Boxoffice-August.11.1975

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CHICAGO
United Artists' Love and Death." with
Woody Allen and Diane Keaton, opened
in eight of Chicagoland's top theatres
the Edens. Northbrook: Bremen. Tinley
Park: Golf Mill. Niles; UA Marine, Marina
City; UA Cinema. Oakbrook: Lake. Oak
Park; Crossroads Cinema. Merrillville.
and the Willow Creek. Palatine.
Ind..
Elliott Slutzky, Allied Artisits Pictures
Corp. branch manager, returned from the
Indianapolis area where he set up a saturation
break of "Superbug."'
Ever since distributors started to move
away from the old Filmrow area on South
Wabash, migration to other locations has
been taking place. The latest address change
involves Columbia Pictures. Effective immediately.
Columbia operations are at 8550
West Bryn Mawr. Chicago. 111. 60631, telephone
693-.350O.
a holiday. This is the greatest vacation spot
in the world any time but especially now,
when temperatures consistently hover
around the 90s . Lou Considine
of Warner Bros, is having a Hawaiian vacation.
"The Exorcist" returned Friday (8) for
ajiother round and Friday (15) Warner Bros.
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"Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze," opens
saturation in this city and throughout the
state of Illinois.
Cassandra Pear of Avco Embassy is
spending her vacation attending the American
Handwriting Analysts convention . . .
Judy Jones of Avco Embassy became Mrs.
in
the fall.
Sincere good wishes to Paramount's Sandy
Songaiio. who is recuperating from surgery
at Holy Cross Hospital. Oak Lawn.
Sam Seplowin's friends are pleased to
notice that his retirement isn't keeping him
too far away from a business in which he
was involved for some 50 years. He now
and then drops in at the S-K Film Co.
offices and Sid Kaplan says he picks up
With "The Groove Tube" still turning out
substantial grosses. Levitt-Pickman is opening
one of the company's newest attractions
in Milwaukee territory drive-ins. The film many a tip even, though he is a veteran m
is titled "Blazer Girls" and initial bookings his own right.
came from the Mescop circuit headed by
Fred Florence. The movie Ann Schultz has joined Buena Vista as
is a fun-filled
romping story about secretary to branch manager Virgil Jones.
five finishing-sohool
girls in a quest for romance.
With Howco International's new release
Warner Bros, branch manager Floyd
"Winterhawk" breaking records in its Omaha
and Denver showings, it is now set
Brethour took his family to Switzerland for
for
a four-theatre presentation in Milwaukee
starting Wednesday (20). Participating in
this Midwest premiere are the Marcus circuit's
Skyway and Esquire, as well as Capitol
Services" Mill Road and Spring Mall
theatres. S-K Film Co.. which represents
Howco in the local and Milwaukee territories,
is now working on October multiple
openings and has enthusiastic support from
major area circuits here. "Winterhawk" is
a tale about a legendary Indian who inhabited
the West many years before the first
cowboy became a western symbol.
Moe Dudelson. head of Dudelson Film
Distributors, has started the ground work
for uipcoming openings of "Return of the
Street Fighter," a brand new karate movie
Now for Something Completely
Different," a Monty Python comedy, is
having a test run at four area theatres—the
Wilmette, Devon, Lake Shore and Hvde
Park.
During the month of July 1975 the censor
board reviewed 31 films. There were no
rejections. Ten Mexican movies made up
the majority of foreign pictures. There also
was a single Hindu-Indian, one Chinese
and one Greek movie.
Milton Levins, Avco Embassy branch
manager, has two new films set for August
openings— "Rassian Roulette," wiith George
Segal, a detective story which has to do
with Ihe slopping of an assassination, and
"laicwcll. My Lovely," which also carries
a ileteclive Iheme, with Ravmond Ch;indler
Used Chair Mart, headed by
Dave Schatz. is doing some chair work in
a number of Brotman & Sherman theatres.
Stuart Swanson, general manager of the
McVickers Theatre in the Loop, announced
that vaudeville acts once again will take
place on the theatre's stage. The McVickers
program will include one movie and six
vaudeville acts with black talent. There will
be three shows per day, with an extra midnight
program Saturdays. The new format
features Joe Simon, a rock singer, plus five
Zazzetti.
other acts, and started Friday (1). All seats
will be priced at $4.50 for adults and $2.50
Allan Drake told Tribune columnist Maggie
Daly that he is delighted with Stirling
for children . . . Wally Zajac, who has
been associated with the McVickers managerial
staff for many years, is off on a new
Silliphant's movie script for "Winchell and
Runyon," which is to go into preproduction
venture—he joined the Schaumberg Village
Fire Department.
Suddenly and without any specific
effort
insofar as can be determined, there's an
awareness here that women are in "high
places" in the movie industry. A specific
instance is Irene Litinsky of Cinefix. US.^.
distributor of "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS,"
which has been a hit in Canada. Ms. Litinsky,
who was named general sales manager,
made a first trip here in this capacity. She
conferred with Charles Teitel and Haywood
Mitchusson about distribution of Cinepix
product. .According to their deductions, her
ability could result in top-ranking appointments
for the ladies in other production
companies. In fact, there is advance word
that Cinema 5 is following suit with the
appointments of Francis Spielman.
AIP division manager Vic Bernstein and
publicist Ed Russell have set up a multiple
break of "Hennessy." with Rod Steiger and
Lee Remick. There is an interesting aspect
to this new AIP movie; some of the film
footage, by happenstance only, shows Queen
Elizabeth of England. It is said that the
movie is being banned in England by order
of the queen's legal counsel. AIP also will
be launching another new movie for a statewide
break starting Friday (29)— "Part 2
Walking Tall."
"Payday" is having a series of .screenings
here at the Art Institute. The film was first
released in 1973 but never has had wide
release. The Film Center at the Art Institute
procured a print for its summer festival. The
film story tells of a dissipated singing star
and it is described as a "movie that gives an
inside look at the backstage life of a country-western
singer." It also is said that the
stor\' bears some tics to the life and death
of Hank Williams.
Albena Tetlianno, 20th Century-Fox biller,
has been vacationing in Las Vegas . . .
There is luck afloat among members of the
movie industry. Bill Kenney. Plilt Theatres
electrician, has $1..500 in the palm of his
hand as a result of the Illinois lottery drawing.
He is now eligible for $1 million in an
upcoming grand drawing . . . Gloria De-
Haven, starring in "George Washington
Slept Here" at Pheasant Run Playhouse, was
feled in honor of her 50th birthday . . .
20lh Century-Fox hosled a special screening
of "Lake a Hard Ride." an ouldoor action
film chissified as a "classic weslcrn." 1
C-2 BOXOFFICE :: August IL 1975