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Allied Says Local Units 

Unaffected by NATO 

NEW YORK—State and regional associations 

will not be affected by the consolidation 

of Allied States Ass'n of Motion 

Picture Exhibitors and Theatre Owners of 

America on the national level under the 

name of National Ass'n of Theatre Owners, 

according to the December issue of 

Allied Reports, the official bulletin of National 

Allied. The bulletin points out that 

"the key to understanding the National 

Ass'n of Theatre Owners is the word 'National'!" 

The merger became effective 

January 1. 

"Local exhibitor associations are necessary 

to the protection of theatres and theatre 

owners in state legislation, local ordinances 

and regulations, public and labor 

relations, advertising and innumerable 

other strictly local matters which cannot 

be handled by a national association." 

the bulletin emphasized. 

"Under the National Ass'n of Theatre 

Owners existing local exhibitor associations 

will be consolidatid and strengthened, 

and the organization of effective exhibitor 

associations will be encouraged. 

State exhibitor associations are the firm 

foundation upon which the national association 

will be built." 

Milton London to Direct 

NATO Public Relations 

NEW YORK— Milton London, executive 

director of the former Allied States Ass'n, 

will handle public relations and other 

communications work for the new National 

Theatre Owners Ass'n from the organization's 

Detroit office, it was revealed here 

this week. London has handled the public 

relations work for the Allied organization 

for several years and his contract with 

that organization has been assumed by 

NATO. 

hi New York, the NATO office will be 

handled by Joseph Alterman. who has 

filled a similar post for the Theatre Owners 

of America for the last ten years. The 

TOA public relations position here has 

been abolished. The local TOA offices became 

the NATO headquarters effective 

January 1. 

Al Steen Resigns as TOA 

Public Relations Head 

NEW YORK—Resignation of Al Steen 

as director of public relations for Theatre 

Owners of America, effective January 15, 

has been announced by Sumner M. Redstone, 

TOA president. 

Prior to joining TOA two years ago, 

Steen was Eastern editor of Boxoffice, 

news editor of Motion Picture Daily and associate 

editor of the Film Daily. He also 

served on Hollywood Reporter and Variety 

and has been a writer for radio and 

television. 

Bleeth in New 20th-Fox Post 

NEW YORK—Clifford L. Bleeth, who 

joined 20th Century-Fox in 1964 to handle 

real estate operations, has been named to 

the post of manager of the personnel and 

purchasing departments, replacing Wallace 

Schneider, who resigned. Most recently. 

Bleeth was with the company's contract 

department for domestic distribution. 

BOXOFFICE January 3. 1966 

OUTLOOK GOOD FOR NEW YEAR 

Gains by Industry in '65 

To Continue, Says Hetzel 

NEW YORK—A combined gross therical 

income of approximately $600,000,- 

m 000 for 1965 was predicted 

this week by 

/" ^k Ralph Hetzel. acting 

president of the Moi 

tion Picture Ass'n of 

y w«'«^^B America, 

\, asserted that prospects 

for a continuation 

of favorable Industrywide 

trends are 

good, "primarily because 

a continuous 

flow of motion pictures 

Ralph Hetzel 

with broad 

audience appeal is 

scheduled for release in 1966." 

While final figures are not immediately 

available, Hetzel said, "preliminary figures 

indicate that increases were achieved in 

the combined gross income of MPAA member 

companies from film rentals in both 

domestic and foreign markets." More than 

50 per cent of the worldwide gross theatrical 

income of U.S. film distributors is 

derived from foreign markets, he added. 

Surveying the various segments of the 

industry. Hetzel listed: 

1. Feature film production during 1965 

hit a five-year high and. as of mid- 

December. 165 motion pictures had gone 

into production, compared with a total of 

155 in both 1964 and 1963. 

2. More new sound stages were completed 

or under construction on the West 

Coast than in any year in the past two 

decades and extensive modernization of 

older sound stages and other facilities was 

earned out during 1965. 

3. Employment in production and dis- 

MPAA Warns Against 

Censorship Worries 

Washington—Officials of the Motion 

Picture Ass'n of America, speaking 

to the press here, warned the industry 

against relaxation on the state 

censorship classification front as an 

increase in such bills appears likely 

during the year. 

A Pennsylvania censorship bill, 

which has been reported out of the 

House Judiciary Committee, is now on 

the calendar and could re-establish 

the state's censorship board, requiring 

submission of films before exhibition. 

There will be 27 state legislatures in 

regular session during 1966. MPAA expects 

that 

ne.irlv every important state 

\iill have its legislature in session for 

some part of the year. A renewed interest 

in this type of legislature at the 

state level is believed to have emanated 

from the demands of pressure groups 

in various cities. 

tribution from January through July, 

1965. averaged 28,100, up from an average 

of 26,200 in the comparable 1964 period. 

4. More than 200 new motion picture 

theatres were opened, started or announced 

during the first six months of 1965, compared 

with 150 for the same period in 1964. 

Approximately two out of every three new 

theatres are in shopping centers. 

5. During 1965, the Production Code Administration 

of the MPAA granted approval 

to approximately ten more films 

than the 1964 total of 180. 

Hetzel noted, as one of the most significant 

developments of the year, "the 

virtual elimination of the last vestiges of 

statutory film censorship," citing the Supreme 

Court decision in the Freedman vs. 

Maryland case that, while states could require 

the submission of motion pictures 

lor licensing prior to exhibition, such a 

requirement was valid only if certain procedural 

safeguards were followed. The 

court, he said, ruled that a censor's decision 

that a film is obscene is purely advisory 

and the decisions are up to the courts. It 

held that the burden of proof of obscenity 

rests on the censor, who must either 

license the film or seek an injunction 

against its exhibitor in the shortest possible 

time. 

"The U.S. motion picture industry." 

Hetzel said, "is unique in the world in its 

success in maintaining its artistic and 

economic independence. He cited the industry's 

voluntary system of self-regulation, 

established 35 years ago, as "infinitely 

preferable to any system of governmental 

supervision and control which could be 

devised." 

Robert H. Rains Appointed 

Exec. Ass't to Lipton 

HOLLYWOOD — Robert H. Rains has 

been promoted to executive assistant to 

David A. Lipton, Universal Pictures vicepresident, 

moving up from executive in 

charge of the TV press department. Previously 

he has held nearly every position in 

a studio publicity department, including 

planter, unit publicist, tour and merchandising 

manager and manager of the TVradio 

promotion activities. 

Rains will serve as Lipton's assistant 

in the overall supervision and management 

of Universale advertising, promotion and 

publicity for all of the studio's motion pictures. 

TV and general activities. 

Herb Steinberg is continuing as executive 

in charge of special projects, including 

the Universal City tours. 

No successor to David Golding Iras been 

determined. Golding left December 27 for 

London to assume his new post in charge 

of publicity on all of Universale overseas 

productions. Dan Thomas temporarily will 

function as he has in the past as assistant 

to Golding. but under the supervision of 

Rains.

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Columbia's 83-Film Production Slate 

Biggest in History/ Frankovich Says 

HOLLYWOOD—The "biggest 

worldwide 

production schedule in the history of Columbia 

Pictures" was 

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F ^^h. conference here on 

Friday (Dec. 17 > by 

M. J. "Mike" Frankovich, 

first vice-president 

of world production, 

with a lineup of 

83 pictures in various 

stages of production 

or preparation. 

Frankovich, returned 

from a tour of 

Frankovich production centers in 

London, Paris and 

Rome and a stopover at the Columbia 

New York office, revealed that three new 

important deals had just been closed. These 

include "Funny Girl," the Broadway 

musical stage hit based on the life of the 

late Fanny Brice. to be filmed by Ray 

Stark and starring Barbra Streisand in 

her screen debut; "In Cold Blood," to be 

written and directed by Richard Brooks, 

based on the forthcoming book by Truman 

Capote recently serialized in the New 

Yorker magazine, and "The Taming of 

the Shrew," which Frankovich described 

as "unconventional Shakespeare," to star 

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. 

Meeting with the Hollywood press for the 

first time since he became head of Columbia's 

global production two years ago, 

Frankovich expressed optimism for the 

future of the industry and the company, 

citing the varied nature of the upcoming 

schedule of films and listing an imposing 

roster of creative talent under both exclusive 

and multiple picture with 

deals 

Columbia. 

Pictures now before the cameras in various 

parts of the world include three at 

the studio here, one in Mexico, one in 

Florida, one in Rome and two in England 

Frankovich said. At the studio are "Walk 

Don't Run," starring Cary Grant and Samantha 

Eggar; "Alvarez Kelly," starring 

William Holden and Richard Widmark, 

and "The Professionals," starring Burt 

Lancaster, Lee Marvin and Claudia Cardinal. 

"Birds Do It," starring Soupy Sales 

in his film debut, is under way at the Ivan 

Tors Studios in Miami; "The Rage," with 

Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens, is filming 

on location in Mexico; in Rome, Dino de 

Laurentiis is filming "Operation Paradise," 

stalling Dorothy Provine and Michael 

Connors, and in London, Bryan Forbes is 

producing "The Wrong Box," with John 

Mills and Ralph Richardson, while 

"Georgy Girl," also is under way there, 

starring James Mason and Alan Bates. 

Producer-director Mark Robson is conducting 

post-production work at the studio 

on "The Lost Command," starring Anthony 

Quinn and Alain Delon. Frankovich 

said principal photography also has 

been completed on Jerry Lewis' first production 

for Columbia, "Three on a Couch"; 

"A Rose for Everyone," starring Claudia 

Cardinale; "The Texican." starring Audie 

Murphy and Broderick Crawford, and 

"Rings Around the World," starring Don 

Ameche. 

Also awaiting release are "Life at the 

Top," starring Laurence Harvey, Jean 

Simmons and Honor Blackman; "The Heroes 

of Telemark," with Kirk Douglas and 

Richard Harris; "Ride Beyond Vengeance," 

starring Chuck Connors and Michael Ren- 

"That Man in Istanbul," starring Horst 

nie; 

Buchholz; Sam Spiegel's "The Chase," 

with Marlon Brando and Jane Fonda; the 

Irving Allen production, "The Silencers," 

starring Dean Martin; William Frye's initial 

production for Columbia, "The Trouble 

With Angels." starring Rosalind Russell 

and Hayley Mills; "Born Free," starring 

Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, and 

"Fog," a Sherlock Holmes adventure starring 

John Neville, Donald Houston and 

Robert Morley. 

Being prepared for production soon are 

Sam Spiegel's "The Innocent," starring Anthony 

Quinn; "Eli Kotch," starring James 

Coburn; Frank Capra's "Marooned," Columbia's 

first James Bond adventure. "Casino 

Royale," starring Peter Sellers, to be 

produced in Europe by Charles K. Feldman; 

Spiegel's "Night of the Generals," 

starring Peter OToole ; the previously mentioned 

"The Taming of the Shrew"; the 

Sidney Lumet production "Call for the 

Dead," to star James Mason and Simone 

Signoret, and producer Irving Allen's "The 

Savage Canary." 

Properties being readied for production 

include "Funny Girl," "Divorce, American 

Style," to star Dick Van Dyke; "Band of 

Gold," Stanley Shapiro's first production 

for Columbia; "Ex-Wife," "Enter Laughing," 

"Of Good and Evil," "The Gravy 

Shoot." Martin Manulis' first for Columbia, 

"Luv," and "Avec-Avec." 

Four films are being readied for production 

by Harold Hecht, "Kid Shelleen," 

"Baggy Pants," "Cabbages and Kings" and 

"Stacy Tower." 

Others being readied include "Cool Hand 

Luke," the first of Jack Lemmon's Jalem 

Productions films for Columbia release, 

"In Cold Blood." "Catch 22," "Andersonville," 

"Seek Out and Destroy." (the latter 

two Stanley Kramer productions), 

"Castle Keep," "The Ordways," "When I 

Grow Rich," "MacDougall Street," "What 

Are Little Girls Made Of," "Sanjuro," 

"Cactus Flower." "Wildcat," "The Swimmer," 

"The Ambushers," "20,000 Bikinis 

Under the Sea," "It's a Tuf Life," "Who's 

Minding the Mint?" "The Long Ride 

Home," "Iwo Jima," "Midnight Plus One," 

"Jigsaw," "The Tiger" and "There Must 

Be a Pony." 

Productions planned for European filming 

include: "A Man for All Seasons," "To 

Sir, With Love," "MacKenna's Gold," "The 

Virgin Soldiers." " A Ring of Roses," an 

untitled film about the life of Winston 

Churchill as a young man, "Don't Raise 

the Bridge, Lower the River," "The 

Countess." "Dylan," "Oliver," "The Looking 

Glass War," "The Fifth Paw of the 

Lion," "The Light at the Edge of the 

World," "River of Diamonds" and "The 

Woman With the Portuguese Basket." 

Columbia now has multiple picture deals 

with 44 players, Frankovich said, and has 

another 14 young players under exclusive 

contract. Eight of the latter were signed 

through the studio's New Talent Program, 

he noted. 

Judge Deliberates Suit 

Final Papers to Court 

In Para. Trust Case 

NEW YORK—Attorneys for both Paramount 

Pictures Corp. and its dissident directors 

Herbert J. Siegel and Ernest H. 

Martin were to present final papers on Friday 

(Dec. 31) to federal judge Edmund L. 

Palmieri, who has begun deliberations on 

the Paramount antitrust suit seeking to 

expel Siegel and Martin from the film 

company directorate. 

Judge Palmieri, long experienced in industry 

legal affairs, heard the case in federal 

court here several weeks ago without 

a jury. It is expected, however, to be some 

weeks before he is ready to render a decision 

in the case. 

Basis of the Paramount action was the 

ownership of General Artists Corp., a talent 

agency, by Baldwin-Montrose Chemical 

Co., of which Siegel is chairman and 

controlling stockholder. Paramount contended 

a conflict of interest exists in violation 

of antitrust laws. The week before 

the trial opened, B-M revealed that it had 

arranged to sell its GAC stock. 

Judge Palmieri questioned the attorneys 

for both sides closely during final arguments 

and was told by Paramount attorney 

Louis Nizer that certain conditions of the 

GAC stock sale did not satisfy the plaintiff. 

Nizer told the court that either Siegel 

must resign from the B-M board or Siegel 

and Martin must resign from the Paramount 

board. 

Meantime, from Hollywood last week 

Albert Zugsmith, chairman of the Paramount 

Pictures Stockholders' Committee, 

directed an open letter to both Paramount 

president George Weltner and Siegel, asking 

each to detail his plans for the future 

of the company. 

He asked them to outline their plans on 

all issues confronting Paramount but specifically 

requested information on plans for 

formation of a television subsidiary and for 

reinstatement of the company's previous 

policy of buying in and retiring its own 

stock. 

20th-Fox Is Continuing 

Pre-Selling Via TV 

NEW YORK—Twentieth Century-Fox is 

continuing pre-selling its film attractions 

with network television, through its sponsorship 

of "ABC Weekend News." beginning 

in late December and continuing 

through May 1. Last April, 20th-Fox became 

the first film company to be a participating 

sponsor, on a continuing basis, 

on two nationally televised programs with 

its purchase of time on ABC-TV's "Major 

League Championship Baseball" and 

"Nightlife." 

The company is now presenting one 60- 

second commercial and a 10-second billboard 

on "ABC Weekend News" on Saturday 

and on the program on Sunday, following 

the network movie. 

The major 20th-Fox motion pictures 

which are being pre-sold through the news 

program include the two roadshow presentations 

"The Sound of Music" and "The 

Agony and the Ecstasy," and "Do Not 

Disturb," "Those Magnificent Men in Their 

Flying Machines," "Our Man Flint," "The 

Flight of the Phoenix" and "Stagecoach." 

BOXOFFICE ;: January 3.

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Rackin to Headline 

Show-A-Rama Session 

DENVER—Film producer Martin Rackin, 

former head of production at Paramount 

Studios recently 

turned independent 

producer, 

will be one of the 

headline speakers at 

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Show-A-Rama I X 

convention Feb. 28- 

Mar. 3. it was announced 

this week by 

Marvin Goldfarb, 

president of the 

Rocky Mountain Mo- 

Martin Rackin tion Picture Assn. cosponsor 

of the convention 

with the United Theatre Owners 

of the Heart of America. 

Rackin currently is producing a remake 

of "Stagecoach," with Bing Crosby, Alex 

Cord, Ann-Margret. Van Heflin, Red Buttons, 

Robert Cummings and Slim Pickens 

among the stars. Goldfarb said the producer 

had promised to bring at least three 

of the stars here for the Show-A-Rama 

event, plus a 20-foot clip on the picture. 

Rackin will address the 2.000 theatremen 

expected to be in attendance, detailing the 

methods he is employing in preselling 

"Stagecoach" prior to its world premiere 

here later this year and he will discuss his 

idea for a public relations tool for the industry. 

In town a few days ago to confer with 

Goldfarb and Show-A-Rama co-chairmen 

John Dobson and Larry Starsmore, Rackin 

revealed he had arranged for Norman 

Rockwell and his "Stagecoach" paintings 

to be brought in for the convention. Showpiece 

of the Rockwell paintings is an elaborate 

mural of the Old West complete with 

stagecoach, horses and riding Indians, but 

all of the paintings will be displayed on 

the walls in th? convention meeting 

rooms. Dobson and Starsmore have arranged 

for a 24-hour guard of sheriffs in 

western garb and carrying real guns to be 

on hand. 

Rackin has previously stated that he 

plans to make only films that "the whole 

family can see." His remake of "Stagecoach," 

with location filming in Colorado, 

has attracted considerable attention in 

this area and Fox Intermountain Theatre 

executives report that they have had dozens 

of calls from important charitable organizations 

requesting sponsorship of the 

premiere showing. 

Arthur Sachson Is Dead; 

Film Sales Executive 

NEW YORK — Funeral services were 

held here December 21 for Arthur Sachson. 

60. general sales manager and a member 

of the board of Medallion Pictures 

Corp.. who died December 25 at his home 

following a heart attack. 

Sachson had been a sales executive for 

Warner Bros, many years and had been 

general sales manager for Samuel Goldwyn 

Productions. Prior to joining Medallion in 

1963 he had held other sales positions in the 

industry'. He leaves his wife, a son and a 

daughter. 

Univ. Hits Production Peak 

With Six Films Under Way 

Sam Schneider to Head 

Mastan's New Division 

NEW STORK Samuel Schneider has 

joined the Mastan Co., where he will be In 

Of a new division 

formed to coniti 

on financing 

in t lie motion picturi 

and television 

industry. 

He was formerly 

vice-president, treasurer 

and director of 

Warner Bros. Pictures. 

Inc. and was 

responsible for financing 

many of the 

Sam Schneider company's motion 

pictures. He has also 

served as a member of the board of the Motion 

Picture Ass'n of America. After retiring 

from Warner Bros, in 1957. he was 

an independent motion picture distributor 

until his present position. 

Schneider said that the "new vigor being 

shown by the film industry indicates 

there is a place for the type of financing 

that can be supplied by Mastan." 

Mastan, with headquarters m New 

York, is a commercial and industrial financing 

organization providing a broad 

range of services including rece; 

financing, inventory and rediscount m- 

loans and time sales financing. 

'Hold On' Set for Easter 

HOLLYWOOD— Metro-Goldwyn-Maver 

has set an Easter release date for the Herman's 

Hermits motion picture, "Hold On" 

in which the sensational English recording 

stars introduce 10 new songs. Producer 

Sam Katzman is introducing The Hermits 

to American movie audiences in the Christmas 

vacation release, "When the Boys 

Meet the Girls." in which they guest-star 

with Connie Francis and Harve PresneU 

Exhibitors Told to Erase 

Federal Ticket Tax 

Washington—Exhibitors have been 

cautioned i>> the Internal Revenue Service 

about marking up their present 

stocks of admission tickets to theatres 

since the admissions t.i\ was officially 

eliminated at noon on December 31. 

All reference to tin federal admissions 

ta\ must be marked out. overstamped 

or otherwise obliterated, according 

to ins. Where state t.i\ or 

other local ta\ is indicated is being 

included in a charge for admission it 

should la- clearkj Identified as such 

to avoid anj possible inference that it 

is a federal ta\. the agencj s.ii was not 

mentioned. 

HOLLYWOOD—During the final 

of December, Universal Pictures hit its 

production peak for the year, with six 

major pictures before the cameras, bring 

L9 thi total number of films— all in 

Technicolor—started by the company in 

1965. Latest picture to go before the cameras 

is "Gambit," starring Shirley Mc- 

Laine, Michael ( 'ame and lb Lorn 

and bem directed by Ronald Neame for 

producer Leo L. Fuchs. 

The six films under way mark the largest 

number oi features shooting at any 

Hollywood studio. Universal said, adding 

that the 19 productions of 1965 also mark 

the first time in the company's history thai 

year's production has been filmed 

in Technicolor. 

Other features shooting include: "Torn 

Curtain," for Alfred Hitchcock, starring 

Paul Newman and Julie Andrews; "Southwest 

to Sonora," starring Marlon Brando, 

Anjanette Comer and John Saxon and b 

ing directed by Sidney Jo Furie for producer 

Alan Miller: "Beau Geste," starring 

Telly Savalas. Doug McClure, Guy Stockwell 

and Leslie Nielsen, which Walter Seltzer 

is producing and Douglas Heyes directum, 

with interiors being shot at the studio 

to be followed by location work near 

Yuma: Ross Hunter's "The Pad iAnd How 

to Use It i." starring Brian Bedford and 

Julie Sommars. under the direction of 

Brian G. Hutton, and William Ce 

production of "Let's Kill Uncle," starring 

Nigel Green. Mary Badham and Pat Cardi. 

In addition, four high-budgel productions 

are scheduled to go before the cameras 

this month, two of them here and 

two in London. To be made here are > 

tination Tobruk." previously titled "Hot 

Eye of Hell." starring Rock Hudson and 

George Peppard with Gene Corman producing 

and Arthur Hiller directing, and "1 

Across the River." starring Dean Martm. 

Alain Delon and Rosemary Forsyth, directed 

by Michael Gordon for producer 

Harry Keller. 

To be made in London are "Fain 

451." starring Julie Christie and Oskar 

Werner, to be produced by Francoise Truffaut 

for prcducei Lewi M Mien, and "The 

Countess From Hong Kong." which < 

Chaplin will direct and Jerome I 

produce with Marlon Brando. Sophia 

Loren and Sydney Chaplin starring. 

Universal also has 11 major features in 

various stages of editing and scoring or 

Dutton Joins Ascap in D. C. 

NEW Vdi.'K rii- board 

i 

the Society of Composers. Authors and 

Publishers has engaged Frederick G. Dutton. 

formerly assist a i 

for Congressional Relations, to represent 

Ascap in its public relations in Washington. 

D.C., according to Stanley Adams, 

president. Dutton. a member of the law 

firm of Dutton. Gwirtzman. Schmertz and 

Zumas. served as special assistant to the 

late President Kennedy and was secretary 

of the Cabinet. 

BOXOFTICE January 3. 1966

Saul Jeffee Sees Need to Accelerate 

Film, TV Technical Training Programs 

NEW YORK — "We must accelerate technical 

training programs in the motion picture 

and television sciences in our schools 

and colleges or abdicate our position of 

world leadership in these areas," Saul Jeffee, 

president of Movielab, Inc., reported on 

return from a three-week tour- of Russian 

motion picture studios, laboratories, universities 

and technical schools as a member 

of a four-man technical delegation, under 

the auspices of the State Department and 

the Society of Motion Picture and Television 

Engineers, surveying the film industry 

in the USSR. 

Jeffee pointed out that a similar inspection 

trip, part of the continuing Soviet- 

American cultural exchange program, was 

made two years ago and that Ethan M. 

Stifle of Eastman Kodak, who was a member 

of the U.S. delegation, had reported 

that the Russians were making great technological 

effort and "narrowing the gap" 

in American superiority in film science. 

The consensus of our representatives after 

this '63 visit was that the Russians were 

fairly close to us and were doing more to 

catch up than we were doing to maintain 

our supremacy in the training of technicians 

and in research development. 

Jeffee contrasted these observations 

with those of Sid Solow, president of Consolidated 

Film Laboratories and a member 

of the second delegation, who reported in 

November 1965 that Russia leads the U.S. 

in film research, having made great technical 

progress in the intervening two years 

and he cited improved methods of production, 

film processing and projection featuring 

highly advanced equipment now in 

use in the USSR. 

The president of Movielab acknowledges 

that, based on his own observations, the 

Russians are overtaking us in various 

phases of motion picture and TV engineering 

and he cautioned the industry that 

steps must be taken to encourage intensive 

technical film training courses and research 

projects in our high schools, colleges 

and businesses, acting on our own 

initiative and in partnership with local, 

state and federal governments. 

The major factor in the success of the 

Russian effort has been due to their technical 

training program, Jeffee said, with the 

government providing well-rounded training 

at special technical schools for those 

who enter the Soviet film field. In Moscow, 

the Ail-Union Research Institute of 

Cinema and Photography (NIFKI) has a 

$5,000,000 budget devoted solely to film 

research and, in Leningrad, the Institute 

of Film Engineers is only concerned with 

the instruction of film technicians in laboratory 

operations, electronics, optics, 

acoustics and all other segments of motion 

picture operations and there are Cinema 

Design Centers in Moscow and Leningrad 

devoted solely to studying improved methods 

of production, processing and projection. 

"Even at the University of Moscow, there 

is a tremendous emphasis on the importance 

of audio-visual aids and motion picture 

courses are considered basic for a 

better understanding of a student's elective 

subjects. Film is as important as textbooks 

in the Russian education system," 

Saul Jeffee, center, inspects the dry 

end cabinet of a Russian film developing 

machine at the Kharkov Printing 

Laboratory. At the left is the laboratory's 

managing director. Anatoly P. 

Meshkov, and at right is Dr. Konstantin 

Pestrecov, IBM physicist and member 

of the U.S. delegation. 

Jeffee stated. The U.S. film industry lacks 

comparable training facilities and curricula 

in the motion picture and television 

science and this should be the basis of a 

crash program, he believes. 

Jeffee is not only talking about the need 

for training programs, he is doing something 

about it. On his return from the 

USSR. Movielab made the first contribution 

of $25,000 to launch the scholarship 

program of the Society of Motion Picture 

and Television Engineers for undergraduate 

degree programs in the photographic 

and television sciences. Additional contributions 

are expected in the near future 

to broaden this SMPTE educational program. 

First college selected is Rochester 

Institute of Technology with other universities 

now being considered. 

The Movielab executive also referred to 

a program now under way in New York 

City in which he is taking a leading role 

to formulate vocational school programs 

for the primary training of film handlers 

and for upgrading low level technicians 

during the course of their employment. Additional 

ways of intensifying U.S. development 

and research programs were enumerated 

by Jeffee, who suggested that a 

portion of the federal funds earmarked for 

the establishment of an American Film 

Institute be allocated to 

technical research 

projects in film and television sciences 

with the SMPTE the logical organization 

through which to funnel this project, he 

added. 

Urging all branches of the industry to 

further the effort, Jeffee stated that the 

unions were in a unique position to get behind 

the concept by actively participating 

in the technical training programs and 

by helping actively in the preparation of 

technical curricula. He also referred to the 

positive benefits derived from an all-industry 

Motion Picture Research Council 

prematurely shelved because of discontinued 

financial support and he recommended 

for reactivation of an all-industry 

research project on a national basis 

through the SMPTE as being a step in the 

right direction. 

Pcrthe Contemporary Gets 

Two Prize-Winning Shorts 

NEW YORK — Pathe Contemporary 

Films has acquired two prize-winning short 

subjects for U.S. release, Rollie McKenna's 

"The Days of Dylan Thomas" and "Time 

Piece," produced by Jim Henson under the 

auspices of his Muppets, Inc. 

"The Days of Dylan Thomas," a film 

about the late Welsh poet made entirely 

from still photographs, is a 21 -minute 

short based on the pictorial biography by 

Miss McKenna and Bill Read, which was 

awarded the grand prize at this year's 

Bergamo Film Festival and also received 

a diploma of honor at this year's Locarno 

Film Festival. "Time Piece" was the winner 

of the Venice Film Festival award for 

achievement and is the fust undertaking 

by the Muppet firm in the motion picture 

field. PC has this for worldwide distribution, 

also. 

Pathe Contemporary Films' short subject, 

"The Chicken," is playing with "Do 

Not Disturb" as a 20th Century-Fox Showcase 

presentation in New York, the first 

time Loew's circuit played a subtitled 

short, according to Ben Siegel, PC general 

sales manager. 

Carl Th. Dreyer's first feature in almost 

12 years, "Gertrud," which was shown at 

the New York Film Festival, has been 

designated as Denmark's official entry for 

the foreign language "Oscar," according to 

information received from Copenhagen by 

Pathe Contemporary, which will distribute 

the picture in the U.S. in 1966. 

Many Datings in Western 

Areas for 'Cuckoo Birds' 

MIAMI, FLA.—Although Bert Williams' 

production, "The Nest of the Cuckoo 

Birds," cost only $127,000 to make, reports 

from theatres showing the picture indicate 

that "its big grosses are coming in like a 

tidal wave," Williams said. 

In addition to theatres which already 

have scored big gains with the film, Williams 

said that the Bailey Theatre, Gainesville, 

Ga.; three Martin theatres in Columbus, 

Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., and 

Morris Schw-artz's Little and Paris theatres 

in Columbus, Ohio, have been added to the 

roll of those booking it for this month. 

"Distributor Nercesian in Denver also is 

coming in with big dates," said Williams, 

"and Film Classics in Los Angeles has inquired 

as to the availability of 35 prints. 

AI Wolf in Dallas is dating the picture, as 

are many others. In February, the demand 

for prints will be even heavier." 

Williams, who starred in the film and 

handled all the production responsibilities, 

said he is especially impressed by the way 

requests for the film are coming in from 

areas where he doesn't have distributors. 

For instance. Mr. and Mrs. Morris 

Schwartz, who own the Little and Paris 

theatres in Columbus, Ohio, heard about 

the film while they were in Miami on vacation, 

stopped by Williams' office and 

studios, 

viewed and booked the film. 

20th-Fox Shortens Film Title 

NEW YORK—"How to Steal a Million" 

has been set as the shortened release title 

of the 20th Century-Fox comedy filmed in 

Paris in De Luxe Color by William Wyler. 

who directed and Fred Kohlmar produced 

under the title of "How to Steal a Million 

Dollars and Live Happily Ever After." 

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were 

I consider his decision to lea-, i 

Officials and Stars Attend 

N.Y. Opening of 'Battle' 

NEW YORK — Lt. Governor Malcolm 

Wilson of New York. Mayor Robert F. 

Wagner and Mayor-elect John V. Lindsay, 

as well as four Congressional Medal of 

Honor winners from the New York area, 

Mike Volenti, Richard O'Neill. Tom Kelly 

and Charles Shea, were among the honored 

guests at the premiere of "Battle i the 

Bulge." the Cinerama picture for Warner 

Bros, release, at the Warner Cinerama 

Theatre December 17. sponsored by the 

American Legion. 

local 

Three of the stars of "Battle of the 

Bulge." Henry Fonda. Robert Shaw and 

Barbara Werle. also attended although 

Fonda had to leave to appear in the starring 

role of his Broadway stage hit, "Generation." 

Mrs. Fonda and Mrs. Shaw i Mary 

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Ure also on hand, as well as Sybil 

and Jordan Christopher, Myrna Loy, 

Pamela Tiffin, Roddy McDowall. Greta 

Thyssen, Anita Louise, Sergio Fanchi. 

Monique Van Vooren. Joi Lansing, Jessica 

Walter. Godfrey Cambridge and Barbara 

Walters. William Forman, president of 

Cinerama, was also on hand. The 50-piece 

O.I.C. Ramblers Drum and Bugle Corps of 

the Brooklyn American Legion provided 

musical entertainment. 

The Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pennsylvania 

District No. 1, sponsored the benefit 

regional premiere of "Battle of the Bulge" 

at the Boyd Theatre, Philadelphia. December 

22, while the Variety Club of East Los 

Angeles benefited from the world premiere 

of at the picture Pacific's Cinerama Theatre 

in Hollywood December 16. The Texas 

opening also took place at the Windsor 

Theatre. Houston, December 17. Openings 

on December 21, 22 included the St. Louis 

Park Theatre, Minneapolis, and the 

Georgia Cinerama, Atlanta: the Boston 

Cinerama, Boston; the McVickers, Chicago: 

the Capitol. Cincinnati: the Capri. 

Dallas: the International 70, Denver: the 

Summit, Detroit: the Cinerama. Hartford; 

the Indiana. Indianapolis: the Cinerama. 

Las Vegas; the Crescent Cinerama. Nashville; 

the Indian Hills. Omaha: the 

Kachina. Phoenix: the Center, San Diego: 

the Golden Gate. San Francisco: the Martin 

Cinerama. Seattle; the Glendale Cinerama. 

Toronto, and the Capitol, Vancouver. 

Irving Berkowitz Resigns 

From NSS Display Unit 

NEW YORK—The resignation of Irving 

Berkowitz. general manager of Ami 

Display Co.. National Screen Service subsidiary, 

was announced by Burton E. Robbins. 

NSS president. Berkowitz' future 

plans will be announced later. 

Starting with American Display Co. as a 

messenger in 1932. he left the company in 

1942 for service in the Armed Forces and 

in 1946 returned to the company A 

of advancements over the years utilized 

his cost accounting and production control 

background and ultimately placed him in 

complete charge of Screen 

production facility, responsible for producing 

all of its silk screen and special art 

materials. 

Robbins lauded Berkowitz' service 

ing "He is one of the most knowledgeable 

men I know in the graphic arts field and 

Newly Designed Award 

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the 

to our company. I wish him well in his 

new endeavor, whatever it may be."

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Third Antenna System 

Approved for NYC 

NEW YORK — Mayor Wagner has 

authorized CATV Enterprises to go ahead 

with its projected operations of a community 

antenna television service in the 

Riverdale section of the Bronx after having 

previously ordered its franchise "held 

in abeyance" pending further study of the 

city of its qualifications. Unanimous approval 

by the Board of Estimates previouslyhad 

been given CATV Enterprises, along 

with Sterling Information Services and 

TelePrompTer Corp.. which will operate 

in Manhattan. 

Maxwell Lehman, first deputy administrator, 

and Seymour N. Siegel, director of 

communications of the Municipal Broadcasting 

System, reported favorably on 

CATV Enterprises. The three franchises 

granted by the city permit a $19.50 installation 

fee and a $5 monthly charge during 

a two-year experimental period. Net profits 

are limited to seven per cent. 

The three CATV companies will be the 

first to operate in a major city. Since Manhattan 

residents have had difficulty getting 

the best TV reception on some channels 

due to signal interference from numerous 

high rise buildings the service is 

expected to have a ready market. 

Technicolor Names Detmers 

Ass't to V-P of Sales 

HOLLYWOOD—Paul W. Fassnacht. vicepresident 

and general manager of the Motion 

Picture Division of Technicolor Corp., 

announces the appointment of Fred H. 

Detmers as assistant to Robert Riley, vicepresident 

of sales. As part of his new 

duties, Detmers will handle sales contacts 

of non-theatrical films. 

Detmers joined Technicolor in 1934 as 

manager of the three-strip camera unit for 

Eastern United States handling photographic 

assignments throughout the world. 

Later, he became technical consultant for 

the camera department—then answer 

print supervisor, and later assisted in nontheatrical 

film sales. 

NATO Convention Dates 

To Be Sept. 28-Oct. 2 

New York—Convention and tradeshow 

dates for the first national convention 

of the National Ass'n of Theatre 

Owners has been changed from 

October 31-November 4 to September 

28-October 2 at the Americana Hotel 

in New York. 

NATO officials decided on the new 

dates because of the tradeshow of the 

Automatic Vending Ass'n, scheduled 

to be held during the early part of 

November. Exhibitors from the National 

Ass'n of Concessionaires stated 

that they wanted to show their wares 

at both conventions—hence the 

change. 

Howard 

Newman Named 

To 20th-Fox Publicity 

NEW YORK—Howard Newman, who 

served as international director of publicity 

for the Mirisch Corp. production of 

"Hawaii" for the past year, most of which 

was spent in Hawaii during the filming 

there, and in New England and Norway 

for the picture, has been named publicity 

director of 20th Century-Fox, effective 

January 3, according to Jonas Rosenfield 

jr.. vice-president and director of advertising, 

publicity and exploitation. 

Newman, who was studio publicity head 

for Samuel Bronston Productions, with 

headquarters in Madrid, where he served 

more than a dozen worldwide distributors 

in the Bronston releasing pattern, from 

1962 to 1964, entered the film industry as 

field man for Mike Todd's "Around the 

World in 80 Days" after serving as a 

Broadway theatre publicist for 15 years 

He subsequently became New York publicity 

director for the roadshow engagement 

of Samuel Goldwyn's "Porgy and 

Bess" and assistant to the roadshow manager 

on Universal's "Spartacus" and Allied 

Artists' "El Cid." 

IFIDA's Exhibitor Award 

To Marvin Goldman of D.C. 

K&B 

NEW YORK—Marvin Goldman of 

Theatres, Washington, D.C, has been 

named "Exhibitor of the Year" by the Independent 

Film Importers and Distributors 

of America, which will present his award 

to him at the 1966 International Film 

Awards dinner at the Hotel Americana 

January 21. 

According to David Emanuel, chairman 

of the IFIDA awards dinner, "Marvin 

Goldman and K&B Theatres will be presented 

IFIDA's annual exhibitor award for 

their encouragement of the exhibition of 

foreign motion pictures in the U.S. 

K&B Theatres operates 12 theatres in 

the Washington area, five first runs in the 

city and seven located in Maryland and 

Virginia suburbs. Goldman came to work 

for K&B in 1947 and, in 1953, he and his 

present partner, Fred Burka, purchased 

the chain. He has been vice-president of 

the Motion Picture Theatre Owners of 

Metropolitan D.C. for the past ten years 

and is a member of the Variety Clubs, was 

chief barker of Tent No. 11 in 1957 and 

has served on the board of governors for 

many years. 

R. L. Piatt Joins IFIDA; 

Brazilian Film Passed 

NEW YORK—RLP Pictures Corp., headed 

by Ronald L. Piatt, which has been distributing 

the British film. "The Leather 

Boys," which he turned out to Allied Artists 

for release in January, has been accepted for 

membership in Independent Film Importers 

& Distributors of America, according to 

Michael F. Mayer, IFIDA executive director. 

IFIDA recently commended the office of 

the Assistant U. S. Attorney for the 

Southern District of New York for its 

determination to pass the Brazilian feature, 

"Empty Night," through customs for distribution 

by Films - Around - the - World, 

IFIDA member. 

Mayer singled out Ephraim London, 

counsel who represented Films-Around-the- 

World, and Arthur Olick, assistant U.S. 

attorney, who were involved in the decision 

and also praised Felix Bilgrey, special 

counsel, for their part in the decision. 

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Confusion and fear are registered on the faees of Yuri Zhivago (Omar 

Sharif) and his family (Geraldlne Chaplin. Jeffrey Rockland and Ralph Richardson) 

as they pass through the booking line at the Moscow station before their 

journey to Varykino in this scene from "Doctor Zhivago." Metro-Goldwyn 

Mayer production in Panavision and Technicolor. 

FEATURE 

REVIEW 

'Doctor 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

By FRANK LEYENDECKER 

pROM Boris Pasternak's monumental bestseller, 

which was suppressed by the 

Soviet Union but was avidly read by millions 

of Americans. David Lean, director 

of "Lawrence of Arabia" and "The Bridge 

on the River Kwai." two of the greatest and 

most successful roadshow pictures of all 

time, has made a fine, absorbing tale of 

Russian life and love against the tempestuous 

days of the Bolshevik revolution before 

and during World War I. Splendidly 

produced by Carlo Ponti and superbly 

photographed in Panavision and Metrocolor 

by Fred A. Young in a Madrid studio 

and in icy Finnish locations to simulate 

the desolate, snowy Russian plains, 

this is a great film worthy to take its 

place alongside Lean's previous hits. 

With a notable cast of mostly British 

performers, except for Egyptian Omar 

Sharif, ideally cast as Dr. Zhivago. and 

America's Rod Steiger, the nine stars are 

billed alphabetically and are familiar to 

moviegoers, even young Geraldine Chaplin, 

all 

who has already been introduced to the 

American public on a wave of nationwide 

newspaper and magazine publicity. However, 

it is 

Sharif. Julie Christie, who re- 

cently scored in the title role of "Darling.'' 

and Tom Courtenay. who attracted 

attention in "King Rat" and "Opi 

Crossbow" in 1965. who ci 

vivid impressions— to the extent that 

fame will henceforth be worldwide. 

British playwright Robert Bolt, famed 

for his "A Man for All Seasons." has done 

a masterful job with his screenplay condensed 

from the herculean novel with tinpersonal 

stories always uppermost against 

the agony and suffering of Russia's people 

during the perilous days which saw 

the fall of the monarchy. The picture opens 

Zhivago' 

with a scene in the mid-1980s on a huge 

modern dam construction site, 'Inn 

flashes back to the early 20th Century In 

Moscow, when young students are starting 

to rise against the wealthy aristocrats. For 

the next two hours, as the various 

start to unfold against world-shaking 

Lean never permits audience into 

waver. Following an intermission, 

the locale switches to the d 

Ural Mountains country, with its burned 

villages, freezing soldiers on long marches, 

scenes of the wounded and dying in hospitals 

and a few moments of happiness as 

Zhivago again turns to writing poetry. It 

is only in this shorter second part, thai 

"DOCTOR ZHIVAGO" 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

In Panavision and Metrocolor 

Running time: 197 minutes, plus intermission 

. 

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CREDITS 

A Carlo Ponti production. Directed by David 

Lean. From the novel by Boris Pasternak. Screenplay 

by Robert Bolt. Director of photography, Fred 

A. Young Production designer, John Box. Costume 

designer, Phyllis Dalton. Original music 

composed and conducted by Maurice Jarre. Production 

supervisor, John Palmer. Film editor, Norman 

Savage. Assistant directors, Roy Stevens, 

Pedro Vidal. Sound Recording, Paddy Cunningham. 

Art director, Terence Marsh. Set decorator, 

Dario Simoni. Special effects, Eddie Fowlie. Sound 

editor, Winston Ryder. Executive producer, Arvid 

L. Griffen. 

THE CAST 

Omar Sharif 

Lara ... Julie Christie 

Komarovskv Rod Steiger 

Tonyo Chaplin 

Atcc Guinness 

Yevgrof 

Pasha ... 

McKcnno 

.Ralph Richardson 

Alexander 

The Girl .Rita Tushinghom 

Yuri ot 8 years old Torek Sharif 

Professor Kurt Geoffrey Keen 

Amclio . 

Katya .... Lucy Westmore 

Noel Willman 

Sosho Jeffrey Rockland 

McGowran 

Young Engineer . Eden 

ond Klaus Kmski, Gerard Tichy, Eric Chitfy, Roger 

Maxwell, Mono V::-' 

: Koy, Gerhard Jcrsch, Jo* 

is a stirring, powerful film. In a 

Doctor Zhivago" is the Russian 

rparl of "Gone With the Wind." 

which dealt with the wa 

nerica's 

and South, as Pasternak's novel 

shows the conflict between Russm 

indolent aristocracy 

and th fiery, down' 

1 iks. 

The mam 

around Doctor 

ihysician, who 

marries his childhood 

lc affair « itii tie daughti 1 ol 

shoots 

her mother's middle-aged patron who has 

surreptitiously been seeing her. Sharif, with 

his burning dark eyes and his gentle manner, 

is perfectly east as Doctor Zhivi 

strikingly contrasted portrayal to his fiery 

sh ik m "Lawrence of Arabia." Ma 

• lulu 

a. the simple girl who blosm*ii. 

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two of whom cast her off. These t 

Tom Courtei 

'he bespectacled equallj inoung 

student who later bee 

revolutionary leader. Rod Steiger makes his 

customary strong impression as the grass 

opportunist Komarovskv. and Ralph Richwarmly 

him d parent 

brilliant one furnish 

is a which 

picture's only lighter moments. 

Whili ire truly gTea' 

Chaplin has a sweet quality and an impish 

face as the girl who worships Zhivago 

In these opening and closr. 

quences only and Siobhan McKenna 

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and, after marriage, remains loyal 

Guinness, who narrates the open;- 

sequences, has an ill-defined role 

as Zhivago's half-brother: Rita Tushinghani 

Is ling in her brief inn- 

tie Cha isted in a less< 

Of the dozens of supporting players. Adrienne 

Corri. as an unhappy dressmaker: 

en, as a kindly medical professor, 

and eight-year-old Tarek Sharif 

'Omar's son', contribute vivid bits. 

The musical score by Maurice Jar 

also composed the tempestuous "Lawrence 

ia" music, is highlighted by a haunting 

romantic theme played in tinkly fashion 

on a balalaika, an instrument which is 

nit to the picture's plot. John Box's 

production design and Phyllis Dalton's 

colorful and authentic costume designs also 

rate accolades. 

"Doctor Zhivago" is a fine, emotionpacked 

film which Is it distinction 

It should among 

take its place 

en's boxoffice hits. 

Bert Williams to Produce 

'28 Watched' As Next 

'.;i Berl Williams pre l( 

Picture Productions 

& Distributors here, announced plans for 

production of his second plctun 

Watched." Williams currently is distributing 

"The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds." and 

reported that It is scoring record-breaking 

both In drive-ins and indoor 

The new film. "28 Watched." is the story 

of the murder of a girl while 28 • 

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watch, but fall to act Williams 

would begin casting on the picture with a 

search for actors to fill the three leading 

roles. 

BOXOFFICE :: January 3, 1966 11

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. . Louis 

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. . Sam 

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ôMtfewiod defiant 

J^JEL FRANK will expand his screenwriting, 

production and directing operations 

both in the U.S. and abroad and 

plans at least three productions for the 

new year. He is now in the finishing 

stages of "A Funny Tiling Happened on 

the Way to the Forum" for United Artists 

release. The three new properties are "The 

Mouths of Babes." "The Italian Story" and 

"A Walk Through September." The first is 

a screenplay by Michael Pertwee, with 

whom Frank collaborated on the "Forum" 

script. A contemporary story, Frank will 

shoot the film on location in upper New 

York state. He may direct as well as produce. 

"Italian Story." to be scripted by 

Frank and Dennis Norden, concerns a 

group of Americans who return 20 years 

after World War n to the Italian village 

where they had been stationed. Shooting 

No," for producer Joe Pasternak to star 

Elvis Presley, Theodore J. Flicker and 

George Kirgo announce they have formed 

Kirgo-Flicker Productions, Inc., to develop 

and produce motion picture and television 

properties. Kirgo's most recent screenplay 

was Howard Hawks' "Red Line 7000" at 

Paramount. Flicker is best known as producer-writer-director 

of Janus Films' "The 

Troublemaker" . Richard Kennedy 

and Richard Quine have formed their own 

independent company, with plans to produce 

"Doomsday." from an original screenplay 

by Kennedy dealing with the population 

explosion. Under their agreement. 

Kennedy will write with Quine directing 

So Bad About Feeling Good?" 

original story by George Seaton and Robert 

Pirosh, will be the first picture Seaton 

produces and directs under his recently 

signed three-picture contract with Universal, 

according to Edward Muhl, vice-president 

in charge of production. Technicolor 

cameras are slated for a May start. 

Norman Jewison, with his first film of a 

three-picture deal with Mirisch Corp. and 

United Artists, "The Russians Are Coming, 

the Russians Are Coming," completed, revealed 

preparations on his second picture 

under the pact. Mirisch has purchased a 

200 -page blank verse tone poem by Harry 

Kleiner, with Kleiner also signed to screenplay. 

Jewison will produce and direct the 

untitled property, involving a 12- man jury 

and the accused . Malle, who recently 

completed "Viva Maria." Brigitte 

Bardot-Jeanne Moreau-George Hamilton 

starrer, has had his United Artists deal expanded 

to three more pictures. Malle arrived 

in Hollywood to discuss filming of 

. . 

at least two pictures here, for the UA deal 

is non-exclusive. Malle is also seeking 

straight directing deals . Producer 

Irving Allen's "The Savage Canary," based 

.By SYD CASSYD 

on the daring deeds of Danish Resistance 

forces during World War II. will go before 

the cameras the latter part of February 

at the Shepperton Studios in London and 

on location sites in and around Copenhagen. 

Henry Levin will direct from a 

script by John Paxton and Columbia 

release. 

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Patrick O'Neal, now co-starring in Warner 

Bros.' "A Fine Madness" and Columbia's 

"Alvarez Kelly." has purchased the 

. 

motion picture rights to "The Rack" by 

British novelist A. E. Ellis, for filming 

under his Ginger Man Corp. banner. 

O'Neal will play the male lead in the picture, 

which will be retitled to avoid conflict 

with MGM's production of "The 

Rack," which was filmed in 1956 and 

starred Paul Newman Bischoff, 

president of the newly formed Sam Bischoff 

Productions, Inc.. announces the 

closing of a deal for all rights to "Opera- 

will be in Northern Italy and will have five 

major male and five female roles. Frank 

"September," now being written 

will direct. 

by Peter Miller and James Kelley, deals 

tion Hanky Panky," an original comedy 

with the plight of an Italian army unit 

story by director Stanley Cherry and 

unaware of armistice during World War writer Joel Kane. The story is about the 

H and in doubt whether to continue fighting 

Pacific arm of the U.S. Navy . . . George 

or not. 

Chakiris' Litart Productions has acquired 

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motion picture rights to the novel "Possession." 

Having completed the final draft of their 

by Indian authoress Kamala 

first feature project together, "Never Say Markandaya. A co-production deal between 

Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer and 

Chakiris will go into effect when the picture 

is made in Europe late next year. 

Locations are in Greece and London. The 

pair worked together on "Bebo's Girl" 

which starred Chakiris and Claudia Cardinale 

. for 1966 production as an 

independent project. producer-director 

Henry King announced the acquisition of 

all rights to an original story by Howard 

Markham and Leonard Friedman called 

"Old Husbands and Young Wives." 

Barry Sullivan has formed his own independent 

film company and has acquired 

Frank Touhy's published short story. "A 

Survivor in Salvador." The property will 

be scripted by Robert Yale Libbot who 

prepped another Sullivan starrer for 

Broadway in 1956. The contemporary 

drama was handled by attorney Simon 

Taub for the new Barry Sullivan Productions, 

Inc. . 

O'Herlihy. now living 

in Ireland, where he will make some pictures 

after completion of his 20th Century- 

Fox television role in "The Long Hot Summer," 

has purchased two feature film properties. 

The Irish actor replaced Edmond 

. . Philip Dunne and 

O'Brien in the series . 

Marvin Schwartz, with their first picture for 

Universal. "Blindfold." starring Rock Hudson 

and Claudia Cardinale completed, announced 

their Blackhill Productions has 

optioned "The Consort," new novel by 

Anthony Heckstall-Smith. Dunne, who 

will direct, is writing the screenplay with 

W. H. Menger. 

w 

Andrew V. McLaglen, who directed Universal^ 

top grosser and Oscar contender, 

"Shenandoah," starring James Stewart, 

has been signed by the studio to a fivepicture 

contract. McLaglen now is directing 

Disney's "Monkeys Go Home" and returns 

to Universal in mid-February to discuss 

his next assignment. He also will 

make a promotional tour for "The Rare 

Breed" another Stewart vehicle, which he 

directed for Universal . -director 

Ralph Nelson with film editor 

Fredric Steinkamp began editing footage 

on his "Duel at Diablo," James Garner, 

Sidney Poitier. Bibi Anderson, Bill Travers 

and Dennis Weaver starrer. The film is a 

Nelson-Engel-Cherokee color production 

. filmed for UA release Bowman 

was chosen by Robert L. Lippert and director 

James B. Clark to follow through on 

the intensive research in connection with 

the projected feature production, tentatively 

titled "The American Indian." 

Miss Bowman, who has been associated 

with the Robert L. Lippert Enterprises for 

many years, has completed arrangements 

to visit chiefs of the various tribes to get 

the history of their people. 

Sidney Poitier joins co-stars Rex Harrison 

and Anthony Newley in "Doctor Dolittle," 

which will be made by producer 

Arthur P. Jacobs' APJAC independent company 

for 20th-Fox release. Richard 

Fleischer will direct the musical, scripted 

and scored by Leslie Bricusse. The film, 

which rolls in June, marks Newley 's U.S. 

film debut. Locations are in England and 

the Caribbean along with Hollywood . 

Christopher Ward's novel, "King of the 

Winds." which was scripted by John Fante. 

will serve as the second starring vehicle 

for Jay North, according to an announcement 

from King Bros. North recently 

starred in the King Bros, production for 

MGM release, "Maya." which was filmed 

in India. The picture is scheduled for a 

February 15 starting date, on location in 

Germany . Avalon will star in 

American International Pictures' "Fireball 

500." a story based on stock car races, as 

the first of two pictures for which he is 

committed to the studio for 1966. The picture 

is scheduled to go into production the 

middle of February, thus necessitating a 

postponement of Avalon's three-week engagement 

at the Fairmont Hotel, San 

Francisco . Lorn joins Shirley 

MacLaine and Michael Caine in Universal^ 

"Gambit," which Leo L. Fuchs is 

producing in Technicolor and Ronald 

Neame directing. 

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Daniel Taradash, who recently signed a 

multiple-picture deal with Columbia Pictures 

as a writer-producer, has been set 

by producer Martin Ransohoff to write 

the screenplay for "Castle Keep." which 

Ransohoff's Filmways Co. will produce for 

Columbia Pictures release. Taradash just 

completed the screenplay of "The Ordways," 

the initial film on his schedule, 

which will go into production upon completion 

of the "Castle Keep" assignment 

( 

Randell formed his own independent 

production company. Christian 

Randell. Ltd.. and has assigned John 

Melson wrote the screenplay for 

Warner Bros.' Cinerama picture "Battle of 

the Bulge"), to write the screenplay of a 

World War II escape story titled "Number 

One" which will be shot in Spain late in 

the summer . Lemer began working 

on the screenplay for "Camelot." and 

is expected to have the script for Warner 

Bros, completed early next year. Lerner 

wrote the book for the long-run show which 

is to be Warner's next big musical production, 

following "My Fair Lady." 

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FEATURE REVIEW 

'Battle of the Bulge 

Warner Bros. 

By FRANK LEYENDECKER 

P^S THE FIRST World War II action 

drama in Cinerama or in Technicolor. 

this Sidney Harmon production in association 

with United States Pictures has tremendous 

scope and magnificent pictorial 

quality as it re-creates the climactii 

across Belgium by Hitler's tanks and 

troops to smash the Allied forces—a battle 

which cost an estimated 75,000 lives before 

the Americans crushed the German 

offensive. With a strong male cast, headed 

by Henry Fonda. Robert Ryan and Dana 

Andrews, this will have its greatest appeal 

to male patrons, especially veterans of the 

war. and to action-minded youngsters. 

With only two brief scenes involving women 

total of less than 15 minutes running 

time), the lengthy picture may need extra 

selling to attract the distaff side or teenagers. 

Pictorially. this Cinerama epic is magnificently 

made with outstanding photography 

of the mostly barren, snow-covered 

terrain by Jack Hildyard and stunning 

aerial shots, filmed from helicopters, of the 

advancing troops, artillery and tanks bj 

Jack Willoughby—most of this outdoors 

action filmed in the Spanish mountain 

country. The script by Philip Yordan. Milton 

Sperling, who also produced for United 

States Pictures, and John Melson concentrates 

on the preparation by the German 

Command of a tank attack designed to 

divide the Allied Forces in Belgium: the 

efforts of one American Lt. Colonel to convince 

his superior officers of these Nazi 

plans and the actual bloody Battle of the 

Bulge on December 21, 1944, which led to 

Allied victory in Europe. While thei 

occasional human interest touches, the 

most affecting being a scene between the 

arrogant German commander of the tank 

division and his loyal yet embittered 

orderly, there Is only one brief ron 

moment between a gruff American seri>efore 

both are killed 

As brilliantly directed by Km Annakin, 

the remarkably fluid action shlfl 

and forth between the opposing forces with 

no confusion on the part of the audience 

except, possibly, during the climactic- tank 

action. This is followed by a blazing 

when a few Ann 'literally 

overturn gasoline drums in the path 

advancing Nazi tanks and a tossed grenade 

ei flames—a spectacular 

end to a tic war 

picture. 

Of the several male stars, Henry Fonda 

K convincing 

portrayals as the America] 

Colonel and Robert Ryan Is fine 

cautious Amerii bu( it is British 

actor Robert Shaw he deservedly 

second billing) who gives the oil 

outstanding performance as the ruthless, 

unfeeling German Panzer commander. 

Shaw, who previously scored in "From 

Russia With Love," acts and talks the 

arrogant Nazi to perfection. 

Telly Savalas Is intensely human and 

likable as a tough tank fighter, who peddles 

champagne and nylons on the side and 

lie provides the picture's rare humorous 

moments as well as being equall} 

in his brief touching scene with his Bellartner. 

sensitively played by Pier 

only other woman in the 

handsome Barbara Werle. pi 

"a first class courtesan" who is rebuffed 

by the single-minded Shaw. Charles Branson 

a.s a hard-bitten American major; Ty 

(Ol TV fame' as a German who 

impersonates an American soldier; 

Montgomery and James MacArth 

American officers and. particularly 

Hans Christian Blech. who has a memorable 

moment as an aging Nazi orderly, 

all contribute valuable performances 

"BATTLE OF THE BULGE" 

Warner Bros, release 

in Cinerama, Ultro Panavision and Technicolor 

Running time: 162 minutes, plus intermission 

CREDITS 

Produced by Milton Sperling and Philip Yordan. 

Directed by Ken Annakin. Written by Philip Yordan, 

Millon Sperling and John Melson. Director of 

photography. Jack Hildyard, B.S.C. Art direction, 

me. Supervising editor, Derek Parsons. 

Sound editor, Kurt Hcrmfcld. Chief of special 

clfccts, Alex Wcldon. Costume design, Laurc 

Bernard Glasser. 

> I conducted by Benjamin 

The New Philharmonic Ormanogors, 

Tibor Reeves and 

(Vcgorio Sacristan Aerial photographer. Jack Wil- 

1 rectors, Jose Lopez Rodero, 

. Garcia. 

. . 

THE CAST 

Fonda 

lenry 

Col Hesslcr Robert Show 

Grey General R bert Ryan 

Col Pntchord Dono Andrews 

Sgt Dusqucsne George Montgomery 

felly Savolas 

Lt. Schumacher Ty Hardin 

Louise e'er Angcli 

Elena Barbara Werle 

Wolenski Charles Bronson 

General Kohlcr Werner Peters 

Conrad Christian Blech 

ons 

Lt Weaver Jomcs MacArthur 

thi lug-scale action. Onl 

and unconvincl 

the American colonel who doubts the Nazi's 

plans to attack. 

While the subdued Ultra P 

Technicolor camerawork adds real] 

i 

battle actio:; 

ire, which looks like 

the set it actually is. The occasional music 

composed and conducted by Benjamin 

properly unobtrusive 

The first World War n picture In 

rama realistically re-creates an > 

vent. 

Finnish Blonde Is Winner 

In Doris-for-a-Day Contest 

HOLLYWOOD—A 24-year-old librarian 

from Finland was crowned 

winner in 20th Century-Fox's inter: 

"Doris-for-a-Day" look-alike compi 

In cerem December 20 at the 

world premiere of M film, 

"Do Not Disturb." Tuula Mattila of 

Seinajoki. Finland, who wa. 

.lists representing IS COU 

.out the world, will make an ap- 

M 

Fox. "Fifth Avenue Folly." and will 

wardrobe created by Bardies 

Country Clothes, as well as other \ 

The selection 

Idio Theatre was the climax 

activities in Ho'.: 

prior to the final 

104 pounds and has gray-blut 

In her home town as a chili 

graduated from the 

of Social Studies in 1965 

i:ng her schooling at H 

>t the Bulge" m 

no from 'll.it lit- 

ted on Finnish 

In "The Sleeping Beauty 

is Eino. a retired Finnish 

captain and is the chairman of the Chamber 

of Commerce in Seinajoki. The 

her children. 

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

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

are reported, ratings are added and overages 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 above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.)

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Censorship 

Threatens 

N.Y. Film Indusiry 

ALBANY—The motion picture Industrj 

Pennsylvania Legislature 

Shelves Drive-In Bill 

HARRISBURG. PA.—State Rep. James 

| 

L. Wright 

Bucks* who introduced a 

state legislature in 1965, providing 

bill in the 

for the regulation of drive-in 

theatres, 

said "the bill appears dead until 

1967." 

No action was scheduled on the measure 

as the current term of the legislature 

neared its close. Any bill still in committee 

at the end of the year dies. The 1966 session 

will deal with fiscal matters only and 

thus no action can come on the drive-in 

bill until 1967. 

Among other things, the measure would 

require drive-ins to erect fences around 

their property to prevent youths from 

seeing "adult" films being shown on the 

screen. 

Wright blamed the "strong movie lobby" 

for his measure being bottled up in committee. 

He said the lobby is "ho.-i 

ward me" because of his fight against the 

repeal of the 10 per cent admission tax on 

theatre tickets. 

Wright, who also is a Middletown supervisor, 

is a member of "Operation Decency," 

a civic group which was formed to convince 

the Roosevelt Drive-In on US ! to 

stop showing "adult" films. 

'Magnificent Men' Booked 

In 22 Showcase Theatres 

NEW YORK—"Those Magnifier 

m Their Plying Machines." which re 

completed a 277-week roadshow ei 

ment at the DeMUle Theatre, will open at 

Loews Orpheum and the Guild Theatre 

on 50th Street in Manhattan, as well as 

20 other Showcase theatres in the metropolitan 

area 1 at continuous 

performances and popular prices. This will 

be the first 1966 attraction for 20th Century-Fox 

in New York. 

Launch 'Grass-Roofs' Campaign for 'Othello' 

is faced with threats of new censorship 

in New York state as the legislature prepares 

to convene Wednesday i5>. 

Assemblyman Jules Sabbatino. Queens 

Democrat, who is chairman of the join! 

legislative committee on offensive ;md obscene 

material, announced his group will 

sponsor a revamped licensing law. The 

only roadblock readily seen is an ad 

decision from the Supreme Court. 

Sen. John H. Hughes, Syracuse Republican, 

co-sponsor of an unsuccessful compulsory 

classification bill concerning unaccompanied 

children at theatres during 

the 1965 session, is expected to pres 

for another such bill. 

Assemblyman William J. Ferrall. Brooklyn 

Taking part in a special "Othello" New York 

Democrat, is ready to reintroduce a bill 

campaign meeting on in are. 

which would provide for new procedures 

left ti> ri^ht, Richard Lederer, Warner Bros, vice-president of advertising ami 

by the Regents In applying to a State Supreme 

public relations; Matthew 1'oion. RKO Theatres vice-president More] "Ran" 

Court justice for a review, after Goldstein, Warner Bros, vice-president and general manager, and Fred Herkowits, 

the board has held a picture "obscene." KKO Theatres advertising and publicity director. 

Assemblyman Noah Goldstein. Brooklyn 

Democrat, already has filed a censorship NEW YORK—One-hundred RKO executives 

and theatre managers, together with RKO represents 

:ued by 

Manhattan. 

bill that would make it a misdemeanor for 

an unaccompanied child under 16 to be Other Circuit leaders and independents, have leaders of Stanley Warner, B. S. Moss. Interboro. 

Randforce, Century and otli 

permitted admission to a theatre exhibiting launched a "grass-roots" commumi 

Warner an "adults only" film. 

paign i area In cults at the meeting in the Bros. 

behalf of the two-day special engagement Preview Tl 

of Warner Bros." "Othello." 

Warner Bros, vice-presidents 

Matthew Polon. RKO vice-president, outlined 

"Razz" Goldstein and Richard I 

addressed the theatremen and v 

the deep-going drive, which 

each 

RKO in 

carry on to enlist every 

school and organization m 

hood to support the special "Othello" enon 

February 2 and 3. A highlight 

of the RKO campaign will be a citywide 

breakfast and screening for organization 

leaders of all communities to be held 

Saturday < 8 > in the RKO 58th Street The- 

Dr. Alexander Selected 

For Tent 13 Heart Award 

PHILADELPHIA — In keeping with a 

practice of honoring a doctor of children's 

medicine. Variety Tent 13 will present its 

Grand Heart Award to Dr. Hattie E. Alexander, 

one of the country's foremast children's 

doctors, and professor of ped 

at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. 

Columbia University. The presentation will 

be made at the club's 31st testimonial dini 

•iday 1 in the Bellevue Stratford 

Hotel, where retiring Chief Barker David 

E. Milgram and incoming Chief Barker 

Harold H. Salkind will be honored. The 

installation of will be held. 

Dr. Alexander is a graduate of Goucher 

College and the Johns Hopkins Medical 

School in Baltimore. She Interned 

Harriet Lane Home in Johns Hopkins Hospital 

and at Babies Hospital in New York 

She is attending physician a) 

pital and is v 

the same institution. 

One of her recent honors is the Children's 

Hospital of Phllad. 

awarded on the occasion of the bicentennial 

of the University of Pennsylvania 

Award to Disney Picture 

• 

NEW YORK—Scholastic Magazti 

awarded its B ird for an outstanding 

motion picture to Walt Di 

"That Darn Cat." Buena Vista release. 

stressing the great potential of "Othello" 

he responsibility of the local manto 

spread the word on the production 

in their communities. They emphasized, 

"There no easy path to follow." 

is 

and the best sales route is the one RKO Is 

undertaking, to reach the greatest possible 

audience. 

MPAA Attorney Chides 

Maryland Censor Board 

BALTIMORE—An attorney for the Motion 

Picture Ass'n of America, J. Cookman 

Boyd jr., says the Maryland Board of Motion 

Picture (' 

opting to usurp 

the duties of parents merely to kee 

m busin 

Boyd referred to publicized comments by 

E. Shecter. the board 

chairman, wherein she proposed the board 

be given authority I 

"adults only" or "suitable for child. 

"Ev> 

motion pictures are not suitable for children. 

The question Is who should 

mine what pid 

The responsibility should rest with 

The attorney pointed out 1 

board, which banned 18 dim 

land and dele 

The Supreme Cou: 

the board cannot ban a film v 

prompt court 

advisoi 

'ban an autho 

Boyd said M the only state 

which. 

motion pictures, and 

his association believes such oensoi 

unnecc- 

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Thunderball/ 'That Darn Cat' 'Spy,' 

Others Draw Long Lines on B'way 

NEW YORK—As always, during the 

Christmas-New Year's holiday period, with 

school children on holiday and Manhattan 

crowded with pleasure-seeking visitors, 

business at the Broadway first-run houses 

was absolutely terrific with long lines outside 

the most popular pictures, which were 

headed, again as always, by the Radio City 

Music Hall and its annual Christmas stagescreen 

show. A close second this year was 

••Thunderball," which had a smash first 

week at the newly reopened Paramount, 

which was on a 24-hour schedule, and the 

east side Sutton and Cinema II, where 

it played far into the night. 

The Music Hall, playing "That Darn 

Cat," had long lines forming early in the 

morning until, by noon, the waiting patrons 

were resigned to a three-to-four hour 

wait before entering the huge house, this 

for the picture's fourth week. Just back of 

the Music Hall, the Guild, playing "Boeing 

Boeing," got some of the overflow of patrons 

less patient. This Tony Curtis-Jerry 

Lewis comedy also did strong business at 

the Forum in Times Square and the east 

side Coronet while two other Paramount 

pictures, "The Spy Who Came in From 

the Cold," which received rave notices, had 

a smash first week at the DeMille. and 

"The Slender Thread" also was strong in 

its first week at the Victoria and the Festival 

and east side Murray Hill. 

Other new pictures doing big business 

included "Viva Maria," in its first week 

at the Astor and east side Plaza; "The 

Tenth Victim," in its first week at the 

Lincoln Art and Loew's Tower East; "A 

Thousand Clowns," in its third strong 

week at the Trans-Lux East; "A Patch 

of Blue," in its second week at the Beek- 

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week at the Paris. 

The two new two-a-day pictures, "Doctor 

Zhivago," in its first full week at Loew's 

Capitol, and "Battle of the Bulge," in its 

second week at the Warner, were absolute 

capacity in a week that included daily 

matinees, as did the longer-run reservedseat 

films, "My Fail- Lady," in its 62nd 

week at the Criterion; "The Sound of Music," 

in its 43rd week at the Rivoli. and 

"The Agony and the Ecstasy," in its 12th 

week at Loew's State, all of these ideal 

for older students and children on holiday. 

Of the other long-running pictures, the 

best was "Juliet of the Spirits," just picked 

as best foreign-language film of the year, 

which was strong in its eighth week at 

the Embassy in Times Square, the RKO 

58th Street and RKO 23rd Street, this 

film benefiting most of the Film Critics 

award as both "Darling" and "Ship of 

Fools," also chosen for awards, were no 

longer playing first run. Also still doing 

well were such long-run entries as "The 

Ipcress File." in its 21st week at the Baronet; 

"The Loved One," in its 11th week 

at Cinema I; "The Eleanor Roosevelt 

Story," in its seventh week at Cinema 

Rendezvous; "To Die in Madrid," In its 

15th week at the Carnegie Hall Cinema, 

and "Sallah," in its 11th week at the Little 

Carnegie, these last six all playing smaller 

houses. 

The only new film late in December was 

"How NOT to Rob a Department Store," 

which followed "Kwaidan" at the Fine Arts 

Theatre Tuesday (28). The others are expected 

to hold until the second week in 

January. 

(Average Is 100) 

Astor—Vivo Mario (UA) 1 95 

Baronet The Ipcress File (Univ), moveove 

-The Loved One (MGM), 

Cinema Rendezvous The Eleanor Roosevelt Story 

(AA), 7th wk 

Coronet Boeing Boeing (Para) 

Criterion—My Fair Lady (WB), 62nd wk. ot 

i 

DeMille—The Spy Who From the Cold 

(Pora) 

Embassy Juliet of the Spirits (R 

Festival The Slender Thread (Para) 

Forum Boeing Boeing (Para) 

Guild Boeing Boeing (Para) 

Lincoln Art The Tenth Victim (Embassy) 

Little Carnegie Sallah (Palisades), 11th wk. ... 

Loew's Capitol Doctor Zhivago (MGM), 1st wk. 

of two-a-day 

Loew's State The Agony and the Ecstasy (20th- 

Fox), 2th wk. of two-a-day 

Loew's Tower East The Tenth Victim (Embassy) 

Hill Murray The Slender Thread (Para) 

Paramount Thunderball (UA) 

Paris Life at the Top (Royal), 2nd wk 

Plaza Vivo Maria (UA) 

Radio City Music Hall That Dorn Cat (BV), plus 

Christmas stage show, 4th wk 

Rialto The Skin Gome (Mishkin), 12th wk. ... 

Rivoli The Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 43rd 

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RKO 23rd Street Juliet ot the Spirits (Rizzoli), 

8th wk 150 

RKO 58th Street— Juliet of the Spirits (Rizzoli), 

8th wk 160 

Sutton Thunderball (UA) 225 

Trans-Lux East A Thousand Clowns (UA), 

3rd wk "0 

Trans-Lux 85th Street The Knack (UA-Lopert), 

moveover, 26th wk 135 

Victoria The Slender 195 

Thread (Para) 

Warner Battle of the Bulge (WB), 2nd wk. 

of two-a-day 200 

1 World Love Hunger 75 

(Cambist), 5th wk 

James Bond Fans Crowd 

Shea's Buffalo for Record 

BUFFALO—The magic of James Bond 

swept everything else aside as "Thunderball" 

opened five days before Christmas to 

tremendous crowds and grew as the week 

went along until all records for Shea's Buffalo 

were shattered with a 400 gross. 

Abbott, Bailey, Riviera, Aero Boeing Boeing 

(Para) 130 

Buffalo Thunderball (UA) 400 

Center— Never Too Late (WB) 110 

1 1 Century The Great Race (WB), th wk 100 

Cinema, Amherst That Darn Cat (BV) 150 

Colvin— Do Not Disturb (20th-Fox) 130 

Granada The Agony and the Ecstasy 140 

(20th-Fox) 

'Inside Daisy Clover' Set 

For Music Hall in February 

NEW YORK—"Inside Daisy Clover," the 

Warner Bros, picture starring Natalie 

Wood and Christopher Plummer, will open 

at Radio City Music Hall some time in 

February as the theatre's second picture of 

1966, following Paramount's "Judith" in 

January, according to Jack L. Warner, 

president of WB, and Russell V. Downing, 

president of the Music Hall. The Music 

Hall played two Warner Bros, pictures during 

1965, "Dear Heart" and "The Great 

Race." 

"The Land We Love," the 21-minute 

Technicolor documentary produced under 

the personal supervision of Jack L. Warner 

and distributed by the company as a 

public service for the U.S. Government, will 

be presented at Radio City Music Hall in 

mid-January, along with "Judith," Downing 

said. 

Brigitte Bardot Welcomed 

To New York for Her Film 

NEW YORK—Crowds and brass bands 

greeted Brigitte Bardot and her motorcade 

from the Kennedy International Airport to 

the Plaza Hotel after she arrived from 

France December 16 to attend the American 

premiere of the Louis Malle picture, 

"Viva Maria," at the Astor Theatre December 

18. 

Miss Bardot and producers Louis Malle 

and Oscar Dancigers, plus 40 members of 

the European press, radio and TV, who accompanied 

her to New York, where she 

held an all-media conference at the airport; 

she took part in a magazine and 

tradepress conference at the Plaza Hotel 

December 17 and she was the center of 

attraction at a buffet-dance at the El 

Morocco Club for society and entertainment 

notables December 18, following the 

premiere. 

Enter 'Madrid' for Oscar 

NEW YORK—"To Die in Madrid," the 

Frederic Rossif documentary feature presented 

by Clem Perry for Altura Films International, 

has been entered for Academy 

Award consideration. The picture, which 

features the voices of John Gielgud and 

Irene Worth, is currently in its fourth 

month of its New York first run at the 

Carnegie Hall Cinema. 

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BUFFALO 

H routine act of incorporation was the 

reason for a Tent 7 luncheon meeting, 

but the occasion had a lot of "heart" involved 

in it. The club met to form the 

Children's Rehabilitation Foundation, announces 

Chief Barker Albert J. Petrella. 

A charter was presented by William J. 

Davidson, deputy secretary of New York 

state. The foundation will administer Tent 

7's growing charitable activities for needy 

children. "Our activities have become so 

extensive, we thought it desirable to have 

a corporate organization," Petrella explained. 

He said the tax-free organization 

will enable the club to extend its present 

domain in establishing gifts and providing 

funds for children's charitable organizations. 

In the past 17 years, the club has 

given almost $750,000 to local charities, including 

the Variety's Cerebral Palsy Clinic 

and the Rehabilitation Center of the Children's 

Hospital. 

The Auditorium Theatre in Perry, NY., 

will close this month because of lack of 

patronage, unless unforeseen developments 

occur. Located in the Perry town hall, 

the theatre has been leased for 18 months 

to Roger Paddock of North Perry who 

subleased it to Raymond Minnick. The 

theatre has been operated on a weekly 

basis. The house has been in operation 

continually since the town hall was opened 

in 1898. In the early days, it catered to 

roadshows. Supervisor L. E. Kelly said the 

town owns all the equipment and efforts 

will be made to find a new operator. 

Frank Arena, city manager of Loew's 

Theatres, reported record business at the 

Buffalo Theatre with "Thunderball," which 

opened with a special midnight show De- 

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cember 21. There have been lines at the 

boxoffice since the opening. Arena sold 

tickets in advance for the special show 

and had to hang out the SRO sign. It is 

expected the film will have a long run at 

the theatre. There will be even more spy 

stories on local screens soon. The Center 

will open "Where the Spies Are" on Wednesday 

and the Century will open "Our 

Man Flint" on Wednesday il9>. 

Manager Fred Keller of the Circle Alt 

in Williamsville is putting on a "popular 

op art" exhibit in connection with current 

"art" shows. The exhibit is in the theatre 

lobby. Many local artists are exhibiting 

their work and audiences are selecting the 

most popular works every night. The winners 

will receive a one-year complimentary 

ticket for two to the Circle Art. 

An expense-paid Christmas holiday vacation 

to Disneyland, beginning with a 

cross-country flight in Walt Disney's private 

plane, began from the local airport for 

the families and men, who fly rocket belts 

for Bell Aerosystems Co. "Disney wanted 

the rocket belts for a special Christmas 

show in Disneyland," a Bell official explained, 

"and we didn't want the men 

away from their families during the yuletide, 

so Disney sent his plane for everybody." 

The rocket belt has been flown 

in many parts of the world since 1961. 

when Bell, a Textron company, demonstrated 

it for the first time. 

Carl Schaner, manager of the Century 

Theatre, staged the annual Christmas party 

for the Buffalo Evening News carriers De- 

Mike Klein, manager of the local branch 

of Warner Bros. Pictures, was pleased to 

see a SRO audience respond to his invitational 

tradescreening of "Inside Daisy "The Great Race" was shown. One hundred 

cember 18. About 3,000 newsboys attended. 

Clover" December 21 in the Motion Picture prizes were given away. Parents taking the 

Operators room . Boasberg, twin boys to the theatre were invited to remain 

of Charles Boasberg, general sales manager for the picture. 

of Paramount Pictures, said Charles has 

Santa Claus visited the Park Theatre in 

fully recovered from his illness and has Avon, N.Y., December 18, when the Jaycees 

and the American Legion put on two 

been in California with his wife on vacation 

and business. They spent Christmas 

parties for children. There was a cartoon 

with relatives on the West Coast. 

screen show. Children under 9 received 

gifts from Santa. 

Loew's Theatres Sells 

Former Commodore House 

NEW YORK—Loew's Theatres has sold 

the Village Theatre on Second Avenue, formerly 

known as Loew's Commodore, to 

Roger Euster, an investor, for cash above 

a first mortgage of $400,000. The theatre, 

which is in the area known as the "Jewish 

Rialto," now shows Yiddish vaudeville 

on weekends but Euster plans to develop 

the 2,715-seat theatre into a "prime showcase 

for Broadway productions." according 

to Joseph E. O'Gara, broker in the transaction. 

Loew's Commodore was built in 1926 as 

a vaudeville house but was a motion picture 

theatre for many years. Recently, an 

attempt to revive burlesque shows failed. 

Graff Leaves Embassy 

NEW YORK—E. Jonny Graff. 

Pictures vice-president for television, has 

resigned and his future plans will be announced 

at a later date, according to Joseph 

E. Levine, president. 

AT "THUNDERBALL" PREVIEW 

—David V. Picker, left. United Artists 

vice-president, is shown with producers 

Harry Saltzman, center, and Albert 

R. Broccoli at the press preview of 

"Thunderball" at the Paramount Theatre 

in New York. 

ALBANY 

Otanley Warner managers from here, Troy 

and Utica traveled to Newark for a zone 

meeting, over which Charles A. Smakwitz 

presided. Product and promotion were 

among the subjects discussed. 

David Bridgham, son of Lloyd Bridgham, 

visited Filmrow with Ray Smith, Smith 

Booking Service, to arrange for the takeover 

of booking and buying at the Harte, 

Bennington, Vt. He will work from his 

father's office in Dover, N.H., headquarters 

of the Bridgham circuit. 

Exhibitors joined exchange personnel for 

a holiday party in the RTA Bldg., where 

most distributors now maintain offices. 

Guests included Samuel E. Rosenblatt, Albany, 

president of Acme Theatres; Adrian 

Ettelson, Fabian district manager: Ben 

Coleman, manager, Marotta brothers' Carmen 

Drive-in, Guilderland; Johnny Capano, 

booker for Upstate Theatres, and 

operator of Cinema Art Theatre at Troy; 

Joe Sherman, operating Fair Haven, Vt., 

Theatre and houses at Whitehall and 

Salem, N.Y.: Bill Hebert, assistant manager, 

Iselin Drive-In Theatres; Mary Romano, 

advertising manager, Iselin, and Lillian 

Herb Gaines, 

Buschovsky, cashier- : Warner Bros, manager; Bert Freedman, 

Universal sales representative; Jack Keegan. 

Albany-Buffalo salesman for Pan- 

World Films: Doris McGrath, National 

Theatre Supply. The arrangements committee 

was headed by Doug Hermans, Columbia, 

assisted by John Pemberton, Clark 

Film Service, and Judy Noland, United 

Artists 

secretary. 

Herb Schwartz was resting at home by 

order of his doctor after a neck condition 

became troublesome again . J. 

Perrin. who retired three years ago after 

a 61 -year career in show business, received 

Christmas cards from his former employer 

Charlie Smakwitz and his secretary Irene 

Smith. 

"My Fair Lady," which opened at the SW 

Madison December 22, is being presented 

at $1 admission in the afternoon and $1.50 

at night. This is the second local engagement 

for the Warner Bros, picture . 

"The Sound of Music," playing the Hellman 

since June, will run through the 

third week of January. "The Greatest 

Story Ever Told" will follow. 

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Joe Levine Hosts Luncheon 

Honoring Harold Robbins 

NEW YORK Joseph Levine, president 

of Embassy Pictures, hosted another of his 

famous luncheons at The Four Seasons 

Left to right are Leon Shimkin. Joseph 

E. Levine. Harold Robbins. and 

Martin Davis at the luncheon for "The 

\d\ cnturers." 

Inc., Robert Weston. Levities executive assistant, 

Harold Rand, director of publicity 

for Embassy. Martin Davis, vice-president 

of Paramount. Joseph Friedman, director 

of advertising and publicity for Paramount. 

Hy Hollinger. publicity manager for Paramount 

and approximately 50 members of 

the daily and tradepress. 

Irving Dollinger Elected 

Chief Barker of Tent 35 

NEW YORK—Irving Dollinger has been 

elected chief barker of the Variety Club 

_^^^^ 

^^ Tent 35, succeeding 

| Jack H. U 

E. David Rosen 

Irvine 

Dollineer 

takes Dollinger's former 

post as fit 

chief barker. 

Charles Smakwitz remains 

as second assistant 

chief barker. 

J. Harold Roth becomes 

dough 

or to Rosen. 

Edward C. Finneran 

succeeds Roth as 

property ma 

BROADWAY 

£XECUTIYF.S arriving from Europi 

-end holidays included George 

Roth, president of Clover Films, « I 

turned from B 

the final dubbi) 

ring Catherine Spa 

films Clover will release nationall; 

ill .1;;:: , 

dent of 

li European produce! 

distributors; Michael Baumohl, coordinatrector 

of Produc 

European motion picture publicity firm, 

who planed in from London for mi 

with Seven Arts, Film 

mount 

tives on publicity chores, and Charlton 

Heston and Zero M 

from Spain, the former afb 

"Khartoum," Julian Blaustein production 

for United Artists, and Mostel alter completing 

Melvin Frank's "A Funny Thing 

ed on the W.i- 

1 andson 

for UA release. 

Restaurant. December 21. honoring Harold 

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Robbins, author of "The Adventurers," 

which had been purchased 

Laurence Edward Levine. son of Martin 

Levine, executive Brandt 

his latest novel vice-president of 

a year ago by Levine before it was w 

ITheatres, and Mrs 

for $1,000,000. It will be an Embassy-Paramount 

of the late William Brandt 

co-production going before the the Brandt chain, was married to Ellen 

cameras in early 1967. The book will be Susan Boneparth, daughter of Joseph and 

published by Trident Press in the spring Mrs. Boneparth, by Rev Nathan A Perilman 

of 1966. Levine pointed out that Harold 

of Temple Emanu-El 

Robbins' books have sold more than 25.- Plaza December 28. Young Levine is now 

attending the Stanford University Law 

000.000 copies and that he is one ol th. 

best-read authors of the day. 

School and his bride completed her senior 

The Adventurers," a drama about the year at Wellesley College in December. 

" Myron Starr, New York international jet set and high finance, will 

J. Cil 

be the fourth Robbins book that Levine man for United Artists, and Mrs. Stai 

has brought to the screen, the other three sociated with Pan-World Films, have announced 

the eni a' ement of their dau 

being "The Carpetbaggers." "Whei 

Has Gone" and "Nevada Smith 

Ronnie, to Paul King, who is teach- 

Among those attending the luncheon 

were Mrs. Joseph Levine, Mrs. Harold Robbins, 

Leon Shimkin, head of Pocket Books, 

ing biology at the Eastern Distrii 

School in Brooklyn. Nichols. 

Broadway director of "The Odd Couple." 

"Luv" and "Barefoot in the Park." current 

stage hits and who just completed directing 

his first film, "Who's Afraid of 

Virginia Woolf?" for Warner Bros 

fifth winner of the annual "Entertainer of 

in Year" award, chosen by Cue 

zine. 

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Sandy Dennis, who completed her role in 

Warner Bros.' "Who's Afraid of Y: 

Woolf?" returned from Hollywood with her 

husband. Gerry Mulligan. Tuesda: 

The stars of the picture. Eh 

and Richard Burton, left Hollywood to 

spend Christmas in Switzerland, and 

joined by her two soils, Michael and 

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Christopher Wilding. • Bibi Andwho 

completed her role in "Duel at Diablo" 

for United Artists, returned to New York 

and Virna Lisi. who recently con 

"Assault on a Queen." opposite Frank 

Sinatra for Paramount release, cat 

from Hollywood for 

in connection with the pictui 

parting for her native Italy for Chi 

• 

Angela Lansbury. who i 

Broad- 

York from Hollywood for c 

her forthcomu 

way musical 

Installation of the new officers v.. 

Wednesday (12) at a genera'. 

Shaw, one of 

bership meeting al the Americana Hotel, of the Bulge." and hi 

chaired by Si H. Fabian. 

turned to London after attending r 

York. Minneapolis and Hollywood premieres 

late in December. • • • Joanne Woodward 

and .; mpleted their sta 

roles Madness" for Warner 

in "A Fine 

Miss Woodward 

Connecticut home with her 

husband. Paul Newman, while Miss Seberg 

r turned to 1: : 

in A. i Paramount 

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Ail] play the starrn 

in 

In from Hollywood to disatrical 

production of 

Inch he will star in February 

in Chicago. 

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Solters and Sheldon Roskin of Solters, 

O'Rourke and Sabinson publicity 

h London, 

Paris. Romr. Amsterdam, Athens and 

Tel Aviv, culminating in a visit to J( 

lem for the wedding of producer Arthur 

Cohn to Naomi Shapiro, daughter of Is- 

Gala Opening for 'Zhivago' 

At Capitol in New York 

NEW YORK— "Doctor Zhivago" dazzled 

Broad'.' of December 22 as 

scores of stars and international cell 

I 

arriving at Loew's Capitol Theatre for tinworld 

premiere of the Metro-Goldwynntation 

attracted one of the 

crowds seen m 

Two-time Academy Award-winning director 

David Lean, producer Carlo Ponti 

and stars Geraldine Chaplin. Julie Christie. 

Tom Courtenay. Omar Sharif. Rod SI 

a tlew in for thi 

rformance for the Will Rog. 

morial Hospital and O'Donnell Research 

Laboratories. Sophia Loren headed I 

of prominent entertainment, political, and 

notables who attended the $150 

opening night performance and Pink 

Champagne Ball at the Hotel Americana. 

Among those present were: 

MGM president Robert H. O'Brien, Senator and Mrs. 

Jacob K. Javits, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ewell, Keir Dullco. 

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Huntley, Mr. and Mrs. Bcrv 

Wcitman, vice-president and 

Melniker, vice-president and 

fko, vice-president and gen- 

John B. Burns. Lauend 

Mrs. Charles Allen, 

Mrs. Chorlcs VY. Engelhard, Mr. 

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ar. 

Gardner, Mr. ond Mrs. Bernard S Gimbct, Mrs. Elizabeth 

m. Princess Dion-. t ;garty. 

Stem, Mr. and Mrs. S. Joseph Tankoos, and Mr. ond 

Follf 

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personalities flew to Los 

for the star- -studded West Coast pi 

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Ao*td(M defiant 

The company also will wholly or partly 

finance specialized independent British 

films at budgets up to $450,000: will give 

independent producers distribution deals, 

and undertake "special handling" of their 

films. They also will distribute, as Gala 

does now, the best foreign films and open 

up in return outlets for independent British 

films abroad. The news has some basic 

significance for the film business over here 

and it is likely to lead to fundamental 

changes in the film distribution exhibition 

pattern as we know it. 

By ANTHONY GRUNER 

\X7HAT MANY independent producers months of its first engagement, 'The 

and trade union leaders in the industry 

have been demanding for several years 

—a third cinema circuit—looks like coming 

Sound of Music' will have exceeded 'South 

Pacific' to become the biggest boxoffice 

attraction ever in Great Britain." 

about not through the intervention of the 

government 

Livingstone then 

"The Sound 

compared theatre 

British but as the result of a receipts for of Music" with 

new company formed by Leslie Grade, the those for "South Pacific," and gave the 

agent and head of Elstree Film Distributors, 

following examples: At Edinburgh "South 

and Kenneth Rive, the man in charge Pacific" played for a record 24 weeks: 

of Gala Film Distributors. The company, "The Sound of Music" had grossed three 

Grade-Rive, Ltd., has an aim to expand times the amount in 33 weeks. At Bristol 

the existing Gala circuit of 14 cinemas, "South Pacific" played for a record 19 

which are either owned or booked for by weeks; "The Sound of Music" has tripled 

Rive, into 50 luxury theatres of about 400 the take in 33 weeks. At Cardiff "South 

seats each by building or taking over and 

refurbishing existing cinemas. 

Pacific" played for a record 24 weeks; "The 

Sound of Music" had grossed 2V2 times the 

amount in 33 weeks. 

"At the Dominion." said Livingstone, 

" 'The Sound of Music' in only 36 weeks has 

already taken one third of the receipts 

achieved by 'South Pacific' at the same 

theatre in 232 weeks. All these fantastic 

achievements have established a new dimension 

in our industry. In the past there 

were many cases of people seeing a film 

three or four times. These were isolated 

exceptions, but they are not exceptions in 

the case of "The Sound of Music' There 

are many people going to see the film many 

times, and this repeat business, in my ex- 

Deutsch and Philip Jacobs. Also present 

were representatives of the British and 

American tradepress as well as Fleet Street 

personalities. 

During the visit to London, a special 

screening of "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini 

Machine" was held. 

Kingsley Amis, novelist, critic and authority 

on the work of Ian Fleming, creator 

of James Bond, has been engaged as special 

story and script consultant on the new 

£P 4 million film of Fleming's "The Diamond 

Spy," it was announced last week by 

British producer George Willoughby. The 

film, to be made early next year by Willoughby, 

in association with Richard Todd's 

independent company, is based on a story 

outline written by Ian Fleming but never 

completed by him. This outline was 

drafted by Fleming following his own investigations 

into international diamond 

smuggling, which he wrote up as a series 

of articles for a Sunday newspaper in 1957. 

Later, these articles were collected and 

published in book form under the title of 

"The Diamond Smugglers." 

Now, Amis, author of the recently published 

"The James Bond Dossier," has been 

called in as a Fleming expert to develop 

the story, characters, situations and incidents 

so as to give "The Diamond Spy" film 

an authentic Fleming flavor. When he has 

completed this task. W. H. Canaway, who 

wrote the script of "The Ipcress File," will 

take over all the material from which he 

will write the final screenplay. 

As Robin Fox, Grade's partner and a 

third director in the company explained it 

perience, is a very significant factor in the 

It can only be a guess, but I would 

results. 

last week, the move is a direct result of 

the discovery that a quality specialized say that something like 50 per cent can be 

recorded as repeat business." 

Gerry Lewis has been appointed director 

picture can make as much profit, if not 

more, by playing at fewer theatres to audiences 

which appreciate that type of pic- 

Film Service, Ltd., it was announced by 

of publicity and advertising of Paramount 

ture rather than get a national circuit deal James H. Nicholson, president of American 

International Pictures, was guest of of the British company. Lewis, who will 

Russell W. Hadley jr., managing director 

from ABC or Rank. So much is thus saved 

through fewer copies, and advertising and honor at a press reception in London, work under the direction of Guenter 

publicity costs leading to a greater return 

to the respective producer. 

England, hosted by Nat Cohen and Stuart 

Levy of Anglo-Amalgamated in the Pinafore 

Schack, 

licity of 

director of advertising and pub- 

Paramount International Films. 

Rive himself cites the example of "The 

Room at the Savoy Hilton Hotel for Inc.. succeeds Jack S. Up fold, recently 

Servant." the Dirk Bogarde, James Fox the global launching of AIP's release, "Dr. resigned. 

film, which he declared would have made Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine." The Coinciding with Lewis' appointment, it 

the same gross with six prints instead of mystery-suspense comedy stars Vincent was announced that Leslie Pound, exploitation 

manager of Paramount's British or- 

the 45 which had to be allocated for the Price, Susan Hart, Frankie Avalon and 

ABC circuit release, and the same result Dwayne Hickman. 

ganization, has been promoted to assistant 

could have been achieved by spending only Guests at the Savoy reception included director of publicity and advertising. Both 

10 per cent of the cost of advertising. Miss Hart, a number of Warner-Pathe. appointments were effective January 1. 

Grade-Rive. Ltd., which takes over the ABC and Anglo-Amalgamated executives, 

function 

Prior to joining 

of Gala, is a company 

Paramount, Lewis was 

that will MacGregor Scott, Arnold Barber, William 

have a growing 

director of publicity 

importance 

and advertising for 

in the industry Cartridge, Bob Barton, David Jones, David 

British Lion. 

during the months to come. 

He has also held important 

advertising-publicity posts with Woodfall 

Productions and the Rank Organization. 

Percy Livingstone, managing director of 

20th Century-Fox, gave impressive facts 

and figures to the tradepress on the business 

achieved so far by "The Sound of 

Music." The Fox managing director said 

that it is only 36 weeks since the film's 

first opening at the Dominion and from 

(inly 17 unfinished engagements it had 

already grossed £1,925,869 in film rentals. 

The all-time record holder was "South 

Pacific," which over seven years, created 

the previously unheard of figure of slightly 

under £2,300,000. "So already, after this 

very short period. 'The Sound of Music' is 

the second highest-grossing picture in the 

history of the industry in Britain—and 

this, I emphasize, is after only 17 unfinished 

engagements," said Livingstone. 

"I predict," he said, "that within only 11 

James H. Nicholson, center, is shown 

at a press reception in London with 

Stuart Levy, left, and Nat Cohen of 

Anglo-Amalgamated Distributors, Ltd. 

Nicholson was in London in connection 

with the British launching of American 

International Pictures' "Dr. Goldfoot 

and the Bikini Machine." 

News in brief: Ursula Andress and David 

Niven have been signed to join Peter 

Sellers in "Casino Royale." it was announced 

by Charles K. Feldman, who will produce 

the Columbia Pictures release based on the 

late Ian Fleming's first novel. The picture 

will begin shooting on January 10 at Shepperton 

Studios, where sets are already 

under construction, with Sellers, Miss 

Andress and Niven constituting three of 

the ten stars who will be seen hi the 

sophisticated spy story . . . "Life at the 

Top." the sequel to "Room at the Top," 

will have its British opening at the Odeon. 

Leicester Square, on January 13. The 

Romulus production for Columbia Pictures 

release through BLC is produced by James 

Woolf and directed by Ted Kotcheff. 

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Yhunderball" is on a seven-show-a-daj 

schedule at Keith's, the first at 10:30 

a.m. and the last at midnight. This is believed 

to be a record for a theatre here 

The film doubled the take on op 

day of "Goldflnger" Pi 

starring in "Carousel." broke Christmas 

records at the National Theatre. He has 

made two films since "The Unsinkable 

Mollie Brown"—"The Glory Guys" and 

"When the Boys Meet the Girls." 

Ben Bache. Warner Bros, branch manager, 

held a tradescreening of "Inside 

Daisy Clover" at the Ambassador Theatri 

on December 121. He also screened the documentary 

"The Land We Love," which is a 

cooperative effort of the film industry to 

promote savings bonds. Vice-President Hubert 

Humphrey presented the film on the 

screen. 

Columbia Items: Sales representative 

Jack Sussman observed his second anniversary. 

He also attended his son's wedding 

in New York. Publicist Sid Zins had a 

birthday. Booker Billie Binnick's yuletide 

was made complete by her son's return 

after a three-year tour with the Navy in 

Naples. Staffer Shelly Lieberman and her 

salesman husband from Universal spent 

the holiday with their families in New 

York. 

Curtis Hilderbrand, Independent Theatres 

office manager, was on vacation . . . 

Renewing friendships on Pilmrow were 

Martin Conner and Harry Jordon of the 

Durkee circuit. Baltimore. 

Swedish film director Ingmar Bergn 

pianist-wife presented a program of classical 

music at the White House party for 

150 local children from seven neighborhood 

houses . . . Pat Boone and wife were guests 

of their former Hollywood neighbors chief 

of protocol Lloyd Hand and his Wife. 

SOUTH JERSEY 

movie benefit called 

J^ 

Operation Canned 

Goods, to aid local needy families at 

Christmas, was sponsored by the I i 

Wildwood Lions Club December 22 at W. 

C. Hunt's Casino Theatre in Wildwood. A 

special showing of cartoons and i 

a 

Stooges comedy was on the schedule for 

youngsters. Admission was one or more 

cans of canned goods per person. The food 

was distributed for the holiday. 

The New Jersej premiere of "The Tenth 

Victim" took place at the Charles Theatre 

in Atlantic City December 22. according 

to Charles Tannenbaum. owner The film 

marked the reopening ol 

which had closed temporarily 

Shriver theatres, the Village in Ocean 

City and the Gateway in Somers Point, 

were closed temporarily. They reopened 

December 24 for Christmas week 

Patrons at the Absccon Drive-in received 

a coupon good for a free gallon of gasoline, 

as an incentive to come to an actionpacked 

double feature. The Absecon. Circus 

and Atlantic drive-ins all pushed for a 

unique Christmas gift for their customers, 

a book of eight admissions for only $6. or 

75 cents a ticket good anytime 

Invitational Soiree 

Opens SW Cinema 7 

BAILEY'S CROSSROADS. VA.—Stanlej 

Warner Theatres' Cinema 7, In the Leesburg 

Pike Plaza, was opened officially 

December 21 bj fti p, Joel T. Broyh 

Virginia 

Attendini the invitational soiree, when 

cocktails and a buffet were served In the 

red-carpeted foyi - under a crystal chandelier, 

were thi Wa cutives: 

Nathaniel Lapkin, first vice-president 

Prank .1 Dan -president and 

manager; Bernard H. Rosenzweig. in 

of national real estate, and Stuart 

H. Aarons of the legal department. SW 

area hosts freeting tl e gu< its included 

Charles Grimi 

Prank LaFalce. publicist, and J. Merle 

Lewis, managing directoi oi the new showcase 

theatre. Members of thi 

and TV. along with representatives of film 

distributors, area exhibitors, state and 

county officials were uests. 

Cinema 7. equipped with 1.100 Bodiform 

chairs from the American Seating 

Co.. opened to the public the foil 

day with "My Pair Lady" on a nonreserved 

PHILADELPHIA 

pile Wayne Avenue Playhouse m the Gormantown 

section had a one-week engagement 

of New Nickelodeon Nights between 

Christmas and New Year's. It featured 

one and two-reel silent film comedies, 

complete with an old piano. The 

Ernest Sehier. film critic for the Philadelphia 

Bulletin, has published his list of 

"Ten Worst Films of the Year." On the 

list were "Lord Jim." "The Hallelujah 

Trail." "The Saboteur." "The Sandpiper." 

"What's New Pussycat?" "The An 

Adventures of Moll Flanders." "Love Has 

Many Faces," "Harlow," "Sylvia." and "Bus 

in Town." 

Officials in suburban communities are 

ring the passage of ordinances 

which would require a license at a high 

show motion pictures. The reason 

license would be the elimination of 

the 10 per cent admission tax levied on 

tickets The stair gislature remonths 

li 

ago. 

effective January and this will 1 

large chunk of revenue out of the township's 

treasury Many will 

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officials feel 

theatres, which attract customers from 

the city, should pay for the required 

ices and I 

BALTIMORE 

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Motion Picture and Television Operators 

"JMie 

Union will hold its annua 

and installation of officers Monday (10). 

John Codd, president of MPTVO. has been 

discharged from Johns Hopkins Hi 

urgery. Charles Reisinger, 

the unions business agent, and 

Richard Anstandt, sound engineer for F. 

11 Durkei EnterprL C. 

Elmei Noli, |r., general manager for the 

Durkee chain, at Boumi Temple's annual 

A small sale containing $500 was stolen 

from the New Theatre. Police took into 

custody a youn 

said to 

!).• accomplices, in connection with 

the theft. Bail was set at $5,000 toi thi 

man. 

1 ive policemen re injured and six persons 

arrested during a melee at the Hill 

asked a young man to leave or take 

After a few words, according to polii 

man ai 

patrolman 

and Hi' men who had 

been summoned. Pol it 100 

persons chose to continue watching the picture, 

Willi, I li, 

lobby to watch the "live" action. 

Bernard Hayes, originally from Norfolk, 

manager 

Rendallstown 1 been 

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in,., d to the manager's past at Glen Burnie 

Mall Theatre. Both are Bn 

Fred Perry, former manager of 

Hi Little, is now manage: 

< 

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inn Nickelodeon Nights several 

Randallstown. 

theatre Christmas 

A children's 

Evi entertained 

party at the 

500 

years ago. 

youngsters with a special show. Admission 

Ruth Schlanger, the widow of motion was a can of food, later donated to charity 

phi urr chain owner and film distributor 

Ted Schlanger. has left an estate worth 

bants helped sponsor 

the event. 

$100,000, according to letters of administration 

filed with the Bucks County Regent Douglas Connellee. owner of the Elk 

RAR of Wills. She died November 30 11 Theatre, Elkton, Md„ was In Ball 

husband died May 12 and left an estate of business on 

$93,678. 

compliments from nearby merchants for 

Bill Friedman Elected 

WASHINGTON- Bill Friedman. S 

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tre Where he IS manager . Joseph I. 

manager ol the Playhouse, has insta 

nrw art exhibit by a local painter, In the 

lobby. 

En route 1 w Theatre, whi 

vited nuns were waiting a.s guests for "The 

Sound of Music." mai I irner's 

car broke down. A passing patrol car 

stopped, and when Turner explained his 

ment, the policemen gave him an 

v lift 

to the thi 

General Cinema Opens 

Philadelphia Twin 

PHD ADELPHIA I I 1 Corp. 

Lust Theatres film buyer, ha 

president ol the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization 

Advisors 

and Cinema II. on Christmas Day. The 

thwest Shopping 

Center on US Road. 

>te 1.000-seat 

by a common lobby. Each 

own boxoffice. however, and shows 

film. 

Cinema I showed "Do 

sturb" and Cinema II played 

"Pinocchio in Outer Space." 

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PITTSBURGH 

poy W. Fiedler jr.. local indoor-outdoor exhibitor, 

who took over the Liberty at 

Vermillion, Ohio, has acquired a second 

Ohio unit. He signed a long-term lease for 

the Cinema, Lorain, a 644-seat house, from 

Vic Lin Enterprises. Fiedler heads the 

Cinema Theatre Co., which now is operating 

one of Lorain's four theatres. 

Theatre Candy Co. was host to an all-day 

party December 22. Mrs. Raymond Shows 

furnished a fruitcake and cookies were furnished 

by Mrs. John Kerzan, Indiana, Pa., 

outdoor exhibitor. 

Joseph Lincoln "Joel" Navari, oldest son 

of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Navari, ownersoperators 

of the Eastwood Theatre, enlisted 

in the Army and will report for officers 

candidate school at Ft. Knox on 

Sunday (30 > 

. Assistant to his father at the 

Eastwood, he graduated from Duquesne 

University a few months ago. His brother 

Rudy, a Notre Dame senior, was at home 

for the holidays and attended the annual 

Christmas party, which the Navaris hold 

at their home for the Eastwood employes. 

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C&L Super markets staged the annual 

free Christmas movie party at the New 

The annual 

State Theatre, Aliquippa . . 

holiday party at the Parkway Theatre. Mc- 

Kees Rocks, was held by Roy Fiedler jr. 

December 23. The house was dark all week 

and the party was for members of the 

trade. A screening was on the program 

Associated Theatres opened its stage show 

season at the Roosevelt Theatre, Miami. 

Movies were dropped when there wasn't 

enough suitable product available, and the 

circuit also may turn the local Fulton into 

a stage show house for the same reason. 

Joan Biordi, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 

H. E. Biordi, Ellwood City, has received a 

postdoctoral fellowship for the North 

Atlantic Treaty Organization. She will begin 

fellowship work at Cambridge University 

in England after she completes work 

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for her doctorate within the next few 

weeks at Carnegie Institute of Technology 

here. Miss Biordi, daughter of the veteran 

projectionist at the Majestic Theatre, Ellwood 

City, whose field is physical chemistry, 

will work on the kenetics of atom 

reaction. 

Atlas Theatre Supply has installed new 

carpeting at the Manos Theatre, Tarentum, 

and other improvements have been 

made there . L. Lengyel, Wilkinsburg 

realtor and veteran projectionist at 

Ranalli's Drive-In, has opened his second 

slot-car recreation, the Monroe Model Car 

Speedway at the Monroe Bowl. 

Theatre Candy Co.'s office-warehouse was 

broken into. Money and candy were stolen 

and vending machines were damaged. 

Knute Boyle, manager, said no theatre or 

any other account was without sufficient 

candy until after the New Year. 

Lawrence Cablevision, Inc., is starting 

work on installation of 105 miles of CATV 

cable at New Castle. Cost of lines, tower 

and blockhouse in Shenango, plus offices 

will cost $500,000, according to Les Rau, 

vice-president, who also is general manager 

of Neptune Broadcasting Co., Steubenville, 

Ohio. 

Cheswick Fire Co. held its annual Christmas 

party for children at the Cheswick 

Theatre. There was a screen program and 

Santa Claus distributed treats and prizes 

. . . Washington, Pa., erected mercury 

lights in the rear of the Perm Theatre . . . 

Ken Winograd of the Oriental Theatre. 

Rochester, Pa., in cooperation with the 

Rochester Elks, presented a Christmas theatre 

party for children. Tickets were 

distributed in schools. 

Sam Altonian, formerly of Ambridge, had 

his first movie featured in the State Theatre, 

Aliquippa. Produced by Altonian's 

The Boriello brothers staged a canned 

food show at the Ritz Theatre, Baden, December 

18. The Salvation Army collected 

the food and distributed it to needy families 

. . . Twenty-four North Boroughs merchants 

furnished free movie tickets for a 

show at the Bellevue Theatre December 

19 and 24. These were family parties . 

MGM screened "Made in Paris" at the 

WAMO Bldg., December 17. 

The Lincoln council granted a 15-year 

CATV franchise to Steel Valley Cablevision, 

Inc., for which the borough will receive 

3 per cent of the company's earnings 

Theatre, Beaver Falls, in addition 

to presenting a holiday musical stage 

show "Holiday With Music," also offered 

a recording of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 

exploiting the newly expanded sound system, 

as well as providing a special program. 

Bill Hollenbaugh, veteran Filmrow ship- 

1,200-Seater Opens 

At Norihfield, N. J. 

NORTHFIELD, N.J. — The 1,200-seat 

Tilton Theatre in the Tilton Shopping 

Center here in Atlantic County opened 

December 23. The opening featured 

"Thunderball" as a drawing attraction for 

the benefit of the Northfield All-Sports 

Ass'n. 

Mayor Otto Bruyne and councilman 

Nicholas Kuchova purchased the first two 

tickets for the showing. Kuchova was 

chairman of ticket sales for the benefit. 

A preview of the new theatre, billed 

as the first all-new house in the area in 

25 years, was given for press and other 

officials. A sample film, the first take of 

"Exodus," was shown to demonstrate the 

vastness of the 60x30-foot screen, one of 

the largest in the area. Bands and other 

groups also were on hand for the ceremonies. 

Local artists' displays were shown 

in the lobby. 

The fully air-conditioned theatre was 

designed by Thalheimer & Weltz of Philadelphia. 

Free parking is provided in the 

giant shopping center. 

per, who had been a relief shipper at Pittsburgh 

Film Service, now has a fulltime job, 

as Paramount shipper. He replaces Eddie 

Spates . screened "Inside Daisy 

Clover" December 21 in the Manor Theatre, 

Squirrel Hill. Also exhibited was a 

documentary "The Land We Love," produced 

under the supervision of Jack L. 

Warner. It will be distributed as a public 

service. 

firm, Stephens Productions, named for his 

father Steve Altonian, who moved from 

Ambridge in 1962 to North Hollywood, the 

film is "The Quick and the Dead." Actor 

Joe Folino jr., formerly of Ambridge, is 

starred. Altonian has been in the entertainment 

field in Hollywood for a number 

of years and before going into production 

business for himself, had been employed 

by Warner Bros. 

free Golden Agers Club show. 

Harrisburg's CATV got into operation 

with 12,000 subscribers, company representatives 

stating this is the largest ever 

enrolled at its inception and that it operates 

as the third or fourth largest of its 

type in the nation. Jerrold Corp. of Philadelphia, 

owner, is using two 200-foot 

antennas. 

James G. Balmer, 50-year-plus showman 

and now retired, underwent surgery in 

Mercy Hospital Theatre, Derry, 

staged a 

. 

December 24 kiddy Christmas 

show, sponsored by 30 merchants. Fred 

Piper, owner-manager, held a successful 

Chuck Fleming is one theatre owner who 

is not crying the blues. He worked up 

special kiddie shows on Saturdays, and for 

the month of December sold shows to merchants, 

carbon plants, schools and clubs 

and also has 15 merchant screen ads on 

view. Tony Colose is booker for Fleming's 

St. Marys Theatre, St. Marys, Pa., and Ed 

Hockman is projectionist. Fleming is the 

former business agent for IATSE Local 

703. 

Civic Theatre of New Kensington presented 

a free Christmas party for underprivileged 

children at the Liberty Theatre, 

staging "The Steadfast Tin Soldier." The 

sponsors were WKPA, Salvation Army, 

area merchants and industries . . . Waynesburg 

Elks sponsored a canned food show 

at the Opera House December 18. The 

canned goods were packed into baskets and 

distributed to deserving families in the 

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NEWS AND VIEWS OF THE PRODUCTION CENTER 

Cartoon, Visual Arts 

Expansion by MGM 

HOLLYWOOD—Expansion plans for the 

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation visual 

arts division were revealed here at a press 

conference by division head Chuck Jones 

and his co-producer Les Goldman. Plans 

call for projects within the next two years 

to include feature film production. TV 

special and series, theatrical shorts, semieducational 

series, titles and trailers. 

The division's new theatrical cartoon. 

"The Dot and the Line," a 10-mlnute 

special based on Norton Juster's famous 

best-selling cartoon book, was screened at 

the conference. Jones pointed out that the 

subject was done with "appropriate animation" 

as opposed to "full" or "limited" 

animation. 

Jones and Goldman said the short subject 

would be followed by a feature-length 

picture, also to be derived from one of 

Juster's famous works. "The Phantom Toll 

Booth." It is expected to run about 80 

minutes in length and to cost around 

$1,000,000. 

Since Jones became head of the division 

last year, the schedule has been devoted to 

production of 12 new Tom and Jerry short 

subjects and titles and trailers for MGM's 

"The Singing Nun" and "The Glass Bottom 

Boat." Jones said that under the expansion 

program the division would step 

up Its title and trailer-making activities, 

continue its Tom and Jerry productions 

and accelerate its production of cartoons 

and series for television. In this latter category, 

the division recently obtained the 

rights to Dr. Suess' "How the Ginch Stole 

Christmas" for a half-hour TV cartoon 

special for Christmas 1966. and has commitments 

for several cartoon pilots and 

semi-educational series. 

Technicolor Names Lane 

As Promotion Manager 

HOLLYWOOD — The commercial 

and 

educational division of Technicolor has 

added William R. Lane as advertising and 

sales promotion manager. Robert Krelman. 

general manager of the division, announces. 

He joins the Costa Mesa based division. 

Lane is a former editor of Home 

Magazine and edited American Cinematographer 

for a special issue. A former lieutenant 

colonel in the army during World 

War II, he has been In production of commercial 

and educational films for 20 years, 

working with Cap Palmer's Parthenon 

Films and Fred Niles Productions, among 

others. 

Hollywood 0//ice—Suite 321 at 6362 Hollywood Blvd. 

Lehners Elected Chairman 

Of MP Pension Plan 

HOLLYWOOD — John Lehners. 

IATSE 

Local 776 business representatlvi 

elected chairman by the Motion Picture 

Industry Pension Plan's trustees at the organization's 

annual meeting. Others 

elected are John Buchanan, Business Service 

Employes Local 278 representative, 

vice-chairman; Anthony Frederick, Universal 

City Studios, secretary, and Norman 

Pottle, Technicolor, vice-seer- 

A report by administrator Mark Bushner 

showed that on November 30 assets of 

the plan amounted to $51,392,000 and since 

Jan. 1. 1960, when the plan made its first 

payments to retirees, $13,597,000 had been 

paid In monthly benefits. More than 25.- 

000 film industry workers participate in 

the plan. 

Bushner also reported that by Saturday 

ili 2.920 retirees would l» 

monthly benefits, aggregating $507,000. 

and projected figures for this year indicate 

more than $6 million will be paid to industry 

retirees, the highest such figure since 

the plan's inception. Including deceased 

the total number to retire under 

the plan is 3.4775. 

The board commended retiring chairman 

John Zinn. AMPTP. for service during 

the year and also voiced appreciation 

to retiring officers Ernie Scanlon. Desilu. 

vice-chairman; Paul O'Bryant. IATSE 

Local 789 business representative, secretary; 

Ralph Clare, Teamsters Local 399. 

vice-secretary, and administrator Bushner. 

3 Nobel Prize Winners Are 

'Zhivago' Premiere Guests 

HOLLYWOOD— Three Nobel Prize winners 

attended the premiere of "Doctor 

Zhivago" as guests of the Women's Guild 

of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at the 

MGM opening December 23 at Fed Stein's 

Paramount Theatre here. 

Bertram Allenberg. president of the 

guild, was hostess. Honored 

Dr. Richard Feynman. winner of the 1965 

prize in physics; Dr. Carl Anderson, who 

discovered positive electronics, and Dr. 

Emilio Segre. also a ph 

The premiere chairmen were Rosalind 

Bergen and Mrs. Ray Stark 

ban $100,000 was raised by thi 

miere. 

Pal to Film 'Puppets' 

HOLLYWOOD — George Pal will film 

"The Cavalcade of Puppets." a history of 

the craft in which Pal first made his motion 

picture mark. Masters of the art 

around the world will be used to tell the 

story 

Critic 

Raps Rushing 

Films for Oscar Time 

HOLLYWOOD—The local press is adverse 

to the overwhelming rush ol 

films into the area during a period, which 

Scheuer. Los Angeles Times reterms 

a "stampede " This is Oscar 

time, and to compete, a film must run for 

a period of a full week in the Los Angeles 

area. 

Some of this "last-minute rush" is due 

to the short memory of the Academy members, 

who are busy people. Naturally, a 

film which appeared in January is difficult 

to remember In December—or the following 

January—unless it is a blockbuster, 

like "The Sound of Music." and seems to 

run endlessly. 

Big theatre parties for charity help to 

sweeten the publicity. Large openings listed 

here in the "Oscar season" are Martin 

Ritt's "The Spy Who Came in From the 

Cold." "Battle of the Bulge," "Doctor 

Zhivago," "A Patch of Blue." "The Slender 

Thread." "Othello" and "Thunderball." 

Scheuer said the big Christmas boxofficc 

swelled the coffers of the producers 

and distributors. He said he was convinced 

the "hold-back system works hardships" 

not only on the moviegoers, exhibitors and 

vers, but even on the filmmakers 

"Everybody knows the plight of theatre 

managers," Scheuer wrote "All year long 

ream about the shortage of product 

and claim they are forced to throw in 

the world's junk available in order to stay 

open. This bit of petty larceny is passed 

along to the public, a lot of whom are unsuspecting, 

and the theatre—as well as Hollywood—receives 

another black eye " 

Producer Hall Bartlett 

Injured During Explosion 

HOI.: 

Bartlett 

suffered serious injuries on D 

20 when an explosion ripped apart the 

home of actress Rhonda Fleming, where he 

was visiting. The producer, a close friend 

and business agent of the actress, was 

taken to the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital 

with a shoulder fracture, face cuts and 

second degree burns over 30 per cent of 

his body. 

Police and firemen said Bartlett. 

knocked down and scalded when a gas unit, 

which heated house and pool, exploded In 

..mlng's home In West Los Angeles. 

Bartlett was the producer of "Crazylegs 

Hirsch" and is working on several new 

projects, his associates said. 

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dSack&tt 

ROBERT BLUMOFE, United Artists vicepresident 

of production, doesn't look 

for a rush of "war 

pictures." The opposite 

will be the 

case, with more 

escapist films than 

before with the continuation 

of the Vietnam 

engagement. He 

reasons that since 

1945 "we have been 

living in a nuclear 

age, with the atomic 

threat hanging over 

our heads. Stories 

Robert Blumofe 

about the Vietnam 

war are not in demand. It's too close. Loy. 

"While we are concerned about the 

problems of nuclear war, I think the attitude 

of the public is, 'Live for today, and 

don't worry about the future,' " Blumofe 

continued. "However, there is a World 

War II orientation. Look at the themes 

coming through which stress bravery and 

heroism. I think it's a form of escape, a 

make-believe situation for the public, not 

a real war, which is fought against clear 

issues. We're in the era of escapist stories 

and spy stories, which are bigger than 

reality on the screen." 

ness. It has changed radically in 20 years. 

In the past, a studio could get by with 

mediocre pictures. Today, with selective 

audiences and selective theatregoing 

habits, only the fine picture has a chance." 

HOLLYWOOD WRITING ASSIGNMENTS 

On the position of the Hollywood writer 

In the story market for originals, when 

most of the pictures being made come from 

novels or plays, Blumofe said. "Hollywood 

writers want security more than anything. 

They want assignments and are now much 

more attracted to taking a 'job.' They cannot 

have the benefits of maximum profit 

from selling originals and having a job, 

They can't have their cake and eat it, 

too. 

too." 

Are the money incentives present for 

originals? Blumofe said that $50,000 was 

not much for an original screenplay and 

he would be willing to discuss a prize contest 

among the professional Hollywood 

writers with this stake in mind. 

He said there is a tremendous resurgence 

in the film businsss abroad. 

Europe is excited about motion pictures. 

What is more important is taking place in 

Prance, where a new group of films is 

being made. These men are not the Truffauts, 

but a new realistic group, such as 

Louis Malle and Felipe de Roca. They are 

the tongue-in-cheek satirical group, which 

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has gained experience and is working much 

more along orthodox lines. This brings 

them in line with American acceptance, 

but they do very well in foreign nations. 

This trend will be followed and a new 

school will develop in France. 

In England, Blumofe said, the ideas set 

forth in "HELP!" and "The Knack" are 

entertaining and on the upbeat. Men like 

Richard Lester, John Schlesinger, Tony 

Richardson and Sidney Furie are the innovators. 

Spain is turning out good pictures, more 

on a production-line basis, rather than 

with any great new modes. Italy is making 

an enormous contribution with Antonioni. 

Monicelli, Fellini and Nanni 

GREATER ROLE FOR SCREENPLAY 

In Hollywood, Elliot Silverstein, Sidney 

Pollock and Ralph Nelson are the new 

crop of innovators, Blumofe said. He observed, 

"Stars no longer are as tough a 

problem as they once were. There is a 

greater awareness that it's the story and 

not the picturemakers alone that counts 

in today's market." Quoting a local bank 

finance man, Blumofe remarked. "There is 

no single 'bankable' star today." 

Tors Names Ann del Valle 

West Coast Publicist 

HOLLYWOOD—Ann del Valle has been 

appointed West Coast publicity director 

MAKE-BELIEVE STORIES NEEDED 

Blumofe carried this a step further and 

included religious pictures. Turning to the 

downbeat story in vogue about two years 

ago, he found they were out of style. To for Ivan Tors Films, Inc. She was publicity 

be successful now, a story has to be upbeat 

director for Cecil B. DeMille until 

and make-believe. Downbeat stories 

his death. From early 1962 to mid-1965, 

would be depressing, he said. 

she was special area public relations director 

What about the story market? Was it 

for the George Stevens' film, "The 

more difficult to find stories today? 

Greatest Story Ever Told." Miss del Valle 

Blumofe didn't think it was any different 

joins the Tors organization on Monday 

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—always a problem. 

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1 to handle press and public relations 

for the Tors' multiple-entertainment projects 

and provide liaison, in behalf of 

Tors, for the companies with which Ivan 

Tors Films is variously associated. 

CPI, Menahem Golan 

Sign Two-Picture Deal 

HOLLYWOOD—Cinema Productions International 

announced a two-picture coproduction 

agreement with Israeli producer-director 

Menahem Golan. In making 

the announcement, CPI president Harold 

Goldman said the Golan films are in addition 

to a 13-picture slate already scheduled 

by CPI this year. Golan just completed 

filming in England "Trunk to Cairo," 

which stars George Sanders and Audie 

Murphy. 

'Battle of Bulge' Breaks 

Hollywood Boxoffice Mark 

HOLLYWOOD—"Battle of the Bulge," 

Warner Bros.' Cinerama-Technicolor release 

now in its exclusive engagement at 

Pacific's Cinerama in Hollywood, broke an 

all-time record on Christmas Day by doing 

$9,700 in four performances. 

Co-starring in "My Last Duchess," a 

Paramount comedy, are Nancy Kwan and 

Tony Curtis. 

Publicist Sees 'Tailored' 

Campaign for Pictures 

HOLLYWOOD — The quarterly of the 

Publicist Guild Local 818, the Image, 

carried an article by Russell Birdwell. His 

assignment at present is on the Universal 

picture "Beau Geste." in production by 

Walter Seltzer, producer, and Douglas 

Heyes, director. 

Birdwell sees an "entertainment hunger" 

on the part of the public, which he feels 

has been sighted by the production heads 

of the studios. He said money is being 

squandered in "paid-space" programs, 

which repeat obsolescent prose first 

describing "The Great Train Robbery." 

Proper channeling of these funds, he 

added, might bring wider publication and 

exposure in all media, including broadcasting. 

Birdwell sees more "tailored" campaigns 

in sight than ever before, with public relations 

specialists hired for specific pictures 

by independent producers. 

Yvette Mimieux Named 

YESACTT Ambassador 

HOLLYWOOD — Yvette Mimieux has 

been named official ambassador to South 

Vietnam by YESACTT, the Youth Expresses 

Support through American Christmas 

Trains and Trucks movement, sponsored by 

the National Junior Chamber of Commerce. 

Walt Disney gave her time off from filming 

"Monkeys, Go Home!" to attend the 

organization's special press conference in 

San Francisco. 

For this special drive, $100 million worth 

of food, clothing, medical supplies and toys 

for South Vietnam's civilians are being solicited 

by Jaycees throughout the country, 

to be transported by trains and buses to 

the Bay Area for embarkment early in 

1966. 

Merrick Chooses 'Nana' 

As First Feature Film 

HOLLYWOOD—The famous Emile Zola 

film "Nana" is to be Broadway stage-producer 

Laurence Merrick's first feature film. 

The venture is to be made as an independent. 

Merrick looked at both the 1929 

silent version and the 1934 United Artists 

version. He will star Joan Huntington in 

the title role. No starting date has been 

announced. 

Three Named to SPG 

Milestone Awards Group 

HOLLYWOOD — Robert Cohn, Lewis 

Rachmil and Aubrey Schenck have been 

named to serve with co-chairmen Norman 

Felton and David Tebet on the 14th annual 

Screen Producers Guild Milestone 

Awards dinner committee, announces Louis 

F. Edelman. SPG president. 

Comedian Al Ritz Dies 

HOLLYWOOD—Last rites for Al Ritz, 

64. member of the Ritz Brothers comedy 

team, were held here December 26. He 

died December 22 in New Orleans, apparently 

of a heart attack. Ritz, who organized 

the family team that made 46 films, was 

eulogized by Rabbi Lawrence Block as a 

pioneer among film comedians. Attending 

the services were the other two brothers 

of the team. Harry and Jimmy. 

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'Thunderball' Christmas Week 750 

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LOS ANGELES — Christmas week 

brought smash business to most houses, 

several theatres breaking records. Among 

the gigantic grossers was "Thunderball" 

with 750 per cent, this picture bringing 

back the old practice of lining up at Grauman's 

Chinese as crowds circled the block 

from early morning until late each night. 

"A Patch of Blue" did a smash 560 in its 

third stanza and "The Spy Who Came in 

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Egypticn— My Fair Lody WB), 61st wk 275 

El Rey—What's New Pussycat? (UA), rerun, 6th wk. 100 

Fine Arts—The Loved One l.MGM), 7th wk 240 

Four Star—The Tenth Victim (Embassy) 340 

Hollywood-Paramount—Doctor Zhivago (MGM) .330 

Hollywood— Boeing Boeing Para 280 

Lido—Rapture IC 190 

Those Magnificent Men in 

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SAN FRANCISCO— "Battle of the Bulgepremiered 

to the tune of 800 per cent at 

the Golden Gate and ratings of 500 went 

to "The Tenth Victim" and "Thunderball" 

along with "Batman" at the Presidio, 

where it has been SRO since it opened 

December 20. Long-running "Sound of 

Music" jumped to 525 over the holidays 

and "Mediterranean Holiday" was 450 in 

its 14th week. 

Alexandria—Boeing Boeing (Para) 350 

Bridge— Repulsion (Col), 7th wk. . . 

C.-nema 21 — The Spy Who Come in From the 

Clay, Music Hall—Juliet of the Spirits' (Ri'zzoii 

Coronet—The Great Race WB), 10th wk 

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DENVER— "Thunderball" provided the 

big movie news here as the James Bond spy 

thriller jumped off with a resounding 600 

per cent gross in its first week at the Paramount. 

With every program in the city 

garnering far-above-average returns, some 

of the other super percentages were 350 for 

"The Loved One" at the Towne. 260 for 

the return of "The Greatest Story Ever 

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By Pacific Drive-in 

HOLLYWOOD — Prank Diaz. Pacific 

Drive-In Theatres southern California division 

manager, announces seven changes 

in personnel: 

Chan Wood jr.. manager of the Compton 

Drive-in and Pete Cole, manager of 

the Century Drive-In, transferred to the 

home office booking department: Phil 

Hoffman, swing manager of the southwest 

district, to manager of the Olympic 

Drive-In; Jerry Dyer, former manager of 

the Olympic Drive-In, to the Centinela 

Drive-In: Flay Montgomery, manager of 

the Centinela Drive-in, transferred to the 

Century Drive-In: Richard Benjamin, 

swing manager of the San Gabriel Valley, 

to managership of the South Gate Drivein. 

and Howard Steele, former manager of 

the South Gate Drive-in, to the Compton 

Drive-In. 

Ogilvie, Shelledy Given 

Promotions by Pacific 

SAN BERNARDINO. CALIF.—Bruce A. 

Ogilvie, who had been city manager here 

for the Pacific Drive-In Theatres' Base 

Line, Belair and Tri-City airers, has been 

appointed district manager for the San 

Fernando Valley by the circuit. In his new 

assignment, Ogilvie will supervise ten 

drive-ins. 

While stationed here for the last eight 

years, he also was advertising and real 

estate manager for Pacific Drive-In Theatres 

in the area. He came here from 

Phoenix, where he had managed the 1.800- 

soat downtown Paramount Theatre. 

Succeeding Ogilvie here is Doyle Shelledy. 

former San Bernardino resident who 

was manager of the Studio Theatre eight 

years ago. Shelledy came here from Fresno, 

where he had been in charge of four driveins 

including Pacific's newlv built Sunnyside. 

Tiomkin Establishes Office 

PARIS — Composer-conductor Dimitri 

Tiomkin has established headquarters here 

for his production preparation with the 

USSR on "The Life of Tschaikowsky." 

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Manager Lou Gasparini said "Thunderball" 

was set for at least four weeks, and 

may be extended if business warrants it. 

He said opening day was the best he's ever 

had in the 800-seat indoor house, in more 

than three years since it opened. 

Gasparini said the house would return 

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N. Mexico Fair to Release 

Promotional Color Film 

ALBUQUERQUE—The New Mexico State 

Pair, headquartered here, plans to release 

a 20-minute promotional film on the showin 

mid-January. Entitled "The Biggest 

Show in New Mexico," it will have movie- 

TV cowboy actor Rex Allen doing the 

narration. 

The film is in color and 16mm and plans 

to be shown at service clubs, schools and 

other groups around the state. The film 

was shot at the 1965 fair by Fred Patton's 

Pioneer Business Films of Santa Fe. 

ALBUQUERQUE 

TVan Hardwicke was named assistant 

manager at the Fox-Winrock here, 

succeeding Dan Newton . Avolio. 

resident manager of Albuquerque Theatres 

and president of the New Mexico Theatre 

Ass'n. along with Roswell manager Ed 

Kidwell. will go to New York this month 

to represent the association at the meeting 

of the National Ass'n of Theatre Owners. 

Albuquerque city commissioners are still 

studying the granting of a franchise locally 

for cable television. The group took 

no action at its weekly meeting, despite a 

plea from the two contending groups—Albuquerque 

Community Antenna TV and 

Vu-More. Inc. 

Notional General Official 

Robert Apple, 54, Dies 

HOLLYWOOD—Robert M. Apple. 54. director 

of promotional advertising at National 

General Corp.. died here December 

16 of pneumonia. Appointed to his newduties 

earlier this month, he had served in 

various executive positions with Fox West 

Coast Theatres for more than 30 years. 

During his career he was manager of the 

Crest Theatre, Reno: California Theatre. 

Berkeley: Paramount. Oakland, and the 

Fox in San Francisco. 

A native of Lewiston. Mont.. Apple attended 

Oakland Junior College. He served 

In the Army from 1942 to 1946. He leaves 

his wife Joy Allison: sons Jeff and Richard 

and a brother. 

Vidor, Banquet Chairman, 

For Delta Kappa Alpha 

HOLLYWOOD—King Vidor, veteran Hollywood 

motion picture director, is serving 

as chairman of the banquet committee for 

the 28th annual formal dinner of Delta 

Kappa Alpha, national honorary cinema 

fraternity, to be held in the Foyer of Town 

and Gown at the University of Southern 

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California on Thursday night The 

USC department of cinema is the oldest 

and largest in the U.S. 

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Jôu Sher has sold his Wilshire Theatre In 

Fullerton to Donald Sanner and Syd 

Lehmann. Harry Rackin's Exhibitors 

Service will handle the booking and buying 

Ripps of MGM was in New York 

for home-office conferences. 

J. E. "Jude" Poynter, president of Theatre 

Booking Service of California, was on 

an inspection trip in Bakersfield and Taft 

Smith of the Lakewood Theatre, 

Long Beach, was on one of his rare visits 

to Filmrow. He has owned the Lakewood 

Compton. Calif.. Theatre 

11 years 

has been dismantled Bill Kelly of 

United California Theatres, with headquarters 

in San Francisco, was down looking 

over the theatre situation here. 

. 

Robert Siegel. owner, and Skip Reagon, 

film buyer and booker, Oceanside. were 

on hand for United Artists' annual Christmas 

party, hosted by branch manager Dick 

Carnegie Rosenberg of the Laguna 

Beach Theatre died, apparently of a 

heart attack. He was the younger brother 

William Glasgow of the White Theatre at 

Fresno was on the Row booking and buying 

. Minsky. Pacific Drive-In Theatres 

executive, was In San Francisco on 

business . 

Berwick and his family 

spent a vacation in Denver. He is head of 

the local Columbia exchange. 

Donald McC'onville, sales head of Columbia's 

Spanish division and Royal Films, 

visited the local exchange and conferred 

with Norman Jackter. division manager 

Bill Wassermans. UA sales manspent 

a few days in Las Vegas . 

Jules Gerelick, Pacific Coast sales manager, 

ATP, returned from a tour of his territory. 

San Francisco, Portland. Seattle. 

Denver. Salt Lake City and Albuquerque. 

Norman Jackter, Columbia's West Coast 

sales manager, was host to circuit executives 

who attended the Mike Frankovich 

conference. They included Sherrill Corwin. 

president. Metropolitan Theatres: Bill 

Kelly. United Artists Theatres. San Francisco; 

Richard Jeha and Roy Evans. West 

Coast division manager and film buyer, 

Los Angeles office. United Artists Theatres: 

Herb Copelan, West Coast manager, 

Stanley Warner Theatres, and Murray 

Propper. contact manager of the circuit: 

Daniel Polier. vice-president. National General 

Corp.. accompanied by Ralph Adams 

and Jack Myhill; Everett Cummings, president, 

and Jack Kolbo. Cummings Theatres: 

Jack Grossman. Walter Goodman 

and Robert Benton, vice-president. Sero 

Amusement Co. Jimmy Whiteside assisted 

Jackter. 

. 

Harry Novak. Rossmore Film Distributor, 

York and Washington 

on business and will 

.'dman 

Miami He has also signed Murray 

Perlsteln as his assistant, acting a- 

man and booker Jones f: 

Tivoli and New Art of West Los Angeles 

conferred with Jack Sherriff of Manhattan 

Films. 

Dave Bershon, ex-owner of the Leimert 

Theatre in Hollywood, celebrated his 78th 

birthday Bitty Tokasi. secretary to 

Pete Latsis of National General Corp.. was 

vacationing . Patterson, from San 

Francisco, was visiting on the Row. 

MGM had 480 prints of "When the Boys 

the Girls'' working domestically during 

the Christmas vacation, including 55 

out of the Los Angeles division. In some instances, 

neighboring theatres were bicycling 

prints so that one could accommodate 

two houses 

Single Bills Considered 

By NGC on Week Days 

LOS ANGELES—In a year-end survey 

of the growing industry of theatre building 

m southern California, an Into 

witli Eugene Klein, president of National 

General Corp.. in the Herald-Examiner 

brought out that NGC will add 100 theatres 

of the late Mike Rosenberg, president of 

Principal Theatres. 

during the next three years. These are expected 

to be in shopping centers aero 

Jack Zamsky, United Artists sales department, 

suffered a slight stroke and is in 

nation. 

Cedars of Lebanon Hospital . . . Harvey 

In a discussion of single features, he said 

Levinson. Cozy Theatre in downtown Los 

he is considering usins; the single feature 

Angeles, was struck by a car while crossing 

a street. He is in Orthopedic Hospital. 

during the week, with the double feature 

left for Friday. Saturday and Sunday. 

Tni In favor of it." Klein said. "We don't 

want to trap our customers inside for 

hours. All they really want to see Is one 

good picture. That's plenty " 

Leo Perm is directing Joseph E. U 

"A Man Called Adam" from an original 

screenplay by Les Pine and Tina Rome 

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SAN FRANCISCO 

Fair Lady" opened at popular prices 

J^Jy 

in its first multiple-release run at the 

Esquire and Empire theatres December 22. 

Another long-running hit "The Sound of 

Music" went into its 10th month at the 

UA showing special holiday matinees 

daily December 18—Sunday (2). 

A Christmas feature, 250 minutes of 

continuous so-bad-it's-funny cavorting by 

"Batman," was held at the Presidio. This 

is the serial put out in 1943 with all 15 

chapters spliced end-to-end. 

Children's holiday films: "Willy McBean 

and His Magic Machine" ran December 

15-21 at two S.P. theatres. At the Surf, a 

"Children's Film Series" ran on Saturday 

afternoons December 4, 11, 18. The last in 

the series will appear Saturday and is 

called "And Now Miguel." Among the other 

Saturday specials were "The Emperor's 

Nightingale," narrated by Boris Karloff 

and played by Czech puppets; "The Snow 

Queen" and a program of eight unusual 

short films including some of UPA's best 

shorts and films from the Canadian National 

Film Board. 

These children-oriented films should 

please various area motion picture-TV 

council members. On December 14, 200 

women from the Marion County council 

turned out for a very successful filmluncheon-fun 

id) day. 

The Berkeley council gathered December 

for his Saturday kiddie shows. He holds a 

lifetime membership in the Albany PTA 

because of his outstanding work with children, 

is an honorary citizen of the city of 

Albany, and presently presides over the 

Albany Chamber of Commerce. 

Premieres: The controversial "Battle 

of the Bulge" premiered in northern California 

December 22 at the Golden Gate 

Cinerama before a full house, a press club 

benefit. Celebrities on hand were Eartha 

Kitt and Russell Nype, who were appearing 

in "Owl and the Pussycat" at the Geary 

Theatre. George Dusheck of the Examiner 

wrote that controversial or not, this was 

"one helluva war movie." 

John Wasserman of the Chronicle gave 

Tops in Quality and Service 

Send your next order to us! 

GERRY KARSKI, 

PRES. 

Jerry Lewis a terrific build-up in his latest 

picture "Boeing Boeing," which opened 

December 22 at the Alexandria and El 

Rancho Drive-In . 23 author 

Irving Stone attended the gala premiere 

showing of "The Agony and the Ecstasy" 

at the Fox Parkside. It was for the benefit 

of his old alma mater's alumni association 

(Lowell High School). 

Also premiering was Federico Fellini's 

first color picture "Juliet of the Spirits," 

at the Music Hall and New Clay. 

Ray Syufy opened his Cinema 21, a remodeled 

version of the old Marina Theatre, 

with "The Spy Who Came in From the 

Cold" . Cooper of West Side-Valley 

Theatres took off for Hawaii December 

27 with his wife and two 10-year-old 

grandchildren. He should be back Thursday 

1 ) before hopping aboard a plane for 

New York and the first NATO board meeting 

on Monday ilO). Also representing 

northern California exhibitors at the meeting 

will be Richard Mann of Theatre Management. 

Homer Tegtmeier returned to the city 

December 20 after being away five weeks. 

He inspected theatres on the East Coast 

and in some Southern cities, where, he 

says, most new theatres are being built in 

shopping centers. He and his wife stopped 

off in Jamaica for ten days before heading 

for home. 

Many San Francisco theatre people 

mourn the death of Bob Apple, who was 

with Fox West Coast here for more than 

25 years. He died of pneumonia December 

13 to pay tribute to William Garren who is 

giving up operation of the Albany Theatre 

in Albany after 25 years. A luncheon was 

held in his honor at the home 15 in 

of Mrs. Earl 

Los Angeles, where he had been transferred 

Sykes and was attended by council 

recently. 

members 

and by theatre managers of the 

Berkeley-Albany area. Council members 

appreciate Garren's cooperation in holding 

summertime matinees for children and 

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W. G. Cooke Leases 

New Reno Theatre 

RENO, NEV.—Construction is to start 

Saturday ( 15 ) on a 750-seat showcase theatre 

in the Keystone Square Shopping 

Center for lease and operation by the 

Centre Theatre Corp. Cost of the new theatre, 

which will be known as the Centre, 

is estimated at $200,000 and completion 

is expected by May 1. 

President of the Centre Theatre Corp. is 

William G. Cooke, who for the last two 

years has operated the Sage Theatre, 

Gardnerville, and formerly was owner and 

operator of the Tower Theatre and Motor- 

In in Reno. 

Other officers of the Centre Theatre 

Corp. are Ray Handley, vice-president, and 

Mrs. William G Cooke, secretary and 

treasurer. 

April Opening Planned 

For Theatre in Carmel 

CARMEL, CALIF.—Completion of the 

Village Theatre at Dolorest Street and 

Seventh Avenue is scheduled for April. 

Ground was broken for the 414-seat cinema 

early in December. 

Designer of the $110,000 structure was 

Kipp Stewart. The architect is George 

Willox and the contractor is Geyer Construction 

Co. 

New Modesto Theatre 

For Redwood Circuit 

MODESTO. CALXF.—A 600-seat motion 

picture theatre is to be built in the new 

Briggamore Square Shopping Center on 

McHenry Boulevard between Briggamore 

and Bonen avenues. Construction, costing 

approximately $200,000, is scheduled to 

start in the near future and be completed 

early next year, according to a joint announcement 

made by Redwood Theatres, 

owners and operators of the local State 

and Covell theatres, and Quintana, Inc.. 

Linn C. Alexander, chairman of the 

board, developers of the shopping project 

The de luxe theatre, planned and designed 

by Ainsworth and McClellan, architects, 

and William B. David & Associates, 

theatre designers of San Francisco, will be 

centrally located within the complex and 

its surrounding parking area. It will be 

equipped for all types of picture projection, 

from conventional 35mm and Cinema- 

Scope to 70mm and Dimension-150. with 

an advanced stereophonic sound system. 

Among the many modem patron conveniences 

will be a climate-controlled 

heating and ventilation and automatized 

confection service from banks of vending 

machines. 

A special attraction, first-run, film 

policy will prevail, presenting such motion 

pictures as "My Fair Lady," "Those 

Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" 

and "The Agony and the Ecstasy" 

and the outstanding foreign and domestic 

art films. The policy is also expected to 

include Saturday matinees with programing 

for children. 

'Othello' Hard-Ticket 

Run Opens February 2 

HOLLYWOOD — Laurence Olivier's 

"Othello" grossed $35,857 in its Oscarqualification 

run here at the Pantages 

Theatre, from December 15 to 21. The 

regular two-a-day hard-ticket run opens 

on February 2. in approximately 29 situations. 

This type of special is in the same 

category as "Hamlet" and "La Boheme." 

While no scale has been announced, prices 

will range from approximately $1.75 up to 

$3. depending on the location and type 

of house. 

Glen G. Hobbs Takes Over 

Stockton Managerial Post 

STOCKTON, CALIF.—Glen G. Hobbs. 

assistant manager of the Survant Theatre, 

Glasgow, Mont., the last five years, has assumed 

his duties as manager of the Stockton 

Esquire and Stockton theatres for the 

Westland circuit. 

Hobbs had served in the Air Force prior 

to taking the position with the Glasgow 

theatre, his first industry job. Before entering 

service he had been employed by the 

Anderson Roofing Co. of Glasgow. 

Gaston Hakim Represents 

Times Film in West 

From Eastern Edition 

NEW YORK—European Producers International, 

Ltd., headed by Gaston Hakim, 

has been named official representative for 

Times Film Corp. Hakim, whose offices 

are in Los Angeles, will service the 13 

western states. 


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ings and other events during off-cinema 

hours Holesapple also pointed out thai 

there only one major indoor theatre at 

is 

present in the entire northeast Sacramento 

County area. 

Naify said Raad is designing a theatre 

"capable of projecting quality pictures at 

all aspect ratios." 

Roxy in Winlock, Wash. 

Reopened by Lions Club 

WINLOCK. WASH. After a whirlwind 

mx weeks' campaign to raise funds, the 

Lions Club has reopened the idle Roxy 

Theatre. Operation is entirely by Lions. 

With about 75 per cent of the club's 35 

members volunteering their services and 

Earl Biddle. former operator of the theatre, 

serving as adviser to the club and 

instructing several members in projector 

techniques. 

The theatre facilities were offered to the 

Lions at a greatly reduced rental by owners 

of the property, the heirs of the late 

mayor. V. O. Harkins. 

The theatre is on a two-nights a week 

basis, movies scheduled on Friday and 

Saturday. 

Reopening of the Roxy, closed since last 

spring, serves the dual purpose of providing 

a needed leisure time facility for the 

town's youth and furnishing means to raise 

funds for the Lions' community service projects. 

Mr. and Mrs. William Parr 

Buy 3 Oregon Theatres 

HERMISTON. ORE—The Oasis Theatre 

and Grove Drive-In at Hermiston and 

tbi Mor Theatre in Umatilla have been 

purchased by Mr. and Mrs. William Parr. 

Goldendale. Wash., from L. A. Moore of 

Hermiston. The new owners already have 

d operation of the two indoor theatres 

The Parrs, who own a theatre in Goldplan 

to move here early this month. 

They have four children- Elaine. 17: Linda. 

12: Johnny. 11. and Debby. 4 

Gridley, Calif., Butte 

Renovated After Fire 

GRIDLEY. CALIF—The Butte Theatre, 

which was severely damaged in 

August 30, was reopened December 18 afproject 

supervised by Manager 

Joe Seery. 

The theatre was reopened minus its 

loge section, delivery and installation of 

for this area having 

seating and carpeting 

been delayed. 

HONOLULU AND 

By TATS V< >SH1VAMA 

CARMICHAEL, CALIF.— Construction is Park-the-Kiddies-Whlle-You-Shop" shows 

to start early this month on a 1.000-seat 

were presented at two of Consolidated's 

downtown houses during the week 

all-purpose theatre in the Crestview Shopplng 

Center at Manzanita Avenue and 

before Christmas. Taking full advantage 

Winding Way for lease by United California 

Theatres. 

special matinees were scheduled for Prin- 

oi the record-breakli 

Announcement of the project was made 

cess and Toyo theatres, from 10 in the 

jointly by R. A. Naify of San Francisco, 

morning to late afternoon showings. "Rodan, 

the Flying Monster,'' "Island of the 

president of the circuit, and by Richard 

\v Holesapple, owner-developer of the 

Blue Dolphins." "The Three Stooges in 

shopping center. The two said that plans 

Orbit" and "The Wizard of Baghdad" were 

San Francisco architect George showing their regularly scheduled attrac- 

Holesapple said that the theatre's design 

will permit its use for dance recitals, meet- 

the theatre are being worked up by 

toi 

Raad. 

special bookings with the two theatres 

tions at night, A carnival of cartoons supplemented 

the feature attractions for all 

the matinee programs 

Extra morning and late evening performances 

were added to the New Royal 

rheatre's Christmas week and New Year 

week showings of United Artists' "Thundeiball." 

Displayed in the foyer are special 

pictorial spreads from Playboy magazine 

and 007 accessories from Sears in Honolulu. 

DENVER 

Cervices were held here for Clarence K. 

Olson, 71. He was branch manager for 

United Artists and then transferred to San 

Francisco. He returned to Denver as branch 

manager for Paramount and retired from 

the business about eight years ago. He 

leaves his wife Hazel, a daughter and two 

grandchildren. Burial was at Kenosha, 

Wis. 

Larry Starsmore and Howard Campbell 

of Westland hosted their annual holiday 

luncheon in the Brown Palace Hotel 

for Filniiow personnel . daughter 

of Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Wheeler, 

Pace Theatre. Gordon. Neb., is now Mrs 

Merry. Her husband is stationed at Camp 

Carson in Colorado Springs 

MGM manager George Fisher and Columbia 

manager Sam Dare are winter vacationing 

. Artists screened 

Thunderball" and Columbia screened 

footage from "The Silencers." 

Neil Ross is no longer connected with 

the Bluebird Theatre, which is being operated 

by Theatre Operators. Inc. 

Recent visitors setting dates were Bob 

Heyl. Wyoming Theatre. Torrington, Wyo . 

Lyle Meyers, 5 Yuma. Colo.: 

Tom Hardy. Egyptian Theatre, Delta, 

Colo.: Mr. and Mrs William Beutler, Plaza 

Theatre. Taos. NM.: J. K. Powell. Cliff 

Theatre. Wray. Colo.: Sam Rosenthal. Bi- 

BuXfalo, Wyo.; Dick Klein. 

Trojan Theatre. Longmont. Colo.: Harold 

McCormick. Skyline Theatre. Canon City. 

Colo.: Dr. W. E. Scott. Rio Theatre. Meeker. 

Colo.: Palmer Allen. Del Mar Theatre. 

Neb; Wanna McCarthy. Lincoln 

Theatre. Limon. Colo., and Vein Peterson. 

atres of Colorado. Loveland. 

\„ a Neu fear's resolution, resolve to 

attend Show-A-Rama DC. which will be 

held in the Hilton Hotel on March 1-3. 

I In Denver Theatre screened "That 

0THER HAWAIIAN AREAS 

For the holiday bookings of Paramount';, 

"Boeing Boeing." the King Theatre program 

was augmented by several Pink Panther 

cartoon specials and the Queen Theatre 

had a "bonus holiday package ol 

shorts from Walt Disney. 

hr Cinerama, with "The Greatest Story 

Ever Told." and the Kuhio, 39th week ot 

i hi Sound of Music," held extra performances 

for the holidays. 

I In- Beatles are back in Honolulu again. 

with a tandem booking at the Princess and 

Kailua Drive-In, "A Hard Day's Night" 

and "HELP!" The Varsity's combination 

of Otto Premingers "The Man With the 

Golden Arm" and "The Moon Is Blue" 

were followed by the Christmas Da\ 

ing of MGM's "The Loved One." 

Miintaro Katsu, top Daiei Studio actor 

from Tokyo, was in Los Angeles. Upon his 

return to Honolulu, he made special appliances 

on the New Kokusai Theatre 

stage during the New Year holiday weekend. 

Darn Cat" for the Rocky Mountain newspaper 

boys . of the Cooper 

Theatre celebrated the holidays with a 

breakfast at the Cart-N-Rib . and 

Mrs. Chick Lloyd hosted an open house at 

their American International exchange. 

On holiday visits to Filmrow were ex- 

Denverites John Vos. now with Paramount 

in Kansas City, and Frank Carbone. now 

with Paramount In Oklahoma City. 

.Marvin Goldfarb. John Dobson and 

Larry Starsmore held a meeting with Filmrow 

personnel In regard to the Show-A- 

Rama IX meeting. The group was briefed 

on preparations for the meeting and weir 

assigned to ticket sales. Exhibitors can now 

purchase tickets and make reservations 

through any distributor salesman or 

branch manager. 

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New James Bond Film 

600 in Kansas City 

KANSAS CITY—The opening of several 

new block-buster attractions for Christmas 

week boosted business. "ThunderbaH" in 

its first week at the Plaza made the biggest 

noise with 600 per cent. Long lines also 

formed to s?e "The Loved One" at the 

twin Embassy theatres and a record high 

of 400 per cent was chalked up. "That 

Darn Cat" drew the family crowds to the 

Uptown and Granada, registering 275 petcent. 

The opening week of "The Tenth 

Victim" at the Embassy scored 250 per 

cent, the same figure recorded for the 

opening of "My Fair Lady" at the Kimo 

at regular prices. "The Sound of Music" 

in its 24th week at the Midland doubled 

average. 


Boulevard, Crest, 1-70, New 50, Riverside, Isis 

Dr. Goldtoot ond the Bikini Machine (AIP); 

Bcoch Blanket Bingo AIP\ 2nd run 120 

Brookside 

Capri— The 

The Tenth Victim 

Agony ond the Ecstasy 

Embassy) 

20th-Fox) ...150 

Embassv 1 2—The Loved One MGM) ...400 

Empir,- The Great Race (WB), 11th 175 

wk 

I II.MKOW CHEER—Mans parties for the Christmas season occurred on 

Filmrow In Kansas City. This scene on December a was at the L a. I, Popcorn 

and Poppers Supply Co., where "\\ ootlie" Latimer was host of the firm's open 

house. Left to right, are: M. B. Smith, Commonwealth Theatres. Norris CressweU, 

executive secretary of I'nited Theatre Owners of the Heart of America; Steve 

Caruso, I. & 1.; "Bev" Miller. Mercury Kilm Co.; Jesse Shlyen. BOXOFFICE; 

Dick Durwood, Durwood Theatres; Latimer; Arthur Cole, the dean of Filmrow. 

and Fred Souttar. Fox Midwest Theatres. 

Pinocchio in Outer Space illniv); assorted cofcotures 

1 

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Heart, Hillcrest, Lake Park, Leawood, 63rd Street, 

Shawnee, Twin, Dickinson, Granada (Indep.), 

Parkway 2 When the Boys Meet the Girls 

(MGM); assorted co-feorurcs 110 

Kimo My Fair Lady (WB), 1st wk. at regular 

prices 250 

Music 20th-Fox), 24th Midland—The Sound ot 

Paramount, Electric— Never Too 

wk. 200 

Late (WB) 90 

Plaza, Avenue—ThunderbaH UA) 600 

Rockhill—An Evening With Batman and Robin 

(Col) 1 60 

Roxy—Do Not Disturb 20th-Fox) 150 

Uptown, Granada—That Darn Cat 275 

SV) 

NSS Names Jack Greenberg 

Head of Chicago Outlet 

CHICAGO—Jack Greenberg, long-time 

field executive for National Screen Service. 

has returned to the company to head the 

Chicago branch, announces Burton E. 

Robbins. president of the company. His 

appointment will be effective Monday 

1 

He succeeds Milton Peinberg who has 

just been appointed general sales manager 

and will have headquarters in New York. 

Greenberg began his career with NSS in 

Des Moines in 1948. He subsequently was 

sales manager of the New York branch and 

later branch manager in Minneapolis. For 

five years he has been engaged in private 

business. 

St. Joseph's Dex Reopens 

On New Year's Eve 

ST. JOSEPH. MO—Dexter Davis, state 

commissioner of agriculture, reopened the 

Dex Theatre here on New Year's Eve on 

a weekends-only basis. The theatre building 

has not been used for 12 years. 

The house will present live entertainment 

at times, as well as family-type motion 

pictures. Hallard Heald will be manager. 

K.C. Embassy Exchange 

Moved to St. Louis 

KANSAS CITY— Embassy Pictures has 

moved its local sales exchange to St. 

Louis. 539 North Grand Ave., headed by 

branch manager Arthur McManus. The 

company will continue to maintain a listed 

telephone number at its former office at 

1716 Wyandotte St. 

Western Kansas Exhibitors Voice 

Opinions on Minimum Wage Law 

RUSSELL, KAS. — Exhibitor-managers 

of the first district of western Kansas 

were hosts at a December 13 meeting with 

Rep. Bob Dole iR.. Kas.i. to acquaint 

him with the feelings of motion picture 

exhibitors about the proposed minimum 

wage law and proposals before the Congressional 

Committee on changes in the 

Unemployment Compensation Bill. The 

meeting was arranged by Paul Ricketts. 

Ness City, and Dale H. Danielson. Russell 

Rep. Dole pointed out the last Congress 

committed the federal government on various 

welfare programs over the next five 

years in excess of $130 billion or S30 bil- 

more than the present annual budget. 

lion 

He then covered many of the items he 

feels the next Congress will consider. 

The great strength of labor and the 

The December 13 meeting of Western 

Kansas exhibitors in Kiis-rll wis 

the scene for the discussion of the 

proposed minimum trace law and 

changes In the Dnempioymeni Compensation 

Bill by, left to right, Dale 

B. Danielson of RnsseD, Hep. Bc.i> Dole 

of Russell, and Paul Kioketts ol Nest 

City. 

heavy control of both houses of Congress 

was mentioned when Dole reminded those 

present that business and management's 

voice is lost because of the ineffective plea 

from some organizations, local, regional 

and national, and from each segment of 

the business community whether it be dime 

stores, grocery stores, restaurants or theatres. 

The necessity of a combined and 

vocal organization of all business and management, 

retail, wholesale manufacturing 

and service, to counterbalance the vast 

political activities of labor groups, also was 

stressed by Dole. 

At the meeting, moderated by Ricketts. 

there was discussion on the detrimental 

effects of the pending legislation Then 

were 43 persons present, including businessmen 

from other fields. Exhibitors attending 

included: 

Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wheatcroft. Hois- 

Mr and Mrs. Charles Selbe. 

ule; Gary Chrisbens, Salina; Keith 

ler, Salina: Jay Wooten. Hutchinson: 

Dale Stewart, Wichita: Charles R 

Garden City: Dennis Montee, Hutchinson; 

Charles V. Reed. Hayes; Phil Hill, 

Dorner. Pratt: Mr and Mrs 

Leo Biichei. Ellsworth; Mr. and Mi 

L Whiting. Downs; Mr. and Mrs. Rli 

!: and Mrs. Danielson. Russell; 

R. R. Winship. Philhpsburg; Dudley 

H Hun bin Bud 

Blown. Philhpsburg; Glenn R. 1! 

Wakeeney; Don E Burnett. Earned: Don 

Ruckers. Ness City; Jim Warnell. Great 

Bend: Ray W. Watkins. Goodland; Doug 

Lightner jr.. Springdale, Ark: Mr. and 

oil Klvin Lambert, Smith Cent, 

man. Lincoln, and Mi at 

Zimmerman. Russell. 

Writer Peter Nelson has been signed by 

producer Lawrence Turman and d] 

Nichols to write the final sen 

for Embassy's "The Graduate." 

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Puses carrying 1,469 second and third 

8"x10" $ 15 00 ing or car capacity, 

graders arrived at the Midland Theatre 

during the Christmas holiday . . . 

Winningham, branch manager of National 

Screen Service, spent a one-week vacation 

at 7:45 a.m. December 21 for a special 

screening of "The Sound of Music." Soft 

drinks and popcorn were given to the kiddies 

and high school pupils were ushers. 

at home last week. 

Sympathy to Don Phillips, Colby, Kas., 

nephew 

along with the Duiwood staff. John A. 

exhibitor, whose J. Phillip Crabb, 

a Topeka newspaperman, was killed in an 

director of the Lincoln-Manual Plus 

Clair, 

automobile accident December 21 near Ottawa, 

Project, had called the theatre office to 

Kas. 

inquire about taking a class to see the 

film. Stan Durwood heard of the request Services for Mary Kopulos, mother of 

and turned the matter over to Bob Goodfriend, 

Gus and George Kopulos of Regal Poppers 

executive assistant, who replied Supply, were held December 27 in the 

"Why bring just one class? Bring as many Greek Orthodox Church. Mrs. Kopulos, 64, 

as you like." The entire theatre was turned had been ill only a short time. She died 

over to Clair, with no charge. The pupils Christmas Day. 

were from Attucks, Banneker. Carver, 

Humboldt. Phillips, Booker T. Washington, 

Harold "Chick" Evens of 20th Century- 

Woodland and Yates schools. 

Pox boasts a 7-pound 4-ounce grandson 

Charles Evens Raach, born to his daughter 

Barbara Clark of Pox Midwest Theatres 

Patricia Raach on Christmas Eve in St. 

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marquee for his National Theatre. 

Bob DeJarnette, former office manager 

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Frank Monaco, branch manager of at the Charlotte, N.C., branch, arrived 

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Marty Watson, American International 

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daughter-in-law from Detroit arrived here 

December 22 for Christmas . . . John 

Wangberg, AIP branch manager, enjoyed 

the visit of his daughter Lorraine, who 

was home from Creighton University in 

Omaha, where she is a sophomore 

Ann Cooksey of AIP spent Christmas in 

Memphis with her relatives. 

Mr. and Mrs. George Regan arrived here 

December 28 after spending Christmas 

with his wife's parents in Omaha. They 

were here to celebrate New Year's Day 

with his brothers. 

Shelby Doty of the 50 Drive-in, Jefferson 

City, had to remain in the Memorial 

Hospital longer than expected for a gall 

bladder operation. His sister Amy Ummel 

from Ransom, Kas., was there during the 

operation on December 16 and stayed 

until December 19. Another sister visited 

him and planned to help him move back 

into his apartment. He expects to be back 

at work sometime this week, according to 

Bev Miller. 

Holiday parties: Fox Midwest held an 

open house December 21 in the office for 

exhibitors and Filmrow personnel; Dickinson 

Theatres held open house at the Glenwood 

Manor Moter Hotel December 23 evening; 

L & L Popcorn and Poppers Supply 

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in the office; Eric Green, 20th-Fox 

branch manager, entertained his office 

staff in his home December 18; Universal, 

Johnny Long of George Regan Film Distributors 

and Allied Artists personnel had 

a party in Bob Ford's Restaurant on December 

21; United Artists had its office 

party at the Hereford House December 17; 

Columbia Pictures' office party was in the 

Gold Buffet December 20; Commonwealth 

Theatres had a party December 30 at the 

Kansas City Club from 6 until 9 p.m. Dick 

Orear and Doug Lightner were hosts. 

Out-of-town exhibitors: Elmer Bills, Salisbury, 

Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jarboe, 

Cameron, Mo.; John Whiting of the Lido 

Theatre, Downs, Kas.; Paul Eye, Appleton 

City, Mo.: O. C. Johnson, Hiawatha, Kas.; 

Jim Cook, Maryville, Mo.; Roy Hill, Fox 

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members and other interested persons 

of these 1966 events: midyear directors 

meeting. Sheraton Blackstone Hotel. 

Chicago, May 25; annual NAC convention, 

Americana Hotel, New York City. 

September 27-October 1; Motion Picture 

& Concessions Industries tradeshow, Americana 

Hotel, New York City, September 

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Ralph Bellamy arrived here to narrate 

a series of 13 religious documentaries at 

The Regal, 

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one of the few film theatres in the area 

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'While this shopping center theatre has 

been on the planning boards for quitsome 

time," said Limmroth. •'our delaj has 

been due to failure of the shopping center 

to fina'ize all of its construction plans 

until late in 1965." 

Limmroth also announced that as soon 

as work on the hardtop is well under way, 

the circuit's architect will be put to work 

on plans for a twin drive-in. 

Berlo Vending Co. will operate the concessions 

stand in the new shopping center 

unit, which will be the first indoor theatr. 

built in this area since World War II 

Construction Is to be of concrete blocks 

wrapped in light cream brick, with a twocashier 

boxoffice for rush hours. Fronting 

the entrance will be a large porte-cochere 

which will permit six cars at one time to 

unload passengers out of the rain. Sidewalks 

will surround the single story building 

and the outside area will be landscaped 

with illuminated shrubbery and floral 

gardens. 

On the sloping floor of the auditorium, 

the circuit will install 1.000 lounge-type 

chairs in staggered pattern and extra-wide 

rows. An acoustical arched ceiling and 

vinyl wall coverings in the lobby, tiled 

lounges, blue-green carpeting, walnut 

paneling trimmed in black and gold light 

fixtures, a projection room "large enough 

to accommodate any process which may 

come along," and a 60x25-foot screen are 

among other features in the new theatre 

plans. 

"Now we're calling it the Bel Air Theatre." 

said Limmroth. "but there are plans 

for a theatre-naming contest in the 

works." 

Prospering Raleigh Exhibitors See 

Even Better Times for Industry 

RALEIGH. N.C.—Half a dozen Raleigh 

theatre officials, taking note of the 

"gigantic comeback of the once-fading 

movies," cited their reasons for the indus- 

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renaissance in a story recently carried 

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by the Raleigh Times, afternoon newspaper 

here, and predicted a bright future for the 

industry. 

Staffer Doug Smith, wrU 

paper's entertainment section, reported 

from their commanding 

that movie thi atrei 

position in American society by 

the advent of television In the early 1950s. 

have recovered from their tailspin and 

have come back stronger than ever. 

Raleigh theatres are now enjoying the 

prosperity along with the rest of the country's 

movie houses. New theatres an 

built and attendance is contimm. 

climb. Smith said it's almost impossible to 

find a local theatre manager without an 

ear-to-ear smile spread across his face. 

What happened to cause the upturn'' 

BETTER FEATURES BEING MADE 

"Better pictures are now being made and 

Hollywood is paying more attention to what 

the public wants to see." suggested State 

Theatre Manager Sandy Jordan. 

"Years ago, the movie companies could 

make any kind of movie and the people 

would go to see it because they didn't have 

a television to watch." noted Lincoln Manager 

H. E. Sharp. "But, now. the movie 

companies have to make good pictures to 

get the audience." 

"During World War II. the movie industry 

made many 'quickies.' " said Ken Finley, 

Varsity manager. "These are now being 

shown on television and they are 

driving people back to the theatre.'' 

A big factor in the movie comeback. Finley 

pointed out. is the type of movies being 

made today. "Producers are directing the 

picture toward the mentality of the people. 

Their primary aim is to entertain the 

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going where the people are. More and more 

ng built in shopping centers instead 

of in the heart of town. 

What type of moviegoers have con- 

1 most to the revitallzation? 

Teenagers are probably the most consistent 

man- 

movie fans bu 

agers maintain, modern movies appeal to 

everyone. 

"The bulk of today's moviegoers 

Hi teenage and young adult group 

Jordan. "College boys are good movii 

and there are a lot of older movie fans." 

"It usually takes a best-seller (a p 

based on a best-selling book' or a movie 

with some special interest for older people 

to get them Into the theatre," R< 

contended. 

Movie appeal depends a great deal on 

the theatre itself, all agreed. Some theatres 

specialize in certain types of 

and attract the same audience all th< 

What about the future? 

The motion picture industry can't go any 

way but up, according to the local 

"I don't believe you can find a substitute 

for good, full-screen entertainment for the 

people who are now enjoying it." Jordan 

said. "You just don't get the same effect 

by sitting at home watching television. It's 

more enjoyable to go to a theatre and 

someone laugh along with you." 

"We are terrifically encouraged by the 

upsurge that has been going on for the 

past three years." Stone added. 

"The future looks bright. But tl 

should plan well and not try to expand too 

fast," Moody concluded. 

Fourth Mariin House 

For Hunisville, Ala. 

HUNTSVILLE. ALA. — With II 

public." he said. 

Martin Circuit Acquires 

Television, which almost wrecked the Alabama scheduled to open during the holidays. 

Martin Theatres announced it would 

movie Industry when introduced into 

Building in Nashville 

American life, has played an important build an indoor thea! 

Woodbury 

Shopping Center on Aiiport Road and 

NASHVILLE—Martin Theatres, owner of part in the new vitality of exhibition. 

South Parkway. The circuit plans to open 

15 Nashville theatres and 175 across the "Television has lost its novelty," said 

Leonard Register, manager of the Village 

nation, has purchased the 12-story Sudekum 

the new Woodbury unit, which will be 

Building from the Crescent Co. Theatre. "It's now just another piece of called the Martin, next summer. 

furniture. The movie industry had 

Like the new Alabama in the Mall Shop- 

C. L. Patrick, Martin general manager, 

told the Nashville Tennessean that the circuit 

bought the property •primarily as an out." 

bury Maitm will seat 800 patrons and will 

dure the same thing when radio first came 

tenter on North Parkway, the Wood- 

investment." He described the build 

be of latest design, planned to blend in 

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plans to make an extensive study "Television is for those people who 

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installed on a tilted 

of the building to determine what must to stay home." observed Tom Moody, acting 

screen 

be done to make it "modern and up-todate 

manager of the Colony Theatre. "But cessed wall, said to be the only such in- 

in every respect." 

90 per cent of all television sets are black stallation in the state. Oi" 

"Also, there are a lot of intercomiecting and white, so if they want to see soin 

in color they have to go to 

but of 

facilities between the building and the 

the first business In Hun( i 

Tennessee Theatre, which we already watching television .f êe an block long Mall The Woodbu 

one owned and we felt it would facilitate maintenance 

old movie that has been revived and they 

ted to be of the first bu.-i: 

and operation if ownership were wonder how it would look on a wid( 

to open in that shopping center, too. 

consolidated." Patrick added. 

in color." 

n the Woodbury Martin Is completed, 

Charles H. Kuertz sr. is district manager The theatres themselves have also contributed 

the circuit will have four tl 

in for Martin in the Nashville area, while 

a great deal to the comeback, the operation here, the others bei: 

Casey Jenkins is the circuit's city manager. theatremen said. 

Alabama, the Center and the original 

"More comfortable theatres are being downtown Martin. 

built to bring people out of their living 

John Wayne and Robert Mitchum star rooms." noted Ambassador Manager Ervin Embassy Pictures' "Git!" was produced 

in "Eldorado." the outdoor drama being Stone. 

and directed by Ellis Kadlson from a 

filmed for Paramount release. 

Register pointed out theatres are now screenplay by Homer McCoy 

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NEW ORLEANS—Universal^ "The Ghost 

and Mr. Chicken," the Don Knotts comedy 

in Technicolor, will have a series of prerelease 

openings here starting Thursday 

i20i and in the Charlotte territory starting 

Thursday '27), announces Henry M. 

"Hi" Martin, Universal vice-president and 

general sales manager. The picture is scheduled 

for a regular May release. 

Seven New Pictures 

On Memphis Screens 

MEMPHIS — Christmas saw seven new 

films come to Memphis first runs. Business 

soared. The Malco Theatre opened "Dr. 

Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine," the unreeled 

"Boeing Boeing" and the Warner 

"Do Not Disturb" on Christmas Day. The 

Plaza opened "That Darn Cat" and the 

Palace "Thunderball." The Guild offered 

"The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" while the 

Crosstown started "The Agony and the Ecstasy." 

The first few days showed attendance 

picking up in all seven houses and the 

first week's report;—not yet available—was 

expected to show one of the best holiday 

businesses in years. 


Crosstown—Casanova '70 (Embassy), 2nd wk 150 

Guild The Pawnbroker (AA), 4th wk 100 

Molco—The Americanization of Emily (MGM), 

rerun 75 

Palace The Collector (Col); Cat Ballou (Col), 

reruns 125 

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

37th wk 200 

Plaza The War Lord (Univ), 3rd wk 100 

Stcte— King Rat (Col) 100 

Warner— Horum Scarum (MGM), 4th wk 100 

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BOSTON—Sidney Margolis, who joined 

General Cinema after serving as vicepresident 

and secretary in charge of real 

estate for the Loft Candy Co., has been 

named director of real estate for General 

Cinema by Richard A. Smith, president. 

General Cinema now operates a total of 

89 theatres, having added 16 units during 

1965, and an additional 21 shopping center 

theatres are currently under construction. 

MEMPHIS 

Qonstruction will begin this month on the 

new $300,000 Cinema Theatre in Whitehaven 

Plaza Shopping Center, south of 

here. The new 1.200-seat first-run house 

will be operated by General Cinema Corp.. 

which operates the Plaza in Memphis. 

Malco Theatres, Inc., has announced it 

is building one new drive-in and planning 

two others here for spring opening. Construction 

is 

under way on a twin drive-in, 

which will have two screens back-to-back 

on Summer Avenue at the new expressway 

interchange. Two films will be shown at 

the same time. Each side has room for 750 

cars. 

Applications for permission to build two 

other drive-ins, each with 750-car capacity, 

has been filed by Malco with the city. One 

would be on Perkins Avenue near the city 

limits and the other on Highway 64 where 

the new expressway intersects. 

Fred Gattas, 1965 chief barker for Tent 

20. received two $1,000 checks from the 

estate of the late O. G. Wren, Little Rock, 

prominent theatre operator. One was for 

the Will Rogers Tuberculosis and Cancer 

Hospital at Saranac, NY., and the other 

for the Variety Children's Heart Institute, 

a children's hospital operated by Variety 

in Memphis. A third gift received by Gattas 

was 16 shares of American Airlines common 

stock, valued at $1,084. from Mrs. M. 

H. Brandon in memory of her husband, M. 

H. Brandon, head of Film Transit, Inc., and 

Air Dispatch, Inc., for many years. This gift 

is for the Children's Heart Institute. 

Eli Arkin, manager of the Warner Theatre, 

who became chief barker of Tent 20 

Saturday (1), announced Variety's fust 1966 

meeting would be Monday < 10 > at club 

headquarters in the Chisca Plaza Hotel. 

Hunt Theatres Adds Two 

Houses in South Jersey 


STONE HARBOR, N.J.—W. C. Hunt, 

motion picture pioneer in New Jersey, at 

90 continues to exhibit a keen interest 

in the industry. This was shown once again 

when Hunt's Theatres, Inc., of Wildwood 

and Cape May announced the signing of 

an agreement to purchase the only two 

film houses here, the Park and the Harbor. 

Hunt, although active in the administration 

of his South Jersey enterprises, has 

turned over most of the operation to his 

sons Bud and Guy. Control of the Harbor 

and Park theatres, under terms of the 

agreement, will be turned over to the Hunts 

after the first of the year. Arthur Gross, 

general manager of Harbor Theatres, 

which sold the two houses, will become 

affiliated with Hunt Theatres. 

The addition of the Park and Harbor 

brings to ten the number of theatres in 

the Hunt chain, all in Cape May County. 

The others are the Ocean, built last year, 

and the Strand and Regent, all on the 

Wildwood Boardwalk; the Shore, Casino 

and Blaker, in the center city district, and 

the Beach and Liberty in Cape May. 

Embassy's "The Graduate" is being made 

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which handles Paramount advertising and 

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en route to the Miami area to publicize 

"Spy," which opened December 16 at the 

Sheridan Theatre in Miami Beach. 

Arnold Stang, featured in Universal 's 

"Pinocchio in Outer Space" as the voice 

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said Universal plans to send some film 

personalities into the territory to help him 

with promotion details. 

When the three "mourning sisters," Barbara 

Hines, Claire Kelly and Pamela Curran, 

starlets in MGM's "The Loved One," 

visited the office of Mayor Ivan S. Allen 

jr.. they presented him with a wreath. 

Hizzoner, not to be outdone, gave the girls, 

clad in funeral garb with revealing deepcut 

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he uses to turn earth in groundbreaking 

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As Christmas neared, there was increased 

activity in tradepress screenings along 

Pilmrow: 20th-Fox screened "Tavern" December 

20 and "The Murder Games" the 

following day. American International 

showed "Spy in Your Eye," while Buena 

Vista screened "The Ugly Dachshund." 

plus a short "Winnie the Pooh." MGM unfolded 

"The Money Trap" December 20. 

Ralph Buring, 20th-Pox fieldman, went 

to St. Petersburg, Fla., to promote "The 

Agony and the Ecstasy," which will open 

Wednesday '19> at Rock Salzer's Center 

Theatre . Stiles, manager of 

Meiselman's Cherokee Theatre, was in Atlanta's 

Piedmont Hospital under observation 

because of an undisclosed illness . . . 

Ruth Kent, hostess on WSB-TV's Morning 

Show, has returned from Jamaica as a 

member of the "Our Man Flint" junket 

set up by 20th-Fox. 

James H. Harrison, vice-president and 

general manager for Wilby-Kincey Service 

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and the Cobb will be similar in size 

and design to the three other theatres 

owned and operated by the circuit in the 

metropolitan Atlanta area, the Cherokee, 

Belvedere and Toco Hill. 

Robert Sorrow, assistant general manager 

trainee at Loew's Grand Theatre, has 

been transferred to Loew's Victory in 

Evanston. 111., as assistant to manager 

Harold Walton . . . Martin's Rialto scheduled 

20th-Fox's "Our Man Flint" as its 

New Year's Eve special attraction. Tentative 

date for opening of "Flint" at the 

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Perry Reavis, district manager for the 

Charlotte, N.C. -based Meiselman circuit, 

has returned from Whiteville, N.C, where 

he supervised the remodeling and reopening 

of the circuit's 600-seat Columbus Theatre. 

A large crowd of Filmrow people and 

film fans was disappointed when a print 

of "Thunderball" failed to arrive from 

Oklahoma City on time for a 2:30 pjn. 

screening set for December 9. UA tracked 

down the print, and finally got it on the 

screen at 5:15 p.m., when it was viewed by 

a mere handful instead of the capacity 

crowd which had showed up earlier 

and dispersed before the print could be 

located. 

Rites for Marie Buring, 85, mother of 

Ralph Buring, 20th-Fox Southeastern advertising 

and public relations representative, 

who died in a nursing home December 

10 in Memphis, were held December 

12 in Memphis. Buring represented 20th- 

Fox in the Pittsburgh territory before 

transferring to the Atlanta post after the 

resignation of Gerald Rafshoon. In addition 

to her youngest son, she is survived 

by four other sons, Louis of Dallas, Jake, 

Sam and Percy, all of Memphis. 

Manager William S. Shealey of Loew's 

Grand Theatre has booked "An Evening 

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released by Sigma III, for a two-day, 

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The 007 merchandise, tied in with the 

James Bond films, were good selling items 

at Christmas here, the department stores 

report. Sold readily were such items as 

toilet articles, toys, slacks, sweaters, pajamas, 

sweat shirts, trench coats and sport 

jackets. 

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Melinda Hurst, secretary to James Zimmerman. 

Martin circuit's Atlanta district 

manager, became the bride of David Johnson 

December 18 in a home ceremony in 

Atlanta. The new Mrs. Johnson recently 

succeeded Jean Zimmerman (the DM's 

sister-in-law the secretarial post. Zimmerman's 

offices are in Martin's Cinerama 

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ATLANTA—It took a bit of doing on the 

part of the state's legal eagles to clear- the 

way for the showing of a state-sponsored 

motion picture. "Susan Hayward Invites 

You to Georgia," in theatres nationwide. 

It was produced and directed by Tommy 

Reynolds of Dallas, under the Georgia Industry 

and Trade Commission. 

The $118,000 production was to have 

been premiered in 1964, when it was to be 

shown on Georgia Day during the first 

year of the New York World's Pair, but 

the picture was not completed by then. 

Reynolds had an agreement with Universal 

for release of the 38-minute color production, 

filmed in various cities and locations 

In the state by Hollywood cameramen and 

technicians. The deal did not go through 

and nationwide release was stalled. 

Meanwhile, Gov. Carl Sanders, officials 

of the commission, the press and members 

of the general assembly were shown the 

film at a special screening in March and 

praised the production. 

Eventually. Reynolds made a deal with 

Allied Artists, but it was discovered that 

state laws make it difficult to sell state 

property. However, under an 1877 statute, 

under which the governor could declare 

the film "surplus," Gov. Sanders cleared 

the way for the picture to be shown under 

contract in movie theatres. 

Susan Hayward. who lives at nearbj 

Carrollton with her husband Eaton 

Chalkley. narrates portions of the film and 

extends the official invitation to tourists 

to visit Georgia. Songwriter Johnny 

Mercer takes over when the cameras explore 

his native Savannah Both donated 

their services. 

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Wachee in the Christmas issue of his 

Concessionaire, a weekly news organ covering 

merchandising, promotions, news of 

theatre personnel, kiddies show, advertising 

and related topics. The Concessionaire 

pictured Santa being propelled 

through the crystal-clear depths of Weeki 

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tion at the giant spring's underwater million 

dollar theatre. Santa rode a propellerdriven 

underwater scooter through Florida's 

"subterranean Grand Canyon" and 

was preceded on his rounds by two human 

mermaids riding giant plastic seahorses. 

After a year replete with self-sacrificing 

work and good deeds on behalf of more 

than a score of local charitable groups 

(several homes for the aged, hospitals, 

juvenile shelters, shut-ins, impoverished 

families, the Tuberculosis Ass'n, the Cancer 

Ass'n, the Multiple Sclerosis Ass'n, the 

March of Dimes, Will Rogers Hospital, etc. > 

members of WOMPI gathered together 

for an evening of relaxation and fun at 

a combined Christmas and New Year's 

party held at the Thunderbird Restaurant. 

Myrtice Williams was chairman for the 

event. 

Walt Disney's plans for a mammoth 

entertainment complex on the 30,000 acres 

of Florida land recently purchased by Walt 

Disney Enterprises in the area southwest 

of Orlando has received close attention 

and cooperation from Gov. Haydon Burns 

and his staff. State controller Fred O. 

"Bud" Dickinson has returned from California, 

where he had a series of meetings 

with Disney and his staff to discuss taxation 

in Florida and other problems that 

must be met before the entertainment project 

gets started. Dickinson said engineers 

are slated to start a study of water resources 

on the property early in 1966 and 

he said Disney indicated that much of the 

area would remain in its natural state, preserving 

the lakes, streams and wildlife, 

making room for campers and providing a 

buffer zone against other development in 

the area. He said Disney indicated that he 

planned to build hotels to take care of the 

crowds who would visit the Florida attraction 

and also indicated interest in creating 

a huge convention center. 

FST Circuit 

Plaza in 

Opens 

Sarasota 

. 

Bill Williams is Bob Pollard's new booker 

SARASOTA, FLA.—LaMar Sarra, general 

in the Buena Vista office . . . George K. 

counsel and vice-president of Florida State 

Friedel. 20th-Fox salesman, visited friends 

and relatives in Des Moines and Oklahoma 

Theatres, officiated at the formal opening 

of the circuit's newest de luxe theatre, the 

City during the Christmas holidays . 

Anita Racine, branch manager's secretary 

Plaza in the Azar Shopping Center, when 

it opened with the Florida premiere of 

at 20th-Fox, spent Christmas in Evansville, 

"Thunderball" December 21. The showing 

. . is a Ind. Rosalie Martin new 

. 

booker's secretary at Paramount . . Barbara 

was a benefit performance to help finance 

a 1966 European summer tour - for the nationally 

"Sunny" Greenwood. Universal book- 

famous Riverview High School Kilties 

er, visited her mother and son in Gainesville. 

band of Sarasota. 

Ga., during the year-end holiday 

FST's new luxury house, managed by 

season. 

Carlton Bowden. has two auditoriums with 

staggered opening times for the same main 

feature in order to permit more convenience 

to patrons who wish to view screen programs 

from the beginning. 

An attractive souvenir program for the 

opening contained 24 cooperative ads placed 

by merchants who welcomed the theatre 

to the Azar center. 

Wolfberg Seeks County OK 

To Build Airer at Denver 


DENVER—The commissioners of Jefferson 

County, just west of here, are considering 

the request of the Bear Valley 

Drive-In, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary 

of Wolfberg Theatres, to build an airer just 

outside of Denver. 

Wolfberg is seeking approval to build a 

1,000-car drive-in. In its petition for a 

zoning change, the firm pointed out the 

drive-in would pay around $9,000 annually 

in property taxes and would provide employment 

for 50 persons. 

Opposing the zoning change are five 

civic groups, the Colorado Academy. Loretto 

College, Mount View School for 

Girls and more than 400 property owners. 

At a hearing, the commissioners were told 

the traffic at the intersection near the area 

was too heavy to make the land suitable 

for residential use. Persons living next to 

the West and East drive-ins, which have 

been in operation a number of years, explained 

the outdoor theatres did not devaluate 

their property. 

The commissioners are not expected to 

make a decision for a few weeks. 

Embassy Pictures' "Village of the 

Giants," a science -fiction satire, stars 

Tommy Kirk. Johnny Crawford and Ronny 

Howard 


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Food Fair io Build M I A M I 

New Womeico House 

NORTH MIAMI BEACH — A de luxe 

1,000-seat theatre will be built adjacent to 

the 163rd Street Theatre in the 163rd 

Street Shopping Center, it was announced 

here by Mitchell Wolfson. president of 

Wometco Enterprises, and Norman Kranzdorf, 

vice-president of Pood Fair Properties. 

Pood Fair, owner of the shopping center, 

will build the theatre and Wometco will 

operate it under a lease agreement. The 

original theatre, leased by Wometco since 

1960. will change its name to 163rd Street 

Theatre South, while the new house is to 

be known as the 163rd Street Theatre 

North. Tin- two theatres will have a total 

capacity of 2.400 seats. 

The new theatre is to be equipped with 

full stereo sound, latest projection facilities, 

living room-type seats, an individual 

zone-controlled air conditioning system and 

a rocking-chair smoking loge. Conventional, 

art and roadshow films will be 

booked. 

A. Herbert Mathes. Miami, is architect 

for the new- theatre, which will be opened 

next spring. 

Wometco Buys One-Third 

Interest of Theatre Firm 

NEW YORK—Wometco Enterprises, inc.. 

has acquired a one-third interest in Grand 

Bahama Theatres, Ltd. The acquistion in 

the Freeport. Grand Bahama, company was 

made through Wometco's wholly owned sub- 

Stdlary Wometco International. 

Grand Bahama Theatres operates a drivein 

at Freeport and plans to begin construction 

of a conventional theatre there this 

month. It owns a controlling Interest In a 

CATV company currently installing a system 

in Freeport. It also owns controlling interests 

in companies which sell, lease and 

service television sets. 

Wometco also announced it has received 

the Radio Corp. of America distributorship 

in Freeport and Grand Bahama will handle 

the distribution. Wometco operates television 

stations and movie theatres and has 

interests in soft drink bottling and vending 

machine distribution. 

Greater Freeport Industries. Ltd.. a subsidiary 

of Power Corp. of Canada, owns onethird 

of the circuit and the remaining onethird 

is owned by local interests. 

Singer Buck Owens Cast 

For Albuquerque Films 

ALBUQUERQUE—Country and 

singer Buck Owens will star in the first of 

a series of motion pictures to be shot in 

the Albuquerque area by a newly organized 

local corporation. Caravan Pictures. Inc., 

according to a statement from Stuart 

Hines. attorney for the incorporators. 

He said commercial film producer Fred 

Patton of Santa Fe is among the officials 

of the firm. 

Owens, a Capitol records star, will head 

the cast of the film, as yet untitled, with 

shooting to be in Albuquerque. Sai 

and other New Mexico communities, the 

lawyer said. Casting Is planned in '' 

and April, with shooting to start soon after. 

guilders of the new Broadway Theatre on 

Kane Concourse, Bay Harbor Island. 

and the town of Bay Harbor Island have 

in court over a dispute coin 

the hours for construction work. Under 

an ordinance, building construct: 

limited from 9 am. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays 

through Fridays from December l until 

March 31. the time of "the season." Maurice 

Revitz and Sol Frankel. who are buildin:', 

the house, have been shooting for a 

mid-February opening and have had crews 

working on Saturdays. When the 

i 

dered the work stopped, the theatremen 

applied for an injunction to prevent interference 

and Circuit Judge J. Qwyn 

Parker issued a temporary restraining 

order. A hearing on the city's motion to 

dismiss the injunction was schi duled 

Wometco Enterprises has leased and will 

operate the theatre In the building formerly 

occupied by the Dixie Theatre m downtown 

Miami. It reopened for the Christ- 

n 

mas season under the name of Rio 

Fleischman, Wometco vice-president of 

theatres, said the house will be renovated 

and redecorated with new carpeting, projection 

equipment, a sound system and 

air conditioning installed. The Rio's policy 

is to show "subsequent-run" movies on 

double-feature bills. Wometco has operated 

downtown theatres in Miami since 

1925. Other Wometco houses in thi 

Miami. Town and Maytaii 

The Beach Theatre on Lincoln Road, 

Miami Beach, will play "Doctor Zhivago." 

now that Florida State Theatres has relinquished 

its rights to show the picture. 

The film will open sometime this month. 

The Beach has been acquired from tin 

Florida State circuit by the Brandt chain. 

Max Loew, a brother of E. M. Loew, 

movie magnate and real estate operator, 

died here December 7. Max came here 20 

years ago from Boston, and was a retired 

upholsterer. He leaves his wife 

Lena. 

Universal Pictures plans to have two 

world premieres in the Greater Miami 

area this winter. "Moment to Moment." 

which will play Wometco's first-run houses. 

will premiere Thursday (27), and "Madame 

X" will be at Wometco's theatres February 

17. Coming in for personal appearances 

for "Moment" will be Jean Seberg. Honor 

Blackmail. Sean Garrison, Arthur Hill and 

director Mervyn Leroy. Lana Turner will be 

the 

"Madame" test:'. 

George Bourke said in his column that 

20th-Fox has so much confidence in Derek 

Flint, its entry in the Secret Agent Sweepthat 

it has sent him on a mission 

to Jamaica to stake a claim with a 

world premiere on his inaugural exploits 

in "Our Man Flint." Bourke pointed out 

that Jamaica was the base from which 

James Bond zoomed into pron 

based on "Dr Flints 

"sleeper" film No." 

film counterpart. James Coburn. invaded 

Bond country, said Bourke. in the Caribbean 

with a jet full of his "Flint" ci 

including Edward Mulhare. Gila Golan 

and Lee J Cobb. 

\ Christmu spectacular, i.. World's 

Longest Outdoor Art Gallery." which 

r, gave way to "A 

Tribute to Michelangelo," an invitational 

exhibit m shop windows along the Lincoln 

Road Mall. The show was climax '1 

opening of "The Agony and the Ei 

at the Lincoln Theatre on Christmas Day. 

Winnii 

and their works will be featured in 

the window displays. 

Herb Kelly, columnist for the Miami 

devoted his column to credit lines 

of motion pictures run on the sen 

the length of credits has bi 

ridiculous and means absolutely nothing 

to the moviegoer. He said the list ol 

::i>osed of strangers to the au 

He thinks it might be well to list the director, 

writer and men who compo 

improvise the music maybe even the directoi 

"t photography, music conductor 

and makeup man. 

Charles w Hint.ikiT. 54, mana 

the Coral Theatre here, died Dei 

13. He was employed by the Florida State 

Theatre chain 39 years. He cam. here 40 

ago from Madison, Ga He li 

wife June and two sons Billy and Ronny 

Deanna I.und, a Daytona Beach beauty 

who won many beauty contests and went 

to Hollywood, received a real break this 

holiday season. In less than a yea: 

to Hollywood, she was on tin 

here Christmas week as a female robot m 

"Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine." 

She also will be seen soon in "Hawaiian 

Paradise." "The Oscar" and "Tiger Jack." 

"Thunderball" opened in Florida State 

Theatre houses December 22 after vigorous 

bidding. It was at the Olympia. Shores. 

Suniland. Gables. Florida-Hollywood and 

Fort Lauderdale's Plantation and Coral 

Ridge theatres. 

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corporations contribute 

to America's colleges? 

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2. ( ) they need the 

leaders colleges train 

You were right if you checked No. 2. 

American corporations want to make 

sure there will be enough college-trained 

leaders to fill the management jobs open 

today and in the future. 

This is good insurance for business. 

And the need, we must remember, isn't 

getting smaller. 

World trade is developing fast; business 

is getting more competitive, more complex; 

science is introducing new products 

and processes rapidly. 

College-trained men and women are 

needed, in increasing numbers, to plan 

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This is the human equation that makes 

the difference in reaching the margin of 

excellence needed in the U.S. 

This is everybody's job, but especially 

industry's. 

Of course American business wants to 

help the colleges, so you were also right 

if you checked No. 1. College, after all, 

is business' best friend. 

GIVE TO THE COLLEGE 

OF YOUR CHOICE. 

SPECIAL TO CORPORATE OFFICERS-A new 

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has not yet established an aid-toeducation 

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SAN ANTONIO 

JYd Waggoner, manager of Cinema I and 

II in North Star Mall, observed the 

first anniversary of the opening of San 

Antonio's first twin theatre Christmas Day 

beautifully decorated lobby at the 

Prince Theatre, operated by Stanley Warner, 

was the Christmas work of Leonard 

Rodriguez, a doorman for Interstate Theatres, 

for 40 years. 

Veryl Johnson, representative of National 

Carbon Co.. was a visitor at the Independent 

Theatre Supply. R. A. Barron, 

owner and manager. Johnson was anxious 

to get back on the road home to Dallas 

because he had a deer in his car that 

he had killed the day before near Hondo, 

Tex. What with the unseasonably warm 

weather Johnson didn't want the meal to 

spoil. 

Ignacio Torres, manager of the Alameda 

Theatre, owned by Maurice Braha, booked 

a special family Christmas show, which 

opened December 20, consisting of a double 

bill. "Santa Claus" and "Simirio." 

Gerald Ashford, the amusement editor 

of the San Antonio Express and Evening 

News, wa.s among the reviewers attending 

the world premiere showing of "Our Man 

Flint" at the Seville Theatre in St. Ann's 

Bay, Jamaica . . . Big John Hamilton, local 

restaurant owner, who has appeared 

in a number of motion pictures with John 

Wayne, including "McLintock," returned 

from a trip made with Chill Wills to 

Wichita Falls, Tex., where they provided 

the entertainment for the opening of a new 

Ramada Inn. 

R. A. Barron, owner of the Independent 

Theatre Supply, reports the Olmos Theatre's 

ticket booth was remodeled, with another 

ticket register installed. The Olmos 

management is alert to keep the theatn 

modern and up-to-date. 

Loretta Young spoke to numbers of the 

San Antonio Neighborhood Youth Organization 

on December 15. at the Sidney 

Lanier School Auditorium. A tape of her 

talk was made and will be sent to the U.S. 

Department of Labor, which sponsors the 

youth program. 

Tom Powers, city manager of Cinema 

Arts Theatres, was seen w-earing a pair of 

gold shoes while escorting Mary Hughes, 

the Hollywood film starlet who was here on 

a promotional tour of "Dr. Goldfoot and 

the Bikini Machine." playing at the Texas, 

which went into a second \< 

The Minuets, a local musical group, appeared 

in the lobby of the Texas Theatre 

and drew a crowd that stopped dov, 

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Christmas shoppers. The group also appeared 

on December 28. 

Graveside sen ires were held here December 

18 for the mother of screen ai 

Suzy Parker. Elizabeth Parker. 67. who 

died in Palatka. Fla. . . . The first run of 

Paramount's "Boeing Boeing" will be held 

at the suburban Olmos Theatre and at 

Gulf State's Mission Twin Drive-in. 

Charles Wolfe, city manager for Stanley 

Warner Theatres, announced a remodeling 

project has started on the circuit 

drive-ins and one has been completed at 

Judge Hughes Approves Dallas Film 

Law Bui Stays Enforcement 30 Days 

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DALLAS—Formal approval of the city's 

new movie lav bj US. District 

Judge Sarah T. Hugh, 

embei 

he had ruled the preceding Friday 

20, alt< 

that the revised film classiti. 

ordinance is constitutional. 

Edwm Tobolowsky and Grover Hartt jr.. 

attorneys for the Dallas theatre operators 

seeking to have the new ordinance, like its 

predecessor, declared unconstitutional 

that the exhibitors would appeal 

Hughes' ruling. 

The Monday approval, which followed an 

hour-long conference of the judge and 

attorneys representing the city and 12 

Dallas exhibitors, was accompanied bj a 

30-day stay order on enforcement of the 

ordinance. At the same time Judge Hughe; 

declared null and void a section of the 

ordinance which would have given the city 

the right to suspend the license ol a theatre 

operator to show movies "not suitable 

for younger persons" if the city council 

found him in violation of provisions of the 

classification law. 

The ordinance, rewritten by the city attorney 

and passed unanimously by ti 

council in November after Judge Hu 

had ruled the original film classification 

ordinance unconstitutional, provides 

children can not be admitted to certain 

types of movies unless accompanied by 

their parents. The ordinance applies to 

youngsters 16 and under. 

the Prince, indoor house. Tin- circuit plans 

construction of a new indoor theatre with 

a seating capacity of 1.100 at the Mc- 

Creless Shopping City. Construction is expected 

to begin after the first oi the yeai 

and be completed and opened around September 

1. A new aluminum screen has 

been installed at the Fredericksburg Road 

Drive-In and the screen tower repainted. 

Similar projects are planned for the Trail 

and Towne Twin. At the latter, the parking 

area also will be repaved. All three 

have side windows in the boxoffice. doing 

away with the ticket boy, while the cashier 

now can handle the entire transaction of 

ticket 

sales. 

A new cltywide record for long runs has 

been established by "The Sound of Music, 

now in its 38th week at the Cinema II In 

North Star Mall, managed by Ted 

goner. The previous long-run record was 

held by "Around the World In 80 Daj 

tablished at the Broadway 

Toni Hope, son of screen comedian Bob 

Hope, was graduated from the Officer 

ng School at Lackland Ail 

Base. Toni. who earlier had taken 

training at Lackland, was among a 

of 331 men to get their second lieutenant 

bars. 

will return to 

II 

California where he is scheduled to 

his bar examination in February. He hole's 

a degree from Harvard Law School. 

A movie classification board is set up by 

:>roved ordinance to pn 

films if their content is regarded as questionable 

or LJ tla theatre operator does 

not voluntarily classify the film as "not 

suitable for young persons." 

Alex Bid attorney, told the Dallas 

Times He: 

tion gra 

or suspend a theatre's license to show such 

films was declared null, the city still could 

fine theatres for violations and also could 

an injunction 

violating the ordinance. 

The injunctive pro© major 

In the case and the theatre opei 

attorneys contended it would can.si 

delays that films could not be shown in 

Dallas on their release date 

However, the city's position was that if 

it did not complete the injunction procedure 

within five clays it has no remedy. 

Theatre owners bringing the suit resulting 

in Judge Hughes' ruling included Interstate 

Circuit. Rowley United Theatres, 

Stanley Warner of Texas. Tivoli Realty. 

Brooks Theatre, Trans-Texas Th( 

Arcadia Theatre. Big D Theati- Co 

Frank Lucchese doing business as Llaw 

Enterprise Co., General Cinema Corp. and 

Academy Theatres. These plaintiffs operate 

32 indoor and outdoor theatres In the 

Dallas areas affected by the new ordin 

NGC's Fox Theatre 

Opens in El Paso 

EL PASO—National General Corp executives 

were here December 22 for 0] 

the company's new Fox Theatre. 

Taking part in the press conferences. 

civic receptions and the December 23 premiere 

of 20th Century-Fox's "Tho.M 

nificent Men in Their Flying Machines" 

were Dan A. Polier and William H. Thedford, 

NGC co-directors of theatre operations: 

J. Walter Bantau. director of construction; 

Joseph V. Vleck. director of advertising 

and publicity: Ralph Adams, film 

buyer, and Allen V. Martini Jack v 

Fox Mountain "' 

and Oscar Nyberg, district manager, ar- 

Stuart Whitman, star of "Magnificent 

Lee Anthony. Brenda Benet and 

Yvonne Craig headed a group of Hollywood 

luminaries a 

The de luxe 850-seat theatre, which is 

located in the Bassett Shopping < 

was COD >st of $500,001' 

Norman Schwartz. . 

downtown 

Aztec, an Interstate operation, had 

as his house guests for a few days, his son. 

an Air Force lieutenant, and his family 

They were en route to a new assignment part of National General's nationwide expansion 

program and is the for the lieutenant. 

compair. 

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Usually* a t Christmas, many independent 

and circuit exhibitors visit the Row 

bringing such remembrances as baskets of 

fruit, boxes of candy, bottles of spirits, 

crates of apples, cases of jams and jellies 

and other much appreciated gifts. This 

year Alera Foster of the State Theatre, 

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Atlanta, Tex., paid a visit to many exchanges 

with most original gifts—delicious 

white cakes on the icing of which were 

pictured two frames of film, each perfectly 

detailed down to the correct number 

of sprocket holes for each frame. In the 

first frame (using the one for Paramount 

for example), Alera had the film title 

"Boeing Boeing" and in the second frame 

the words: GOING TO ATLANTA, each 

exchange's cake appropriately naming one 

of its current releases. The cakes were so 

cleverly decorated that the recipients hated 

to cut into them. We understand that a 

young man who works for Alera at the 

State did the art work and his mother 

baked the cakes. 

Lubbock exhibitor Hiram Parks, who was 

injured in an auto accident just before 

Christmas while en route to San Angelo to 

return and pick up film for his theatre, has 

been moved to a private room in the San 

Angelo Hospital following several days in 

the intensive care unit. It is hoped that 

Hiram soon may be moved to the Lubbock 

hospital and, when he is, we'll pass along 

his room number as he would appreciate 

hearing from his industry friends. Although 

full details of the two-car accident 

are lacking, Hiram is known to have suffered 

several serious cuts when he was 

hurled through the windshield and another 

injury came when he was struck on the 

hip by a film case thrown from the back 

seat by the impact. A man in the other 

car was killed. 

Mr. and Mrs. Forrest White, Ind-Ex 

Booking Service, took their daughter 

Linda to Marietta, Okla., where Linda sang 

a solo in the Christmas program at the 

Mahota Presbyterian Church. The Whites 

had another nice holiday treat, too, their 

son Dick and his family from Phoenix. 

Ariz., visiting them for several days . 

Leon Couch of Texas Theatre Service and 

his wife spent the Christmas holidays in 

Milwaukee with Mrs. Couch's father Nic 

Thelen. 

"Gotten" Vogelphol, branch manager of 

Warner Bros., won the beautiful tablecloth 

made by WOMPI members and given 

away at the Variety Club party December 

15. Dorothy Barbosa of Interstate won the 

first $50 bill given by the WOMPI group at 

their luncheon the same day. Each month, 

for the next 11 months, a $50 bill will be 

given to a donor to the WOMPI service 

project fund. 

Sympathy is extended to Estelle Redd, 

manager of Films, Inc., whose mother died 

after an extended illness. 

HOUSTON 

Jnterstate Theatres, in conjunction with 

the Houston Post, conducted a contest 

as a promotion for the Majestic's "The 

Spy Who Came In From the Cold." To 

enter, the contestant had to predict the 

temperature outside the Majestic at noon 

on Christmas Day. The person guessing the 

actual temperature received $100. More 

than 100 free passes to any Interstate Theatre 

were presented to the runner-up entries. 

Starlet Mary Hughes visited Houston on 

December 22 in a gold bikini on a promotional 

tour in behalf of the showing of 

"Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine," 

which had a multiple opening at 12 theatres 

here . . . Noel Harrison, son of Bex 

Harrison, appeared as featured vocalist 

here for two weeks at the Tidelands. 


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2011 Jackson Street 

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708 West Shcr.don 

Oklahoma City, Oklo 73102 

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OKLAHOMA CITY 

paul Stonum, who operates the Redskin 

and Miller theatres at Anadarko, has 

been elevated from first vice-president to 

president of the Jane Brooks School for 

the Deaf. He is a past president of the 

United Theatre Owners of Oklahoma and 

special 

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of the utmost importance to 

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the Panhandle of Texas and currently is 

convention committee chairman. The sixth 

annual convention will be held March 15 

in the Skirvin Hotel. 

Farris Shanbour, who operates the Plaza. 

Tower and Hillcrest drive-ins, says Suzie 

Mason. 20, University of Oklahoma student, 

was named regional winner here of 

the Doris-for-a-Day contest. She went to 

Hollywood to compete with other winners 

for a part in a Doris Day film. 

J. S. "Seibert" Worley, operator of the 

Texas and Pioneer theatres at Shamrock, 

Tex., was injured when a golf cart in 

which he was riding ran into a hole, throwing 

him from the vehicle. He suffered rib 

injuries and one was broken. He also is 

mayor of Shamrock. 

Confined to hospitals here were Morris 

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appreciate fhe same day delivery of 

orders. Only a tremendous stock can 

assure this service." 

"Your Complete Equipment House" 

OKLAHOMA THEATRE SUPPLY CO. 

628 West Grand Oklahoma City 

DOING GREAT BUSINESS!! 

Loewenstein, Majestic Theatre; "Dutch" 

Konemann, National Theatre Supply, and 

Winard Normand, former manager of the 

Variety Club. 

Ginnis, Tulsa. 

Exhibitors visiting Filmrow included E. B. 

Anderson, Riverside, Norman; Bill Slepka. 

Crystal, Okemah; Dick Thompson, Thompson 

Theatres, Healdton, Lindsay and 

Walters; his brother John of Atoka; Ed 

Lee, Star, Sand Springs; Alex Blue, J. O. 

McKenna and Earl Snyder, all of Tulsa; 

J. D. Oliver, Allred. Pryor, and R. V. Mc- 

A press screening of the "Battle of the 

Bulge" was held December 27, a day before 

the Warner Bros, picture opened at the 

downtown Cooper . . . Films showing in 

Oklahoma City for Christmas included: 

"That Dam Cat." Will Rogers; "Thunderball," 

Villa; "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," 

Trend: "The 2nd Best Secret Agent in the 

Whole Wide World," Centre; "Never Too 

Late," Plaza: "Boeing Boeing," Hillcrest, 

Cinema 70, Skytrain; "The Great Race," 

State; "The Greatest Story Ever Told," 

Continental; "The Sound of Music," 

Tower, and "Spy in Your Eye" and "Secret 

Agent Fireball," Warr Acres, Knob Hill, Airline, 

Northwest Highway and Sooner Twin. 

"Pinocchio in Outer Space" opened at the 

Lakeside and "The Hallelujah Trail" ended 

a very successful run at the downtown 

Cooper December 26. 

Winners Named in USA's 

'Button Willow' Contest 

OKLAHOMA CITY—United Screen Arts. 

in a recent exploitation contest on "The 

Man From Button Willow" conducted 

with Video Independent Theatres here, has 

awarded three prizes to managers in that 

circuit for the best exploitation. 

Ruth Guinn of the Grand Theatre, 

Holdenville. Okla., was winner of the first 

prize of $100. Robert E. Getter of the 

Osage Theatre. Bartlesville, Okla., won the 

second prize of $50, and James Barton of 

the Plaza Theatre, Altus, Okla., was winner 

of the third prize of $25. 

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MARIANNE THEMSEN • PAUL MARTI N-peKTrI'ms • FILMS, 

an 

; months 

'Circus,' 'Race' Top 

Mill City With 140 

MINNEAPOLIS— "Circus World" closed 

With a 140, its best week at the Cooper 

Theatre, and "The Great Race" came In 

with the same score at the Lyric Theatre. 

-My Fair Lady" closed with 125, tying the 

fourth week of "The Nanny" and tl 

week of "The Sound of Music." 

58th wk. Academy—My Fair Lody 

Cooper—Circus World 

iWB), 

Para), Sth wk 1 40 

Gopher Wild on the Beach 20th-Fox); The Reward 

Lyric—The 

,20th-Fcx> 

Great Race iWB), 

90 

10th wk 140 

Monn— The Sound ot Music (20th-Fox), .125 

39th wk. . 

Orpheum- A Hord Day's Night UA); HELP! 

(UA; return .... loo 

Stole—The Cincinnati 120 

Kid MGM,i, 4th wk 

World—The Nanny 20th-Fox), 4th wk 125 

'Sound of Music' 125 

37th Week in Omaha 

OMAHA—There was little 

to brag about 

as far as grosses were concerned in the 

pre-Christmas period here, although the 

dip was not as bad as had been experienced 

In other years. Most all the downtowners 

came up with average or better figures. 

Two horror offerings at the Omaha did 

fair business and "The Sound of Music" 

continued its merry way in the 37th week 

at the Dundee Theatre. 

Admiral HELP! A A'; Billie (UA), reruns, 2nd wk. 10C 

Cooper—Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying 

Machines 20th-Fox), 10th wk 105 

Dundee The Sound ot Music (20th-Fox), 125 

37th wk. 

Indian Hills—Th« Halleluiah Trail (UA), 9th wk. .120 

Master of Horror L S Film, Master 

of Terror 110 

Orpheum Mickey 70 

One .... 

Several Unique Features 

In Rochester Cinema 21 

ROCHESTER, MINN. — An architect's 

rendering of the Cinema 21, being built in 

Goldstone-Tobias Agency 

To Represent Woringer 

HOLLYWOOD — French actor I'. 

Woringer. who has completed his American 

film debut role in Walt Disney's "Mi 

Go Home," has Signed With the Goldstone- 

Tobias Agency for American representation 

in all fields 

MILWAUKEE VARIETY INSTALLATION— M. P. 'Pat" Halloran. right, 

Tent 14 chief barker and Universal branch manager in Milwaukee, congratulates 

one of the new members of Variety after the induction rites. They include 

Richard Kite. Manns Theatres; Thomas Schmiti, radio station WRIT; Don May, 

Prudential Theatres district manager; David Beihoff. Prndential-Uptown manager; 

Don Dolinac, Prudential-Paradise manager; Thomas Bauch, real estate; 

Warren ltichman, advertising; Jerry Bierce. Capitol Court manager; Curtis Dobraska. 

Stancraft Corp. territorial manager, and Halloran. 

CATV Companies Seeking Permits 

To Set Up Milwaukee Operations 

in 

MILWAUKEE—H CATV gets a 

foothold 

Milwaukee, "they'll have to fight for it." 

said a local exhibitor after reading a report 

concerning two firms interested in 

securing permits to establish community 

antenna television statioi 

CATV service, as most exhibitors understand, 

is a comparatively new development 

in the communications field, which permits 

television set owners who purchase the 

service, to tune in stations broadcasting 

within a 100-mile radius. In Milwaukee, 

the area likely would include Madison and 

Chicago, 111. 

According to the report, one of the 

firms advised Milwaukee's common council's 

public utilities committee that a CATV 

! 

the Northbrook Shopping Center by James 

Praser of Red Wing, appeared in a recent 

tower in Milwaukee "could receive up to 

issue of the Post Bulletin, giving local 

theatregoers their first look at the most 12 TV channels and relay the signals to 

unusual theatre exterior in this area. 

local owners. The figure includes Milwaukee 

stations." The Cinema 21 is being constructed on 

The next move on the pan 

to the of the committee was to refer the requests 

the Northbrook "courtyard." next 

Tempo Store and will have a brick and to the city attorney's office for advice 

how to proceed in the matter, 

glass exterior with a canopj c >m 

and 

on 

an 

surrounding the building to protect patrons 

opinion has 

whether the common council 

in inclement weather. It will authority to issue a permit 

fourth theatre in the nation to install a The first request was submitted by Uniprojection 

system which makes it possible 

Telephone, Inc.. which has a CATV 

to show any kind of motion picture—Cinerama, 

tower under construction in Sparta, and 

conventional 35mm and the new is planning others in Wisconsin. Att 

70mm features. Designed by Glngold-Pink, Phillip J. Pox, who represents the second 

Minneapolis, architect. Cinema 21 will provide 

firm. Wiscon indi- 

1.000 "rocking chair" seats on the cated in a letter to the committee, thai no 

ground level and will be ready around 

may be required. "This office was 

March retained in April to give an opinion as to 

1. 

the necessity of acquiring a permit or 

Fraser. who leases the Time Thea 

to install a CATV system in Milwaukee." 

his letter read "It is signifi- 

downtown Rochester, also leases the city 

auditorium in Red Wing and owns the 

State. Waseca, and a drive-in at Red 

cant." the letter added, "that Inqul 

made of the city attorney's office and the 

city clerk's office and' both departments 

indic;i- Is no section of the 

Milwaukee code that would be applicable 

Fox said Wisconsin Cabli 

headed by Stanley Glen, president of the 

Glen M Co., here, in association 

with HarriScope. Inc . electronics 

firm which operates CATV busines 

California and Wyoming. 

According to a statement made by Fox. 

Wisconsin Cablevision "has for the last 

negotiated with the Wisconsin 

Telephone Co. for its sen-ices in 

providing the necessary lines and cables 

for a CATV system. And the contracts 

between the parties are now being prepared 

for finalization." 

Ray H. Dittmore, president of Unit 

Telephone, according to the report, says 

his company was planning to erect a tall 

tower with antennas "which receive signals 

from up to 12 TV broadcasting 

stations." 

These signals are amplified and retransmitted 

over coaxial cable to the individual 

home owTier in Milwaukee, he said. "This 

will give the home owner up to 12 chaimels 

of TV entertainment, eliminate snow and 

interference, and make color TV reception 

possible without the expenditure of large 

sums for unsightly, tall, rooftop antennas. 

The monthly charge for the service lr 

other areas has been about $5." 

Publicity on this matter having reached 

the newspapers on the heels of Wisconsin 

Alhed's annual convention, where CATV 

was one of the prime subjects for discuscertain 

to provoke some sort of 

with the bm question: will CATV 

action, 

get a foothold in Milwaukee? 

Milwaukee Festival Names 

Willard Masterson to Post 

MIIAVAfKl 

terson. former theatre manager and administrator 

of the Wisconsin State Fan 

five years. Will take over as executive dl- 

Of the proposed Milwaukee World 

Festival February 1 

Russ Mortenson. general manai 

Standard Theatres, who is on several cominvolved 

In whipping the festival 

into shape, said he proposed bringing in 

nal be planned around the 

• 

circus parade, sponsored jointly by 

the SchlitZ Brewery and the Circus Woild 

Museum. 

terson guided the fair through sucrecord-breaking 

years, reaching a 

high of 933.004 in 1964. 

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MINNEAPOLIS 

To give is better than to receive" says the 

Yuletide motto and Mill Citians have 

put on a good show of Christmas spirit. 

The Variety Club Women's Auxiliary held 

its annual auction for benefit of the Variety 

Club Heart Hospital. Toymakers donated 

the toys for the auction and the 

ladies were very pleased with the turnout 

of bidders—over 300. The bidders donated 

their purchases to the kiddies at the 

heart hospital and the Women's Auxiliary 

will use the profits for other projects at 

the hospital. 

The hospital also received about $60 from 

Ted Mann's St. Louis Park and Uptown 

Theatres. The money represents the accumulation 

of change thrown in the wishing 

wells at the two theatres in the past 

few months. Ted Mann had another Christmas 

gift for Twin City children. A St. 

Paul fire station burned down a few weeks 

ago. while the firemen were out on a call. 

The station was a storage depot for repairable 

toys given to the St. Paul Fire Department 

for repair and distribution to 

needy children at Christmas. To help replace 

the lost toys, Ted had a special 9:30 

a.m. show on December 18 at his St. Paul 

Orpheum Theatre (The Three Stooges and 

cartoons), the price of admission being 

one new or usable used toy. Beside the 

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direct benefit of the special showing, the 

radio and newspaper publicity and commentaries 

produced a flood of toys being 

sent to the fire department. 

Ted Mann's Varsity Theatre, on the "U" 

campus, is running "An Evening With 

Batman" for seven nights, January 12 

through 18. It is a 4 1 2 -hour film of all 

lo episodes of the original 1943 Batman 

serial. Will Jones printed a few examples 

of unsolicited promotions that have taken 

place when this program was run on other 

campuses. At one showing, a patron arrived 

dressed as Batman and at a crucial 

moment he raced across the stage yelling 

"Batman to the rescue." Cheerleaders in 

the audience also have led B-A-T-M-A-N 

yells ("gimme a B, gimme an A, etc). 

Ted Mann's St. Louis Park Cinerama 

opened December 21 with "Battle of the 

Bulge." His Academy premiere "The 

Agony and the Ecstasy" December 22 and 

"Thunderball" opened with a recordsmashing 

day at his Minneapolis and St. 

Paul Orpheums. The Cooper Cinerama 

raised the curtain for "The Greatest Story 

Ever Told," also on December 22. 

Dean Lutz, 20th-Fox branch manager, 

spent five days in New York on business 

with his main office . . . Paul Ayotte at 

National Screen Service reports his secretary 

and cashier of 14 years, Mrs. James 

Bean, gave birth to a daughter December 

15. 

Charles Nogle, owner of the new Elk 

Theatre, Elk River, Minn., has purchased 

the Milaca Theatre at Milaca, Minn. . 

Jerry Heckler has taken over the Strand 

Theatre, Princeton, Minn., from Doc 

Reynolds. 

Exhibitors on Pilmrow included: George 

Jonckowski, New Prague, Minn.; Herb 

Stolzman, River Falls, Wis.: Art Bean, 

Garrison, N.D.; Burr Cline, Jamestown, 

N.D.; Sid Heath, Wells, Minn.; Nelson 

Logan, Mitchell, S.D. (who remained in 

town for the holidays) ; Danny Peterson, 

Brookings, S.D.; Stan McCullough, Ross 

Theatres, St. Cloud, Minn.; Ray Blakeley. 

Medford, Wis.; Julius Edelstein, Lybba 

Theatre, Hibbing, Minn., and Ed Fredine 

of Cloquet, Minn., who is doing some remodeling 

on his Cloquet Theatre. 

OMAHA 

Qrville Marsh is considering doing some 

extensive remodeling on the Rialto 

Theatre in Villisca, Iowa. As a trustee for 

an estate which includes the theatre, he 

plans to take over actual operation of the 

Rialto . . . Bill Zedicker, exhibitor at 

Osceola, got in some hard licks as a house 

contractor during the mild December 

weather 

. busy in the contracting 

business is Don Campbell, Central City 

exhibitor. 

Kugel has been in Holstein more than 20 

years and formerly operated the Maplet 

Theatre at Mapleton, Iowa. He reopened 

at Holstein last week with "Mary Poppins." 

Among the invited guests at last week's 

opening was Joe Myers of S&M Service, 

Omaha, a nostalgic occasion for Joe since 

he attended the theatre's original opening, 

Joe and his wife and the late Jake Rachman, 

newspaper drama critic, were some 

90 miles from Omaha on their homeward 

journey when Joe had a gall bladder attack. 

He refused to stop for treatment 

but the next day he had an emergency 

operation. 

Frank Miller of Clarkson is contemplating 

reopening the Auditorium Theatre 

there in the spring. Wilbur Adams, S&M 

salesman, and his family visited in Phoenix, 

Ariz., during the holidays . . . Howard 

Howells, who has the Table Rock Theatre 

and also is in the plumbing and heating 

business, is getting along satisfactorily after 

a heart attack . Shoemaker has reopened 

the theatre at Tabor, Iowa. It 

formerly was operated by Del Sales. 

Carl Hoffman, manager of the Omaha 

Theatre, was back on the job after being 

laid up for a week with a strep throat . . . 

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Art 

Krake in Omaha. Art is a projectionist for 

Tri-State Theatres . . . Mr. and Mrs. 

Norman Grint of the Sun Theatre at Sargent 

have a new daughter . . . Joella 

Cohen, Columbia publicist headquartered 

in Chicago, was home for the holidays 

with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cohen. 

Ed is Columbia's representative in this 

territory. 

Bill Doebel, 20th-Fox salesman for this 

area, was full of enthusiasm over upcoming 

product on his return from a review of 

new pictures in New York. Bill lives in 

Omaha but operates out of the Des Moines 

office . . . There was a commendable turnout 

of personnel in the industry outside 

Omaha at the amiual Variety Club of 

Nebraska Christmas party, with strong 

representation from Lincoln and exhibitors 

from well out in the territory, including 

Phil and Jack March of Wayne. 

Visitors on the Row included Nebraskans 

Marvin Jones, Red Cloud: Joe McCarthy, 

Louisville, Earl Nancel. Bellevue, and 

Iowans Byron Hopkins, Villisca, and Vern 

Brown, Missouri Valley. 

Bellows Named President 

Of Carolina Theatremen 

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CHARLOTTE—J. R. Bellows, Greensboro, 

elected president at the 53rd annual 

stockholders meeting of Theatre Owners 

of North and South Carolina. 

Other officers included Charles Abercrombie 

of Durham, and Kenneth Richardson 

jr. of Seneca, B.C., vice-presidents, and 

Lila McClelland, Charlotte, secretarytreasurer. 

Harry M. Pickett jr., Charlotte, 

was named board chairman. 

Former executive secretary Lucille Price 

was presented a silver tray by members. 

Ask Your Supply Dealer or Write 

HURLEY SCREEN COMPANY, Inc. 

26 Sarah Drive Farmingdale, L. I., N. Y., 11735 

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Ed Kugel, a veteran exhibitor and one of 

the leading citizens of Holstein, Iowa, celebrated 

the Christmas season by holding a 

gala reopening of his remodeled theatre, 

which numbers such improvements as new 

seats, new glass front, new counter-type 

boxoffice and many equipment changes. 

Paul E. Snyder, 67 

VALLEY CITY, N.D. — Paul Ervin 

Snyder, 67, of Warren, Minn., owner of 

the Warren Theatre for more than 25 

years, died here December 15. Rites were 

at Wan-en. 

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MILWAUKEE 

Ed Govin 

212 West Wisconsin Ave 

Milwaukee 3, Wisconsin 

BRoodway 3-6285 

OMAHA 

Meyer L. Stern 

1508 Davenport Street 

Omoha. Nebraska 

3421161 

MINNEAPOLIS 

1000 Curric Ave., North 

Room 3, Suite B 

Minneapolis 3, Minnesota 

Phone: 333 8293 

Branch Manoqcr: Hy Chapmc

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ABOUT PICTURES 

FEATURE BOOKING CHART 

FEATURE REVIEW DIGEST 

January 

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Suburban Opens New 

1,432-House in Detroit 

DETROIT—Detroit Suburban Theatres, 

headed by Richard and Eugene Sloan, held 

grand opening 

Bits 

of 

1,432-seat Gateway 

December 22. 

"Thunderball" was 

the opening attraction 

Mitchell i ( 

is the manager of the 

bouse, which features 

a "famllj -room" type 

of luxury, with spacious 

lobby and 

lounge, large fire- 

Mitcheil GosseUn Place, extra-spaced 

seats by American. A 

paved and lighted parking lot for 700 cars 

is also included. 

Opening ceremonies included fireworks, 

an appearance by "Miss Gateway." sponsored 

by a local radio station, and the 

Gateway Sweepstakes, with prizes topped 

by a trip for two to Hollywood. 

The unusual feature of the opening was 

it was devoted to attracting visitors to see 

the new house, not necessarily as patrons. 

Each visitor, with no ticket purchase required, 

had an opportunity to wm awards 

Bowler Hurt in Detroit 

Play; Team Still Wins 

DETROIT— Projectionist Vivan Aumock. 

member of the Nightingale Team, sponsored 

a 

by the Armstrong Funeral H in 

suffered a broken pelvis, and was the first 

accident victim in the 35-year history of 

the club, according to old-timers. Th acci 

dent occurred at the Ark Lanes, operated 

by exhibitors Art and Roger Robinson. 

Aumock insisted on continuing the 

game. He usually favors his left leg. but 

this time lost his balance and fell as he 

delivered the ball, reports William Bradley. 

secretary of the league. An ambulance took 

him to Outer Drive Hospital. The ball he 

rolled was a strike 

In spite of the accident, Armstrong swept 

three straight from league-leading Altec 

Sound, which still holds a nifty right 

game edge. 

Team W L Team W L 

Altec 33 11 TEC 21 23 

NTS 25 19 Galaxy 

Local 199 23 21 Ark Loncs 

20 24 

.17 27 

Armstrong 23 21 Not. Carbon 14 30 

High scorers were: William I- 

223-563; Maurice Beers. 203-549; Nick 

Forest. 191-523: Joe Foresta. 174-514. and 

Francis Light. 193-501. Ernie Mathieu 

rolled a high 82 points ovi 

to help National Carbon shut out At k 

Lanes. 

William Holden and Richard Widmark 

star in "Alvarez Kelly.'' a Sol C. Siegel 

production for Columbia Pictures. 

Name Saves Exhibitor 

From Speeding Ticket 

Detroit — It pays to have thine-, 

named lor mil. Mac Krini ot Detroit 

and Beverly Hills found out when a 

policeman stopped him for speeding 

while en route to Palm Springs. He 

and his brother Sol not only own the 

Krini Theatre, leased as the I i iris 

Lux-Ktim in Detroit, in partnership 

with two other brothers, but also are 

national distributors for certain models 

of the famed Italian t.uia automobile. 

As the bewildered policeman wrote 

up details, he found Mac Krini lived 

on Krini Drive, and was driving a 

Krim-Guia. in frustration, he tore up 

the ticket lest his boss issue a reprimand 

for getting in a rut. Now. if 

anybody named Ford wants to try it 

Whitehall. Ohio. Council 

Tables Second CATV Bid 

COLUMBUS. OHIO—The Whitehall city 

council has tabled an ordinance designed 

to grant a community antenna television 

franchise in the east side suburb to Capitol 

Cablevision of Columbus. The council 

wants to watch development of CATV 

service by the present licensee, Multi- 

Channel Cable Co. of Portsmouth. 

granting a second franchise. 

Multi-Channel plans to get into operation 

by the spring of 1966. The firm has 

been delayed because of a tie-up in negotiations 

with the telephone company for use 

of utility poles. Multi-Channel said the 

firm already has contracts with the electric 

company for use of its poles and also 

is ready to erect its own poles, where 

needed. 

Multi-Channel is required to be in operation 

with at least 25 subscribers by June 

1966. The firm presently operates CATV 

systems in the Ohio towns of Portsmouth. 

Mansfield and Chesapeake. 

Edward Marque, 76, Dies; 

Academy-Neth Supervisor 

COLUMBUS—Edward R. •'Eddie" Marque. 

76. supervisor for Academy-Neth Theatres 

for 16 years, died December 16 in 

Fairfield-Lancaster Hospital, Lam 

Ohio. In the heyday of vaudeville, Marque 

had a tap and soft-shoe dance act and 

later taught tap dancing in Columbus At 

one time he was a theatrical bookhu 

He is survived by a son Dr. Edward Marque 

and 

Udren. 

Kenneth Hughes is directing "M 

Duchess." a Seven Arts production for 

Paramount Pictures. The mystery-' 

1 in Technicolor and Panavision. 

Sharonville Drive-In 

For Levin Brothers 

SHARONVILLE, OHIO — The Levin 

brothel's of Dayton have announced plans 

to construct a 1,600-car drive-in here, the 

nt tin- largest single-screen 

outdoor theatres in Ohio. Work on the 

project is to start in a few weeks in order 

to be completed by June. 

second theai 

nounced for the city by the Ix-vii^s. Previously 

they had told of plans for a new 

indoor theatre in 

the Blue Ash area. 

Sun Valley Would Build 

Fairborn, Ohio, Airer 

FAIRBORN. OHIO—A dnve-in will be 

built at the northwest corner of Taylorville 

Road and State 202 if tin 

township board of zoning appeal gi 

approval. 

Application for the zoning board's permission 

to go ahead with the project was 

made by Sun Valley, Inc.. headed by Dayton 

exhibitor Sam Levin. 

Columbus Approves Site 

For New Loew's Theatre 

COLUMBUS—Mayor Maynard E Sentier 

lias signed an ordinance approved 

by the city council, which granted 

a rezoning request to Loew 

I 

a site on Morse Road, near Northland 

Shopping Center. Loew's plans to build a 

de luxe 1.200-seat suburban theatre on th" 

site. Opening is planned for the fall of 

this 

year. 

"off-nights". 

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DETROIT 

^îllard Wood, owner of United Billposting 

Co., has returned from a week's 

visit with old show business friends in Chicago 

. Bunkelman, 20th-Fox manager, 

was in New York for a sales meeting 

Martin of Fox, who is secretary 

of the local lodge of the Colosseum of Motion 

Picture Salesmen, is calling a meet- 

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CINCINNATI 

Horold Rullmon 

1634 Central Parkway 

Cincinnati 10. Ohio 

621 6443

CINCINNATI 

J"he holiday season, which climaxed a very 

good year, gave area exhibitors a morale 

boost as they entered the new year. The 

holiday week was exceeding!} gratifying to 

most all area exhibitors who were able to 

present for the most part light, gay films 

for the enjoyment of patrons. With the 

exception of the continued runs of "Sound 

of Music." International 70, and "The Great 

Race." Valley, first-run theatres presented 

new products. 

Warners' 'Battle of the Bulge" opened to 

high praise from the movie critic at the 

FINER PRC

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Posls 

Big 450 in Hartford 

hartford — "Thunderball" 

bllthefully 

outpaced everything in town, chalking 

up an astounding 450. Other 

attractions were "Battle of the Bulge" 

1, "Never Too Late" '200i and "Do 

Not Disturb" i275t. 


Allyn—That Darn Cot [BV] ...175 

Art Cinema—Closed for remodeling. 

f 8urnside- Do Not Disturb 20tl 275 

Central- The Great Roce .'. ..100 

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Cine Wei- Thundcrboll ...450 

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Uprising (AIP) . .100 

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Thunderball' 400, "Agony' 350 

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"Thunderball," "Never Too Late" and 

"The Agony and the Ecstasy," among the 

newcomers, ran well above normal. 

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Loew's College, Milford Cinema, Milford Drive- 

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Paromount That Darn 200 

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SW Cinemart—The Sound of Music ?0th-Fox), 

27th wk ... 75 

SW Roger tol Pinocchio 

in Outer Space Univ 100 

Westville .-.' • Never Too Late (WB); 

Agent 8) 4 175 

Tht Aqony and the Ecstasy (20th-Fox) 350 

SPRINGFIELD 

Tiiim It. Patno jr.. formerly manager of 

the Paramount Theatre, Springfield, 

has been named manager of the Sheridan 

Theatre. Miami, Pla., operated by Florida 

State Theatres. American Broadcasting 

Companies affiliate. New England Theatres, 

which had operated the Paramount in 

Springfield until recently, also is an ABC 

affiliate. 

Hartford Cinema Updated 

HARTFORD — Connecticut Cinema, 

headed by Ernie Grecula, has reopened the 

Art Cinema, first-run art outlet, following 

a two-week remodeling and redecorating 

program. 

'RI's First Twin Cinema' 

PROVIDENCE — The Columbus Twin 

Theatre, at 270 Broadway, is advertising 

itself as "Rhode Island's first twin cinema." 

Attractions are shown on the downstairs 

'called the Columbus I the upstairs 

Cinema I screens. 

Variety Matinee Program 

EAST GREENWICH. R. L—Thi 

Theatre screened a Saturday matinee program 

consisting of "Two Little Bears" plus 

cartoons and novelty films, charging 50 

cents for all customers. 

Installs Answering Service 

JEWETT CITY. CONN—The Perakos 

State has installed automatic an 

service, provldi 

information. 

Distributors, Exhibitors Need Plan 

To Combat Color TV: Harvey Appell 

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By ALLEN M. YVIDEM 

on our color ured of looking 

at movies'." 

HARTFORD— Harvey Appell of American 

International Pictures feels that color "True.'' Appell adds, "this may be 

but think television, per se. is more of a pronounced 

nt, I 

threat to theatrical exhibition than toll attitude of a good portion of our tn 

public today. For example, in ion or anything else that has come 

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on Monday. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. 

and Sunday. 

no reason why our 

along in quite a few years. 

He told Boxoffice: "As a person who 

has a great love for the industry he works 

for. I'm seriously disturbed as to what color 

television will do to the industry as we 

know it in the next two to five years." 

In Appell s neighborhood,

New Problems for 

Turnpike Theatres 

Result From Opening of Route 9/ 

HARTFORD—A 14-mile span of business 

complexes along the suburban Berlin 

Turnpike, linking Hartford with major 

southward and northward parkways, has 

experienced a sharp reduction in traffic 

since the recent opening of Interstate 

Route 91, a multimillion dollar highway 

link. 

The complexes include a tremendously 

varied roster of entertainment facilities 

including E. M. Loew's Hartford Drive-In. 

Menschell-Poland's Pike Drive-in and the 

Nitke Berlin Drive-in. 

Republican state chairman A. Searle 

Pinney disclosed last week that traffic on 

the turnpike has dropped some 20.000 

vehicles a day. 

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turnpike is a place to get food, lodging and 

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Proposals and counter-proposals have 

been vigorously aired to date by the newly 

established Berlin Turnpike Gold Strip 

Ass'n, a promotion-minded grouping of pike 

merchants and businessmen. 

Several full and half-page ads, listing 

restaurants and the like—as well as the 

aforementioned drive-in threesome—have 

appeared in metropolitan Hartford newspapers. 

The three theatres paid their individual 

share of the ads, of course. 

At the same time, the three drive-ins 

are in the same uncomfortable category as 

other turnpike entertainment « bowling 

alleys, supper clubs, et al, seeking positive, 

immediate steps to best convince 

central Connecticut that patronage at 

these faculties should not be abruptly 

chopped merely because the handsomely 

resplendent Interstate Route 91 is a more 

convenient way of trekking to key arteries 

from metropolitan Hartford. 

Significantly, all three turnpike theatres 

are first-run outlets, participating in 

distributor-designated multiple runs em- 

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advertising on an individual basis has continued 

strong and imaginative, employing 

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But all three theatres are aware that 

stepping up any promotion activity of the 

Berlin Turnpike Gold Strip Ass'n will be 

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For one thing, a state representative, 

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NEW HAMPSHIRE 

The Nashua Exchange Club held a benefit 

at a Nashua theatre December 11. 

Admission to the show was a can of food, 

the collection being turned over to the 

Salvation Army for Christmas distribution 

to needy families. 

The Capitol Theatre in Hillsborough, 

which was closed recently, was entered by 

thieves who took an estimated $250 worth 

of candy. Police chief Richard Kaye said 


JANUARY - EEBRUARY INSPIRATION 

EVERY 

the burglary probably occurred between 

November 23 and 30. The movie establishment 

is located on Hillsborough's main 

street and had been operated by Mr. and 

Mrs. Walter Heath . than 1,200 

persons crowded the State Theatre in 

Manchester December 10, when Goldovsky 

Opera Theatres presented a performance 

of "Don Giovanni" under sponsorship of 

the Opera League of New Hampshire. 

Mrs. Alice M. Fitzgerald, 89, died December 

10 at the home of her son Ernest, 

manager of the Interstate Theatre Corp. in 

Rochester. She was a native of Stoughton, 

Mass., and had resided in Rochester for 

the past six years. 

NEW HAVEN 

roll 

The Saraceno Capitol, Middletown, has resumed 

its Sunday matinee rock and 

stage shows . . . Sal Adorno jr. has 

installed electric in-car heaters at his 

Middletown Drive-In, Middletown . . . Mike 

Adorno sold a discount department store 

on sponsorship of two free kiddies shows 

at the Palace, Middletown. 

'Clowns' Benefit Showing 

NEW HAVEN—Sperie P. Perakos, vicepresident 

and general manager of Perakos 

Theatre Associates, arranged the southern 

Connecticut premiere of UA's "A Thousand 

Clowns" at the de luxe Beverly, Bridgeport, 

the opening night's proceeds going to the 

Fourth Congressional Voter Education 

campaign. 

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pre-Christmas show for children was 

held at the Strong Theatre in Burlington 

December 18, with "Snow White and 

the Three Stooges" as the screen feature. 

The attraction was announced in a Burlington 

Free Press advertisement donated 

by the Malletts Bay Drive-in and the program 

was co-sponsored by several Burlington 

business firms. 

Off-season advertising space in the Burlington 

Free Press, which has been offered 

free to various organizations in the area 

by the Mountain View Drive-in, was recently 

used for a one-day benefit showing 

of the John Wayne film, "Circus World," 

at the Weldon Theatre in St. Albans. One 

dollar donations were taken for the benefit 

of the freshman class at St. Anne's 

Academy in Swanton. 

"My Fair Lady" opened at the State 

Theatre in Burlington December 22 direct 

from its premiere showings. It was a 

special engagement at special prices and 

there were no reserved seats . . . Free 

shows for youngsters were given at 1 and 

3 p.m. December 18 at the Strong Theatre 

in Burlington, where the screen attraction 

was "Snow White and the Three Stooges." 

The free tickets—red for the 1 p.m. show 

and brown for the 3 p.m. program—were 

available at most downtown stores in 

Burlington. 

Former Stage Manager Dies 

HARTFORD—Charles Obert, 70, retired 

Allyn Theatre stage manager, died in New 

Port Richey, Fla. 

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TORONTO—Receipts held up well at 

Toronto houses as Odeon reported excellent 

business with "King Rat" in its sixth 

week at the Carlton and "Ship of Fools" 

in its seventh week at the Hyland. Famous 

Players was doing well with "Red Line 

7000," which was in a second week at the 

Imperial and three other houses. 

Albion group Cot Bollou (Col), Bye Bye Birdie 

(Col), reissue 

Carlton— Kina Rot ICol), 6th wk 

Good 

Excellent 

Coronet Group HELP! (UA); A Hord Night 

Doy's 

(UA), 

Eglmton—The 

reruns Good 

Sound of Music (20th-Fox), 

38th wk 

Fairlawn— Those 

Excellent 

Magnificent Men in Their 

Flying Machines (20th-Fox), 25th wk Excellent 

Hollywood— The Great Race A P Excellent 

wk. 

wk Excellent 

Hyland Ship of Fools (Col), 7th 

Imperial, Golden Mile, Nortown, Runnymede 

Red Line 7000 2nd wk Very iPara). Good 

International Cinema Red Lanterns (5R) Good 

University My Fair Lady ;WB), 59th wk Good 

Yorkdole Cinema, Capitol Fine Art— Darlinq 

(IFD), 10th wk ...Good 

Cinerama Enters India, Far 

East; to Build 4 Theatres 


NEW YORK—Cinerama has entered the 

India motion picture market for the first 

time with the signing of a new deal with 

Karsjose Bros. Co., a major industrial organization 

of Bombay, calling for new Cinerama 

facilities in New Delhi, Calcutta. 

Bombay and Madras, according to William 

R. Forman, president. The pact also calls 

for the release in these cities of six Cinerama 

Travelscopes. 

Cinerama also has made a deal with 

the Cathay Organization of Singapore for 

the establishment of a new Cinerama theatre 

in Kuala Lampur, capital city of Malaysia. 

Cathay currently operates a Cinerama 

house in Singapore. Forman said. 

Cinerama expansion plans in South East 

Asia include either new construction or 

theatre conversions in Vietnam. Hong 

Kong, Burma, Formosa, Ceylon and Pakistan. 

Cinerama recently completed major 

deals calling for new installations in South 

Africa and Thailand and the company Is 

installing its second theatre in Nagoya. 

Japan, which will open December 22. making 

eight Cinerama houses in Japan. 

Land has been acquired adjacent to the 

U.S. Embassy in Bombay for the construction 

of a new Cinerama Dome theatre, 

with an opening target date of mid-1966. 

A program of conversion of existing theatres 

in Cinerama will start immediately in 

houses in New Delhi. Calcutta and Madras. 

Jeffrey Kruger Buys Rights 

To 'Four in the Morning' 

HOLLYWOOD—"Four in the Morning: 

British film winner of the 1965 Grand Prix 

at Locarno and the Prix des Cinema at 

Cannes, has been acquired by Jeffrey 

Kruger. president of London-based 

Ember records He was in Hollywood and 

New York for meetings with a number of 

major distributors who are bidding for U.S. 

distribution rights to the widelv acclaimed 

film. 

"Morning." which stars Ann Lynn. Judi 

Dench and Norman Rodway. was produced 

by John Morris, and written and directed 

by Anthony Simmons; John Barry, of 

James Bond fame, wrote the score. 

BOXOFTICE 

OTTAWA 

gupport is apparently not unanimous across 

the country for a proposal of the 

Canadian government to establish a $10 

million corporation for financial assistance 

to encourage production of featuiv -] 

films by private companies for release to 

theatres in Canada and elsewhere. The 

plan is expected to come before the next 

session of Parliament in Ottawa 

No major tax changes Ln 1 966 for Ontario 

are in prospect at the coming session starting 

at mid-January of the Ontario legislature, 

according to an intimation by 

provincial treasurer James Allen. This 

could mean little or no revision of the 

amusement tax or other levies. 

At municipal elections the voters at 

Marmora in eastern Ontario gave approval 

to Sunday shows at the one local Ul 

the Plaza. Elsewhere, the vote favored 

Sunday movies in London Township. Simcoe 

and Petrolia. The move to have Sunday 

performances at the Paramount in 

Hanover was voted down, while at Palmerston 

a majority voted to keep the municipally 

owned film theatre open on Fridays 

and Saturdays. 

The removal of the Biltmore sign was the 

occasion for ceremony at the Kingston. 

Out.. Theatre before it reopened as the 

Odeon Hyland on completion of improvements 

costing $120,000. according to Manager 

K. C. Fletcher. Under Its new policy 

starting at Christmas, the Hyland conducted 

a reserved-seat engagement of "My 

Fair Lady" twice daily at $2 top. Because 

of the change, the Kingston Film Society 

switched to the Famous Players Capitol for 

Its Sunday night shows for members. 

TORONTO 

J^s 1965 ended, Toronto could look back 

on more than its share of recordbreaking 

business. "My Fair Lady" has 

left the University, where it set an all 

record for a film in any single Canadian 

house. Here it has played to more than 

420.000 patrons for a gross of $1,050,000. 

The "Mary Poppins" run at the Hollywood 

here also is going to be hard to beat. 

"Mary" played in the dual audit 

there for 40 weeks, grassing $602,207 from 

it all. it has been a good year for longrun 

holdovers. 

Christmas week, cal houses booked 

holiday attractions. "Pinocchio ln Outer 

Space" opened at Loew's. while Odeon had 

An Ottawa municipal committee has 

taken steps for removal of all overhanging 

signs across the city, many of which interfere 

with traffic lights. Theatre owners 

want to retain marquees or canopies for 

the safety of patrons. 

Famous Players has announced net earnings 

at $1,803,098. equal to $1.04 per common 

share for the first nine months of 

1965. compared with $1,614,185 or 93 cents 

per share for the 1964 period. Despite the 

recent stock market decline, the company 

shares have continued steady at around 

$25 in trading to reflect the healthy financial 

position of the i 

Only one theatre In Ottawa announced a 

New Year's Eve performance. 

whereas a few years ago. practically all of 

the show places had programs for yearend 

celebrations. 

In cooperation with local authority 

Ottawa Capitol had a second Saturday 

morning show, for which the theatre had 

an audience of 1.800 safety patrol members, 

all different from the big crowd of 

school groups on the previous Satu 

Because of the school holidays, the 

National Museum of Canada presented 

two free film shows for children on successive 

Thursday mornings, instead of Saturday, 

with the cooperation of the Ottawa 

Film Council. Most of the short subjects 

were from Britain, France, Germany. 

Japan and Czechoslovakia, as well as 

Canada. 

Something of a surprise was the holding 

for a second week of "Laurel and II 

ling '20s" at two Ottawa thl 

the Rideau and Britannia. 

"Do Not Disturb" in a multiple run. as 

did the Coronet and Albion. Humber and 

several others. "My Fair Lady" moved 

from the University to the Nortown Christmas 

Day. making way for "The Agony and 

the Ecstasy." Also. "The Loved One" 

i- the Towne Cinema. 

The "Battle i the Bulge" had its 

Canadian premiere December 22 at the 

Glendale Cinerama. "The Knack 

Cannes Festival prize film, opened at the 

Odeon Hyland. 

\i-» members of the Motion Picture 

Theatres Ass'n of Ontario include R. 

Irwin of the Capitol in Wallaceburg. Ont.. 

and Harry Sherman of the Fox in To 

562.225 patrons, before it moved over to 

the Nortown There it stayed for an addigrassing 

$56,789 from 

Several new films have been classified 

53.821 patrons. 

"adult entertainment'' in Ontario. Includ- 

Odeon had its best business with "Goldfinger." 

\!>oni Zoi." "The Cincinnati Kid." 

"The Hill." "Nanny" and "Red Line 7000 " 

third of the James Bond series 

"Repulsion" has been classified as 

At Hie big Carlton, it stayed 14 weeks and 

grossed there a tidy $368,000. Thru "restricted " 

it 

moved into a multiple 12-house run for 

three more weeks, where it took in an additional 

$129,000. Odeon's longest run. how- 

•HTAIN. CONN John Perakos. 

Circuitmen on Hospital Board 

ever, was with the English production 

"Tom Jones " It had a run of 33 weeks Perakos jr.. office manager. Perakos Theatre 

at the Hyland for a gross of $510,000 All 

Associates. New Britain-based circuit. 

to the board of corporators 

of the New Britain General Hospital. 

Stephanie Hill, who has had many TV 

roles, makes her screen debut in "Alvarez 

Kelly." a Columbia Pictures release.

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Jim Mahon Appointed 

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HOLLYWOOD—Jim Mahon has been 

appointed sales manager of D-150, Inc., for 

D-150's new All-Purpose Theatre Projection 

System, according to an announcement 

made Thursday (16) by Marshall 

Naify, president of the corporation which 

produces a motion picture projection system 

to accommodate all film processes and 

ratios on a deeply curved screen. 

Mahon is now on the first leg of a 

nation-wide swing through key exchange 

centers for talks with leading exhibitors 

and theatre equipment and supply dealers 

in the interest of D-150 installations. 

Mahon will be based at D-150's headquarters 

office, Los Angeles, under direction 

of vice-presidents Dr. Richard Vetter and 

Carl Williams, developers of the system 

and in charge of research. 

Prior to joining D-150, Inc.. Mahon occupied 

a top sales position with Ballantyne 

Co., electronic instrument and theatre 

equipment house. 

Reade-Sterling Announces 

Exploitation Winners 


NEW YORK—The winners of Walter 

Reade-Sterling's summer exploitation drive 

for its indoor and outdoor theatres were 

disclosed at the company's executive office 

in Oakhurst, N.J.. by Nick Schermerhorn, 

the circuit's vice-president for theatre 

operation. 

Competing individually against their theatre's 

1964 summer period grosses, in the 

areas of exploitation, promotion, kiddie 

shows, theatre rentals and concessions 

activities, the wanning managers received 

cash awards. They are Al Goddard of the 

Community Theatre, Kingston, NY.; Gordon 

Craig of the 9W Drive-in in Kingston: 

Herbert Rubin of the Community Theatre, 

Toms River, N.J.; Jon Doyle of the Carlton 

Theatre, Red Bank, N.J., and Harry 

Klein of the Community Theatre, Morristown, 

N.J. 

New Kind of 

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Opened December 22 

. 

. 

J^Jany of the more festive minded of Filmrow, 

country key towns grossed more on the 

including Canadian Film staffs, Saturday matinee business than top-rated From Western Edition 

headed by Doug and Rose Isman, and West pictures grossed in three days, it was reported. 

SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — The Le Duet, 

Coast Booking Associates, Owen Bird and 

He also was pleased with the "Ship revolutionary theatre concept developed 

Vi Hosford, held a smorgasbord and an of Fools" at the Odeon West Vancouver. It here by a Lockheed business data executive, 

evening of dancing in the Elk's Club. Mi-, was set for a week, following an extended 

was given its grand opening Decem- 

and Mrs. Myron McLeod represented the engagement in Vancouver, bucked the general 

ber 22 after being under construction 

pre-Christmas trend and was held for for eight months along the historic El 

exhibitors. 

A new 

least for 

type of 

Vancouver, 

"documentary" 

was shown to 

film, 

the 

at 

city 

a second week. 

Camino Real. 

Odeon also had a winner with "Carry On The 600-seat rectangular theatre, built 

council by the police department on crowd 

control at the December engagement of Totem, North Vancouver and Dunbar Vancouver 

ping Center, has a system (on which 

Cleo." playing the Odeon New Westminster, in conjunction with the La Hacienda Shop- 

. Freedman's Studio cashed patents are pending) using two screens 

1 

the Rolling Stones. Greater control is 

in 

needed, police say, or these "extravaganzas" 

on the public's search for light entertainment, 

as "Laurel and Hardy's Laughing beam of light down the center of the 

with rear projection to eliminate the usual 

should be banned from the city. 

'20s" went into a fourth week. 

audience. One projector is focused into 

"The Knack How to Get It" had 

what Ramsell called a "light-splitting 

a fine ten-week run at the Odeon 

The Lyric again featured a Western 

Varsity. 

console" which in turn transmits the film 

Canadian-produced film in "Naked Flame," 

"Dimka" replaced it . . Nat Levant was 

image to the screens by way of four mirrors. 

happy with the results of "Topo 

which the critics passed over "as just another 

sex picture." 

Gigio" in 

this territory. The 

The film, after some 

picture played 27 dates 

Since the beam doesn't pass through 

in three 

porting 

weekends, 

outstanding 

with all situations 

business. Some 

re- 

upcensorship 

problems, was approved by the 

Appeal Board as "adult entertainment." 

the theatre, the auditorium may be lighted 

to allow patrons to find seats, read programs, 

take notes during daytime sym- 

Business was above average, and the Lyric 

held it for a second week. 

posiums live talent or a fashion 

and see 

show simultaneously with a film. Also the 

system allows two-screened drive-in theatres 

to show daylight movies. 

The $250,000 theatre is a culmination of 

three years of research in a Palo Alto 

laboratory by W. H. Ramsell, inventor, who 

said that international interest has been 

shown in the project. Several representatives 

of the J. Arthur Rank Organization 

recently toured his theatre. 

Ramsell claims three major advantages: 

everyone in the house a good 

"loge" seat, (2) utilizing the total floor 

area without wasting seating space and 

'3 

) a theatre in a standard, commercial 

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NSS Names Martin Michel 

Advertising Manager 

From Eostern Edition 

NEW YORK—Martin Michel, advertising 

manager of the Landau Co. for the past 

year, has been named advertising manager 

for National Screen Service by Paul 

N. Lazarus, who is now executive vicepresident 

for NSS. Michel has been in the 

motion picture industry for 15 years, 

serving with 20th Century-Fox as radiotelevision 

manager and, later, as advertising 

manager. 

Jack Greenb?rg, who began his career 

with National Screen Service in Des 

Moines in 1948 and subsequently was sales 

manager of the New York branch and then 

branch manager in Minneapolis, will return 

to the company January 3 to head 

the Chicago branch, according to Burton 

E. Robbins, NSS presided He succeeds 

Milton Feinberg, who has just been named 

general sales manager and will headquarter 

in New York. Greenberg has been in 

private business for the last five years. 

John M. Koppes Opens 

Ketchum, Ida., Cinema 

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KETCHUM. IDA. — John M. Koppes 

opened the Cinema Theatre here December 

15. 

As one of the first items in assuming 

operation of the theatre, Koppes subscribed 

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Universal Sets Up Aids 

To Promote 

Pinocchio' 

Universal Pictures is using a fourpage 

merchandising supplement to h; 

the promotional activities available to exhibitors 

who will be playing "Pinocchio in 

Outer Space," the full length animated feature 

in color which began opening in more 

than 500 key situations from coast to coast 

starting December 17 for the holidays. 

Featured in the special "Out of This 

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walking billboards for the picture; greeting 

cards for the small fry created by Fran Mar; 

Wertheimer jewelry items for girls of all 

ages using the film's characters; pajamas 

created by Weldon and carrying the picture's 

characters; Knight Toy and Novelty 

Co. items of the characters; Kayser Roth 

slippers for girls and a special program telling 

the story and using the characters. 

These nine merchandise tie-ups are in 

addition to the other national promotions, 

which Universal has developed on the picture, 

including a tie-up with Pepsi-Cola for 

a special ticket, provided for the purchasers 

of six-packs of the soft drink, which will 

admit a child under 12 to any theatre playing 

the picture from Monday to Thursday, 

when accompanied by an adult full admission. 

A special window display and in 

store display has been created for this particular 

tie-up, which was highlighted in 

all the key openings for the Christmas holidays 

and thereafter. 

Special Italian Letter 

Aids "La Boheme' Date 

Redwood Theatres' Eureka at Eureka, 

Calif., had great success with a letter in 

promoting its two-day run of "La Boheme," 

December 1 and 2. The letter, says Jack 

Reid. district manager, was sent to all 

members of the "Sons of Italy" and the 

"Italian Catholic Federation" in the area. 

The letter told of the film and the times 

it would be shown. But the last paragraph 

of the letter is what made it a ticket seller 

to these groups, Reld says. That paragraph 

was written in Italian, saying: 

"Venite e sentire 'La Boheme' cantata 

in la vostra lingua; pari de essere siempre 

a La Scala de Milano. Le voce magnifico." 

Roughly translated, it reads: "Come and 

hear La Boheme' sung In your language: 

it is the same as La Scala of Milan. The 

sound is magnificent." 

BOXOFTICE Showmandiser :: Jan. 3. 1966 

The mysterious "She," top, poses irt front of the display 

for the MGM picture at the Fox-Warficld, San 

Francisco, managed by Jack Lucy. This was in connection 

with a contest, where KKW listeners were 

given clues on the identity of "She." The "mystery" 

woman mode appearances around town for a week, 

in a chauffeurcd Rolls-Royce, bottom photo, creating 

a great deal of attention. The stunt was part of 

the campaign set 

up by Camillc Barnes. 

She' Mystery Sets 

Film Campaign Pace 

In San Francisco 

The San Francisco Fox-Warfield. managed 

by Jack Lucy, highlighted its "She" 

campaign with a "Miss She" beauty contest, 

which culminated with 

winner to the MGM Studios in Hollywood. 

The winner was 18-year-old (' 

Rodriguez, a Patricia Stevens modeling 

student. 

The contest was promoted through the 

cooperation of eight area radio stations. 

Judges were disc jockeys. All prizes, including 

the Western Airlines plane trip, 

flowers, dinners, records, etc., were promoted 

by the theatre. Camille Bames 

handled the promotion. 

Another radio promotion and street 

ballyhoo was on identifyiim the mysterious 

A local model. In costume, made 

appearances around the city for a week in 

a chauffeured 1933 Rolls-Royce. This 

created a good deal of attention and earned 

special mention on television new- 

Clues to the mystery woman and her expected 

whereabouts were given daily by 

KKHI. Anyone asking the model, "Are 

you Ursula Andress' stand-in for 'She?' " 

received a complimentary ticket to the picture. 

The one who eventually mussed the 

model's real name received a night on the 

town, plus theatre passes, copies of the 

"She" book and the MGM soundtrack 

album. Many persons were convinced it 

was Ursula Andress. 

Other phases of the campaign included 

record, bookstore and lingerie shop tie-ins, 

handbills, poster from "Playboy" 

Andress and unusually good breaks in 

newspapers. 

Worldwide Use of Short for Rare Breed' 

Universal's "The Rare Breed" will be 

given a strong plug to missions of prospective 

moviegoers seldom reached through 

the ordinary promotion channels. 

This exploitation will be in the form 

of a 20-mlnute color film produced by 

the American Polled Hereford Ass'n and 

narrated by Stewart, which will be marie 

available to universities, high schools, 

agriculture groups, 4-H Clubs. FFA organizations 

and cattlemen groups throughout 

the world. 

A Polled Hereford. Vindicator, figures 

— 1 — 

importantly with James Stewart and 

Maureen O'Hara in the Technicolor western. 

During the filming of the picture 

Stewart became so attached to the animal 

that he purchased it and transported it to 

his ranch in northern California. 

The Polled Hereford Ass'n's 

film, largely 

of an educational nature, follows the introduction 

of the English Herefords to this 

country in the 19th century and their 

interbreeding with the famed Texas Longhorns 

to develop the present breed.

Atlanta's Rialto Campaign for Great Race' 

Even Includes a 

Manager Buren A. Eidson kicked off the 

opening of Warner Bros.' "The Great 

Race" at Martin's Rialto Theatre in downtown 

Atlanta with a campaign that not 

only attracted attention to the opening, 

but has resulted in one of the best engagements 

of the great WB comedy to date. 

Eidson did everything on a big scale, including 

a new front for the theatre. A special 

display atop the marquee, which extends 

along two streets, featured two 

14x1 8-foot blowups of the two automobiles 

used in the film. 

In addition, Eidson had some antique 

cars in the spacious lobby weeks in advance 

of the opening. Included was a 1909 

Rover from England, a 1926 twin-six 

Packard touring car and a 1926 Model-T 

Ford roadster. 

Eidson tied in with three automobile 

clubs in Georgia to promote the picture, 

the Antique Car Club, Model A Restorers 

Club and the Restorers Club of Atlanta. 

For opening night, members of these 

three clubs, garbed in costumes worn by 

motorists in the early days of the automobile, 

drove their conveyances through 

downtown Atlanta in a parade that led to 

the Rialto. Streets were blocked off and 

special police details were needed to direct 

the congested traffic and park the old 

automobiles as they arrived. 

On hand was a Dixieland band and a 

crowd swarmed around the front of the 

theatre to see the costumed drivers, their 

passengers and the oldtime automobiles. 

Streets had to be blocked off to accommodate 

the more than 100 old cars that 

showed up for the event. 

Newsmen's cameras flashed, radio reporters 

were on hand to tape interviews 

and all three television stations had 

cameramen there to record the event for 

news programs. 

Policemen working the traffic said they 

had never seen this large a crowd in attendance 

at a film opening in years. "Great 

Race" has been doing good business in a 

grind policy, with four shows daily starting 

at 12:30 p.m. 

n 

100,000th 

Patron 

Wins 

In Raleigh 

New Front to the Theatre 

Shining like new, these old cars are the object of 

much attention in the Rialto lobby, remaining there 

on display during the run of "The Great Race." 

L. A. Stores, Disc Jockeys 

Plug 'Harum Scarum' Film 

Twenty-five downtown Los Angeles store 

windows and 122 windows in neighborhood 

music and record shops featured materials 

from "Harum Scarum." In addition, more 

than 25,000 heralds were distributed by 

theatres. Special emphasis was placed on 

disc jockey and TV dance show contests, 

with stuffed camels, soundtrack albums, 

autographed photos of Elvis Presley and 

guest passes being used as prizes. 

Special promotions also were held on 

various country and western stations. 

Paperback on Embassy Film 

To Be Issued in January 

The novelization of Joseph E. Levine's 

"The 10th Victim," Embassy Pictures' 

Christmas-New Year's holiday attraction, 

being published in paperback form by 

Ballantine Books, will be on sale at newsstands 

and in stores around the country 

in early January. The first printing of 

380,000 will be distributed to approximately 

70.000 retail outlets in areas where 

the homicidal fantasy-thriller will be in 

f>Q2 

poo- 

As the 100,000th patron of "The Sound of Music" at the Ambassador Theatre in Raleigh, N.C., Mrs. C. D. 

Rowe, second from right, is presented merchants' gifts valued at $300 from Ervin Stone, left, manager of 

the theatre. Wesley Williams, right, is the manager of the Raleigh Merchants Bureau. With Mrs. Rowe 

is her oldest daughter, Debbie, 17. 

Manager Victor Nowe of the Odeon-Carlton Theatre 

in Toronto set up this 10x6-foot standee in the 

main lobby before playdote. The entire display back 

ground was done in a rich pink, while the title of the 

film was painted in brilliant white lettering, then 

decked with sparkling glitter. The main selling line, 

"No one may enter the theatre after Fabi enters her 

bath," was used to play up the bath scene. The 

standee was an attention-getter. An arrangement of 

autumn flowers, set on turquoise satin, added further 

effectiveness to the display. Here, an usher wears 

the new Odeon uniform, black tuxedo trousers, gold 

jacket, white shirt, black bow tie and white gloves. 

Cat 'Fingerprint' Contest 

Ties In With 'Darn Cat' 

For "That Darn Cat," Walt Disney's 

holiday release, Buena Vista set up a radio 

contest based on a scene from the picture, 

which has star Dean Jones attempting to 

"fingerprint" the cat. 

Before the start of the regular radio 

commercial schedule on the film, disc 

jockeys invited listeners to send in the 

"fingerprint" of a cat on a postal card. 

In addition, the cards were to include the 

cat's name and address and the name of 

the person sending in the card. At the end 

of the contest, a cat's name was drawn and 

prizes, including a $100 bill, were awarded. 

In Kansas City, BV branch manager 

Frank Monaco arranged a tie-in with station 

WHB. Top prize was a motor scooter, 

promoted by WHB, with Buena Vista donating 

$100 for the second prize. The 

picture opened Christmas Day in Kansas 

City at Fox Midwest's Uptown Theatre. 

6 Months of Campaigning 

Set in Motion for 'Maya' 

A six-month national promotion campaign, 

to cost more than $750,000, will be 

put in motion by MGM for "Maya," the 

new color and Panavision adventure picture 

made entirely in the jungles of southern 

India by the King brothers. 

The intensive campaign will embrace 

national advertising, radio and television, 

special field exploiteers, lecture programs, 

star tours and citywide billboard postings 

in major cities. It will begin this week fol- . 

lowing screenings of the picture by Frank, 

Maurice and Herman King, for MGM executives 

in New York and at the studio. 

All publicity and advertising activities 

will be aimed at a summer release as soon 

as school is out in all parts of the country. 

"Maya" stars Clint Walker and Jay North 

and a large cast of Indian actors. 

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Concentration a Must 

In Big City Ballyhoo 

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As port of his promotion for "Tokyo Olyrnpiod," 

Manager Myron Talman of the Tower Theatre in 

Los Angeles had 15,000 brochures on the picture 

distributed in the downtown area, department stores 

and office buildings. 

Being located in a large city, such as Los 

Angeles, In the downtown metropolitan 

area, makes it extra difficult, sometimes, to 

ballyhoo a special playdate. An elaborate 

and concentrated campaign nearly always 

is needed to do the job. 

This was the case of Manager Myron 

Talman of the Tower in Los Angeles, whose 

theatre receives keen competition from 

about 14 other houses within three square 

blocks, when "Tokyo Olympiad" was 

booked. 

To build the playdate, Talman par 

concentrated promotion with a preview of 

the film prior to the opening. He sent out 

special invitations to all of the foreign 

consulates and representatives of the 

Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Japan 

Airlines. Japan Steamship Lines. Japanese 

Trade Center. Japanese Traders Club and 

Japanese Banks. 

To add punch, he acquired 15.000 colorful 

brochures on the picture and had his 

ushers, dressed in special "Olympic" T 

shirts, distribute them on the streets and 

in office buildings and department stores 

two weeks prior to opening and during the 

lust week of the showing. 

Talman contacted Japanese and Mexican 

newspapers and promoted some publicity 

stories and received several art 

breaks. In turn he also placed some advertising 

in the papers. 

On his theatre front. Talman 

some pennants and flags of various countries 

to attract the attention of passersby 

All in all, the campaign was quite sucralman 

said. 

'Darn Cat' Contest Leads 

Miami Film Promotion 

Wometco and the Miami News teamed 

up to sponsor a "That Darn Cat" contest 

and persons were asked to send in a photo 

of their cat. Winning selections were based 

on the looks and personality of the cat. It 

was pointed out that the cat didn't have to 

have a pedigree. It could be a homeless 

First prize was a $50 savings bond and 

there were 50 second prizes, a record album 

from the soundtrack of "That Darn Cat." 

100 third prizes, a pair of tickets to the 

movie and 50 fourth prizes. 

Kansas City Showman Carries Out Well-Paced 

Campaign for Woman of Shang Playdate 

tale quality of "Thi 

Oi Slum"," into the Art Theatre 

Uockhill In Kansas City to highlight 

Guild's 

his promotion for the Chinese film 

The theatre lobby was dressed witl 

nese lanterns, banners, umbrella 

osters. 

To add emphasis to the playdate. Torregrosa 

also had Chinese starlets \ 

Yu Chien and Theresa Wong from Shaw 

Brothers' Studios in Hong Kong on hand 

for personal appears made 

appearances m the lobby and on stage a 

week prior to openin out announcements. 

They a; 

pearance two days after the film opened 

Macy's Department Store provided the 

for the lobby display and all decorations. 

The store held a Far East Pi 

and plugged the film In all newspapei adi 

Such displays at the store as the Oriental 

Arcade, the Oriental Pet Shop, children's 

art by youngsters of Hong Kong and 

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3 Techniramo; s Other anamorphic processes. Symbol IJ denotes BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon 

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2925 

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2974 

Promenade 

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Embassy 

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AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX " Very Good, + Good; ^ Foir; 

Very Poor. In the summary ft is rated 2 pluses, 

— as 2 minuses. 

iKLete 

La Tia Tula (98) Melo. United Int'l 7-28-65 A3 + 

2949 Laurel ami Hardy's Laughing 

•20s (91) Comp Com MGM 8-16-65 Al + + + + 

* 2984 Leather Boys. The (77) Melo .... Piatt 12-13-65 A3 + if 

i ©Les Amiche (100) Ital Or Premiere 11-22-65 + 

j 2986 Life at the Top (117) Drama. ... Col 12-20-65 4- + + 

£ 

Lite Upside Down (93) Fr Dr ..Landau 10- 4-65 4 -f + ft 

Little Nuns, The (101) Com.... Embassy 9-20-65 + 4 + + 

^ 2960 A2 =t 

j 2963 Little Ones. The (66) Or Col 10- 4-65 + + + ft 

2950 ©Love and Kisses (87) 

Com with Songs Univ 8-16-65 A2 + + + 4 

1 Love in 4 Dimensions 

5 (105) Episode Com Eldorado 10-25-65 C + 

( 2967 Loved One, The (116) MGM 10-18-65 B -f ± ft — ± 

Maedchen in Uniform (91) Dr Seven Arts 9-20-65 A2 ±. + ± 

Madame White Snake (105) 

Fairy Tale Frank Lee 12-20-65 + ± 

j 2964 Mad Executioners, The (92) Cr Dr.. Para 10- 4-65 A2 ±. 

Magnificent 

Cuckold. 

The (113) Com-Dr Confl 6- 7-65 A3 + 

' 2936 Make Mine a Million 

(82) Comedy British Lion SR 6-21-65 + 

J Male Hunt (92) French Farce Com.. P-C 5-31-65 B + * ± 

Married Woman. The (94) Dr. . Royal 10-25-65 C — ± + — 

j 2961 ©Marriage on the Rocks (109) ® CD WB 9-27-65 B ft + + + 

. 2922 ©Masquerade (101) Adv Comedy.. UA 5- 3-65 A2 + + + + 

2933 Mating Modern Style (92) Cora.. Don Kay 5-10-65 + 

1 

2934 ©McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force 

(90) Farce Comedy Univ 6-14-65 Al + + + ± - 

1 2965 Mickey One (93) Drama Col 10-11-65 A3 ft ft + 

] 2928 Mirage (107) Drama Univ 5-24-65 A2 + ±L + + ft 

! 2955 ©Mission to Hell 

(S3) © Adv Dr..Jones-Carpenter-SR 9-6-65 4 

-f- 

Moment of Truth. The (105) Doc Rizzoli 8-25-65 A4 + 

2932 ©Monkey's Uncle. The (90) C . BV 6- 7-65 Al + + + + rt 

. Mother and Daughter (80) Melo. Artkino 11-15-65 + 

] 2959 Motor Psycho! (74) Melodrama Eve 9-20-65 ±. ± * 

1 2973 ©Mozambique (98) Dr Seven Arts 11- 8-65 + 

2953©Murieta (108) Western j 

WB 8-30-65 + Dr Al ±. ± + + 

, 2977 Mutiny in Outer Soace (85) S-F Melo AA 11-22-65 + + 

2933 My Baby Is Black! , (75) Melo....AFDC 6-14-65 4 

' 

2981 My Pal Wolf (76) Melo Pitkin 12- 6-65 + 

New Angels, The (94) Doc. 6-21-65 C i: 2: 

' 

2945 9 Miles to Noon (66|/2 ) Melo ....Taurus 8- 2-65 + 

; 

2929 Nobody Waved Goodbye (80) D Cinema V 5-31-65 A2 ± + 44 + 

I 2954 Once a Thief (107) ® Cr Dr.... MGM 8-30-65 A3 + + ± + 

! 2975 Operation C. I. A. (90) Melo. .AA 11-15-65 A2 + ± 

2925 Over There 1914-1918 

(90) War Doc P-C 5-17-65 i: + + 

-f- 

—PQ— 

©Paris Secret (84) Doc ...Cinema V 9-13-65 + + + 2957 4- 

2983 Patch of Blue. A (105) Dr MGM 12-13-65 A3 -f + ff ff 4+ 

2970 ©Pinocchio in Outer Space 

(71) Cartoon Univ 10-25-65 Al + + ff 

1 

2972 ©Planet of the Vampires (86) S-F..AIP 11- 1-65 + + 

—R— 

Dances (70) Doc Plisetskaya Artkino 5-24-65 + 

2960 Rage to Li/e, A (101) Drama ® ... UA 9-20-65 + A3 — + ± + 

Railroad Man, The (105) Dr Confl 11-29-65 A2 + + -f. 

2953 Rapture (104) © Drama.. Int'l Classics 8-30-65 + 4- 4- ± ± 

2976 Ravagers. The (88) War Dr. . Hemisphere 

11-15-65 4- + 

©Red Line 7000 (110) Ac Or Para 11- 8-65 B ± ± ± ± + 

ff ± — 

2971 Repulsion (105) Drama Royal 11- 1-65 C 4- 4- 

2941 ©Reguiem for a Gunfighter 

(91) ® Western Embassy 7-12-65 Al + 4 

2971 Return From the Ashes (105) Susp Dr UA 11- 1-65 A3 ft ± ft + ft 

2982 Return of Mr. Moto. The 

(71) My Dr 20th-Fox 12- 6-65 B ± + ± 

2965 ©Revenge of the Gladiators 

(100) ® Act Spec Para 9- 6-65 A2 ± - ct 

©Reward. The (92) © 20th-Fox 9-20-65 A2 4- 4- 

+ 

4 

2959 OD Dr + 

2948 Rope of Flesh (90) Melodrama ..Eve 8-9-65 + + 

2951 Rotten to the Core 

(90) Farce Comedy Cinema V 8-23-65 A3 4- + 

2944 Saboteur. Code Name— Moriturl. 

The (123) War Dr 20th-Fox 7-26-65 + it 44 

2952 Samson vs. the Giant Kino 

(91) Spec John Alexander 8-23-65 + 

©Sandpiper, The ® Drama.. MGM 6-28-65 4 2938 (117) B ± 4- 4- + 

44- 

6+ 

5-t-l- 

343- 

14- 

64-2- 

3 - 2- 

54 1 

1+ 

S+l 

2974 ©Sands of the Kalahari 

(119) ® Adventure Drama ... Para 11- 8-65 A3 ff 

©Sanuu Follows tne Sun (60) CD Arkino 5-10-b5 4 

2937 Scarlet Letter, The 

(72) Susp Drama Signature 6-28-65 ± 

2940 ©Seaside Swingers (94) Mus. . 

2979 ©2nd Best Secret Agent in the Whole 

7- 5-65 Al -f 

Wide World (96) My Com Embassy 11-29-65 A3 f f 

2951 ©Second Fiddle to a Steel 

Gu.tar (107) I) Musnal .Marathon 8-23-65 4 

2963 ©Secret ol My Success, 

The (105) Comedy Dr MGM 10- 4-65 ff A2 ± 

2950 ©Sergeant Deadhead 

(90) Com with Songs AIP 8-16-65 A3 + 4 

2954 ©Seven Slaves Against the World 

(96) © Spec Para 8-30-65 A2 + 

©7 Women (93) Drama MGM 12-13-65 B + 

Shepherd Girl, The 

(105) Mus Drama. .. Fiank Lee Int'l 9-13-65 + + 

2926 Ship of Fools (149) Dr Col 5-17-65 A3 ff fj 

2965 Situation Hopeless— But Not 

Serious (97) CD Para 10-11-65 A2 4 ± 

2940 ©Ski Party (90) ® Com with songs AIP 7- 5-65 A2 4- 4- 

2950 ©Skull, The (90) Horror ...Para 8-16-65 A2 4 

2985 Slender Thread (98) Dr Para 12-20-65 4- 4- 

^938 ©Sons of Katie Elder. The 

(122) Western Drama Para 6-28-65 Al ff ff 

2908 y©Sound of Music, The 

(174) Todd-AO 20th-Fox 3-15-65 Al ff ff 

2985 Space Flight IC-I 

(65) Science-Fiction 20th-Fox 12-20-65 B 4- ± 

Swedish Wedding Night (95) Melo Royal 11-29-65 C + 

2927 ©Swingers' Paradise (85) (j) Dr AIP 5-24-65 Al 4 

Symphony for a Massacre 

(115) Crime Drama ...Seven Arts 7-26-65 4- ± 

2923Synanon (107) Drama Col 5-10-65 A3 4- 4 

2986 Spy Who Came In From the 

Cold (112) SPy Drama Para 12-20-65 A3 ff 

2977 ©Taffy and the Jungle Hunter 

(87) Comedy AA 11-22-65 Al 4- 

2957 Tennessee Jamboree 

(75) Musical Colorama SR 9-13-65 4- 

©That Darn Cat Com 9-27-65 ff 2962 (116) Cr Al ff 

2945 ©That Funny Feeling (93) C Univ 8-2-65 4- ± 

2943 These Are the Damned (77) S-F Col 7-26-65 A3 4 4- 

2942 ©Third Day, The (119) ® Drama.. WB 7-12-65 A3 + 4 

2934 sj!©Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying 

Machines (120) Todd-AO 20th-Fox 6-14-65 Al ff ff 

2984 Thousand Clowns, A (118) C UA 12-13-65 A3 ff 

2936©Tickle Me (90) Mus Western AA 6-21-65 A2 4 4- 

2976 Time of Indifference (84) Dr Confl 11-15-65 B 4- 

2941 ©Town Tamer (89) (D Western Dr.. Para 7-13-65 + ± 

2958 ©Treasure of Silver Lake 

(82) © West 9-13-65 Al + 

—UV— 

2970 Underworld Informers (105) Cr Dr Confl 10-25-65 A2 4- 

2934 ©Up From the Beach 

(99) © War Drama 6-14-65 A 1 + 4- 

Variety Lights (93) Drama P-C 7-12-65 A3 4 

2941 ©Very Special Favor, A (104) Com Univ 7-19-65 A3 4- + 

2966 ©Village of the Giants 

(80) Com Fantasy Embassy 10-11-65 B 4- 4 

2930 ©Von Ryan's Express 

—W— 

War Dr (117) © 20th-Fox 5-31-65 Al ff ff 

of the 2931 ©War-Gods Deep (85) S-F. AIP 6- 7-65 4- + 

2964 ©War Lord. The (147) Per Spec. . . .Univ 10- 4-65 A3 ff 4- 

Welcome. Kostya (75) CD ... .Artkino 12-13-65 4- 

2937 ©What's New Pussycat? 

(108) Farce-Comedy UA 6-28-65 B + + 

2981 ©When the Boys Meet the Girls 

± 

(100) Mus Com MGM 12- 6-65 A3 4- 

2981 ©Where the Spies Are 

(110) ® Susp Drama MGM 12- 6-65 4- 4- 

White Voices (83) Period C .... Rizzoli 5-10-65 C 4- + 

2967 Who Killed Teddy Bear? (88) Magna 10-18-65 B ± it 

2956 Wild on the Beach (77) Mus 20lh-Fox 9- 6-65 A2 ± 

(80) ..Sokoler =t 2983©Wild, Wild World Doc 12-13-65 — 

2962 ©Willy McBean and His Magic 

+ Machine (94) Fantasy ...Magna 9-27-65 Al 4 

2973 ©Winter A-Go-Go (88) Com with Mus Col 11- 8-65 4- ± 

2926 Woman Who Wouldn't Die, The 

(84) 

— XYZ— 

4- 4- 

Murder Drama WB 5-17-65 A3 

Must Be Joking! (100) Col 10-18-65 4- 4- 

2968 You 

2922 Young Dillinger (90) Cr Dr AA 5- 3-65 B ± 4 

2954 Young Sinner. The (81) Dr USA 8-30-65 4 4- 

± ± 4+4- 

Naked Brigade, The (99) War Dr.. Univ 5-17-65 ± ct 

2969 Nanny. The (93) Susp Dr ... .20th-Fox 10-25-65 + 4- " + 

2972 ©Never Too Late (105) ® Com....WB 11- 1-65 A3 ft ft + ft ± 

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Phillip Dlonnet 

Mata Hari Agent H-21 (106) Soy D 

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The Hot Hand (100) 

Jacques Charrlere, Madia Merll 

Descent Upon Drvar (100) 

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The Singing Nun D 

Reyni Ids, Rk iro> Montall in 

Aenes Moorehead. Katharine Ross 

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Curse of the Stone Hind 

(72) Ho.. Apr 65 

John Carradlne. Ernest Wilch 

Face of the Screaming 

Werewolf (60) Ho Apr 65 

Unda Varle. Urn Chaney 

MISCELLANEOUS 

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Rope of Flesh (90) .. Melo. .Aug 65 

Hal Hopper. Antoinette Crlstlanl 

FAIRWAY INT'L FILMS 

OThe Nasty Rabbit (90) C. 

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Vlma Llsl. Haya llarareet 

OCorpse of Beverly Hills. 

The (105) Satire. No, 65 

Heidellnde Web 

Bad Girls Don't Cry (85) D.. 

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©Lonesome Women 

Arch Hall )r.. Jack Lester. Donna 

(72) Melo. Dec 64 Cottier. William Walters 

Herbert Buoto. Andre* Anders 

FAMOUS PLAYERS 

OHereules vs. the Giant 

Warriors (94) © Spec Am) 65 

Fanny Hill (104) C Apr 65 

Hopkins. Lelltla Roman 

War (100) • 

M Ira Orfet 

Bernard Rller. Lucille St. Sli 

Samson vs. tfe Giant 

GOLDSTONE ENTERPRISES 

Terror After Midnight 

King ( 91) Spec. Aug 65 Survival (1201 

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Kirk Morris. Gloria MDlano 

Kaufmann 

Taxi for Tobruk (87).... D. Jul 65 

ALTURA 

PATHE CONTEMPORARY 

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Goldste (85) 

Sep 65 

T ere 1914-1918 

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(90) ... 

Oct 65 

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PACEMAKER 

My Baby Is Black! 

Pussycat Alley (93) Dec 65 The Fiendish Ghouls (74). 

(75) Melo.. May 65 Sylrta Sj-ms 

Gordon Heath. Francois* Glret 

Oscar Wilde (97) D. Jul 65 Horrors of Spider Island 

.75) 

ARTIXO 

Massacre 

Alex D'Arcy. Barbara Valentine 

Symphony for 

Seance on a Wet Afternoon 

(115) 

Dec 64 (115) 

PITKIN 

Claude Dauphin 

My Pal Wolf (76) Melo ...No, 65 

Kim Stanley. Richard 

u Mirlcle. Bruce 

ATLANTIC PICTURES 

GOVERNOR 

The Candidate (84) Melo ...Nov 

Carry On Spying (87) 

RENAISSANCE 

Kenneth Williams. Bar 

Mamie Van Doren. June Wllklns 

QThe Day the Earth Froze 

The Brain (83) 

(67) 

Folk Tale Feb 65 

AUDUBON 

Anne Heywood. Peter 

Love Play (76) D Mar 

Cecil Parker 

Jean Seberg. Christian Marquind ©The Black Torment 

RIZZOLI 

OMondo Pano (94) Doc 

The . . . Girls (80) Jan 

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QWhite V 

Heine Rohan. Dentse Roland 

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BEVERLY ''';"" .„*', 7}1 Mo_ OThe Moment of Truth 

Jig Saw (97) WD.. Jon 65 ° H V'' m,t "* M00n Jun ^ (110) D Sec 65 

lirt Kitmrr Roland Lewis " . 

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BORDE 

OCarry On Cleo T ... C Sep 65 ROADSHOW ATTRACTIONS 

In Trouble With E,e 

Sidney James. Kenneth Williams 

(64) C Aug 65 

Robert Hazell. Crquhart. Hy Garry GREEN 

Marsh Olmage of Loire (88) Doc Jul 65 

BRENNER, JOSEPH ASSOCIATES HANDEL-MELCHIOR 

Ravaged (73) Semi Doc.. Tri( shame of Patty Smith 

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(90) Melo No, 64 

Merry Edward McKlnley 

Ho, 64 Anders. J. 

HEMISPHERE 

Tt" Ra»agers 64 (88) D No, 65 

Dec 

»mb« Jt>hn Saxon. Fernando Poe Jr. 

Jul 65 HERTS-LION INT'L 

Pattern for Plunder 

90) D Dei 64 

i n .u n,H«tl»n Mlri-> Mlnelln Mlmelln 

Music Cara.an 

Mus S 

Ra> Price. Minnie Paarl 

OBullwtiip Griffin Western 

Roddy McDotnll. Pleshette. 

Suzanne 

Karl Maiden 

©Fighting Prince of Doneoal. 

The „Ad D. 

Peter Hampshire 

McErwry, Susan 

©Oh Dad. Poor Dad. Mamr 

Hung You in the Closet 

I'm Ftelm' So Sad ... 

©The Chase 

Marlon Brando. Jane Fonda. 

Ilnbert Kedfurd 

20TH CENTURY-FOX 

©The 

Dean Martin. 8tella Stesens. 

Daliah Uri. Cyd rharLse 

Rapture (104) C 

Patricia Goal. Melvyn Douglas 

Agony and the Ecstasy . . 11 

I Charlton Ueston. Kex Harrison 

Flight of the Phoenix C 

Richard Wldmark 

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James Mac-Arthur 

. 

UNITED ARTISTS 

Peter Sellers. Victor Malure 

ol the OReturn Seen 

Vul Rrynnrr 

©Vi,a Maria (..) D 6603 

Rrlsltte Bardot. Jeanne Moreau

. Dec 

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...Jan 

Mar 

Mar 

Jan 

Jan 

Feb 

. . (PC) 

Jan 

Jan 

Sep 

Apr 

Shorts chart 

ARTKINO 

The Wondrous World Around 

Us (60) Doc. Jun 65 

BUENA VISTA 

(All in color) 

FEATURETTE SPECIALS 

150 Yellowstone Cubs (48) 

152 Disneyland After Dark (48) ... 

170 Golden Horseshoe Revue (48) . 

171 Tattooed Police Horse (48)... 

REISSUE CARTOONS 

31401 Boat Builder (7) 

31402 Brave Little Tailor (7) 

31403 Olympic Champ (7) 

31404 Two Week's Vacation (7) ... 

31405 Man's Best Friend (7) 

31406 Pluto's Sweater (7) 

31407 Bubble Bee (7) 

31408 Blame It on the Samba (7) 

31409 Hook, Lion and Sinker (7) . 

31410 Straight Shooters (7) 

31411 A Good Time for a Dime (7) 

31412 The Lone Chipmunks (7) . . 

SINGLE-REEL CARTOONS 

123 The Litterbug (7) 

TWO-REEL CARTOON SPECIALS 

139 A Symposium on Popular 

Songs (20) 

155 Aiizona Sheepdog 

(re-release) (22) 

179 Freewayphobia (16) 

THREE-REEL LIVE ACTION 

SPECIALS 

105 Islands of the Sea (28) 

0099 Eyes in Outer Space (26) . . 

THREE-REEL CINEMASCOPE 

0071 Wales (24) 

0072 Scotland (25) 

COLUMBIA 

COLOR FAVORITES 

(Technicolor Reissues) 

5610 Black Board Review (7) Jun 65 

6601 Pickled Puss (ff/2 .Jul 65 

) . 

6602 Loco Lobo (8) Aug 65 

6603 Big House Blues (7). Oct 65 

6604 Wonder Gloves (6'/ 2 ) . . Nov 65 

6605 Bringing Up Mother (7) Dec 65 

6606 Topsy Turkey (6'/2 ) . .Jan 66 

6607 Dog. Cat & Canary (6) Feb 66 

HOLIDAY SERIES 

6551 Holiday in Puerto Rico 

(10) Sep 65 

6552 Holiday in New 

Orleans (10) Dec 65 

LOOPY de LOOP 

(Color Cartoons) 

5706 Crow's Fete (6Vj) ...Apr 65 

5707 Big Mouse Take (6Vz) Jun 65 

6701 Wolf Hounded (7) . Jul 65 

6702 Little Bo Bopped (6) Aug 65 

6703 Tale of a Wolf (6y 2 ) Nov 65 

6704 Life With Loopy (6V2 ) Dec 65 

) 6705 Creepy Time Pal (6!/2 Mar 66 

MR. MAGOO REISSUES 

(Technicolor) 

6751 Magoo's Homecoming 

(6) Jul 65 

6752 Merry Minstrel Magoo 

(6) Aug 65 

6753 Magoo's Lodge Brother 

(6) Oct 65 

.Nov 65 

6755 Terror Faces Magoo 

(6) Dec 65 

6756 Bungled Bungalo 

(6i/ 2 ) Jan 66 

ONE-REEL COLOR SPECIALS 

6651 My Trip to New York 

(7) Aug 65 

6652 Nov 65 

Dream of Roses (10'/ 2 ) 

6653 The Crocodile (8) ..Nov 65 

SPECIAL COLOR FEATURETTES 

6441 Wonders of Kentucky 

(20) Jul 65 

6442 Wonderful Nov 65 

Norway (18) 

6443 Wonderful Scotland 

(15) Mar 66 

SERIALS 

(15 Chapter- Reissues) 

The Vigilante 6120 Jul 65 

6140 Batman & Robin Oct 65 

6160 Black Arrow Jan 66 

6180 The Lost Planet ...Apr 66 

THE THREE STOOGES 

6401 Quiz Whizz (15'/2 ) Jul 65 

6402 Hula-La-la (16) Sen 65 

6403 Slap Happy Sleuths 

(16) Oct. 65 

6404 Hocus ..Nov 65 

Pocus (16'/2 ) 

6405 Studio Snoops (16) 65 

6406 Hot Ice (lS!/2 ) Jan 66 

6407 Idiots Deluxe (IS) Sep 65 

640S D zzy Detectives (IS) Sep 65 

WORLD OF SPORTS 

6501 Rodeo Daredevils (9) . .. Jul 65 

6502 Snorts A Go-Go (10) Nov 65 

6503 Harlem Magicians (9'/ 2 ) Feb 66 

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER 

GOLD MEDAL REPRINTS 

6761-W Puss 'N Toots (7) 

6762 -W Polka Dot Puss (8) 

6763-W Heavenly Puss (8) 

6764-W Jerry's Diary (7) 

6765-W Tennis Champs (7) 

6767-W Texas Tom (7) 

6766-W Saturday Evening Puss (7) . 

6768-W The Framed Cat (7) 

6769-W Casanova Cat (7) 

6770-W Sleepy-Time (7) 

6771-WHis Mouse Friday (7) 

6772-W Smitten Kitten (8) 

TOM AND JERRY CARTOONS 

(All New—All Color) 

4581 Is There a Doctor in the 

Mouse 

4582 Ah Sweet Mouse Story of Life 

4583 Haunted Mouse 

4584 Of Feline Bondage 

4585 Tom Thump 

45S6 I'm Just Wild About Jerry... 

PARAMOUNT 

MODERN MADCAPS 

(Technicolor) 

M24-3 Reading. Writhing and 

'Rithmetic (6) Jan 65 

M24-4 Near Sighted and Far 

Out (6) Jan 65 

M24-5 Cagey ...Apr 65 

Business (6) 

M24-6 Poor Little Witch 

Girl (6) Jul 65 

M24-7The Itch (6) .... Jul 65 

N0VELT00NS 

(Technicolor) 

P24-2 A Tiger's Tail (..) . 65 

P24-3 Homer on the Range 

(..) Mar 65 

P24-4 Horning in (..) Apr 65 

P24-5 A Hair-Raising 

Tale (. .) Jim 65 

P24-6 The Story of George 

Washington (6) Apr 65 

P24-7 A Leak in the Dike 

(6) Apr 65 

POPEYE 

CHAMPIONS 

SPECIALS 

(Color) 

B24-2 Instant Holland (17) Apr 65 

B24-3 African Adventure 

(..) Sep 65 

SPORTS IN ACTION 

D24-1 Hell Drivers (10) ...Apr 65 

D24-2Cue Master (9) ...Apr 65 

D24-3 Snow Fun (8) Jun 65 

D24-4 Here Comes Rusty (8) Jul 65 

D24-5 Race With the Wind 

(..) Auo65 

SWIFTY AND SHORTY 

(One Reel) 

C24-4 Inferior Decorator (7) 

C24-5 Ocean Bruise (. .) 

C24-6 Getting Ahead ( . . > 

C24-7 Les Roys ( . 

TRAVEL ADVENTURE 

(Single Reel—Color) 

Miss Smile (10) T24-1 Feb 65 

T24-2 Breaking the Language 

Barrier (9) Apr 65 

T24-3 Holland Off Guard (8) Jul 65 

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LESTER A. SCHOENFELD 

FEATURETTES 

. 

. 

. 

ONE-REEL SUBJECTS 

Journey (10) ©Casablanca 65 

Cocktail Party (8) Jan 65 

Six Belles (10) Feb 65 

The Smugglers (10) Feb 65 

©Tribute to Sir Winston 

Churchill (12) Feb 65 

©Bologna (11) Feb 65 

Shadows of the Past 65 

(10) 

The Supermarket (10) ...Apr65 

©Don Juan (10) Nov 65 

©About Trees (10) Nov 65 

©Red & mack (10) Dec 6^ 

©Alpine Way (10) Dec 65 

TWO-REEL SUBJECTS 

©Argentina Land of 

Contrast (16) Jan 65 

©Children's Theatre (20) . 

65 

©Hurry West (20) . 65 

The Pare That Thrills (15) Frb 65 

©The Boy and the Pelican 

(20) Feb 65 

©Channel Queen (16) Feb 65 

Sailing (15) Mar 65 

Portrait nl T.inidad (15).. Mar 65 

©Flight; an Anthology (14) Mar 65 

OSport Australia (19) 65 

in 

Independent Nigeria (23) ..Apr 65 

Mountain Holiday (16) Apr 65 

Limbering Up (14) Apr 65 

Gliding (15) May 65 

©Sea Festivals of Hong 

Kong (20) May 65 

©Trinidad & Jul 65 

Tobago (20) . 

the Islands (15) 

I Floi (15) Aug 65 

Short sublets, listed by 

der of release. Running time follows title. 

Date is national release month. Color and 

process as specified. 

©Airborne Today & Tomorrow 

(15) Aug 65 

©Lure of Venice (15) Sep 65 

©Luie of the Mountains 

(15) Oct 65 

Fall Guys (15) Nov 65 

It's Not Just You 

Murray (17) Dec 65 

©4 Million Acres (16) . Dec 65 

THREE-REEL SUBJECTS 

f;Fiom the Tropics to the 

Snow (28) Nov 65 

Muloorina (28) Sep 65 

©Cambodia (26) Dec 65 

©Return Safari (33) 66 

©Florence (28) Feb 66 

20TH CENTURY-FOX 

MOVIETONE CINEMASCOPES 

(Color, unless specified) 

. . 

. 

. 

TERRYTOON 2-D's 

Ratios— Color 

All 

5410 The Gold Dust Bandit 

( ) Oct 64 

5404 Search Nov 64 

for Misery (7) 

(. ) 5412 Molecular Mixun Dec 64 

5501 Gadmouse the Apprentice 

Good Fairy (..) Jan 65 

5502 The Sky's the 

Limit (..) Feb 65 

5503 Freight Fright (..) ...Mar 65 

5504 Don't Spill the 

Beans ( ) Apr 65 

5505 Weather Magic (..) May 65 

( ) 5506 Darn Barn ... .Jun 65 

UNIVERSAL 

ONE-REEL COLOR ADVENTURES 

4571 Keep America Singing .. May 65 

4572 Flying Fishermen Apr 65 

4573 Peewee Leaguers May 65 

4574 The Great River Apr 65 

TWO-REEL COLOR SUPER SPECIALS 

4501 Big Town Village Dec 64 

4502 Casey at the Met(s) . . May 65 

WALTER LANT7. CARTUNES 

(All run between 6 and 7 mm.) 

4517 Canned Dog Feud ...Apr 65 

4518 Half Baked Alaska . .Apr 65 

4519 Janie Get Your Gun May 65 

4520 Davey Cricket May 65 

4521 Sioux Me Jun 65 

4522 Pesty Guest Jun 65 

4523 What's Peckin Jul 65 

WARNER BROS. 

BLUE RIBBON HIT PARADE 

(Technicolor Reissues—7 min.) 

3304 Tree Cornered Tweety. .Nov 64 

3305 Heaven Scent Dec 64 

3306 Rabbitson Crusoe Jan 65 

3307 Too Hon to Handle . 65 

3308 Zoom a d Bored Mar 65 

3309 The Hole Idea Apr 65 

3310 Napoleon Bunny-Part .. May 65 

3311 By Word of Mouse ... Jun 65 

3312 Half Fare Hart Jul 65 

3313 The Unexpected Pest ...Aug 65 

MERRIE MELODIES 

LOONEY TUNES 

(Technicolor—7 min.) 

3701 Panchos Hideaway Oct 64 

to 3702 Road Andalay Dec 64 

3703 It's Nice to Have Mouse 

a 

Around the House Jan 65 

3704 Cats and Bruises ....Jan 65 

3705 The Wild Chase Feb 65 

3706 Moby Duck Mar 65 

3707 Assault and 65 

Peppered. 

3708 Well Worn Daffy May 65 

3709 Corn on the Cop .Jun 65 

WORLD-WIDE ADVENTURE 

SPECIALS 

(Color Reissues) (Two-Reel) 

3002 Gone Fishin' Apr 65 

3003 Under the Little Big 

3004 Winter Paradise . . . . . .".Jul 65 

(Color Reissues) (One-Reel) 

3501 Riviera Revelries Nov 64 

3502 Football Royal Feb 65 

3503 Rodeo Roundup Mar 65 

3504 Art of Archery Apr 65 

3505 Cowboy's Holiday Jun 65 

3506 Italian Holiday Aug 65 

MISCELLANEOUS 

The Blue Bike (tf) (Sherpix) Sep 65 

The Bus (62) (Harrison) ........ 

Chicken, The (15) . . 65 

Comedy Tale of Fanny Hill. 

A (9) (Pebble) 

Demo Derby (28) (Ruff) 

Help! My Snowman Is Burning 

Down (10) (PC) 

Place in the Country, 

A (19) (Cluck) 

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