

at the national convention in October. 

Vonderhaar said the Small Theatres Committee 

believes that "under-reporting"' is the 

result of excessive film-rental policies based 

on city first-run buying, and it would cease 

if the proposed program is put into effect. 

Another speaker, Rosemarie Markgraf ot 

the Motion Picture Ass'n community relations 

department, stressed that good motion 

pictures "still remain in the majority. The 

public must realize that it bears some responsibility 

for what plays in our theatres." 

Milton London, a NATO executive director 

and president of NATO of Michigan, to 

allay the fears of Milwaukee exhibitors, 

pointed to Detroit, "We had a newspaper 

strike, flood, fires and riots—still our exhibitors 

managed to do pretty well." 

Ben Marcus, chairman of the association's 

board of directors, urged owners of small 

theatres to brighten up their houses, even if 

this means borrowing money to do so. He 

said small exhibitors have the responsibility 

to help themselves. 

During the convention it was resolved for 

members to endorse, support and commend 

National General Pictures and the NBC and 

CBS networks for entering the film production 

field, since exhibitors are hopeful this 

will alleviate, to a great extent, the shortage 

of product. 

In another resolution, "NATO of Wisconsin 

extends to Sherrill C. Corwin our most 

sincere thanks for his valuable contribution 

to the welfare of Wisconsin exhibitors during 

his tenure of the national presidency." 

This message was wired to Corwin. 

Columbia Stockholders Vote 

Dec. 20 on Stock Split 

NEW YORK—December 20 is the date 

set for the Columbia Pictures stockholders' 

annual meeting, at which time they will elect 

ten directors to the board and decide whether 

or not to authorize a proposed split of the 

company's common stock, which would add 

four million shares for a total of 10 million 

shares in all. 

Stockholders will also consider plans to 

create a new class of serial preferred stock 

of two million shares at $1 per share; the 

corporation's proposition to 

broaden the indemnification 

of employes; an adoption of a 

key employes' qualified stock option plan: 

selection of new auditors, and other miscellaneous 

business which comes about at the 

meeting itself. 

Ghio Leaves Paramount; 

Forms Own Company 

NEW YORK— Mario Ghio. 

manager of 

the short ,subjects department of Paramount 

Pictures here resigned last week to form his 

own independent company. He will shortly 

announce his plans which include theatrical. 

TV and industrial film production. Having 

been with Paramount for 13 years, Ghio 

served in various key sales and administrative 

posts for the company in Latin American 

areas prior to moving to the home office 

in 1962. 

BOXOFFICE :: December 11, 1967 

NINE BRANCHES ARE READY 

Cinerama to Release 12 

Films, 2 Roadshows in '68 

NEW YORK—Twelve major features for 

general release plus two roadshows in the 

Cinerama process will make up the 1968 

release schedule for the Cinerama Releasing 

Corp., beginning with the January general 

release of "Cop-Out," starring James Mason 

and Geraldine Chaplin, and the roadshow 

opening of "Custer of the West," with Robert 

Shaw in the title role, on January 24 at the 

Capri Cinerama Theatre in Dallas and the 

Gaylynn Cinerama Theatre in Houston. 

At the organization's first press conference 

Monday (4), details of the upcoming 

release schedule as well as the sales organization 

of the newly formed company were 

discussed with members of the tradepress by 

Leo Greenfield, CRC vice-president and 

general sales manager, and Arthur Manson, 

vice-president of the parent corporation. Cinerama, 

Inc., in charge of worldwide publicity 

and advertising. 

The two executives stated that "as of January 

1, Cinerama Releasing Corp. is really 

in business and in business in a big way." 

Greenfield announced that CRC would be 

in full operation around the country with 

nine sales offices already established and one 

or two more to be announced before the 

beginning of 1968. He said this confirmed 

the prediction made early this fall by Seymour 

Poe, president of Cinerama, Inc., that 

a total of ten branch offices would be operating 

by the new year. 

Greenfield announced at the press luncheon 

that Harry Goldman, formerly Chicago 

branch manager, is the new CRC midwestern 

division manager. His office will be located 

in Chicago. Morrie Sherman, formerly 

with Columbia, is the new Seattle-Portland 

branch manager. 

The sales executives whose appointments 

have already been announced are Mike 

Powers, western division manager; Sam Diamond, 

eastern division manager, and David 

Coplan, Canadian representative. 

The branch managers of the new CRC 

offices are Martin L. Berman, in Boston; Nat 

Rosen, Philadelphia; Ted Levy, Cleveland; 

Bob Miller, Washington, Jack Partin, San 

Francisco; Bill Wasserman, Los Angeles, 

Tom Philibin, Salt Lake City. 

Manson prefaced his announcement of the 

full line of productions to be released by 

CRC in 1968 by saying that three factors 

played an important part in this company 

becoming an "instant major." They are, in 

his opinion, the experienced manpower in 

terms of sales and distribution now working 

for the company; the help and generosity of 

the tradepress which has "whipped up exhibitor 

interest" as well as overall support 

of all the new companies; and, the expediency 

and professional services of National 

Screen Service. 

At Cinerama Releasin}; C orp.'s first 

press conference to announce its 1968 

distribution scliedule, Seymour Poe, 

seated, Cinerama, Inc. president, discusses 

plans witli Artliur Manson, left, 

vice-president of advertising and publicity, 

and Leo Greenfield, CRC vicepresident 

and general sales manager. 

"Custer of the West" will play from 12 to 

15 hard-ticket engagements during the first 

three or four months of 1968, according to 

Manson, and then be placed in 35mm "general 

and drive-in release" during the summer 

months. The second Cinerama feature will 

be "East of Java" set for Christmas 1968 

release. Manson told the reporters this film 

will "herald a new era in Cinerama effects." 

The 35mm features to be released by CRC 

will be supplied principally by the American 

Broadcasting Companies' subsidiaries, 

Palomar 

Pictures International, based in New 

York and headed by Edgar J. Scherick, and 

Selmur Productions, based in Los Angeles, 

whose president is Selig J. Seligman. 

Following the January release of "Cop- 

Out," CRC will offer "The Rover," starring 

Anthony Quinn and Rita Hayworth, in February; 

"The Prodigal Gun," with Alex Cord, 

in March, and for spring, summer and fall, 

"Charly," starring Cliff Robertson; "The 

High Commissioner," starring Rod Taylor; 

and "For Love of Ivy," the Sidney Poitier 

starrer which Greenfield and Manson stated 

already was set for July 4 bookings, as an 

"indication of the unique power for a new 

company to lock up this important playing 

time." Most of these are completed. 

Going into production during the next six 

weeks are "Hell in the Pacific," with Lee 

Marvin, shooting to start December 18; 

"Shalako." filming in Spain in January, with 

Sean Connery and Brigitte Bardot; "Candy," 

referred to as "a big blockbuster," with Richard 

Burton, Marlon Brando. Ringo Starr and 

newcomer Ewa Aulin in the title role, and 

"The Mudskipper," starring Gregory Peck.

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National General Pictures 

To Hold First Sales Meet 

Roth. West Coast co-ordinator of advertising 

and publicity. 

CBS Theatrical Films, whose product will 

be distributed by NGP, will be represented 

on the rostrum by Gordon F. Stulberg, president, 

and Phil Isaacs, vice-president of the 

CBS affiliate. 

NGP features to be discussed at the fiveday 

meet include "Poor Cow." a Joseph 

Janni production starring Terence Stamp and 

Carol White, a February, 1968, release; 

""How Sweet It Is," written and produced by 

Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson, directed 

by Jerry Paris and co-starring James Garner 

top stars. 

Others who will attend include sales executives 

Harry Mandell from Los Angeles; 

Bert Anschien and Michael Scagluso from 

New York; division managers Herb 

Schwartz from Philadelphia; Don Conley, 

Los Angeles; Henry Harrell, Atlanta; Norman 

Levy, Cleveland; Ray McCafferty, 

Dallas; and Herb Martinez, Chicago. District 

managers who will attend include Mort 

Magill, Philadelphia; and Don Fuller, San 

Francisco. Also, Herb Mathers and Jerry 

Collins from Empire Film Studios, Ltd. in 

Canada. 

Paramount Hits a Production Peak 

With Over 125 Films in Offing 

NEW YORK—A film production peak, 

with more than 125 screen properties in 

various stages of filming or preparation 

was outlined Tuesday (5) before 7,500 

theatremen in Paramount branches across 

the nation as a highlight of the celebration 

of "Paramount Day" in the U.S. and Canada. 

The nationwide observance "heralds 

Paramount's fantastic surge in production 

and distribution," according to Charles 

Boasberg, vice-president in charge of domestic 

distribution and general sales manager. 

In each of the branch cities Paramount 

managers reported that the company's current 

filming schedule "probably stands as 

a new record for the entire industry." They 

asserted that "activity is so great that hardly 

a week goes by that several new properties 

are not added to the schedule." 

And, they pointed out that Paramount, 

since its merger with Gulf & Western Industries, 

now "is a company with a new 

purpose, a new urgency and a new dynamism." 

A special preview of the upcoming summer- 

1968 release of "The Odd Couple," 

starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, 

was given in each city. In addition, other 

forthcoming films were highlighted in a 

product preview trailer. These films included 

"Half a Sixpence." "Barbarella," 

"Smashing Time," "Rosemary's Baby," 

"Romeo and Juliet" and "Darling Lili, or 

Where Were You the Night You Said You 

Shot Down Baron Von Richtofen." 

The Paramount Day events were held in 

New York, Boston, Washington, Hollywood. 

Milwaukee. Seattle, Indianapolis. 

Des Moines. Omaha, Buffalo, New Haven. 

Jacksonville. New Orleans. Pittsburgh. 

Philadelphia. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, 

St. Louis. Kansas City, Denver, Salt 

Lake City, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Albany, 

Atlanta, Charlotte, San Francisco, 

Minneapolis. Memphis and Toronto. 

Portland, 

NATO Board to Hear 

Plan vs. Pay TV 

NEW YORK—Philip F. Harling, chairman 

of the Joint Committee Against Pay 

TV, announced that a "Plan of Communication" 

designed to convince Congress that pay 

NEW YORK—National General Pictures and Debbie Reynolds, which began production 

TV is not in the public interest will be presented 

Corp.'s first national sales conference will be 

December 4; "Stalking Moon," a Paku- 

at the next board meeting of the Na- 

held in Los Angeles December 17-21, it has la-Mulligan production starring Gregory 

tional Ass'n of Theatre Owners in January. 

been announced by Richard B. Graff, vicepresident 

who 

Peck, which will begin shooting shortly after 

The plan will be keyed to the theme "Advise 

and general sales manager, the first of the year. 

the people to advise Congress." Harling 

will preside. 

Other films on the NGP schedule to be 

said in a statement to theatre owners. He emphasized 

"the necessity of rallying public and 

The conference, which will take place at discussed include "The Quiet Couple," a 

the home office of National General, will CBS Theatrical Films production starring 

congressional support for an amendment to 

be attended by the entire sales personnel of Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale; 

the communications act of 1934 specifically 

the film distribution company. Executives "There's a Man in Mommy's Bed," a CBS barring subscription or pay television." 

scheduled to address the meetings include Theatrical Films production starring Doris 

The statement by Harling continues: 

Eugene V. Klein, president and chairman Day; "Walkabout," a Richard Lester production; 

"A Dream of Kings." to be directed by 

"When 96.67 per cent of the House Interstate 

and foreign commerce committee voted 

of NGC and president of National General 

Productions and National General 

Fred Coe; "Warhawks." with Michael Blankfort 

Pictures, 

producing and Don Medford directing; 

to restrain the Federal Communications 

and Harold A. Lipton, vice-president and 

Commission from further action on pay TV 

general counsel of NGC. 

"The April Fools," a CBS Theatrical Films 

upon its fourth report and order for a period 

Marketing and merchandising plans tor production starring Jack Lemmon; "The 

of one year or until the communications act 

current and future productions, as well as Last Revolution," a CBS Theatrical Films 

of 1934 is amended, exhibition in the United 

projected institutional campaigns will be outlined 

production produced by George Pal and 

States heaved a mighty sigh of temporary 

by Herman Kass, director of advertising, 

written by Rod Serling; and "That Jack 

publicity and exploitation, and by Leon Valentine," starring Elvis Presley and other 

relief. 

"The little drops of water which fell upon 

deaf ears for almost three decades finally 

penetrated the conscience of our elected representatives 

and resulted in the resolution 

which reprieved the industry from suffering 

inestimable damage. 

"Now that the immediacy of the threat of 

pay TV has been stymied, exhibition and 

free television must lose no time to gird for 

battle for the crucial months ahead to prove 

to the new constituted 90th Congress that 

pay TV is against the public interest. This is 

the sole issue Congress must determine. 

"The influential, powerful and well financed 

corporate giants who are the proponents 

for pay TV have too great a stake in a 

potential bonanza to default at this date. 

Being few in number they are well financed 

and organized and undoubtedly are ready to 

proceed to conduct a campaign to effectuate 

the prior order of the FCC. 

"In order to combat whatever other issues 

are raised, the Joint Committee Against Pay 

TV, independently of anyone, is formulating 

a 'Plan of Communication' seeking to obtain 

full congressional acceptance of the resolution 

to amend the communications act of 

1934 by definitely barring pay television. 

This plan requires the full and wholehearted 

support and cooperation of every exhibitor 

wherever he is and who wants to stay in business 

and continue to grow in this ever expanding 

industry." 

The NATO pay TV committee, in addition 

to Harling, consists of the following: 

John Clark, Harvey Fleischman, Emanuel 

Frisch, Don Guttman, Carl Patrick, Earl 

Podolnick. Samel Schultz. Morton Thalheimer 

jr., E. N. Thompson and Ernest B. Stellings. 

Harling said. "A decision will be made, 

not by seven appointed members of a commission, 

but by duly elected congressmen 

and senators representing the people who 

sent them to Washington from every one of 

the 50 states. This is democracy as it should 

be practiced." 

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2 

3.2% of Recreation 

Dollar for Movies 

NEW YORK—Standard and Poor, in 

hooks, newspapers, sporting equipment, 

yamcs and toys, and photographic equipment, 

dancing, sightseeing, etc. The percentage 

steadily increased each year until 

in 1966 the expenditure was up to 28.67 

per cent of the average dollar. However, in 

1956, 9.3 per cent of the total spent on recreation 

was for motion picture admissions. 

Since then the total has dropped every year 

until now it represents only 3.2 per cent of 

the total amount spent on recreation. 

In presenting data on picture companies, 

the survey states that 

its 

"the sharp uptrend in 

prices paid for telecasting feature films undoubtedly 

adds to the value of film libraries. 

In should be noted, however, that highly successful 

TV showings reportedly have had an 

adverse impact on theatre revenues, and that 

profit margins on TV licensing receipts will 

narrow because of larger deferred costs and 

screen guild's participations in post-1960 

films. On balance, the increasing importance 

of TV income adds some stability to profits 

and boosts earnings potentials, but public response 

to new feature films will continue to 

be of major significance." 

Morton Magill Appointed 

NGP District Manager 

NEW YORK—Morton Magill has been 

appointed district manager for the Philadelphia-Washington 

office of National General 

Pictures. He was associated for 13 years with 

Buena Vista Distribution Co., most recently 

covering the Philadelphia-Washington-Pittsburgh 

area for the Disney subsidiary. In his 

new post, Magill will work under the supervision 

of Herb Schwartz, eastern division 

sales manager. 

'North Vietnam' Film Debut 

NEW YORK—Felix Greene's "North 

Vietnam" a feature-length documentary 

showing conditions in that war-torn country, 

will have its world premiere at the Carnegie 

Hall Cinema on Monday (II). Edited down 

from ten hours of uncensored Eastman 

Color film, the production was photographed, 

written and narrated by Greene, a British 

journalist, author and photographer now 

living in San Francisco. 

AA Omits Dividend 

NEW YORK—The executive committee 

of the board of directors of Allied Artists 

Pictures Corp. voted last week to omit payment 

of the quarterly dividend on the 5' 

per cent cumulative convertible preferred 

stock, due Dec. 15, 1967. 

CBS-TV, Universal Sign 

Pact for 6 TV Features 

NEW YORK—The Columbia Broadcasting 

System television network and Universal 

Television, a division of Universal 

City Studios, Inc., have jointly announced 

most recent survey, points to the downward 

trend of money spent by the public on molion 

a multi-million dollar deal to produce two- 

pictures. In 1956, the amount spent was hour 

television. 

feature-length 

The contract 

motion 

permits 

pictures 

CBS 

for 

to 

14.9S per cent of the average dollar on 

anuisements and recreation, ranging from televise each of the films twice before 

aitendance at shows to TV and repairs, negotiations for theatrical distribution are 

made. Under the contract, which has no 

termination date. Universal will produce up 

to six two-hour movies at a cost of between 


$1 million and $1.25 million each. 

This move marks the entry of CBS into 

long-term agreements with Hollywood 

studios for joint production of films to be 

shown first on television and later in theatres. 

CBS had previously entered into a 

partnership with WB-7 Arts to produce 

films to be shown first in theatres and then 

on television. The National Broadcasting 

Co.'s "World Premiere" series of lowbudget 

movies, produced by Universal, 

have received high audience ratings in the 

past 18 months. 

Salvatore J. lannucci, CBS's vice-president 

for business affairs, said that "We 

also expect to announce deals with other 

production companies." The announcement 

of the new CBS-TV and Universal 

pact was made Wednesday (6) by Thomas 

H. Dawson. CBS-TV president, and Jennings 

Lang, senior vice-president of Universal. 

G&W Leisure Time Groups 

In Sharp Earnings Rise 

NEW YORK—Gulf & Western Industries" 

leisure time operating groups showed 

a sharp increase in 1967 over the preceding 

years, as adjusted to include the company's 

acquisition of Paramount Pictures and 

Desilu. 

Theatrical rentals, admissions and other 

income amounted to $127,886,000, representing 

19.9 per cent of G&W's total revenue 

in the fiscal year ended July 31, 1967. 

This compares to $97,520,000 or 18.8 per 

cent for the same period in the previous 

year. Television productions and rentals 

were $87,805,000 or 13.6 per cent of 

G&W's total in the 1967 fiscal year, compared 

to $46,525,000 or 9 per cent in 1966. 

Totals for the leisure time division were 

$215,691,000 or 33.5 per cent in 1967, contrasted 

with $144,045,000 or 27.8 per cent 

the year before. The leisure time division 

report did not break down the figures 

specifically as to Paramount's earnings. 

Supreme Court to Hear 

CATV Copyright Suit 

WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on 

Monday (4) agreed to review an appeals 

court decision in the case of United Artists 

Fortnightly Corp., the CATV system in 

vs. 

West Virginia. The appeal was brought by 

the latter after a second circuit court ruled 

that the telecast of a UA movie over the 

system was an infringement of the film company's 

copyright. 

UA originally approved the showing of the 

picture over five television stations in Pennsylvania, 

West Virginia and Ohio, it also 

was shown via the Fortnightly system. 

The National Community Television Ass'n 

has warned that the case has important "social, 

economic and policy reverberations, 

for many years to come, affecting not only 

copyrights but the structure of an entire industry 

and communications service to the 

public" if the Supreme Court upholds the 

lower court rulings. 

The Supreme Court will hear arguments 

in this case at the same time that it listens 

to the presentation of another CATV case 

involving a San Diego, Calif., system. That 

case, concerning the Southwestern Cable system 

of San Diego, was requested by the Federal 

Communications Commission, which is 

appealing a ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court 

of Appeals overturning an FCC order requiring 

that the growth of the system be 

limited pending an FCC hearing to determine 

whether further expansion would adversely 

affect free television in San Diego. 

Frederick W. Ford, president of the 

NCTA, welcomed the Supreme Court's action, 

calling it "an important milestone in 

communications progress." He said, "By 

agreeing to decide the many-sided question 

of whether our industry should be held liable 

for copyright, the highest court has recognized 

the seriousness of the issues as they 

affect some 10 million Americans who now 

receive their television signals via cable." 

Columbia Film Honored 

NEW YORK—"Guess Who's Coming to 

Dinner," a Columbia release, is cited as 

"Picture of the Month" in the January issue 

of Seventeen Magazine. According to the 

teen publication's entertainment editor, 

Edwin Miller, Spencer Tracy, in the final 

role of his career, and co-star Katharine 

Hepburn "give performances of a lifetime" 

in "... an absolutely smashing movie." 

Also cited is producer-director Stanley 

Kramer "for stepping in where most other 

movie-makers don't dare." 

J. Castle in Embassy Film Mexico Honors 'Blow-Up' 

NEW YORK — John Castle has been NEW YORK — "Blow-Up." one of 

signed for the role of Prince Geoffrey, one MGM's biggest grossers of the year, has 

of Henry II's three ambitious sons, in Joseph been awarded the Silver Goddess prize of 

E. Levine's "The Lion in Winter," produced 

by Martin Poll and starring Peter O'Toole 

and Katharine Hepburn. Anthony Harvey 

the Mexican Film Critics Ass'n as the best 

film shown at the tenth annual International 

Film Festival in Acapulco. The Carlo Ponti 

will direct the Embassy Pictures release, production only a fortnight earlier had received 

the prize of $2,000 from the Danish 

which begins filming in Dublin at the end 

of the month. Levine is executive producer. minister of culture for its "cultural value."

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NEW YORK—Harvey Chertok. who has 

directed Seven Arts' television advertising, 

promotion and publicity activities since 

1961, has been named 

executive director of 

worldwide television, 

advertising, promotion 

and publicity for Warner 

Bros.-Seven Arts' 

new worldwide television 

activities, Gordon 

A. Hellmann has 

been appointed director 

of the company's 

sales 

Harvey 

development 

Chertok 

and 

promotion and Mar- 

tha Torge named director of television 

advertising and publicity for the new company. 

Chertok was supervisor of advertising for 

United Artists Associated from 1958-61 

and previously manager, merchandising department 

for National Telefilm Associates 

from 1956- 58. Hellmann was formerly WB 

television director of marketing and research 

Miss Torge was formerly 7 Arts' assistant 

director of advertising, promotion and 

publicity. 

'Sadismo' Back in Release 

After 'Special Editing' 

NEW YORK—"Special editing" of the 

Japanese-produced film, "Sadismo." has been 

completed and the picture will be put back 

mto general release, it was announced last 

week by Trans-American Films, the subsidiary 

of American International Pictures. 

"Sadismo" was voluntarily withdrawn 

from release last month in order to deemphasize 

certain footage which was considered 

too strong for general film audiences. 

The Trans-American release will begin its 

new bookings on December 15. 

20th-Fox Names Lobsenz 

City News Representative 

NEW YORK-Allan C. Lobsenz has 

been appointed metropolitan newspaper representative 

for 20th-Fox. He will continue 

to oversee the servicing of photos and features 

to 

newspapers throughout the country. 

Prior to joining 20th-Fox, Lobsenz had 

served as trade and syndicate contact for 

American International Pictures, and had 

previously been associated with two of New 

York's film trade publications. 

Fiedler Joins Mirisch Corp. 

HOLLYWOOD—James N. Fiedler has 

joined the legal department of the Mirisch 

Corp., where he will work with resident 

counsel Arnost Horlik. A 1964 graduate of 

the UCLA law .school, 28-ycar-old Fiedler 

comes to the company after serving as an 

attorney with Kadison, Pfaelzer, Woodard & 

Quinn. 

Norelco Equipment Div. 

Moves to Paramus, N.J. 

PARAMUS, N.J. — Niels Tuxen. manager 

of the motion picture equipment division 

of North American Philips Co.. announced 

that effective Monday (11) the 

division will operate from the company's 

new facilities at 299 Route 17 here. 

"Our modern new quarters and expanded 

facilities will enable us to better service 

motion picture equipment dealers and their 

exhibitor customers throughout the U.S.." 

'Story of a Three Day Pass' 

For Sigma III Release 

NEW YORK — Sigma III, a Filmways 

company, has acquired Melvin Van Peebles' 

"The Story of a Three Day Pass," the film 

which won acclaim at the recent San Francisco 

Film Festival. 

Leonard S. Gruenberg, president of Sigma 

III. completed the agreement with Van 

Peebles before the American filmmaker returned 

to his Paris headquarters. Written 

and directed by Van Peebles, it is his first 

feature-length film and stars Nicole Berger 

and Harry Baird. Sigma III will release the 

picture early in 1968. 

Blumenstock to 

Head 

'War, Peace' Campaign 

NEW YORK—Sid Blumenstock has hecr 

named campaign coordinator for the forthcoming 

roadshow release of the Russia 

version of Tolstoy's 

"War and Peace," 

which Continental, the 

film division of the 

Walter Reade Organ- 

said Tuxen. He pointed to the success of ization, will distribute 

the company and added, "We look forward early in 1968. 

to further expansion and advances in our Blumenstock will 

product line and have a great deal of confidence 

in the bright future of the motion tising, publicity and 

work with the adver- 

picture industry in the U.S." 

exploitation departments 

at Continental 

coordinating what is 

Tandem Buys 'Norwood' 

NEW YORK—Bud Yorkin and Norman 

Lear's Tandem Productions has acquired 

the film rights to Charles Portis' novel, 

"Norwood." which they will produce next 

year with an estimated $2 million budget, 

thus bringing their production schedule up 

to seven features with a total budget of 

$25 million. Other films are the currentlv 

filming "The Night They Raided Minskv's." 

"Cold Turkey," "John Henry and the Do- 

Right People." "Operation Ice Flow," "The 

Wizard of Loneliness" and "Two Times 

Two." 

French Film to Universal 

NEW YORK—Universal Pictures has 

acquired the U.S. and Canadian distribution 

rights to the French-made color production. 

"The Killing Game" ("Jeu de Massacre"). 

Starring Jean Pierre Cassel. Claudine Auger 

and Michel Duchaussoy. it was written and 

directed by Alain Jessua as a Rene Thevenet 

production for A. J. Films-Coficitel. 

Eastwood, Burton Co-Star 

NEW YORK—Clint Eastwood has been 

signed as Richard Burton's co-star in "Where 

Eagles Dare," to be produced by Jerry 

Gershwin and Elliot Kastner for MGM 

release. Brian Hutton will direct the World 

War II espionage drama. Alistair McLean 

wrote the screenplay. 

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slated to be one of the most comprehensive 

campaigns ever. He has previously held 

executive advertising posts with 20thcentury 

Fox, Paramount and Embassy 

Pictures. 

'Venom/ Danish Film Set 

For Two NY Theatres 

NEW YORK—"Venom," a new Danish 

import, has been set to follow the current 

attraction at the Cinema Studio and 72nd 

St. Playhouse in mid-December. Originally 

banned in Denmark because of its controversial 

subject matter, "Venom" is being 

released in the U.S. by Peppercorn-Wormser. 

Inc., in association with Times Film 

Corp. It was written and directed by Knud 

Leif Thomsen and was awarded a $15,000 

grant by the Danish State Film Foundation 

in recognition of its "artistic daring." 

WB-7A Acquires Sinatra's 

Interest in WB Records 

NEW YORK—Warner Bros.-7 Arts has 

acquired from Frank Sinatra an additional 

13 1/3 per cent interest in Warner Bros. 

Records, Inc., raising the WB-7 Arts holdings 

in the record firm to 80 per cent, with 

Sinatra retaining 20 per cent. 

WB Records. Inc.. produces and distributes 

records under the Warner and 

Reprise labels with such artists as Bill 

Cosby, Petula Clark, Dean Martin, Nancy 

Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Peter, Paul & Mary 

and Sinatra himself as recording artists. 

Marie Dubois in 'Hot Line' 

BARCELONA — French actress Marie 

Dubois has been signed for the leading female 

role in Commonwealth United Entertainment's 

"The Day the Hot Line Got Hot," 

an espionage drama starring Charles Boyer, 

Robert Taylor and George Chakiris. The 

CUE-Balcazar co-production will mark the 

English speaking debut of Miss Dubois, 

known in the U.S. for her roles in Truffaut's 

"Shoot the Piano Player" and most recently 

with Jean-Paul Belmondo in "Thief of 

Paris." Etienne Perrier is direcling from the 

Paul Jarrico screenplay. 

12 

BOXOFFICE :: December 11, 1967

! 

Two 

Herman Cohen Films 

To Cost Over $5 Million 

HOLLYWOOD — Producer Herman 

Lohen announces the purchase of two new 

iiproperties to be filmed in 1968 at a total cost 

>vijof 

over $5 million. 

I First to go into production will be the 

' 

comedy, "Crooks and Coronets" from an 

original screenplay by Jim O'Connolly, 

which will be made in Technicolor and Panavision 

and will be shot at Shepperton Studios 

in London and on location at the Duke 

of Bedford's estate. Columbia Pictures will 

release the film. 

This will be followed by "The Magnificent 

Bastards," a Civil War saga, which will be 

filmed in Hollywood and on location in 

Texas and New Mexico. It will be shot in 

t Technicolor and Panavision. No release has 

yet been set. 

Cohen has completed "Berserk," starring 

Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors and 

Judy Geeson, which Columbia will release 

nationally in January. 

Lawrence Terrell Appointed 

BV Eastern District Mgr. 

NEW YORK — Lawrence Terrell has 

been appointed Buena Vista's eastern district 

manager in the Philadelphia office. He 

was promoted from his position as BV 

salesman in Charlotte, which he assumed 

joining the company in 1961. Previously he 

was the Paramount branch manager in 

Charlotte for 14 years. Terrell replaces 

Mort Magill who has resigned. 

In another BV new post is Homer 

Schmitt. who has replaced Norman Chesler 

as sales representative for the Seattle 

branch of the Disney distribution subsidiary. 

Chesler was promoted to San Francisco 

branch manager several weeks ago. Schmitt 

was Columbia Pictures salesman in Seattle 

for some 20 years prior to joining the BV 

staff. 

» NGP Names Paul Kamey 

For 'Poor Cow' Promotion 

NEW YORK — Paul Kamey, former 

eastern publicity manager at Universal Pictures, 

has been named supervising publicity 

and promotion coordinator for the American 

premiere campaign of National General 

Pictures' "Poor Cow." 

Prior to his Universal association, Kamey 

was connected with the publicity departments 

of MGM and 20th Century-Fox. 

"Poor Cow," which stars Terence Stamp 

and Carol White, was produced by Joseph 

Janni and directed by Kenneth Loach. 

Universal Film Retitled 

NEW YORK—"A Matter of Innocence" 

has been set as the new title for Universal's 

production previously titled "Pretty Polly," 

starring Hayley Mills, Trevor Howard, 

Shashi Kapoor and Brenda de Banzi. Guy 

Green directed for producers George W. 

George and Frank Granat. 

Third National Student Film Festival 

Will Be Expanded to Both Coasts 

Curtis F. Howard Joins 

Southeastern Pictures 

I.IHIGH ACRES, MA. — Curtis F. 

Howard, a veteran of two decades in show 

business, has joined 

the staff of Southeastern 

Pictures 

Corp. to serve with 

Bob Kilgore at Southeastern's 

new distribution 

offices at Fort 

Pierce, Fla., as part 

of the large-scale expansion 

program 

planned by the company. 

Howard, who is 

Curtis F. Howard 

only 38, recently celebrated his tenth year 

with Florida State Theatres at Daytona 

Beach. He began his career with Martin 

Theatres in Leesburg. Fla., and then served 

with Fox West Coast Theatres before joining 

Florida State Theatres. 

Wolper Signs WB-7A Pact 

Calling for Two Features 

NEW YORK—David L. Wolper, president 

of Wolper Pictures, and Kenneth Hyman, 

executive vice-president in charge of 

worldwide production for Warner Bros. -7 

Arts, have announced the closing of a multimillion-dollar 

agreement for Wolper to make 

two motion pictures for Warner Bros.-? Arts. 

The first will be "The Great Endurance 

Horse Race," the story of an epic cowboy 

contest in the late 1800s, based on a published 

novel of the same title by Jack Schaefer. 

It will have a cast of top stars and a 

leading director. Production is scheduled to 

begin in the fall of 1968. Schaefer has been 

engaged by Warner Bros.-? Arts to prepare 

the original screen treatment. 

The second feature is not yet determined. 

Both films will be produced by Wolper Pictures, 

Ltd. 

Lendor Int'l Lists Three 

For Production in 1968 

HOLLYWOOD — Lendor 

International 

has scheduled three full-length motion pictures 

for production in 1968. President Len 

Turner announced the first picture, tentatively 

titled "The Liberators," will get under 

way early next year. 

Formerly specializing in documentary, 

educational and industrial films, Lendor 

International will expand its operations into 

the feature film field beginning with this 

three-picture schedule. The script for "The 

Liberators" was developed from an original 

story by Turner. 

NEW YORK—The third National Student 

Film Festival, jointly sponsored by the 

Motion Picture Ass'n of America, Lincoln 

Center for the Performing Arts and the U.S. 

National Student Ass'n were announced Friday 

(1) by MPAA president Jack Valenti, 

Amos Vogel, director of Lincoln Center 

department of film, and Arthur Weiner, the 

director of cultural affairs for the student 

association. 

This year, to provide wider national representation, 

the festival and awards will be 

held alternately on the West and East coasts. 

The announcement of the winners as well as 

the first public showing of the finalists and 

award-winning films will take place at Royce 

Hall, University of California at Los Angeles 

on January 19-21. Three months later, the 

winning student films will be shown at Lincoln 

Center's Philharmonic Hall on April 

1?. The complete program of the winning 

films will 

also be presented on campuses of 

a number of major universities. 

Four $500 grants, contributed by the 

MPAA, will be awarded to each of the first 

prize winners in four categories—animation, 

documentary, dramatic and experimental. 

Judging will be done on the West Coast by a 

panel of judges selected from all branches of 

the film industry and with experience in student 

film work in particular. The names of 

the judges will be announced shortly. 

According to Valenti, "The major producers 

and distributors of the film industry 

are pleased and proud to be associated with 

the Third National Student Film Festival." 

He said, "Last year 135 entries were received 

from 44 colleges and universities and this 

year it is expected that many more colleges 

and universities will be represented in a 

growing volume of entries." Calling the 

festival "the largest student film festival of 

its kind anywhere," Valenti told reporters 

that the annual event "is the first step on a 

long ladder" which eventually benefits the 

industry and the world of film. 

'Stranger' in U.S. Premiere 

In NY on December 18 

NEW YORK — Paramount Pictures' 

"The Stranger," starring Marcello Mastroianni, 

begins its American premiere engagement 

on Monday (18) at the Paris Theatre 

in New York City. 

"The Stranger," based on the modern 

novel by Albert Camus, was directed 

classic 

by Luchino Visconti in Technicolor, on 

locations in Algeria and in Gaeta, near 

Naples, Italy. 

A Dino de Laurentiis production, the 

motion picture was presented this year at 

the Venice Film Festival, the 10th World 

Review of the Motion Picture Festivals at 

Acapulco, Mexico, and the Color Film 

Festival in Barcelona, Spain. 

BOXOFFICE :: December 11, 1967 13

O'Hare Ad-Pub Head, 

CBS Theatrical Films 

NEW YORK—William R. O'Hare has 

been named director of advertising, publicity 

and exploitation 

for the CBS Theatrical 

Films division. 

His appointment becomes 

effective imm 

e d i a t el y and 

j^- 0"Hare will be based 

in 

New York. 

For the past four 

years, he has been 

advertising manager 

for MGM. Previously 

O'Hare served 

William R. O'Hare 

as 

director of advertising, publicity and exploitation 

for Walter Reade's Continental 

Distributing Co. He began his industry 

career in 1953, when he joined the advertising 

department of Century Theatres. 

Burton and Losey Re-Team 

On 'Man From Nowhere' 

LONDON— Richard Burton and director 

Joseph Losey, who recently completed Universal's 

"Goforth," in which Elizabeth Taylor 

also starred, will team again to make 

"The Man From Nowhere" for Universal 

Pictures, Ltd. 

"The Man From Nowhere" will be produced 

by John Heyman, who was responsible 

for bringing the star and director together 

for "Goforth." The picture is scheduled 

to start next May and will be filmed 

somewhere in the Mediterranean. 

The screenplay for the black comedy, in 

which Burton portrays a bogus holy man 

who is accepted as a patron saint by the inhabitants 

of a small fishing village, was written 

by George Tabori from a story by Daniel 

Mainwaring and Hardy Kruger. 

New Norelco Projector Set 

For Future Inflight Use 

NEW YORK — Inflight 

Motion Pictures 

has signed an agreement with North American 

Philips Co. (Norelco) under which N. V. 

Philips of the Netherlands will produce a 

new Inflight motion picture projector exclusively 

for Inflight for use on the Boeing 

747 and other large jets of the future. The 

contract is expected to represent over the 

next few years a value of $2.5 million. The 

first production units will be delivered in 

mid-1968. 

NAG Slates Three Events 

CHICAGO—The National Ass'n of Concessionaires 

has scheduled three important 

sessions for 1968. The midyear board meeting 

will be held at the Bismarck Hotel here 

May 21, 22. The annual convention will be 

held November 10-14 at the Hilton Hotel, 

San Francisco, and the theatre equipment 

and concessions industries tradeshow will be 

held at the same time. 

Levine and Hoffman Start 

Tour for 'The Graduate' 

NEW YORK.—Joseph E. Levine, president 

of Embassy Pictures, and Dustin Hoffman, 

the young star of the Mike Nichols- 

Lawrence Turman production, "The Graduate," 

began a cross-country personal appearance 

tour on Wednesday (6). 

Levine, who is presenting the Embassy 

Pictures release produced by Turman and 

directed by Nichols, and Hoffman, who stars 

in the title role in the comedy-drama with 

Anne Bancroft and Katharine Ross, visited 

Washington, D.C., and Boston last week and 

are in Los Angeles, San Francisco and 

Miami this week (11-15). Additional cities 

are to be added to the tour. 

Filmed in Panavision and Technicolor, 

"The Graduate" will world premiere in New 

York on December 21 at the Coronet and 

Lincoln Art theatres and is set for national 

release in 30 cities the following day. 

Israeli Award-Winning Fihn 

Acquired by Moned Firm 

NEW YORK--"Three Days and a Child," 

the Israeli drama which won its star, Odded 

Kotler, the best actor award at the 1967 

Cannes Film Festival, will be released here 

early next year. The announcement was 

made by Edward Meadow, president of 

Moned Associates, which has acquired 

worldwide distribution rights to the feature, 

except in Israel and eastern Europe. 

Meadow recently co-produced "The Incident" 

with Monroe Sachson for 20th-Fox. 

"Three Days" was produced by Amatsia 

Hiuni and directed by Uri Zohar. 

Three Fihn Forum Grants 

Set Up by Syracuse U 

NEW YORK — To encourage 

student 

filmmakers at Syracuse University, the Rev. 

Norman O. Keim of the school's Film 

Forum, a campus film society, has announced 

the establishment of three grants. 

Each grant is for $250 and application may 

be made by any student enrolled at the University. 

Film Forum is sponsored by United Campus 

Christian Fellowship, of which Keim is 

co-chaplain. Keim said he started the film 

society in an attempt to bring rarely seen art 

and classic films to the students. Part of the 

profits of the Film Forum has been set aside 

to establish the three grants. 

Bibi Andersson to Co-Star 

In 'Companions for Night' 

ROME—Bibi Andersson, one of Sweden's 

top actresses who has starred in seven Ingmar 

Bergman films, has been signed by producer-director 

Leonardo Bercovici to star 

opposite Robert Stack in Universal's "Companions 

for the Night." Bercovici also wrote 

"Companions," which is scheduled to go before 

the cameras in Rome early next spring. 

The assignment will mark Miss Andersson's 

first English-speaking picture since she 

starred 

with James Garner and Sidney Poitier 

in "Duel at Diablo" two years ago. 

Bert Lahr Dies al 72; 

Noted Comedian 

NEW YORK — Bert Lahr, the burlesqu, 

and Broadway comic star who gained movii 

immortality as the Cowardly Lion in MGM 

"The Wizard of Oz," died here Monday (4 

of a massive internal 

hemorrhage followinj 

complications of pneumonia. He was 72 anc 

had been filming in New York in "The Nigh 

They Raided Minsky's" for United Artistuntil 

November 21 when he was hospital 

ized. 

Lahr, whose film career excepting his 

world famous role in "Oz" took a backseat 

to his stage work, was considered one of the 

last of the great comics, belonging to the 

generation which produced Bobby Clark, Ed 

Wynn and W. C. Fields among others. His 

most famous stage performances were in 

"Hold Everything" with Betty Compton 

1928; "Dubarry Was a Lady" with Ethel 

Merman in 1930. and "Waiting for Godot' 

in the late 1950s. 

Lahr's many films included MGM's "Flying 

High" with Charlotte Greenwood, 20th- 

Fox's "Just Around the Corner" with Shirley 

Temple, Paramount's "Zaza" with Claudette 

Colbert, MGM's "Meet the People" with 

Lucille Ball and the MGM remake of "Rose 

Marie" with Ann Blyth. 

He was also a popular radio and television 

perfomer. During the past five years, Lahr 

has been a familiar figure in a well-known 

series of commercials for a national brand of 

potato chips. 

He is survived by his second wife, Mildred 

Schroeder Robinson Lahr, and their children, 

John and Jane. Another son, Herbert, 

survives from his first marriage to Mercedes 

Delpino. 

Cameron Prud'homme Dies; 

Famed Character Actor 

NEW YORK — Cameron Prud'homme 

died November 27 in a Pompton Plains, 

New Jersey Hospital. He was 75 and had 

been in poor health for some time. Best 

known for his stage and television appearances 

in recent years, he also was a prominent 

radio and film character actor. 

Among his films were D. W. Griffith's 

1930 "Abraham Lincoln," several Bert 

Wheeler-Robert Woolsey comedies and "The 

Rainmaker," in which he re-created the role 

of the father which he performed on the 

Broadway stage. He leaves his daughter, 

June Prud'homme Cothren, an actress currently 

understudying Eileen Herlie in "Halfway 

Up the Tree," Peter Ustinov's play now 

on Broadway. 

Jay Eisenberg of MGM 

NEW YORK—Jay Eisenberg, 64, an attorney 

in the sales department of the Metro- 

Goldwyn-Mayer home office, died November 

30 of a heart ailment in Lenox Hill Hospital. 

He had worked for MGM for 43 years. 

He leaves his wife Juliette. Services were 

held at the Riverside Chapel. 

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'Zhivago' Is MGM's Second 

Highest Money-Maker 

NEW YORK—"Doctor Zhivago" has become 

the second highest money-maker in 

domestic film rentals in the history of 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, surpassing the record 

which had been held by the remake of 

"Ben-Hur." 

According to Morris E. Lefko, vice-president 

and general sales manager, and Mel 

Maron, MGM's roadshow sales manager, 

the David Lean film last week passed the 

$70,000,000 mark in theatrical grosses, thus 

placing it second only to "Gone With the 

Wind," the company's top boxoffice attraction. 

A Carlo Ponti production, "Zhivago" is 

currently in general release. It is winner of 

six Academy Awards. 

U.S. Films of the '20s-'30s to Show at NY Museum 

NEW YORK — "American Films From 

the Cinematheque Francaise," a program of 

more than two dozen films made in the U.S. 

in the '20s and '30s, has been selected by 

Henri Langlois, director of the Cinematheque 

in Paris, for screening during the 

month of December at the Museum of Modern 

Art here. 

The majority of the films to be shown do 

not reside in any film collection or archive 

in this country. Among the pictures included 

in the series are "Her Man," made in 1930 

with Helen Twelvetrees; the 1925 version 

of "The Wizard of Oz," directed by and with 

Larry Semon; "Is Matrimony a Failure?" a 

Lila Lee-Zasu Pitts starrer directed by James 

Cruze; Maurice Tourneur's 1920 version of 

"The Last of the Mohicans"; Frank Capra's 

"The Younger Generation," made in 1929 

with Jean Hersholt; "Smouldering Fire" with 

Pauline Frederick and Laura La Plante, 

directed 

by Clarence Brown in 1925; and a 

number of other films including several William 

S. Hart westerns and the 1920 serial, 

"The Phantom Foe." 

Allied Artists Acquires 

'Battle of Algiers' in U.S. 

NEW YORK— "Battle of Algiers." an international 

film festival award winning 

drama, has been acquired by Allied Artists 

for distribution in the U.S. and Canada. 

SDMdRIHG lei [VIBfONl! 

Produced by Antonio Musu under the direction 

of Gillo Pontecorvo, "Battle of Algiers" 

has to date received 1 1 awards and 

citations, was nominated last year as best 

foreign film and was shown at the New York 

Film Festival this fall. It is being presented 

in the U.S. by Gene Wesson, Al Schwartz 

and Harry Diamond. AA's acquisition was 

made from Stella Productions, Inc., and will 

be available immediately for bookings 

throughout the nation. The film is currently 

playing at the Beeknian Theatre here. 

Audubon's 'Carmen' Opens 

In 16 Cities Over Holidays 

NEW YORK—Audubon Films' "Carmen. 

Baby," produced and directed by Radley 

Metzger, will begin engagements in 17 theatres 

in 16 cities across the country during 

the Christmas-New Year's holiday period. 

On December 22, the film opens at the 

following theatres; the Fine Arts and Guild, 

San Diego; Presidio, San Francisco; Cinema, 

Los Angeles; Kiva, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Plaza, 

New Orleans; Festival, Dallas; Vogue, Denver; 

Foster, Youngstown; Continental, 

Cleveland; Art, Akron; Ohio, Lorain, Ohio; 

Lyell, Rochester, and Ritz, Oaklyn, N.Y. 

On December 27, it opens at the Fine 

Arts, Worchester, Mass.; Bijou, Springfield, 

Mass., and Downtown, Newport News, Va. 

AJP Adds 'Hells Belles' 

HOLLYWOOD—American International 

has added a feature adventure drama, "Hells 

Belles," to its 1968 production schedule, it 

was announced by AIP heads Samuel Z. Arkoff 

and James H. Nicholson. The production, 

scheduled to begin filming in March, 

will 

be produced by AlP's production executive 

Burt Topper with Rod Amateau signed 

to direct. The film is based on an original 

screenplay by Amateau. 

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Rights to 'Passover Plot' 

Acquired by Barry Kirk 

Barry M. Kirk, who is connected with 

Tom Swift," upcoming 20th Century-Fox 

picture and who more recently acquired 

film rights to some Life magazine properties, 

has hought all picture, television and 

legitimate rights to "The Passover Plot." 

controversial religious book by Hugh J. 

.Schonfield. The book, published in hard 

cover by Bernard Geis-Random House and 

by Bantam in paperback, challenges the 

divinity of Christ. The story is not anti- 

Christ, but, according to Kirk, it opposes 

basic theological tenets of major religions 

. . . "Moonshine Light, Moonshine Bright," 

new novel by William Price Fox, was purchased 

by MGM to be brought to the 

screen as an Everett Freeman production, 

with Freeman also writing the screenplay. 

The warm and humorous story deals with 

two teenage boys in a small South Carolina 

town who are determined to earn enough 

money to buy a second-hand car before 

school begins. They get into one hilarious 

scrape after another ... An original story. 

"Visit From a Cool Young Man." by Lucille 

Fletcher, author of "Sorry. Wrong 

Number," has been purchased for WB-7A 

filmization, according to Kenneth Hyman, 

is . . . 

executive vice-president in charge of worldwide 

production. The story is a murder 

mystery ... An original by Sy Bartlett 

Michael Anderson 

Friedkin will direct . . . 

active preparations on "Shoes of the 

and Harold Jacob Smith will be produced 

by the writers for 20th-Fox. Richard D. 

starts 

Fisherman." following his signing to direct 

the screen adaptation of Morris L. West's 

Zanuck, executive vice-president in charge 

novel, planned as a major roadshow attraction 

of production for 20th-Fox, said the story 

a contemporary western Composer- 

Leonard 

by MGM . 

launched his Leonard Films. Inc., with 

"Popi." which Leonard is producing and 

Arthur Hiller is directing for United Artists 

conductor Dimitri Tiomkin has added "El 

Rey de Peru," a historical novel by Emilio 

Pereda u Valle, to the list of stories which 

he has purchased in the last few months. 

Tiomkin plans to film the picture in Spain 

and Mexico with an international cast . . . 

Louis E. Lomax will write a dramatic 

screen treatment on the life of Malcolm X 

from his own research and his book. "When 

the Word Is Given," for filming by 20th- 

Fox . Tolkin will write the screenplay 

for Universal's modern comedy. 

"Petticoat Patrol." which Edward J. Montague 

is scheduled to produce. 

Oppenheimer Sets Production 

Start on 'Commissar X' 

Peer Oppenheimer Productions has 

scheduled a January 22 start for "Commissar 

X," its first co-production with Parnass 

Films of Germany. Locale will be Bangkok. 

Producer Ismael Merchand 

Thailand . . . 

and director James Ivory are planning to 

film the 20th-Fox production, "The Guru," 

entirely on location in India. Starring Rita 

Tushingham and Michael York, the title 

role will be portrayed by famed Indian 

actor Utpal Dutt. The screenplay, written 

by R. Prawer Jhabvaia and Ivory, is a 

By SYD CASSYD 

romantic comedy set in contemporary 

. . . 

India. The picture starts this month 

Another to be filmed in India, starting in 

mid-1968, will be "Amithaba," original 

story by Conrad Rooks, written as 

a vehicle 

for Michael J. Pollard. Rooks earned the 

Venice Film Festival award for his debuting 

director-producer-writer-actor effort in 

"Chappaqua." He will produce and direct 

from his own script . . . Mark Rydell will 

direct another Solar Productions film, "The 

Man on a Nylon String." based on the 

novel by Whit Masterson. A dramatic 

mystery set against international intrigue in 

Europe, this film will roll in 1968 using 

Swiss Alpine locations. Rydell's first major 

feature effort was "The Fox." going into 

distribution in February. 

Producer Here for Conferences 

On 'Cold War Swap' Filming 

Producer Hillard Elkins came in from 

New York for conferences with Robert 

Relyea, executive producer of "Cold War 

Swap." starring Steve McQueen, who is 

partnered in the project. Screenplay is being 

written by Bob and Jane Carrington of 

London. Elkins plans to film three pictures 

next year, including "Swap," "The Horse's 

Head," for Palomar, ABC subsidiary, and 

"100 Misunderstandings," which William 

release. Tina and Lester Pine wrote the 

comedy drama about a Puerto Rican 

widower's experiences in rearing two young 

children in New York and Miami. Hiller is 

flying to London to try to sign Marcello 

Mastroianni for the lead . . . Principal 

photography on MGM's romantic comedy 

with music, "A Time to Sing," has been 

completed at the Culver City studios. The 

Sam Katzman production, starring Hank 

Williams jr., Shelley Fabares and Ed Begley, 

revolves around a top country-western 

recording star and was partially filmed on 

location in Nashville, Tenn. Arthur Dreifuss 

directed the Four Leaf production from 

a screenplay by Robert E. Kent and Orville 

H. Hampton. 

Steve McQueen Stars in 'Bullitt/ 

His Firm's Film for WB-7A 

Steve McQueen will star in "Bullitt," 

with his Solar Productions, Inc., producing 

for WB-7A release. Producer Phil "d Antoni 

will produce, with Peter Yates directing. 

This is the first of Solar's non-exclusive sixpicture 

deal, with McQueen starring in 

three of the films. The first film rolls in 

January, with locations in Chicago. San 

Francisco and Southern California. Alan 

R. Trustman wrote the script based on a 

novel. "Mute Witness," by Robert L. Pike 

Ray Robinson joins the cast of 

ABC Selmur Productions' "Candy," starring 

Richard Burton, Marlon Brando. 

Ringo Starr. Ewa Aulin, 17-year-old Swedish 

beauty who was Miss Teen International 

last year, plays the title role, and John 

Astin. Christian Marquand directs from the 

Terry Southern-Mason Hoffenberg bestseller, 

starting in Rome next month. Robert 

Haggiag produces from a screenplay by 

Buck Henry . . . Jess Hahn, American-born 

actor whose entire career to date has been 

in France, was signed by producer-director 

Hubert Cornfield for a featured role in 

Universal's "The Night of the Following 

Day," which is shooting in Paris with Marlon 

Brando and Richard Boone co-starred 

. . . British actress Jacqueline Bisset was 

chosen by producer Aaron Rosenberg as 

the replacement for Mia Farrow in 20th- 

Foxs "The Detective." Former model and 

TV commercial actress. Miss Bisset was 

signed to a seven-year, non-exclusive contract 

by 20th-Fox in 1965. In this film, her 

second starring role for the studio, she joins 

Frank Sinatra and Lee Remick in the lead 

roles. Miss Farrow was forced to bow out 

of the film due to delayed shooting schedules 

on Paramount's "Rosemary's Baby" 

. . . Producers Jerry Belson and Garry 

Marshall have added Elena Verdugo, Hilarie 

Thompson, Ann Morgan Guilbert. 

Patty Regan and Walter Brooke to National 

General Productions' "How Sweet It Is." 

James Garner-Debbie Reynolds co-starrer. 

They join the other cast members for the 

start of production aboard the Holland- 

American Line ship, S. S. Statendam, for 

six days of filming at sea. Jerry Paris directs. 

Sherry Jackson Assigned 

Role in 'Narrow Chute' 

With the signing of Sherry Jackson to 

join previously announced stars Don Murray, 

Carol Lynley and Rip Torn, filming 

began on "The Narrow Chute." initial feature 

for Fred Jordan's Producers Studio 

Productions. Paul Stanley will direct for 

producer Earle Lyon from a William O. 

Gordon screenplay. The picture is being 

shot at Solvang, Calif., a replica of the Denmark 

locale the story calls for . . . Alexandra 

Hay, young actress who makes her 

motion picture debut in an important role 

j 

in Stanley Kramer's Columbia release, 1 

"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," has had 

her option renewed by the studio . . . Charlotte 

Rae, Broadway and television performer, 

makes her feature film debut in the 

Ivan Tors-Paramount underwater comedy. 

"Hello Down There" . . Vera Miles will 

. 

portray John Wayne's wife in "The Green . 

Berets," a Batjac production for WB-7A, | 

which Wayne is directing and Michael I 

Wayne is producing . . . Marjorie Bennett, 

veteran actress whose career dates back to 

the silent film era, received a top supporting 

role in Universal's "Coogan's Bluff." 

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A-MY-Y 

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GA 

FILM REPORTS 

(The Green Sheet) 

January 1967 - December 1967 

ACCIDENT (Cinema V) 

A June 

THE ADVENTURES OF BULLWHIP 

GRIFFIN (Disney) GA April 

AFRICA—TEXAS STYLE! (Para) GA June 

AFTER THE FOX (UA) 

A-MY-Y Jan. 

BANNING (Univ) 

A-MY Aug. 

BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (Para) A-MY July 

BATTLE OF 

(Rizzoli) ALGIERS Majority A-MY Dec. 

BEACH RED (UA) Majority A Sept. 

THE BIG MOUTH (Col) 

GA Aug. 

BLOW-UP (Premier) Majority A Oct. 

THE BOBO (WB-7 Arts) 

A Sept. 

BONNIE AND CLYDE (WB-7 Arts) Majority A Oct. 

BRIGHTY OF THE GRAND 

CANYON (Feature Films) GA Moy 

THE BUSY BODY (Para) 

A-MY Mar. 

CAMELOT (WB-7 Arts) 

A-MY Dec. 

THE CAPER OF THE GOLDEN 

BULLS (Emb) 

A-MY-Y June 

CAPRICE (20th-Fox) 

A-MY May 

CASINO ROYALE (Col) 

A-MY June 

CHARLIE THE LONESOME 

COUGAR (Disney) 

GA-C Dec. 

CHUKA (Para) 

Majority A-MY May 

CHUSHINGURA (Toho) 

A-MY-Y Jan. 

THE CLIMAX (Lopert) 

A Oct. 

C'MON, LET'S LIVE A LITTLE (Para) Y June 

THE COMEDIANS (MGM) 

A Dec. 

COME SPY WITH ME (20th-Fox) A-MY-Y Mor. 

COOL HAND LUKE (WB-7 Arts) 

A Dec. 

COUNTERFEIT CONSTABLE (7 Arts) GA Jan. 

A COUNTESS FROM HONG 

KONG (Univ) 

A-MY June 

THE DAY THE FISH CAME 

OUT (Inter. Classics) A-MY Nov. 

DEADLIER THAN THE MALE (Univ) A Mor 

THE DEADLY AFFAIR (Col) 

A-MY Feb 

THE DEADLY BEES (Para) 

A-MY Mar. 

THE DEFECTOR (7 Arts) A-MY. Feb. 

THE DEVIL'S OWN (20th-Fox) A-MY Jan. 

THE DIRTY DOZEN (MGM) Majority A-MY Aug. 

DIVORCE AMERICAN STYLE (Col) A July 

DOCTOR. YOU'VE GOT TO BE 

KIDDING (MGM) 

A April 

DON'T MAKE WAVES (MGM) 

A Aug 

DOUBLE TROUBLE (MGM) A-MY-Y May 

DO YOU KEEP A LION AT 

HOME? (Brandon) GA-C Feb. 

EASY COME, EASY GO (Para) A-MY-Y April 

EIGHT ON THE LAM (UA) 

GA June 

EL DORADO (Para) Mojoritv A-MY-Y Jan. 

ENTER LAUGHING (Col) 

A-MY-Y Sept. 

EYE OF THE DEVIL (MGM) 

A-MY Oct. 

.A-MY-Y April 

FALSTAFF (Peppercorn-Wormser) . 

THE FAMILY WAY (WB) 

A-MY July 

FAR FROM THE MADDING 

CROWD (MGM) 

A-MY-Y Dec. 

THE FASTEST GUITAR ALIVE (MGM) June 

FATHER (Con't) A-MY-Y Dec. 

FATHOM (20th-Fox) 

A-MY Sept. 

. 

FIRST TO FIGHT (WB) 

A-MY-Y April 

A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (UA) A-MY Mar 

THE FLIM-FLAM MAN (20th-Fox) June 

FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (UA) A Aug. 

FORT UTAH (Para) A-MY-Y July 

FUNERAL IN BERLIN (Para) A-MY Jan. 

THE FURTHER PERILS OF LAUREL AND 

HARDY (20th-Fox) 

GA Dec. 

THE GAME IS OVER (Royal-Inter.) A Feb. 

Suggested 

Audience Issue 

GAMES (Univ) 

A-MY Oct. 

GENTLE GIANT (Para) 

GA Sept. 

THE GIRL AND THE GENERAL (MGM) A-MY Aug. 

THE GNOME-MOBILE (Disney) GA-C July 

(Col) GOAL! GA Mar. 

GONE WITH THE WIND (MGM) A-MY-Y Nov 

GOOD TIMES (Col) 

GA July 

GRAND PRIX (MGM) 

A-MY Mar. 

LA GUERRE EST FINIE (Brandon) A April 

A GUIDE FOR THE MARRIED 

MAN (20th-Fox) 

A July 

GUNFIGHT IN ABILENE (Univ) A-MY Mar. 

GUNN (Para) 

A-MY July 

GA Sept. 

THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE (Disney) . 

THE HAWKS AND THE 

SPARROWS (Brandon) 

A-MY Sept. 

THE HIRED KILLER (Para) A-MY May 

HOMBRE (20th-Fox) 

A-MY April 

THE HONEY POT (UA) 

A-MY July 

HOSTILE GUNS (Para) 

A-MY Nov. 

HOTEL (WB) 

A-MY April 

HOUR OF THE GUN (UA) 

A-MY Nov 

HOW I WON THE WAR (UA) Majority A-MY Nov. 

HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT 

REALLY TRYING (UA) 

A-MY-Y April 

HURRY SUNDOWN (Para) 

A April 

THE INCIDENT (20th-Fox) 

A-MY Dec. 

IN LIKE FLINT (20th-Fox) A-MY-Y May 

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (UA) A-MY July 

IS PARIS BURNING? (Para) A-MY-Y Jan 

JACK OF DIAMONDS (MGM) A-MY-Y Oct 

THE JOKERS (Univ) 

A-MY-Y June 

JOURNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF 

TIME (New Trends) C Feb. 

THE JUNGLE BOOK (Disney) ..Majority GA Dec. 

KILL A DRAGON (UA) Majority A-MY Dec 

THE KING OF HEARTS (Lopert) A-MY June 

(Univ) KING'S PIRATE A-MY-Y Aug. 

A KING'S STORY (Con't) 

GA June 

KISS THE GIRLS AND MAKE THEM 

(Col) DIE A-MY Jan. 

THE LAST CHALLENGE (MGM) A-MY May 

THE LONG DUEL (Para) 

A-MY-Y Aug. 

THE LOVE-INS (Col) Majority A-MY Oct. 

LUV (Col) 

A Aug. 

MADE IN ITALY (Royol Films) A-MY July 

A MAIDEN FOR A PRINCE (Royal Films) A Nov. 

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (Col) A-MY-Y Feb. 

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S 

DREAM (Oberon) 

GA Aug. 

MONKEYS, GO HOME! (Disney) GA-C Feb 

MORE THAN A MIRACLE (MGM) A-MY-Y Nov 

MURDERERS' ROW (Col) 

A-MY Feb 

NAKED AMONG THE 

WOLVES (Lopert) 

A-MY April 

THE NAKED 

RUNNER (WB-7 Arts) Majority A-MY Sept. 

NASHVILLE REBEL (AlP) A-MY Feb 

THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS (Col) A-MY Mor 

OH DAD, POOR DAD, MAMMA'S HUNG 

YOU IN THE CLOSET AND I'M FEELIN' 

SO SAD (Para) 

A Mar. 

THE OLIVE TREES OF 

JUSTICE (Pathe) 

A-MY Nov. 

ONE MILLION YEARS 

B.C. (20th-Fox) A-MY-Y Mar. 

OUR MOTHER'S 

HOUSE (MGM) Majority A-MY Nov, 

PALACES OF A QUEEN (Univ) GA Sept. 

PASSAGES FROM JAMES JOYCE'S 

FINNEGANS WAKE (Grove Press) ..A-MY Oct. 

THE PENTHOUSE (Para) 

A Dec. 

THE PERILS OF PAULINE (Univ) GA July 

THE PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF 

JEAN-PAUL MARAT AS PERFORMED BY 

THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM OF 

CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION 

OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE (UA) 

A Moy 

PERSONA (Lopert) 

A April 

POINT BLANK (MGM) 

A Oct. 

THE POPPY IS ALSO A ...„„, 

FLOWER (Comet) A-MY-Y Jan. 

PREHISTORIC WOMEN (20th-Fox) . A-MY Mar 

PRIVILEGE (Univ) A-MY July 

THE QUARE FELLOW (Ajay) A-MY Jan 

THE QUILLER . .,„ , 

MEMORANDUM (20th-Fox) A-MY Jan. 

RAGE (Col) 

A-MY Jan. 

RED TOMAHAWK (Para) 

A-MY-Y Mar. 

THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT (Univ) April 

. 

THE RIDE TO HANGMAN'S 

,_ ^ 

TREE (Univ) 

A-MY Aug. 

ROBBERY (Emb.) 

A-MY-Y Nov. 

A ROSE FOR EVERYONE (Royal Films) ... A Sept. 

ROSIE! (Univ) A-MY-Y Dec. 

ROUGH NIGHT IN 

JERICHO (Univ) 

Mojority A-MY Sept. 

THE SAILOR FROM GIBRALTAR (Lopert) A June 

ST. VALENTINE'S DAY 

, ..„ ^ 

MASSACRE (20th-Fox) 

A-MY Sept. 

THE SAND PEBBLES (20th-Fox) A-MY Feb. 

THE SEA PIRATE (Para) 

A-MY-Y Sept. 

SKI ON THE WILD SIDE (Sigma III) GA Oct. 

THE SPIRIT IS WILLING (Para) A-MY-Y Sept 

THE SPY WITH A COLD NOSE (Emb) A-MY Feb 

THE SUCKER (Royal Films) A-MY-Y Nov. 

SULLIVAN'S EMPIRE (Univ) 

GA Aug. 

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Col) AMY May 

TAMMY AND THE MILLIONAIRE (Univ) GA July 

TARZAN AND THE GREAT RIVER (Para) GA Oct 

THE THIEF OF PARIS (Lopert) 

A Aug. 

THOSE FANTASTIC FLYING FOOLS (AlP) GA July 

THREE BITES OF THE APPLE (MGM) A-MY April 

THE TIGER MAKES OUT (Col) Majority A-MY Oct. 

A TIME FOR BURNING (Pathe) A-MY-Y Moy 

TOBRUK (Univ) A-MY-Y Feb. 

TONY ROME (20th-Fox) 

A Nov. 

TO SIR WITH LOVE (Col) 

A-MY-Y July 

THE TRIP (AlP) 

A Dec. 

TRIPLE CROSS (WB) 

A-MY June 

TRUNK TO CAIRO (AlP) 

A-MY-Y Mar 

THE 25th HOUR (MGM) 

A-MY-Y April 

TWO FOR THE ROAD (20th-Fox) A June 

TWO WEEKS IN SEPTEMBER (Para) A Nov 

UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE (WB) A-MY Mov 

THE UPPER HAND (Para) 

A-MY Sept 

VALLEY OF MYSTERY (Univ) A-MY June 

THE VENETIAN 

AFFAIR (MGM) Majority 

A-MY Jan. 

LA VIE DE CHATEAU (Royal Films) A-MY June 

THE VIKING QUEEN (20th-Fox) 

A Oct. 

WAIT UNTIL DARK (WB-7 Arts) A-MY Oct. 

WALK IN THE SHADOW (Cont'l) A-MY Mar. 

THE WAR GAME (Pattie) 

A-MY May 

WARNING SHOT (Para) 

A-MY Feb 

THE WAR WAGON (Univ) 

A-MY-Y July 

WATERHOLE No. 3 (Para) A Dec 

THE WAY WEST (UA) 

A-MY-Y July 

WELCOME TO HARD TIMES (MGM) A April 

THE WHISPERERS (Lopert) 

A-MY Aug. 

WHO'S MINDING THE MINT? (Col) A-MY-Y Sept. 

WILD, WILD PLANET (MGM) A-MY Moy 

WOMAN TIMES SEVEN (Emb) A Aug. 

YOUNG AMERICANS (Col) 

GA Sept. 

THE YOUNG WARRIORS (Univ) A-MY Moy 

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (UA) A-MY Aug. 

SUGGESTED 

AUDIENCES 

A—Adults MY—Mature Young People GA 

General Audience 

•els are only suggested, since inrlividual preferences and reactions 

differ 

C—Children 

widely. 


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BOXOFFICE BAROMETER 

This chart records the pertormance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in 

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

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

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

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

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$1 Admission Policy 

In 15 L. I. Theatres 

NEW YORK—Two more independent 

units and four theatres of the Prudential 

circuit bring to 15 the theatres on Long 

Island offering the fixed admission rate of 

$1 for adults. The charge for children in 

most of the houses is 50 cents, but the four 

Prudential hardtops are an exception to this, 

admitting children under 12 for 35 cents at 

the towns of Northport, Centereach, Farmingdale 

and Central Islip. 

Conrad Baker, president of Associated 

Independent Theatres, pioneered $1 admission 

policy, when in June 1966 he initiated 

the price at his Kings Park Theatre on 

India Head Road, Word-of-mouth got 

around without the aid of advertising. When 

early this year he began newspaper announcements, 

the theatre showed capacity 

crowds on weekends and near capacity on 

week days. 

AIT theatres located at Oceanside and 

South Farmingdale have new-found prosperity 

from trying out the admission rates. 

Shore Theatres and County Theatres and 

half a dozen independents have followed 

and are showing more profits than with 

suit 

previous admission prices of up to $2.50. 

Last week the Sands Point in Port Washington 

showed "Up the Down Staircase" 

and "El Dorado" for $1 admission, and 

Bellmore's Playhouse had "To Sir, With 

Love" for only 50 cents for children. 

Gene Newman Is Sales Mgr. 

For Para. N.Y. Branch 

NEW YORK—Gene Newman has been 

promoted to sales manager in the Paramount 

exchange here, it was announced by 

Charles Boasberg, vice-president of domestic 

sales. 

Newman, who had been a salesman for 

the company, succeeds Nat Stern, newly 

named New York branch manager, filling 

the position previously occupied by Myron 

E. Sattler, who was promoted to the new 

post of circuit sales manager in the home 

office. 

All three appointments, which are in line 

with Paramount's policy of promotions 

from within the organization, became effective 

Monday (4). 

Federation Luncheon Honoring Three 

Attended by Record Crowd of 600 

NEW YORK— Attendance hit a record 

600 guests at the luncheon Monday (4) 

given by the entertainment division of the 

Federation of Jewish Philanthropies in 

honor of Martin Levine, executive vicepresident 

of Brandt Theatres; Herbert 

Rosenthal, vice-president of program development 

for NBC-TV, and Robert Sour, 

president of BMI. 

The luncheon marked the Federation's 

golden anniversary appeal, during which 

time the organization hopes to raise a 

record $27 million. .Some $250,000 was 

pledged at the luncheon. George H. Heyman 

jr., chairman of the campaign, praised 

the industry for its "continued generosity" 

and called for "private philanthropy" to 

continue to support government finances 

which keep the Federation's agencies functioning. 

Heyman also announced the publication 

of "The Golden Heritage," a book documenting 

the 50-year history of the Federation, 

its agencies, services and membership. 

Leo Jaffe, president of Columbia Pictures, 

presented the guest of honor plaque 

to Levine. TV's Hugh Downs and Lincoln 

Center president William Schuman did the 

honors for Rosenthal and Sour, respective- 

ly- 

Included on the dais at the affair at the 

Americana were Sidney M. Kaye, Burton 

E. Robbins, Samuel Rinzler, Leopold 

Friedman, Samuel Rosen, Simon H. 

Fabian, Barney Balaban, Leo Jaffe. William 

Schuman, Robert Sour. Martin Levine, 

E. David Rosen, George H. Heyman, Jr., 

Harold M. Austin, Herbert I. Rosenthal, 

Hugh Downs, Dr. David G. Salten, William 

S. Todman. Allen Klein, Herbert J. Siegel, 

Nat Lefkowitz, Lawrence W. Lowman, Leslie 

R. Schwartz, David Begelman, Gerald J. 

Leider, Royal E. Blakeman and Milton C. 

Weisman. 

Also, Rabbi Ralph Silverstein, Larry 

Fraiberg, Morris Schrier, Hal B. Cook, 

Jean Aberbach. Howard Richmond, Sal 

Chiantia, Meyer Davis, Adolph Schimel, 

Leon Goldberg, Seymour Poe, Jean Goldwurm, 

Morris O. Strausberg, Emanuel X. 

Frisch, Stanley Schneider, Irwin Young, 

Kenneth M. Mason, Lee Moselle, .Simon 

B. Siegel. Maurice Rifkin, Manny Reiner, 

Harold S. Prince, Tommy Valando, David 

Tebet, Robert L. Stewart, Benjamin Melniker. 

Harry Mandel, Spyros P. Skouras 

and Lawrence Weisman. 

Federation is the world's largest group of 

sectarian-sponsored health, welfare and 

community agencies. Over the past 50 years 

Federation has channeled $1.5 billion of 

voluntarily-contributed funds to its agencies, 

benefiting more than 40 million New 

Yorkers. 

To enable its 130 agencies to meet the 

rapidly increasing demands being made 

upon them. Federation is seeking to raise 

a record $27,000,000 during its current 

Golden Anniversary drive. 

The associate chairmen of the industry's 

Federation Campaign are Ted Ashley, 

Richard Brandt. Himan Brown. Emanuel 

X. Frisch. Leo Jaffe, Nat Lefkowitz, Burton 

E. Robbins and Stanley Schneider. 

'Chappaqua' in Moveover 

NEW YORK — Conrad Rooks" 

"Chappaqua." 

currently at the Sutton Theatre here, 

will move to the Greenwich Theatre and the 

Studio Cinema on December 15 to continue 

its American premiere engagement. 

IFIDA Special Award to 

Father John M. Culkin 

NEW YORK—A special citation will be 

awarded by the Independent Film Importers 

and Distributors of America to the Reverend 

Father John M. Culkin, S. J., director of the 

Center Jlot Communications at Fordham 

University, at the International Film Awards 

dinner to be held January 19 at the Hotel 

Americana. Father Culkin is to be honored 

for his work in utilizing motion pictures for 

educational purposes among high school 

students in the parochial and public schools. 

Father Culkin is a trustee member of the 

American Film Institute and a consultant on 

educational media to the Ford Foundation. 

AT VARIETY CLUB MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON—The Vônlcn of Variety 

Club Tent 35 held a membership luncheon in the ballroom of the Regency 

Hotel in New York City. Mrs. Nat D. Fellman, vice-president, was chairman of 

the affair. Ir»ing Dolllnger, chief barker of Tent 35, addressed the group on 

the Variety Club hospital project. Dr. Margaret Giannini, director of mental retardation 

for children at the Flower-Fifth .\venue Hospital, also spoke. In the 

photo, left to right, are Mrs. Fellman; Mrs. Bernard Myerson, president of Variety 

Women; Dollinger; Mrs. Samuel Goldstein and Mrs. Verne Linkroum, director 

of volunteers, Flower-Fifth Avenue Hospital. 

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In NY; 'Millionaire Gets Jump 

Start 

NEW YORK—Two factors account lor Madigan." in a fifth week at the Cinema II. 

the nose-dive in business in most theatres. "Vampire Killers" closed at the Baronet 

First, there is always the general decline this after 2'/2 weeks, replaced by "Guilt," which 

time of year, based on the seasonal influ- is day-dating with the 34th Street East, 

ences of the post-Thanksgiving slump and "Lemonade Joe," in its second session at the 

the pre-Christmas rush. Second, there are Carnegie Hall Cinema, looks as if it will be 

over a dozen new movies scheduled to open moving out very shortly. 

during the next fortnight, which means that The surprise run of some 16 weeks of 

many current attractions are in their last "Doctor Zhivago" at the Guild will give way 

weeks and, in some cases, their last lew days, to "The Bible" in another week. Trans-Lux 

The one bright light in the boxoffice West and 86th Street East were showing 

window was shining from Radio City Music reissue films, joining the Little Carnegie and 

Hall, which opened its Christmas picture, Cinema '57 Rendezvous minus first-run 

"The Happiest Millionaire," long before attractions, 

other theatres got their holiday attractions. (Average is loo) 

Then ton the Miisir Hall the house ^'^'°'—"^""^ '*'""^ (20th-Fox), 3rd wk 

inen, too, tne IVIUSIC nan is ine one nouse 

Baronet—The Fearless Vompipe Killers (MGM), 

180 

in New York which seems to thrive more 3rd wk 1 30 

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than any other on the holiday spirit. 

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Mil- 

Capitol For From the Modding Crowd (MGM), 

fth wk. of two a-day 160 

Carnegie Hall C.nema—Lemonode Joe (AA), 

lionaire" did excellent business in its first 

week, which was lUSt a sample of things to 

' 

2nd wk 1 60 

Cmemo i—Cooi Hond Luke (wb-7A), 5th wk. ...iso 

Cinema II— Modigon (Cinema V), 5th wk. .200 

Elviro 

come. 

Coronet The Comedians (MGM), 5th wk 185 

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by some of the longer running entries, in- DeMiiie—The Comedions (mgm), 5th wk I80 

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eluding "Cool Hand Luke" in its fifth week 

SJreet Playhouse-How 1 

won the Wor (UA),^^ 

at the Loew's State and Cinema I; "Reflec- Festival—cioseiy Wotched Troins (Sigma iii), 

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tions in a Golden Eye" in its eighth week at Pme Arts—a Man for ah Seasons (Coi), 

the Forum and Loew's Tower East; "The Fomm-têfi°ectio"ns1'n''a° Golden Eye (WB-7A), 

Comedians" in its fifth week at the DeMille 8th wk. .^ 

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.u .- . Loew's State—Cool Hand Luke (WB-7A), 5th wk, 

and Coronet and The Penthouse in its Loew's Tower East- Reflections in a Golden Eye 

170 

190 

ninth week at the New Embassy. However, 

M^r;'H,!i-TonrRome (20th-Fox,, 3rd wk. 1 75 

all will be replaced by new holiday features New Embassy—The Penthouse (Paro), 9th wk ... 180 

Pans—This Special Friendship (P-C), 4th wk 150 

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the next week. Plaza—The wk in incident (20th-Fox), 4th 145 

*^''''°"°''* The roadshows fell off considerably be- 

''°fBV)'^'X'^chns^mQ7ltage"lhow'* 190 

cause of the lack of special added matinees Rialto—Carmen, Baby (Audubon), 8th wk 180 

, , , f .u -ru 1 

which pushed grosses up for the Thanks- 

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

of two-a-day ! 220 

giving holiday period. "Gone With the 

34*/h°"s77eê'?7a5°— Gum''?CrowV2^^^^ 170 

Wind." in its eight week at the Rivoli, was victoria—The incident (20th-Fo'x), 4th wk 155 

still capacity and "Camelot" in its seventh ôr-lTowTwlThrwJr tuA)Mth'wr.°"-'°^?65 

week at the Warner continued very stong. 

;'Far From the Madding Crowd" was weak 

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Hand Luke 

the Fine Arts, will go showcase during 

at the Center, and "Tony Rome, 160 at the 

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Christmas week. 

Art house grosses were down with the ex- ^'T'^' ''"'""''* '""""^ "' 'îrd-week 

ception of "Closely Watched Trains," in its 

holdovers, 

eighth week at the Festival, and "Elvira !^;,'ter^Co"*Han°d\"ike (WB'-7A;S"rd°V'°'°' : : Iso 

Distributing Motion Pictures in Florida 

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Contact 

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Telephone 904 353-7347 

204 Guaranty Life BIdg., 137 E. Forsyth St., Jacksonville, Florida 32202 

Century Tony Rome (20th-Fox), 3rd wk 

Colvin—Thoroughly Modern Millie (Unlv), 

20th wk 

Granada Gone With the Wind (MGM), 5th wk 

GWTW Only 250 Film 

Among Baltimore First Runs 

BALTIMORE—"Gone With the Wind" 

was the sole occupant of the 250 niche, "Far 

From the Madding Crowd" held at 225 per 

cent and "To Sir, With Love" tied at 200 

with "Tony Rome." 

Charles Reflections in o Golden Eye (WB-7A), 

8th wk 185 

Crest, Northwood, Potterson Tony Rome 

(20th-Fox), 2nd wk 200 

Edmondson Village Thoroughly Modern Millie 

(Univ), 26th wk 90 

Five West Don't Look Bock (SR) 150 

Hippodrome Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

5th wk 250 

Little Ski on the Wild Side (Sigma III) 150 

Maytair For From the Madding Crowd (MGM), 

4th wk 225 

Pike's, York Road Cmemo The Producers 

(Embassy), 2nd wk 1 50 

Playhouse To Sir, With Love (Col), 21st wk 200 

Town The Happiest Millionaire (BV), 6th wk. ... 1 50 

'President's Analyst' Opens 

In New York on Dec. 21 

NEW YORK — Paramount Pictures' 

"The President's Analyst," starring James 

Coburn, will begin its New York premiere 

engagement on Thursday (21) at the 

Forum and Tower East theatres. The satirical 

comedy, a Panpiper production in 

Panavision and Technicolor, co-stars Godfrey 

Cambridge and Severn Darden and 

introduces fashion model Joan Delaney. 

"The President's Analyst" was written 

and directed by Theodore J. Flicker and 

produced by Stanley Rubin, with Howard 

W. Koch as the executive producer. The 

music was composed by Lalo Schifrin. 

Filming was on locations in New York 

City and Washington, D.C., and at Paramount 

Studios in Hollywood. 

'Poppy Is Also a Flower' 

To Open in 40 NY Houses 

NEW YORK—"The Poppy Is Also a 

Flower," the drama about the United Nations' 

war on international opium smuggling, 

will open at the Kips Bay and 39 other theatres 

in the greater New York area on 

Wednesday (13). Filmed in Eastman Color 

in several European and North African 

countries under the direction of Terence 

Young, the film stars an international cast 

including Trevor Howard, Rita Hayworth, 

Gilbert Roland, Angle Dickinson, Marcello 

Mastroianni, Senta Berger, Stephen Boyd, 

Yul Brynner and Omar Sharif. Comet Film 

Distributors is handling the film in the U.S. 

'Mother's House' Mass Run 

NEW YORK—Jack Clayton's film of 

"Our Mother's House," a Filmways presentation 

for MGM release, will open at 23 

theatres throughout the New York metropolitan 

area on December 13. Starring Dirk 

Bogarde. the film is based on the novel by 

Julian Gloag. Martin Ransohoff is executive 

producer of the film which was produced 

and directed by Jack Clayton and was the 

official British entry at this year's Venice 

Film Festival. 

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BUFFALO VARIETY CLUB IS ELATED—The headquarters of Buffalo 

Varielj Club Tent 7 has been a happy place since the tent received a third place 

share of the 1966-67 Sir Billy Butlin Incentive Drive. Variety Clubs International 

representative Harry Kodinsky of Pittsburgh made the presentation of over $2,000. 

Receiving a blow-up of the actual check from kodinsky are Peter G. Becker, chief 

barker; James J. Hayes, Butlin campaign chairman; Mary E. Pappalardo, president 

of Variety Club Women, and Kodinsky. 

BUFFALO 

prank Arena, Loew's city manager, reports 

that Shea's Buffalo, the flagship, has 

had its name changed to the Loew's Buffalo. 

Long operated by the circuit, the theatre 

was opened in 1926 by the late Michael 

Shea. The Teck. the sister house, will continue 

as Shea's Teck. 

Frank Mancuso, Paramount exchange 

manager, says there was a splendid exhibitor 

turnout for Paramount Day Tuesday (5), 

which featured a preview screening of "The 

Odd Couple" in the downtown Cinema and 

a luncheon in the Park Lane at Gates Circle. 

Tony Mercurio. office manager of the exchange, 

assisted Mancuso. 

Ed Bader, Columbia branch manager, 

tradescreened "Guess Who's Coming to 

Dinner," slated for national release in February, 

Tuesday evening (5) in the Operators 

screening room. 

The Variety Club held a beef stroganoff 

dinner Saturday evening at 6. followed by 

the showing of a film. 

Charles Freas, member of Projectionists 

Local 233 since 1910, died November 29. 

During his career, he worked at many theatres 

in the city. His last assignment was the 

Niagara Theatre. 

Hav Nash, the ad man who created the 

Jo-Mor Theatres combination displays, has 

rejoined the Rochester circuit after recupera- 

Two (2) 16mm QUARTZ LIGHT PROJECTORS 

Complete with sound and picture chongeovcrs. 

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

condition. Now being used in theatres with 

excellent results. 

CALL—JACK SCHAFFER 

E. J. Barrcs 8, Company, Inc. 

6 West 48th St. New York City, N.Y. 10036 

tion from surgery. Bill Laney. general manager, 

announced. Laney reported that 

"Thoroughly Modern Millie" at the Towne 

Theatre has surpassed the gross of the highly 

successful "Hawaii." 

Homer J. Savage of Snyder, founder and 

former president of Savage Litho Co., has 

been named board chairman of the company. 

He is the son of the late Dan Savage, 

who years ago was Buffalo exchange manager 

of First National Pictures. 

Joseph P. Garvey, managing director of 

Panther's Granada Theatre, announced the 

appointment of Joseph M. Brood as assistant 

manager, succeeding Lyndon Morris, who 

resigned. Brood, a graduate of Westmoreland 

Central High School and the Mohawk Valley 

Community College at Utica, has completed 

studies at a Buffalo university. 

The O'Keefe Center Theatre in Toronto, 

Ont., which reportedly has been operating 

in the red since it opened ten years ago, is 

expected to be taken over by the city next 

year and operated through a board of governors. 

The house is a 3,200-seater. 

Fred Keller, managing director of the 

Circle Art Theatre, opened his film festival 

for high school pupils Monday (4). The 

series will continue through February 10, 

Monday through Saturday, with 2 and 4 

p.m. screenings. Before each showing pupils 

are given a brief introduction of the key 

points in the film and which later are discussed 

in the classroom. The November 30 

issue of the Magnificat, weekly Catholic 

newspaper, carried a full page on the series 

in its entertainment tabloid section, featuring 

a photo of Tom Courtcnay. star of "Loneliness 

of the Long Distance Runner," which 

opened the series. 

Mary Pappalardo Renamed 

Tent 7 Variety Women Chief 

BUFFALO— Mary E. Pappalardo was 

renamed president of the Tent 7 Women 

of Variety, and all other officers were reelected. 

Mrs. Kenneth Reuter and Rita D. 

Inda are vice-presidents; Ethel Tyler, treasurer: 

and Mrs. Herman Messinger. Mrs. 

Joseph Schaefer and Mrs. Willard Hemedinger. 

secretaries. 

Directors are. three-year term, Mrs. V. 

Spencer Balser, Helen Borman, Peggy Hammond 

and Kathleen A. Durkin. Two-year, 

Mrs. Herman Cohen. Mrs. Nicholas Fisher 

and Emma M. Dunwoodie. One-year term, 

Mrs. Walter Cunningham, Molly Kavanaugh, 

Mrs. Stuart Kraft and Mrs. Irving 

Sanders. 

At the meeting Saturday (2) in the Variety 

Club, a pre-Christmas affair, gifts 

were exchanged among members. It was 

decided the women's group would give 

money to the Children's Rehabilitation Center 

and have the officials, who are more 

cognizant of the children's desires and 

needs, buy the gifts. Members also agreed 

this year they would have Santa visit every 

room at the center and distribute ice cream 

and other treats, instead of having one big 

party. 

Columbia Uses Display Ad 

Off Theatre Page for Film 

NEW YORK—As a means of gaining 

maximum effectiveness, Columbia Pictures 

moved off the entertainment pages into the 

first section of Sunday's (3) New York 

Times with a large display ad calling attention 

to the Thursday (14) world premiere 

of Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood." The 

unusual ad placement was to catch the attention 

of Christmas shoppers. 

The Sunday Times ad actually was the 

second "In Cold Blood" ad run outside of 

the entertainment pages, following the fullpage 

premiere announcement that appeared 

on the back page of the November 24 New 

York Times and the Los Angeles Times. 

'Billion Dollar Brain' Set 

For Two NY Theatres 

NEW YORK—"Billion Dollar Brain," 

starring Michael Caine as British agent 

Harry Palmer, will open at the Trans-Lux 

East and the Trans-Lux West on Friday (22). 

The Harry Saltzman presentation is released 

by United Artists and is the third film based 

on the Len Leighton novels about agent Palmer. 

Caine's co-stars in "Brain" are Karl 

Maiden, Oscar Homolka and the late Francoise 

Dorleac. Ken Russell directed for 

Saltzman and executive producer Andre de 

Toth. 

Father of Joseph Ende 

NEW YORK—Services were held Sunday 

(3) for Harry Ende, 83, father of 

United Artists vice-president Joseph Ende. 

The senior Ende, who died Saturday ( 2 

leaves, in addition to the UA executive, 

sons Nathan, Irving and David, five grandchildren 

and three great-grandchildren. 


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NEW YORK—The Motion Picture In- 

BROADWAY 

here 

. 

BARBARA PARKINS, star of 20th-Fox-s 

dustry Softball League presented prizes at 

». nTits second annual awards dinner Thursday 

(Nov. 30) the 77th at Division Ass'n 

Club, honoring the league championship 

the film December 15 at the Criterion and 

Warner Bros. -7 Arts. 

Festival Theatres Cook and 

Greta Thysson presented trophies to the 

Dudley Moore are in town from London 

I for a .series of promotional activities with 

pennant-winning squads, which also in- 

II eluded United Artists, tops in its division. 

national and local media on behalf of 

Goodman accepted the WB-7A "Bedazzled." which opened Sunday (10) 

trophy and presented individual trophies to 

at the Plaza. The British comedians not 

his team members, which included Dick 

Anderson. Roger Arnow. Ivan Augenblick. 

Sieve Berry. Ben DeAugusta. the Tim screenplay Courtney. 

and Moore composing the 

musical score Ernie Grossman, Joe Hyams. Arthur 

. . . Claude Lelouch, director 

Hunt, Martin Jablonski, Jack Johnson. Neal 

of "A Man and a Woman," is in 

Kerness, Dick Lederer, Xavier New Lotz. York 

Paul 

on an extended visit in connection 

Maran, Louis Mont and John Trayner. The 

UA trophy was accepted by Joe Ende. 

Norman Robbins, league president, said 

with the American premiere of his 

newest film, "Live for Life," which UA is 

releasing. The picture opens at the Fine 

Arts Theatre December 18. 

that approximately 100 industry executives 

and players attended. 

NY Variety Club to Hold 

Kiddies' Party on Dec. 16 

NEW YORK—The Variety Club of New 

York, Tent 35, will hold its annual Christmas 

party for underprivileged and handicapped 

children on Saturday (16). Serving as 

chairman of the theatre party, which will 

include a showing of Walt Disney's "The 

Jungle Book" at the DeMille Theatre, is 

Mike Guthertz of the Walter Reade Organization. 

Elliot Cohen, a vice-president of 

ABC Consolidated, will serve as chairman 

at the luncheon in the Americana Hotel following 

the film showing, where a program 

of entertainment will be presented to the 

750 children in attendance. Gifts are also 

being prepared for the Variety guests and 

Mrs. Bernard Myerson, president of women 

of Variety, will assist in the festivities. 

Ralph E. Donnelly Heads 

M. P. Bookers Club of NY 

NEW YORK — The Motion Picture 

Bookers Club of New York held its annual 

election of officers for 1968 at the Manhattan 

Hotel December 4. Ralph E. Donnelly 

was elected president; Lou Solkoff and 

Etta Segal, vice-presidents; Sharan Allen, 

recording secretary; Max Fried, treasurer; 

Lee Herbst, financial secretary; Ben Levine, 

sgt. at arms; Fred Mayer and Marvin 

Friedlander, trustees. Elected to the board 

of directors are Eddie Richter, Kitty Flynn, 

Jerry Horowitz, Harry Margolis, Norman 

Seider, Richard Magan. 

Joseph Dubin Appointment 

NEW YORK—Joseph S. Dubin of Universal 

City Studios has been appointed 

technical adviser for the Pan American 

Union, general secretariat of the Organization 

of American States. In this capacity 

Dubin will attend as an observer the ninth 

session of the Intergovernmental Copyright 

Committee in Geneva, which opens Tuesday 

(12). 

'Valley of the Dolls," has arrived in 

New York to attend the world premiere of 

only star in the Stanley Donen production, 

but also wrote the story, with Cook doing 

Time magazine's cover this week goes to 

"Bonnie and Clyde," which the weekly 

news magazine singles out as a trendsetter 

among the "new cinema" with its permissive 

attitude toward "Sex . 

Art." as Time's cinema-section writer puts 

David Raphel, 20th-Fox vice-president in 

charge of international sales, left New York 

over the weekend to meet with Percy Livingstone, 

20th-Fox's managing director in 

the United Kingdom, and other European 

executives on future product to be released 

early next year . . . Producer-director Radley 

Metzger has returned to New York 

from Paris following completion of his latest 

Audubon production, "Theresa et Isabelle." 

starring Essy Persson . . . Felix 

Greene, whose documentary, "North Vietnam," 

opened last week at the Carnegie 

Hall Cinema, arrived in New York to 

attend the world premiere. 

• 

WB-7 Arts president Benjamin Kalmenson 

will he away from his New York office 

for several weeks. He is in Burhank for 

meetings at the company's studios with 

Kenneth Hyman, executive vice-president 

in charge of worldwide Helen 

production. 

Strauss, vice-president in charge of literary 

operations, also is in California from the 

New York office to meet with Hyman. 

• 

Barbara Feldon, TV star 

who makes her 

film debut opposite Dick Van Dyke in 

United Artists' "Fitzwilly," walked the red 

carpet on the street in front of Gimbels for 

the cocktail reception and invitation showing 

of the film at the department store 

Sunday (3). Although the invited Cary 

Grant, Melina Mercouri and Kirk Douglas 

failed to show, the ever-present Anita 

Louise, wearing a ladies' tuxedo outfit, was 

on hand to add glamor to the occasion. 

Miss Louise, who is Mrs. Henry Berger. 

also attended a reception at Le Pavillion 

to announce the Variety Club's second annual 

international dinner to be held March 

8. Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks jr. will be co- 

chairman of the event and those on the 

general committee include Mrs. Bernard 

Myerson, Mrs. Joshua Logan, Mrs. George 

Waldman, Mrs. Nat Nathan.son, and Darryl 

F. Zanuck, Harry Brandt, S. H. Fabian, 

Joseph E. Levine, Seymour Poe, Robert H. 

O'Brien and .Samuel Rosen. 

helpful hint for Christmas ^'if's. 

ilien- 

the hooks of tickets for Radio 

'^"^ ^^"^'^ ^"'^ pecially designed holnow 

on sale at the theatre's 

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reserved seat hoxoffice or by mail from the 

Music Hall hoxoffice treasurer. The hooks 

are in S? and $10 denominations. 

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Mr. and Mrs. William Bernstein have 

announced the birth of son, Steven 

:i 

Laurence, on November 30. Bernstein has 

been with United Artists since 1959 and is 

executive assistant to Herbert T. Schottenfeld, 

a company vice-president. The Bernsteins 

also have a daughter, Marian Suzanne. 

Harold Rand & Co. has been appointed 

national public relations representative for 

the Hollywood Foreign Press Ass'n.. which 

is currently celebrating its 25th anniversary. 

Ted Albert, media coordinator for Rand, is 

in Fort Lauderdale. Fla.. this week for 

client conferences. 

• 

A boy, Anthony, was born to Mr. and 

Mrs. Alan Arkin on November 29 in Mount 

Sinai Hospital. Mrs. Arkin is the former 

Barbara Dana. Arkin took leave from his 

starring role in the Warner Bros.-7 Arts 

motion picture, "The Heart Is a Lonely 

Hunter," to return to New York from the 

filming location in Selma. Ala. Arkin has 

produced and directed a short film titled 

"T.G.I.F.," (Thank God It's Friday) and 

its cast consists of his wife, and Bill Alton. 

It's based on an act Barbara and Alton did 

in the "Second City" revue about a dentist 

and his assistant. 

Embassy Horror Duo Set 

NEW YORK— Embassy's science-fiction 

thriller combination, "They Came From Beyond 

Space" and "The Terrornauts," will 

open in the New York metropolitan area on 

the RKO showcase Wednesday (13). The 

dual attraction was produced by Max Rosenberg 

and Milton Subotsky for Amicus Productions. 

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THE CHILDREN'S Film Foundation 

has established this country as the only 

western nation with a regular production 

program of feature films for children and 

as the largest supplier of such films in the 

western world. In the words of John Davies. 

chairman of the Rank Organization and 

chairman of the foundation since 1960: 

"No other film industry can match the 

record of Britain in providing this special 

kind of good cinema entertainment for 

children." The financing for these films is 

provided through a production levy and this 

levy is supported by a section of the film 

industry. Unfortunately, the revenue from 

children's films in this country only returns 

about 3 per cent of the total costs. 

"The problem of the Children's Film 

Foundation," says a report, Saturday 

Morning Cinema "is its inability to meet 

the demand for its films." An estimated 800 

cinemas show special Saturday morning 

films produced by Children's Film Founda"- 

tion. Says the Foundation: "In the attempt 

to meet the steadily growing demand for its 

films, the CFF has expanded its production 

program to the limit of its resources. In 

order to achieve this, the Foundation has 

had to find and encourage new talent, and 

at least half the films produced in recent 

years have been intrusted to a new director 

or producer." 

News in brief: Universal will film "Three 

Into Two Won't Go" as a British production 

with Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom among 

the stars next spring. Jay Kanter, the com- 

. 

. 

pany's head of European production, says it 

will be produced by Julian Blaustein from 

an Edna O'Brien screenplay based on 

Andrea Newman's novel Variety 

Club chief barker for 1968 is Fred Pontin, 

one of the most prominent workers for the 

club and a leading figure in British entertainment 

companies. Bernard Delfont was 

elected first assistant chief barker; Trevor 

Chinn, second assistant chief barker; Tim 

Holland, dough guy, and Percy Livingstone, 

property master. The other elected officers 

were Kenneth Winckles, Michael Samuelson, 

Ben Rosenfeld, Louis Michaels, Harold 

Baim and John Lawson. David Jones was 

re-elected press guy 

. . It is getting close 

to "Doctor Dolittle" time judging by the 

amount of publicity the 20th-Fox roadshow 

is getting in the British press, on radio and 

television. The world premiere at the 

Odeon Marble Arch would appear to be 

about the most ambitious shindig organized 

by 20th-Fox here in quite a long time and 

most, if not all the stars, headed by Rex 

Harrison, will be present at the theatre 

where they will be presented to the Queen. 

The entire production team, plus the vicepresident 

in charge of 20th-Fox production, 

Richard Zanuck, will 

also be present to take 

a bow when this highly publicized musicalcomedy-adventure 

reaches this country . . . 

Only one other picture is getting the same 

By ANTHONY GRUNER 

sort of coverage and creating the same sort 

of e.xcitement as "Doctor Dolittle" and 

that is "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," the Dick 

Van Dyke production being made at Pinewood 

Studios by Cubby Broccoli for United 

Artists. Ever since Dick Van Dyke wound 

up in the Lord Mayor's parade, the press 

has been following the picture about without 

giving the cast producer and unit much 

respite. 

Paramount's "Smashing Time" will reopen 

the Odeon Leicester Square on December 

27. The film is a satirical comedy 

starring Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave 

and deals with the adventures of two 

glamor-hungry girls who breeze into London 

from the North all geared up for 

Carnaby .Street and the big time. The film 

is directed by Desmond Davis and produced 

by Roy Millichip and Carlo Ponti 

from a screenplay written by George Melly. 

The decision of the Rank Organization to 

open with a Paramount picture is also of 

some significance as up to now the two 

companies have not been working as closely 

together as say ABC and Paramount. In 

any case, the word is out that the picture is 

a great piece of entertainment. It must be; 

or Rank would not be opening its Odeon 

with it after a £. 180,000 renovation and accompanying 

it with a big stage show headed 

by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. 

The Anglo-Italian co-production agreement 

came into force following the agreement 

which was signed in Sorrento on 

September 30. A delegation from the Federation 

of Film Unions is now in Rome for 

discussions with Italian and French representatives 

on the Common Market and coproduction 

headed by George Elvin, general 

secretary of the ACTT, the film technicians 

unions and secretary of the FFU . . 

The British Film Institute has established 

16 regional film theatres and has plans for 

19 more, it was revealed by Jennie Lee, the 

minister responsible for the arts. 

'Berserk' U.S. Premiere 

Held in Pittsburgh 

HARRISBURG, PA.—"Berserk, " starring 

Joan Crawford, had its American premiere 

at the Senate Theatre here Wednesday 

(6), climaxing more than a week of 

pre-opening activities. Co-starring with Miss 

Crawford in the Herman Cohen production 

are Ty Hardin, Diana Dors, Judy Geeson 

and Robert Hardy. The screenplay is by 

Aben Kandel and Jim O'Connolly directed. 

'Fathom' Opens at NY Lyric 

NEW YORK — "Fathom," starring 

Raquel Welch and Tony Franciosa, will 

have its first New York engagement at 

Manhattan's Lyric Theatre on Wednesday 

(13). Filmed in Panavision and De Luxe 

Color, "Fathom" also stars Ronald Eraser, 

Greta Chi and Clive Revill. Producer is 

John Kohn and director Leslie Martinson. 

CONGRATULATIONS — PhUip 

Sherman, right, new Philadelphia 

branch manager for Universal, is shown 

congratulating Samuel Shapiro, president 

of Sameric Theatres, on the opening 

of his newest playhouse, the Eric 

Rittenhouse Square, in Philadelphia. 

Universal's "Rosie!" was shown. 

PHILADELPHIA 

jâvid E. Milgram, head of Milgram Theatre 

Enterprises, has been named general 

chairman of the Daick Feith "Torch of 

Hope" testimonial dinner of the Delaware 

Valley region advisory board. City of Hope. 

The dinner will be held Sunday (17) in the 

Bellevue Stratford. 

Donald Rugoff, president of Rugoff Theatres, 

officially announced the appointment 

of Dave Holt as manager of the new Cinema 

19 Theatre. Holt formerly was head man at 

the Rugoff World Theatre, now skippered by 

Jay Holmes. 

Mort Magill, eastern district manager for 

Buena Vista, has resigned after 13 years to 

take a similar post with National General 

Pictures. He will jet to Los Angeles Sunday 

(17) for his new film's first sales meeting. 

Harold Henderson of Paramount's Cleveland 

office will come here January 1 to head 

the company's branch. 

Sidney H. Ellis of the Ellis circuit is a 

grandfather for the first time. The father 

Michael D. Ellis is a student at Jefferson 

Medical College. 

Walter Brough, former Delaware Countain 

now a Hollywood screen and TV writer, 

has turned out a script "A Catalog of Sins" 

for a segment of the "Mannix" series. 

Sameric Theatres is beginning another 

new Eric Theatre, a L200-seat house to be 

located in the Montgomeryville Shopping 

Center. The opening is set for late spring. 

'Anderson Platoon' Debut 

NEW YORK—The American premiere of 

Pathe Contemporary's "The Anderson Platoon" 

will begin Sunday (17) at the 55th 

Street Playhouse here. A documentary on 

the Vietnam war, the film was directed by 

Pierre Schoendorffer. 

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Rogers Albany Collections 

Total $15,000 So Far 

ALBANY—Frank Lynch, area distribui 

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audience collections, announced 

returns showed a $15,000 

total so far. He hopes that figure will 

$20,000 when all houses—circuit 

and independent—check in. Lynch was trying 

to arrange re-collections at certain situations. 

Twelve Kallet theatres picked up $3,100. 

Sam Le Balbo, booker for the Oneida chain 

and one-time patient at the Saranac Lake 

institution, works diligently to achieve an 

ever-larger collection sum. The smaller 

Thornton-Wilhelm string reported SI. 300. 

George Thornton and John Wilhelm made 

second collections in their group, including 

two summer spots at Tannersville and 

Windham. Wilhelm, former Albany 20th- 

Fox branch manager and twice Rogers distributor 

chairman, is an enthusiastic Rogers 

Hospital supporter. Mrs. Wilhelm, a registered 

nurse, was once treated there. 

Klein units were among others submitting 

good totals. 

SYRACUSE 

Dobert A. Sorkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sol 

Sorkin (he's former manager of RKO 

Keith's and now managing Slotnick theatres 

and Carrol's drive-ins in Syracuse area), has 

completed his training program at Transamerica 

(United Artists) and has gone to 

Cleveland to join the UA sales department. 

He will cover the St. Louis-Cleveland territory. 

Both the Eckel and Westhill Cinema of 

Slotnick are closed for remodeling . . . The 

annual Christmas party of Slotnick Enterprises 

will be Tuesday (12) in the Sheraton 

Inn for 300 employes. 

Sam Mitchell of the Shoppingtown Theatre 

had a morning preview of the 35-minute 

minifilm of "Doctor Dolittle," with coffee 

and doughnuts for the early birds. Another 

preview of the 20th-Fox film will be shown 

at E. W. Edwards & Son (department store) 

for three days in connection with a merchandise 

promotion. 

Christmas films scheduled are "Fitzwilly" 

at Loew's; "Wait Until Dark," Cinema East; 

"Far From the Madding Crowd," Cinema 

North; "The Jungle Book," the Westhill; 

"Camelot," at the Eckel and "The Happiest 

Millionaire" at Kallet's Genesee Theatre. 

Arthur Dreifuss is to direct "A Time to 

Sing" from a screenplay by Robert E. Kent 

and Orville H. Hampton for MOM release. 

PITTSBURGH 

Qeorge Tice, NATO of Western Pennsylvania 

president, is a grandfather for the age, except from water in the basement. The 

weeks ago, but there was no particular dam- 

12th time with the birth of a daughter Julia house did not lose any playing time. 

Ann to his daughter-in-law Eileen and son 

Norman Mcrvis, general manager of Associated 

Theatres, is vacationing in Florida, 

George in Beckley, W. Va. The couple also 

has two sons. The elder Tice's grandchildren 

where his brothers Ray and Jack live. Both 

are nine girls and three boys. 

are former local exhibitors. 

The 26th annual movie premiere for the 

Old Newsboys by Stanley Warner will be 

held Tuesday (12) in the Stanley Theatre, 

featuring Warner Bros.-? Arts" "Firecreek," 

scheduled for national release in February. 

It stars James Stewart and Henry Fonda. 

Stewart exploited the picture when he was 

here to be honored at the Pennsylvania 

Awards Dinner. The Pittsburgh Press backs 

the Old Newsboys Fund for the Children's 

Hospital. Arrangements were made for the 

affair by Harry Feinstein, SW tri-state zone 

manager. 

National Screen Service February 5 is set 

to take back the servicing of all 

film trailers. 

In recent years Pittsburgh Film Service, a 

George Callahan (ESCO) operation, has distributed 

the NSS trailers. 

Knute Boyle and Mrs. Ray Showe will 

host Theatre Candy's Christmas party 

Wednesday (20) for Filmrow. 

A 1968 Camero is set for a giveaway at 

the Penn Hills Theatre. Entry blanks are 

given at the house in the Penn Hills Shopping 

Center. 

Robert E. Shaffer, manager of the Monroe 

Theatre at Monroeville, helped in demonstrations 

at 

for merchants in his theatre. 

the seminar against shoplifters 

A referendum to allow Sunday movies was 

defeated at Tyrone. 

Glenn Easter has shut down his 35mm 

business with the closing of the Roosevelt 

Theatre at Republic. He will continue in the 

16mm business as portable exhibitor and 

booker and servicing such equipment. 

Bill Zeny of the Roxie at Erie has joined 

Exhibitors Service for film delivery . . . 

ADV Agency, offset printing firm on Filmrow, 

has a new automatic camera, which 

doesn't use a negative, making the plate in 

one operation. 

Henry Gatehouse, National Screen Service, 

who came here from New York as a 

trainee, is the office manager at the branch, 

a new post, under exchange manager Seymour 

Kaplan. 

SWs Whitehall Theatre continues closed 

after a fire some weeks ago. Morris Finkel's 

Mount Oliver Theatre also had a fire several 

The Woodland Drivc-In at West Mifflin 

closed for the season just before the eightinch 

snow. The marquee reads; "Hibernating 

you in the spring." 

The Variety Club announced plans for a 

new rehabilitation and psychiatric service 

center for handicapped children at St. Francis 

General Hospital. Variety, founded in 

Pittsburgh, plans a two-day celebration of 

its 40th anniversary March 9 and 10 to raise 

funds for the project. Lord Louis Mountbatten 

of Britain will address a dinner and 

ball March 9, with many Hollywood and 

Broadway stars expected. An 18-hour fundraising 

telethon will follow. Tent 1 hopes to 

raise $200,000 to finance the first stage of 

the hospital wing. 

George Stern of the Associated circuit 

said an agent is seeking a building in 

Wilkinsburg for a theatre. He said the mayor 

of that suburb had campaigned to get Sunday 

movies and the circuit is willing to enter exhibition 

there if a suitable location is found. 

There seems to be no definite commitment 

that the circuit will engage in theatre business 

in Wilkinsburg. Associated has theatres 

surrounding the Pittsburgh suburb. 

Record Gross for 'Millie' 

Predicted by 'Hi' Martin 

NEW YORK—Universal's Ross Hunter 

production of"Thoroughly Modern Millie" 

is "headed for the biggest gross in the company's 

history." according to a report 

Thursday (7) by Henry H. "Hi" Martin, 

vice-president and general sales manager. 

The film has grossed 515,027,525 to date 

in 128 roadshow engagements in the country 

and Canada. It is scheduled to begin 78 

new roadshow engagements between December 

20 and 27. 

Appointed MCA Veep 

NEW YORK — William P. Gallagher 

has been appointed vice-president of the 

"Entertainment and Leisure Time Marketing 

Division" of MCA, Inc. Gallagher has 

held an executive post with Columbia 

Records for the last 16 years. He had previously 

been merchandising director of the 

marketing division with Nestle's Chocolate 

Co. 

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NoHonol Theatre Supply, Philadelphia— Locust 7-6156 

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National Theatre Supply Co., 500 Peorl Street, Buffalo, N.Y.—TL 4-1736 

CARBONS, Inc. V ' 

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Chorleston Theotre Supply, 506 Ue Street, Charleston 21, West Virginio— 

Phone 344-4413 

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

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WASHINGTON 

with his 

Lou VVassernian, 

dog 

Universal 

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president, and 

On Saturday evening 

(9) the WOMPI Christmas 

his wife 

industry 

attended the White House 

"get-together" 

wedding 

was held in St. 

of Lynda Bird Johnson and 

Matthew's 

Marine 

Cathedral Club. 

Capt. 

Previous 

Charles 

events 

S. Robb Saturday 

had been 

(9). Arriv- 

at the MPAA. Jean Petersen, secretary to 

Loew's Fred Eriing, was the program chair- 

ing with the Pagliais (Merle Oberon Pagliai) 

and the John Waynes were George Hamilton 

and Charlotte Ford Niarchos. Among 

other industry personalities were Carol Channing 

and her husband Charles Lowe, Martha 

Ray and Hugh O'Brian. 

Sid Zins, Columbia publicist, in his teaser 

promotion for "The Tiger Makes Out," 

which is to open at Don King's Capitol Hill 

Friday (22), attached a package of the "nutrition 

booster— tiger's milk." Te said, "I'll 

do anything to "milk' a gag—even from a 

tiger." 

Alex Schimel, Universal branch manager, 

tradescreened "Pretty Polly" Friday (1) and 

"The Ballad of Josie" Monday (4) in the 

20th Century-Fox screening room. 

Invitations to the black-tie premiere of 

"The Happiest Millionaire" Friday (22) at 

the Ontario went out under the patronage 

of Mrs. Johnson and the ambassador of Belgium 

and Baroness Scheyven. A pre-theatre 

reception-buffet, will be held at the Belgium 

embassy. The sponsoring group is the National 

Society of Arts and Letters, whose 

honorary members are Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. 

Kennedy and Mrs. Eisenhower. The California 

Institute of the Arts is cooperating 

with NSAL. Among the Cal Arts advisory 

council members are Roy O. Disney, Nelson 

Riddle, George .Seaton and Meredith Willson. 

Jewish Foundation for Retarded Children 

was held Sunday (3), with Dave Ginsburg, 

Lust's Theatres' publicist, entertaining along 

man of the vuletide event. 

BALTIMORE 

Q 

Elmer Nolte, president of NATO of 

Maryland and general manager of the 

F. H. Durkee Theatres, will make a European 

trip early in January, visiting Portugal, 

Spain, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, 

Austria and will return April 1. During his 

absence, "Vernon Nolte will handle additional 

duties. 

Eric Ledbener, general manager of JF 

Theatres, reports Baltimore's first new 

downtown theatre, the Tower, will open 

Tuesday (19). The half-million dollar 

house, which seats 605. will play MGM's 

"The Comedians" as its initial attraction. 

William Schnader, chief barker of the 

Baltimore 'Variety Club, reports the raffle 

on the new 1968 Cadillac, originally scheduled 

for December 6, has been postponed to 

February 6 at Overlea Hall. 

Among exhibitors from Baltimore who attended 

the screening of Paramount's "The 

Odd Couple" at the DuPont Theatre in 

Washington and a luncheon at the Holiday 

Inn were Vernon Nolte, Fred Schmuff, 

Wilham Pacy, Martin Connors, John 

Broumas, Aaron Seidler, William Hewitt, 

Ronald Freedman, Joe Walderman, John 

Recher, Irwin Cohen, Abel Caplan, Howard 

Caplan, Dick Johnson, George Brehm, Joe 

Einbinder and T. T. Vogel. 

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ALBANY 

^GM will move Janusary 15 from its present 

location on the second floor of ilic 

old Paramount structure to the ninth 11. hm 

of a new office building at 41 State St. m 

downtown Albany. Contractors offered m 

have a 1,600 square-foot unit read\ by 

Sunday (31), but MGM officials decided to 

wait. 

Cinema on the Mall Theatre, between Elmire 

and Corning, was having 1.000 seats 

installed for a Friday (22) opening premiere 

by General Cinema. Bill Hebert, upstate 

buyer-booker for the Boston-based 

circuit, said Buena Vista's "The Jungle 

Book" and "Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar" 

(a combination) would be the opening bill. 

Ed Gallner has been assigned the Albany 

and Buffalo districts, in addition to several 

others by MGM, succeeding Norm Pader 

who resigned. Gallner has been here for 

several big MGM promotions in the past. 

Pader had been with the company since 

1957. 

George Lynch, for many years chief buyer 

for Schine Theatres at Gloversville and 

who resigned from a similar position with 

Capital Theatres (formerly Broumas) in 

Washington, is living at Boca Raton, Fla., 

with his wife. A daughter and son live 

nearby. 

"Mr. Gocha, the Talking Bear" was 

paired with Joseph E. Levine's "Santa Claus 

Conquers the Martians" at matinees in 

Panther's Glove at Gloversville Saturday 

and Sunday (2 and 3). 

Joe Brecheen, Buena Vista branch manager, 

General Cinema Corp. closed the Autowhere 

returned from a vacation to Texas, 

Vision, East Greenbush, for the win'er 

he visited his brother. His plane 

November 26, and continued its Turnpike 

arrived without incident during Washington's 

Drive-In at Westmere. outside of Albany, 

12-inch snowstorm. Disney's Christmas release 

"The Jungle Book" is booked into Theodore McKeldin, on his last day as 

on a Friday-through-Sunday schedule. 

three neighboring theatres in the Wineland mayor, signed 

Frederick 

the minimum 

H. Rohrs, 

wage 60, who retired 

law, 

June 

effective 

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and Neighborhood circuits and Schelman's 

as assistant March to 

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controller 

which of 

increases Mohasco Industries, 

the 

Wheaton Plaza, as well as four Baltimore minimum wage from 

former 

$1 per hour Mohawk Carpet Mills. 

to $1.25. 

houses. 

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his wife, two daughters, a son and a sister. 

'Fists in the Pocket' to Open 

NEW YORK—"Fists in the Pocket," 

originally shown under the title "Between 

Two Worlds" at the fourth New York Film 

Festival two years ago. will have its theatrical 

premiere at the Carnegie Hall Cinema 

late this month. No specific date is set. A 

Peppercorn-Wormser, Inc., 

Film Enterprises 

release, "Fists in the Pocket" was the first 

feature to be directed by Marco Bellocchio. 


NEWS AND VIE^VS OF THE PRODUCTION CENTER. 

Tandem's 7 Pictures 

To Cost $25 Million 

HOLLYWOOD—Bud Vorkin and Norman 

Lear's Tandem Productions, major independent 

production organization, has acquired 

tiie motion picture rights to Charles 

Portis' novel, "Norwood," to be filmed on a 

$2 million budget, it was announced Tuesday 

(5) by Yorkin and Lear, who head up their 

own company as director and writer-producer, 

respectively. 

Simultaneously, Yorkin and Lear disclosed 

expansion of their company's production 

slate to seven major films, to be made 

during 1968-69 under an overall budget of 

$25 million. 

"Norwood," slated to start late in 1968, 

is a contemporary story dealing with small 

town Americana in the tradition of a 

Huckleberry Finn comedy-adventure, Yorkin 

and Lear said. A major portion of the film 

will be shot on location in either Virginia or 

Tennessee. 

Besides "Norwood" and "The Night They 

Raided Minsky's," which is nearing completion 

in New York for United Artists release, 

Yorkin and Lear's additional pictures, now 

in various stages of pre-production work, include: 

"Cold Turkey," starring Dick Van Dyke, 

and to be a co-production venture with the 

actor's D.F.L Productions, and for United 

Artists release; "John Henry and the Do- 

Right People," also will star Van Dyke, with 

a script by Oliver Hailey; "Operation Ice 

Floe," based on an original story by Arthur 

Pierce, being planned for an $8 million budget 

as a projected roadshow attraction for 

Cinerama; "The Wizard of Loneliness" based 

on the John Nichols novel, and "Two Times 

Two," screenplay by Fred Freeman and 

Larry Cohen, for UA and to be filmed on 

location in Europe. 

Howard Clewes to Script 

'Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle' 

HOLLYWOOD—Robert Radnitz signed 

Howard Clewes to write the screenplay of 

"The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle," which Robert 

B. Radnitz Productions will make for the 

CBS Theatrical Films division under a multiple-picture 

pact. 

Clewes will base his script on the research 

treatment by novelist-historian Alan Moorehead, 

Darwin's journals and the logs of 

Captain Fitzroy on the British vessel. 

(Hollywood OHke—6331 Hollywood Bhd 709 Phone: HO 5 1186) 

VETERANS OF TECHNICOLOR HONORKD— Honored at a luncheon at 

the Los Angeles Club were employes of Technicolor, Inc. who had completed 25 

years of service with the company. Among those present, top row, standing: S. R. 

Aquila; G. W. Groves jr.; John Crowder; Bruce Pickard; C. F. Simonelli, toastmaster 

and host, executive vice-president; Clem Neveaux, Ernest Novy, Floyd 

Nelson, Lester Baum and George Price. 

Second row, seated, left to right: Ruth Frehel, Bee Norman, Veronica Keyes, 

Rose Latinl, Scynorca Cicoria, Caroline Odell and Margaret Chaglakes. 

On the floor: Herschel Shaffer, Fred Forbes. Jack Stiles, Charles Patsch and 

Thomas Flaherty. 

U.S. Govt Can Use Subsidy to Fight 

Runaway Production: Herman Cohen 

HOLLYWOOD—Presenting a novel approach 

to the present status of Hollywood 

labor and the overseas "runaway" production 

problem, Herman Cohen, who has produced 

films both here and in Europe since 

1953, has come up with a suggestion: "Our 

government has to face this problem as they 

do American protective tariffs and the U.S. 

foreign policy abroad. Both are designed to 

protect business and labor, and it is time that 

something is done." A project which seems 

to make sense has been advanced by the extended 

services division of Columbia College, 

which has made an extensive study. 

Cohen explained: "A subsidy, based on 

the costs of the use of Hollywood labor, 

which would equalize transportation to European 

locations and match the money we 

save from use of Eady funds, will enable us 

to take men from Hollywood for American 

productions abroad." Actors don't have the 

same problem as the other technical unions 

and guilds. 

"There is no question in the mind of any 

producer that the know-how of Hollywood 

equals, and in many cases, surpasses the 

knowledge and skill of any filmmaking 

group in the world," he said. 

Cohen suggested that the Department of 

Commerce, of Labor, the Bank for International 

Development and the State Department 

should go into a crash program to come 

up with the facts, which would make American 

labor costs compatible with the problems 

of using skilled American labor overseas. 

Transportation and foreign subsidies 

are the roadblocks which could be overcome, 

he said. 

American production doesn't need subsidies, 

but Hollywood labor needs the typical 

American know-how which made the Reconstruction 

Finance Corp. and the Federal 

Housing Administration adjust the economy. 

Sudsidies to airlines and shipbuilding companies 

made them competitive with the rest 

of the world, Cohen said. Motion picture 

labor needs this same treatment. 

"We now give billions away to the rest of 

the world to protect our system of government." 

Cohen continued. "Within this framework 

is Hollywood labor, which needs protection. 

Let's start now before these skills 

are scattered and destroyed." 

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a budget of $25 million, according to president 

Selig Seligman. '"We already have concluded 

full negotiations and have signed 

contracts for the eight features. Our pro- 

Ralph Nelson. Carlo Ponti, the Rank Organization 

and Buck Henry." 

Selmur is the wholly owned ABC subsidiarj' 

which will distribute 75 per cent of its 

product through Cinerama Releasing Corp. 

One of the projects is a large-scale musical. 

"Song of Norway," a successful operetta, 

which has Andrew and Virginia Stone as 

producer-director and Edwin Lester of the 

Civic Opera here as consultant. A largescreen 

property, it is in the genre of "The 

Sound of Music." 

Hathaway's production is to be a largescale 

western, with a major star to be announced 

soon. On all productions Seligman 

is the executive producer. He has been with 

American Broadcasting Companies 22 years. 

During his first production year as head of 

Selmur, he has nine features in production, 

with "Smashing Time" scheduled to open 

soon. It stars Lynn Redgrave and Rita Tush- 

Directors' Support 

Is Pledged to AFI 

HOLLYWOOD — Directors Guild of 

America council members have pledged 

unanimous individual support to the American 

Film Institute after a meeting with 

George Stevens jr., AFI director, and Gregory 

Peck, chairman of the board of trustees. 

At the session, Stevens outlined a fivepoint 

AFI program: 

1. Keeping of archives, for a central collection 

and cataloging of American films. 

2. Education, to help raise the level of 

U.S. films and appreciation of audiences. 

3. Training of young filmmakers, selected 

from the highest-rated graduates of university 

cinema schools. 

4. Production by trainees and others, starting 

with short subjects and later to include 

features. 

5. Publications, including film journals 

and textbooks on filmmaking. 

At the council meeting, it was agreed that 

DGA members could best participate in the 

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major feature films for 1968-69. with 

ducers for this list of product include Henry 

Hathaway. Richard Quine, Saul David, 

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Was it a big gamble to go into a production 

like "Candy," which has a long list of 

top stars? Seligman explained that most pictures 

are a reasonably good gamble, but a 

major company must not make pictures to 

play it safe. "They must take chances," adding, 

"Heroes are guys who take the gamble." 

He cited the example of "a couple of guys, 

who spent a year of their lives getting a 

property set for the market, then they made 

it." Seligman pointed to "A Man and a 

Woman" by Claude Lelouch and Mike 

Todd's "Around the World in 80 Days." 

.Selmur's first production year is impressive. 

It includes "Cop-Out" by Selmur and 

J. Arthur Rank; "The Rover," directed by 

Terence Young; "The Prodigal Gun," being 

made in Rome by Documento Films and Selmur; 

"Diamonds for Breakfast"; "Charly"; 

"The High Commissioner"; "Hell in the Pacific" 

and "Candy," with its multimilliondollar 

cast of Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, 

James Coburn, Ringo Starr, Walter 

Matthau, Sugar Ray Robinson, Elsa Martinelli, 

Ewa Aulin and John Astin. 

All of those films are in some stage of production 

or have been completed. 

Institute's 

film training program, which will 

be located near Los Angeles, by counseling 

trainees and giving on-the-scene advice on 

production. 

It also was pointed out that DGA members 

can make contributions to the AFI publications 

project, by writing or taping their 

personal experiences in movie-making over 

the years. 

Council members unanimously assured 

Stevens and Peck of their individual cooperation 

in the program and said that the guild 

would be asked to express its support as an 

organization. 

It was emphasized that the institute is financed 

largely by foundation grants and private 

donations, and is free of government 

control or influence. Its initial budget is 

$5,200,000 for a three-year period. 

December WB-7A Month 

At Country House, Hospital 

HOLLYWOOD — December is Warner 

Bros.-? Arts month for guests and patients 

of the Motion Picture Country House and 

Hospital, it was announced by George L. 

Bagnall, president of the Motion Picture and 

Television Relief Fund. 

"We are inviting members of the casts 

and crews of the films we are showing to 

provide an additional morale booster for the 

people living at the Country House," Bagnall 

said. 

"Additionally, we want as many industry 

members as possible to visit the premises in 

Woodland Hills. They finance the facilities 

and would be impressed with our efforts on 

behalf of those who need our services." 

Communion Brecrkfast Set 

Again for Palladium 

HOLLYWOOD—The annual communion ! 

breakfast for the motion picture and radii 

and television industries will be held in the 

Hollywood Palladium Sunday morning, 

March 3, according to committee president 

Matt Gilligan of Warner Bros. -7 Arts. 

Arrangements for the return to the Palladium 

of the Catholic show-business gathering 

were completed by Al Simms of American 

International Pictures and John Lavery. 

Broadway Florists, both members of the 

committee, and Sterling Way of the Palladium. 

Table grouping at the Palladium allows 

seating for 2,000 persons, marking the first 

time since 1960 that accommodations are expected 

to be adequate for the huge ticket demand. 

Since 1960 the event has been in the 

International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton 

Hotel. 

Republic Corp. Names Stark 

Corporate Controller 

HOLLYWOOD—Jon M. Stark has been 

appointed corporate controller for Republic 

Corp. in Beverly Hills, Calif., according 

to Gerald B. Block, president and chairman 

of the hoard. 

Prior to joining Republic, Stark was financial 

controller, European operations for International 

Minerals & Chemicals, Ltd., in 

London, England, since 1965. He had previously 

spent seven years with Litton Industries 

in the U.S. and overseas as assistant 

group controller of the business equipment 

group and as controller for European operations 

of the guidance and control division. 

Public Service Messages 

On Albuquerque Marquees 

ALBUQUERQUE— For the tenth consecutive 

Christmas season, the Albuquerque circuit, 

under the direction of Lou Avolio, is 

providing a community service for local merchants 

and the post office. 

Several of the company's downtown units 

again have public service messages on the 

noses of their marquees — places often difficult 

to fill because of the limited space available 

for film titles. 

Each theatre has the message "Shop Early. 

Mail Early," and where room is available. 

"Use Zip Code." The messages went up after 

Thanksgiving and stay until after Christmas. 

First Child for the Arkins 

HOLLYWOOD — Alan Arkin. currently 

starring in the Warner Bros.-7 Arts production 

"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" in Selma. 

Ala., and his wife, the former Barbara 

Dana, welcomed their first child, a 6-pound 

son Anthony. 

To London for Film Talks 

HOLLYWOOD — Nissen Bonuette 

French scripter, is in London at the invita- [| 

tion of composer-conductor Dimitri Tiomkin 

to discuss the screenplay based on the Ramsey 

Ullman novel, 

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LOS ANGELES 

291 So. La Cienega Blvd. 

Suite 304 

Beverly Hills, Calit. 90211 

SAN FRANCISCO 

251 Hyde Street 

Son Francisco, Calif. '54102 

Phone: (415) 771-5485 

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WASHINGTON OREGON 

2401 Second Avenue 925 N.W. 19th Avenue 

Seattle, Washington 98121 Portland, Oregon 97209 

Phone; (206) 622-0660 Phone: (503) 228-1175 

Branch Mgr., J. R. "Jimmy" Beale Branch Mgr., Cathy Slode

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Five LA First-Run Feature Films 

In Elite 300 Percentage Range 

LOS ANGELES — Five 300-class films 

dominated the city's first-run business, although 

several other pictures exceeded normal 

grosses by comfortable margins. "To 

Sir, With Love," 11th week at the Bruin 

Theatre, had the best grossing percentage of 

all, a huge 365. "Cool Hand Luke" was second 

with 320 for its fifth week at the Village 

Theatre, followed by a trio of films scoring 

300 each—"Bonnie and Clyde," 15th week 

at the Vogue Theatre; "Camelot." fifth week 

at the Cinerama, and "Gone With the Wind." 

eighth week at the Carthav Circle. 

(Average Is 100) 

Acodemy, Wiltern Rosie! (Univ), 2nd wk. 

65 

Beverly The Comedions (MGM), 5th wk 

Brum—To Sir, With Love (Col), 

Carfhay Circle Gone With the Wind (MGM) 

8th wk 300 

Chinese The Jungle Book (BV) 7th wk 

125 

Cineromo Camelot (WB-7A), 5th wk 300 

Egyptian— Reflections in o Golden Eye (WB-7A) 

120 

65 

Four Stor- Robbery (EmbaTsyT,"4th \lk „j 

Granada Ulysses Xnnf'l), 2nd wk. . . , 

200 

Iris, Fairtax, Picwood— 

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Tony Rome (20th-Fox) 

75 

Loyola The Sound o Music (20th Fox), 24th wk. 

Music Hall—A Man f^ All Seosons (Col), 5 I st wk 1 

Pontages The Happi St Millionaire (BV), 24th wk 

Plaro- Wotcrholc No 

Regent— A Mon and o Woman (AA) 49th wk '200 

Village— Cool Hond Luke (WB-7A),'5th wk. '320 

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Vogue-Bonnie ond Clyde :WB-7A), 15th wk 300 

Worner Ecô-I, More Thon o Mirocle (MGM) 

5th wk ^5 

Warner Hollywood Thoroughly Modern Millie 

(Univ), 34th wk ,,5 

Wilshire For From the Madding Crowd (MGM), 

"GWTW in 70mm Establishes 

New Portland Broadway Mark 

PORTLAND— It was still the roadshows 

doing the best ticket business in the city, 

with James Tibbetts at the Broadway reporting 

that "Gone With the Wind" had broken 

all house records. This gave the 70mm picture 

an easy 200 per cent for the week and 

some block bookings through January. 

"Camelot." playing at the Paramount for a 

fourth week, also maintained 200 per cent. 

Broadwoy—Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

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Eostgafe I, Westgote I, Family— Cool Hand Luke 

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Eastgate II Thoroughly Modern 

26th wk 

Fox—Tony Rome (20th-Fox), 3rd wk 145 

Hollywood- For From the Madding Crowd (MGM),' 

Laurelhurst Point BJank (MGM)' lith' wk 160 

Orpheum, 104th Street—The Glory Stompers ('aIP)'i75 

Poromount The Comedions (MGM) 5th wk 150 

Westgote II— Rosie! (Univ), 2nd wk .....150 

'Gone With the Wind' Leads 

Spotty Week in Frisco 

SAN FRANCISCO— With gross percentages 

ranging from a low of 50 to a high of 

600, the week's results were a clear demonstration 

of theatregoers being willing to turn 

out for films they consider worth their time 

and to practically ignore any other product. 

Measured by gross percentages, the big favorites 

were "Gone With the Wind" (600): 

Camelot" 500; "Cool Hand Luke" 400 and 

'Tony Rome" (160). 

Cinemo 21— The Co 

lions (MGM), 3rd wk. 

Cloy— How I Won the War (UA), 5th wk 

coliseum, El Rey, United Artists, Genevo— Cool 

Hand Luke (WB-7A) 2nd wk 

Empire, Crown, Mission Rosie! (Univ) 

Golden Gate— Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

NorthPoint 

Orpheum 

Hall— La Guerre Est Finie (Brandon), 

Reflections in a Golden Eye '(WB-7A), 

Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

Presidio Festival (P-W), 5th wk 

St. Francis— More Than o Miracle (MGM), '2nd wk 

^ Surf -' ^'- The " Gospel 

g to St. Matthew 

(Confl), 2nd wl 

Stage Door—A Man for All Seosons (Col) 

"Gone With the Wind' Highest 

With Sturdy 240 in Denver 

DENVER — Percentages generally 

were 

down throughout Denver. "Gone With the 

Wind" being the only first-run film finishing 

in the 200 range and it grossed 240 in the 

seventh week at the Denham. "Waterhole 

No. 3" combined its Paramount and Arvada 

Plaza ratings for 155, good for second place 

on the city's gross percentage weekly ladder, 

while "Clambake." the only new film, entered 

the list with a mild 125 at the Denver 

Theatre. 

Aladdin—More Than a Miracle (MGM), 3rd wk. . . 1 00 

Centre-Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 28th wk 90 

Century 21—The Happiest Millionaire (BV) 

8th wk 

]QQ 

Cherry Creek, Northglenn, Westland—Cool Hand' 

Luke (WB-7A), 3rd wk no 

Continental The Comedians (MGM) 5th wk 75 

Cooper For From the Madding Crowd (MGM) 

5th wk 

1 30 

Denhom—Gone With the Wind (MGM), 7th wk.'.'.'240 

Denver—Clambake (UA); Matchless (UA) 2nd wk 125 

Esquire—The_ Producers (Embassy), 2nd wk 150 

oramount, Arvado Plaza Waterhole No. 3 

(Para), 3rd wk 

'ilia Italia— Tony Rome (20th-Fox)^ '3rd wk 

ogue— La Guerre Est Finie (Brandon), 2nd w 

Hollywood 

Happenings 

^GC's Lido Theatre, which has been on hd 

art-house policy, will open a ten-(.Li\ 

exclusive run of 20th-Fox' 'The Incident" s,. 

the film may qualify for the Oscar awanls 

Seventeen other films are similarly crowdiim 

the schedule here for the same purpose in 

other theatres. 

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Raymond Stross and his wife, Anne Heywood. 

producer and star of WB-7 Arts, "The 

Fox." were at the party for the Hollywood 

Foreign Press along with Carol Channing. 

Ross Hunter, Jackie Coogan, Ross Martin 

and other personalities. Stross is reported as 

unhappy that the studio will not place his 

film in the running for an Cscar this year. 

Film got a big spread in Playboy but doesn't 

open until spring. 

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Aaron Rosenberg's "The Detective," based 

on Abby Mann's screenplay, again is under 

way. with Jacqueline Bisset replacing Mrs. 

Sinatra (nee Mia Farrow) since the separation 

between the young actress and Frank 

Sinatra occurred. 

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use's Cinema Arts Department will get 

the benefit of Irwin Winkler's subject "Independent 

Film Production." He produced 

"Point Blank" and starts "The Split" with 

Jim Brown at MGM. He will tell the students 

about the problems of the independent. 

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The N;w York publicity firm .Solters & 

Sabinson has John Simes and John Dooley 

on its staff, as the expansion lakes place into 

Hollywood. Others are Sheldon Roskin, office 

manager: David Horowitzh and Jack 

Ryan. The firm has the account of Ringling 

Bros, and Barnum and Bailey, a good change 

from the typical Hollywood list of accounts 

for press agents, though not far removed 

from its description of the circus in this 

town. 

Films Added to Programs 

At Children's Theatres 

From New England Edition 

BO.STON—The Boston Children's Thea- 

showing films for children between the 

tre is 

ages of 4 and 12 this season in addition to 

live 

stage productions. With the cooperation 

of the Northeast Film Center for Children, 

an affiliate of the International Center of 

Films for Children in Brussels, Belgium, the 

Boston Children's Theatre has selected quality 

films. The first was "The Last Rhino," 

set in Africa, telling the story of the courage 

of a boy who quiets a wounded rhino. 

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LOTUS FILMS INT'L 

ZOOMS 

KING VIDOR SENDS YOUNG COMPANY INTO ORBIT 

Film-Makers To Get 50% 

Of the Gross Off the Top 

As part of the Lotus Films International releasing 

deal, company president King Vidor has set up a program 

in which the independent film-makers will receive 50% 

of the gross on their features with Lotus to pay for all 

advertising, prints, exploitation, etc., out of its 50° 

. 

"In this way we will make the independent film-maker 

healthy money-wise as there will be no double-talk about 

expenses of any kind," stated Vidor. 

Lotus To Roadshow Indie 

Features Via New Rotation System 

In bringing new life to the independent theatres, Lotus Films 

international, under the know-how and showmanship of company 

president King Vidor, has created a new cycle of roadshowing 

independent-made films via a new rotation system. Under the Lotus 

plan, packages of 25 features will be put together and rotated in 

25 theatres, thus securing the maximum exposure for each feature. 

The Lotus rotation system will be applied on a global basis. 

Board of Directors Approves 

$1,200,000 in Trade 

Advertising for 1968 

Milton B. Kahn, v-p and director of public relations and 

advertising for Lotus Films International, revealed that 

the board of directors has approved a $1,200,000 advertising 

budget for trade publications for 1968. In 

realizing the value of advertising in the trade papers, 

Lotus Films International plans to pre-sell its product to 

independent theatre owners via the vital trade medium. 

LOTUS TO BUILD 

FILMS AS STARS 

Feeling that the days of the star system are coming to a 

close, the progressive Lotus Films Internotional company 

will build the films themselves as the stars via o multimillion 

dollar advertising program and through careful 

selection of product. Vidor revealed, "We have already 

found many wonderful films which were unable to get 

proper consideration because they lacked star names 

and Lotus will pull the switch via our new system." 

GERALD I. NEITER PUTS 

SYNDICATE TOGETHER 

Youthful Beverly Hills attorney Gerald I. Neiter has 

carefully put together a Beverly Hills syndicate of investors 

to launch Lotus Films International into the most 

powerful and progressive releasing company in the entertainment 

industry. With King Vidor as president of Lotus 

Films International, Neiter has put one of the most 

powerful international figures in the film industry together 

with a multi-million dollar syndicate which understands 

the purpose of why Lotus Films International was 

created. 

MILTON B. KAHN TO 

APPLY SHOWMANSHIP 

TO LOTUS OPERATION 

Considered by many as the most explosive and exciting 

publicist and advertising man in the entertainment industry, 

Milton B. Kahn is ideal for the Lotus organization. 

Arriving in Hollywood nine years ago by way of a 

truck with one suitcase and $200, Kahn quickly built his 

career via imagination, showmanship and guts. A specialist 

in building the images of production companies, 

Kahn also has the know-how and understanding of filmmaking. 

LOTUS FILMS INTERNATIONAL 

8730 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California 9021 

Telephone: (213) 657-8242 

King Vidor, President 

Milton B. Kahn. Vice President 


. . Mannette 

LOS ANGELES 

distributor Eve Meyers is in New York on 

a sales trip for Eve Productions, while 

Russ Meyers, who produces and directs the 

films for the company, previewed the company's 

film at the Goldwyn Studios. 

One of the new offices taken by Loew's 

California TTieatres is now occupied by the 

theatre division, which operates the Mark 

Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco. Jules Landfield, 

in charge of theatre advertising and 

public relations and for many years in theatre 

operations before moving into this phase 

of merchandising the films, will have a 

spread in the local papers about the changes 

in physical properties since Loew's took over 

from Statewide Theatres. 

Bishop Gerald Kennedy, who headed the 

West Coast office of the National Council 

oi Churches Broadcasting and Film Commission 

until its dissolution, announced from his 

Methodist Church headquarters that a film 

committee operating under the Council of 

Churches will review scripts and films once 

again in the manner of the old office, which 

was set up here in 1945 and closed in 1965. 

George Heimrich, former manager of the 

NCCC branch office, has been in semi-retirement. 

This group will have nothing to do 

with the annual awards, which have been 

moved back to New York. Primary function 

over the years of NCCC's office was to act 

as a liaison with the studios in the manner 

of the Catholic and Jewish groups who 

looked at the subject matter of films in script 

form. William Fore is in charge of the New 

York office of the national group, which 

hasn't announced any change in its plans 

due to the emergence of the Hollywood 

council. 

Max Laemmle's Los Feliz Theatre has 

been showing local films made at and by 

university students for their classes at UCLA. 

Blown up to 35 mm from 8mm and 16mm, 

the subject matters range from the adolescent 

views of sex to serious portrayals in 

documentary form of topical subjects. 

The Variety Club's plastic cocktail glasses 

are pictured in a two-color mimeo cartoon 

called "button up," which was sent to all 

members of the group here. The glasses are 

described as "perfect for holiday parties and 

courtesy gift giving" by the staff at the Bev- 

stars and on which he made his directorial 

bow, has been set to open at Loew's Beverly 

Theatre Friday (22). 

With Sammy Davis jr. honorary chairman 

of the event, the Frederick Douglass Child 

Development Center has taken over Pacific's 

Dome Theatre for "Camelot" Thursday (14), 

marking the first time that a Negro charity 

has sponsored a fund-raising project of such 

major proportions. The special screening of 

the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts film will be 

preceded by a champagne reception. 

"The Ambushers," the new Matt Helm adventure 

from Columbia, will be released in 

450 theatres across the country during the 

holiday period. The world premiere will be 

launched with the opening at the Chicago 

Theatre. Chicago, Wednesday (20). 

Dye, secretary to Lloyd Ownbey 

of the Bevelite Mfg. Co. has been appointed 

PAY HOMAGE TO BO'k S TOWN 

—William Thedford, director of theatre 

operations for National General 

Corp., and film star Chill Wills present 

Dee Thomas, Girls Friday mentor, who is 

a set of commemorative stills from 

Herb Copelan's secretary, says the charitable 

MGM's "Boys Town" erly Hilton 

to 

headquarters 

Father Nicholas 

Wegner, director of the real Boys 

of the Club. 

organization of executive secretaries has 

made a contribution in the name of the late Charles Maestri, Lippert Theatres executive 

in San Francisco, was accompanied by 

Town in Nebraska. Thedford and Wills 

Bella Rackoff, Gregory Peck's secretary for 

were in Omaha for the opening of National 

many years. The American Cancer Society hooker Ed Jones on a tour of film exchanges. 

General's new Fox Theatre. The 

is recipient of the donation. The group also 

p-ctures were prepared and assembled 

raised $500 at a fashion show and spring Milt Frankel, well-known booker along by Howard Strickling of MGM studios 

dance. 

the Row for many years, now is with Cinerama 

Releasing Corp. under Bill Wasserman. 

in Hollywood. 

Briti.sh Movietone News assigned Arthur local branch manager . 

Shapiro, 

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Titta. veteran 

industry service 

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of ships, formation of planes and hundreds 

Film Distributor, was in Montreal, where he 

of thousands of spectators. 

opened an office. 

Waltei Goodman, who was formerly a 

salesman for Universal and film buyer for 

Vinnicof Theatres and an executive assistant 

to Jack Grossman of the Holiday Theatres, 

has opened his own film buying service in 

the Vinnicof BIdg. at 600 S. .San Vicente 

Blvd. 

Herb Turpie, vice-president of Manley 

Popcorn Co.. Kansas City, returned to the 

home office for conferences. 

Gilboy Film Delivery was the scene of a 

party for Vernie Powers, who is retiring 

from Gilboy after ten years. 

Happy December birthdays Betty Trac\. 

Columbia; Dave Bershon, cx-exhibitor who 

will be 79: Arnold Shaak, another ex-exhibitor 

who will be 81; Morris Borgos, Boxoffice 

Filmrow representative, and Syd Cassyd, 

Boxoffice West Coast editor. 

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WEST COAST THEATRE SERVICE 

Dudley Winscott, manager of Fox's Criterion 

Theatre in Santa Monica, was honored 

by home office employes and fellow managers, 

as he retired after being with the company 

since 194.^. 

Kd Harris is back as manager of the 

Canon Theatre in Beverly Hills . . Ben 

. 

Ohre and wife are off to Honolulu on company 

business. He is Pacific Theatres' book- 

Filming has been completed on "The 

Devil's Brigade," UA release starring William 

Holden, Cliff Robertson and Vince 

Edwards. 


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SAN FRANCISCO 

Dat Patterson has mo\ed his office to 191 

Golden Gate Avenue, which is also the 

home of AHied Artists. He will have his 

quarters on the second floor of the building. 

Patterson was welcomed into his new office 

by Allied Artists branch manager Clint 

Mecham. 

Min Levy, head of Progress Film Distributors, 

has a new secretary Dorothy Kim. 

who had a similar job with United Artists 

Theatres eight years. 

Ray Cook Theatre Supply has been at its 

new location over six months. The new warehouse 

is located right off the Bayshore Freeway's 

Silver Avenue. Cook and his wife 

vacationed in Indiana, and visited relatives 

and friends. 

East Bay Motion Picture and TV Council 

held its monthly meeting in the Franklin 

Recreation Center in Oakland. Film clips 

from "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "The 

Happiest Millionaire" were presented and 

discussed. President Mrs. Entile Canning 

conducted the meeting. Mrs. G. B. Cropsey 

jr. 

is publicity 

chairman. 

Andy Anderson, Paramount branch manager, 

presented a screening of "The Odd 

Couple." with Jack Lemmon and Walter 

Matthau. At the screening Anderson reported 

on other films Paramount will release 

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San Francisco. Calif..Gerald L Karski.Pres. 

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Lee ARTOE CARBONS.li' 

soon. The affair was held in the Alhambra 

Theatre and was followed by a luncheon. 

Women of Variety held its annual tea 

Saturday (9), and presented to the Heart 

Fund the proceeds from its fund-raising 

activities. 

DENVER 

JJighland Theatres' Denver is sporting a 

new marquee, which is angled to take 

advantage of the one way traffic flow on 

16th Street . . . Jack Felix of Favorite Films 

of California traveled to Salt Lake City to 

call on accounts . . . United Artists branch 

manager John Dobson was winter-vacationing 

in Puerto Rico. 

\Varner Bros.-? Arts district manager 

Jules Needelman was in town calling on 

accounts with branch manager Joe Kaitz. 

Needelman was branch manager of the local 

Columbia exchange some time ago. 

Branch manager's secretary Monica Farrell 

at Universal was hospitalized for minor 

Columbia screened "Guess 

surgery . . . 

Who's Coming to Dinner" at the Century 

screening room. 

In town to set dates for winter were 

George Fick, Chief. Steamboat Springs; Fav 

Gardner, Star, Curtis, Neb., Vern Peterson. 

Paramount, Cheyenne, Wyo.; John Linsey, 

Rialto. Alamosa; Art Goldstein. Flick, 

Colorado Springs; Don Swales, Wheeler 

Opera House, Aspen; George McCormick. 

Skyline, Canon City; Dick Klein, Trojan, 

Longmont; Mitchell Kelloff, Uptown, Pueblo; 

J. K. Powell, Cliff, Wray; Dr. F. E. 

Rider, Chateau, Wauneta, Neb.; Lyie 

Meyers, Yuma at Yuma, and Bill Hastings, 

General Cinema, Denver, also visited Film- 

Paramount branch manager Frank Carbone 

was placed in the Denver Post Hall of 

Fame. The award is presented weekly by the 

newspaper to citizens who have performed 

outstanding service to the community. Carbone 

was cited for pursuing a purse snatcher 

he noticed while driving home from work. 

He gave chase, recovered the purse and 

returned it to the victim. 

Remodeled Broadway 

Reopens in Seattle 

SEATTLE—Walter Roe and his sons Virgil 

and Forest reopened their remodeled 

Broadway Theatre November 22 with the 

Miss Seattle Dorelie Berg displays an 

orchid given her on grand reopening 

night at the Broadway Theatre in 

Seattle. 

With her are Walter Roe, right, 

owner, and his son Virgil, manager of 

the house. 

first 

run of Universal's "Rosie!" Miss Seattle 

Dorelie Berg was on hand to distribute 

orchids to women patrons. 

The elder Roe came here during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific 

Exposition in Seattle in 

1909. He had a taxi service before going 

into the theatre business in 1930 at the old 

Mount Baker Theatre. During World War 

II he purchased the Broadway. 

The updated theatre now seats 372 persons. 

SEATTLE 

paramount Day was held Tuesday (5) at the 

Magnolia Theatre, managed by Mollie 

Norling, for exhibitors, featuring a screening 

of "The Odd Couple" and a catered luncheon. 

Manager L. J. McGinley of the Varsity 

Theatre, before opening Universal's "Palaces 

of a Queen" Thursday (7), held invitational 

screenings for the public schools. University 

of Washington and the British and Canadian 

consuls and their staffs. 

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Jim Selvidge of the Edgemont Theatre in 

Edmonds held "Goal" a second week, pushing 

back "A Matter of Resistance" and "The 

Sucker" to a Tuesday (5) opening. Claude 

Leiouch's "To Be a Crook" now will bow 

at the house Tuesday (26). 

"The Incident," scheduled for release in 

January, was sneaked by 20th-Fox at the 

Coliseum Theatre Saturday night (2) . . . 

Embassy sneaked "The Producers" Friday 

night (8) at the .Seattle Seventh Avenue, 

where "Cool Hand Luke" was held for a 

fourth week. 

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'GWTW Lofty 400 

5th Week in Loop 

CHICAGO — Theatre managers were in 

accord in expressing belief that interest in 

tiliiis was truly on the upgrade here and their 

optimism was substantiated by a week which 

brought better boxoffice business than had 

been expected, extra shows added at nearly 

every theatre. Roadshows led the way. tickets 

tor "Gone With the Wind" being in such 

demand that reservations were being made 

tor dates throughout December. "Camelot" 

also garnered a big share of the business, 

did "Cool Hand Luke," a sensational opener 

at the Woods Theatre where the first week 

gross was rated at 300 per cent compared 

to the average 100 week. Once again "Barefoot 

in the Park" and "A Man for All Seasons" 

were highly successful in outlying 

theatres. 

(Averaae Is 100) 

Bismarck Camelot (Vi'B-7A), 5th wk 350 

Carneqie—The Family Way (Univ), 7th wk 185 

Chicago—Tony Rome (20th-Fox), 2nd wk 250 

Cine-na A Man and a Woman (AA), 49th wk. .175 

Cinestage—Gone With the Wind (MGM), 5th wk. 400 

Esquire— Reflections in o Golden Eye (WB-7A), 

7th 

-The Penthouse (Pora), 3rd v 

Playboy The Birds, the Bees and the I 

(WB-7A), 2nd wk 

Roosevelt—The Comedions (MGM), 3rd wk. . 

State Loke Rosie! (Univ), 2nd wk 

Thoroughly Modern Millie 

16th 

Woods— Cool Hand Luke (WB-7A) 

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'Gone With the Wind' Again 

800 at Kansas City Glenwood 

KANSAS CITY—Six of the 11 first-run 

screen programs in Kansas City theatres ran 

Judge Rules Against City 

On Theatre License Ban 

From Mideast 

GRAND 

Editicn 

RAPIDS, MICH. — Circuit 

Court Judge Stuart Hoffius has issued an 

injunction restraining this city from denying 

Floyd Bloss, owner of the Capri Theatre, a 

license to operate. 

The city forced Bloss to close his "adult 

film" house earlier this year, and he went 

to court to get it reopened. Octo'ber 27 he 

filed suit against the city, the city- commission 

and city manager Henry Nabers. 

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Arthur Murr, 19. Manager 

Of Cine-Art in Denver 

From Western Edition 

DENVER — Arthur "Frank" 

Murr has 

been in the theatre business just four years, 

but now he's managing the Cine-Art Theatre 

(formerly the Ritz) here. More remarkable 

is that he's only 19 years old. 

After the installation of a new furnace, 

the Cine-Art reopened November 17 with 

"The Taming of the Shrew." 

MPA of Greater KC 

Elects 6 Directors 

KANSAS CITY— Six directors were elected 

by the Motion Picture Ass'n of Greater 

Kansas City at its annual business meeting 

Monday night (4) in the new Crystal Room 

at Glenwood Hall, Glenwood Manor Motel. 

Elected to serve four-year terms are Glen W. 

Dickinson jr., Dickinson Theatres president; 

Paul Kelly. Dickinson Theatres general manager; 

Earl Douglass. Commonwealth Theatres 

assistant film buyer, and Ray McKitrick. 

Universal Pictures branch manager. Dickinson 

has served on the board before and Mc- 

Kitrick was re-elected. 

Chuc Barnes, United Motion Picture 

Ass'n executive secretary, and Mike Bisio. 

Buena Vista branch manager, were elected 

for three years to fill the unexpired terms of 

Gene Jones and Leon Robertson, who were 

transferred out of the city. 

Phil Blakey, MPA president, announced 

that the MPA benefit show for the Crippled 

Children's Nursery School on November 20 

netted $4,200. which was turned over to Miss 

64108. WOMPI members also are aiding the 

family, which they have done for the past 

several years. Clothing and food will be acceptable 

and may be submitted to Martin 

Stone. Stone Enterprises. 110 West 18th St. 

Ages and sizes are as follows: 

Age Size Shoe 

'David and Jess both have feet impairments 

wear special orthopedic shoes which WOMPI 

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St. Louis WOMPI 

Honors Bess Schulter 

ST. I.OUIS — WOMPI honored Bess 

Schulter Saturday (2) in a surprise testimonial 

dinner in Henrici's Restauant. She 

is a long-time exhibitor, honorary WOMPI 

and a life member of 

the National Ass'n of 

Theatre Owners of 

Eastern Missouri and 

Southern Illinois. 

Donna Potts of Buena 

Vista, president of the 

women's club, presided. 

Special guests were 

~~ ,^ exhibitor Charles 

Goldman, who also is 

Bess Schulter 

^ ^f^ member of the 

NATO unit, and Dimitrios James, NATO 

treasurer. Goldman presented Mrs. Schulter 

a bouquet of long-stemmed roses and cited 

her as Miss Show Biz of St. Louis. James 

contributed a cash gift in her name to 

WOMPI. 

Eileen Sessel of Crest Films was program 

chairman of the event, "A Bouquet for 

Bess." Fan Krause of MGM composed a 

poem-salute to Mrs. Schulter. with the first 

letter of each line spelling out her name. 

The honored guest was surprised of the 

affair for her. since she had been told it was 

to have been a testimonial for Goldman. A 

group photograph was made, and will be 

autographed and framed for presentation to 

Mrs. .Schulter from WOMPI. 

Air Force Film Depository 

Plans Move to California 

From Mideast Edition 

DAYTON. OHIO—The worlds largest 

collection of aviation films, housed in the 

depository at Wright-Patterson Air Force 

is Base, scheduled to be moved to Norton 

Air Force Base in San Bernardino, Calif., 

in 

1969, Air Force officials report. 

The depository here is part of the Aerospace 

Audio-Visual Service's 135th Motion 

Picture Squadron, commanded by Maj. 

Lawrence C. Albers. It keeps tabs on 100 

million feet of film, with much of the footage, 

especially on aerial combat, being used 

in motion pictures and television series. 

Among the 25,000 films on file is one of 

the Wright brothers' flight on Aug. 2. 1909, 

at Ft. Myer. Va. 

W. Ward Marsh Named 

Film Critic Emeritus 


CLEVELAND—W. Ward Marsh, Boxoffice 

representative, who has been film 

critic for the Plain Dealer 48 years, has been 

named movie critic emeritus. 

He went from college to the newspaper in 

1915 as a reporter. He was absent during 

World War I, serving in the 3.30th Infantry. 

Marsh returned to the Sunday department 

early in 1919. and became film critic that 

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êsday (5) was Paramount Day in Kansas 

City, which was observed by the screening 

of "The Odd Couple" at Commonwealth's 

Metcalf Theatre. Over 130 people 

attended the screening with exhibitors from 

the Missouri and Kansas territory. The 

Paramount exchange was closed in the 

morning so that the employes were also able 

to attend. After the screening a luncheon 

was held at the Glenwood Manor Motel. 

Gerry Haile, Paramount manager, was host. 

Among out-of-town exhibitors attending 

were Bob Walter, Commonwealth Theatres, 

Columbia; Elmer Bills, Salisbury; Bill Flynn, 

Emporia, Kas.. and Jay Wooten. Hutchinson, 

Kas. 

Joe Solomon, president of U.S. Films, 

stopped off in Kansas City Thursday (7) on 

his return from Atlanta to Los Angeles. He 

visited Bev Miller's Mercury Films, which 

will be handling U.S. Films" "Angels From 

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City branch. 

Frank Thomas of Frank Thomas Film 

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for Allied .Artists and other products which 

he handles in that territory. 

Jim Kottman, booker at Warner Bros. -7 

Arts, will be playing Santa Claus at the Fairway 

North Shopping Center Thursdays, 

Fridays and Saturdays. 

Chick Lloyd, branch manager of the Denver 

AIP exchange, was in the Kansas City 

branch office last week. 

Bill and Mary Jane Silvers, Kansas City 

Motion Picture Booking Service, left Friday 

(8) on a vacation and plan to visit San Francisco, 

Los Angeles and Phoenix. While in 

southern California they expect to visit Universal 

City and will return to Kansas City 

Thursday (28). 

Mary Margaret Miller of Ben Miller 

Enterprises was elected to the board of 

directors for the Campfire Girls of the Kansas 

City Council and installed as recording 

secretary Monday (4), while Forrest Breckenridge, 

husband of Julie at the United Motion 

Picture Ass'n, was installed as the vice-president 

of the Campfire Girls. 

The Fine Arts Theatre ran "Palaces of a 

Queen" on a special engagement Tuesday 

(5) and Wednesday (6). Jerry Shaw is manager 

of the Fox-MJdwest house. 

Screenings at Commonwealth: "Mondo 

Mod" (AIP) Friday afternoon (1) and Paula 

•Schultz" (UA) Wednesday afternoon (6). 

United Artists sneaked "Fitzwilly" at the 

Plaza Theatre Friday evening (1). MGM will 

screen "The Power" at Commonwealth Tuesday 

(12) at 

1:30 p.m. 

Mae Louth, film inspector of the Universal 

exchange, left Thursday (7) for a vacation 

in California. While there she plans to visit 

Universal's home base operations in Universal 

Citv. 

ST. LOUIS 

Things are really on the move at MGM, 

with Jerry Banta, branch manager, 

moving to posh new quarters in the Humboldt 

Bldg. at 539 N. Grand Blvd. The company 

will occupy half of the completely remodeled 

and redecorated fourth flour, and 

new furniture and fixtures have been installed 

to blend with the colorful decor. The 

phone number. JE 3-0201, will remain the 

same, and exhibitors will have ample parking 

space at the rear of the building. 

Art McManus, Embassy manager, also 

located in the Humboldt Bldg., has acquired 

additional space and it is reported that National 

General Pictures, with Ray McCafferty 

as district manager, also will occupy 

space there. 

Elmer "Chub" Unland, Wentzville exhibitor 

and NATO officer, has broken ground to 

rebuild his "Dog and Suds" drive-in restaurant 

which was destroyed in the October 24 

tornado. The new facility, which is being 

erected at the west end of town, will be expanded 

to include a dining room. Unland is 

president of the local Chamber of Commerce, 

and a possible candidate for mayor. 

A dinner and theatre-package arrangement 

has been made by Arthur Enterprises' 

new Stadium Cinema and the neighboring 

Crest House, restaurant-cocktail lounge, 

which offers a champagne dinner featuring 

steak or various entrees plus a ticket to attend 

a first-run performance at the theatre, 

managed by Eric Rose. The cost is $6.51)! 

.Standees at the theatre and restaurant plug 

the .special, and Crest makes regular announcements 

in 

newspaper and radio copy. 

Jack Jablonow, manager of Mid-America 

Theatres' T-Bird Drive-In, is driving to 

Florida, where he plans to golf daily at the 

Doral Country Club. He'll be gone two 

weeks. 

Dick Fitzmaurice, Mid-America Theatres 

executive, is off on a dream vacation with 

his wife to visit his sister and brother-in-law 

in Tokyo, Japan, and in Manila in the Philippines. 

They are planning to visit Hong 

Kong and will .spend a week in Honolulu 

en route home. 

Joe Marion, program chairman, in charge 

of advertising sales for the printed program 

of Tent 4's forthcoming winter spectacular, 

has asked barkers to step up their sales, and 

as an incentive, will give an eight-transistor 

radio to everyone who sells ten or more ads 

amounting to $250. 

Warner Bros.-T Arts and Mid-America 

Theatres hosted an invitational press preview 

of "Camelot," Wednesday evening (6) at Lou 

Jablonow's Esquire Theatre in suburban 

Richmond Heights. 

Tent 4 announced it is sponsoring a 

benefit performance of the hit play "Mame" 

Saturday (23), and will hold its 20-hour annual 

telethon in the Khorassan Room of the 

Chase-Park Plaza Hotel, January 27 and 28 

on KPLR-TV. 

"Everything in the Garden," Edward Albee's 

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The Capri Theatre will open with the first 

showing of "Suburban Roulette" in mid- 

January. Meanwhile, Jack Gilbreth, head of 

Gilbrelh Films, distributors, has been setting 

up openings in downstate theatres. 

kermit Russell, Midwest division manager 

of .Sigma III. has set up a newspaper and 

radio campaign for the multiple neighborhood 

opening of "My Sister. My Love." It 

had its initial showing at the Playboy Theatre 

on the near north side. 

Ralph Smitha, managing director of the 

Essaness circuit, and Woods Theatre Manager 

J. B. Belasco are happy about patronage 

reaction to "Cool Hand Luke." They say a 

number of films shown there have done outstanding 

business, but this film "is really a 

record-breaker." 

Larrj' St. John has joined the Buena Vista 

sales staff. He formerly was associated with 

20th Century-Fox, Columbia Pictures and 

Dickens Theatres. 

Saul Goldman, head of Allied Theatres, 

held conferences on new films being booked 

by Harry Baker, general manager of the 

York Theatre in suburban Elmhurst: Carl 

Funk of the Glencoe Theatres, and Art 

Spiro and Bill Mailers of the Holiday Theatre 

in Park Forest. 

The Milwaukee NATO last week (5 and 

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Gilbreth. president of Gilbreth Films. 

Harris Dudelson, who headed up the 

Buena Vista operations in the Midwest arca^ 

for years (now western divisional manager), 

was in town for a few days to conduct conferences. 

The Bryn Mawr Theatre is presenting its 

third annual film concert series of 1 1 of the 

world's best known operas Thursday eve-, 

nings. The theatre has staged films based on 

operas on several previous occasions, with 

very enthusiastic patron response in e\xv\ 

instance. 

.Sally Madden has been installed as ilic 

new president of the Women of Varicix 

Other new officers are Joan Bourdeaux and 

Barbara Regan, vice-presidents; Ruth Brow n. 

recording secretary, and Ruth Bloom, 

treasurer. 

Selection of a local girl for a role in Do. in 

Martin's next film will on take place ihc 

stage of the Chicago Theatre. "The Am 

bushers," will have its world premiere at the 

Chicago Wednesday, (20). The contest lor 

the "right girl" is being held in connection 

with "The Wrecking Party." Jack Scanlon 

of Columbia Pictures here is accepting 

snapshots from young women 18 and older. 

Twelve semi-finalists will appear in Oleg 

Cassini costumes (from "The Ambushers") 

on the theatre stage. 

Mark Robson, director of "Valley of the 

Dolls," was here for a fast round of press 

interviews Thursday (7). He also attended 

the testimonial dinner honoring veteran exhibitor 

Arthur Schoenstadt that evening in 

Guild Hall. The event was sponsored by the 

amusements division for the State of Israel 

Bonds, under the chairmanship of Henry G. 

Plitt, president of Balaban & Katz. 

Tommy Dunne, who has headed the local 

Universal offices, will go to New York as 

manager of that exchange. Al Kolkmeyer 

from the Cincinnati office succeeds Dunne 

here. 

Milton Simon and his wife, who retired to 

Miami Beach, sent word about their pleasure 

in being entertained by the Lou Goldbergs. 

Dorothy Booth, manager and owner of the 

Booth Theatre in Rich Hill, Mo., sent word 

thai she has just returned from an extended 

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Atlanta Tent 21 Holds 

Lester Retirement Fete 

ATLANTA—Tent 21 devoted the major 

part of its SatLirday-5t)0 Supper Club November 

25 to the retirement of Charlie Lester, 

who has been with National Screen Service 

Corp. more than 35 years. 

Prior to joining National Screen Lester 

was a branch manager and later a district 

manager for Universal Pictures. Before en- 

and New Orleans. 

Many of Lester's friends and co-workers 

were on hand to pay tribute to him at the 

surprise party. E. E. Whitaker, Georgia Theatre 

Co's vice-president of operations, voiced 

their feelings in a tribute to Lester and introduced 

Burton E. Robbins. NSS president 

and board chairman, who made a special 

trip to Atlanta to complete the surprise aspects 

of the occasion. 

And Robbins did not come empty-handed. 

After voicing the company's regret at losing 

such a stalwart as Lester, he presented him 

a retirement check that nudged $40,000 and 

a sterling silver tray, appropriately engraved. 

as a memento. 

Ga. Documentary Adds 

New York Awards to List 

ATLANTA— 'Ode to an Uncertain Tomorrow," 

already a winner of four national 

film competitions, Friday (8) was given two 

additional awards, the Museum of Modern 

Art's industrial documentary photography 

silver and blue ribbon awards in ceremonies 

held in New York. 

Produced by the state department of education 

television services under the supervision 

of film director J. Hunter Todd IIL the 

color documentary reports the current problems 

of public school teacher recruitment to 

Georgia residents. 

Presentation of the silver plaque indicates 

"Ode" has placed second in more than 1,800 

entries. The blue ribbon means the documentary 

has been chosen as the top entry in 

its 

category. 

Previously "Ode" won the Columbus International 

Film Festival Chris statuette, two 

awards in the New York International Film 

Festival and the New York Industrial Film 

Festival Silver Medal Award. 

Till to Direct 'Millions' 

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NEW YORK— Eric Till has been signed 

to direct MGM's comedy, "Hot Millions." 

which stars Peter Ustinov as an embezzler 

who challenges the power of his 

corporation computer. 

Record Exhibitor Turnout 

For Tri-State Convention 

ATLANTA — While J. H. "Tommy" 

Thompson, Georgia NATO president and 

chairman of the Southeastern Motion Piclure 

Convention and Tradeshow, received 

congratulations for a job well done in staging 

tering this phase of his career he had taught the biggest and best conclave in the history 

school in Florida, coached high school football 

of the tri-state (Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee) 

and even had a whirl at refereeing box- 

ing matches. 

event, he was quick to share the plaudits 

with his committeemen. Co-chairmen were 

Ronnie Otwell and Bill Toney, who lined up 

Lester had retired once before, but reiLirned 

an array of exhibits that won them praise. 

to duty as district manager at the re- 

quest of the company. Now, still vigorous at Deserving special plaudits were the program 

75. he is retiring as the last of the company's 

district managers. His territory for 30 years, 

committee, with Mel Gerber and Fos- 

ter Hotard as co-chairmen, who were assisted 

has covered Atlanta, Memphis, Charlotte 

by these representatives from all three 

states: 

A. B. Covey, John Huff, John Stembler, 

Norris Hadaway, Morton Tune, Albert Weis, 

Earl Boiling, James H. Harrison, Richard L. 

Lightman, Harry Curl, E. D. Martin, Fred 

Storey, George Roscoe and C. L. Patrick. 

Leon Williams, chairman; E. E. Whitaker 

and Gordon Bradley made up the advertising 

and concessions committee, while the members 

of Atlanta WOMPI, assisted by George 

Roscoe and Morton Tune, took care of hotel 

desk registration. 

Louise Bramblett was chairman of the 

Prize Committee with Ben Garrett and Bob 

Hosse. 

Bill 

Hames. Gordon Bradley and Woody 

Sherrill made up the Atlanta distributors 

committee, and members of the New York 

committee were Morris Lefko, Hi Martin 

and Martin Davis. 

NATO of Georgia secretary John Thompson 

handled the hotel room registration assignment 

with a minimum of confusion, no 

mean feat. 

More than 1.000 exhibitors, distributors, 

guests and friends of the industry partici- 

On hand at the tri-state convention 

are, left to right, Morris Lefko, MGM 

vice-president and general sales manager; 

E. D. Martin, president of Martin 

Theatres, and Jack Tarter, head of 

Theatres Service Co. and Atlanta Newspapers, 

Inc. 

Julian Rifkin, left, president of the 

National Ass'n of Theatre Owners, was 

a speaker at the tri-state conclave, and 

John Stembler, Georgia Theatre Co. 

president, introduced him. 

pated in the three-day convention, which 

ended November 28, the largest assemblage 

since the three-state associations have been 

sponsoring the event. 

Partially responsible for the increased attendance 

was the fact that an invitation had 

been extended—and accepted—to members 

of NATO of North and South Carolina to 

be special guests of the tri-state 

affair. 

George Bellowes of Greensboro, N.C., 

president of the joint NATO of the two 

Carolinas, which skipped the 1967 meeting, 

led a large delegation to Atlanta. 

Adding to the attendance was the designation 

of the opening day's activities to honor 

the press and radio and television representatives 

from the three states. They were special 

guests at the Monday luncheon, the unreeling 

of the product reels from major distributors 

and the cocktail party and buffet 

dinner that evening. They also participated 

in a seminar conducted by Terry Kay, Atlanta 

Journal amusements editor, and Bill Dial, 

entertainment editor of The Constitution. 

President Thompson was the master of 

ceremonies at the opening luncheon, assisted 

by Tennessee president Earl Boiling. NATO 

of Alabama president A. B. Covey presided 

at 

the Tuesday luncheon. 

Entertainment for the two luncheons was 

provided by Gordon Craddock, president of 

Craddock Films. Rock n' roll singer Billy 

Joe Royal and Mike Sharp and the Mondos, 

featuring a pair of go-go dancers, all 

starred 

in "Mondo Daytona," a Craddock release, 

were spotlighted and featured players from 

the cast of the Twoday production, "Soul 

Has No Color," spotlighting a 16-piece band 

with vocalists Lynda Lyndell and Veronica 

Crawford, were on the bandstand at the 

Tuesday luncheon. 

Barbara Rhoades, Universal starlet, was 

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the only movie personality to arrive for the 

convention. Stella Stevens and Chill Wills 

had been scheduled to make appearances 

along with Pamela Austin (the "Dodge Rebellion" 

girl now making "The Perils of 

Pauline"), but they didn't show and Miss 

Rhoades had to carry the glamor hall. She 

granted interviews, posed with the visiting 

newsmen, taped radio and television segments 

and never lost her poise. 

No explanation was offered as to the "no 

show" in the celebrity ranks and neither was 

any given when perfume and orchids from 

Hawaii, promised the ladies at the luncheon 

sponsored by United Air Lines, were notably 

missing. (Inquiry developed that the 

"goodies" simply failed to arrive and those 

in charge of the luncheon were not so informed.) 

Convention 

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Yommy Thompson is a firm believer in having 

his managers and other personnel 

on hand to receive the benefits of a trade 

convention. Present at the sessions of the 

1967 parley were these Thompson Theatres 

Circuit representatives: Marvin B. Peavy, 

general manager, from the Hawkinsville 

home office; Billy Mullis, maintenance supervisor, 

Hawkinsville; Managers Grady 

Ledbetter, Wilkes, Washington; Claxton 

Jones, Thompson, Lawrenceville; Bryant 

Williams, Vogue, Cochran; Albert Coleman, 

Dodge, Eastman; Charles English, Thompson, 

Hawkinsville; Kenneth Perry, M & T 

Drive-In, Hawkinsville; John Vaughn, Upson. 

Thomasville; Bill Cross, Rama, Warner 

Robins, and Eleanor Wardlaw, secretarymanager 

of the chain's Atlanta booking office. 

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Benton Bros. Film Express and Theatres 

Service Co. picked up the tab for the cocktail 

party the opening night (Nov. 26) of the 

convention with Bob Hosse, Martin Theatres 

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Ifaving completed their Christmas shopping 

early, the distaff workers at United Artists 

decided the time was ripe to get the jump 

on the rest of Filmrow, which they did by 

holding their annual Yule party Friday (8) 

at the Rocking Sixties, swank nitery in the 

Broadview Plaza Shopping Center. 

Not to be outdone, WOMPI made 100 

members of the Atlanta Girls Club happy 

Saturday morning (9) by taking them to 

Georgia TTieatre Co.'s Gordon Theatre, 

treating them to popcorn, candy and other 

goodies before they were shown AlP's "Ala 

Kazam." Before returning, each girl was presented 

a Christmas gift, a custom WOMPIs 

carry out each year instead of exchanging 

gifts among members. 

Louise Bramblett, WOMPI president, will 

entertain the club directors in her home today 

(11). at which time they will make plans 

for the coming year's activities. 

Saturday (16) WOMPI will have its own 

Christmas party in the clubrooms of Tent 

21 in the Fox Theatre BIdg.. and each member 

will bring a gift for the girls in the 

Adamsville Training School, another Yuletide 

custom of the club. 

Continuing the pre-holiday report—three 

Martin theatres, Smyrna, Belmont, Village 

and Westgate II. booked a three-day engagement 

of Childhood Productions' "The 

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.Screenings at Columbia's Filmrow Playhouse 

included "Guess Who's Coming to 

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(Prentoulis) and "Marquis d'Sade" (Eve). 

Buena Vista unreeled "The Happiest Millionaire" 

at the Festival Cinema, and preceded 

the morning invitational screening 

with coffee and cake. 

Filmrow visitors included John Moffitt. 

head of the circuit bearing his name, Montgomery. 

Ala., and his booker Harry English: 

Hank Farris, Ranch Drive-In, Hartselle, 

.Ala.; Ernest Martin, Mid-Tenn Amusement 

Co.. Winchester. Tenn., and J. S. Cardwell. 

booker for the Sparta (Tenn.) Theatre. 

Sarah Ann, laboratory technician in Birmingham, 

spent a weekend with her father 

R. W. Tarwater, United Artists sales manager 

. Smith. Universal fieldman, recuperating 

after a three-month illness, was 

able to forego his trip to the Warm Springs 

Foundation and now is at home. 

Sam Davis is in the Charlotte territory arranging 

a saturation booking of Childhood's 

"Puss in Boots." Independent Film Distributors 

release. The film is set for 60 locations 

shortly after Christmas. 

Maurice Chevalier attracted a near-capacity 

house at the 5.0()0-seat municipal auditorium 

despite rainy and inclement weather. 

Bill Dial, Atlanta Constitution entertainment 

editor, profiled Henry H. "Hi Martin. 

Universal vice-president and general sales 

manager, in the Sunday (3) issue. Martin was 

here for the Southeastern Motion Picture 

Convention and Tradeshow. 

Georgia Theatre Co.'s Lenox got practically 

nowhere with "Operation Kid Brother" 

and switched to "Lilies of the Field." with 

"Fitzwilly" standing by for its holiday bow. 

The Cherokee had a similar experience with 

"The Producers." The house brought in 

"Robbery," then switched to "The Blue 

Max" pending the opening of "The Jungle 

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ATLANTA — Record producer Bill 

Starnes has made his debut at producing a 

film, "Soul Has No Color," described as "a 

music show with dialog," since it contains 

60 minutes of music. His company Twoday 

Productions took 5'/2 days (including rehearsals) 

to shoot the picture on location 

here. 

Filming began November 29 in the Atlanta 

Woman's Club, with the public invited 

to be in the movie "and hear four hours of 

music" at $1.50 a head. 

Featured in the film is a number of relatively 

unknown personalities, such as Lynda 

Darnell, billed as the female Elvis Presley, 

and Veronica Crawford. Others in the production 

are the Invaders, a 16-piece band; 

the Double Souls, Lord August and the 

Visions. Starnes says he expects five of the 

20 new tunes to become hits. Craddock 

Films will distribute the picture. 

Booth Signs New Actress 

For Role in Upcoming Film 


DETROIT—Alida Ihle. young Africanborn 

Texas beauty, has been signed for a 

five-picture contract by producer Stephen 

F. Booth. Her first role will be in Booth's 

next production "A Change Will Come." 

which is scheduled for production during 

1968 at several locations in this country. 

The new actress was born in Harbel. 

Liberia, to an American doctor and his 

Italian wife, and grew up with her family 

in Texas! She majored in drama in college 

and was "discovered" in San Antonio while 

competing for the title of Miss Southwest 

Texas. She moved to Hollywood and was 

signed by producer Rex Carlton for a role in 

"The Vicious Circle." 

Booth returned to his suburban Detroit 

office after two weeks in Hollywood for 

conferences on two features now being set 

for production. 

Tony Curtis to Make Film 

On Bugsy Siegel's Life 


HOLLYWOOD—Tony Curtis announced 

he has obtained the motion picture rights to 

"We Only Kill Each Other," subtitled "The 

Life and Bad Times of Bugsy Siegel," by 

author Dean Jennings. 

Curtis, who will star in the film as the 

notorious late movieland figure and gangster, 

will make the film under his own independent 

production banner. According to Curtis, 

the film will be a true story which will take 

the viewer behind the scenes of Murder, 

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The WOMPI Streetcar is having a busy 

month transporting Santa and lots of 

presents. The first stop was at the Famous 

Theatre Saturday (9). A theatre party was 

held for underprivileged children and the 

children from the East Louisiana State Hospital 

in Mandeville. Santa was on hand to 

distribute toys, candy and popcorn to 300 

children. The second stop will be the Holman 

Center Thursday (14) a Christmas 

dance for the girls of the Center, next. Charity 

Hospital, psychiatric ward. Monday (18). 

when gifts will be distributed to the 150 

patients, and the Honky Tonk Band will 

furnish the music. The fourth stop will be 

the St. Anna's Home, Thursday (21). A 

Christmas party is planned for the women, 

with a gift for each. At the theatre party at 

the Famous Theatre one of the children will 

receive a football autographed by the New 

'GWTW,"FamilyWay' 

Lead Memphis Week 

MEMPHIS — Gone With the Wind" 

brought the Crosstown its fourth consecutive 

week of capacity business, the resulting gross 

percentage again being 500—five times normal 

business at that theatre. "The Family 

Way" also had a chain of profitable weeks 

growing at the Memphian Theatre, where 

the film grossed 225 in a fifth week. "Tony 

Rome" came up with a pleasing 175 at the 

Malco, where the Frank Sinatra picture was 

in its second round, and "Clambake" earned 

150 in a second week at the State Theatre. 

Also above average was "Rosie!" with 130 

in its initial seven days at the Warner Theatre. 


Cro!5town—Gone With the Wind (MGM), 4th wk 500 

Malco Tony Rome (20fh-Fox), 2nd wk 175 

Memphian— The Family Way (WB-7A), 5th wk, , .225 

Pa'ace Point Blank (MGM), 2nd wk 100 

Park—Rough Night in Jericho (Univ), 3rd wk. .100 

Plaza, Whitehoven—Cool Hand Lul

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JACKSONVILLE 

Dionne Warwick, who sings the title 

theme 

of "Valley of the Dolls." appeared here 

before a packed audience of high-school 

pupils and collegians at Jacksonville University. 

Miss Warwick featured the motion picture 

theme song in her two-hour solo act and 

also discussed the new screen attraction 

which will have its north Florida premiere 

during the Christmas season at Florida State 

Theatres' downtown Center, managed by 

Marty Shearn. 

"The Producers," first feature screen attraction 

to be produced by the local Universal 

Marion Corp., had an advance screening 

in the local Preview Theatre with a group of 

VIPs in attendance. The Embassy release is 

the product of Sidney Glazier, who won an 

Academy Award for best documentary film 

with "The Eleanor Roosevelt Story." 

Visitors included William Lee, owner of 

the Cinema Theatre and the new Palm 

Drive-In. both in the west coast town of New 

Port Richey: William Carroll. Vogue, Orlando; 

Henry Koehne, Zephyrhills: Margaret 

Haynes, Naples; Leonard Vaughan, Live 

Oak; Thomas E. Bell. Smyrna, New Smyrna 

Beach; Preston Henn and Harold Turbyfill, 

Henn Theatres, Pompano Beach; John Lawson, 

Ritz, DeFuniak Springs; Ralph Bailey, 

Eagle, Blountstown; S. E. McDaniels, 

Mack's Drive-In, Marianna, and Stewart D. 

Harnell, southern manager for National 

Screen Service who returned to his Atlanta 

office after visiting Florida exhibitors in 

many parts of the state. 

W. O. Williamson, Universal division 

manager from Atlanta, conferred here with 

W. A. "Bill" McClure. local Universal manager, 

and his staff. 

Residents of the large Brentwood housing 

project and their neighbors were able to shop 

for Christmas presents at real bargain prices, 

when Jeanne Teague, WOMPI special activities 

chairman, and her committee conducted 

a day-long rummage sale on the grounds of 

the housing project Saturday (2). Proceeds of 

the sale were earmarked for charitable donations 

to impoverished groups and also for 

Christmas stockings for boys and girls being 

donated for distribution by the Salvation 

Army. 

K. F. Jackson, account executive for the 

local 20th-Fox exchange since its opening 

here 16 years ago and one of Filmrow's most 

respected figures, began bidding old friends 

goodbye before leaving here at the first of 

the year for a new booking post with Columbia 

in 

Atlanta. 

Clyde Hall is aiming for a Christmas 

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Theatre, a first-run de luxe 728-seat house 

located in Titusville on the lower east coast. 

He also has the Cinema 70 Theatre and the 

Boulevard Drive-In at West Palm Beach. 

Mike Seravo, Warner Bros.-? Arts outside 

film salesman, left for a pre-Christmas visit 

with exhibitors in the Miami area. 

Fine screen product has reached some of 

the local first-run houses during the first 

week of December, when the moviegoing 

public is usually apathetic toward screen 

entertainment which is not of the best in 

most years. But "67 is refreshingly different 

here with "Cool Hand Luke" ("one of the 

best of the year" intoned Shirrel Rhoades, 

the Florida Times-Union film writer) acquiring 

a string of holdover dates at 

the big 

Florida Theatre, managed by Walt Meier, 

with "Tony Rome" dong the same holdover 

routine at the downtown Center. Sheldon 

Mandell is presenting Simone Signoret in a 

spine-tingling horror rendition of "Games" 

at his suburban Five Points, with Kent Theatres 

offering the adult fairy tale of "More 

Than a Miracle" at the Plaza Rocking-Chair 

Theatre, and with FST's little San Marco Art 

Theatre delighting oldtime movie buffs with 

its series of vintage Greta Garbo features. 

Dixie Drive-In Theatres' local Atlantic 

wrapped up three old horror films in a 

brand-new package advertised as "three 

fright flicks" and a "scare-in for the mod 

mad groups in the struggle buggies" and 

gave the offering a generous portion of engaging 

art work to attract the roving eyes of 

teenagers. 

William J. Brennan, owner of local radio 

station WAPE. which has been closely identified 

with film exhibition many years, lost 

his life the night of November 29, when his 

Lear jet, which he was piloting, crashed near 

Herndon Airport at Orlando. Brennan and 

his account executive Jim Bradley have engineered 

many leading promotions for theatres 

in the city. A resident of Montgomery, 

Ala., Brennan owned three other radio stations. 

Also killed in the accident were his 

secretary and co-pilot Gayle Holder of this 

city and attorney John McKee. 

Ted Johnson, who expects to open his 

local Alhambra Dinner Theatre on Beach 

Boulevard soon after the first of the year, 

indicated to George Wachendorf, Florida 

Times-Union business editor, that the foodand-entertainment 

establishment should rack 

up a profit of about $3,000 weekly by seating 

-ion persons at $6.50 a head on weekday 

nights and $7.50 on Fridays and Saturdays 

with Broadway-type plays and quality cocktails 

and dinners. He said that the Alhambra 

represents an investment of $250,000 for 

hiinseir and a North Carolina backer. 

Picks Up Potter Option 


HOLLYWOOD— Universal picked up its 

option on Cliff Potter, former San Fernando 

Valley State College student teacher, who is 

currently making his motion picture debut 

in the studio's "A Man Called Gannon." 

MIAMI 

PROPS, girls in show business, strive to 

keep abreast of the times. For its tenth 

annual installation luncheon Thursday (14), 

the group has scheduled an original revue 

"Vote for Fun," focused on the upcoming 

national political conventions next summer. 

The affair will be in the Fontainebleau 

Hotel's LaRonda Room. Patsy Abbott is 

handling the script, with PROPS founderpresident 

Jerri Pollak producing. The show 

will feature nearly every female performer 

in the area, including Belle Barth, Marion 

Colby, Carole Taran, Ruth McMahon. 

Nancy Donovan. Sue Cawton and Candi 

Scott. State Sen. Dick Fincher will install 

the new officers. 

"Doctor Dolittle" will be represented in 

the Orange Bowl Parade with a float sponsored 

by Burdine's Department Store. The 

20th-Fox picture is scheduled to open at the 

Bay Harbor Theatre January 17. 

Loew's Theatres is planning to expand its 

Florida operations, according to a news item 

by George Bourke in the Miami Herald. It 

was pointed out that a federal court hearing 

is scheduled next month on the company's 

petition to take over existing theatres in 

Miami. West Palm Beach. Boynton Beach 

and Tampa. 

John "Jeff Hawke flew a B-25 World 

War II bomber from a Broward County 

airport to England for use the United 

in 

Artists' film "The Battle of Britain," starring 

Alec Guinness. Hawke has done seven such 

Atlantic crossings, at 1,000 pounds sterling 

a 

flight. 

Tickets for "Gone With the Wind," playing 

the Beach Theatre, are being sold as 

far 

in advance as Easter. Al Simon, supervisor 

of Brandt Theatres, managed the Colony in 

New York when the MGM picture first 

appeared in 1939. Today he is headquartered 

at 

the Beach Theatre, and the praise for the 

film he heard 28 years ago is being repeated 

now. he says. 

"Far From the Madding Crowd" will have 

its premiere at the Sheridan Theatre Thursday 

(21) as a benefit for the Police Athletic 

League. 

A kiddie show, featuring "The Adventures 

of Tom Sawyer," played Thanksgiving weekend 

at FST's Shores, Gables, Suniland and 

Sheridan. 

During the engagement of "Games" at 

Wometco houses no one is being seated during 

the last ten minutes of the picture. The 

circuit recommended in its ads that the Universal 

picture be seen from the very beginning. 

The film bowed Thanksgiving Day at 

the Mayfair, Sunset and Normandie Art the- I 

atres. 

Anita Bryant and Raymond Burr will cohost 

the Orange Bowl Parade here New 

Year's Eve. She will describe the color and 

sing as she rides one of the floats. 

The Hebrew Academy sponsored a benefit 

performance of "Camelot" at the Lincoln 

Theatre November 26. 

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Ethics. Where have they gone? 

Ethics, says the dictionary, is 

"the science 

oi" human duty; moral science." 

In today's world, so complicated with 

gadgetry and machines that we often 

lose sight of others and of our own best 

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

duty" in mind. 

As life gels more complicated, men lose 

their sense of identity, value and purpose. 

Lite, in a sense, becomes "cheap" and 

"unimportant." And with that, it becomes 

ever easier to talvc 

the easy way, 

to ignore the principles of right—and 

our human duty to others. 

The one place where human values are 

kept in proper focus is where \ou worship. 

Nowhere is the individual more 

valued. And if you care, the place where 

\ou worship can become, with your 

help, a rallying point tor lifting all 

the deteriorating values you see 

around you. Worship this week 

—and put your faith to work 

all week. 

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**'• RuKin jr. reopened the Ritz Theatre 

at Covington Friday (1). Meanwhile, 

several drive-ins in the exchange area have 

closed for the season. They are: Mississippi—Tippah 

at Ripley; the 41. Amory; 

Lake. Sardis. Arkansas—White River, Batesville. 

Kentucky— Paducah at Paducah. Missouri—Tommies. 

Kennett, and Tennessee 

Race. Covington, and the Sunset at Martin. 

VVOMPI members, who supplied a 

Thanksgiving basket for a family with five 

children, were so happy about it they adopted 

the family for Christmas. 

Marianne Bartlett of 20th Century-Fox 

was on vacation . . . Virginia Rossini. Maico, 

won the basket of cheer given by the NATO 

of Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee . . 

Lois Boyd and Nancy Forsythe spent a weekend 

visiting Mr. and Mrs. Billy Boyd in 

Jackson. Miss. 

Mai Carper, Columbia; Martha Sappington, 

MaIco, and June Wiley were in charge 

of the monthly WOMPI meeting. 

Filmrow visitors included: From Arkansas—Mr. 

and Mrs. Orris Collins, Capitol, 

Paragould; William Elias, Elias Drive-In, 

Osceola. From Mississippi—Frank Heard. 

Lee Drive-In, Tupelo; Mart Mounger, Mart. 

Calhoun City. From Tennessee—Howard 

Nicholson. 51 Drive-In, Millington. and 

Louise Mask. Luez. Bolivar. 

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Stars on Hollywood Boulevard in conjunction 

with "The Jungle Book." The WOMPI 

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the picture on either side of the bus. 

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SAN ANTONIO Better Theatre Business Predicted 

Wisiting here over the Thanksgiving holiday 

were William O'Donnell, president 

and general manager of Cinema Arts Theatres 

of Dallas, and Mrs. O'Donnell. They 

came to confer with Tom Powers, local city 

manager for the circuit, about Christmas 

attractions. One is to be "The Comedians" 

at the Woodlawn; the other. "Wait Until 

Dark" at the Laurel. 

George Watson, city manager for Interstate 

Theatres, is selling the circuit's Christmas 

books, good at any of the Interstate 

Texas units. Each book contains discount 

savings on theatre admissions, starting with 

one bonus admission in the $3 book and 

increasing to four in the $10 book. 

Norman Schwartz, manager of Interstate's 

Wonder Theatre, is holding a Kiddies Movie 

Carnival from 10 a.m. until noon each Saturday 

during the Christmas season. Admission 

is 10 cents plus a merchant discount ticket 

from one of the Wonderland Shopping Center 

stores. There's a visit by Santa Claus at 

each performance and at least six cartoons 

are shown. 

Springing up almost overnight on the site 

of HemisFair 1968 is the framework of the 

500-seat International Theatre. Designed for 

utmost flexibility, the basic brick building 

with a structural steel frame will cover 9,000 

square feet, plus a stage house. It will accommodate 

film showings, television, live theatre 

performances and public meetings . . . 

Lord August and the Vision of Lite, a top 

San Antonio popular musical combo, have 

begun work on a film for MGM, titled "Soul 

Has No Color." 

Mark P. Carliner, director of motion picture 

programing for CBS-TV, is here preparing 

for the filming of "Viva Max!" a motion 

picture to be released in theatres around 

the world and to be shown eventually on the 

Thursday or Friday night CBS-TV movies. 

During his stay, Carliner will fulfill his military 

reserve obligation at Kelly Air Force 

Base, assigned to the information office, San 

Antonio Air Materiel Area. 

A prize-winning Russian film, "The 

Cranes Are Flying," will be the next presentation 

in the Campus Cinema Series at 

Our Lady of the Lake College December 13 

in Thiry Auditorium. The public is invited 

and admission is $1. Directed by Mikhail 

Kalatozov, the movie won a Cannes Festival 

prize and is considered by most critics to be 

one of the finest films of the contemporary 

Russian cinema. 

Trans-Lux 15-Cent Dividend 


NEW YORK—The directors of Trans- 

Lux Corp. have declared the regular quarterly 

cash dividend of 15 cents per share 

and a five per cent common stock dividend, 

both payable Dec. 20. 1967, to stockholders 

of record at close of business on December 


By James Velde at Dallas Meeting 

DALL.^S — "There is no crepe hanging 

around United Artists these days— if the enthusiasm 

and confidence expressed by vicepresident 

James Velde in the film industry 

in general and in UA in particular mean anything," 

wrote William A. Payne, amusement 

editor of the Dallas Morning News, following 

the U.A meeting Velde conducted here. 

Payne's story of Velde's Dallas visit continues, 

in part: 

This attitude of optimism by Velde, also 

UA's general sales manager, means a lot for 

United Artists is not only one of the most 

efficient purveyors of motion pictures but 

the company is expanding its production and 

distribution operations. 

"We at United Artists continue to be completely 

serious about the film business," 

Velde said. "We are enjoying the best patronage 

in a long, long time; business is good 

and we believe it will get better." 

Velde was in Dallas to meet with United 

Artists bookers and salesmen from branch 

offices through the mid-portion of the 

United States to discuss film releases scheduled 

during 1968, talk over promotion plans 

and take a look at the production lineup that 

extends into 1969 and even 1970 and 1971. 

The Dallas meeting was the last of five 

which Velde and other UA executives from 

the New York office have been having with 

the company's branch personnel. 

gilly Myrick, manager of the King Center 

Twin Drive-In, and George Gilledge, 

manager of the Windsor Cinerama, attended 

the recent meeting of the managers of the 

Jefferson Amusement Co., and East Texas 

Theatres held in Beaumont, Tex. "The Bell 

Ringer Showmanship Session" was devoted 

to working out promotions for the Thanksgiving, 

Christmas and New Year's holiday 

seasons. 

Texas motion picture theatre owners and 

operators are proud of the fact that Texas 

alone accounts for 30 per cent of the boxoffice 

grosses of all western movies. 

Susan Watson, who appeared in the stage 

production of "The Music Man" at the Houston 

Music Theatre, left for Hollywood to 

take a screen test 

for the role of the milliner 

in the motion picture version of "Hello, 

Dolly!" . . . Hollywood producer Will Voeller 

came in to visit with Gabe and Sunshine 

Tucker. Voeller offered them a job with his 

company on the West Coast. 

Several Hollywood stars have been signed 

to appear at the Houston Livestock Show 

and Rodeo in the Domed Stadium, starting 

February 21 and ending March 3. Buddy 

Ebsen and Irene Rvan will be the first two 

"Every motion picture is different," said 

Velde, "and each should have a different 

kind of exhibition and exploitation cam- 

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paign. These are the things thai we have 

been concentrating on in this meeting. 

"For instance, we have discussed in detail 

a new releasing idea for 'Hawaii,' which 

has already played most of the major roadshow 

situations in the country. 

"Last May, we tried an experiment of 

booking "Hawaii' into small cities as a roadshow, 

cities which had never had a roadshow 

movie before. We showed the picture three 

oi four days at midweek in 33 dates. Then 

we came back in October to the same cities 

with the same midweek roadshow policy. 

"The plan has worked out very well—30 

of the engagements were highly successful. 

The future of such a policy can be imagined 

when you realize there are 5,000 cities in the 

country where 'Hawaii' can be shown in this 

way. We just recently started this policy in 

Texas—the first engagements were at Nacogdoches, 

Lufkin and Marshall." 

Velde told the UA people that the company 

is releasing 26 films this year but will 

expand to 39 in 1968 and more in 1969 "if 

interest in films continues to grow at the 

pace we expect." 

Velde announced a major promotion in 

the United Artists field ranks while here, 

naming Fred Mound, formerly assistant 

branch manager, to be regional manager 

with three branch offices under his jurisdiction— 

"one of a number of new positions 

which we are creating in our sales staff." 

Velde was accompanied to Dallas from 

New York by his assistant Al Fitter; Gene 

Jacobs and Carl Olson, division managers. 

stars and will appear February 21-23. February 

24-26 the guest star will be Michael 

Landon, who will appear with Marty Robbins, 

the country and western music singer 

and film actor. Wayne Newton has been 

signed for appearances February 27-March 

1 and closing the show, March 2, 3, will be 

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. 

Interstate gift books of ticket coupons are 

available at the circuit's 13 theatres in the 

Houston area and come in four denominations 

$3, $5, $7.50 and $10. The books offer 

bonus tickets ranging from one in the 

smaller size to four in the larger one. 

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gertha Brennan, former cashier at Universal, 

called to report that she will 

miss the WOMPI Christmas activities since 

she will spend the holidays with her 

daughter in El Paso. Bertha was e.xcited. 

too, over news she had just received from 

her daughter—that the daughter's husband, 

now with the U.S. Army in Vietnam, will be 

appointed assistant to the dean at West 

Point when he completes his active military 

duty in February. The young man is a West 

Point graduate and had been hoping to get 

into academic work after he completed his 

service obligation. 

Bobby Wilkes, who has been with Don 

Kay Enterprises here, left Saturday (9) to 

return to private business for himself . 

A clever thought is expressed below the 

Christmas tree at General Films where Bob 

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is more dates." 

The Cox Drive-In, Muleshoe, was closed 

November 29 for the winter . . . M. W. 

Larmour will close the National Theatre, 

Graham, for a few days (probably this 

week) to install a new screen and to give 

the theatre a thorough cleaning, painting 

and remodeling job. 

A tea honoring Elsie Parish, Dallas 

WOMPI who was installed as international 

vice-president at the New Orleans convention, 

will be held Sunday (17) by Rosemary 

White at her home, 6945 Kenwood. 

WOMPIs and their guests will attend . . . 

WOMPIs will exchange gifts and enjoy an 

informal get-acquainted luncheon at their 

monthly meeting, which will be held Tuesday 

(19) at the Lone Star Gas Co. 

Juanita and Forest White of Ind-Ex 

Booking will remain in Dallas this Christmas, 

with their son Dick and his wife 

Daphnie as their holiday guests . . Buddy 

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Crow, longtime exhibitor, was on the Row. 

He's out of the motion picture business 

now and, as representative of a coffee-making 

machine firm, he was looking for places 

where he could install his "coffee break" 

equipment. 

Carl Sims returned to his desk Tuesday 

after a pleasant two-week vacation devoted 

to "just fooling around" and taking short 

trips as the notion struck him. 

Services Held in Dallas 

For Critic Virgil Miers 

DALLAS — Funeral services were held 

November 30 at the First Community 

Church for Virgil Miers, amusements editor 

of the Dallas Times Herald, who died Tues- 

day (28) in a Dallas hospital. The nationally 

known film critic, who once described 

his purpose in reviewing screen performances 

as "to be informative and entertaining," 

was 42. 

Miers' last column appeared in the Times 

Herald November 12. as he entered the 

hospital two weeks prior to his death. He 

joined the newspaper's amusements staff in 

1947 and became editor of the amusements 

section in 1953. As a film and stage critic 

he won listing in Who's Who in America 

and in Who's Who in the Southwest and, 

among his many entertainment world associations, 

he served on the National Screen 

Council which selects each month the best 

family film for the Boxoffice Blue Ribbon 

Award. 

A native of Texarkana. he attended Kilgore 

High School and Texas Tech. where 

he received a degree in journalism and 

English. He worked on the Denison Herald 

prior to joining the Times Herald staff. 

Miers, who annually made a trip to New 

Vork City to review outstanding Broadway 

shows, was once described by a show business 

magazine as always a "tough and fair 

film critic—never harsh." Miers himself 

kept an objective view of a critic's work. 

"At all times," he once commented, "it 

must be realized that this is just one man's 

opinion about a show." 

Miers leaves his wife Pat; three children, 

Peggy, Douglas and Roslyn, and his sister 

Mrs. Robert Mitchell, all of Dallas. 

Hal Burreson Will Manage 

New Garland Ridgewood 

GARLAND, TEX.— Hal Burreson, veteran 

of many years with Interstate Theatres, 

has been named manager of the circuit's new 

Ridgewood Theatre here, which is scheduled 

for opening late this month. 

A native Texan. Burreson was first associated 

with Interstate as an usher in the Village 

Theatre in Dallas prior to World War 

II. After serving with the Marine Corps 

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Although the burglar inside the office 

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burglar had been trying to open a file cabinet, 

which concealed a safe compartment 

containing the theatre's receipts from the 

preceding night. Thompson told Eddie 

Greggs, United Artists salesman, that at 

first he did not think so much about being 

shot at, then a few days later the impact of 

the situation really hit him and that's when 

he began to start shaking in his boots. 

While on his last sales trip, Greggs also 

learned that thieves had entered the Little 

River Drive-In at Wright City twice in one 

week, making off with considerable merchandise 

from the concessions stand. The 

first burglar at the Little River was caught 

and part of his loot was recovered; the person(s) 

responsible for the second break-in 

still is (are) at large. Bill Crosby and his 

father-in-law Harve Wooden, who own the 

drive-in, have installed lights that come on 

at dark and go off at dawn, hoping this will 

discourage thieves from breaking into the 

theatre. 

Reports are that J. Eldon Peek, Oklahoma 

Theatre Supply Co., is getting along 

fine at the hospital where he has been a 

patient since he suffered a heart attack 

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there at least 30 days from the time he 

entered. All of his film industry friends 

wish him complete recovery. 

Exhibitors on Filmrow: Joe King and son, 

Thompson Theatre. Tishomingo: Mr. and 

Mrs. Dennis Collier, 89Er, Kingfisher: Mr. 

and Mrs. G. E. Ortman. Ortman Theatre, 

Hennessey: Mr. and Mrs. Leon Kidwell. 

Majestic in Allen and Rex in Konawa. who 

were showing off their granddaughter to 

Filmrow friends: Bill Miller, Video city 

manager, Seminole: Levi Metcalf, Canadian 

and Skyvue. Purcell: Inez Deal, Arnett at 

Arnett; Mr. and Mrs. Max Feinsilber, 

former operators of the 'Vukon Theatre at 

Yukon, now living in Washington, D. C. 

where Feinsilber is with the weather bureau: 

Woodie Sylvester. Tech and forty- 

WEST Drive-In. Weatherford; Horace 

Clark. Video city manager in Chickasha; 

L. E. Brewer, Brewer and Royal theatres, 

Pauls Valley, and E. R. Fritts, Alamo and 

Longhorn, Marlow. 

L. E. Mahaney of the Suburban and Corral 

theatres, another recent Filmrow visitor, 

reported that his son Everett, a member of 

the Texas Christian University freshman 

football team, suffered a broken leg during 

a game. Mahaney had just returned from 

Fort Worth after taking his son back to 

school. 

Your correspondent is recovering rapidly 

from a flare-up of an old ulcer but still unable 

to make the regular film travel rounds, 

although the doctor did relent and give permission 

for a trip to Wichita over the 

December 9 weekend for a visit with relatives. 

We made it to another milestone in 

our life and, if we can keep busy getting 

around to see our exhibitor friends throughout 

the territory, we just might make it. 

Correction: Waurika Real 

Site of Empress Theatre 

OKLAHOMA CITY— Everything in the 

story about Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Smith buying 

the Empress Theatre from Coy Camp 

and Ray Townsend in the November 27 

issue of BoxoFFiCE was correct except the 

story should have been datelined Waurika 

instead of Chickasha. The error originated 

when a clipping service credited the Waurika 

story to a Chickasha newspaper as a local 

Chickasha story. 

However the error originated, Boxoffice 

apologies go to all persons involved in the 

story of the Waurika theatre purchase. 

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Safi Francisco. Calif. Gerald L. Karski.Pres. From Western Edition 

HOLLYWOOD— It has been announced 

by Variety Clubs International president 

Ralph W. Pries, that three Sunshine 

Coaches are to be sent to South Vietnam for 

the use of handicapped children there. 

The purchase of these coaches was sponsored 

and paid for by funds raised through 

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of Los Angeles. The coaches 

will be painted with the characters made 

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'GWTW Establishes 

Omaha House Mark 

OMAHA—A new weekly gross receipts 

record was established Tuesday, November 

28, at the Indian Hills Theatre when "Gone 

With the Wind" completed the third week 

of its roadshow engagement. The new weekly 

gross record far surpassed the previous 

mark, which was set by "The Bible" during 

Christmas week in 1966. What makes the 

new mark more impressive, however, is that 

it was set in only 12 performances instead 

of 13 for "The Bible." 

With a single exception, all other theatres 

were above average for the report week, the 

best percentages being 200 for the second 

week of "Camelot" at the Cooper and 185 

for the second week of "Cool Hand Luke" 

at the Orpheum Theatre. 


Admiral Clomboke (UA) 120 

Cooper Comelot (WB-7A), 2nd wk 200 

Dundee Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

20th wk 120 

Indian Hills Gone With the Wind (MGM), 3rd wk. 450 

Omaha— Reflections in a Golden Eye (WB-7A), 

2nd wk 115 

Orpheum Cool Hond Luke (WB-7A), 2nd wk. ... 185 

State— More Than a Mirocle (MGM) 80 

"Gone With the Wind' 425; 

'Camelot' 325 in Minneapolis 

MINNEAPOLIS — A post-Thanksgiving 

holiday lull settled upon the local cinema 

scene, a sort of "morning after the night 

before" week of boxoffice whoopee that had 

seen grosses hitting some spectacular heights. 

Only a single newcomer emerged, "Jack of 

Diamonds," which bowed at the World Theatre 

with a soft 125. "Gone With the Wind" 

continued strong at the Cooper Cinerama, 

with weekend tickets sold out well in advance. 

While "Wind" continued to blow up 

a storm, "Camelot" also was pulling 'em in 

at the Academy. "Tony Rome" took a hefty 

tumble at the State, roaring in with a 220 its 

opening week but sagging to a feeble 90 in 

its second. Elsewhere, things came up average 

or slightly above. 

Academy Comelot (WB-7A), 3rd wk 250 

Cooper Cineroma— Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

3rd wk 425 

Gopher The Comedions (MGM), 3rd wk 100 

Reflections in o Golden Eye (WB-7A), 

Lyric 

2nd wk 110 

Mann—Thoroughly 130 

Modern Millie (Univ), 17th wk, 

Orpheum Cool Hand Luke (WB-7A), 4th wk 175 

Cinerama—The Happiest Millionaire (BV), 

Park 

8th wk 100 

State Tony Rome (20th-Fox), 2nd wk 90 

Suburban World— Ulysses (Cont'l), 3rd 140 

wk 

World Jack of Diamonds (MGM) 125 

MILWAUKEE 

Qene Posner, prominent in Variety Club 

activities, and owner of radio stations 

WMIL, WMIL-FM and WMIN, has sold the 

stations to Malrite Broadcasting. Posner and 

his family founded the Cream City Broadcasting 

Co. and WMIL in 1947. WMIN (St. 

Paul) was purchased in 1963. 

Capitol Service's Eastwood Theatre at 

Madison will be known as the New Cinema 

Theatre. Following a remodeling and renovation 

job costing $150,000, the house is to 

reopen Sunday (17) with "THE BIBLE . . . 

Lee Rothman Renamed Tent 14 Chief 

Officers and canvasmen of the Milwaukee Variety Club are, seated, left to 

right, Lee Rothman, chief barker; Fred Koontz, first assistant; Ralph Barnes, second 

assistant; John Pilmaier, property master, and Jack Dionne, dough guy. Canvasmen 

are, standing, left to right, Frank Fazio, Harry "Judgie" Zaidins, Glen Kalkhoff, 

Joe Reynolds and Roland "Rudy" Koutnik. 

MILWAUKEE—Lee Rothman, manager 

of radio station WRIT, has been re-elected 

chief barker of Tent 14. Fred Koontz, general 

manager of the state theatres for Prudential, 

and Ralph Barnes, WOK.Y sales 

manager, are assistant chief barkers. 

Also named were John Pilmaier, MGM 

branch manager, property master, and Jack 

Dionne, Columbia branch manager, dough 

guy. The canvasmen are Joe Reynolds, manager 

of the Towne Theatre; Glen C. Kalkhoff, 

lATSE international representative; 

Frank Fazio, supper club owner; Ed Dittlof, 

WITI-TV manager; Roland "Rudy" Koutnik, 

Highway 15 Drive-In owner, and Harry 

In the Beginning." A total of 400 seats was 

sacrificed to allow 800 patrons more room 

and comfort with the new seats. 

"Found Money" and good public relations 

go hand in hand with the Prudential circuit 

here. The company's newly added Riverside 

Theatre rented the house to the Church of 

Christ Scientist for a public lecture, and the 

management of radio station WOKY for a 

"family party." 

Among the marriage licenses issued in 

Milwaukee county were: Oliver C. Trampe, 

and Margaret V. Thayer. The Trampes, Ollie 

and Ray, operate Film Service and Air 

Dispatch. Both have been active in the Variety 

Club. 

Chill Wills was a visitor here at the Miller 

Brewing Co., which sponsors TV commercials 

Wills is 

slated to star in soon. The actor 

also found time to entertain patients at St. 

Anthony's Hospital. 

Eddie Gavin, AIP branch manager, reports 

the car (Excalibur SS) featured in the 

film "Mother Goose a GoGo" was designed 

by Brooks Stevens here. His sons now manufacture 

the custom-made job. 

The holiday film for children, shown in 

the Milwaukee museum, was "Snow White 

and the Seven Dwarfs." However, this version 

of the fairy tale was photographed in 

Germany with English-speaking actors. It is 

not Walt Disney's animated cartoon. Admission 

was free. Adults were allowed to attend 

if accompanied by a child. No one was 

permitted to enter after the showing began. 

"Judgie" Zaidins, attorney. 

At the November 27 annual meeting Pilmaier 

said collections for the year amounted 

to $93,000, $8,000 more than the previous 

year. 

Leon Felson, administrator at Mt. Sinai 

Hospital, which houses the Variety Club's 

Epilepsy Clinic, reported the case load was 

rising, and the hospital was proud of the 

clinic's accomplishments. 

Chief Barker Rothman reviewed the tent's 

activities during the year. A special guest 

at the dinner-meeting in Fazio"s-on-Fifth 

Supper Club was song stylist Charlene Gibson. 

North Central NATO 

Sets Airer Dues Hike 

MINNEAPOLIS—NATO of North Central 

States has announced a hike in membership 

dues for drive-ins in the four-state area 

of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota 

and Wisconsin. These dues will advance to 

10 cents a speaker per year in 1968. The 

announcement followed action taken by the 

board of directors meeting in Minneapolis. 

Fees for conventional houses will be discussed 

at the spring convention, set for 

March 12-13 in the Radisson Hotel here. 

Ray Vonderhaar, president of the NATO 

unit, explained the change in the dues structure 

is being made to adjust more equitably 

the fees paid by conventional houses and 

drive-ins. He added that the increased income 

is necessary if the unit wishes to continue 

as a strong force in local and national 

exhibitor affairs. 

Vonderhaar pointed out that the national 

organization's budget of approximately 

$200,000 is met by dues payments from 

member units based on distributor territorial 

grosses. North Central has been determined 

to be a 2 per cent area and is obligated, 

therefore, to assume responsibility for 2 per 

cent of the 

national budget. 

In reporting on business carried out at the 

recent NATO convention, Vonderhaar said 

convention sites for the next five years have 

been established as San Francisco in November 

1968; Washington, 1969; Beverly Hills, 

1970; New York, 1971, and Chicago, 1972. 

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MINNEAPOLIS 

Yhe drive by NATO of North Central States 

to collect money for the legal battle 

against toll-TV plainly has gathered steam, 

not to mention funds. Latest report on those 

who have contributed includes exhibitors 

from all across the region and lists not only 

individuals but some key circuits as well, 

among them W. R. Frank Enterprises of 

Minncapol.s. Tentelino Enterprises of Alexandria. 

Minn., and the Ted Mann circuit of 

Minneapolis. 

Lawrence "Stitc" Naas, former exhibitor 

in North St. Paul and White Bear Lake, 

Minn., reports the death of his wife Mildred. 

Slite now IS retired and living in Florida . . . 

Tent 12 members heard an address by Dr. 

John S. Najarian. professor and head of the 

division of general surgery. University School 

of Medicine, who is the school's new surgery 

chief. Tent 12"s top project, of course, is 

Variety Club Heart Hospital. 

the 

Joe Podoloff, international treasurer for 

Variety, and his wife Grace observed their 

35th wedding anniversary ... A large number 

of theatres across the Minnesota-Wisconsin-North 

Dakota area conducted special toy 

matinees the last of November and the first 

of this month in conjunction with the Toys 

for Tots drive. Collected toys are channeled 

through the state associations for the retarded 

into the Christmas stockings of the 

institutionalized. 

Ray Vonderhaar, president of NATO of 

North Central States, has notified area showmen 

that selection of the 1968 "Exhibitor of 

the Year" will be based upon promotional 

campaigns carried out in 1967. All showmen 

in the territory are eligible to submit a discription 

of their top promotion (along with 

pictures and similar related material) and 

mail to Exhibitor of Year Judging Committee. 

NATO of North Central States, 1201 

Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis. Top prize: $50 

and a plaque. Deadline is February 9. 

Lowell Kaplan of the Ben Berger circuit is 

back from a swing to New York City where 

he huddled with distributors and also caught 

a round of screen and legit offerings. Among 

the latter was "Birthday Party," English 

comedy currently on the boards at the Booth 

Theatre in New York (and in London). 

Berger has a financial interest in the 

comedy—so they're calling him ".Angel" 

Berger these days. Also connected with the 

play is Leonard Field, brother of Harold 

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Field, former Twin Cities exhibitor. Kaplan 

marvels at the film-ticket prices in Gotham: 

Up to S3 a seat. 

Columbia branch manager Irving Braverman 

reports all-time records set locally, with 

To Sir. With Love" chalking up the greatest 

suburban breaks in the film company's history 

here . . . The same exchange has "The 

Ambushers" set as the Christmas offering 

at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, the 

Riv.era in St. 

Paul, both MACO houses. 

Fihnrow visitors included Jack Snyder, 

Grand and Snyder theatres, Williston, N.D. 

(where Snyder, who flies his own plane, also 

IS mayor); Dave Deutsch, Maco and Grana- 

Sol Gordon, Midwest press representative 

for 20th Century-Fox and who works out of 

Chicago, was in town for two days working 

with local exhibitors on upcoming 20th 

product . on Lowell Kaplan: Among 

the plays he caught in New York City was 

"There's a Girl in My Soup." which stars 

Gig Young. It was like a touch of home for 

Kaplan: Young hails from St. Cloud, Minn. 

Two years ago, fire 

leveled the theatre in 

Detroit Lakes, Minn. Northwest circuit 

operator Ben Berger at that point stepped 

into the picture—and a handsome theatre 

has been constructed on the site. At Christmastime, 

it'll be ready to go, a wonderful 

"gift" to film fans in the Detroit Lakes 

area—the all new Lake Theatre. 

Universal branch chief Roy Miller had a 

highly successful exhibitor screening of "The 

Secret War of Harry Frigg," starring Paul 

Newman, and unreeling of a 37-minute 1968 

Universal product short. Showing, at the 

Terrace Theatre, was strongly attended, 

those on hand including such exhibitors as 

Gene Grengs, Hollywood Theatre, Eau 

Claire, Wis.; Bim Lakie, Lake, Barnsville, 

Minn.; Ken Pepper, Falls, St. Croix Falls, 

Wis.; Herb Stolzman, Falls. River Falls, 

Wis.; Mrs. L. J. Ludwig, Grand, Jamestown, 

N.D.; Ray Vonderhaar, Tentelino Enterprises, 

Alexandria, Minn.; Ken Mickleson, 

Metro, Pine Island, Minn.; Lloyd Bellefeuilia, 

Rialto, Aitken, Minn.; Bixby Knight, 

Staples. Staples, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Don 

Buckley, Falls, Redwood Falls, Minn.; Gene 

Helmberger, Hayti, Hayti, S.D. 

Jim Wilson, Universal booker, on vacation 

in Pompano Beach, Fla., where his parents 

live. Considering the temperatures around 

here, that's the kind of folks to have to visit! 

... A film clinic held at the NATO of North 

Central States board meeting brought forth 

the opinions that "Bonnie and Clyde," 

"Hawaii," "Blow-Up" and "To Sir. With 

Love" all are doing very good business in 

the territory. Reported below average: "The 

Bobo," "Clambake." "Deadly Affair" and 

"The Honey Pot." 

OMAHA 

]y[al Dunn's re-election as chief barker of 

Tent 16, and Variety Club of Nebraska's 

presentation of the concert "Hits of the 

Big Band Era" at Peony Park marked the 

closing of Tent 16's 1967 activities. Other 

members of the crew, elected after a buffet 

dinner in the Forty Bowl, are Charles Ammons 

and Irv Dubinsky. assistant chief barkers; 

Arnold Stern, dough guy. and Jack 

Klingel, Russell Brehm, Walt Jancke, Dean 

Frankel, King George, Joe Rothkop and Joe 

Malec, canvasmen. 

da, Virginia. Minn.; Eph 

Rudy Dibbert, who has the Osmond Theatre 

at 

Rosen, assistant 

branch manager at the MGM exchange here 

Osmond, Neb., doesn't find this the 

until his retirement a decade ago (and who season to be merry. He was just putting the 

finishing 

looks hale and hearty at 75); Mr. and Mrs. 

touches on his new home when 

Roy Rasmussen. Comet, Perham, Minn.; 

vandals broke in and wrecked the interior, 

Mel Edelstein, State and Lybba, Hibbing. 

doing some $2,000 in damages. Dibbert 

had been working on the interior, and 

Minn. 

the walls and carpeting were badly damaged 

by grease. He has vandalism insurance but 

he's facing hours and hours of extra work. 

The vandals were apprehended. 

City manager Jack Klingel of the Coopci 

Foundation Theatres announced it would be 

necessary to hold four sessions at the State 

Theatre to accommodate members of the 

Golden Age Club at the annual Christmas 

programs. There will be parties Wednesda\ 

through Saturday morning (20-23), with 

movies, refreshments and prizes for the oldest 

in attendance. Klingel said the club now 

numbers about 

11,000 persons. 

Ralph Blank of the Blank Theatres here 

is busting his buttons with pride for his 12- 

year-old son Douglas, a bowling ace, who is 

carrying a 190 average in the fast Junior 

Traveling Classic League, sponsored by the 

Omaha Bowling Ass'n . . . One of the largest 

turnouts Columbia has had for a screening 

was on hand for "Guess Who's Coming to 

Dinner" at the Center Theatre. 

Theatres in the territory, just about 100 

per cent, are putting on Christmas kiddie 

shows, ranging from one Saturday performance 

to four Saturday parties, according to 

the amount of cooperation from merchants. 

A good example is the new Crest at South 

Sioux City, where Joella Cohen reported 

1,100 children turned out for a program 

sponsored by KMRS Radio. Cohen also 

reported a visit by Bob Fridley of Des 

Moines and officials connected with his theatres 

at Ida Grove. Lake City and Des 

Moines. 

Among visitors to the Row were Nebraskans 

Irv and Sarge Dubinsky. Lincoln; Russell 

Brehm, Lincoln; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Griffin, 

Plattsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. Harold 

Struve. Hebron and Beatrice; Art Sunde. 

Papillion, and Warren Hall, Burwell; lowans 

Byron Hopkins, Glenwood; Syl Backer, Harlan; 

John Rentfle. Audubon, and Arnold 

Johnson, Onawa, and Missourian Orville 

Mundt. Rock Port. 

Columbia's "Rosy Is My Relative" is 

about a timid British clerk who inherits a 

beer-drinking elephant. 

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LINCOLN 

The happiest people these days are Mike 

Gaughan and his wife, to whom a son 

Michael Lawrence was born November 29 in 

Archbishop Bergan's Hospital, Omaha. At 

almost the same time the Cooper Foundation's 

city manager and his wife found the 

home they want in Lincoln after selling their 

house in Omaha, where Gaughan formerly 

was associated with Cooper. The move is set 

for Friday (15), with the baby's grandparents 

Mr. and Mrs. Vern Madson of Omaha and 

Mr. and Mrs. John Menges of Council 

Bluffs, Iowa, giving an assist to the new 

parents. 

That leg difficulty, sending Walt Jancke to 

St. Elizabeth's Hospital for a week, presumably 

was overshadowed November 29, 

when the Nebraska Theatres city manager 

had surgery for gallstones and a hernia. Both 

complications showed up when his doctor 

gave the patient a thorough examination. 

At last report, Jancke was feeling fine and 

getting lots of attention from his many 

friends. But since he won't get out of the 

hospital until mid-December, his plans to 

fly to Philadelphia for Christmas with son 

Ed and daughter-in-law Connie are out this 

year. 

Charles Kroll, assistant vice-president of 

theatre operations for Cooper Foundation 

Theatres, and his boss Herman Hallberg, 

Cooper vice-president and general manager 

of theatre operations, returned here Friday 

(1) after spending the previous week on business 

in New York. 

The Cooper Foundation's annual Christmas 

part for Lincoln Golden Age Club 

members was held two mornings last week 

(8 and 9) in the Stuart Theatre, featuring 

"The Flower Drum Song." Preceding the 

screening there were refreshments, roses for 

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ager Mike Gaughan said this was one of the 

times when all the managers combined their 

efforts. Others on hand were Mike Johannes 

of the Stuart, Al Schulter, Cooper/ Lincoln, 

and Leon Wragge. the Nebraska. They all 

praised Cooper secretary Diane Warak, 

without whose help, they said, the party 

never would have gotten off the ground. 

Saturday (23) the Sertoma Club will hold 

a kiddie cartoon show for city children. 

Pete Durham, assistant to Jancke at the 

Varsity, had his hands full. Besides having 

his boss in the hospital the last week in 

November, Durham was wading through 

five examinations at the University of 

Nebraska and getting ready to put up the 

work of adult high school art students in 

the theatre lobby display area. He and the 

State Theatre Manager Gene Buhrdorf are 

sharing the work ordinarily handled by the 

hospitalized Jancke. 

Former actor William Gargan spoke at 

Creighton University's alumni convocationdinner 

in Omaha. He also met with a speechtherapy 

class at Creighton Memorial-St. 

Joseph's Hospital. The throat cancer victim 

recalled his first reaction when he learned 

his voice would be lost in surgery. He 

eventually learned esophageal language. 

DES MOINES 

Yheatreman Bob Fridley and his wife are 

going to learn first-hand "how things 

are in Glocca Mora." He won a "holiday for 

two to Ireland" in the Will Rogers Memorial 

Hospital drawing November 27. The Fridleys 

are not yet sure when they'll be spending 

their week in "Paradise," but the award 

stipulates their base of operations while there 

the senior woman, a special gift for the 

will be County Cork. 

oldest man and Christmas music by some 

high school singers. The circuit's city man- Bert Thomas, B&I Booking Agency, and 

his wife trekked to Palatine, 111., to inspect 

new granddaughter Cheryl Lee Ann Thomas. 

Cheryl, her big brother and sister and mom 

will be leaving Palatine in January for England, 

where they will be welcomed by dad, 

a captain in the Air Force. 

Thomas also reports that the new Viking 

Theatre will be under construction soon in 

the Civic Center area of Decorah. 

Mrs. J. M. Ricketts, widow of Jim Ricketts, 

Columbia office manager here, is visiting 

friends on the West Coast and soaking 

up some winter sunshine . . . June Gates of 

Iowa United Theatres has moved for the 

third time in six months. This time to the 

country. 

Changes in the exchanges—Sue Ann 

Williasson is the new booker's clerk at 

MGM . 

. . Across the hall at 20th Century- 

Fox. Donna Hamilton has resigned as Dave 

Gold's secretary. Eleanor Hatfield has been 

promoted from assistant cashier to the secretary 

post, and Judy Rhinard has been moved 

from biller to assistant cashier ... At Columbia, 

Jackie Barclay, formerly with MGM, is 

booker-steno. 

Condolences to Karl Hemleben, Ottumwa 

exhibitor, whose father died after a long illness 

. . . Bob Hutte, veteran exhibitor at 

Leon and former Iowa legislator, has leased 

the Strand Theatre at Leon to Eldon Compston 

jr. and James Phillips . . . Roy and 

Idamae Metcalfe, Cedar Rapids, will leave 

cruel Iowa January to the rest of us and take 

off for the Bahamas to attend a NATO 

board meeting in early '68. 

Cleora Coates, Central States Theatres, 

was a Thanksgiving dinner casualty. She was 

rushing to the oven with a pie, when she 

collided with a door, suffering some busted 

ribs. 

Russ Doughten jr., head of Heartland 

Productions, who has been cooped up in a 

Hollywood editing room working on his 

second film "Fever Heat," plans to return to 

his home here for the holidays with his family. 

Lending a hand in Hollywood was his 

secretary Jo Flinn. Meantime, back at Heartland 

headquarters in West Des Moines, Dick 

Talarico "took care of the store." 

Visitors here included Walter Armbruster, 

Warner Bros.-? Arts division manager from 

Dallas, and district manager Ed Williamson, 

also from Dallas; Carl Olson, UA western 

manager, from New York; Dick Resch, 

Buena Vista Omaha manager; Frank 

Thomas. Allied Artists, Kansas City; Dwight 

Hansen, Rockwell City exhibitor; M. E. 

McClain, Central States district official from 

Fremont, Neb., and Bill McGraw, Ogden 

theatreman. 

V^01V1PI will hold its annual Christmas 

party Friday (15) in Little Joe's Italian Village. 

A social hour will precede the 7 p.m. 

dinner. Wednesday (13) club members will 

be guests at a tea in the Salvation Army 

offices here in recognition of the group's 

participation in dressing dolls for needy 

children. 

The WB-7 Arts Christmas party was held 

Saturday (9) in the home of Dale and Helen 

Pieart. She is assistant cashier at the exchange. 

"Gone With the Wind" is booked to open 

at the Capri Theatre Friday (22). MGM 

branch manager Daryl Johnson pointed out 

the picture is playing to 90 per cent capacity 

at the Indian Hills in Omaha . . . "Camelot" 

is set to bow at the Ingersoll that same day, 

as is "Valley of the Dolls" at the Varsity, 

Cinema I and the Plantation Drive-In. 

Nizer to Be Toastmaster 

At Dinner for Sam Rosen 


NEW YORK — Louis Nizer, general 

counsel of the Motion Pictures Ass'n, will be 

toastmaster at B'nai B'rith's tenth annual 

youth services dinner, in honor of Samuel 

Rosen, at the Americana Hotel here on 

December 14. At that time Rosen will receive 

the B'nai B'rith president's medal for 

himianitarianism. 

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of ""Brighty of the Grand Canyon,'" will 

be unveiled Saturday (16) in the national 

park at the canyon's south rim, and will be 

accepted formally by the National Park 

Service. The statue is being donated by 

Stephen F. Booth of Detroit, producer of the 

picture, shot entirely in the canyon area. 

Members of the Booth organization are to be 

present for the ceremony. The Arizona premiere 

of the film will be held the evening 

before as an invitational affair. 

Milton London, just back from New 

York, took off again for Atlanta for the tristate 

NATO convention . . . Producer Jerry 

Gross was here to promote the opening of 

"Teenage Mother" at the Fox. 

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Nicholas George's Grand Circus was 

scheduled for the annual Christmas party 

ul the Motion Picture Council, with Mrs. 

Harry T. Jarvis as chairman . . . Charles 

Shafer advises that Wayne Amusement has 

set February 1 as the date for opening of 

ii.j cocktail lounge at the Quo Vadis, while 

the new twin theatre probably won't open 

..ntil March, 

Projection booth notes— Lynn H. Tuttle 

of the West Side Drive-ln has retired . . . 

Roy Ruben, business agent, is confined to 

homj by illness, and president Clifton Rose 

is handling the extra office duties . . . Joseph 

Beck of the Civic plans to retire Sunday (31) 

H. Lamb of the Music Hall has 

succeeded Bob Wenclasky, who retired from 

the Madison. 

list . . . 

1 he Odd Couple" screening-luncheon Tuesday 

Woody Praught's son Mike, a University 

of Michigan student, is reported on the sick Upstate exhibitors Stacey Kortes and Harold 

John Dembek had a bout with the 

Phillips were here for the Paramount's 

flu, which is widespread on Filmrow. 

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John Halter of the Adams Theatre is looking 

forward to the Wednesday (20) opening The Clark Theatre Service has taken over 

of "Wait Until Dark" . Ziveter, a the booking for two upstate situations: the 

newcomer here from New York, is the new Marysville Drive-In at Marysville, owned by 

manager of the Gateway Theatre in Birmingham 

Clark and Jack Seeley, and Croswell The- 

for the Sloans, succeeding Mitchell atre at Adrian, newly acquired from the 

Butterfield circuit by Bob Tuttle, former 

Gosselin. 

owner of the Lenawee Drive-In at Adrian. 

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Famous Players Stock 

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From Canadian Edition 

MONTREAL — Famous Players Canadian 

Corp. stock has been a star performer 

since it was announced that Gulf & Western 

Industries was dropping its plan to acquire 

the 49 per cent minority interest through a 

share exchange, noted Financial Post in a 

stock market comment. After dropping 

sharply immediately following the announcement, 

the stock has pushed steadily up to 

record high ground. 

The financial newspaper said no details 

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of the revised program have been disclosed. 

However, what may be shaping up is a concentration 

of the Gulf & Western Canadian 

interests in Famous Players, and the spinoff 

to Canadian shareholders of the communications 

subsidiary as originally proposed. 

If this broad outline were followed, the 

comment added, this would enhance the 

position of the shareholder over the original 

scheme. Not only would he still become a 

shareholder of a unique communications 

package, including by far the largest CATV 

operation in Canada, plus radio and television 

stations and Muzak, but also he would 

retain an interest in the continuing growth of 

an expanded Famous Players, which might 

well become Gulf & Western's vehicle for 

expansion in Canada—a rather intriguing 

prospect in itself, bearing in mind the substantial 

equity and lack of debt in the capitalization 

of the company. 

A. J. Fenady Would Stock 

Lobbies With Merchandise 


HOLLYWOOD — After a purposeful 

survey, induced by his widening production 

operations in the entertainment media, 

Andrew J. Fenady opines that neighborhood 

exhibitors may be compelled to fight 

"fire with fire" as a result of the increasing 

shopping center trend providing free entertainment 

and giveaways for youngsters in 

order to attract parents to markets. 

Fenady maintains that hardtop lobbies 

and drive-in intermission eateries could be 

stocked with nonperishable food items for 

the convenience of movie-going late shoppers. 

And such a reverse trend wouldn't necessarily 

be limited to foodstuff, Fenady indicated. 

They are now merchandising numerous 

gimmicks normally found on supermarket 

and cut-rate drugstore shelves, he 

pointed out. 

It's time that searchlights in the night 

skies regain former significance of announcing 

a movie premiere—instead of a 

shopping center clambake," Fenady said. 

"But if we have to compete on that level, 

we can turn on the big arcs to proclaim 

free dishes and prizes for the kiddies—as 

well as bargains in groceries. 

Fenady has charted for 1968-69 productions 

the Rudyard Kipling classic, "Wee 

Willie Winkie," "No God in Saguaro" from 

the novel by Lewis Patten, both feature 

productions, and a two-hour color feature 

TV special, "Petra, City of Stone." 

Hartford Meadows Granted 

Permit for Second Screen 

From New England Edition 

HARTFORD — General Cinema Corp. 

has received a variance approval from the 

Hartford zoning board of appeals to permit 

construction of a second screen at the 2,070- 

car capacity Meadows Drive-In, largest 

underskyer in Connecticut. 

A circuit spokesman said that the move 

will enable different films to be shown on 

some nights, offering patrons a better choice 

of entertainment. 

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For Keene Theatre 

REENE. N.H. — Esquire Theatres of 

America hopes to have a mid-February opening 

at the theatre it has under construction 

in the Riverside Plaza Shopping Center. 

Building of the indoor theatre was started in 

October. 

The 450-500-seal facihty is being constructed 

as a single theatre but provision is 

included for expansion to a dual-auditorium 

operation if business warrants. 

Bob Underwood Promoted 

To TMC Area Supervisor 

BRATTLEBORO, VT.— Robert Underwood 

has been promoted to area supervisor 

for Theatre Managers Corp. by Col. Samuel 

Goldstein, president of the organization. In 

his new position. Underwood has responsibility 

for the Paramount Theatre here and 

for the Victoria and Garden theatres in 

Greenfield, Mass. 

The Victoria, now being remodeled, 

will have its name changed to the Showcase 

Theatre, playing only roadshow attractions. 

Underwood has been with Theatre Managers 

Corp. since 1948, joining the film following 

services with the armed forces in 

the European theatre of operations during 

World War IL He and his wife Betty will 

continue to reside in Brattleboro, although 

he makes daily trips to the Greenfield theatres 

and is supervising remodeling of the 

Victoria. 

'New' Money to Be Drawn 

To New Haven by Arena 

NEW HAVEN—An estimated $1.5 million 

in "new money" will be brought to 

New Haven the first year a sports arenaconvention 

hall complex opens, it is estimated 

by Mayor Richard C. Lee. 

Ground will be broken in the spring and 

an opening is projected for 1969. 

The structure will consist of an arena 

seating 9.000 for hockey, 10,200 for basketball 

and up to 11,500 for boxing and other 

events; an exhibition hall with 38,000 

square feet of usable floor space; a "top" 

that will house a four-story garage accommodating 

2,400 cars with direct escalator to 

functions below. The cost is $15 million. 

Pairs of Passes Awarded 

For 'Sallah' in Lewiston 

LEWISTON, ME.—When the awardwinning 

motion picture, "Sallah," was 

shown at the Ritz Theatre here November 

29. some of the moviegoers did not have 

to pay any admission charge. 

Two free tickets were given to persons 

whose names had been placed on the classified 

pages of the Lewiston Sun-Journal. 

Selling Gift Certificates 

PORTLAND—The Cinema 1. II complex 

in the Westbrook Shopping Plaza is 

advertising the sale of certificates for holiday 

gifts. 

GWTW 400 Seventh Week in Boston; 

'Camelot' 300 Fifth Week at Saxon 

BOSTON—Theatres were feeling the full 

effects of Christmas shopping, only the roadshows 

holding up in competition with the 

stores and shops. "Gone With the Wind" 

"dropped off" to 400 from 600 per cent and 

"Camelot" also lost 200 points, falling to 300 

at the Saxon Theatre in its fifth week. While 

most of the other films still were grossing 

above normal, the bulk were in a narrow 

1 10-170 percentage range. In his group was 

"The Glory Stompers," the only new main 

feature of the week, rating 135 at the Center 

Theatre where it was shown in combination 

with "The Million Eyes of Su-Muru." 

8th wk 

Beocon Hill The Birds, the Bees and the ltoli< 

(WB-7A), 6fh wk 

Boston Far From the Madding Crowd (MGM), 

Center The Glory Stompers {A The 

Eyes of Su-Muru (AlP) 

Chorles— Bonnie ond Clyde (WB-7A), 9th 

Cheri I — Carmen, Baby (Audubon), 6th w 

Cheri 2— To Sir, With Love (Col), 23rd wk 

Cheri 3—Young Americans (Col), 2nd 

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Esquire (Cambridge) The Trip (AlP) 

Exeter— Festivol (P-W), 6th wk 

Gary Gone With the Wind (MGM), 7th wk 

Music Hall Rosie! Univ), 3rd wk 

Orpheum More Thon a Miracle (MGM), 2nd wk. 

Paramount Cool Hand Luke (WB-7A), 4th wk. . 

Pans Cinema Our Mother's House (MGM), 

6th 

'Gone With the Wind' 250 

Fifth Week in Hartford 

HARTFORD — "Gone With the Wind" 

and "Reflections in a Golden Eye" were the 

only first runs to top the average 100 demarcation 

line during the week. The Civil War 

film brought a big gross to the Cinerama 

Theatre, rating 250: "Reflections" earned 

125 in a second week at the Burnside. 

Allyn Hartford Drive-In Tony Rome (20th-Fox), 

various co-teoturcs, 3rd wk 100 

Burnside— Reflections in a Golden Eye (Vi'B-7A), 

Richard A. Smith, right, president of 

General Cinema Corp. of Boston, is 

shown presenting a check for $32,500 

to Red Sox baseball star Carl Yastrzemski. 

The check represents collections 

taken at General Cinema's New England 

theatres for the Jimmy Fund. 

Centn 

s- More Thon a Miracle (MGM), 

various co-feature ., 2nd wk 100 

Cinera-na— Gore With the Wind (MGM), 5th wk. 250 

Em—The Sond Pebbles (20th-Fox), 44th wk 60 

E. M. Lcew's, Newington Cool Hand Luke 

(WB 7A), 3r. 

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•Gone With the Wind' 200, 

'Luke' 175 in New Haven 

NEW HAVEN—A majority of the 

firstrun 

programs finished the week on the sunny 

side of average, the best showing made by 

"Gone With the Wind," which grossed 200 

in its fifth week. "Cool Hand Luke," 175 

in the third week at the Milford Cinema and 

SW Roger Sherman, was the runner-up. 

Bowl, Westville, Whitney Rosie! (Univ), 

125 

Crown Our Mother's House (MGM), 2nd wk 85 

Lincoln— Accident (Cinema V), 2nd wk 90 

Loew's College The Producers (Embassy), 3rd wk, 70 

Milford Cinema, SW Roger Sherman Cool Hand 

Luke (WB 7A), 3rd wk 175 

Milford Drive-In The Glory Stompers (AlP) 110 

Paramount Tony Rome (20th Fox), 3rd wk 100 

SW Cinemart Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

7th wk 110 

Whalley Gone With the Wind (MGM), 5th wk , 200 

Wallingford Selected 

As New Theatre Site 

WALLINGFORD, CONN. — By next 

June, residents of Wallingford should be 

able to see movies once again without leaving 

town. 

Robert Ahearn, associated with both the 

Lawrence Theatre in New Haven and the 

Palace in South Norwalk, told the Wallingford 

Post that his firm is seeking a building 

site here for a 600-seat theatre. Ahearn said 

it would be strictly a de luxe operation with 

pushback seats, staggered seating, air conditioning 

and facilities for Cinerama and 

standard films and multichannel stereophonic 

sound. 

Ahearn said the theatre should be ready 

for its premiere by June and will have a 

policy of playing domestic and foreign 

films' 

RI Superior Court Rules 

'Carmen. Baby' Is Okay 

PROVIDENCE — "Carmen, Baby" was 

declared "not obscene" Tuesday, November 

2H, in a ruling by Justice Bulman of the 

Rhode Island Superior Court. The justice 

directed the Providence license bureau to 

grant the Audubon Films' release the permit 

needed to clear it for a scheduled engagement 

at the Columbus Theatre here. 

The censorship case, which was initiated 

by Audubon following the license bureau's 

refusal to all exhibition of the film on the 

grounds that it was obscene, lasted seven 

days, including the Thanksgiving holiday. 

The film was screened for Justice Bulman, 

who also heard testimony from several "expert" 

witnesses. 

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Cpcrie P. Perakos, vice-president and general 

manager of Perakos Theatres Associates, 

independent Connecticut circuit, has 

embarked on a series of "image-building" 

ads for Perakos" first runs in Hartford and 

Bridgeport. 

Such lines as "P-T-A Means Comfort 

Seating." "P-T-A Service Makes the Difference," 

and "P-T-A Means Best Sound and 

Projection!" are appearing in newspapers. 

Mrs. Marge Mortensen, Stanley Warner 

Capitol, Willimantic, Conn., lined up support 

from an eating establishment (Wild Bill's 

Steak Ranch), the latter offering the price of 

a theatre ticket with each dinner costing two 

dollars and over. 

Although Rudolph Valentino has been 

dead more than 40 years, he isn't forgotten. 

Mrs. Homer Strong of Rochester, N.Y., has 

purchased the ring he wore in motion pictures 

for $1,000 at a Portland, Me., auction. 

John P. Lowe, western New England district 

manager for Redstone Theatres, advises 

that Perry Nathan of Cinema 1, Worcester, 

Mass., displayed photos by car buff Bill 

Barry of the Grand Prix races at Watkins 

Glen, N.Y., in the theatre lobby, in conjunction 

with MGM's "Grand Prix." 

The Edgemere Drive-in, Shrewsbury, 

preciation Night," offering free admission to 

all drivers presenting a clipping of the airer's 

newspaper ad at the boxoffice. 

The Queen Cinema, Manchester, N.H., 

has installed a new screen and sound service. 

The Strand Cinema of the same New 

Hampshire municipality had a "live" show 

the other night. Unicorn Concerts Productions 

bringing in France's Charles Aznavour 

for a single evening's concert at $5 top admission. 

The Concord (N.H.) Drive-In came up 

with nothing less than a five-feature program 

for an "Edgar Allan Poe Festival." Shown 

were "House of Usher," "The Raven," "Premature 

Burial." "The Pit and the Pendulum" 

and "The Haimted Palace." 

By ALLEN WIDEM 

NEW ENGLAND 

Western Massachusetts Theatres anticipates 

a first-of-the-year reopening for the 

long-shuttered Victoria, Greenfield. The 

showcase is being equipped with new rocking-chair 

style seats. Capacity will be reduced 

to 400 in the interest of greater audience 

comfort. 

Key-city New England theatres are anticipating 

mid-December bows for "Camelot," 

'The Comedians" and "The Happiest Millionaire." 

All three have scored marked critical 

acclaim in national publications. 

The Port Cinema, Newburyport, Mass., 

broke an ad in the nearby Peabody (Mass.) 

Times as an "Introductory Offer." Free admission 

to "Bonnie and Clyde" was offered 

for one adult with the purchase of a ticket 

for a second person at the regular $1.25 tab. 

Esquire Theatres is introducing a Senior 

Citizens Film Club, initially in eastern New 

England showcases, offering reduced admission 

to persons aged 55 or older and presenting 

proof of their age at the boxoffice. 

Connecticut and western Massachusetts 

are described as among the nation's "hottest 

growth areas" in a new promotion campaign 

of Northeast Utilities to attract new industry. 

The region is categorized as the country's 

highest and fastest-climbing per capita income 

area. 

Tourism continues to boom in Vermont, 

the percentage some 15 ahead of a year ago, 

Mass., is stressing the fact that in-car heater according to the state development department. 

service is available "at no extra charge." 

This is an ad approach worthy of emulation 

at other underskyers in New England. 

The regional practice of telephone reservations 

continues to gain favor, particularly 

The Gloucester (Mass.) Drive-In. playing 

"Up the Down Staircase" and "The Corrupt in long-run engagements in Boston, Providence, 

Hartford and other larger Ones" on a double bill, advertised an "Ap- 

municipalities. 

John P. Lowe, western New England division 

manager for Redstone Theatres, tells 

us the concept appeals most strongly to suburbia, 

with its stress on time and distance 

as far as entertainment pursuits are concerned. 

A 75-acre, $10,000,000 de luxe shopping 

center is planned adjacent to the Maine turnpike 

in South Portland. The developers are 

William D. Lane, Julian Cohen and John P. 

Dunfrey. Some 50 retail stores, employing 

2,800, are among the projected tenants. 

Maine state boosters are urging an immediate 

and incisive application of economic 

aid to develop the region's tourism industry 

and oceanography. It is felt that all business, 

including entertainment, will benefit immeasurably. 

Movies to Promote State 

May Be Made in Vermont 

MONTPELIER, VT. — The Vermont 

Development Board has been urged by advertising 

executive William Wheeler to advise 

its members on the possibility of producing 

promotional motion pictures on 

Vermont for showing on television and at 

service club meetings. 

Several board members have expressed 

interest in the production of such films to 

show the natural attractions and ideal living 

conditions in this state and Wheeler was 

scheduled to appear at the November 29 

meeting of the board to advocate documentary 

movies and methods for interesting 

professional movie photographers in filming 

them. 

Strangely enough, the Green Mountain 

State has been the location in the year, 

past for several commercial films which 

were shown in theatres throughout the 

country. 

Wheeler, who will make the effort to 

promote Vermont on the screen, is a member 

of the Burlington advertising agency of 

Wheeler, Wood & MacLeod, which has 

worked with the Vermont Development 

Board, in many of its promotional activities. 

Deputy development commissioner Donald 

A. Lyons said "we certainly don't want 

any more 'home-made' movies," and board 

members Walter Foeger and Phillip Cabot 

Camp favored one or more films showing 

Vermont scenes and activities in a manner 

that would attract industries, workers and 

tourists to Vermont. 

"We have no movies on Vermont and it 

hurts me," Foeger said. "The Legislature 

seems to like newspaper advertising but I 

think movies are more important for advertising. 

They can be shown on television and 

also before service clubs and civic groups." 

Russian Filmmaker Takes 

Up Residence in Boston 

BOSTON—Leo Leonardo, a former director 

and script writer in 

Russia, has taken up 

residence here. He said he left Russia because 

"the freedom involved is in satire and 

comedy, which are not favored, and which 

is my genre." 

He said Boston is a final stop in ten years 

of planning and that he plans to use the 

"escape" some day in a film. "I am a cinema 

man and it was a little bit like happening 

in the cinema." 

Leonardo said he came to the United 

States "to live." "I am an emigree—I am not 

a guest. I have a visa for residence and 

work." 

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Yê exchange club of Springfield sponsored 

a kiddies cartoon festival at 10 a.m. on 

a recent Saturday at the downtown Stanley 

Warner Capitol, proceeds benefitting metropolitan 

Springfield underprivileged children. 

In West Springfield E. M. Loew's Theatres 

is completing construction of an 1,100-seat 

hardtop, to be known as the Palace, on land 

adjacent to the circuit's Riverdale Drive-In. 

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and Walter Pidgeon, was shown during 

an observance of the 100th birthday of 

Marie Curie at the Manchester Institute of 

Arts and Sciences on the night of November 

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Cancer Society. 

Santa Glaus greeted children at the Scenic 

Theatre in Rochester during the first annual 

Rochester "Santa Parade," sponsored by the 

Rochester Chamber of Commerce December 

2. The parade covered several downtown 

streets before winding up at the theatre. 

A program of special interest to youngsters 

was presented at Saturday and Sunday 

matinees only November 18 and 19 at the 

Palace Theatre in Manchester, where all 

seats were sold for 50 cents. The screen 

attractions were "The Wacky World of 

Mother Goose," "Pecos Bill" and "The 

Three Stooges." 

VERMONT 

^he Sound of Music" has again been 

shown in the Vermont area where the 

famous Trapp family singers, on whose 

career the film is based, have been residing 

for 

a number of years. The new showing of 

the movie was at the State Theatre in Burlington. 

The Trapps operate a lodge in the 

Stowe ski area. 

'Camelot' Sales in Progress 

PORTLAND—The Maine premiere of 

"Camelot" will be held December 22 at the 

Empire. TTie advance reserved-seat sale is 

under way. 

WEEK 

Opportunity 

in 

Knocks 

HARTFORD 

Connecticut film industry pioneer Mike 

Alperin and his wife Kitty became 

great-grandparents for the first time with 

birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Alperin 

in Hanover, N. H. Jeffrey's dad Alfred 

recently resigned as metropolitan Hartford 

supervisor for General Cinema Corp. and 

is with the state of Connecticut's department 

of education in an administrative capacity. 

John M. Scanlon III, Strand, Winsted, has 

been experimenting with a two-for-one offer 

on Wednesdays and Thursdays, providing 

admission for two persons with presentation 

of newspaper ad and $1.25 at the boxofficc. 

The independent theatre is closed Monda\s 

and Tuesdays. 

Lewiston Bargain Matinees 

LEWISTON, ME.—The Cinema, Lewiston's 

newest and most unique movie theatre, 

located in the Northwood Shopping 

Plaza, is offering "bargain matinees" ever\ 

Tuesday and Thursday, beginning at 1:30 

and 2:30 p.m. All seats are sold for 50 

cents. 

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NEW BRITAIN— Steven E. Perakos, 

general counsel for Perakos Theatres Associates, 

independent Connecticut circuit, 

has been re-elected a director of the New 

Britain Chamber of Commerce. 

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Very 

VANCOUVER C. S. Poser, Is 

Dick Morrow flew in from Alert Bay in his 

own plane and reported that cloud and 

fog coverage was so low in the Strait of 

Georgia the ceiling was "zero-zero, less ten." 

Returning to Filmrow were Abe Feinstein, 

back from the Astral conclave in Toronto, 

and 20th Century-Fox branch manager Dawson 

Exiey, who had sojourned in the sunny 

South for three weeks. 

Bill Giglio of Theatre Confections sported 

a good-looking tan at the Variety Club luncheon, 

obtained while on a holiday. Also noted 

at the affair was Kelley Hayter of the Starlitc 

Nat Levant, Columbia branch manager, 

was impressed with the gross of "Warrendale" 

at the Fox in Victoria in a three-week 

run. The picture had been considered too 

controversial for the conservative city. 

In Vancouver, Universal's "Rosie!" played 

a five-house multiple, then moved on to Hyland 

for a second week. A revival of "Barefoot 

in the Park" and "El Dorado" at the 

Lyric was strong enough to merit a second 

week. The combination of United Artists" 

"Matchless" and "The Hills Run Red," 

which played the Coronet in October, was 

repeated successfully in successive weeks at 

the North Vancouver and the New Westminster 

Odeon drive-ins, the Totem, North Vancouver, 

and the Haida in Vancouver. 

Norman Thorp, 79, retired musician, who 

conducted the orchestra accompanying D. 

W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" across 

Canada in 1915, died in Burnaby. Born in 

Yorkshire, England, he received his professorship 

of music when he was 25. He settled 

in eastern Canada before World War I and 

became nationally known as a violinist. 

Thorp had lived in Burnaby since 1943. He 

leaves his wife Rose Ann and three sons 

Norman jr. of Los Angeles, Harry of New 

Westminster and Andrew of Burnaby. 

To Profile David Niven 


HOLLYWOOD— David Niven, one of 

the founders of Four Star International, has 

been set as the subject for a segment of the 

company's "Portrait" series of 12 one-hour, 

in-depth color news documentary films being 

produced by Hollywood Newsreel Syndicate 

or Rick Spalla Video Productions. 

Elected New President 

Of Ontario MPTA; Board Named 

TORONTO—The 26th annual meeting of 

the Motion Picture Theatres Ass'n of Ontario 

was held November 27 in the King 

Edward Hotel here. The twelve directors 

elected for the ensuing year are David Axler, 

Louis Consky, Lionel Lester. C. S. Posen, 

William Summerville, Jack Fine, Steve Mc- 

Manus, John Hebert, Harry S. Mandell, G. 

B. Markell, Andrew Rouse and M. W. Zahorchak. 

Rouse, Hebert and Fine are on the board 

Hebert, secretary. 

A discussion was held on the Smith commission 

report on taxation, particularly with 

respect to its recommendations on the possible 

application of sales tax on admission 

tickets in lieu of the present hospital tax. 

Small, independent theatres showed concern 

about the possible elimination of tax on tickets 

under 75 cents. Those tickets constitute 

more than half of their total gross. The application 

of new standards of assessment on 

all properties, parlicularK business taxes. 

was discussed. A study ol the Smith report 

by the directors is to be undertaken. 

President Steve McManus, who was in 

the 

chair for the general meeting, reviewed the 

matters discussed at the annual convention 

of the Motion Picture Theatre Ass'ns of 

Canada. He reported that harmony prevailed 

at 

a meeting with the major distributors. 

J. J. Fitzgibbons jr., president and general 

manager of Theatre Confections, Ltd., and 

chairman of the two Canadian tradeshows 

and conventions, addressed the meeting. He 

in Salmon Arm. He closed the drive-in for 

for the first time. Directors holding office 

last who did not seek re-election were Casey 

the season and left with his family lor a holiday 

in California. 

Swedlove of the Linden, Ottawa; Robert reported that the tradeshow and convention 

George R. Pearkes, lieutenant governor, Maynard, Somerset in Ottawa, and Dick in September would show a small profit, despite 

was guest of honor at the Tent 47 luncheon Main. Reference was made during the meeting 

its high budget. He said every intention 

in the Terminal City Club. The affair, to introduce 

that Main had served on the board for 21 of repeating this successful event in 1968 

Adm. R. Brockman, aide to Lord years, and was its president on two separate was indicated, and that details would be 

Louis Mountbatten, also was to plan for the 

available following a meeting of the directors 

occasions. In view of his post as executivesecretary 

of the MPTAC. 

visit of Lord Mountbatten here in March. 

Main declined to allow his name Head table guests included Gordon Gibson, 

new governor of the Northwest Territories, 

to stand for election to the board. 

A meeting of the directors was held immediately 

Nat A. Taylor, a life director of the Ontario 

association, said details and final plans 

elder statesman Harry Howard and newly 

following the meeting, and C. S. of the proposed film institute had been com- 

elected Chief Barker Archie Hanna. 

Posen was elected president, succeeding pleted. However, he said it is hoped that this 

Steve McManus. Rouse was named vicepresident; 

project will be implemented in the coming 

David Axley, treasurer, and 

John 

Peter McEnery and Virni Lisi are the stars 

of "Better a Widow," a joint production of 

Universal Pictures and Ultra Films of Rome. 

year. 

Taylor also commented that attendance 

figures in Canada compared to population 

were 50 per cent below attendance at theatres 

in proportion to population in the 

United States. 

The annual meeting was followed by cocktails 

and the informal luncheon. Several 

guests were present, including James A. C. 

Auld, minister of tourism and information, 

and O. J. Silverthorne, chief censor of Ontario. 

Good Support for Toronto Films 

As Holdovers Maintain High Level 

TORONTO— Business was fairly strong at 

local first-run houses, several openers doing 

exceptionally well. Among these were 

"Rosie!" at the Carlton, "Ski on the Wild 

Side" at the Towne Cinema and "Gypsy 

Girl" at the Danforth. "Point Blank" was 

a heavy grosser in its second week at the 

Imperial and other Famous Players houses: 

"Barefoot in the Park" still drew big crowds 

in its eighth week at the Hollywood. "Lana" 

was thriving in its second week at the Coronet 

but "Festival of the Arts" had only a 

fair first week at the Crest. "The Comedians" 

continued "very good" in its fifth 

week at I.oew's. 

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

40th wk 

Fair 

Capri—Weekend, Itolion Style (SR) Fair 

Carlton— Rosie! {Univ) Very Good 

Cinema— Reflections in a Golden Eye (WB-7A), 

Coronet— Lone (SR), 2nd wk Excellent 

Crest— Festival of Arts (IFD) 

Fair 

Danforth—Gypsy Girl (SR) Good 

Downtown—Jack of Diamonds (MGM); The Last 

Challenge (MGM) . .Good 

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

142nd wk 

Good 

50th 

for All Seasons (Col), 

Ex 

)- The Fomily Way (WB-7A), 

Hollywood (South)— Boretoot in the Park (Para), 

8th wk 

Excellent 

Hyland—To Sir, With Love (Col), 20th wk. . .Excellent 

Imperial group— Point Blank (MGM), 2nd wk. Excellent 

The Whisperers (UA), 

3rd 

.Fail 

Loew's—The Comedians (MGM), 5th wk. , Good 

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

10th wk Excellent 

Nortown— Doctor Zhivago (MGM), 58th wk . . Good 

Towne Cinema— Ski on the Wild Side (IFD) , . Good 

University—Thoroughly Modern Millie (Uniy), 

24th wk 

Good 

Yorkdale Our Mother's House (MGM), 2nd wk. Foir 

Quintet of Newcomers Attracts 

Many Montrealers to Theatres 

MONTREAL—Sparked by interest in 

five 

first-week features, theatregoers turned out 

in goodly numbers to view the excellent 

variety of screen fare available in Montreal's 

major theatres. "Who's Minding the Mint?". 

"The Long Duel," "Un Idiot a Paris," "Hell's 

Angels on Wheels" and "Our Mother's 

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Man," "Cool Hand Luke" and "How 

MONTREAL 

I Won 

the War." All three were continuing their 

runs. 

Capitol A Guide for the Morried Man (20th-Fox), 

The enthusiasm of Montrealers for the The listings include about 300 titles not 6th wk 

Very Good 

Gaiety Camelot 

movies presented during the six-month previously shown. Quebec has for distribution 

12,000 films or copies of films. This Lyceum Two Weeks in September (Para) Good 

(WB-7A), 4th wk Good 

Hylond Worrendale (Col), 5th wk Average 

term of Expo 67 is continuing, with the films 

Kings How I the Wor (UA), 2nd wk. Very Good 

being featured at the Bonaventure Cinema compares with a total of only 60 in 1941. Metropolitan— Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

3rd wk Excellent 

in Bonaventure Plaza. In the first ten days 

Montreal children, who do poorly in Odeon Cool Hand Luke (V\/B-7A), 3rd wk. Very Good 

more than 50.000 saw the pictures. Attendance 

at the Bonaventure for the free films 

Park Clambake (UA) Average 

school because they cannot express themselves 

in words, may soon be offered another 

Towne Young Aphrodites (IFD), 3rd wk Good 

attained as much as 7,000 a day on weekends. 

The 620-seat Bonaventure will reopen 

means of expression—film production. Administrators 

of the Protestant school board In Vancouver Multiple Run 

'Point Blank' Is "Excellent' 

for business on a regular basis Tuesday (26). 

are studying the educational uses of film VANCOUVER—A strong action picture 

Graeme Ferguson, whose "Polar Life" production developed in areas of New York continued to dominate the downtown scene 

film in the "Man the Explorer" theme pavilion 

at Expo 67 was one of the most popu- 

National Film Board. NFB's Paul Azaroff, and other theatres, was "excellent" in all 

City and picked up by filmmakers at the as "Point Blank," playing at the Orpheum 

lar at the fair, has been signed by Frank P. who has taken part in one film project in spots. "Bonnie and Clyde," very strong at 

Rosenberge. producer of "Madigan" for New York's Bedford-Stuyvesant district and the Vancouver Capitol and New Westminster 

Columbia in its third stanza, also held 

Universal Pictures, to create the main titles has seen the results of others in Harlem, 

for that film . . . Canadian-born Percy Rodriquez 

has a role in "The Heart Is a Lonely reading below grade 5 level were able to Capitol Bonnie and Clyde (WB-7A), 

reports that teenage children who had been over. 

3rd wk Very Good 

Hunter." being filmed in Selma. Ala., by say in films things they had never been able Coronet Beach Red (UA), 2nd wk Average 

Warner Bros. -7 Arts. 

to say in words. 

Downtown Reflections in a Golden Eye (WB-7A), 

3rd wk Above Average 

Odeon To Sir, With Love (Col), 22nd wk Good 

Le Maisonneuva, another modern theatre, The Canadian Movie Theatre was the target 

of a theft by a lone gunmen. Witnesses (MGM) 

Excellent 

Orpheum, other theatres Point Blank 

was opened here Saturday (2) in the Centre 

Pork Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

Commercial Maisonneuva. The initial presentation 

was "Oscar." starring Louis de house after the first evening show and got 

told police the suspect came out of the movie 22nd wk 

Average 

Ridge The Sand Pebbles (20th-Fox), 27th wk. , .Foir 

Stanley Camelot (WB-7A), 4th wk Good 

Eunes. and "Le Gang Descend Sur la Ville." back into the boxoffice lineup. He produced Strand Gone With the Wind (MGM), 

5th wk Excellent 

a small revolver 

starring EIke .Sommer. 

and forced the ticket agent Studio Young Aphrodites (IFD), 3rd wk. ..Average 

Vogue Rosie! (Univ) Average 

to hand over $225 in cash. 

For the first time, the Office dul Film du 

Quebec, has started to publish a permanent NFB product being featured in Montreal 

catalog of the films it has and distributes. 

includes "Christmas Crackers" OTJ AW at the Savoie. 

A 

"Le Voyageur" at the Monkland, "La Cite 

de Memoire" at the Chateau, "Appuis et Suspensions" 

at the Granada; "Summer Pag- 

historic era in the field of theatre operations 

is about to end in the sale for 

f^ 

• everything for a theatre • 

eantry" at the Seville, "King of the Blades" 

$800,000 of D. B. Stapleton's 890-seat Centre 

Theatre and two stores. The property has 

- HAVING TROUBLE? s at the Cinema Festival, "Les Canadiens 

I WANT TO MODERNIZE? | Savent Danser" at the Cremazie and "La 

a 66-foot frontage on the Sparks Street mall 

Terre est Habitee" at the Dauphin. 

Try Us! We Never Sleep! I 

in downtown Ottawa. Acting for Stapleton 

the Rideau Trust Co. said the offer had been 

3 NAME BRANDS • New Films Attract Crowds accepted and the undisclosed purchasers 

would take possession January 15. with the 

- BALLANTYNE EPRAD STRONG S To Montreal First Runs 

CENTURY SIMPLEX PHILLIPS HURLEY = 

theatre to be continued. The owner's father 

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HARKNE33 GOLDBERG NEUMADE 

the late Ben Stapleton opened the Nickel 

PROJECTION OPTICS • House" acquitted themselves with boxoffice Theatre here in 1908 and it was followed by 

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success in their first appearances here. 

construction of the Centre in 1915 with the 

COMPLETE EQUIPMENT 

| Alouctfe Gone With the Wind (MGM), 6th wk. Good son joining his father in its operation. 

I IN STOCK AT ALL TIMES! | Atwoter— Who's Minding the Mint? (Col) Good 

Avenue—The Comedions (MGM), 2nd wk Good Noteworthy is the fact that Ben Stapleton 

Capitol 

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The Long Duel (Pare) Good 

| Cinema Festival— A Stranger Knocks and Harry M. Brouse. another pioneer showman 

here, were the two original franchise 

(SR), 

4th wk 

Good 

ff Reasonable Prices & No S/rings Attached. 

Cinema Place du Canada More Than a Miracle 

(MGM), 2nd wk Good holders for Canada in the U. S. producing 

Cinema Place Villa Mane The Birds, the Bees and 

the Italians (WB-7A1, 8th wk 

Good company Associated First National Pictures, 

1 BESTTHEATRE SUPPLY REG'D I Dauphin The Game Is Over (Col), 14th wk Good which later was acquired by Warner Bros. 

Elysee 'Resnais) Mouchette (SR), 2nd wk Good 

Fleur de Lys Un Idiot a Paris (SR) Good At one time both Stapleton and Brouse had 

Imperial Grand Prix (MGM), 28th wk Good 

several theatres here of which the Centre is 

Kent Thoroughly Modern Millie (Univ), 

6th wk 

Good the successful survivor. 

Loew's Cool Hond Luke (WB-7A), 2nd wk Good 

Polcce— Hell's Angels on Wheels (SR) Good The Ottawa newspapers have been devoting 

considerable space to the colorful life 

Parisien— Belle de Jour (SR), 8th wk Good 

Snowdrn Far From the Madding Crowd (MGM), 

^^m\\\m//Af^ Van Home—Our Mother's House (MGM) \'.'.\ 'Good story of the multi-millionaire of Renfrew, 

Vcndome A Man and a Women (IFD), 9th wk. Good 

IVATCH PROJECTION IMPROVE 

IT ECHNIKOTE Ont., Michael John O'Brien who was primarily 

a railroad builder but engaged in 

Wcifmount Camelot (WB-7A), 5th wk Good 

York- Bonnie and Clyde (WB-7A), 1 Ith wk Good 

many developments in the Ottawa district 

"Gone With the Wind' Scores 

and 

SCREENS ^; 'Excellent' 

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elsewhere. Of special interest to the film 

in Third Week 

fraternity was the establishment of a group 

WINNIPEG — Returns continued steady of O'Brien Theatres in small towns operated 

up about 10 per cent over the corresponding by the Ottawa Valley Amusement Co., 

week of 1966. The unchallenged boxoffice which is a unit of M. J. O'Brien Ltd., Renfrew. 

leader was "Gone With the Wind," still "excellent" 

as it concluded its third week. Sharing 

the balance of local returns were three Oscar winner Ed Begley has a starring 

Theoire EauipmenI ; 

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Qdeon-Morton's downtown Garrick has 

closed for major refurbishing and eventually 

will reopen as the flagship of a twin 

cinema complex set for completion in early 

1968. The town, yet to be named, will be 

under the managership of veteran Murray 

W. Vint, presently with Odeon-Morton"s suburban 

Kings. Lou Golden, currently at the 

Park, also moves over to the downtown 

houses upon completion. 

The Saskatchewan government has given 

exhibitors in that province an indication that 

Sunday movies will likely be allowed sometime 

in 1968. Exhibitors feel that due to the 

changing attitudes of both the government 

and the residents and considering the sympathetic 

hearing given the exhibitors two years 

ago. the time is the sympathetic hearing 

given the exhibitors two years ago, the time 

is opportune to bring the necessary legislative 

changes into effect. 

May Wilson, former assistant manager under 

Jack Taylor at Famous-Western's Lyceum, 

is the manager at the newly acquired 

suburban Windsor. The 500-seat house, located 

in the east end of the city, is on a dayand-date 

and moveover-booking basis now. 

with eventual plans calling for a first-run 

house. 

A number of Saturday afternoon children's 

specials have been in evidence lately. 

Included among the one-day bookings were 

"Captain Sindbad," "Jack the Giant Killer," 

"Robinson Crusoe on Mars," "Magic Boy" 

(Hyland), "Snow White and Rose Red" and 

The Big Bad Wolf" (Gaiety and Windsor). 

Managerial changes at Odeon-Morton's 

six local theatres included Dave Robertson, 

manager of the suburban Park, from same 

post at the Odeon; Leo Mannix from manager 

of the Garrick to manager of the Odeon 

and Alan Krandel and Bob Fostey as assistants 

at 

the Kings and Odeon, respectively. 

First runs, which didn't make the downtown 

houses, included, at the Odeon Drivein— 

"Frankenstein Created Woman," "The 

Mummy's Shroud," "Sullivan's Empire," 

"Banning," "The Ride to the Hangman's 

Tree," "Come Spy With Me," "Island of 

Terror" and "The Projected Man." At the 

Rialto were "Psycho Circus," "The Moment 

of Truth" and "Naughty New Orleans"; 

the Airliner— "Devil's Own," "Prehistoric 

Women" and "The Venetian Affair," and at 

the Starlite "The Upper Hand." 

Hyland had a special showing of the Danny 

Kaye starrer "The Man From the Diners 

Club" after Kaye was in town with the 

Gadna Youth Orchestra, conducting that 

group in behalf of the United Israel Appeal. 

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good crowd turned out for the regular 

monthly luncheon-meeting of the Variety 

Club of Ontario in the Park Plaza Hotel. 

Honored guest was Petula Clark. This also 

was nomination day, and Tent 28's crew 

for the coming term will be headed by Frank 

Strean, with Sam Shopsowitz and George 

Destounis as assistant chief barkers. Doug 

Wells is property master and Stan Sobel, 

dough guy. Canvasmen include Stan Helleur, 

Allan Stewart, John Kirk, Leon Weinstein, 

William Crampton and Gerry Solway. 

A special promotion for all Canadian theatre 

managers opening "The Jungle Book" 

Friday (22) has been announced by Theatre 

Confections, Ltd. The company will provide, 

at no cost to each theatre, 100 "Jungle 

Book" story teller records, released by Capitol 

Records. TCL suggests that the records 

be used as a giveaway to promote sale of 

the 35-ccnt buttered popcorn, using a lucky 

star on the bottom of every 75th box. 

Independent filmmaker Robert Downey 

was in Toronto from New York to attend the 

Canadian premiere of his film "Chafed Elbows" 

at the Cinecity. The film was made 

three years ago, and at the moment he is 

looking for funds to make another one. 

Cinecity launched a regular Saturday midnight 

underground show. It was advertised 

only in campus papers and by handbills in 

Yorkville. So far, every program has been 

a sellout. A feature article on the subject by 

Martin Knelman ran in the Saturday Star. 

Film Canada, the distributing company that 

runs Cinecity, has been building a catalog of 

underground flms. So far the packages have 

been marketed mostly to college groups, but 

there are signs of interest from commercial 

cinemas. Two underground programs have 

been scheduled in Montreal. 

The regular monthly meeting of the Toronto 

WOMPI was held in the Famous Players 

screening room. The program for the 

Christmas community service was announced, 

and Phyllis Hirst of Famous Players 

was named publicity chairman. November 

15 the club presented a screening and 

supper for the senior citizens of Laughlen 

Lodge. 

The North-East Drive-In has installed incar 

heaters. Now all Twinex drive-ins in this 

area have been so equipped for winter operation. 

UA Philadelphia Branch 

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PHILADELPHIA—James R. Velde, vicepresident 

and general sales manager of 

United Artists, announced the appointment 

of Bernard "Buddy" Golden as Philadelphia 

branch manager for UA. 

Golden started in the industry in the Universal 

home office in 1948, and prior to joining 

UA he was branch manager in Pittsburgh, 

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UoMBiNiNG MODERN and Indian 

motifs into "a distinctive and exciting 

decor," Cooper Foundation's new Ute 70, 

in Colorado Springs, Colo., is described as 

"America's most modern Indian theatre. 

Costing $500,000, the 859-seat showcase 

carries on the name and some of the unique 

design appeals of the still-operating 32- 

year-old Ute Theatre. 

The Ute 70 has a distinctive 60-footwide, 

22-foot-high glass front. Its counter 

type interior boxoffice is crescent shaped 

and surrounded by panels of wood and 

leather, which are abstract sculptures of 

Indian symbols. 

A huge chandelier in Indian design 

graces the lobby, sets off the 18-footdiameter 

circular concessions stand beneath 

the chandelier. Carpeting is in Ute Indian 

motif, and colors are bright browns, reds 

and blues. Seats have sand colored backs, 

bittersweet covers. Floor-to-ceiling drapes 

are in gold, extend across the 90-foot-wide 

auditorium. Story, pictures start on page 4. 

Suggestions on how to keep concessions 

equipment "immaculately clean" and 

operating properly are presented—starting 

on page 8—in a handy point-by-point 

method by Lee H. Joehnck, concessions 

merchandising manager. Commonwealth 

Theatres. Maintenance and sanitation procedures 

for butter dispensers, bun warmers, 

hot dog grills, deep fat fry equipment, hot 

chocolate dispensers, and coffee makers are 

all reported on. Based on his circuit's Concessions 

Manager's Manual, Joehnck's article 

is the fifth of a continuing series for 

Modern Theatre readers. 

"We have found better projection and 

sound reproduction in theatres where the 

manager and projectionist work hand-inhand," 

says Wesley Trout, in his article 

starting on page 13. And, he adds, "This is 

particularly so when the manager knows 

something about projection and sound 

equipment, is able to discuss intelligently 

problems that come up and when purchasing 

new equipment." He provides suggestions 

for developing teamwork and basic 

understanding. 

And offers a reminder: "Most first-rate 

projectionists know that cleanliness in the 

projection room is of paramount importance 

in keeping down trouble and assuring longer 

service from the equipment." 

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"America's Most Modern Indian Theatre"; Cooper Foundation's 

New Ute 70, in Colorado Springs, Colo Qess Jenkins 4 

How to Keep Concessions Equipment "Immaculately Cleon" 

and Operating Properly Lee H. Joehnck 8 

Teamwork Between Manager, Projectionist Is Key to Best 

Possible Screen Presentation Wesley Trout 13 

Black and White Striped Seats for Trans-Lux Theatres' Completely 

Refurbished Plaza Theatre, in Washington, D.C 16 

National Theatre Supply Equips Americana Theatre, Southfield, 

Mich.; Village 70 Theatre, Boulder, Colo.; Provides 

Motion Picture Equipment for McMorran Memorial 

Auditorium "Live Theatre," Port Huron, Mich 

DEPARTMENTS: 

Maintenance and Sanitation... 4 

Refreshment Service 8 

Projection and Sound 13 

New Equipment 

and Developments 21 

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Readers' Service Bureau 23 

Advertisers' Index 23 

Literature 24 

About People and Product .... 24 

Two-way reader board over main doors inside lobby invites 

patrons of Redwood Theatres' new 524-seat Briggsmore, in Modesto, 

Calif., to return for coming attractions. Modern inlerror boxoffice 

is of cherry wood Formica. Cathedral type lobby also features 

an ll-foot-high, three-tier chandelier. The 70mm roadshow house 

is in Briggsmore Shopping Center, serves 100,000 persons in its 

drawing radius. Building cost: $250,000. Equipment cost: $75,000. 

CLYDE C. HALL, Managing Editoi 

The MODERN THEATRE Douna-in section oublisned each n BOXOFFICE. Ediforiol 

or general business corresDonaence should 

to Associated Pubhcotions, Inc., 825 Von 

Technical Editor; Eastern Representative: 

New York, N. Y. 10020.

— 

2 minute quiz 

for exhibitors 

THE SUBJECT: Your equipment and furnishings supplier. 

SCORE 10 POINTS FOR EACH YES' ANSWER. 

1. Has the firm been in business for over 40 years? 

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2. Does it offer a single centralized source of supply for all 

theatre equipment? 

3. Does it maintain computer-controlled regional inventory 

centers? 

4. Are there sales offices in all major cities coast to coast? 

5. Can you obtain high speed deliveries on thousands of 

different items— ranging from flashlight batteries to 70mm 

projectors? 

6. Does it distribute such top-quality "name" brands as 

Simplex Projection and Sound Equipment, American Seating 

Company Chairs, Alexander Smith Carpet, Walker- 

American screens, etc. 

7. Does it have a large staff of theatre-wise sales reps 

offering local, personalized service to exhibitors? 

8. Does the customer list number 15,000 exhibitors— ranging 

from 200-seat small town theatres to New York's Radio 

City Music Hall? 

9. Are prices competitive or lower— the result of the firm's 

great buying power? 

10. Does it extend liberal credit to theatre owners, enabling 

them to pay for needed equipment over a period of years?

In Colorado Springs, Colo. 

Cooper's 

modern Indian' Sp 

new Ute 70 

Cooper Foundation's new S5U0.000 Ute 70 Theatre, Colorado Springs, Colo., expresses 

Ute Indian motif in modern styling. Glass front is 60 feet wide, 22 feet high. 

Gold fabric drupes extend across 90-foot-wide auditorium, cover stage and the 

( urved 65x30-foot screen. Seats have sand colored hacks, bittersweet covers. 

By BESS JENKINS 

The 1 ourth new theatre built 

in Colorado Springs within three years. 

Cooper Foundation Theatres' new Ute 70 

combines modern and Indian motifs into a 

distinctive, de luxe 859-seat showcase "with 

an exciting decor." The new Ute 70 carries 

on the name and some of the unique Indian 

design appeals of the still-operating, 32- 

year-old Ute, which is scheduled to be torn 

down to make way for a new office building 

for Colorado Interstate Gas Co. 

The new Ute 70 cost $500,000. Designed 

by Mel Glatz, it adapts the older Ute's traditional 

atmosphere into trim, modern construction 

lines. The Colorado Springs Garette 

Telegraph describes it as "America's 

most modern Indian theatre." And Glatz 

describes it as a "Model 2000 Ute Indian 

hogan." It is located—downtown—at 21 

North Nevada, Colorado Springs' main 

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the area. 

The MODERN THEATRE SECTION

NEW Noreico 70/35 

LOWER COST! SIMPLER INSTALLATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE! 

The ALL NEW Noreico DP-75 makes quality 

70/35mm projection practical for most theatres! 

The North American Philips Company proudly presents the 

completely new Noreico 70/35mm Universal DP-75 projector 

— a brilliantly engineered successor to its famous Academy 

Award winning AAII 70/35mm projector. 

The DP-75 is truly an advanced projector . . . with many innovations 

and design features no one ever thought of before. 

Yet it is lower in cost than most high quality projectors on the 

marlêt! And it is particularly adaptable to remote or automated 

control of projection equipment. 

Just look at some of the advantages of the DP-75: 

(AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF 

CORRECT SOUND REPRODUC- 

TION ranging from 35mm optical 

to 6-channeI 70mm 

magnetic. When used with the 

Noreico OMA 6 sound system, 

a single pushbutton switch controls 

simultaneous changeover 

of both picture and sound! 

• 60 SECOND CONVERSIONS between 

70mm and 35mm . . . 

without using tools! 

SOLID COLUMN CONSTRUC- 

TION assuring perfect alignment 

and picture steadiness. 

DELRIN RUNNING SURFACES 

handle old and new prints 

smoothly because emulsion 

residues, wax, etc. do not adhere 

to Delrin. 

• ANY PROJECTIONIST CAN 

SERVICE IT without special 

tools and without any need for 

fitting or adjustment. 

EXCEPTIONALLY EASY MAINTE- 

NANCE through well-spaced 

parts and detachable pad, film 

gate and sprocket keepers. 

NEW FILM GATE* OVERCOMES 

BUCKLING through ingenious 

design that keeps film in one 

plane at aperture. 

SOLAR CELL IN OPTICAL 

SOUND HEAD means higher 

sensitivity, lower noise level! 

UNIQUE SAFETY DEVICE stops 

projector if film breaks or when 

film is improperly attached to 

take-up reel. Extremely vital 

with automated or remotely 

controlled equipment. 

> FRONT WALL CONTROLS Tor 

easier operation. 

> FAST, SIMPLE INSTALUTION 

can be completed in less time 

at lower cost. 

Projectors are your biggest booth equipment investment. Play it 

safe. The new Noreico DP-75 is designed for the '70's ... but it 

is available at your authorized Noreico theatre supply dealer today! 

"Patent applied (or 

Fast conversion from 70mm to 35mm is 

facilitated in the new DP-75 projector. The 

35mm film gate has a unique one piece, 

triple aperture sliding plate for 1.37:1 wide 

screen and Cinemascope. Delrin running 

surfaces allow both old and new prints to 

be used without special precautions. 

New anti-buckle film gate" construction 

is a feature of the 

Noreico Universal DP-75 projector. 

It prevents heat flutter and 

defocusing without necessity for 

cumbersome air pressure devices 

or liquid gates sometimes found 

when very powerful light sources 

are used for 70mm projection. 

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COOPER'S NEW UTE 70 THEATRE 

d fr 

pagi 

thoroughfare. A first-run house, it serves a 

population of 175,000 in its drawing area 

radius. Larry Louis, former Lincoln, Neb., 

city manager for Cooper, heads the circuit's 

three Colorado Springs theatres—the Ute 

70, Cooper 70 and the Ute. Carl Rolfes is 

manager of the Ute 70. 

a lull Inn I 

ills. (Jeep brown ceiling, carpeting in Lite Indian motif grace 

If 70. Seat spacing: 40 inches. Projection 

um 

room: 30x15 feet. 

Bittersweet Orange Roof 

There is virtually nothing that is not unusual 

about the new Ute 70. The 23x24-foot 

marquee and sign rises above a unique facade 

designed to form the base for the towering 

billboard of special metal decking. 

This and the matching roof are finished in 

bittersweet orange for a pleasing contrast 

with the adobe-like utility brick structure. 

The theatre's name is in white plastic and 

the Bevelite changeable letters are in deep 

brown anodized aluminum. A platform is 

included for safety in changing the letters. 

The 6-line change panel is IV2 feet high. 

The Ute 70 has a 60-foot-wide glass 

front, which rises to a maximum height of 

22 feet as it follows the unusual building 

contours. The upper portion of this glass is 

tinted. The lower portion is clear, so as to 

permit visibility into the colorful lobby. 

i^nmi 

Circiilui cDiuessions \laiul i\ IS feci in 

diameter. Huge chandelier above it was 

especially made for Ute in Indian motif. 

Ute 70's sign is decorative, ea.^y to see 

and change. Name is white plastic. The 

Bevelite changeable letters are deep brown 

anodized aluminum. Overall background is 

in Cooper's traditional bittersweet orange. 

Sign is 23x24 feet, has platform for safety 

in changitig the letters. 

Lobby Adapts Ute Motif 

And it is particularly in this lobby that the 

art of the Ute Indian has been skillfully 

adapted to a modern setting by Glatz and 

his staff and the on-site architects, Richard 

L. Crowther & Associates, of Denver. 

To begin at floor level. The custom designed 

Alexander Smith carpeting features 

a Ute Indian motif, but woven 1-inch stripes 

about 6 inches apart produce an extremely 

modern feeling. The colors—repeated elsewhere 

in the theatre's decor—are predominantly 

bright browns, reds and blues. The 

same colors theme the lobby's burlap-like 

wall materials. Restrooms are on the same 

lobby level and are tiled in light turquoise, 

blue and brown. 

A counter type, crescent-shaped boxoffice 

occupies a corner near the entrance. Its 

background walls are highlighted by panels 

of wood and leather which are abstract 

sculptures of familiar Indian symbols. These 

are backlighted, and a circle of eight recessed 

ceiling lights additionally focuses attention 

on the area. 

Massive Overhead Chandelier 

Equipment includes two Noreico 70/ 35mm projectors. Kottmorgei 

lenses, Strong lamphoiises, Simplex 6-4-1 transistor sound system. 

Altec speakers via National Theatre Supply's Denver branch. 

A few steps on, toward the auditorium, 

is another eye-catcher for patrons. This is 

a massive overhead chandelier created 

especially for the Ute 70 in popular Indian 

design. Beneath the chandelier is an 18-footdiameter 

circular concessions stand, which 

has duplicate facilities for patrons. Seats in 

the roomy lobby additionally carry out the 

Indian theme. 

The auditorium has controlled lighting 

to complement the deep brown ceiling and 

Tectum-paneled acoustical walls. The curved 


Walker screen eovers 65 feet of the 90-footwide 

auditorium and is 30 feet high. Screen 

and stage draperies by Grosh are in a fireproof 

gold fabric with "Lurex" thread. The 

859 seats by American Seating have sand 

colored backs, bittersweet mohair covers. 

For additional comfort, they are set on platforms 

rather than on a sloping floor. Backto-back 

spacing is 40 inches. Carpeting, 

seats, draperies and screen were via the 

Denver branch of National Theatre Supply 

Co. 

The Ute 70 has a Simplex 6-4-1 transistor 

sound system. Five Altec stage speakers are 

used, and six surround speakers are installed 

in the auditorium ceiling. The projection 

room is 30x15 feet. Projection equipment 

includes two Norelco 70/ 35mm projectors, 

Kollmorgen lenses. Strong lamphouses supplied 

and installed—as were the Simplex 

sound system and Altec speakers—by National 

Theatre Supply's Denver branch. 

Kneisley 180 ampere rectifiers and Neumade 

rewinds were provided through Western 

Service & Supply. 

Circular Concessions Counter 

The 18-foot-diameter circular concessions 

stand was made by Butler Fixture & Manufacturing 

Co., Denver. The Indian motif 

chandelier is by Malcolm Hart Fixtures, 

Denver. Concessions equipment includes a 

Manley popcorn warmer, Bally ice cream 

case and a Scotsman ice machine, all via 

National Theatre Supply — plus Selmix 

Coca-Cola dispensers and National cash registers. 

General Register ticket equipment used in 

the boxoffice and Hon furniture used in the 

offices were also installed by National Theatre 

Supply. 

Built by Hubchik-Ritchie-Davis, of Colorado 

Springs, the $500,000 Ute 70 brings 

Cooper Foundation's theatres to a total of 

14. Three are in Colorado Springs, one is in 

Denver. Two are in Greeley, Minn., one is 

in Minneapolis. Four are in Omaha, and 

three are in Lincoln, Neb. Cooper Foundation 

headquarters is also in Lincoln. Charles 

Kroll, new assistant vice-president of theatre 

operations, is a former Colorado 

Springs city manager for Cooper. 

CREDITS: 

Acoiisiiciil Maieiial: Acoustics & 

SPEC1AI,TIES: ARMStRONC 

Air Conditioning: Carrier 

Architects: Glatz; Crowther 

Boxoffice: Butler 

Carpeting: Alexander Smith 

Ciish Registers: National 

Chandelier: Malcolm Hart 

Changeable Letters: Bevelite 

Concessions Counters: Butler 

Decoration: Glatz 

Decorative Fixtures Behind Boxoffice 

Malcolm Hart 

Designer: Glatz 

Draperies: Grosh 

Drink Dispensers: Selmix 

General Contractor: 

Hubchik-Ritchie-Davis 

General Supplier: National Theatre 

Supply,- Western Service & Supply 

Ice Cream Cabinet: Bally 

Ice Machine: Scotsman 

Lamps: Strong 

Lenses: Kollmorgen 

Metal Doors, Frames: 

Monarch Engineering 

Office Furniture: Hon 

Popcorn Warmer: Manley 

Projectors: NoRELCO 

Plumbing: American Standard 

Rectifiers: Kneisley 

Rewinds: Neumade 

Seats: American Seating 

Screen: Walker 

Sign: Art Neon 

Sound: Simplex 

Speakers: Altec 

Steel Roof Deck: Edward 

Wall Covering (Lobby): Rainbow 

Ticket Machines: General Register 

Coca-Cola Offers New Film 

For Theatre Concessions 

A new 35inm color trailer, which combines 

entertainment and direct selling of 

foods and beverages, is offered by Coca- 

Boy and "funny bunny" are featured in new 

30-second selling trailer by Coca-Cola. 

Cola Co. Called "Desert." the 30-second 

cartoon features a "funny bunny" and a boy 

in the desert who find their oasis at the 

concessions stand. Popcorn, hot dogs, candy, 

and frosty cups of Coca-Cola are featured 

items in the film. It is available in both 

drive-in and indoor theatre versions. "Premiere" 

was at the industry convention and 

tradeshow in Bal Harbour, Fla. 

Lockwood & Gordon Plans Twin Theatres 

In Augusta, Me., Shopping Center 

Lockwood & Gordon Enterprises, Inc., 

Boston, plans to open twin cinemas early in 

1968 in the Capitol Shopping Center, in 

Augusta, Me., the circuit states. The twoauditorium 

theatre will provide films in all 

contemporary processes, and is being built 

by Robert Verrier. 

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Clean and Operating Properly 

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You can keep your equipment rolling 

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SUGGESTIONS ON MAINTE- 

NANCE of miscellaneous concessions 

equipment are presented in this article 

by Lee H. Joehnck, concessions merchandising 

manager. Commonwealth 

Theatres, Inc. Based on Commonwealth's 

Concessions Manager's Manual, 

this article is the fifth of a series by 

Joehnck. Previous articles appeared in 

the December 12, 1966. and April 17, 

May 15, and October 30, 1967, issues. 

Bitttermat or Serv-O-Mat: Clean the entire 

pump and bowl. The pump should be 

cleaned each evening after closing. Use 

warm water and a mild detergent to clean 

these parts, but be certain they are rinsed 

properly and thoroughly before reinstalling 

them in the unit. Take the pump apart as 

per instructions in the maintenance manual. 

Proper Dispensing of Butter 

Periodically check the buttermat for 

proper dispensing of the butter. It is recommended 

that you borrow or purchase 

a graduated beaker from a druggist to 

measure the throw of butter being dispensed 

by your butter machine. Request that the 

graduate markings be in cubic centimeters 

or the equivalent thereof, so that you can 

obtain the correct measurement of butter 

being dispensed from your unit. Refer to 

the manual for the proper adjustment 

necessary on your machine to dispense the 

correct cubic centimeters of butter. 

Bun Warmers: Each evening, after the 

close of business, the bun warmers should 

be cleaned. Use a solution of warm water 

and a mild detergent. Remember, we store 

edible foods in these units. They must be 

cleaned regularly. It is imperative that these 

units be rinsed thoroughly with clean water 

to remove any detergent or foreign odor. 

All drawers should be left open at night to 

air out, after they have been cleaned at the 

end of business. 

Grill Merchandises Hot Dogs 

Roto Grill: Each day, at the close of 

business, the hot dog drum should be removed 

from the unit, placed in appro.ximately 

3 gallons of warm water with a 

mild detergent, .scrubbed and then rinsed 

several times in clean water. It should then 

be allowed to dry before reinstallation in 

the unit. If this procedure is followed each 

day, the drum will remain in a spotless 

condition with a minimum of extra work. 

The bun compartment should be removed 

and the excess water sponged up with a 

commercial type sponge. This unit should 

be kept immaculately clean, as it will be 

where the customer will see it at work 

merchandising hot dogs. 

Deep Fat Fry Equipment: Every day 

clean the exterior of the unit. After the 

close of business and the fat has cooled, 

place the floating lid or cover over the 

liquid. 

Cleaning the Fry Kettle 

Cleaning the Fat: The fat should be 

strained as often as is necessary (this is 

determined by the volume of business) to 

remove foreign particles from the fat. This 

is necessary to remove the possibility of 

burnt flavor, excessive smoking, foaming 

and breakdown of the fat prematurely. 

Should the fry kettle become gummed or 

the unit covered with carbon, it should be 

cleaned as 

follows: 

1. Boil a caustic solution in the kettle 

for at least 20 minutes. 

2. Remove the solution and boil fresh 

water for at least 

15 minutes. 

3. Rinse four or five times. In the last 

rinse, add a small amount of vinegar to 

remove all traces of the caustic solution. 

Caustics and soaps are enemies of fats. 

It is impossible to set a specific time for 

the cleaning of the fry kettle, as it differs 

in each situation due to the amount or 

volume of business. Periodic cleaning of 

the fry kettle is necessary and should be 

delegated to a responsible person. 

Hot Chocolate Dispenser 

Chasco Hot Chocolate Dispenser: It is 

important that the faucet and the inside of 

the howl be cleaned every 24 hours. It is 

also extremely important that the faucet be 

taken off and taken apart every 24 hours. 

If the faucet is not cleaned every 24 hours, 

the chocolate that accumulates there will 

sour and give a disagreeable taste to every 

cup that is drawn. This is usually the most 

often neglected point in our cleaning instructions. 

And it is the most important. 

Tips on Bowl Removal 

Removing Bowl: The stainless steel bowl 

is easily removed for thorough cleaning. 

No tools are necessary. Instructions follow: 

1. Raise the top cover of the di.spenser. 

2. Remove bowl cover and agitator. 

3. Loosen the two knurled head screws 

at the top of the plastic sign. 

4. Lift off sign. 

5. Release the hasp latch at the front end 

of the bowl and unhook the right side. This 

loosens band heater from around the bowl. 

Cleaning the Faucet: The faucet on your 

dispenser is approved by the U.S. Public 

Health Service. It is easy to clean. No tools 

are required. Instructions follow: 

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Money. 

It happened again. 

Last year-just like practically every other year-theaters 

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Which is only logical, since Coke is far and away 

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So, if you're already selling Coca-Cola, you know, 

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CARE OF CONCESSIONS EQUIPMENT 

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Wilier through faucet to flush out excess 

kihricant. 

Adjusting Temperature: Remove plug 

from front of machine (hutton type plug). 

Insert small screwdriver into the thermostat 

adjustment slot. Turn to right to increase. 

Turn to left to decrease. Actual maximum 

water temperature will be 15° to 20° higher 

than thermostat dial setting. 

Adjusting Strength of Coffee: Strength of 

coffee is set with the metering screw at the 

side of the fitting—just under the concentrate 

bottle holder. Screw in to serve weaker 

coffee. Screw oui to serve stronger coffee. 

When proper strength has been ascertained, 

lock metering screw in position with 

locking collar and pin provided. To get a 

uniform cup of coffee time after time, 

turn faucet handle all the way to the front 

reasonably fast. 

It is recommended that you use the 

maintenance manual for your particular 

machine, if these instructions do not pertain 

to your respective unit. 

Theatre Confections Appoints Four; 

Opens New Moncton Branch January 2 

lour appointments and opening of a new 

branch January 2, in Moncton. N.B., are 

announced by J. J. Fitzgibbons jr.. president. 

Theatre Confections. Ltd., Toronto. 

Frank C. Troy, vice-president and assistant 

to the general manager, is named vice-president 

and eastern division manager of TCL 

branch operations in Longueuil, Que., and 

Moncton, N.B. Claude Champagne, Montreal 

branch manager, is named district 

manager, Quebec "A," and Douglas Lowes, 

supervisor, is named district manager, Quebec 

"B." John P. Dymont, manager, Ontario 

district "D," is appointed manager of the 

new Moncton branch. 

NAC Adds Four Theatre Groups, 

25 Other Firms to Membership 

Four theatre groups and 25 amusement 

and supplier firms have joined the National 

Ass'n of Concessionaires in recent weeks, 

says Augie J. Schmitt, NAC membership 

chairman. Theatre groups joining NAC's 

concessionaire segment include: Al Lourie 

TTieatres and Rifkin Theatres, Boston; Essaness 

Theatres Corp., Chicago; Beltline 

Drive-In Theatre Co., Inc., Wyoming, 

Mich. 

Industry Tradeshow, NAC Convention 

Will Be in San Froncisco in 1968 

The Motion Picture Theatre Equipment 

and Concessions Industries Tradeshow for 

1968 will be held November 11-14 in the 

Hilton Hotel, in San Francisco, says the 

National Ass'n of Concessionaires. NAC's 

1968 convention will be held concurrently 

at the Hilton November 10-14. NAC's 

board of directors will hold a mid-year 

meeting May 21-22, 1968, in the Bismarck 

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Teamwork a Key 

To Improvement 

In Presentation 

By WESLEY TROUT 

I HERE SMOLII D 

be more teamwork in 

the projection room 

between the projectionist 

and theatre 

manage r. We have 

fotmd better projection 

and sound reproduction 

in theatres 

where the manager 

and projectionist 

worked hand-in-hand 

Wesley Trout 

— and particularly 

more so when the manager knew something 

about projection and sound equipment and 

could discuss intelligently problems that 

sometimes come up and when purchasing 

new equipment. 

On one of my field trips, I talked with an 

alert 

theatre manager about sound and projection. 

He had this to say: "When I took 

over the management of two hardtops and 

one drive-in theatre, I felt that I should know 

more about the operation of my projection 

room in addition to other phases of theatre 

operation. I went through many copies of 

the Modern Theatre Section of Boxoffice 

and cut out your projection department and 

filed the pages in 

a loose-leaf binder for future 

reference. In addition. I obtained your 

own monthly service bulletins. And I really 

started to "bone up" in order to talk intelligently 

with my projectionists. 

Weekly Gef-Together Recommended 

Once a week we would get together and 

discuss things that would improve our sound 

and projection, and decide if parts and replacement 

of some piece of projection or 

sound equipment were needed. We checked 

our records on parts and supplies on hand, 

so that we kept our supply cabinet of repairs 

parts filled for virtually any emergency. We 

followed many of your suggestions on checking 

our equipment for efficiency and tip-top 

operation. The result: Less trouble and better 

projection in all our houses. I think there 

would be better screen presentation and a 

far better understanding of many problems 

that do crop up, from time to time, if managers 

would do this. I know that it has 

worked for me." 

We are sure, from our past experience, 

that managers who had some knowledge of 

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When it comes 

to SPEAKERS, 

some people 

don't know 

what they're 

missing! 

TRY 

PS.! 

r^Xa'jCCtCcC ^(H

essary was to clean the sprocket. The film 

jumped the lower takeup sprocket and at 

times pulled splices apart. The trouble? The 

takeup had excessive tension and both constant 

and takeup sprockets in the soundhead 

were undercut and teeth filled with accumulation 

of oil and dirt. The lower idle roller 

bracket "rode" the film when it should be 

adjusted so that the rollers were the distance 

of two pieces of film from the face of the 

sprocket. Any projectionist with even a little 

"knowledge" of projectors would have 

known what to do and clear such minor 

troubles. 

Need "Working Knowledge" 

The manager and the projectionist should 

both have a "working knowledge" of mechanics 

along this line. We are happy to find 

many managers are acquiring such knowledge 

by reading data on projection in this 

department and putting it to good use. More 

and more projectionists are doing more 

studying, so that they can clear many minor 

troubles and make adjustments on equipment 

in order to keep it in peak operating 

condition. This is more necessary now with 

new 35 and 70mm projectors and transistor 

sound equipment. You do not have to be an 

engineer or an expert repairman in order 

to keep your equipment in tip-top condition 

and give your patrons satisfactory projection 

and sound reproduction. "Common sense" 

and an interest in your chosen profession 

can do the job. 

Qualities of Good Projectionists 

Good projectionists are not just born as 

good projectionists. They achieve that distinction 

through long experience, study and 

an interest in their work. The man who admits 

he doesn't know everything there is to 

know about projection and sound reproduction 

is at the same time announcing his determination 

to learn. And that type of man 

is pretty certain to become a success as a 

tip-top projectionist. 

we made a 200-mile trip to a theatre on a and projection. The man that takes little interest 

service call when it could have been avoided 

in his chosen profession will not go 

the projectionist had kept his mechanisms far in this line of work. 

if 

clean. The complaint was an unsteady picture 

and the film would not stay on the 

Due to the advent of new transistor sound 

systems and 35 and 70mm projection equipment, 

sprockets of one of the projectors. The 

the projectionist needs to get better 

cause? Dirty sprocket teeth. All that was nec- 

acquainted with this equipment so that he 

can operate it efficiently and keep it in good 

running condition. Many changes have been 

made in projectors and sound equipment. 

Therefore, it is a "must" for every projectionist 

and theatre manager to study and 

know the function of each unit and "how" 

to make necessary adjustments when needed. 

In this department and in our service manual, 

one may easily gain this knowledge— to 

his 

benefit and better pay. Once you understand 

the basic fundamentals of operation 

of this new equipment (also operation of automatic 

devices) the rest will come easy as 

you work with it. But don't wait until the 

equipment is installed and then try to operate 

it without some "understanding" of its 

operation. One should know how to thread 

the projector and soundhead, the correct 

type of lubrication, how to adjust the gate 

tension shoes, adjust intermittent movement, 

set lateral guide rollers, etc. 

Now, here is an important rule for you 

to follow: Projector lubrication is important 

in keeping your projector mechanism running 

smoothly and quietly and giving many 

more years of service. In the "open type" 

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ALL METAL 200 SERIES 

All metal, with stainless steel on top and 

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with it. Drop in regular or heavy duty food 

warmers. Use moist heat or dry heat units. 

Or a combination of 

both. 

M1-/ 

300 SERIES 

Colorful plastic pattern mounted on heavy 

marine plywood. Any Manley equipment can 

be put into or onto the counter. Your choice 

of food warmers, heat units. 

i 

Master Fundamentals First 

Today there are a great many men— yes, 

and some women—who have chosen motion 

picture projection as their life's work without 

too much of a background of actual 

experience. It is refreshing to find that most 

of these newcomers are perfectly frank in 

admitting some of their shortcomings, and 

are fired with a determination to learn everything 

that there is to learn about the art of 

projecting a satisfactory screen image and 

achieving good sound reproduction to go 

along with it. Once a newcomer masters the 

fundamentals of projection work, he can 

easily pick up the technical data as he goes 

along from experience and study of sound 

MODEL 220 HEAVY DUTY FOOD WARMER 

All stainless steel food warmer in several combinations: one, two, or three 

compartments. Dry heat or moist heat. Improved illumination. Precision 

temperature control. Faster heat up. Designed for easy cleaning. Larger 

capacity than previous units. Load from the rear, serve from the top. Has 

spare storage cabmet beneath top trays. Can be placed in either the 200 

or 300 series counters. 

FIND OUT MORE! Get all of the facts on this all new line of equipment. 

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BOXOFFICE :: December II, 1967

TEAMWORK KEY TO PRESENTATION 

d I, preccdiiii; pu!^^ 

projector a few drops of oil are all that is 

necessarv— filling the intermittent reservoir 

only to the red level mark, with a high grade 

of projector oil from your supply dealer. 

This applies to older models of Simplex, Balantyne 

and Wenzel. As Brenkert gears run 

in a bath of oil in the gear compartment, all 

you need to keep in mind is to fill this up 

to the oil level. Century projectors have 

sealed-in lubrication and ball bearings; only 

a few places to hand oil. of course. Motiograph 

projectors use a special grease for lubrication. 

Lubrication of Norelco projectors 

is simple, if you follow the oil chart—on all 

models. We strongly advise you to wipe off 

any surplus oil or grease and do not let this 

get into the soundhead or on the projection 

room floor, as it makes an unnecessary mess 

to keep cleaned up. Use a lint-free cloth for 

cleaning your mechanisms. 

Proper Weight Oil Vital 

Oil that is too thin is objectionable for use 

on a projector mechanism, no matter what 

its lubricating properties may be, because it 

flies around and runs around too easily. It 

must be of the proper weight to do a good 

job. and the proper place to purchase oil or 

grease for any projector is from your local 

theatre supply dealer. 

The correct timing of shutters is of extreme 

importance in obtaining a clean cut 

screen image with any make of projector. 

There should not be any streaking (travel 

ghost) up or down in the picture. This is 

most noticeable when running titles. The 

function of a projector shutter or shutters is 

to cut off the light from the screen during 

the lime the intermittent movement is actiny 

and moving the film over the aperture. To 

set the shutter, the lens need he only about 

three-quarters closed when the intermittent 

sprocket barely starts to move, and keep the 

light from reaching the screen when it has 

ceased turning and film is stationary. The 

mechanism must be turned by hand when 

you start setting the shutter, of course. 

Higher speed movements today make it 

possible to have slightly narrower shutter 

blades which will give more light on the 

screen. Double shutters are harder, of 

course, to set perfectly than single. But 

once you understand setting shutters it will 

be easy. All modern shutters have two 

blades of equal width—hence, either blade 

may he used for the "master blade." 

Removing Shutter Guard 

Ri'di Shutters: First, it is necessary to remove 

any type of shutter guard. Next, release 

the shutter blade in its flange by 

loosening the screws that hold it, so that you 

can move the shutter in its flange. 

Turn the projector over slowly by hand 

until the intermittent sprocket just starts to 

move. This can he determined accurately by 

wedging one's thumb lightly between the 

upper part of the sprocket and lower edge of 

the film trap while turning the mechanism 

over very slowly. It may be necessary to 

turn the mechanism past the point where 

the sprocket just starts to turn several times 

before being able to stop the mechanism 

exactly at that point. 

Move the rear shutter in its flange, being 

extremely careful not to turn the shutter 

shaft, until the upper edge of the shutter 

blade cuts the upper right corner of the 

picture aperture when looking across the 

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part of the circuit's construction, acquisition, nuidernization program. 


edge of the shutter from the rear of the 

mechanism. The fire shutter should be held 

open in its upward position when setting 

the blade to make It easier. 

After you have the shutter set, then 

tighten screws in flange tight, so that the 

shutter cannot move on its shaft. Then run 

some titles to see if it is streaking up or 

down. If there is only a slight amount of 

travel ghost, this may be eliminated by 

turning the knob on the mechanism (located 

on the front or back of mechanism) 

for fine timing of the shutter, either right 

or left until you have it as nearly perfect 

as possible. 

Keep this in mind: If the gear train has 

too much backlash, you will find it difficult 

to set your shutter perfectly until you have 

replaced gears that are badly worn. Check 

your shutter gears for wear, too. If your 

gear train has more than 5/16-lnch play, 

it is too much backlash, and new gears 

should be installed. 

Strippers: These should always be carefully 

set, so that—in case the film pulls 

apart in the projector—the stripper will 

keep it from wrapping around the sprocket 

and doing more damage than necessary. A 

stripper rests on the hub of the upper and 

lower sprockets, where it does not interfere 

with the running of the film on the sprocket. 

Strippers should set just close enough to the 

face of the sprocket to keep the film from 

wrapping, but they should never ride it. 

These should be checked frequently and any 

dirt accumulation should be removed. 

reels satisfactorily, but it can and has been 

accomplished by several leading manufacturers 

of projectors. The magazine spindle 

or shaft has been standardized at 5/16 inch 

for many years. With the advent of larger 

reels and large reels for 70mm projection, 

the size has been increased to Vz inch. And 

some include an adapter to change from 

5/16 to Vi inch to accommodate the heavier 

reels, and. of course, for large reels for 

35mm projection. We expect this technique 

will be adopted by most manufacturers in 

the future, with suitable takeup mechanism 

to properly rewind large reels. 

This shaft is mounted on prof>er bearings 

(some use ball bearings) with adequate 

lubrication facilities and friction devices of 

some type to provide ( ) proper tension on 

1 

the upper reel to keep it from "racing" and 

(2) power enough to take up the lower reel 

when it is full without putting excessive 

strain on the teeth of the takeup sprocket in 

the soundhead. This mechanism will have to 

be properly adjusted for rewinding the reel 

when it is full, but will turn the reel smoothly 

when it starts to take up film. 

In recent years, all projector manufacturers 

have greatly Improved their projection 

lens mount, so that there will be no 

vibration of the lens. A lens mount must be 

mechanically precise and accurately aligned 

in order to enable the proper optical adjustment 

of the projection lens with the 

aperture. The new lens mounts accommodate 

the various sizes and focal lengths 

of projection lens now in use. 

fi ^^svv*^^?i^'f%-^ 

O.D., focal lengths from 2.14 lo 6.9 . 

NTS Equips Americana, Village, 

Memorial Auditorium 

Theatres 

IM iCHOLAS GEORGE'S new Americana 

Theatre, in Southfield, Mich.; the new 

Village Theatre, in Boulder, Colo.; and the 

Henry McMorran Auditorium-Arena Complex, 

in Port Huron, Mich., were equipped 

by National Theatre Supply Co., the firm 

announces. 

The 1,750-seat Americana, which is in 

suburban Detroit, features spacious, landscaped 

circular driveways, eight individual 

white marble aggregate canopies and exterior 

paneling in three shades of gold 

metal. Its specially made Alexander Smith 

"Crestwood" carpeting is in red, gold and 

black for the floors and in red and gold 

panels for the auditorium walls. Seats are 

by American Seating. Floor-to-ceiling draperies 

are by Northwest Studio. Equipment 

includes National Bauer 35/ 70mm projectors, 

Kiptar projection lenses, a Simplex 

6-4-1 sound system. Strong lamps, a Hoitner 

transverter and a Walker screen. Letters 

for the marquee are by Bevelite. It was 

furnished and equipped by NTS' Detroit 

branch. 

Village 70 Theatre, Boulder 

Reported "one of the most elegant theatres" 

in the Boulder area, the Village features 

Alexander Smith carpeting. American 

Seating chairs, Grosh draperies and rigging. 

and Hon office furniture. Projection room 

equipment includes Simplex projectors, 

Kollmorgen lenses, and a Simplex transistor 

hii;ht while marble aggregate canopies, three shades of gold metal paneling on 

exterior, picturesque torch lights along a circular driveway set off Nicholas 

George Theatres' new 1 ,750-seat showcase, the Americana, in Detroit's suburb of 

Southfield. Theatre entrance is right section of doors with boxoffice under 

canopies. Auditorium walls are carpeted with alternating red and gold panels. 

Super Kiptar for 35mm projection. 

Suoer fast f 1.6 in focal lengths from 

1.8" 10 4 15", fl,7 in EF 4.35" and 

4.55",'and fl.8 in EF 4.75". 

Kiplar Anamorphotio for Cinema- 

Scope projection. Preferred sptierical 

down to 17'. 

High Speed fl.5 lens for 16mm projection 

in focal lengths of 1". 1.4", 

2". 2.75", 3.35" and 3.95". 

NORTH AIÊRICAN PHILIPS C0IV1PA^ 

Motion Picture Equipment Divisi 

100 East 42nd Street, New Yorl

sound system. Concessions equipment includes 

a Manley popcorn warmer and a 

Bally ice cream case. Lobby furniture is by 

Chromcraft. Equipment and furnishings 

were supplied and installed by NTS's Denver 

branch. 

Henry McHorran Auditorium 

Port Huron's Henry McMorran Auditorium-Arena 

Complex, which was buill in 

three stages, opened its auditorium—which 

was for live theatre only—in 1960. In 19(i2 

the Main Sports Arena was added and in 

1965 the Junior Sports Arena was added. 

The 1,200-seat theatre recently added motion 

picture projection. NTS' Detroit branch 

provided the equipment. Included are: 

Simplex projectors, a Simplex sound system, 

Kollmorgen lenses, a Technikote 

screen, Magnarc lamps. Strong rectifiers 

and an Altec backstage speaker. 

NTS Installs Equipment in Eight 

Additional Detroit Area Theatres 

OrijyinaUy designed for live theatre only, tlie 1 .200-seat Henry McMorran 

Memorial Auditorium, in Port Huron. Midi., has been supplied and equipped hy 

the Detroit branch of National Theatre Supply Co. for motion picture projection. 

National Theatre Supply Co., Detroit, 

recently installed equipment in eight additional 

Detroit exchange area hardtops, says 

Harry W. Russell, manager. These include: 

Jack Locks. Grand Rapids circuit owner: 

new American seating chairs and Alexander 

Smith carpeting in the new Little Studio and 

new American Seating chairs and Alexander 

town. 

Butterfield Theatres: Simplex projection 

and sound equipment. Walker screens, Alexander 

Smith carpeting in the new Flint 

Cinema, Flint. Mich., and the Eastbrook. 

Grand Rapids. 

Suburban Detroit Theatres: Simplex 

projection and sound equipment, American 

Seating chairs and Walker screens in the 

Towne Theatre. Oak Park, Mich. 

National General Corp.: Simplex projection 

and sound equipment. Walker screen 

and American Seating chairs in the Fox 

Village Theatre, Ann Arbor. 

Lee L. Ward: Alexander Smith carpeting 

in the Ward Theatre, Mount Pleasant, Mich. 

Community Theatres: Ashcraft lamphouses 

in the Redford Theatre, Detroit. 

ABC Consolidated Corp. reports a 4.6 

per cent gain in sales and other income for 

the 39 weeks ended September 24, to 

$126,357,000 from $120,753,000 in the 

comparable year-ago period. Net income 

after taxes dipped slightly to $4,104,000 

from $4,305,000 a year ago. Earnings per 

common share: $1.37 compared with $1.44 

in the same period in 1966. 

LETTERS: 4y2" TO 31" - COLORS: RED, BLUE, GREEN, BLACK 

BACKGROUND - TRACK - ACCESSORIES 

Bevelite Mfo. CO. 

4801 PACIFIC BLVD. 

Vernon. Calif. 90058 

Phone (213) 581-OI2I 

BOXOFFICE December 11, 1967

Goldberg Bros. Expanding 

In the Audio Tape Field 

With Three Innovations 

Goldberg Bros., Denver, manufacturers 

motion picture reels and cans for more 

of 

than half a century, is expanding in the 

audio tape field with three innovations. Just 

introduced is a ruaged fiber mailer, tailored 

r- 

m 

Goldbergs new storage rack (top), fiber 

mailer {center), storage can for tapes. 

DRIVE-IN THEATRE SCREENS 

AND 

BOXOFFICE CANOPIES 

V SCREENS ENGINEERED FOR 130 MPH WINDS 

y/ NEW STEEL IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE INSTALLATION 

Send For New Brochure 

GENE TAYLOR 

D & D Fabrication & Erection 

P. 0. Box 1059—Mission, Kansas 66222 

AC 913-722-4773 

for tape reels, and a steel storage rack available 

by the linear foot in lengths of 12, 24, 

36, and 48 inches. A third innovation is 

the idea of storing tapes in metal film cans. 

an established Goldberg Brothers product. 

The new 7-inch GB tape cans fit the new 

GB tape mailer. 

E.xtensive use of the film cans by magnetic 

tape manufacturers has proven that 

these containers will 

say Goldberg officials. 

not demagnetize tapes. 

The new GB tape racks are designed for 

handy upright storage of tape reels, cans, 

or cardboard cartons—an idea used widely 

for film and record storage but never before 

available for audio tapes, says the firm. The 

new tape racks can be custom made to any 

length. 

Meanwhile, in its traditional field of film 

accessories. Goldberg Bros, is developing a 

complete line of plastic reels and cans. 

THE V.F 

IN PROJECTOR PARTS 

YES, the Very Finest in Projector Parts for 

over 50 years. The ultimate In precision, longlife 

and dependability. Available through your 

Theatre Equipment Dealer. 

NGC Opens 5 New Hardtops 

In Its Expansion Program 

National General Corp. opened five new 

hardtops recently as part of its continuing 

expansion program. These include: the 

750-seat $500,000 Fox Westroads Theatre, 

in Omaha: the 1.000-seat $500,000 Fox 

Theatre, in Austin. Tex.; the 999-seat and 

656-seat Fox .Spartan Twin Theatre, in 

Lansing. Mich.: the 800-seat Fox Theatre, 

in Laramie. Wyo.: the 818-seat $500,000 

Fox Fremont Theatre, in Fremont. Calif. 

Managers are: Shelby Doty, Fox Westroads; 

L L. Ungerleider. Fox Theatre. Austin: 

Dean Matthews. Fox Spartan Twin; 

Russ Page, Fox Theatre, Laramie; William 

S. Mclntire, Fox Fremont. 


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EQUIPMENT 

and Developments 

rmnrS O O O O O OOO O O OSinrjrOOiro OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 8 6 . 

Lightweight Binoculars Permit 

Checking Focus Within Seconds 

a •^ 

within seconds, it adds. The low cost binoculars 

weigh only .5 ounces, come with a 

carrying case for protection, and are available 

at theatre equipment dealers. 

Nostalgic 1968 Calendars Feature 

Film Stars, Zodiac, Horoscope 

Nostalgic calendars for 1968 featuring 

William S. Hart, Rudolph Valentino, Marie 

Dressier and other stars are being offered by 

Cossman & Wallen Co. In addition to a film 

Price: $1.50. 

Two Separate Refrigeration Systems 

In Refrigerator-Freezer Units 

Two separate independent refrigeration 

systems provide extra safety in its new dual 

temperature refrigerator-freezer combination 

units, says Glenco Refrigeration Corp. 

Available in all-stainless steel or in stainless 

and aluminum models, the units provide 19 

cubic feet of 38° refrigerated space and an 

additional 14'A cubic feet of 0" frozen food 

storage space, the firm states. Floor space 

used is 15x32 inches. Other reported features: 

(1) gaskets removable for cleaning, 

Continued on following page 

As an aid for installation engineers and 

projectionists in achieving corrected focus 

for indoor and drive-in theatres, Kollmorgen 

Corp. is introducing its new lightweight 

"#800" binoculars. Their 4x magnification 

reduces apparent viewing distance by a factor 

of four, the firm states. Thus, if viewing 

is from 120 feet, the binoculars permit focusing 

as if at 30 feet. Focus can be checked 

on both the center and edges of the screen 

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NEW YORK. N.Y. 

JOE HORNSTEIN, INC. MIAMI, FLORIDA 

JONES PROJECTOR COMPANY CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO 

.Y SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 

HARRY MELCHER ENTERPRISES MILWAUKEE. WISC. 

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PACIFIC THEATRE EQUIP. CO. SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. 

P. LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 

PERDUE CINEMA SERVICE 

ROANOKE. VA. 

QUALITY THEATRE SUPPLY 

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B. F. SHEARER COMPANY LOS ANGELES, CALIF. 

SOUTHWESTERN THEATRE EQUIP. CO. HOUSTON, TEX. 

STANDARD THEATRE SUPPLY CO. CHARLOTTE. N.C. 

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NEW EQUIPMENT; 

DEVELOPMENTS 

Ciiniinued froii} 

picccdiui; piv^c 

l2l aiitomatic condensate evaporators to 

eliminate the need for floor drains, (3) 

6-inch adjustable legs. (4) interchangeable 

interiors that will take any combination of 

shelves, tray slides and other accessories at 

time of purchase or—without costly modification—at 

any time requirements change. 

nstant Ice Cream Mix Holds Shape 

When Served, Lowers Stock Needs 

\entory control, says Lily-Tulip Cup Corp. 

Color coded in various sizes, the cups also 

aid the cashier in determining prices, it 

adds. They are also graphically designed to 

ILLUMINATED PRICE ADMISSION SIGNS 

Our enlarged plont facilities assure OVERNIGHT 

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Plastic Signs Engraved for the Entire Theotre 

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described in this issue of 

MODERN THEATRE, send the 

handy postage-paid Readers' 

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page 23. 

An instant ice cream mix that will hold 

shape when served and helps eliminate the 

need to stock large quantities of perishable 

ice cream mix is announced by Resco, Ltd. 

Called "Freez-Ette." the new instant ice 

cream mix is intended for use in soft ice 

cream machines and is available in 5-pound 

bags. To prepare: pour "Freez-Ette" into a 

container, add water, mix thorotighly. The 

product is then ready to pour into the machine 

for serving or place in the cooler. 

"Freez-Ette" has been tested and approved 

by the Food and Drug Administration and 

various testing bureaus, says Harry J. 

Flewelling. Resco's president. The firm 

plans to franchise manufacturing rights 

throughout the U.S. and several foreign 

countries, he adds, and distribution will be 

on a 

state-by-state basis. 

Color Coded Cups for Popcorn 

Speed Service, Aid Inventory 

Redesigned with color as the key feature, 

its line of popcorn cups helps speed service, 

stimulate impulse buying and improve in- 

aistinguish between hot and buttered popcorn. 

Buttered popcorn cups are offered in 

brown and yellow 24-ounce size, red and 

yellow 32-ounce size, purple and yellow 

46-ounce size, and a brown and yellow 83- 

ounce tub. The 24-ounce hot popcorn cup is 

in orange and red. The redesigned popcorn 

cups, states Lily, also have the support of 

"Pepe Le Popcorn"—a tie-in sales promotion 

program sponsored by Lily. This is 

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Automatic Visual Display Dispenser 

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Cold drinks are available at 

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ADMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS, DRIVE-INS 

EPRAD. Inc. 11 

ATTRACTION BOARDS & LETTERS 

Adler Silhouette Letter Co. .12 

Bevelite Mig. Co. 19 

AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT 

EPRAD, Inc. 11 

National Theatre Supply Co. 3 

XeTRON Div.. Carbons, Inc. 22 

BOXOFFICE ADMISSION SIGNS 

Dura Engraving Corp. .22 

BOXOFFICE MATCHED EQUIPMENT 

Drive-In Theatre Mfg. Co. .21 

BOXOFFICES 

Selby Industries, Inc 16 

BUTTER CUPS FOR POPCORN 

Supurdisplay, Inc., Server Sales. Inc. 13 

BUTTER OIL FOR POPCORN 

Dairy Service Co.. Inc. 12 

Odell Concession Specialties Co., Inc. 12 

BUTTER SERVERS 

Supurdisplay. Inc., Server Sales. Inc. 13 

CARBONS 

Lorraine Arc Carbons Div.. Carbons, Inc. 22 

CARBON SAVERS 

Call Products 10 

CARPETS 


CONCESSIONS STANDS 

Manley, Inc. 15 

DRINKS, SOFT 

Coca-Cola Co. 9 

DRIVE-IN BOXOFFICE CASH CONTROL SYSTEM 

EPRAD, Inc 11 

DRIVE-IN CAR COUNTER 

EPRAD, Inc. U 

DRIVE-IN THEATER DESIGN 

Ballanlyne Insts. & Elects.. Inc 17 

Drive-In Theatre Mfg. Co. 21 


Selby Industries. Inc. 16 

DRIVE-IN THEATRE EQUIPMENT 

Ballantyne Insts. & Elects.. Inc. 17 

Bevelite Manuiacturing Co. 19 

DSD Fabrication S Erection 20 




Norelco 5. 18 

North American Philips Co. 5, 18 

Projected Sound, Inc 14 

Radio Service Co., Div. Radio Corp. of 

America 8 

Selby Industries, Inc 16 

FILM CEMENT 

Fisher Mfg. Co 12 

HEATERS, IN-CAR 

Ballantyne Insts. & Elects.. Inc. 17 

Drive-In Theatre Mfg. Co 21 


JUNCTION BOXES 

Drive-In Theatre Mfg. Co 21 


Projected Sound, Inc 14 

LIGHTING, DRIVE-IN THEATRE 


PAINT FOR DRIVE-IN SCREENS 

Drive-In Theatre Mig. Co. 21 

Selby Industries. Inc. 16 

POPCORN EQUIPMENT 6. SUPPLIES 

Cretors & Co. 10 

Manley, Inc. .15 

Speed-Scoop 22 

PROJECTION LENSES 

Kollmorgen Corp. 7 

Norelco 5, 18 

PROJECTOR PARTS 

LaVezzi Machine Works 20 

PROJECTORS 

Ballantyne Insts. & Elects., Inc. 17 

Norelco 5, 18 

North American 5 18 

Philips Co. 

RECTIFIERS 

C. S. Ashcraft Mfg. Co. 12 

Kneisley Electric Co. 14 

REFLECTORS 

Strong Electric Corp. 10, 20 

REPLACEMENT PARTS- 

SOUND, ARC LAMPS, PROJECTORS 

RCA Service Co., Div. Radio Corp. of 

SCREEN TOWERS, BOXOFFICES. CANOPIES, 

WINGS, FENCE. SPEAKER POSTS 

DSD Fabrication & Erection 

Drive-In Theatre Mfg. Co. 

Selby Industries. Inc. 

SPEAKERS, IN-CAR 

Ballantyne Insts. & Elects. Inc. 

Bevelite Manufacturing Co. 

Drive-In Theatre Mfg. Co. 

THEATRE DESIGN CONSULTANTS 

Ballantyne Insts. & Elects.. Inc. 

National Theatre Supply Co. 

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Globe Ticket Co. 

Weldon. Williams & Lick 

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Ballantyne Insts. & Elects.. 

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Kneisley Electric Co. 

XeTRON Div., Carbons, Inc. 

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Eastman Kodak Co. has won a silver 

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Ticket Reservation Systems, Inc., has 

named Edgar M. Bronfman board chairman. 

Bronfman, who is president and a 

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recently became a major shareholder in 

MGM, Inc., TRS adds. 

Coca-Cola Co. is releasing a new 16mm 

color film "depicting and supporting" the 

nationwide movement by young people to 

conserve natural resources and beauty. 

Titled "We're on Our Way," the film was 

produced by Coca-Cola and Eastman Kodak 

Co. 

John L. Burlington. 

vice-president of sales 

and marketing, Vendo 

Co., was elected 

vice-president of the 

National Automatic 

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at NAMA's 1967 

convention in the 

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Nome 

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Seating or Car Capocity,. 

Position 

F&B/Ceco Industries, Inc., announces 

appointment of Philip Kornblum as controller. 

Kornblum was controller for 1 

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also was a financial consultant and trustee 

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SuPURDisPLAY, Inc., Server Sales, Inc., 

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display items and suggestions on increasing 

concessions volume without increasing 

overhead and attendants. 

Carbons, Inc., XeTron Products Div. 

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Gold Medal Products Co. will send 

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Reed Speaker Co. is offering a brochure 

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• ADLINES t EXPLOITIPS 

• ALPHABETICAL INDEX 

• EXHIBITOR HAS HIS SAY 

• FEATURE RELEASE CHART 

• FEATURE REVIEW DIGEST 

• SHORTS 

RELEASE CHART 

• SHORT SUBJECT REVIEWS 

• REVIEWS OF FEATURES 

• SHOWMANOISING 

IDEAS 

THE GUIDE TO BETTER BOOKING AND B U S I N E S S - B U I L D I N C 

A. Milo De Haven, retired Detroit exhibitor, 

recalls that special displays in 

1938 were evident in nearly every theatre. 

This 29-year-old display was hiiill 

hy De Haven for Thanksgiving, when 

he was manager of the Woodward 

Grand in the Detroit suburb of Highland 

Park and when he was playing 

20th-Fox's "Alexander's Ragtime 

Band." 

N.Y. 'Tony Rome' Winners 

Among 30,000 Entries 

The winning New York couple in 

WNEW's radio contest-promotion for 20th 

Century-Fox's Frank Sinatra vehicles. "Tony 

Rome" and "The Detective," were special 

guests November 14 at the New York 

premiere of the private eye thriller, "Tony 

Rome" held for the benefit of the American 

Cancer Society. 

The winners, Phyllis Gasman, a sophomore 

at Queens College, and her escort Martin 

Sartk, a graduate podiatry student, arrived 

at the Astor Theatre by limousine and 

afterwards mingled with the elite of New 

York society at the fashionable Toledo Restaurant. 

Miss Gasman was given a gown of 

her choice as part of her prize as well as 

flowers for the occasion. The premiere activities 

were described by William B. Williams 

on WNEW. 

The couple, chosen from more than 30.- 

000 names submitted to the radio station on 

postal cards during the five-day contest period, 

also visited the set of "The Detective," 

where they met and talked with Sinatra, and 

Stark appeared in a scene then being shot. 

BOXOFFICE Shov Dec. 11. 1967 

Flack's Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles 

Builds Big 9-Week Date With 27 Reruns 

How would you like to play 27 pictures 

during a nine-week period— films that have 

been exhibited by your competition many 

times in double and triple bills— and wind 

up with a "fantastic" gross? 

Most any exhibitor—big town and small 

town—should like to mark up such a showing. 

This happened in Los Angeles, where the 

competition is keen and the newspaper advertising 

rates are high ($22 to $25 an inch 

in the metropolitan dailies), at the 600-seat 

Nuart Theatre in the outlying area of the 

western part of the city. 

Sets Promotion Budget 

For the nine-week repertory film festival, 

Myron Talman, general manager of Jack 

Flack Theatres, set up an advertising-promotion 

budget of $5,500 and ended up spending 

$5,492.42. The 27 pictures were obtained 

from Janus Films. Before hand, Talman, 

aided by the local Janus representative, set 

his plans to spend most of the money in advance. 

Since the rates are high, he was limited to 

the size of his newspaper ads, running two 

3x1 2-inch ads in the Los Angeles Times, 

the same ad in the Herald Examiner (one 

time) and once only in the Santa Monica 

Outlook ($2.80 an inch) and the Hollywood 

Citizen ($6.10 an inch). 

Big Advance Sale 

The ad listed all 27 scheduled pictures and 

their playdates. One film was scheduled 

Wednesday and Thursday, another Friday 

and Saturday and the third one, Sunday 

through Tuesday. The ad stressed, "A Repertory 

of the World's Outstanding Films," and 

also offered a coupon for a Filmfest Membership 

Card, entitling a patron to all nine 

weeks of the festival for $9—a savings of 

$3 at regular boxoffice rates. The advance 

sale was a huge success— 1,100 of the 2,000 

advance-sale tickets were sold. 

With $3.000—about 54' i per cent of the 

budgeted $5,500—spent on the "introduction" 

ads, Talman designed a 9x1 2-inch 

brochure and had 25,000 of them printed 

for $450. Another $150 went for the special 

advance-sale tickets; seven 1-sheets, $115; 

miscellaneous expenses, postage, envelopes, 

etc.. $75. and the balance was used for a 

— 187 

3x1 -column ad in the Times, which was run 

throughout the festival on Wednesdays, Frida>s 

and Sundays. 

Brochure Distribution 

The brochures were distributed at all five 

of the Flack theatres in Los Angeles and at 

schools, colleges and retail stores. 

The newspapers apparently found the festival 

inviting, since the straitlaced Herald 

Examiner and the Times (Sunday edition) 

played up the series in well-spotted two-column 

articles, as did the Outlook and the 

Citizen. Even a tradepaper—the Hollywood 

Reporter—ran an article on the series. 

Said Talman, "Absolutely no one believed 

we could get by with only a single feature 

(per program), especially since every one of 

these pictures had been shown many times 

before. But ... we have played to capacity 

houses, and have had the most successful 

film festival that ever has played Los Angeles." 

Names to Mailing List 

An important point, he said, is that "every 

mail order that was filled and every discount 

ticket that was purchased at the boxoffice, 

the person's name and address was recorded 

for a perfect future mailing list." 

The films playing the festival were "The 

Magician," "The Seventh Seal," "Torment," 

"The Lady Vanishes," "Oliver Twist," 

"Whistle Down the Wind," "Ivan the Terrible," 

"Citizen Kane," "The Blue Angel," 

"The Virgin Spring," "Wild Strawberries," 

"Smiles of a Summer Night," "Zazie Dans 

le Metro," "Le Bonheur," "Rules of the 

Game," "Gate of Hell," "Rashomon," "Yojimbo," 

"Winter Light," "The Silence." 

"Through a Glass Darkly." "The Caretaker," 

"L'Avventura." "Ashes and Diamonds." 

"Shoot the Piano Player." "Jules and Jim" 

and "The 400 Blows." 

Sets 'Tony Rome' Tie-Up 

Harold L. Berry, manager of the Fox 

Town and Country Theatre in San Jose, 

Calif., made a promotional tie-up with National 

Airlines for a trip for two to Miami, 

where the 20th Century-Fox "Tony Rome" 

was filmed. Patrons were asked to register 

in the lobby for the drawing.

Xameiot' Gets 

Eight-Week Campaign 

For Cincinnati Kenwood Theatre Bow 

An eight-week campaign to promote 

Cameiot" at the Kenwood Theatre in 

Cincinnati has produced excellent results. 

The promotion was planned by the theatre 

and Shillilo's department store downtown 

and in the Kenwood Shopping Center, 

adjacent to 

the theatre. 

Four Original Costumes 

Special shows and events were held in the 

meeting room for thousands of people. 

The publicity for the picture was stepped 

up during the next four weeks by Shillito's, 

which promoted the gowns and lingerie 

inspired by "Cameiot." The costumes were 

used in the various departments throughout 

the downtown store in conjunction with the 

record department displays promoting the 

soundtrack albums. Shillito's also had a 

contest going, giving away record albums 

and "Cameiot" tickets which the store had 

purchased. 

Sets Up Window Displays 

In addition. Shillito's created a display in 

its most prominent window to plug the 

gowns and record albums, accented by 

"Cameiot" stills and props. Also in the 

window was a poster announcing the opening 

of the picture at the Kenwood. 

There were similar displays in the boutique, 

lingerie and record departments at 

the shopping center store. In addition, the 

store used a display in the theatre lobby on 

the soundtrack albums with a mailbox so 

patrons could have the albums mailed to 

them and have them billed to their Shillito's 

account. 

Opening da\ at the Kenwood. Shillito"^ 

ran a full-page ad promoting the lingerie 

fashions and the albums. The ad also included 

the announcement of the opening. 

The store also followed this during the 

following weeks with small ads calling at- 

Prior lo playdate. four costumes from 

the Warner Bros. -7 Arts Hollywood Studios tention to the picture. 

were sent for an eight-week display at the 

department stores. For four weeks the 

"Cameiot" costumes were on display in the 

meeting room of Shillito"s downtown store 

during its annual World's Fair promotion. 

currently before the Technicolor cameras 

I his display ul the Kenwood Shoppiuii 

Cenier store of Shillito's departiiieiil 

store in Cincinnati helped hiiild the 

"Cameiot" playdate at the nearby 

Kenwood Theatre. 

Paramount Sets National 

'Rosemary's Baby' Tie-Up 

Paramount Pictures' "Rosemary's Baby." 

in Hollywood, will be promoted by the 

1,200 Yamaha motorcycle dealers throughout 

the United States. The merchandising 

tie-in was set by William Castle Productions 

and Paramount and the California-based 

Yamaha International Corp., subsidiary of 

Japan's Nippon Gakki Co. 

Yamaha will promote "Rosemary's Baby" 

in all of its 1968 advertising copy. In 

addition, the 1,200 Yamaha dealers in this 

country will run closely coordinated campaigns 

with theatres playing the film in their 

respective communities. In anticipation of 

the release of the film next year, Yamaha is 

mailing notices to all its dealers and customers 

urging them to read the best-selling 

novel by Ira Levin on which the film was 

based. 

Youngsters Aid New Owner 

In Reopening Theatre 

Sign-carrying kids gave new owner Jerry 

Drew a big boost in the reopening of the 

474-seat Sierra Theatre in Chowchilla, Calif. 

While the renovation was going on, Drew 

armed the youngsters with some pickettype 

signs, and they paraded up and down 

the main streets to announce the Sierra 

would reopen in two weeks. 

"The Blue Max" was the initial feature. 

Drew posted two 3-sheets prominently and 

placed two posters in front of the house to 

point up the remodeling program. The next 

week. Frank Hughes, who does the booking 

and buying, set in "The Shaggy Dog" and 

"The Absent-Minded Professor." Again the 

kids went out with signs to ballyhoo the 

playdate. 

Marshall, Mo., Promotion 

Leo Ha\ob of the Auditorium Theatre in 

Marshall, Mo., rang up an impressive gross 

for Columbia's "Young Americans." In his 

promotion for the picture he wrote his own 

editorial for publication in the local paper. 

Hayob also held a policy-makers screening 

and contracted each and every school in 

his town to sell the film. 

Intensive Film, Book 

Bally for 'Cold Blood' 

"In Cold Blood" will be accorded an extensive 

book-film campaign with the new 

paperback edition of Truman Capote's bestseller 

to be issued by the New American 

Library in connection with the February 

Columbia Pictures release. 

Inspired by the sales of the non-fiction 

novel— 1,500,000 hard copies in 17 languages 

from Iceland to South Africa and 

3,000,000 paperbacks—New American will 

issue an initial run of 300,000 paperbacks 

featuring the Columbia ad art logo on the 

front cover, an output NAL executives feel 

will be repeated several times during the 

film's playoff. Prelude to this paperback 

issue was more than one-million copies with 

half of the back page devoted to 

the film. 

Increased Promotion 

New American will distribute 12,500 

rack cards and 10,000 window streamers, 

double the normal amount of these items 

usually prepared for a promotion. Its distributors 

will display bumper strips on their 

2,500 delivery vehicles, and will negotiate 

on a local-area basis for truck-side playdate 

banners. This could involve 3,000 trucks. 

The company's outlets also will be serviced 

with 3,000 shelf-stack cash register displays. 

All film-book promotional printed matter 

will use the Columbia ad art logo—eyes of 

the killer duo principals in "In Cold Blood" 

—to furnish instant movie identification. 

Radio, TV Campaign 

New American Library and Columbia 

also will coordinate for exposure on radio 

and TV. Specially written scripts will be 

supplied to about 100 morning and afternoon 

women's radio and TV programs in 

major markets. NAL will donate copies of 

the paperback to these outlets to stimulate 

discussion. 

NAL has prepared a one-minte radio spot 

for the New York, Los Angeles and Chicago 

areas, scheduled for prime time announcements 

next to special interest shows, such as 

women's programs, sports and news segments. 

NAL also will make available its 

editors to radio and video shows for discussions 

and interviews on the film and book. 

Columbia and New American Library 

will further concentrate on specially designed 

book windows and in-store displays 

on a selected area basis during the release of 

the picture. 

'Jack of Diamonds' Stunt 

When playing MGM's "Jack of Diamonds," 

Fred Hepp, manager of the Cinema 

41 in the South Trail Shopping Center in 

Fort Myers, Fla., highlighted his campaign 

with a giant jack of diamonds playing card, 

which was carried through four shopping 

centers. In the center of the card was playdate 

information. The boys carrying the 

posters also distributed heralds on the picture. 

Spot announcement on two radio stations 

also were used by Hepp. 

188- BOXOFFICE Showmandiser :: Dec. 11, 1967

. . The 

. .David 

. . .Lionel 

. . . Even 

. . . Lovely, 

. . The 

. . .Joel 

— 

Xamelot' (WB-7 Arts) Is 

November Blue 

Voted 

Ribbon Award 

VELMA WEST SYKl S 

By 

[RATIONAL SCREEN COUNCIL members chose •'Camelot." ihe WB-7 Arts film 

version of the romantic musical written by Alan Jay Lerner from T. H. White's 

"The Once and Future King." with music by Frederick Loewe. as the November Blue 

Ribbon winner. Based on the stage play of the same title, which was directed by 

Moss Hart, the motion picture produced by Jack L. Warner and directed by Joshua 

Logan was able to use spectacular effects and sets never possible on stage. Added to 

these were magnificent costumes and the talents of such stars as Richard Harris. 

Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero and others. The legendary king with his famous round 

table, who introduced the age of chivalry, has had considerable literary and screen 

coverage, but interest continues in the classic epic. 

BoxoFFiCE reviewed it in a king-size Sullivan, Lillis High .School, Kansas City 

October .^0 and regular-size November 20. 

with the menaf;e a trots subplot, 

saying in part: 

"How refreshing in this harsh, cruel 

world of the mid-1960s to behold a film 

like WB-7 Arts' 'Camelot.' with all its 

romance and music, its dreams and drama 

vividly alive on the oversized Panavision 

screen to reaffirm the lasting enchantment 

of this legendary love story . . . 

For the music first, let it be said that although 

Loewe is better known for his 

My Fair Lady' score, this creation of 

'Camelot' is without question his crowning 

work ... As good as the other actors 

are, none compares with the female star, 

Vanessa Redgrave. 'Camelot' is the type 

of film that ages well." On a roadshow 

basis. "Camelot" has already run up a 

score of 359 per cent at the boxoffice. 

Comments from NSC members about 

"Camelot" included these: 

"Camelot" is rich in beauty, humanity, 

ideals and a sense of honor and integrity. 

Such nobility has too few innings on the 

screen.—Bob Freund, Fort Lauderdale 

News 

for all.—Pat 

... "A shining hour" 

Barrett, New Haven 

and more 

Redevelopment 

Agency . philosophy of 

the picture is a vital one for the human 

race to begin to apply and so bring 

peace.—Cecile Burton, drama teacher. 

Kansas City. 

November 22 is the day for all Americans 

to remember that it must not be 

forgot, that we too have known a spot 

that was called Camelot.—Sister Bede 

it's still wonderful escape to another 

happy world.—Alfred Peloquin. Bay City 

Times . . . Beautiful, poignant and superbly 

portrayed by Harris, Redgrave and 

Nero with a great supporting cast—Oscai 

material. — Kriss Karlsson, Los Ange'es 

Times Syndicate. 

A splendid personal saga— big. but not 

too big for all the usual Hollywood reasons. 

It's the first real love story done m 

good taste in years. Lovely!—Al Shea. 

WDSU-TV. New Back to 

Orleans . . . 

Dreamland. I hope there will always be a 

Camelot.— Mrs. Harry T. Jarvis, Detroit 

MPC ... A beautiful picture that's a 

credit to the industry.—Rae Anne Gilder. 

Miami Beach Reporter ... It was a top 

musical, a hit record and now it's a fine 

film.—Tom Peck. Charleston Evening 

Post. 

Imaginative and beautiful, "Camelot" 

should be viewed as a fanciful legend 

not realism. It's an escape from violence. 

—Dick Osgood. Radio WXYZ, Detroit 

lyrical family entertainment. 

— R. D. Blasio. H. K. Hecht Theatres. 

Passaic. N. J. . . . Beautiful music and an 

impressive production. — Alan Branigan. 

Newark News . music will be remembered 

long after we're gone.—Len 

Massell. Stamford Advocate . . . Another 

"Gone With the Wind," an instant success, 

delightful and the best of family entertainment.—Bob 

Battle. Nashville Banner. 

The Cast 

Kiitg Arthur Richard Harris Lady Clariiuia ESTELLE WiNWOOD 

Guertevere . .Vanessa Redgrave Sir Lionel Gary Marshai 

. . . 

Lancelot Du La 

Franco Nero Sir Ditiadan Anthony Rogers 

Mordred 

Hemmings Sir Sagramore Peter Bromilow 

King Pellinore 

Jeffries Lady Sybil 

Sue Casey 

Merlyn Laurence Naismith Tom of Warwick Gary Marsh 

Dap Pierre Olaf King Arthur as a Boy 

Production Staff 

Producer Jack L. Warner Sets & Art Direction . Edward Carrere 

Directed by Joshua Logan Film Editor ..FoLMAR Blagsted. A.C.E. 

Screenplay & Lyrics by .Alan J. Lerner Sound by M. A. Merrick, 

Music by 

Frederick Loewe 

Dan Wallin 

Based on the Play "Camelot" Set Decorator 

John W. Brown 

From "The Once and Future King" by. . Assistant to Producer Freeman 

T. H. White 

. 

Music Supervised & Conducted by .... 

Director of Photography 

Richard H. Kline 

Alfred Newman 

Assistant Director .... Arthur Jacobson 

Costumes, Scenery & Production 

Color by Technicolor 

Designed by 

John Truscott Filmed in Panavision 

GUENEVERE (VANESSA REDGRAVE) WATCHES ARTHUR 

(RICHARD HARRIS) KNIGHT LANCELOT (FRANCO NERO) 

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XHIBITOR HAS HIS SAY 

5. ABOUT PICTURES' 

ALLIED ARTISTS 

Hot Rod Hullabaloo (AA)—John Arnold 

This looked like the type of picture that 

American International quit making ten 

years ago. However, it satisfied as part of 

the program and terms were okay, so no 

complaint. Played with "Tarzan and the Valley 

of Gold" and "One Million Years, B.C." 

lor fair hoxoffice take. Played Fri., Sat. 

Weather: Chilly.—Larry Thomas, Fayetteville, 

W. Va. 

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL 

Thunder .\lle> (AlP) .Vnnetlc 

Funiccllo. 

Fabian. Diane McBam. A good racing film. 

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

Theatre, Pittsfield. N.H. Pop. 2.300. 

BUENA VISTA 

Adventures of Bulhvhip Griffin, The (BV) 

—Roddy McDowall. Suzanne Pleshettc. 

Karl Maiden. Like all other Walt Disney 

shows. Very good comedy western. Didn't 

do much business here, though. Played Fri.. 

Sat., Sun. Weather: Fair.— Paul Thewlis, 

Tazewell Theatre, Washington. III. Pop. 5.- 

900. 

COLUMBIA 

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

J. .Stone, Buddy Lester. I sure wish Jerry 

could find his way back into a comedy you 

could take to your heart. This is no worse 

than most he's been in lately. Played Fri., 

Sat.—Arthur K. Dame, Scenic Theatre, 

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

Birds Do It (Col)—Soupy Sales, Tab 

Hunter, Arthur O'Connell. .Sorry to say, but 

Soupy did not do much for us. It's very weak 

comedy, but still has a few good laughs. 

Played Wed. to Sat.— Harold Bell, Opera 

House, Coaticook, Que. Pop. 8,000. 

Divorce AMERICAN Style (Col)—Dick 

Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards. 

Three teenagers wrote a ten-minute sketch of 

a mock divorce and did it each night before 

show time. We advertised it with handbills 

and drew a lot of newcomers. There was a 

basketball tournament all four days, and we 

didn't do as well as expected, but everyone 

really enjoyed this movie. Played Wed. 

through Sat.—Wayne and Jean Duke, Center 

Theatre, Scottsville, Ky. 

Action Every Minute 

In MGM's 'Dirty Dozen 

Action every minute in "The Dirty 

Dozen," from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 

Lee Marvin (jets better all the time. 

Terms were a little stiff, which means 

you won't be left much, but play it 

and promote it. We played it five days, 

Thursday through Monday, with cold, 

rain and some snow. 

J. C. MILLER 

Capitol Theatre, 

Delphos, Ohio 

To Sir' Recommended 

As Cure for Blues 

.\nyone looking for remedies for 

those "no business blues," shrinking 

bank account or just plain dusty seats 

should get on the phone right away and 

call his local Columbia booker for a 

date on "To Sir, With Love." Played to 

clean-cuts— youngsters, oldsters, everybody, 

and we have yet to hear one adverse 

comment. Cinched new attendance 

mark for this city with four wonderful 

weeks—20,000 plus. Word of 

mouth picture? Wait 'til you open. You 

won't believe your hoxoffice report. 

General Manager, 

Town Theatre Corp. 

Mankato, Minn. 

BOB CARR 

EMBASSY 

Shoot Loud, Louder ... I Don't Understand 

(Embassy) — Marcello Mastroianni. 

Raquel Welch, Eduardo de Filippo. This 

didn't go over too well. Much too weird for 

our weekend crowd, and the dubbing was 

very bad. If I had used this at the top of the 

program, I would have been in bad shape. 

Played with "Island of the Doomed" and 

"The Wild Angels" for a so-so gross. Played 

Fri., Sat. Weather: Cool.—Larry Thomas, 

Fayette Theatre, Fayetteville, W.V. 

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER 

Doctor /hivago (MOM)—Omar Sharif. 

Jtilie Christie. Tom Courtenay. Excellent picture 

and, for a change, they came to 

see an 

excellent picture. Promote it with lots of 

heralds and advance ticket sales. You'll do 

two and one-half times normal business. 

Played Thurs. through Sun. Weather: Cool 

to cold.—J. C. Miller, Capitol Theatre, Delphos, 

Ohio. Pop. 7,500. 

Don't Make Waves (MGM)—Tony Curtis, 

Claudia Cardinale, Sharon Tate. It didn't! 

Tony Curtis deserves better. Played Fri., Sat. 

— Arthur K. Dame, Scenic Theatre, Pittsfield, 

N.H. Pop. 2,300. 

Hot Rods to Hell (MGM)—Dana Andrews, 

Jeanne Crain, Mimsy Farmer. After 

reading one comment in BoxoFFfCE, if you 

don't want freedom of speech rammed down 

your throat, the best thing to do is say nothing. 

Played Wed. to Sat.— Harold Bell, Opera 

House. Coaticook, Que. Pop. 8,000. 

PARAMOUNT 

El Dorado (Para)—John Wayne, Robert 

Mitchum, James Caan. Excellent western, 

but 1 had been drained dry by the cities before 

I played same. Only fair business and 

many of my patrons say why make the elfort 

to go see good movies when they will 

soon be on TV. Played Sun., Mon. Weather: 

Fair and cool.—Terry Axley, New Theatre, 

England. Ark. Pop. 2,136. 

20TH CENTURY-FOX 

Hombre (20th-Fox) — Paul Newman. 

Fredric 

March. Richard Boone. Good western. 

However, it did not do as well as expected. 

Played Sun., Mon.—S.T. Jackson, Jackson 

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

Quiller Memorandum, The (20th-Fox) 

George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max Von Sydow. 

This modern-day spy thriller in a West 

German locale is good and should draw a 

little 

better than average. Played Thurs., Fri.. 

Sat. Weather: Good.—B. Berglund. Trail 

Theatre, New Town. N.D. Pop. 1.200. 

UNITED ARTISTS 

Funny Ihing Happened on the Way to the 

I'orum, A (UA)—Zero Mostel, Phil Silvers, 

Buster Keaton. Phooey! If it did, it escaped 

me. Funniest thing was me crying while 

counting the take! Played Sun. and Tues. 

Weather: Cool.—Charles Burton. Cozy Theatre, 

Lockwood, Mo. Pop. 852. 

You Only Live Twice (UA)—Sean Connery, 

Donald Pleasence, Karin Dor. Why 

this did not hold up as well as other Bond's 

cannot be determined. Personally, it was too 

much of the same thing. Played one week. 

Paul Gamache, Welden Theatre. St. Albans, 

Vt. Pop. 8,500. 

UNIVERSAL 

Deadlier Than the Male (Univ)— Richard 

Johnson, Elke Sommer, .Sylva Koscina. A 

very good action picture that did very well 

at the hoxoffice. The girls are delicious. 

Doubled with "Return of the Seven," from 

United Artists," for a pleasing program. 

Played Thurs., Fri., Sat. Weather: Chilly.— 

Larry Thomas, Athens Theatre, Athens, 

W.Va. 

War Wagon, The (Univ)—John Wayne. 

Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel. Excellent 

crowd-pleaser. John Wayne is one of the 

last good draws in westerns. Played Wed.- 

Sat. Weather: Cold and clear.—F. J. 

Giaschi, Capitol Theatre. Huntsville. Ont. 

WARNER BR0S.-7 ARTS 

Great Race, The (\VB-7A)—Jack Lemmon. 

Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood. Played 

late, but still did a little better than average. 

Good entertainment.—C. A. Swiercinsky, 

Major Theatre, Washington, Kas. 

Harper (WB-7A)—Paul Newman, Lauren 

Bacall, Shelley Winters. An average detective 

show. Not much business here. 

Played Fri.. 

.Sat., Sun. Weather: Rain.—Paul Thewlis. 

Tazewell Theatre, Washington. III. Pop. 5.- 

900. 

Good Four-Day Playdate 

On 'Casino Royale' 

Played Columbia's "Casino Royale" 

Wednesday through Saturday. We had 

an exceptionally good crowd all four 

nights, and it rained, too. It is unusual 

for us to do this well on a four-day engagement. 

But everyone said this was 

one movie worth seeing again. This also 

drew the newcomers, which is what we 

want. 

Center Theatre, 

Scottsville, Ky. 

WAYNE and JEAN DUKE 

190 

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minus signs indicate degree of merit. Listings co 

mcnt also serves as an ALPHABETICAL INDEX 

Vision; p Panavision; t Techniroma; s Other a 

Blue Ribbon Award; Color Photography. Natiot 

able for General Patronage; A2— Unobiectionab 

for Adults; A4—Morally Unobjectionable for Adi 

All; C—Condemned. For listings by company in 1 

) feature releases. 

il Catholic Office I 

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.cents; A3— Unobiectionoblc 

J—Objectionable in Port for 

FEATURE CHART. 

Review digest 

AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX 

In the summery - is rated 2 pluses, — as 2 minuses. 

Affair 

the 

. .Pathe Contemporary 5-1-67 

An 

(7S) CD A»ala Films 11 -6-67 

4022 ©Africa—Texas Style! (105) 

Ad Para 5-15-67 Al 

4017 ©After You, Comrade (S4) C Continental 5- 1-67 

Age of Illusion (97) D 

—B— 

Brandon 5- S-67 

4036 ©Banning (102) ® D Univ 7- 3-67 B 

4028 ©Barefoot in the Park (106) C Para 6- 5-67 A3 

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

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

Beyond the Great Wall (105) Chinese 

Mus D Run Run Shaw 10- 9-67 

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

401i< ©Bikini Paradise (89) C AA 5- 8-67 

Birds, the Bees and the Italians, The 

(115) C WB-7 Arts 5- 5-67 

©Blast-off (reviewed as Those Fantastic Flying 

Fools) (92) ® C Ad AIR 6-12-67 

4C69 Blood Beast From Outer Space 

(84) SF Melo . 

4055 ©Bloody Pit of Horror (74) 

Entertainment 12- 4-67 

Ho Melo Pacemaker 10- 2-67 

4028©Bobo. The (105) (g) CD ,..WB-7 Arts 6- 5-67 A3 

4046 ©Bonnie and Clyde (111) 

C D WB-7 Arts 8-14-67 A4 

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

Burmese Harp, The (116) Melo. . Brandon 

—C— 

4068 ©Camelot (179) rp: Mus 

10- 9-67 

Romance WB-7 Arts 11-20-67 A2 

4025 ©Caper of the Golden Bulls, The 

(104) Ad Embassy 5-29-67 A3 

4023 ©Caprice (98) © Spy C Ad ..20th-Fox 5-22-67 A3 

4060 ©Carmen, Bahy (90) :si D ...Audubon 10- 2-67 C 

4018 Carry On Cabby (89) C Governor 5- 1-67 

Cat in the Sack 

(74) D Pathe Contemporary 7- 3-67 

4067 ©Chappapua (82) Part color Aulobio 

Doc Regional Film (Univ) 11-20-67 A3 

4059 ©Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar 

(75) Wildlife Ad BV 10-15-67 

4048 ©Christmas Kid, The (90) 

W ..Producers Releasing Organization 8-28-67 

Circle. The (60) 16MM 

Doc . 

Film Board of Canada 11-13-67 

4064 ©Clambake (99) (S) Mus C UA 11- 6-67 Al 

Climax, The (97) D Lopcrt 9-18-67 A3 

Closely Watched Trains (89) D Sigma III 12- 4-57 

4065 ©Comedians, The (160) (?) D MGM 11-13-67 A3 

4027 ©Cool Hand Luke (129) ® D WB-7 Arts 6- 5-67 A4 

4044 ©Cottonpickin' Chickcnplckers (92) C 

Farce Southeastern 

—D— 

Pictures g- 7-67 

©Daisies Avant-Gardc ...Sigma III 11-20-67 

(74) 

4057 ©Day the Fish Came Out, The (109) 

Satire IC 10- 9-67 A3 

4049 ©Death Curse of Tartu (87) 

Ho Melo Thunderbird Int'l 9-11-67 

4021 Diabolical Dr. Z, The (S3) Ho U.S. Films 5-15-67 

Dialogue (130) Melo Huiigarofilm 11-13-67 

Diamonds of the Night 

(75) Melo Impact Films 7-24-67 

4033 Diary of a Swinger 

(75) Melo Boxoffice Int'l 6-26-67 

4034 ©Dirty Dozen, The (149) !|i 

War D MGM 6-26-67 A4 

4032 ©Divorce AMERICAN Style 

(109) C Satire Col 6-19-67 A3 

4051 Don't Look Back 

(96) Doc Leacock-Pennebaker 9-1S-57 A2 

4033 ©Don't Make Waves (97) ® C....MGM 6-26-67 B 

Drifter, The (74) 

D Film-Maker's Dist. Center 6-12-S7 

4025 ©Drums of Tabu, The (91) 

Ac Melo Producers Releasing 5-29-67 

—E— 

Echoes of Silence (74) 

D Film-Makers' Dist. Center 5- 1-67 

4017U©Ei(|ht tm the Lam (106) © ..UA 5- 1-67 A2

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Dirk Bogardc. Stanley Baker, Vivien 

(91) ..Country 

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Music C. May Clii (99) 

67 

Sep 67 Del Reeves, Hugh X. Lerti, 

1 ©Elvira 

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Madigan 

Tognazzl, Sonny 

Stefanla Sandrelll 

Tufts. Lila Lee, Slapsy .Maile 

(91) Love D. .Dec 67 MANSON 

Rosenbloom 

Pia Degerm.irk, Thommy Berggren ©The World of Harrison Marks She Man (74) . 

D.. Jul 67 

Claude (92) Feb 68 (84) Expl.. Aug 67 D. WajTie. Leslie Marlowe. Wendy 

Michel Siraon, Alain Cohen 

Harrison Marks, Pamela Green. 

Roberts. Hans Crystal. Diane 

COMET 

O'Donnell 

©Sa.age Pampas (97) Ac D. Apr 

Dry 

67 Summer (83) D . 

67 THUNDERBIRD INT'L 

Ri.bert T.iylor, Ty Hardin, I'l'i Marc 

Dogn, Ernl Ta«s 

©Sting of Death 

Laurence, linn Kat,ll 

©Sauterelle (97) .Love D . 

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Mirielln Dare. Hardy 

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.If* MorrLwn. Valerie H.n(klns. 

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John 

Rom D Sep 67 MISHKIN 

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Christopher 

Lee ICare, 

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Love Now 

CROWN 

. . . Pay Uter 

Deanna Lîmi 

INT'L 

(82) Melo. Apr 

Catalina 67 ©Death Curse Tartu 

Caper (87) Outdoor Annabella Incontrera, Sandro 

(57) Scope 

Sos C Apr 67 Luporlnl 

Fred PInero. nig Hntiart. Tommy Babi'tic 

Ivlrk, Del Moore, Peter (©in part) Sexpcrls, The 

Diu-yea 

(77) Melo.. 

Hell on 

Aug 67 

Wheels 

TRANS-AMERICAN 

L.ina FILMS—AlP 

LvTin, Rusty Allen, Ken 

©I' 

® Racing Spec. May 67 Ciirtin 

Marly Robblns, (5lgl Perreau, 

,^(86) Mus 

John 

C. Apr 

Kiss Me, Kiss Me. 

67 

Kiss Me! 

Ashley 

Tommy Klik, Deborah V\ alley 

(82) 

©The 

Jan 

Hostage 

68 The Animals 

Natalie Rogers. Don Williams, 

(S2) 

Teenage Rebellion 

Shock Sus. Jun 67 Peter Ratray 

Don O'Kelly, 

(81) . 

Danny Doc 

Martins, John 

Apr 67 

Carradine. OLYMPIC 

Dean 

INT'L 

©Sadismo 

Stanton 

( .) Shock Doc. Sep 67 

Forbidden ORoad (66) to Nashville Doc. May 67 

(84) ExPI Doc Fall 67 

. 

Little 

JIarty 

Girls 

Rnhbins. 60 

(70) D . 

country 67 TRANS-INTERNATIONAL 

i 

Yvnnnc FILMS 

Michelle. Ondino. Pa.îcal Shanty Tramp (72) -Melo.. 

©Aphrodisia 

Adolescents 

Sep 

(66) 

67 

( ) .Sex 

D. .Jun C.Jul 67 

67 Eyes of Hell (..) ..3D Ho. 

Love 

.Jan 

(The 

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Fountain 

(63) 

6S 

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D . . Oct 67 Bio Enough 'N' Old Enough 

©Wild 

A Touch of 

Rebels 

Leather (65) D. Nov 67 ( ) Melo. .Apr 

' Love 

( ) Motorcycle 

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D . Jul 67 

.Dec 67 

U.S. FILMS 

Steve .Maimo, (62) 

Willie 0.. 

Pastrano 

Nov 67 

I 

lohn Vella 

Torment 

Crossed the 

(66) 

Color Line 

D.Sep 67 

EUROPIX CONSOLIDATED PACEMAKER 

©Kill Baby Kill 

Terror-Creatures From the Grave 

(83) Ho Melo. May 67 (85) Ho Melo.. Oct 67 

G. Rossi Stuart, Erlka Blanc, Ma.^ Barbara WOOLNER 

Steele, Richard (hrrett, 

Laivrence, Glana Vivaldi 

Walter 

©Lightning 

Brandt, 

Bolt 

Marilyn (91) 

Mitchell, 

..Ad..Apr67 

Sound 

Anthony 

of Horror (85) Ho.. May 67 

Alfred 

Eisley. |.'nlco 

Rice. Alan Collins 

Lulli. Sophi;, 

James 

Marl 

Phllbrook. Arturo Fernandez PIKE PRODUCTIONS 

©Red SoleAiii Dragon 

Miranda, In^rid Pitt 

Feelin' Good (85) Mus D Mar 

FEATURE 67 

FILM CORP. „(90) 

OF 

Ac D..Anr 67 

Tr.ivi, Pike. Ji.dl Reeie 

AMERICA 

G"."8". Rosanna 

PRODUCERS RELEASING 

,û.?.f.l. Schlafiinn 

©The ©Hillbillys in a 

Destructors Haunted 

(9g) ... House 

.Sep 67 ; ORGANIZATION 

l.ichard _'91) 

Bean. MicJiael Ansara, CD. .May 

I Treasure 67 

of 

.loan Blackm.-in, Lon 

David Cham 

Brian 

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(84) 

liLSky. Lansing 

FOREIGN 

LANGUAGE 

AMERICAN ART FILMS 

The ©Run Playpen 

Like a Thief 

(86) (94) 

. .Jul 67 

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(iaraeron UlchelL Mara Cruz 

KieriJii 

TlRtT Lily. Jerry 

.Moore, 

Jorden, Corby 

Keenan Wynn ©You've G 

IJalui, Fernando CANADIAN 

Key 

Smart ( 

INDIAN 

AMERICANA ©Briohty of the ENTERTAINMENT 

Grand Canyon 

Cat in the Sack (74) D.. 7-3-67 Mahanagar (The Big City) D..8-7 

I I'.itli-' 

ASSOCIATION 

Coniemporary) no cjt..il gnen (Edward Harrison) . 

..Madhabl 

The .losepb 

Weird World 

Cotten, Dick 

Flame 

of LSD 

Over Vietnam 

Circle, The (60) Doc, -11-13-67 Mukhcrjee, Anil Chatterjee. 

C"nuay 

(.N'at'l 

(72) Melo-Fantasy 

Film 

May 

Board of 

67 

Canada) . .Don Haradtian Banerjee 

Terry ©Money 

Tessem, 

Jungle 

Kraiick, Gilles 

Volarida Mdrino. 

Gascon 

Ann 

Lindsay. Robert Jackson. Itay 

,< ', Ad. .Jan 68 

Jiiliii Liiisnii. 

Becker. Cliff Anderson 

Lola Albright. 

The 

CHINESE 

ITALIAN 

.Vii,m)ah iv.snff, Leslie I'arrlsti, Soho (92) 

Battle 

Ho of 

AUDUBON 

My. Ma Beyond Algiers, 

the Great Wall 

The 

'•-• Kent Smith 

Barbara Butting, Dieter Borschi 

I, a Woman (105) 

(120) 

Mus 

(90) Sex D .Mar 67 ©Panic 

D. .10-9-67 

Doc. 10-2 

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( City 

©A Witch Without I!i2zoll 

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(Run 

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Persson 

..Lin )—(Italian-Algerian) 

Dal, Chao 

Bfoon. (..) Vacef C. May Saadl, 

Frustrations 67 Lei 

Jean .Martin 

(S8) Sex D Mar 67 llmiard Duff, Unda Crislal'.' Anne Jeffrey Hunter, Birds, 

Maria Perschy ©Sons the Bees, 

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Good and 

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'^1**"^'' ''"soft. 

©Carmen, M V Stephen ©The Vengeance of Pancho 

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C..5-8 

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(..) W..Aug67 

(WB-7 

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Usi, Frai 

Loh Tib 

L'la Le^ka. Carl .Mohner 

Jiilm Erieson, James t'abrizl, 

Phllbrook 

Peter Chen Ho 

Beba Loncar 

BOXOFFICE INT'L 

Ad. ©The Drums of Tabu 

Climax, The (97) D. .9-18. 

The Adotiy of Love 

Aldi) Kay, Fernandi 

(91) 

Ad. May 67 CZECHOSLOVAKIAN 

(Lopert) ..Ugo Tognazzl, Stefai 

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^HORTS CHART 

. 

BUENA VISTA 

(All in color) 

FEATURETTE SPECIALS 

150 Yellowstone Cubs (48) 

152 Disneyland After Dark (48) .. 

155 Arizona Sheepdoa 

(re-release) (22) 

170 Golden Horseshoe Revue (48) . 

Hollywood (37) 

176 Flash, the Teenage Otter (48) . 

(Live-action) 

200 Legend of the Boy and 

Eaole (22) 

SINGLE-REEL CARTOONS 

123 The Litterbuj (7) 

CARTOON SPECIALS 

139 A Symposium on Popular 

Songs (20) 

179 Freewayphobis (16) 

180 Goofy's Freeway Troubles (14) 

181 Johnny Appleseed (19) (reissue) 

183 Winnie the Pooh (26) 

194 Scrooge McDuck and 

Money (17) 

SINGLE REEL REISSUE CARTOONS 

42501 Sky Trooper 

42502 A Gentleman's Gentleman . . 

42503 No Smoking 

42504 Lion Around 

42505 Cat Nan Pluto 

42506 Chips Ahoy 

42507 Let's Stick Together 

42508 lâil Dog 

42509 For Whom the Bulls Toil . . . 

42510 Donald's Ostrich 

42511 Pluto and the Armadillo . 

42512 AInine Climbers 

THREE-REEL LIVE ACTION 

SPECIALS 

142 Nature's Half Acre (33) 

162 Beaver Valley (32) 

191 Prowlers of the Everglades (32) 

0099 Eyes in Outer Space (26) . 

131 Water Birds (31) (reissue) ... 

127 Bear Country (33) (reissue) . . 

THREE-REEL CINEMASCOPE 

0071 Wales (24) 

0072 Scotland (25) 

COLUMBIA 

COLOR FAVORITES 

. . 

(Technicolor Reissues) 

68601 Happy Tot's Expedition 

(7) Jul 67 

65602 .Aug 67 

Land of Fun (7) ... 

65603 Peaceful Neighbors 

(Si/j) Oct 67 

68604 Foolish Bunny (8) Dec 67 

LOOPY de LOOP 

(Color Reissues) 

(6>/2) Meow 68701 Catch .Aug 67 

68702 Kooky Loopy (7) Sep 67 

68703 Loony's Hare Do (7) Oct 67 

68705 Beet Fore and After 

(7) Dec 67 

REISSUES 

MR. MAGOO 

(Technicolor) 

68751 Magoo Goes West (6) Jul 57 

68752 Captain's Outrageous 

(7) Sep 67 

68753 Magoo's Canine Mutiny 

(ei/j) Nov 67 

ONE-REEL SPECIALS 

COLOR 

68651 Montreal on a Summer 

Day (12'/2) Aug 67 

68652 Chuck Wagon ..Oct 67 

(10) 

68653 The Animal Movie (10) Dec 67 

SPECIAL COLOR FEATURETTES 

67446 Take It From the Top 

(I91/2) (El Mar 67 

68441 Wonderful Caribbean 

(20) Jul 67 

68442 Alpine Summer (19) Sep 67 

68443 Wonderful Sicily 

(19/2) Nov 67 

THE THREE STOOGES 

(Black and White Reissues) 

68401 Ooney Dicks (IS"/;) ..Jul 67 

68402 Self Made Maids (16) Aug 67 

68403 Fuclin Around (16). Oct 67 

68404 Hokus Pokus (16) . 67 

68405 Who Done It (16'/2) Dec 67 

WORLD OF SPORTS 

(One-Reel Color) 

6^01 Sports Carnival (10) ..Jul 67 

MANSON DIST. CORP. 

01547 Wild Wings (35) ..May 67 

©1548 Katie's Lot (IS) ...Oct. 67 

Jminy Hecht, Pianri Webstpr, 

George Urijerls. P. Barney Ooodmall 

METRO-GOLDWYN MAYER 

GOLD MEDAL REPRINTS 

(Color) 

6%1-W Cock-A-Doodle Dog (7) . . . . 

6%2.W Symphony in Slang (7) .... 

6963-W Car of Tomorrow (6) 

6964-W Magical Maestro (7) 

6965-W Busybody Bear (6) 

6966-W Barney's Hungry Cousin (7) 

6967-W Cobs and Robbers (6) 

6968-W Southbound Duckling (7) . . 

6969-W Half Pint Palomino (7) . . 

6970-W Baby Butch (8) 

6971-W Neapolitan Mouse (7) .... 

5971-W Pup on a Picnic (7) 

TOM AND JERRY CARTOONS 

( .Ml Nfu.Ml Color) 

4535-0 Rock 'N' Rodent 

4536-0 Filet Meow 

4594-0 Love Me Love My Mouse .... 

4595-0 Puss N' Boats 

4596-0 The Brothers Carry 

Mouse Off 

4597-0 Duel Personality 

4598-0 Jerry Jerry Quite Contrary . 

4599-0 Cannery Rodent 

PARAMOUNT 

SPECIALS 

B7-1 Voyage From Tahiti 

(15) Aug 67 

B7-2 Texas Today (19) ...Aug 67 

B7-3 Africa—Yesterday and 

Tomorrow (16) Aug 67 

B7-4 Texas Longhorns (17) ..Sep 57 

B7-5 Calypso Au Go Go . . . . Oct 67 

B7-6 Winter Sports— Italian 

Style Oct 67 

B7-7 Jamaica Nov 67 

B7-7 Jamaica Nov 67 

B7-S The Silent Screamer 

(17) (Story of Turbocar) Oct 67 

B7-9 Ski America (19) Nov 67 

B7-10 The Old West Trail ..Nov 67 

B7-11 TaPestry of Thailand . , Dec 67 

B7-12 Come Back to Erin . , Feb 68 

87-13 Brazil Feb 6S 

87-14 The Queen Mary Mar 67 

SPORTS IN ACTION 

(One Reel-Color) 

D7-1 Keys to Fishin' Fun . . Nov 67 

D7-2 Race for the Golden 

Flag Dec 67 

D7-3 Ballet In the Blue Jan 68 

D7-4 Halftimc, USA Jan 68 

D7-5 Sport A La Mode Feb 68 

TRAVEL ADVENTURE 


T7-1 The King of Madison 

Avenue Nov 67 

T7-2 Racers Away! Dec 67 

T7-3 The World's Richest Horse 

Race Jan 68 

T7-4 The Boston Freedom 

Trail Feb 68 

HERE'S HOMER 


H7-1 Please. Not While I'm 

Putting Nov 67 

H7-2 Blue Blue Skies, Clear Blue 

Water Dec 67 

H7-3 Sleeping Bag Jan 68 

H7-4 The Wet 

Memorandum Feb 68 

H7-5 Getting Wetter Mar 68 

H7-6 Wild Blue Apr 68 

LESTER A. SCHOENFELD 

FEATURETTES 

ONE-REEL SUBJECTS 

The Ust IVIan (12) Black and 

White Apr 67 

©Italian Symphony No. 2 

(11) Aor67 

©Summer on the Adriatic 

(10) May 67 

©The Puffed Up Dragon (10) Jun 67 

©Heart of the Mediterranean 

Short subjects, risted 

der of releose. Running time follows title. 

Dote is notional release month. Color and 

process OS specified. 

(12) Jul 67 

©La Vie Parisienne (8) ...Aug 67 

©Appointment in Spring 

(12) Scope Sep 67 

©Ireland: Tradition on the Move 

(8) Sep 67 

©Denmark (8) Oct 67 

©Parma: The Golden City 

(12) Nov 67 

©Land Nov 67 

of Our Ancestors (12) 

©Free Fall Parachuting (9) ..Dec 67 

TWO-REEL SUBJECTS 

©Goodbye (16) Apr 67 

©Surf Beach (17) Apr 67 

©Lure of Ravenna (19) . . . . May 67 

©Take Six (16) Jun 67 

(SItalran Symphony No. 1 

(14) Jun 67 

©Two Laps of Honor (15) . .Jul 67 

©Naples: Haven of the Sun 

(18) Aug 67 

©In Search of Glamour 

(17) Aug 67 

©Business and Pleasure (21) Sep 67 

©Fusion (15) Sep 67 

©El Chico Torero (15) Dec 67 

THREE-REEL SUBJECTS 

©Swing Aboard the Mary (30) Apr 67 

©A Place for Gold (35) . . . May 67 

©The Right Line (27) Jul 67 

20TH CENTURY-FOX 

MOVIETONE CINEMASCOPES 

(Color, unless specified) 

TERRYTOON 2-D's 

ALL Ratios— Color 

5704 The Heat's Off (7i/j) Apr 67 

5705 Traffic Trouble (8) . . May 67 

5706 Bugged by a Bug (8) Jun 67 

5707 Fancy Plants (8) Jul 67 

5708 Give Me Liberty (8) ..Aug 67 

5709 Vrtiich Is Witch (8) . . . 

Sep 67 

5710 Dr. Rhinestone's Theory 

(8) Oct 67 

5711 Frozen Sparklers (8) ..Nov 67 

5712 Baton Von Go-Go (8) Dec 67 

UNITED ARTISTS 

PINK PANTHER SERIES 

(Color) 

6753 Pink Posies Apr 67 

6754 Pink of Litter May 67 

6755 Pink Paradise Jun 67 

6756 Pinto Pink Jul 67 

6757 Congratulations! 

It's Pink Aug 67 

6758 The Hand Is Pinker 

Than the Eye Sep 67 

THE INSPECTOR SERIES 

(Color) 

6767 Le Escape Goat Apr 67 

6768 Le Pig-AI Patrol .... May 67 

6769 Le Bowser Bagger . , , .Jun 67 

6770 Le Cop on Le Rocks Jul 67 

6771 Crow De Guerre Aug 67 

6772 Tour De Farce Sep 67 

UNIVERSAL 

WALTER LANTZ CARTUNES 

4719 Mouse in the House ..Apr 67 

4720 Horse Play Apr 67 

4721 Chilly and the 

Woodchopper May 67 

4722 Secret Agent Woody . 67 

4723 Chilly Chums Jun 67 

4811 Woody the Freeloader . 

68 

4812 Jerkey Turkey Jan 68 

4813 Lotsa Luck Jan 68 

4814 Under Sea Dogs Fez 68 

4815 Fat in the Saddle . 68 

4816 Feudin, 

Fightin-N-Fussin Mar 68 

4817 Paste Makes Waste ... Mar 68 

4818 A Peck of Trouble .... Mar 68 

COLOR ADVENTURES 

(One- Reel) 

4871 Island Hoppin Jan 68 

(Narrated by Mel Allen) 

4872 Swede 'N Lovely Jan 68 

4873 Nothing Like a Dane . 68 

4874 Divided City Feb 68 

4875 Sorry Signorina Mar 68 

SPORTS SPECIAL 

(Black and White) 

4803 Football Highlights of 

1967 Dec 67 

FEATURETTES 

(Color) 

4801 Road to St. Tropcz 

(30) Jun 67 

4802 Jazz Festival (28) ... Jan 68 

WARNER BROS. -7 ARTS 

BLUE RIBBON HIT PARADE 

(Technicolor Reissues—7 min.) 

5305 Pre-hysterical 

Hare May 57 

5306 Hare-abian Nights ...May 67 

5307 Rabbit Romeo Jul 67 

MERRIE MELODIES 

LOONEY TUNES 

(Technicolor—7 min.) 

5705 The Quacker 

Tracker May 67 

5706 The Music 

Mice-Tro May 67 

5707 The Spy Swatter Jun 67 

5708 Speedy Ghost to Town . .Jul 57 

5709 Rodent to Stardom ... .Aug 57 

W. Bros. SPECIAL 

A Free People . Hi Doc with Mus. . 

(TWO-REEL) 

(Color) 

5003 Beauty and the 

Bull May 67 

5004 Pearls of the Pacific ..Aug 67 

ONE-REEL 

5504 Tales of the Black 

Forest May 67 

5505 Alpine Glory Jun 67 

5506 Off to the Races Jul 67 

5850 Hollywood Star Spangled 

Revue Sep 67 

INDEPENDENTS 

Place in the Country, 

A (19) (Gluck) 

©33 Fathoms Deep (17) 

(Ellsworth Prods.) Jul 67 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE 

FEATURE 

REVIEWS 

Guilt 

R=g'i°- D'""!' 

Crown International 90 Minutes Rel. Fall '67 

The late Lars Gorling. the Swedish noveUst who 

committed suicide earlier this year, has left two 

small works in the film field. One is his screenplay 

for "491" based on his own novel. After a censorship 

problem for two years, that film will be released here 

shortly by Peppercorn-Wormser and Janus Films. 

The second is his own film, which he wrote and directed, 

entitled "Guilt," originally called "With 

Gunilla Monday Evening and Tuesday." Both titles 

are appropriate for the downbeat, slowly paced, 

endlessly talky two-character drama about a couple's 

stream of consciousness before, during and after 

a hit-and-run accident. Beginning abruptly and 

ending the same way, "Guilt" at mid-point has an 

explicit sex scene with total nudity, which might be 

used for exploitation. Otherwise the pictui-e is too 

uninvolving and cryptic for most audiences. Sven 

Bertil Taube and Helena Brodin epitomize the naturalistic 

school of acting and Lars Goran Bjorne's 

photography is starkly bare. 

Sven Bertil Taube, Helena Brodin. Tina 

Hedstrom. 

This Special Friendship 

"^'i- O'' 

("Les Amities Particulieres") 

^^^'^ 

Pathe Contemporary 99 Minutes Rel. Fall '67 

Although "This Special Friendship" refers to 

homosexual attachments among teenagers and subteen 

boys in a parochial school in France, there are 

no elements of shock value, bad taste, or blatant 

nerversion in Jean Delannoy's film based on Roger 

Peyrefitte's highly respected novel. If anything, 

Delannoy treats his subject with almost too much 

restraint. He is best at getting first-rate performances 

from his young cast. The players, all unfamiliar 

to U.S. audiences, are sensitive and the atmospheric 

treatment of the school life nicely compliments 

their performances. Overall, the film is too 

lightweight for serious art house competition, but 

deserves the attention of serious film buffs and 

filmgoers with comprehensive movie habits. Jean 

Aurenche wrote the screenplay. Christian Matras 

did the impressive black and white photography 

and Christine Gouze-Renal produced. 

Francis Lacombrade, Didier Haudepin, Lueien 

Nat, Louis Seiguer. 

Samurai (Part n) R|ti°j nfleiod^rama 

Toho International Films 102 Minutes Rel. Nov. '67 

Second part of a trilogy called "Musashi Miyamoto." 

from Toho, this highlights the legendary 

Japanese wanior of feudalism, personified by the 

internationally known Toshiro Mifune, under the 

.studied and sure direction of Hiroshi Inagaki, latter 

collaborating with Tokuhei Wakao on a meaningful, 

mood-provoking script. As a study of a long-ago era 

in a far-off land, this .should prove interesting to 

American film fans. Mifune is elaborately costumed, 

grimacing, gesticulating with obvious realism and 

resolve, as the towering hero. Phase three, "Duel at 

Ganryu Island," will follow shortly. English titles 

accompany. 

Toshiro Mifune, Koji Tsuruta. Sachio Sakai, 

Akihiko Hirata. Yu Fujiki, Daisuke Kato.

— 

section 

. . The 

IRE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adiines for Newspapers and Programs 

STORY: 'Bedazzled" i20th-Fox) 

.ort order cook. Dudley Moore, is madly in love with 

ress Eleanor Bron. but much too timid to approach 

He goes home to hang hims?lf. but the "Pi-ince of 

ness." Peter Cook, appears anc; gives Moore seven 

es in return for Moore's soul. But Cook is really 

ky and gives Moore false advice in order to waste the 

es. Moore has no more success in pm-suing Miss Bron 

ig his dream-like existences of the wishes than in real 

After five or six different and far-out adventures, 

iding Cook and Moore as flies in a morgue and nuns 

1 all-silent nunnery. Cook gives Moore back his soul, 

way for himself to get into heaven. But Cook doesn't 

e it and Moore is glad to be back in his own world. 

•LOITIPS: 

lay up "The Devil," using an usher in a devil's costume, 

/ocative cut-outs of Raquel 'Welch as "Lust" will be 

;tive advertising promotion. For the sophisticated 

ences, use the critical acclaim as one of the best 

'edies this year. Tie-ins with music shops and radio 

jockey programs for the Dudley Moore score should 

sed. 

CHLINES: 

't the DevU "Bedazzle" You 'With Laffs and "Lust" 

Who Said "Hell" Isn't Funny? See "Bedazzled" to Be 

!, You'll Find It Sexy Too. 

: STORY: "Free Love Confidental" (Boxoffice Infl) 

aren Miller, wife of a wealthy California businessman, 

her close friend, Yvette Corday, are bored with lives 

ffluence and seek an outlet. They answer a newspaper 

it ad seeking figure models with unusual talents. John 

;-ren, who runs the photography studio, has them 

ike some narcotics and after they're undressed, he 

5s them in provocative positions. 'When Karen and 

tte return the next day to seek the incriminating picjs, 

they're met by a lesbian, who subjects them to per- 

-ed actions. Desperate, Karen and Yvette attempt to 

ak into the studio, eluding a guard. The next morning, 

rren admits he'll not press the matter fm-ther. Black- 

.1 is forgotten as he destroys the film. 

PLOITIPS: -- 

^^^-i 

Fse newspaper headlines on the "hippie" movement for 

oy and interior displays. 

TCHLINES: 

'enture Into the Forbidden 'World of the "Hippies" 

lere the Worship of Passion Is the Only Rule ! . . . Wits 

Scenes That Will Shake the Moral Code of Human 

stence! ... In This Plunge to the Lowest Depths of 

man Degradation Only the Most Abnormal Can Sm-- 

THE STORY: "Guess Who's Coining to Dinner" (Col) 

Katharine Houghton returns from a trip to Hawaii with 

Sidney Poitier, who is an internationally recognized Negro 

doctor and lectm'er. They have fallen madly in love and 

Mis-s Houghton wants him to meet her parents. Spencer 

Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, before he leaves for 

:^' Switzerland. She hopes to follow him and be married on 

JFs" the continent. At her mother's art gallery, 'Virginia Chris- 

^'' tine is the first case, as well as the last, of bigotry encountered. 

Miss Houghton's parents are well-to-do liberals. 

While they are surprised, they do not directly oppose the 

match. Poitier has one condition and that is he will not 

marry unless all doubts are out of the parents' minds. 

Priest Cecil Kellaway is invited to dinner and Poitier's 

parents, Beah Richards and Roy E. Glenn, come from Los 

Angeles to San Francisco for the dinner. Even the maid, 

Isabell Sanford, adds her comments on the psnding marriage. 

All realize that love will help solve the problems the 

couple will face in their married life. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

The names of the cast, the appeal of newcomer Katharine 

Houghton and the timely subject matter treated 

with humor and warmth should be promoted in a class advertising 

campaign. 

CATCHLINES: 

A Very Special Motion Picture Is Coming ... A Love 

Story of Our Times. 

THE STORY: 'Spree" (Trans-American) 

Las Vegas is the gambling capital of the nation and 

"Spree" takes a documented look at the city's fabled 

casinos and nightclubs, inside and out, behind-the-scenes 

and on the stages. There are extended excerpts from 

cabaret acts of all types, from ballet dancing to chorus 

lines, from Jayne Mansfield's strip tease to Juliet Prowse's 

take-off on "Cleopatra." Singers, like Vic Damone and 

the Clara Ward group, are shown in the big nightclub 

rooms as well as performers like Constance Moore in the 

lounge areas. Miscellaneous shots of the variety of gambling 

that is legitimate, plus the closed-door type with 

cockfights and bare-fisted boxing are revealed. Las Vegas 

is described as a place where you can find anything, if 

you are willing to pay the price. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Play up the fact that this is a movie trip to Las Vegas 

as exciting as the real trip would be. Audiences can see 

the whole, uncensored world of the gambling and nightclub 

centers for the first time, as filmed from live-production 

in Las Vegas. "Fun and Games Time" for adults in 

Las Vegas for the price of a movie ticket. 

CATCHLINES: 

There Exists Now a Place That Is Illegal in Most of the 

World—Where You Will See the Kick Set^Wild Set— 

Weii-d Set—See "Spree" . . . "Spree" Is an Escape Fi-om 

Reality. 

THE STORY: 

'Swinging London" (Prentoulis-SR) 

I 

Of all the theatre publications, 

have found BOXOFFICE the only one 

that is really complete in every respect. 

Without it, I am lost. For 

over 25 years, I have depended on it. 

VINCENT GULLI, Sr., Mgr. 

Interhoro Theatres, 

Brooklyn, N.Y- 

In documentary style, this studies the morals, manners 

and mood of modern-day lower and middle-class London, 

accenting strip-tease acts, the "rock" generation of music 

performers, the bir-th of a child, topless dresses, slaughtering 

of animals for human consumption, the "Mods" approach 

to life, a key party for husband-wife mixing and 

other vagaries. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Use teaser ads run-of-paper a week ahead of playdate. 

" 

U.se "General Notices of the classified ad pages 

for some other teaser-type copy. 

CATCHLINES: 

Today's Life in London-Town! . Rockers! The 

\ Free-Swingers! . . . You May Be Shocked But You'll 

'~- Remember "Swinging London"! 

BOXOFFICE BookinGuide :: Dec. 11, 1967

and 

Opinions on Current Producfions 

Symbol O denotes color; c CinemoScope; p Ponovision; x Techniromo; :|: 

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ^î """'%°""'^ 

Columbia (017) 108 Ûnutes Rel. Dec. '67 

"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" is that rare specimen 

of a film from which legends grow. Aside from its contemporary 

entertainment values which are plentiful, it 

will go down in film history as Spencer Tracy's last movie; 

also, the last one made by Ti'acy and Katharine Hepburn, 

one of the screen's best-matched and most memorable 

teams. In addition, it could be the first step to major stardom 

for Katharine Houghton, Miss Hepbm-n's niece in 

real life and daughter in the reel life of this movie. Miss 

Houghton is not only a beauty in the most refined sense 

of the word, but gives an endearing and thoroughly convincing 

performance in the company of such great veteraiis. 

As for Sidney Poitier, his role is not a challenging 

one, but he plays it with his customary charm. 'William 

Rose's screenplay, dealing with the prospective mixedmarriage 

of Houghton and Poitier, is perhaps more of a 

set piece lilce a stage drama than a film, and producer 

Stanley Kramer's direction is competent. Sam Leavitt did 

the Technicolor photography and De'Vol the music. This 

gentle comedy on an important subject is one of the more 

appropriate releases for the holiday season. Special mention 

should go to 'Vii-ginia Christine for her superb supporting 

performance of a fair-weather friend. 

Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, 

Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards. 

Spree 

Trans-American 

84 Minutes 

Documentar> 

© 

Rel. Fall '67 

"Spree," which Trans-American Pictui-es has acquired 

for distribution, began life as "Las 'Vegas by Night" or 

some similar title over three years ago. It ran into legal 

problems, when Vic Damone and Juliet Prowse refused 

to let their names be used as selling points. They are seen 

performing in Las Vegas nightclubs, as are the late Jayne 

Mansfield and her husband at the time, Mickey Hargitay: 

Constance Moore; the Clara Ward Singers, and other 

lesser names. While described in the advertising as a 

"shock documentary," "Spree" is rather tame, using the 

"Mondo Cane" approach to the gambling life in the famous 

Nevada city. It is aU very colorful and there are a few 

semi-nudes on display in the more elaborate Parisianstyle 

floorshows. Miss Mansfield is not shown to much 

advantage in an embarrassing strip-tease act. The big surprise 

of this Hal Roach jr., and Carroll Case production 

is that Mitchell Leisen is listed as co-director with Walon 

Green. Leisen, who retired almost a decade ago, will be 

remembered as a marvelous stylist whose polished productions 

were important Paramount releases in the 1930s and 

1940s ("Midnight," "Hold Back the Dawn," "Kitty," "Lady 

in the Dark" and "Easy Living," to name a few). 

Jayne Mansfield, Vice Damone, JuUet Prowse, Mickey 

Hargitay, Constance Moore, Clara Ward Singers. 

Swinging London 

PrentouUs (SR) Minutes Rel. Dec. '67 

Going along with the premise that the "Mondo Cane" 

documentary technique of accenting the unusual, the unprecedented, 

the emphasis-for-shock effect, in living conditions 

and ciiciunstances, can easily provoke mass market 

interest, primarily, in the larger, more cosmopolitan centers. 

This Steve Prentoulis Films presentation of a Compton 

Films (London) production contains some significant 

built-in boxoffice factors, most especially the shock impact. 

It's not for the junior trade, nor can it be readily 

recommended for the more discriminating audience, since 

a non-professional cast goes in lacklustre fashion 

thi-ough anticipated plotting pattern, the film clips highlighting 

the admittedly bizarre customs of folks of lower 

and middle-class status in London. The footage ranges 

from strip teases to anijnal slaughter to key party for 

spouse-mixing to birth of a child. Ai-nold Louis Miller may 

have strived for the unusual in his direction, but what he's 

got in a film running only an horn- and 26 minutes is a 

warmed-over subject with little purposefulness. The title, 

of course, will mean something to the action crowd, but 

once they're in the theatre they're not going to see anything 

they haven't viewed before in this genre. 

ÊATURE REVIEWS 

on eoch picture. 

Bedazzled !^[ ^ 

20th-Fo.\ (803) 107 Minutes Rel. Dec. '67 

Chances are no holiday release this year will have audiences 

laughing as long and hard as "Bedazzled," a gem 

of satire so aptly titled. Probably no film in recent memory 

is so fminy on such a perfectly sustained level of satire. 

This sopliisticated romp represents the ideal blending of 

all the diverse talents which make up the communal 

efforts of a finished film. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, 

seen in "The Wrong Box" and remembered for their 

"Beyond the Fringe" international stage success, came 

up with the story. Cook then wrote the screenplay and 

Moore did the music. They play the devil and the proverbial 

"little man," respectively, and are a pm-e delight. 

Producer-oirector Stanley Donen, always one of the most 

stylish and literally cinematic of today's directors, seems 

to have taken special relish in this hilarious brew. Eleanor 

Bron, fast becoming one of England's busiest actresses, 

("HELP!" "Two for the Road" and "Alfie,") is the love 

of Moore's life. She is a fine actress, whether in drama 

or comedy. Raquel Welch as boxoffice bait has never 

looked so ravishing nor acted so well in her bit part as 

"Lillian Lust." The production values (Richard Marden's 

editing, Austin Dempster's photography in Pana vision and 

De Luxe Colon are some of the best seen this year. 

Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Eleanor Bron, Raquel 

Welch, Michael Bates, Bernard Spear. 

Free Love Confidential 

Boxoffice Int'l 70 Minutes Rel. Nov. '67 

This Sanford White written-and-produced exercise into 

hmnan depravity, perhaps as strong as anything in the 

significantly successful exploitation genre, is distinguished 

by striking direction ( credited to Gordon Hess i 

spirited 

histrionics (most notably by Karen Miller and new 

European discovery Yvette Corday). It's bound to stir 

audience attention, particularly in the larger, more cosmopolitan 

centers, but response will probably be spotty in 

smaller, conservative communities. Filmed in California, 

it revolves around two bored gals of affluence and theiitragic 

leisure-time pui'suits, climaxed by a shattering encounter 

with a lesbian in the photo studio of John Warren, 

the latter luring "talent" through adroitly worded 

classified newspaper advertising. Miss Corday is a "find," 

sensual, moody, meaningful. As a case "study" in the 

latter-day "hippie" movement, it's intriguing melodrama. 

Bethel Buckaley functioned as production manager and 

Miklos Rubag contributed a fitting musical score. 'Where 

like-themed films have drawn strongly in the past, this 

should have a ready market. Gordon Hess directed. 

Karen Miller, Yvette Corday, John Warren, Rick 

Stevens, Mia Parks, Omar Legor. 

We would like to 8ul)seril)e for an additional 

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this theatre, Mrs. W. P. McCown, Tippah 

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owners and managers. The information is 

timely and correctly presented. I enjoy very 

much my weekly copy. It is indeed a pleasure 

that BOXOFFICE is such a fine caliber 

publication and credit should be given where 

it is due. 

R. G. TOWLES, Mgr. 

Ritz Theatre 

West Point, Miss. 

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