Boxoffice-May.14.1979

• MAY 14, 1979
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'Superman' Grabs Top
20th-Fox Reports Record Quarter,
Gross Position at WB g^^ 5^,7/ Cautions Stocktiolders
I.OS ANGHLHS — 'Superman" has
soa
cd so high that it is now the biggest
grossing motion picture in Warner Bros.'
history in terms of domestic film rentals
posted on original release—with billings, as
of April 21, of $68,102,354— it was announced
by Barry Reardon, Warner's vice
president in charge of domestic sales.
At the same time, Reardon announced
that Clint Eastwood's "Every Which Way
But Loose" has taken over third place in
Warner's list of all-time money-makers,
with domestic rentals, as of April 21, of
$41,806,438.
The Man of Steel's muscle thus topples
the previous Warner Bros, record-holder,
"The Exorcist," which amassed domestic
film rentals of $66,715,122 on its initial
release. As of now, in its third re-release,
"The Exorcist" has total film rentals of
$82,832,645.
Every Which Way But Loose," in taking
over third place, replaces "The Goodbye
Girl," which has posted domestic film
rentals totaling $41,326,576.
$107006 Granted to Fight
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Monterey, Calif. — In a surprise
move bearing national significance,
members of the Theatre Equipment
Assn. (TEA) voted unanimously last
week to contribute $10,000 to assist
NATO members in their pending
battle with the Motion Picture Assn. of
America (MPAA) over blind bid legislation.
The action came during the annual
TEA convention attended by over 200
equipment manufacturers and dealers
and their wives May 6-9 at the Del
Monte Hyatt House here.
A beginning trial date of July 2 has
been set in U.S. District Court in Columbus,
Ohio, where the MPAA, the
plaintiff in this action, will bring suit,
seeking to overturn the state's anti-blind
law on the grounds that it is unconstitutional.
Informed sources report to BOX-
OFFICE that since the Ohio anti-blind
bid bill was signed into law last October
by Gov. Rhodes, film rental rates on
product distributed in the state ha^e
gone down.
A total of 13 states thu.s far have
passed anti-blind bidding legislation.
North Carolina became the latest state
to pass a blind bid law, approved by the
Senate on April 25. In Texas, Jack Valenti's
home state, only the Senate has
passed anti-blind bid legislation. A
House vote is expected soon in Texas.
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RALPH KAMIN.SKY
West Coast Editor
HOLLYWOOD—Although 2()lh Century-Fox
reported a record first-quarter
earnings and revenues, stockholders were
cautioned at their annual meeting that 1979
"probably may not achieve the record results
of 1978,"
Net earnings for the quarter ending
March 31 were $19,090,000, compared to
$17,486,000 fo-r the first quarter a year
ago, stockholders were told by Dennis C.
Stanfill, chairman of the board and chief
executive officer.
First-quarter revenues were $159,546,000,
compared with $158,933,000 in the same
period of 1978 which was "the best year for
20th Century-Fox in its history," Stanfill
said. Revenues and earnings were at record
levels last year with net earnings hitting
$58,000,000 from all-time high revenues of
$626,000,000,
'Music' Licensing Helps
All first quarter operations were profitable
except for 20th Century-Fox Records,
Stanfill reported. Feature film operations
leceived an added boost from revenues coming
in from the licensing of "The Sound of
Music" to NBC and from other films that
went to CBS and NBC,
The first quarter boost also got significant
help from operations of the Aspen Skiing
Corp., acquired by Fox in June 1978,
v,'hich turned in record results in that period,
he said.
Stockholders re-elected five directors:
Princess Grace of Monaco. F. Warren Hellman,
John H. Johnson and William P. Rogers,
all for three year terms, and Paul H.
Nitze for a two year term.
The company is in "excellent financial
condition," with a $125,000,000 cash balance
and "in every way is in a strong position
to support and expand our business,"
Stanfill said.
Great things are expected from "Alien. "'
the science fiction-horror feature to be leleased
May 25 in key markets, he said. In
addition, "Star Wars" will go out for three
weeks on August 15 as part of the summer
release package. This includes "Butch And
Sundance: The Early 'Vears," the prequel to
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,"
and "Breaking Away," the story about a
young bike racer who aspires to reach
championship status.
"Moic promising films" are planned for
release in the fall and winter seasons. Stanfill
said, and contracts with CBS and NBC
to license films will hit $61,500,000 in ihe
1979-81 period for network exposure at
theatrical playoff.
The record company had "very poor results
last year," Stanfill reported, but he expressed
assurances that a new contract with
RCA for record distribution will help the
division "cut its losses tremendously."
All other divisions are on the upbeat:
International theatie operations "promise
good results this year," in Australia and
New Zealand, especially the .seven-theatre
complex in Sidney. Television stations are
doing well despite the loss of network association
in Minneapolis, Magnetic Video
Corp. shows "great promise for the future"
in the growing market of video cassette entertainment
for the home.
Creditors of AA Meet;
Future Still Up in Air
NEW YORK—Creditors of Allied Artists
Industries' film subsidiary. Allied Artists
Pictures, met before Judge Stanley Lesser
in N.Y. Federal Court here May 9 to elect
a committee to oveisee the course of Allied's
future as a film supplier.
Those individuals nominated to
the creditors'
committee include Allen Benjamin, legal
vice president of United Artists (owed over
$1.8 million); Herbert Hauser, representing
the N.Y. ad agency of Die:ier. Hauser &
Bates (over $732,000); Thomas Broussard,
vice president and general counsel for Technicolor,
Inc. ($517,000); Carl Kaminsky.
representing several creditors; Joseph
Gruenberg (136,000), and William Marlowe
of Glen, Bozel! & Jacobs ($35,000).
Representing the slate of nominees as
legal counsel is Attorney Martin F, Brecker
of the firm of Phillips, Nizer. Benjamin,
Krim & Ballon.
This is the second creditors' committee
formed in the Allied case, but the only one
with legal standing. The first committee.
organized March 23 prior to AA's filing for
reorganization under Chapter XI of the
Federal Bankruptcy Act, was not recognized
as a legal body since Allied had not,
at the time the creditors' committee was
formed, sought Chapter XI protection.
Houser, Broussard and Kaminsky were
members of the first creditors' committee.
Samuel Sherman, president of Independent-International
Pictures, made a motion
asking that his name be added to the
new creditors' committee since he had been
on a previous committee. Judge Lesser denied
the motion, ruling that committee
members had to be nominated by slates and
individual cases could not be considered.
Emanuel Wolf, piesident of Allied Artists
Pictures, was present during the creditors'
session and reportedly was ready to
speak, but agreed to appear at a later
hearing to make a statement.
Judge Lesser set May 15, 17 and June 4
as dates for si;bsequent hearings in
If
the case.
the federal court and the newly elected
creditors' committee feel that Allied is not
capable of pulling itself out its current
financial difficulty, the court could order
the liquidation of AA film operations.
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Sales of Mexican Films
Seen lo Triple in U.S.
MEXICO CITY—The United States market
lor Mexican films will more than double
,ind triple in the next decade, with earnings
soaring as high as $70 million 'annually from
the gross today of $17 million, predicts
\1PAA Jack Valenti.
"Such a swift and high ratio of expansion."
Valenti said, "seems unprecedented
in the annals of the cinema trade."
Valenti made the remarks forecasting a
luight future for Mexican films in an address
here May 3 before the First National
Convention of the Mexican Motion Picture
Industry.
The MPAA president saw the rising good
fortunes of Mexico resulting from two principal
factors: the fast-rising growth of Spanish-speaking
residents, especially Mexicans,
in the U.S., and the increasing popularity of
Mexican films and stars.
By 1990. based on present demographic
projections, persons of Hispanic origin,
mostly Mexican, will likely climb from
fourth place to outnumber all others ot
foreign origin in the U.S.
Valenti suggested a "formula for success"
to Mexican filmmakers: "Build on the audience
for Mexican films in Spanish by mixnig
your casts with players from both countries,
and making versions in Spanish and
•ilso versions in English to aim at general
release theatres."
Underscoring what he termed the
"precious
value of freedom for the creative artists
and in the marketplace." Valenti said. "The
freer the exchange of ideas, of talent, of
nnagination, the brighter the future for both
our countries, not only in film but in the
larger life of our nations."
Trans-Lux Indicates
30 Percent Increase
NORWALK. CT.—Richard Brandt, pres
ident of Trans-Lux Corporation, reported to
stockholders that earnings from operations
for the first quarter of 1979 were the
largest in the company's history and more
than 30 percent over the prior year period.
Brandt stated that a net profit of 29c per
share was earned during the first quarter of
1979 as compared with a net profit of 17c
a share for the 1978 period. The 1979 results
included a gain of 4c per share.
Brandt noted that on March 15, 1979, the
company paid a cash dividend of 5c per
share to stockholders of record at the close
of business February 7,
1979. He noted that
the board of directors presently intends to
consider payment of a
dividend on a semiannual
basis.
During the quarter the company authorized
a limited stock purchase program lo
acquire up to 25.000 shares of its common
stock in the open market prior to May 1 I.
1979. As of April 23. 12,000 shares had
been so acquired.
Boxoffice results from the company's theaters,
Brandt stated, were very close to the
record-breaking first quarter of 1978. Pictures
such as "California Suite." "Every
Which Way But Loose," and "Bread and
Chocolate" encouraged moviegoers to turn
out at
the company's 20 screens.
In accordance with its planned realignment
of theater operations, the company
it sold the land and theater building owned
in St. Louis, Mo.
Brandt announced that the company had
entered into a management agreement to
install and supervise the operation of two
multimedia presentations to be situated in
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. This agreement,
he said, is indicative of the company's
increased activity in the multimedia
field. Development work continues, Brandt
noted, on a new, company-produced "entertainment
environment" called "The Space
Works," planned by Joseph Striek. the
.'\cademy Award winning filmmaker.
'Dawn of Dead' Not Rated
NEW YORK—Jack Valenti,
president of
the Motion Picture Association of America,
recently released the following statement:
"Some theaters that are playing "Dawn
of the Dead" designate at the boxoffice that
the film has been rated R. This is not true.
They are using the R in an unwarranted
fashion, as this film has not been rated at
all, and we will commence legal action
against anyone who persists in misusing the
R. The G. PG. and R symbols are registered
with the U.S. Patent Office as certification
marks of the Motion Picture Association
of American Inc. and their unauthorized
use in any way will be subject to legal
Zanuck/BrownTeam
Returning to 20th-Fox
HOLLYWOOD— Richard D. Zanuck and
David Brown will return to 20th Century-
Fox Pictures in 1980. moving from Universal
Pictures with their Zanuck/ Brown Co.,
according to Alan Ladd Jr., president of
20th-Fox^.
"My association and friendship with
Richard and David," said Ladd, "has been
a long relationship of respect for their talent
as creative filmmakers, and one of close
personal ties. We welcome them to 20th
Century-Fox."
The Zanuck/ Brown Co. produced ten
motion pictures during its seven-year association
with Universal, including "Jaws,"
"The Sting." "Sugarland Express," "Mac-
Arthur," "Jaws 2" and "The Eiger Sanction."
Presently they are producing Peter Benchley's
"The Island," which began production
April 30. and National Lampoon's "Jaws 3,
People O," scheduled to begin filming in
September. A future long-term project will
be "The Continuation of Gone With the
Wind."
Before joining Universal in 1972, when
the Zanuck/ Brown Co. was formed, both
men were production executives at Warner
Bros. Prior to that Zanuck was president
of 20th-Fox Film Corp. and Brown was
executive vice president in charge of production.
CONSOLIDATED FILM INDUSTRIES, A Division of
Republic Corporation, wishes to announce:
The following companies, other than as a customer of CFI,
have absolutely no affiliation, connection or relationship of any
kind, with Republic Corporation, its divisions, or subsidiaries:
REPUBLIC PICTURES CORPORATION
REPUBLIC INDUSTRIES
REPUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC.
REPUBLIC ARTS, INC.
REPUBLIC ARTS PICTURES CORP
REPUBLIC ARTS TELEVISION, INC.
REPUBLIC ARTS MUSIC RECORDS GROUP INC.
REPUBLIC ARTS THEATER CORP
This notice is intended to eliminate confusion among
customers of CFI or any of the divisions or subsidiaries of
Republic Corporation and potential investors of any of the
above named companies.
CONSOLIDATED FILM INDUSTRIES
A Division of Republic Corporation
By: Peter J.
Morton
Its: Director of Business Affairs
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Film Finance Group Planning Eight
Major Films; $50 Million Invested
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RALPH KAMINSRY
West Coast Editor
HOLLYWOOD—Film Finance Group, a
subsidiary of the Arthur Guiness Son and
Company Ltd.. British multi-national conglomerate,
has decided to "move toward
visibility" with announcement that it and
its three sister organizations are involved in
eight major I'ilms representing $50 million
in investments.
Two features are in post-production and
are scheduled for release this summer. One
is in production and two are scheduled to
start in May. Three others are in pre-production,
with principal photography to start
in
the fall.
Div. of Guiness Group
Film Finance Group is one of four divisions
in the Guiness group's film producing,
financing and distribution activities.
Heading the group is erstwhile independent
filmmaker Richard St. Johns, president and
chief executive officer. At his tight hand is
producer John Hyde as vice president of
production. Hyde has his own picture, "The
Ravagers," scheduled for release in the Memorial
Day weekend.
"We're in a position to have accomplished
what we set out to accomplish three years
ago and we want people to know we exist,"
St. Johns said in announcing the production
schedule. "We're financially capable to deal
with all entities in the industry. We'll be
around for a long time."
The Film Finance Group is the motion
picture arm of the Guinness group, managing
Aspen Productions which has the actual
production responsibilities. Producers Sales
Organization is the division in which Guinness
owns a controlling interest. It handles
overseas sales of Guinness films as well as
films made by others, such as Dick Clark
Organization and Casablanca Film Works.
Film Finance Distributois is the division
responsible for worldwide distribution of all
Guinness grotip product. Its function is to
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select distributors, companies which do the
actual, physical releasing of the pictures.
The General Rights Corp., the fourth division,
handles all licensing of merchandising
and music rights worldwide for all Guinness
giinip product.
Five Deals Set
Five distribution deals alieady have been
made, with Columbia involved in four pictures
and Orion distributing one through its
agreement with Warner Bros. Producers
Sales is slated to handle foreign distribution
of three pictures, with no domestic detils
made for them as yet.
Martin Ransohoff will be involved in si\
of the productions either as an individual
or through his production company which
has a multi-purpose deal with Columbia. St.
Johns will be executive producer on all the
projects currently scheduled.
Films to be financed or produced by the
group will be picked on the basis of market-
Tng and budgeting potential, with emphasis
on the saleability of the product. "We'll pick
successful filmmakers and stay with them."
St. Johns said. "Autonomy" will be the key
word, he stressed, explaining that the Guinness
organization leaves the film divisions
free to operate with little or no "interference."
The same freedom will be txtended
to the filmmakers: "I'd be foolish to tell
Al Ruddy, who made The Godfather,' how
to make a movie.
'Tlie
Marvelous Marketers'
"The same will hold true in distribution.
The major studios are the finest marketers
in the world. They are the marvelous m;irketcrs
and we'll always want them to handle
our product," St. Johns asserted.
"Nightwing." budgeted at more Ih.iii
$6 million, will be released by Columbia
Pictures June 28 and is set to go into 600
theatres. The film stars Nick Mancuso,
David Warner and Cathryn Herold. It was
produced by Martin Ransohoff and directed
by Arthur Hiller from a script by Steve
Shagan. Bud Shi\aker and Martin Cruz
Smith.
"The Wanderers," co-financed with
Orion, will be released in the United Slates
by Warner Bros. July 20, going into 600
theatres. Producers Sales Organization will
handle worldwide distribution. The film,
budgeted at more than $5 million was produced
by Ransohoff and directed by Phil
Kaufman, with a script by Phillip and Rose
Kaufman. Starring are Ken Wahl. John
Friedrick and Linda Mantz.
Three films in production arc:
"American Pop," a Martin Ransoholl
pioduction with a budget of more than
$5 million, with Ralph Bakshi producing
tiiid directing a feature length animated hisloiy
of popular American music from 1880
to 19S0. Production sitirlcd Novemtx-r
||>7S. A Columbia release.
"Wind River," a Ransoholl pnHlticlii'ii in
association with Columbia. Budgeted ut
more than $7 million and starring Charlton
Heston and Brian Keith in a story about
two mountain trappers who must survive in ,
the mountains of Wyoming in the 1880s.
Producers Andrew Scheiman and Martin
Shafcr will begin shooting May 7.
"The Final Countdown," a Bryna Company
production starring Kirk Douglas,
Martin Sheen and James Farentino in a
$7 million feature about a nuclear aircraft
carrier that disappears in the South Pacific
on December 7, 1979, and reappears near
Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Peter
Douglas, son of Kirk, will produce and Don
Taylor will direct.
In pre-production are:
"Consenting Adults," budgeted at more
than $6 million, this Ransohoff production
is a contemporary comedy in which stars
Shirley MacLaine and Anthony Hopkins are
husband and wife for 20 years and decide
to test the limits of their marriage by introducing
each other to their respective lovers
Ransohoff will produce and a director
still has to be signed. Columbia will distribute.
"Rough Mix," a Ransohoff production
budgeted at more than $6 million, with a
Sept^ember start scheduled on the mutder
mystery set in the rock music world. Charlton
Heston has been penciled in to star but
the commitment is not firmed up. Columbia
will distribute.
"Arctic Rampage," an Albert S. Ruddy
production budgeted at more than $8 million.
An adventure story about a tough
mountain man im the arctic and an equally
tough mounty chasing him. Peter Falk and
Charles Bronson are being sought for the
leads but no deals have been made. Brian
Hutton will direct and Al Ruddy will produce.
No domestic distribution has been set.
Producers Sales Organization and Film Finance
Distributors will release overseas.
Massive Ad Campaign Set
For Compass' 'Nocturna'
LOS ANGELES—Compass International
Pictures has set a June 1 date in Philadelphia
and Jacksonville for the first domestic
release of its vampire spoofer, "Nocturna,
it was announced by Irwin Yablans, president
of CIP.
Yablans also disclosed that the company
will back "Nocturna" with a massive advertising-merchandising
campaign on the
same scale as for its blockbuster suspensethriller
"Halloween," which has become the
all-time independent boxoffice champion,
erossina over $-^0 million worldwide.
'Dalmations' Re-release
Is Scheduled for June
BURBANK, CALIF.—"101
Dalmatians"
will be re-released this June to kick off Walt
Disney's summer program of film fare.
The beguiling comedy adventure is the
sloiy of two dogs, their human pets and the
villainess of all time, the svelte, domineering
Cruella De Ville, who is in the dognapping
business.
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NATO Retains Braun
For Wage Information
NEW YORK—Thc National Assn. ol
ThcaliL- Owners (NATO) has announced
plans to retain Braun Communications Inc.
10 represent motion picture exhibition with
regard to the minimum wage legislation now
hL'lore the Congress.
Two bills presently before the House and
OIK' before the Senate would freeze the
Icdcral minimum rate of $2.90 per hour
until Jan. 1, 1982. One of the bills in the
House additionally provides for reduced
rates for teenagers and students.
NATO officials report the organization's
awareness of the difficult problem that this
type of legislation poses because of the
priority given to strong minimum wage laws
by organized labor.
According to a related story in a recent
NATO Flash Bulletin, "With the current
inflationary pressures and high unemployment
among young people and minorities,
,1 strong case can and will be made (by
NATO) for revision of the current statutes."
MGM's 'Voices/ 'Champ'
Honored in California
NEW YORK — Two Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer films. "Voices" and "The Champ,"
have been honored by the Southern California
Motion Picture Council with the organization's
Silver Halo Award. The awards
were bestowed in recognition of the films'
excellence as family motion picture entertainment
and were presented on May 2.
Amy Irving and Ricky Schioder have
also been awarded Bronze Halos for their
outstanding performances in "Voices" and
The Champ," respectively.
Robert L. Bostick, and Sunshine coach program
by Michael Heerey.
Sir James Carreras, Joseph Sinay and
Morley will make convention reports on
New Orleans, Los Angeles and London, and
future convention sites will be discussed by
Sam Shopsowitz and Frank Strean.
Robert R. Hall will report on constitutional
questions, Ralph Pries on new tents
and memberships, Zollie M. Volchok on
fundraising, Monty Hall on telethons, Eric
Morley on presidential citations and awards.
Ken Rive on the ladies committee and Sam
Shopsowitz on the prosthetic limb program.
'Look-Alike' Ad Angers
TV 'Angel' Cheryl Ladd
NEW YORK—The owner of a Times
Square porn theatre here, threatened with
legal action by Cheryl Ladd of television's
"Charlie's Angels," agreed May 4 to mask
part of an advertising poster describing the
feature
star of Superfilm
"Taxi Girls," as
Ltd.'s
"The
current
CHERYL LADD
Look-Alike."
Howard Farbcr. owner of the Circus
Cinema, altered the poster after being informed
that Ms. Ladd's attorneys had
threatened legal action if corrective measures
were not taken immediately to remove
the misleading ad message contained on the
poster promoting the picture's engagement
at the theatre. Ms. Ladd learned about the
situation after being informed by friends
here of the poster.
MOTION PICTURES RATED
BY THE CODE & RATING
ADMINISTRATION
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Okla,,
Film Industry Moves in to Protest LETTERS
Barring of Critic
TUCSON — The three-round scrap between
Jacqi Iiilly. film crilic for the Arizona
Daily Star, and TM Theatres here ended
May 3 when Jeffrey Weiner, co-owner
of the theatres along with his father, Merton,
broke a week-long silence and lifted the ban
on Tully at TM theatres.
Tiilly had been turned away on three
separate occasions since April 27 in attempts
to gain admittance to one of the
houses owned by TM Theatres.
In an interview with rival film critic
Michelene Keating of the Tucson Citizen,
Jeffrey Weiner explained that TM's main
reason for barring Tully from any of its theatres
was an objection to her inference in
print regarding TM's ticket and popcorn
prices. Said Weiner: "I have no quarrel with
a movie critic's right to review films at our
theatres, but I question a critic's use of a
review as a platform for maligning the theatre."
Popcorn Compensates for Flop
Defending his ticket-selling operation,
Weiner explained that only 10 cents on
every dollar is retained by the theatre. He
conceded that theatre popcorn' is more expensive
than in grocery stores, but emphasized
that a lot of popcorn has to be sold
to pay for the cash loss resulting from a
flop at
the boxoffice.
Tully shrugged off the whole affair, apparently
feeling her point, too, had been
made. Referring to a story she co-authored
a year ago on the price of popcorn, she
mused, . I suppose, according to
Jeff,
his popcorn lost."
'Refuse
Her Admission''
The Star had beeini warned earlier that
Tully would not be tolerated at any TM
theatre, and her photograph was posted in
TM boxoffices along with a
notation ordering
employees to refuse her admission. During
her first attempt at attending a screening
at the TM Showcase, she was asked to
leave by the manager, and on the next two
tries .she was not allowed to even enter the
theatre.
Apparently an unprecedented incident in
moviedom, TM's action forced comment
Ironi Lawrence Mark, a Paramount spokesman:
"I have never heard of a theatre chain
barring a critic, and it's really slightly outrageous.
We use theatre critics when they
like our films and we should manage to
tolerate their dislike of whatever films they
happen to dislike."
Other national film studios and distributors
and two local chains have entered the
fray with verbal comments and one explicit
offer of action. The latter involved the setting
up of special screenings at another
theatre by 20th-Fox for Tully to review any
20th-Fox film shown at a TM theatre. The
offer, made by Nancy Willen of 20th-Fox's
publicity department in Los Angeles, was
From TM Houses
appreciatively declined by Frank Johnson,
managing editor of the Star.
Johnson explained, "We appreciate their
offer to help us bring reviews to our readers,
but we feel that part of a movie review
is the environment in which it is shown.
We don't think we would get as professional
a review as Tully is capable of under
those circumstances."
Herman Kass, vice president of publicity
and promotion for Avco Embassy Films,
distributor of "The Bell Jar," declared, "1
don't have any background on this, but they
have no right barring anyone from oui film
. . , it's poor judgment on their part, and
I'm going to look into this."
Hi Smith, a publicity director with United
Artists in New York City, commented,
"TM's decision upsets me. If Tully is barred
from a United Artists film at a TM theatre,
our local agent will arrange an alternative
viewing opportunity for her."
"Ridiculous" was the word from Bob
Artz, West Coast advertising director for
Plitt Intermountain Theatres, adding, "I
think the people in Tucson are being a
little
silly."
And Ewert Edwards, president of NATO
of Arizona and manager of DeAnza Drive-
Ins, said, "... I hate to see things like this
happen, both as a competitor and as president
of NATO."
Baren Tenders Resignation
As NSS General Sales Mgr.
NEW YORK—Harvey M. Baren has tendered
his resignation as general sales manager
of National Screen Service Corp.. it
was announced by Norman Robbins, NSS
president.
"It is with extreme reluctance that we
accept Harvey Baren's resignation," Robbins
said. "We have great respect for his
considerable abilities and wish him all the
best in his next undertaking."
Baren's resignation, which became effective
immediately, was believed to be over
fundamental differences with respect to
company sales policies.
Prior to joining NSS, Baren served as
assistant general sales manager for Allied
Artists Pictures for seven years, 1971-
78. Previously he was national sales coordinator
and road show manager for 20th
Centuiy-Fox Film Corp. A veteran of 24
in years the motion picture industry, he has
also held positions with Magna Pictures and
United Artists Corp.
Clarification
In the Show-A-Rama article that appeared
in the May 7 issue of Boxoffice, Martin
Stone was improperly identified as the head
of Mid-America Cinema. In clarification,
Lu Vaughn is the chairman of the board of
the circuit; Stone serves as president.
To the Editor:
A bit needs to be said about the lack of
materials, trailers and accessories needed
properly to promote the motion picture fare
we offer the public.
It seems that lately we are expected to
go right to opening day without materials
with which to work. Then, if a picture flops,
the blame is laid on the people in the field
who don't know what they're doing.
There are a hell of a lot of good theatre
men in this country who know how to sell a
picture to their audience, but must stand by
with hands tied because of lack of support
from the film companies.
We need also to come to terms concerning
the amount of material contained in a
newspaper ad. At today's prices, we simply
cannot afford to mention everyone from the
leading man down to a key grip in a newspaper
ad. While everyone is important on a
motion picture crew, we must establish a
firm guideline as to what is included in an
ad and what is not. I do not believe selling
paperback books and record albums is the
ultimate goal of a newspaper movie ad, yet
more and more space in ads is being allotted
for these items.
Educating each other is
the key to working
together when it comes to selling a picture.
So. let's get together and work toward
a common goal—a well-informed movie patron
and a smash boxoffice gross!
Eastwood Theatre
Indianapolis, Ind.
Sincerely,
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Anticipates Good Qtr.
NHW YORK.— In a preliminary report on
the lirst 90 days following a reorganization
ol its corporate structure, the Cinema
Shares Group of Enteitainment Companies,
wholly owned subsidiaries of Omni Capital
Worldwide Ltd., is able to anticipate a first
quarter statement reporting all of its divisions
as independent profit centers. No long-
.;r dependent either on each other or the
parent company for support, each Cinema
Sh.ires division reports an overall net profit
ahead of the same period last year.
Overseas theatrical and TV distribution
by Cinema Shares International Distribution
Corporation will expand. Larry Friedricks,
ehicf of the overseas operation, is now preparing
a package for the annual Cannes
market that will include CSID's most formidable
foreign lineup of product to date.
Among the new titles the company will be
selling overseas are "Boardwalk," "Thirst."
Snapshot," "Patrick." "The Dark," "Bucksione
County Jail" and "Racquet."
Meanwhile, CSID's new policy of domestic
theatrical distribution is returning significant
revenues. Instead of mounting campaigns
to release new titles in the first quarter
of 1979, CSID/ Domestic opted to continue
the relea.se of established moneymakeis
and is moving prints of its best performing
exploitation titles across the country.
These include "Texas Detour," "Seniors." a
marathon of three Godzilla epics and a
flight of Kung Fu features.
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The marketing technique supports the
decision to pursue this strategy
for at least another three months, working
I through a metwork of 25 subdistributors
across the country.
'American Game' Gets PG
NEW YORK—A PG rating has been
to given the film "The American Game" by
the Classification and Rating Appeals
Board. The film had been previously rated
R.
In an appeal brought by World Norlhal
Corporation, the Appeals Board heard a
statement on behalf of the film from Judilh
Crist, a motion picture film critic.
'Animal House Producer Ivan Reitman
Has Oy\fn 'Soft Spot' for Exhibitors
By RALPH KAMINSKY
West Coast Editor
HOLLYWOOD— Ivan Reitman, one of
the elite corps of filmmakers from Canada
who has made it big
Ivan Reitman
in Hollywood, has a
soft spot in his heart
tor exhibitors. And
well he might. After
all. it was a group of
exhibitors that gave
Universal Pictures officials
their first feeling
that Reifman's
"National Lampoon's
Animal House" had
boxoffice power.
Their reaction was the forerunner of all
that has happened since: Incredible grosses
that have gone beyond the $52 million
maik—and propelled Reitman into the
ranks of millionaires.
'An Overnight Millionaire'
"It feels good," the
.^1 -year-old producer-director
admits when asked how it feels
to be "an overnight millionaire." At Universal
he has graduated to a plush office
in the producers building—out of the temporary
bungalows he occupied with co-producer
Matty Simmons while the hit picture
was being filmed.
It was a 10-minute product reel, filled
with some of the raunchiest parts of "Animal
House" that drew raves from exhibitors
and gave Universal a feeling of confidence
in the picture's drawing power.
His percentage of the picture's profits has
given him a new lifestyle. At present he
Tives in a rented house in Beverly Hills that
once belonged to the late gossip columnist
Hedda Hopper. But this is only until the
house he is renovating in swank Bel Air is
completed.
His newest picture, "Meatballs," which
he directed, has just been picked up by
Paramount Pictures, a development which
he likes.
Reitman swears by the major studio
d'.stributing firms when it comes to sending
his brain child out into the cold world of
exhibition.
"You have to get one of the Big Six,"
he declared. "They're the ones who can gel
your picture into the A houses. And that's
where the business is generated."
Reitman is looking to "Meatballs" to generate
some of the same kind of business that
"Animal House" picked up. He moved out
of his "Animal House" producer's role to
direct the low-budget picture. "I figured 1
had to try to direct while I had the shot at
it." he said.
Bill
Murray Stars
"Meatballs" stars Bill Murray, one of the
stars of television's "Saturday Night Live"
which produced John Belushi and others.
Murray plays a head counselor who is training
a group of junior counselors. The setting
is summer camp — "Probably the
worst camp in all of North America," Reitman
declared.
"Meatballs" was produced by Dan Goldberg
and written by Lein' Blum, Dan Goldberg.
Janis Allen and Harold Ramis. The
latter was co-author of "Animal House."
Reitman's journey into big-time Hollywood
started with three small pictures for
American International. "They Came from
Within." "The House by the Lake" and
"Cannibal Girls"; plus "Rabid." for New
World Pictures.
Paramount will release "Meatballs" m
Toronto on June 29, and plans to go into
widespread release in the U. S. in mid-July.
Then, Universal is planning to re-release
"Animal House" in September and November.
"They have a whole new campaign
planned, going into 1,600 theatres on the
West Coa^st aind then into 1.600 theatres
on the East Coasit," he said.
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RECORD
fjarol.l M. Unas h,is hcui ,ippomic>l a vice
prcMdc-iU ol MCA Inc. He icl.uns his
title as treasurer and his position ol chief
financial officer.
Charles Green has been appointed Eastern
advertising manager for United Artists.
Gene Froelich, former assistant treasurer
of MCA Inc., has been named a vice president
of MCA.
Saul Cooper has been appointed vice president
of foreign advertising and publicity for
United Artists.
Melinda Mullen has left her position as
director of West Coast publicity for United
Artists to become vice president of marketing
and promotion for the Guttman and
Pam public relations firm. She will be involved
in expanding the company's film
projects division.
Mark Canton has been named executive
vice president of the JP Organization, Jon
Peters' independent production company.
Canton left his post as vice president of
motion picture development at MGM to
assume the new position, effective May 14.
John Nunn has been named to head the
Philadelphia branch office of Associated
Film Distribution, and Dave Titleman has
been chosen to head the Boston office. The
appointments complete the staffing of the
AFD sales arm. Nunn is a former branch
manager for AI. and Titleman headed the
New England office for Allied and MGM.
Ross Merrin has been appwinted to manage
the Los Angeles branch office of AVCO
Embassy Pictures.
Jim Johnson has been named executive
vice president/ chief financial officer of Cas-
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ablanca FilmWorks. He was the former vice
president of administration at Columbia Pictures
Corp.
Joni Robbins has been named assistant
treasurer of MCA Inc.
Lonnie Halousk has joined the legal department
of Warner Bros.
Joseph W. Ross was appointed vice president
of the Cinema 5
theatre division.
Charles H. Wheafley was recently
added
to the staff of the architectural and design
division of the Filbert Co.. a theatre equipment
firm.
Wheatley
Lynn Tirade has been named assistant
director of merchandising for National
Screen Service to work on the company's
in-theatre merchandising program.
Charles Morgan has been named a vice
president of Universal Pictures and will be
involved in film distribution, copyright and
general litigation matters.
Harvey M. Baren has tendered his
resigation
as general sales manager of National
Screen Service 'Ooip.
Barry Essenfeld has been appointed general
Corp.
sales manager of Allied Artists Pictures
Didier Chatelain has been promoted to
vice president of Herman Cohen Productions,
Charles A. McFadden has been appointed
Eastern division manager for Paramount
TV distribution.
Frank Bodo has been named director of
production finance for the motion picture
division of Paramount Pictures.
Jim Goyjer, Kim Leisner and Nancy Latimer
have been added to the staff of the
Universal Studios' tours publicity and promotion
department.
A. R. (Biff) Gale has been named senior
vice president of MCA DiscoVision Systems
Tom Canipanella has been appointed vice
prcsidenl of national advertising for Parannnint's
motion picture division.
John Olis, former Pacific Coast district
jnanager for Allied Ai lists, has taken the
same position with Buena Vista Distribution.
His background includes film sales with
Paramount and MGM.
Titles
& Takes
Woody Allen's "Manhattan" set openingday
lecords in New York and Los Angeles
with a combined gross of $75,198 for 19
theatres. In New York it grossed $48,277 at
seven theatres for opening day, compared
with the $30,108 registered by Allen's
Academy Award-winning "Annie Hall" for!
its first day also at seven theatres.
In less than a month since winning three
major Academy Awards, Hal Ashby's
"Coming Home" grossed $7,000,802 with
504 prints working nationwide.
April Fools Productions' "Harper Valley
PTA" passed $3 million in grosses in its
first five weeks of re-release.
Universal Pictures' "Battlestar Galactica"
has grossed $13,571,160 up to April 21 in
its theatrical release in Europe, South America
and Japan.
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Warner Bros, reports that "Superman"
continues to set records in Brazil, racking up
$192,887 in its second week in 14 theatres
in Sao Paolo, just short of the $193,407'
gross attained in the first week. In Rio de
i
Janeiro, also in 14 theatres. "Superman" had
a second week gross of $161,791, after a
first week of $187,477.
"Summer Camp," slated for a May 30
lelease in the U.S. by Seymour Borde &
Associates, grossed $57,106 in six Canadian
cities in its opening runs. The action included
two weeks in St. Johns, $10,245; Moncton,
$11,699 in two weeks; $10,666 in two
weeks in Charlottetown; $5,928 in three
days in Kingston; $10,846 in three days in
Edmonton, and $7,722 in three days in Regina.
Roman Polanski's "Forbidden Dreams"
(MPM) opened to strong business in the
Atlanta territory during the week of March
23. The film picked up $15,527 at the Cinema
North and Hickory Hollow theatres in
Nashville. During its second week, "Forbidden
Dreams" also played at the Cinema
South.
"Cemetery Girls" (MPM) grossed $31,428
in its opening weekend, March 23-26, in
Cleveland. The figure was the strongest
opening weekend total for Cleveland driveins
in four years.
"Rivals" (World Entertainment Corp.)
grossed $155,000 in its first-week limited
run in Salt Lake City and h.is topped
$325,000 in the exchange to date.
Avco Embassy's "Phantasm" hit a total
gross of $1,521,143 at the end of its second
week in playdates in California and parts
of Texas. The film grossed $786,742 in five
days at 126 theatres. "Phantasm" hit a fiveday
gross of $545,788 in 7S houses in Los
Angeles.
"Midnight Express" continues to play to
record-breaking business in its second week
in Rio de Janeiro, pulling in $98,631 from
eight houses and establishing seven new
house iccords.
M;! 14. 1979

THE PROMOTION AND MERCHANDISING GUIDE
Send news of adyertislng campaigns and publicity to STU GOLDSTEIN, MERCHANDISING EDITOR
Combination of Nostalgia^ Free Gifts
and a 'Robot'
Hype 'Buck Rogers at Plitt's St, Francis Theatre
Thanks to Universal and star Gil Gerard,
a lot of young moviegoers are now fully
aware of Buck Rogers. Gerard is the new
space hero of Universal's "Buck Rogers in
the 25th Century." But unless they are old
movie fans or have heard stories from their
parents, many youthful customers are painfully
unaware of the old Buck Rogers—the
Buck of adventure books and movie serials.
Using nostalgia as a primary tool, and
it sprinkling with dash of modem-day
a
wizardry and free gifts. Gary Warrick,
manager of Plitt's St. Francis Theatre in
San Francisco, kicked off a "Buck Rogers"
want-to-see promotion.
One month prior to the release of Universal's
"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century."
12-page promotional packages were sent to
every newspaper, radio and television station
in the Bay Area, inviting the media to
jump on the "Buck Rogers" rocket with the
St. Francis Theatre. Three newspapers and
several radio stations mentioned that the
space hero of 50-year standing had returned
in a new motion picture soon to
be shown at the St. Francis Theatre in S^in
Francisco. Two weeks before the release
date, KTVU, television channel 2 in Oakland,
aired film clips in a 5-minute segment
on the 10 o'clock news and repeated these
clips on their popular late-night show
"Creature Features" the Saturday prior to
opening.
As a special bonus, drawings were held both
Saturday and Sunday, with a total of fifty
copies each of the new Buck Rogers adventure
books volumes one and two given
away as prizes to customers holding winning
tickets. These books, collectively valued at
$200 were also provided by Dell Publications
at no charge to the theatre.
'Shorty' Helps, Too
St. Francis stagehand John Reilly added
a special touch to the success of the promotion
by creating a robot constructed from an
old theatre lobby trash can. "Shorty" had
blinking green eyes, antennas, long arms
ending in tongs, a golden body, and a bright
red light perched as a noble crown. Not
limited to beauty alone, "Shorty" also possessed
considerable golden charm. Equipped
with an endless tape cassette loop, he would
greet the customers to the theatre every
sixty seconds, and invite them to try the
theatre's "Buck Rogers style popcorn—so
good it disintegrates in your mouth."
With the ideas and imagination of the
St. Francis Theatre Staff, a strong response
from the media, and the support and generosity
of Bill Blackbeard. in association with
the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art.
as well as Dell Publishing and the Mego
Corp., "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"
opened in San Francisco with a real "blastoff,"
using the St. Francis as a launching
pad.
Show-A-Ramo MeeUng Select's
Griffin 'Show-Woman of Year'
Krista Griffin, general manager of Harkins
Theatres in Scottsdale. Ariz., was honored
as "Show Woman of the Year" at the
22nd annual Show-A-Rama convention in
Kansas City during April. At only 23, Griffin
has already managed to receive the
award twice. The United Motion Picture
Assn. honored Griffin for her excellence in
community service and dedication to entertaining
movie patrons.
Highlights of some of Griffin's campaigns
iiicluded a "summer movie fun" program,
which tied in with local PTAs.
Collection
of Treasures
With the aid of the Oakland Tribune's
newspaper library. Bill Blackbeard, director
of the San Francisco Academy of
Comic Arts, was contacted. Blackbeard
is one of the foremost authorities on comic
strips and is also a collector of Buck Rogers
original books, which date back as far
1929. After some conversation, he agreed
as
to display his collection of Buck Rogers
nostalgic treasures, for which the theatre
converted an in-lobby boxoffice to an attractive
display case.
On opening day, a 60-foot banner from
Universal Studios was suspended from the
roof to wave above the marquee, and to
attract the attention of commuters and passers-by
in
the downtown Market Street area.
WORLD PREVIEW OF -TILV^AU the major stars of Harner Bros.' -Tilt"
were
in attendance at the premiere held recently at the Woodlake Cinema 3 in Houston.
The event was a Mack-tie invitation-only affair that included the mayor, astronaut
Alan Shepherd and other VIPs participating. Pictured above enjoying; red carpet
treatment, co-star Ken Marshall, producer Mel Simon, star Brooke Shields,
Rudy Durand. and soundtrack vocalist Bill Wray.
director
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PROMOTION CITATIONS
January
Gary Warrick, nhiiuii^er oj Pliir Theatres' St. Fnwcis Jheaire in San Francisco, who
kicked off the opening of Warnefs "Every Which Way But Loose" with a unique
"all primate" beauty pageant. The event garnered feature story coverage on the
10 o'clock evening news. Featured in Jan. 22 Showniandiser.
February
Morton Berger. manager oj the Tower Mull Cinema in Phoeni.x. for his audiencebuilding
"Tonight They're Out to Get the Warriors" promotion. Berger's technique
included dressing himself and fellow theatre employees in "Warriors" get-up. Featured
in Feb. 26 Showmandiser.
March
Jerry Littenberg. manager of General Cinema's Morris Hills Theatre in Parsippany.
N.J.. who commemorated the 50th birthday of Mickey Mouse with a special presentation
of "Mickey Mouse Birthday Party Show." Littenberg's promotion included
eye-catching displays and employees donned in "Mouse" costumes. Featured in
March 26 Showmandiser.
April
Christine La Monte, director of publicity and promotion for Boston's Sack Theatres.
who really dazzled the city of Boston with her "Brink's Job" exploitation. "Brink's
Week" was declared by the Mayor, a "Brink's parade" toured the city and her
"Crack a Pete" promotion called additional attention to "Brink's" and Sack. Featured
in April 2 Showmandiser.
Blood Bank Tie-in
Helps Plug 'Bite'
Dracula was "alive" and well in Abilene,
Tex., recently for the opening of MP's
"Love At First Bite" at Texas Cinema
Corp's. Radford Hill Cinema 3. Manager
Dave Vaughn got in touch with the wellknown
Count and asked if he would put in
an appearance to coincide with the recent
film. Dracula, never one to shy away from
a good dinner . at the chance.
Texas Cinema Corp's "Love at Firs
Bite" promo really had bite!
In addition, a natural tie-im for the Count
was the theatre's promotion at the Mcek's
Blood Bank to "Beat Dracula to the Punch"
by donating a pint of blood to the blood
bank and receiving two passes to see "Love
At First Bite."
Radio giveaways of passes on suitions
KFMW and KEAN helped round out the
local promotion.
Manager Dave Vaughn said that the audience
enjoyed the Count's entrances and
exits from his coffin nightly, but a few
children were a bit alarmed when they
opened what they thought was an empty
coffin.
$1000 in Free Radio Ads
Result of Awards Contest
To tie-in with the Academy Awards presentations,
the Hillcrest 4 Theatres in St.
Joseph, Mo. initiated an Academy Award
Jackpot contest. Entrants were instructed
to vote for their choice for Academy Award
winners, with a chance to win a free gift.
Prizes included a ladie's diamond watch, a
CB radio, a record album a month for one
year and a $50 cash prize. Other prizes,
such as tires and wheels, a canned ham and
bowling accessories together totaled over
$800.
were donated by mer-
All prizes local
chants. In addition, over 130 radio spots
resulted trom the promotion. Hillcrest had
allocated only .$100 for radio time, but
KKJO Radio donated the entire radio campaign,
valued at just under $1000. The radio
station told the theatre to use the $100 for
future advertising with the station. A local
man won the jackpot, garnering plenty of
publicity for the Hillcrest 4 at a total cost
of only $102 to the theatre.
Crown Cinema managers were all given
the opporlunily \.o win a mini-vacation to
Ills Vegas Ironi the promotion.
Karate Professionals
Tub-thump 'Good Guys'
Tony Bruguiere of Ogden-Perry's Santa
Rosa Cinema in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.,
"kicked" off his promotion of "Good Guys
Wear Black" in a big way.
Bruguiere contacted Jimmy Rodreguez
and arranged for the nationally famous Red
Dragon Karate Team to give a martial arts
demonstration in front of Santa Rosa Cinema.
The Red Dragon karate team exploited
'Good Guys Wear Black" with live
demonstrations.
A large crowd turned out as the Red
Dragon Team demonstrated the techniques
used by Chuck Norris in "Good Guys Wear
Black."
To round out the promotion, Bruguiere
contacted WNUE, and arranged for a radio
promotion. Each hour for 60 hours, a
listener who called in at the sound of the
"karate chop" won a pass to see "Good
Guys Wear Black" at the Santa Rosa Cinema.
Hourly winners qualified for the grand
prize drawing of a six month karate course
at the Jimmy Rodreguez Karate Academy.
The martial arts demonstration and the
radio promotion resulted in over $1350.00
in
free radio advertising.
Teli Us About Your
Best Ad Campaigns
Bo.xoFFicE wants to know details about
your best advertising campaigns to promote
currently playing pictures. Tell us what
film you promoted and how. including any
media coverage you got as a result of the
promotion. Plenty of copy and photos are
essential to give other exhibitors the e.xact
story on your promotion strategies. The best
campaigns will be featured in Showmandiser
and all features we run will be candidates
for Showmandiser Citations.
We are also interested in your audience's
reactions to current engagements. Audience
response is vital information to all exhibitors.
What recent bookings have been successful
and not-so-successful Send news of
your campaigns and audience reactions to
Stu Goldstein. Merchandising Editor. Boxoffice.
825 Van Brunt. Kansas City, Mo.
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APRIL PRODUCTION STARTS
THE BORDER PRODUCTIONS
The Border. Filming began April 16 in
Durango, Mexico, on this story dealing with
the plight of illegal aliens from Mexico.
Starring are Telly Savalas, Eddie Albert,
Danny de la Paz and Robin Clarke. Chris-
' phy got under way on locations in Ireland
f
April 23 on this feature being made in association
with Paul Avila Mayer. Topping
the cast are Richard Burton and Kate Mulgrew.
Others in key roles are Nicholas Clay,
Cyril Cusack, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Niall
Tobin, Diana van der Vlis and Kathryn
Dowling. Tom Donovan is directing from
the script by Claire Labine, who also is
producer. Tom Hayes is producer.
began April 30 at Disney Studios
on this feature starring Elliott Gould and
Genevieve Bujold, Story has Gould playing
a high-living pilot hired by Bujold. a prim
evangelist, to fly a rickety B-29 to her South
Pacific mission. Also starring are Ricky
Schroder, Vincent Gardenia and Tammy
Laurene. Charles Jarrott is directing from
the screenplay by Steven W. Carabatsos,
Sandy Glass and George Arthur Bloom.
Ron Miller is executive producer. He is coproducing
with Jan Williams.
S. BENJAMIN FISZ PRODUCTIONS
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeiey
Square. Richard Jordan and David Niven
head the cast of this feature on which production
began April 2 in London. Others
in the cast are Oliver Tobias, George Baker,
Gloria Grahame and Joss Ackland. Ralph
Thomas is directing from Guy Elmes'
screenplay. S. Benjamin Fisz is producer.
HEMDALE/UNITED ARTISTS THEATRES
Cattle Annie and Little Britches.
This King-Hitzig production began filming
April 2 on locations around Durango, Mexico.
Burt Lancaster. John Savage and Rod
Steiger are starring. Diane Lane and Amanda
Plummer play two teenage girls who go
West just before the turn of the century
and join the notorious Doolin-Dalton gang
of outlaws, Lamont Johnson is directing
from the screenplay by David Eyre and
Robert Ward. John Daly and Derek J, Dawson
are executive producers. Alan King
and Rupert Hitzig are producing.
HILLTOPPER PRODUCTIONS
11 The Fog. Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis,
Barbeau and Hal Holbrook star
in this modern-day ghost story about a deadly
and mysterious fog that shrouds a small
California community. John Carpenter is
directing on location in Inverness, Calif.
Shooting began April 2 on the screenplay
he wrote with Debra Hill. Others in the cast
ALAN LANDSBURG PRODUCTIONS
The White Lions. Michael York and
Glynnis O'Connor star in this story about
the McBride family in Africa and their involvement
with two white lions who are
born in captivity but are sent back into the
jungle. Also in the cast are Donald Moffat
and J. A. Preston. Mel Stuart is directing
the feature which began filming April 18
in Dallas. Corey Blechman wrote the
screenplay. Alan Landsburg is executive producer.
Howard Lipstone and Paul Freeman
aie producing.
LORIMAR PRODUCTIONS
Carny. Jodie Foster, Gary Busey and
Meg Foster star in this story about the behind-the-scenes
life in a carnival. Filming
began April 27 on location in Savannah,
Ga.. with Robert Kaylor directing Thomas
Baum's screenplay. Others in the cast are
Robbie Robinson (who also is producing),
Bert Remsen, Elisha Cook Jr., Kenneth
McMillan and Bill McKinney. Jonathan
Taplin is executive producer.
SANRIO COMMUNICATIONS
The .Adventures of the Nutcracker.
Production began in Tokyo April 1 on this
full-length puppet animation feature based
on the famous Nutcracker Ballet, with Takeo
Nakamura directing from the screenplay
by Gene Fournier and Tom Joachim. Walt
DeFarioa and Mark L. Rosen are producing
and Shintaro Tsuji is the executive producer.
MELVIN SIMON PRODUCTIONS
Scavenger Hunt. Filming began April
y in San Diego on this wild comedy growing
out of the last will of an eccentric millionaire
who sends his heirs on a fantastic
scavenger hunt. In the cast are Richard
Benjamin, James Coco, Scatman Crothers,
Ruth Gordon, Cloris Leachman, Cleavon
Little, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley,
Tony Randall, Willie Aames, and Dirk
Benedict. Michael Schultz is directing from
the screenplay by Henry Harper and Steven
A. Vail, who also is producing. Mclvin Simon
is executive producer.
JACK WHITE/PETER BARTON
PRODUCTIONS
Cuba Crossing. Stuart Whitman and
Robert Vaughn star in this story about an
assasination attempt on Fidel Castro. Film-
ing began April 10 in Key West. Others in
the cast are Caren Kay. Mary-Lou Gassen,
Michael Gazzo, Raymond St. Jacques,
Woody Strode, and Albert Salmi. Chuck
Workman is directing from his own script.
Denno Bellenbaum and Peter Barton are
producing. Jack While is executive produc-
20TH CENTURY-FOX
Brubaklr. Producers Ted Mann and
Ron Silveiman began principal photography
April 9 in Columbus, Ohio, on this prison
drama based on the experiences of penolo-
are John Houseman, Tom Atkins, Charles gist Thomas Murton. Robert Redford stars
Cyphers, Nancy Loomis. George Buck
topher Leitch is directing from a screenplay
by Michael Allin. Donald Langdon and Flower. John Goff and Ty Mitchell. Debra
producing and Bloch
as a warden attempting reforms which are
opposed by a group of hardened criminals.
Gerald Green are producers.
Others in the cast are Yaphet Kotto, M.
Hill is Charles is executive
producer.
Emmet Walsh, Matt Clark, Harry Groener,
CLAR PRODUCTIONS
and Iseult. Principal photogra-
Everett McGill, William Newman. Barry
Corbin and Tim Mclntire. Stuart Rosenberg
is directing from A. J. Carothers"
screenplay.
Fatso. Anne Bancroft is starring and directing
her own screenplay in which Dom
DeLuise is inspired to lose weight when he
falls in love. Others in the cast are Candy
Azzara, Ron Carey, Richard Karron,
Charles Knapp, Debra Duval and Estelle
Reiner. Stuart Cornfield is the producer of
this Crossbow Productions feature on which
filming began April 2 in Los Angeles, with
shooting also planned for New York.
UNITED ARTISTS
Heaven's Gate. Kris Kristofferson,
Christopher Walken, John Hurt and Jeff
Bridges star in this Partison Productions
feature about a tough marshall who gets involved
in a land war in the Old West. Principal
photography began April 16 in Montana,
with shooting also planned on locations
in Idaho, Massachusetts and Rhode
Island. Others in the cast are Isabelle Huppert,
Sam Waterston and Brad Dourif.
Michael Cimino is directing from his own
script. Joann Carelli is producing.
The Raging Bull. Robert DeNiro stars
in this biography of boxer Jake LaMatta, a
Chartoff-Winkler production on which filming
began April 16 in Los Angeles. Others
in the cast are Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty.
Martin Scorcese is directing from
the screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik
Martin. Irwin Winkler and Robert
Chartoff are producing.
UNIVERSAL
Esther. Ruth and Jennifer. Roger
Moore. James Mason and Anthony Perkins
star in this Cinema 7 feature about a daring
billion-dollar caper being produced by
Elliott Kastner. Filming is underway in Ireland,
with lensing also set for London.
Andrew McLaglen is directing from the
screenplay by Jack Davies. Mo Rothman is
executive producer.
In God We Tru$t (or Gimme That
Prime Time Religion). Marty Feldman is
starring in this slapstick fable which he is
directing from a screenplay he wrote with
Chris Allen. Also starring are Louise Lasser.
Peter Boyle and Andy Kaufman. Howard
West and George Shapiro are producing.
Norman Herman is executive producer.
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BOXOFFICE BAROMETER
This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in
the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements are not listed. As new runs
are reported, ratings are added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in
relation to average grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as average,
the figures show the gioss ratings above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.)
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JOEY TRAVOLTA, brother of famous
John, has his own bid for stardom in
American International's "Sunnyside," which
opens here Friday, June 1. Joey will be
making personal appearances at theatres in
all five boroughs that weekend.
•
Al's New York division manager Donald
Schwartz and Albany branch manager Stan
Lynn have set dates in the Buffalo territory
for 'Sunnyside" and "The Amityville Hor-
The old King's Theatre in Brooklyn, formerly
a Loews house, is now under the
ownership of the Flatbush Development
Corp., which intends to turn the 4,000-seater
into
a multimedia center. Towards that end,
a benefit was held at the theatre May 5.
Highlight of the evening was a presentation
by film historian and raconteur Herb
Graff, who overcame the inadequate sound
system with a series of outtakes from old
films and a group of Vitaphone shorts which
had been made in the vicinity, one being
"Buzzin' Around" (1933) with Fatty Ar-
Food from Nathan's was served in
the lobby, where there was disco dancing
after the stage and screen offerings.
•
New officers for Women of the Motion
Picture Industry were elected at the April
24 business meeting and will be installed at
a cocktail-dinner parly to he held June 7
at the Warwick Hotel. The new slate: president.
Mary Vera of Columbia Pictures:
first vice president, Christine Laney of
United Arti.'its: second vice president. Maria
Vandenberg of AEl Freight: recording secretary.
Linda Cataldo of United Artists:
corresponding .secretary, Gertrude Pierce of
Paramount; and treasurer. Dolly Coinino
of United Artists.
•
Brooklyn's Sutter's Bakery has been recreated
on the 20th Century-Fo.x lot for
scenes in "Fatso," being written and directed
by Anne Bancroft, who also stars in the
Icomedy with Dom DeLuise. The bakery
iwas one of Bancroft's favorite places as a
child but she never enters the recreation in
the
film.
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Openings: "The Silent Partner," .selected
as Best Picture at the 1978 Canadian Film
Festival, began May I! in 60 area houses.
An EMC release, directed by Daryl Duke
entirely on location in Toronto, it stars Elliott
Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah
York and Celine Lome:..
ATs comedy hit "Love at First Bile."
starring George Hamilton as Dracula.
branches out to 100 theatres May 25.
Showcases include the reissue of "The
Exorcist" with Dolby Stereo, "Dawn of the
Dead," "Firepower" starring Sophia Loren
and James Coburn. "The China Syndrome,"
"Norma Rae," "The Deer Hunter" and
"Last Embrace."
Spotlighf
WORCESTER
Q.eneral Cinema Corp.'s Worcester Center
Cinemas 3 played an Italian import.
Quartet Films' "Wifemistress." with titles.
Such product is rarely slotted into a mid-
Masachusetts first-run house and, more
often than not, has a dubbed soundtrack.
Area Redstone theatres, the im-town
Showcase Cinemas 4, the Cinema One and
the White City Cinemas 2, are charging
$2.50 admission all day, every day, with
children admitted for $1.25. A similar plan
is
in effect at the GCC plex.
RHODE ISLAND
fhe T.M.S. combine leased the Wareham
Drive-In to Randy Ellis, former manager
of the Sky-Vuc Drive-In, Biockton.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
£|mpha$izing "bargain" admissions for matinee
trade, the General Cinema Corp.'s
Bedford Mall 3, Bedford, is charging $1.50
for first daily shows (with exception, presently,
for long-run engagement of Universal's
"The Deer Hunter"). The Movie Center,
suburban Manchester, has been charging
$1.75 at 1 p..m., on a daily basis.
The Sky Ray Drive-In, Hookset, participating
in regional saturation playoff of New
World Pictures' "Star Crash," booked "Fantastic
Planet" as companion feature and
charged $5 per carload.
NEW BRITAIN
Qentral Connecticut playdates for Warner
Bros.' "Every Which Way But Loose"
on a sub-run basis ran into extended bookings,
a rare development for product that
enjoyed long stays in initial openings. The
DeSantis Kensington Cinema, normally on
a 99-cents admission policy, upped the price
to $1.50.
HARTFORD
Cylvia Stieber, Connecticut Assn. of Theatre
Owners president, had an imusual
schedule at her suburban Avon Twin Cine-
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mas. She slotted Bucna Vista reprise, "Bedknobs
and Broomsticks," for matinees and
early evenings, and Warner Bros.' "Every
Which Way But Loose" for 9:15 p.m.
WHCN-FM offered 50 pairs of guest
tickets to showings of Universal's "Battlestar
Galactica" in Redstone Showcase Cinemas
6. East Hartford, among prizes in its
rock music poll awards competition.
SPRINGFIELD
Jyjew World Pictures slotted western Massachusetts
for a premiere of "Star Crash"
in a sizable number of drive-ins, backed by
large-scale newspaper teaser advertising.
While an increasing number of regional
underskyers are charging a fixed price of
$5 per carload, others are not emphasizing
price at all in advertising.
NEW HAVEN
Jndependent exhibitor Bernie Diana, who
came up with considerable losses in
seeking to develop a live entertainment policy
at his Strand in Hamden, consisting mostly
of stage musicals, has resumed subsequent-run
film policy.
Interstate Theatres of New England reopened
the Clinton Drive-In for the season.
Sampson & Spodick Theatres dropped
the tradition of a spring film festival at the
Lincoln Theatre. Normally, the in-town
cinema has booked double-feature programs
of vintage product for two or three-day runs
over a time span of six to ten weeks. Circuit
spokesman Robert C. Spodick says: "It's
the economics of the film industry. The
number of prints is in short supply. The
source of films has dried up. It's a hell of
a job to get 100 films for a six-week festival."
Paul Newman and Jacqueline Bissett head
the cast of Irwin Allan's "The Day the
World Ended."
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New York
(Average weekly grosses follow llieatre)
An Almost Perfect Affair (Para),
Trans-Lux East (8,500). 2nd wk. 13.500
Fedora (UA). Cinema Studio I (5.000).
3rd wk 8.550
The French Detective (QuarteO.
68th Street Playhouse (5.000).
8th wk 5.735
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
(New Line). Paris (9.000).
20th wk 1 1.720
A Little Romance (Orion-WB). Sutton
(9.000). 2nd wk 27.500
Love on the Run (New World), Coronet
(9.650). 4th wk 9.650
Manhattan (UA). 7 theatres.
2nd wk 350.000
Saint Jack (New World), Cinema I
(10.400). 2nd wk 20.700
Buffalo
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
(Univ). 2 theatres. 4th wk 95
The Champ (UA). 3 theatres. 2nd wk. 150
The China Syndrome (Col), 3 theatres.
6th wk 1 05
The Deer Hunter (Univ). 1 theatre,
9th wk 250
Hair (UA), 3 theatres, 5th wk 100
Hurricane (Para), 2 theatres, 2nd wk. . .100
A Perfect Couple (20th-Fox), 1 theatre,
1st wk 100
The Promise (Univ), 2 theatres, 1st wk. 125
Richard Pryor—Live in Concert (SEE).
1 theatre. 8th wk 90
Superman (WB), 1 theatre. 19th wk. ..100
The Warriors (Para), 1 theatre,
nth wk 50
Cleveland
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Univ),
2 theatres, 5th wk
The China Syndrome (Col). 6 theatres.
8th wk
The Deer Hunter (Univ), 5 theatres.
10th wk
Dreamer (20th-Fox), 6 theatres, 1st wk
Firepower (SR), 2 theatres, 3rd wk. .
Halloween (SR), 5 theatres, 8th wk. .
Love at First Bite (AT), 5 theatres,
1st wk
Murder by Decree (Avco), 4 theatres.
2nd wk
The Promi.se (Univ). 4 theatres, 3rd wk.
Superman (WB). 3 theatres, 20th wk. . .
Hartford
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Univ),
Cinema II, Westfarms II, 5th wk. ..135
The Champ (MGM-UA). Showcase III,
4th wk 115
The China Syndrome (Col), 3 theatres,
7th wk 200
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Showcase VI.
8th wk 200
Dreams (20th-Fox), 3 theatres, 1st wk. 100
ILiir (UA), Showcase V, 5'th wk 1 65
llallouetn (C'omp.iss Int'll. Sh.n
7lh
wk
Little Blue Box (SR), Art Cinema,
3rd wk
Love at First Bite (AD, .Showcase IV,
3rd wk
Norma Rae (20th-Fox), Cinema City II,
Elm II, 4th wk
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Atlantic),
Atheneum, 4th wk
The Promise (Univ). 3 theatres, 1st wk.
Richard Pryor—Live in Concert (SEE),
Showcase I. 1st wk
Star Crash (NWP). 5 theatres, 1st wk.
New Haven
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Univ).
Milford II. 5th wk
The Champ (MGM-UA). Showcase IV.
4th wk
The China Syndrome (Col), Cinemart II,
Milford I, 7th wk
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Showcase I,
8th wk
Dreamer (20th-Fox), Whitney. Milford
Twin Drive-In II. 1st wk
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (NLC).
Lincoln. 2nd wk
Hair (UA). Showcase III. 5th wk
Halloween (Compass Int'l). Showcase V,
7th wk
Love at First Bite (AD, Cinemart I,
2nd wk
Norma Rae (20th-Fox). York Square
Cinema, 3rd wk
The Promise (Univ). Showcase II.
1st wk
Star Crash (NWP). Milford Twin
Drive-In I, 1st wk
Balfimore
The Champ (UA), Cinema II.
4th wk
The China Syndrome (Col). Westview II.
7th wk
The Deer Hunter (Univ). 10th wk.
Towson
Patterson II
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (SR),
Playhouse. 6th wk
Hair (UA). Cinema I. 5lh wk
Hurricane (Para), Westview IV,
3rd wk
Love at First Bite (AI), 1st wk.
Patterson I
Westview I
Norma Rae (20th-Fox), Westview III.
6th wk
Old Boyfriends (Avco). Senator,
Liberty II, 1st wk
Columbus
Buck Rogers in the 2Sth Century (Univ),
Cinema North, 5th wk 125
The Champ (UA), 2 theatres. 4th wk. . .240
The China Syndrome (Col), 3 theatres.
7th wk 125
Dawn of the Dead (SR), Raintree,
2nd wk 435
The Deer Hunter (Univ). 2 theatres.
10th wk 260
The Great American Chase (WB),
3 theatres. 3rd wk 95
Hurricane (Para), Raintree, .225
3rd wk. . .
Hair (UA), 2 theatres, 5th wk 160
Love at First Bite (AI), 3 theatres,
1st wk 220
Norma Rae (20th-Fox), 3 theatres,
3rd wk 130
Old Boyfriends (Avco), Cinema North,
1st wk 250
The Promise (Univ), 2 theatres, 4th wk. 200
Richard Pryor—Live in Concert (SEE),
Continent, 10th wk 300
The Silent Partner (SR), Raintree,
5th wk 375
Superman (WB), 2 theatres, 20th wk. . .100
Cincinnati
Buck Rogers In the 25th Century
(Univ), 3 theatres, 5th wk 300
The Champ (UA), 3 theatres, 4th wk. . .400
The China Syndrome (Col). 3 theatres.
7th wk 350
Dawn of the Dead (SR), Showcase,
2nd wk 450
Dreamer (20th-Fox), Showcase, 1st wk. 150
The Deer Hunter (Univ), 3 theatres.
10th wk 600
Fast Break (Col), 3 theatres. 7th wk. . .200
Hair (UA), Showcase. 5th wk 200
Hurricane (Para). Showcase. 3rd wk. . .200
The Innocent (SR). 2 theatres, 2nd wk. 100
Love at First Bite (AI). Showcase.
3rd wk 500
Old Boyfriends (Avco), 2 theatres,
1st wk 350
The Promise (Univ), 4 theatres, 3rd wk. 375
Richard Pryor—Live in Concert (SEE),
Studio. 11th wk. 175
Same Time, Next Year (Univ).
Showcase. 1 2th wk 1 50
Superman (WB). 2 theatres. 20th wk. . .400
PITTSBURGH
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miniconvention at the Kings Court
highlighted the first anniversary celebration
of the Friday-Saturday midnight
showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture
Show." The wild and wooly affair featured
audience participation, prizes and special
events, including videotape highlights of
former Kings Court theatre parties.
Among the faithfuls attending the celebration
was Tom Savini. who did makeup
and stunts for the locally produced "Dawn
of the Dead."
On prominent display for everyone to
view were merchandising outgrowths of the
film, including T-shirts, bumper stickers and
an initial issue of Lips, a local magazine
devoted to the long-running film.
Woody Allen's "Manhattan" is playing
at currently the Squirrel Hill and Showcase
East and West. Other marquee attractions
around the area include "Halloween." "Last
Embrace," "Love in Strange Places," "Every
Which Way But Loose." "Super Cops."
"California Suite" and "Hardcore."
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A: JJ-2 70/35mm Projection System (shown with optional
JTR-1100 Preamp System, lamphouse and pedestal.)
B: SHOW-PAK 35mm Console (shown with optional reels
and lamphouse.)
C;SA&R3 35mm "All-ii
Reproducer Combo.
D: R-33 35mm 4-Track Magnetic Penthouse.
E: SHOWMASTER Automation System.
F: C-5 Deluxe 26" 35n
G: C-10 Deluxe Reel Ar
H: JTS-1900 Optical Sound System.
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WASHINGTON
Quilford C. (Dan) Kater, Modern Talking
Picture Service's vice president ;md
general manager, was elected president of
the Washington-based Council on International
Non-theatrical Events (CINE) for the
year 1979-1980, moving up from the office
of vice president. CINE coordinates U.S.
selections for the international film festivals
and awards filmmakers and sponsors of
such selected motion pictures. The deadline
for submitting entry forms for the fall film
(Golden Eagle) competition is Aug. 1, 1979.
Entrv forms may be obtained from CINE.
120l' 16th St.. N.W.. Washington, D.C.
200.^6.
MCA Corporate Films' president William
N. Burch has announced that Norman 1.
Hatch, former Department of Defense audio-visual
chief, has been named Washington-based
government sales representative
for MCA.
Marty Zeldman, Columbia Pictures
branch manager, screened "The Ravagers"
for exhibitors and special guests at the Motion
Picture Assn. of America May 10.
Star-
fears," according to Zeldman, "yet ultimately
renews our fundamental hopes about
man himself."
Jim Pierce, Buena Vista branch chief,
tradescreened Walt Disney's "The Apple
Dumpling Gang Rides Again," with Ihe
same comic duo of Tim Conway and Don
Knot'ts at MPAA May 10. Pierce, in an ap
parent tub-thumping mood, stated: "Ihis
brand new and long-awaited sequel will
have you aind your patrons howling with
laughter. It's sure to rope them in at ilio
boxoffice this summer."
Cliarles T. Jordan, Warner Bros, branch
boss, issued invitations to exhibitors to a
second tradescreening of "Beyond the Poseidon
Adventure," at the MPAA May 1
This version had been edited by 10 to 12
minutes.
Playing at David Levy's Key Theatre in
Georgetown is a series of Sir Alexander
Korda pictures, which the Star's film critic
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retrospectives to play Washington in recent
memory."
PHILADELPHIA
file CATV Service Co., which had been
providing cable TV to Lambertville,
is N.J.. for the past 14 years, headed toward
a new 15-year franchise. There is no competition
for the franchise and no complaints
about service, but the new franchise ordinance
increases the city's take to Ihe city
by including installation charges with Ihe
2 percent of the company's gross.
Thirty-six entries by independent filmmakers,
working on their own without commercial
support, made up the Stocklon
Spring Film Festival. According to John
Columbus, festival coordinator, the purpose
of the festival was to give recognition to the
"explorers" who are "breaking new ground"
in
the motion picture arts.
Edgar Cramer, retired theatre piojeclionist,
died April 28 at his home in Stroudsburg.
He was 77. Until his retirement he
had been the projectionist at the Sherman
Theatre in Stroudsburg for ^5 years. Sur-
ring Richard Harris. Art Carney. Ann Turkel
and Ernest Borgnine, "The Ravagers," vivors include his wife Mary, a son, a
an adventure film, "touches our deepest daughter, a brother, three grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
Tlie American premiere of "Mr. No
Legs," a film starring double-amputee Ted
Vollrath. took place May 2 at the Elks
Theatre in Middletown. Vollrath, who lost
both his legs in the Korean war, said he
rented the film from Cinema Artists Production
for a Harrisburg, Pa., area premiere.
BUFFALO
"fjide in Plain SIglit," the MGM movie
shot in Buffalo last spring, is going to
be in hiding a bit longer than expected. In
the Buffalo market it was booked into the
Holiday Theatre complex for Aug. 1. While
no more filming is planned at this time, the
movie's release has been pushed back "at
least until mid-fall," according to an MGM
spokesman. It is being re-edited by Francis
Coppola's American Zoetrope organization.
" *Love at First Bite' is a cinch to become
a cult film, and to drag in legions of pleased
collegians and younger viewers as well as a
fair contingent of oldsters," writes John
Dwyer, critic for The News.
CLEVELAND
fhc Cleveland Intcrnalional Film Festival
highlights the entertainment offeiings
here this week. The festival began with an
opening night benefit showing of "Your
Turn, My Turn." There was a prescreening
reception at the theatre with .150 guests,
followed by the film and a buffet supper
and dancing later. Morry Zryl, Selected
Pictures, a foreign film distributor, said.
"Cleveland is building a very good name
foi itself. The only thing we have to do is
convince the general public that there is
nothing wrong with seeing a film with subtitles."
Thomas Mihok, United Artists branch
manager, leaves here for the same post for
AI in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He will
reside in Philadelphia. Howard Lobeifeld
will assume the position of branch manager
for the present at UA.
Clark Theatre Service of Oak Park, Mich.,
has been appointed booking agent for Bucyrus
Cinema in Bucyrus, West Side Cinema
in Gallon and Gallon Triple Outdoor
also in Gallon. The theatres are part of the
chain of Our Theatres Inc.
NORTH JERSEY
ferry Molkenthin has been appointed manager
of UA's Colony in Livingston,
succeeding May Boyd, who recently left the
industry. Prior to his appointment to the
Colony, Molkenthin had been an assistant
manager at the circuit's Cinema 46 Triplex
in Totowa for the past year and a half. Mrs.
Boyd joined United Artists' Theatres in
1967 and served as a relief manager in
Bergen and Passaic counties. She was named
manager of the Colony in 1969 and continued
in that post for the next 10 years.
The Ormont in East Orange, operated by
William S. Hart, was recently reopened
after having been closed for about a month.
Lack of film product was the reason given
for the abrupt shuttering of the 850-scat
house.
Two other area theatres, both independently
owned and operated, have closed
recently, but are hoping to reopen soon.
The Plaza in Paterson, operated for more
than the past 25 years by Harold Hecht,
has been closed for several weeks, but is
advertising that it will reopen soon "under
new management. ' The house is reportedly
undergoing several renovations during the
closing, including new seating. Also closed,
since early April, is the State in Boonton.
which had been operated by Andy Sullivan
since December 1977. In a recent Boonton
Chamber of Commerce letter, the theatre
building was listed as being for sale with an
"asking price (of) $85,000." The State,
which seats about 800, was originally opened
in 1922 by Clare Darros.
UA's Bellevue in Upper Montclaii installed
the new Dolby Sound system for its
current exclusive area engagement ot
'
"Hair," now in its fifth week at the Upper
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Montclair showhouse.
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Tom Carr has reopened the Lavalctie
Cinema in Lavalctte, along the South Jer-
^ey shore, for Ihe new season. At present,
the house is open weekends only, and ex- i
peels to be open on a seven-days-a-week
:
basis beginning with the Memorial Day
weekend. Carr reportedly plans to reopen
Ihe Strand in Seaside Park, as well as the
Bay Drive-In in Toms River, for the summer
months.
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Commonwealth Adds Wolf
And Grows to 370 Screens
DENVER—Richard H. Orear. Commonwealth
Theatres' chairman of the board.
Dale N. Stewart, president of Commonwealth,
and John Simms, president of Wollberg
Theatres, have announced jointly that
Commonwealth Theatres has assumed the
operations of Wolfberg Theatres, effective
May 2.
Acquisition of the theatres has been
agreed upon in principal and a closing date
is expected in the immediate future.
The indoor complexes acquired include
the Arvada Plaza, North Glenn I&ll and
Target Village I, II & HI. The outdoor
complexes include the following Compass
Drive-In theatres: The East. West, North.
South, North Star. Wadsworth and Havana
"Wolfberg Theatres has enjoyed a wonderful
reputation in Denver with the business
community," said Stewart, "as well as
the filmgoing public of this thriving city. II
is our full intention to carry on this tradition."
With the addition of the Wolfberg theatres,
Commonwealth will operate 370
screens throughout 15 Midwestern and
Southwestern states.
Manager Trainees for TOI
Undergo Seminar Sessions
BOZEMAN, MONT.—A junior executive
training seminar was recently held here
for manager trainees with Theatre Operators
Inc.
The intensive two-day session covered all
aspects of theatre management and acquainted
participants with general office personnel
and operating procedures.
The seminar was under the direction of
Dan Klusmann, marketing director, who was
assisted by Stephen Moser, company comptroller
and treasurer and Ron Reid. city
manager for TOI in Bozeman. Also participating
were Doug Williams, president, and
Tim Warner of Warner Marketing Associates
and a vice president in TOI.
Those attending were Dave Simpson,
John Carpenter and Cathy Hamilton from
Billings, Mont. Simpson manages the Rimrock
4 while Hamilton is at the Crossroads
Twin. Carpenter is slated to manage the
Big Sky Drive-In under city manager Lanny
Wagner.
Attending from Miles City was Jim Mc-
Elhatton, presently managing the Park there.
McElhatton will be in charge of the Sunset
Drive-In in Miles City. Attending from Helena
were Wayne Knudsvig, manager of the
Gaslight Cinemas; Joel Overton of the Sky-
High Drive-In and Steve McCauley, manager
of the Sunset Drivc-In there.
The current assistant manager at the
Plaza Twin in Butte, Clay Brown, attended
as did Sam Schmerbauch, manager of the
World Theatre in Missoula, Mont.
Attending from Bozeman were Larry
Stones of the Campus Cinemas; Jerry Payne
of the Rialto; and Tim Highfill of the Starligh'
Drive-In. Also in attendance was a
manager-trainee, Karen Hewitt.
It is anticipated that the training seminar
will become an annual event.
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Hollywood
Toe Kapp, associate producer of "Over the
Edge," left on a seven-city promotional
tour for the Orion Pictures release set to
open nationwide May 18. He met with the
press in Denver, Minneapolis, Kansas City,
Cincinnati, Atlanta, San Antonio and Charlotte.
•
"Sea Dream." a 22-minute, three-dimensional
film developed with the Spaccvision
technical process for depth perception, will
be shown as a special event at the Cannes
Film Festival. Murray Lemer, director and
editor of the film, and Spacevision president
Alan Weber will attend the showings with
Derek Leithad, director of film and theatre
corporations for EMI.
•
Mahoney/Wasserman & Associates has
expanded its operations by absorbing the
David Golding & Associates firm, which
had been based in London. Golding will
return to the United States after 13 years in
England, and will handle the motion picture
division and financial section. He left his
position as studio publicity director for Universal
Pictures in 1965 to join Jay Kanter in
launching Univcrsal's production arm in
England.
•
Dolores Del Rio will be presented with
the Golden Eagle award of the Nosotros
organization at its annual dinner June 1 at
the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Ricardo Montalban
will make the presentation on behalf of
the organization dedicated to furthering the
cause of Hispanic-background actors,
*
Hilda Frishman, United Artists, has been
elected the new president of the Hollywood/
Los Angeles chapter of WOMPI. Other officers
are Brenda Hewitt. 20th Century-Fox,
first vice president; Julia Gtoss. Warner
Bros., second vice president; Judy Barnes,
WB, recording secretary; Evelyn Gordon,
20th-Fox, treasurer, and Sandy Tubin,
Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp. corresponding
secretarv.
•
Happenings
Judith Rheincr has been re-elected president
for her second two-year term and Esme
Chanlee has been named vice president of
the Publicist,s Guild of America— the first
time in the guild's history that two women
have been placed in the top jobs.
*
Howard W. Koch, president of the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
will serve as chairman of the Student
Film Awards Steering Committee composed
of 22 Academy members who work to encourage
excellence in college student filmmaking.
Winners of the sixth annual Student
Film Awards, co-sponsored by the Bell System,
will be announced in ceremonies June
3 at the Academy.
*
George Hamilton has returned from a
week of personal appearances and interviews
for Mel Simon's "Love at First Bite," which
American International is distributing.
*
Warner Bros.' "Girlfriends" won the
Opera Prize as best picture at the Cartagena
Film Festival in Spain, Claudia Weill
produced and directed the feature starring
Melanie Mayron,
•
MGM's "The Champ" has been honored
by two film-evaluating groups, receiving the
Silver Halo Award from the Southern California
Motion Picture Council and similar
honors from the Film Advisory Board. The
Motion Picture Council awarded Bronze
Halos to Ricky Schroder and to Amy
Irving, star of MGM's "Voices," for their
"outstanding performances." The FAB voted
young Schroder the "most promising
young newcomer."
*
The 13th annual University of Southern
California-Universal Studios Summer Cinema
Program will run from June 25 to Aug.
4. Participants will meet two days a week
at Universal for seminars with studio executives
and other production personnel, and
three days each week at U.SC to study the
history of motion pictures and participate
in
a film workshop.
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parallax Theatres will take over operation
of the Harvard Exit Theatre, Seattle,
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June
Plans call for maintaining the unique atmo-
San Francisco sphere in the theatre and its operation. Gary
(Average weekly grosses follow theatre) Meyer will be doing the buying and book-
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
(Univ). UA Stonestown 1 (4,040).
California Dreaming (AD. 1st wk, Ij C JVI |/ p I
Coliseum (7.400) 4,189 ^^ - ' » ^ fc. 1^.
Spruce Drive-ln (4.000) 1.801
The China Syndrome (Col), Coronet "getter not bigger" is the objective of Peter
(14.900). 7th wk 19.681 Warren, chairman of Denver's second
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Alexandria
International Film Festival that opened Mav
wk 16,432
I (10,800). lOth 3 j^ Denver for two weeks.
Dirt (SR), Geneva Drive-ln 2
reported be second
^j^^ jj,^^ f^^lj^^, to
(5,400), 2nd wk.
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^^j^ ^^ ^^^ Angeles in terms of size, is slated
Dreamer (20th-Fox), st wk.
,^ j^^,^^^ p^^;^^^, appearances from such
Alhambra 2 (5,250) 1,009
^gi^brities as Lillian Gish, Henry Fonda and
Empire - (1.850) .
g^.^.^j^ director John Schlesinger. Approxi-
Spruce Drive-ln 2 (4,000) 397
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Firepower (SR). Istwk ^^^. ,^^ f^^^j^^, ^^^^y ^^^^.^ ^^^^^^(
St. Fraiics 2 5,200 6,481
Alexandna 2 (4,500) 7,400
^^^ ^^ "Manhattan," opened the fes-
Plaza 1 (6.200) 8,210 IV, , ,. , . ^ .
, ^ ^ ^
Spruce Drive-ln (4 000) 1.278 The festival is being funded by an under-
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
^"ting of
(SR),
$100,000 from the First Na-
Ciay (4 100) I "-th wk 6 185 tional Bank of Denver, plus support by the
Hair (UA). Regency
^dolph Coors Foundation Pepsi Cola Bot-
1 (9,600),
5th wk 11 158 "'"g Co., Public Service Co., Davis Audio
Hurricane (Para),' Royal (9',600), the Colorado Council on the
Y''"^'' 1"^$
Humanities.
3|.j ^j. 5,412 '^''s ^"'^
I^st Wave (SR). Bridge (4,200).
6th wk. 8.472
Love at First Bite (AI), 4th wk.
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Alexandria 3 (4,100) 5.279 LKJ^ M IM \J C L C O
Metro 2 (2,700) 2,616
Geneva Drive-ln 3 (5,400)
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. ^ Angeles Variety Club Tent 25 is among
Meetings 'With Remarkable Men SR), Li * ^
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c- r,^ >r.r.^ , . 1 1 1 T! "'"£ tcnts naHicd as finalists tor Ihe
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t''"'' 1 ^43 Variety International, to be presented at the
(1U,_U(JK 1st wK^. /.-'t-
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P.cmc at Hanging Rock (SR),
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Lumiere (3 8 0), 2nd wk
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^^^^ Wisconsin; Tent 15, Iowa;
M^rnTm^.^."'"l .457 Tent 26, Illinois; Tent 28. Ontario; Tent
II (4^050). 4th wk. . . 3,457
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Same Time, Next Year (Univ), \ j t- . ^-r xi; .
lug Anthony Quiun, Lupita Fcrrcr aud Do-
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wk 7.750
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lores Del Rio, is playiimg in 55 theatres in
Mexico City, the largest release in the history
of Mexican cinema, according to Cin-
Denver ema Nationales, the government-based dis-
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century tribution system. The film also is playing
(Univ), 4 theatres, 4th wk 50 in Venezuela under a similar release pat-
The Champ (UA), 2 theatres, 4th wk. .270 tern.
The China Syndrome (Col). Continental,
7th wk 180 Orion Pictures' "A Little Romance" be-
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Colorado 4, gan its exclusive Los Angeles premiere cn-
10th wk 300 gagemeint April 27 at the Plaza Theatre in
Hair (UA), Colorado 4. 5th wk 260 Westwood. Laurence Olivier, Arthur Hill.
Hurricane (Para), 3 theatres, 3rd wk. . Sally Kcllerman star in the film directed
Norma Rae (20th-Fox), 2 theatres, by George Roy Hill.
6th wk 85
The Promise (Univ), 4 theatres, 4th wk. 100 Luchino Vicsonti's "The Innocent" pre-
Samc Time, Next Year (Univ), Cooper. miered May 4 at Laemmle's Music Hall
12th wk 90 Theatre in Beverly Hills in an exclusive
Superman (WB), Century 21, 19th wk. 130 Los Angeles area engagement. The turn-of-
the-century drama stars Giancarlo Giannini,
Laura Antonelli and Jennifer O'Neill.
New World Pictures opened "Rock 'n
Roll High School" in 20 theatres in Texas
and Oklahoma April 20.
Variety Smashes Records
With Telethon's $618,664
HOLLYWOOD—Variety Club Tent 25
raised a record-breaking $618,664 in pledges
during its 24-hour telethon April 28 and
29. with an array of celebrities joining host
Monty Hall in the program originating from
the ABC Entertainment Center in Century
City.
The amount will be added to the more
than $5.5 million raised during the past 34
years in Variety Club's program to aid
handicapped and underprivileged children
in Southern California.
'Breaking Away' Welcomed
By Bloomington Audience
From Midwest Edition
BLOOMINGTON, IND. — "Breaking
Away," a 20th Century-Fox film shot entirely
in Bloomington, received enthusiastic
praise from the audience of more than 3.000
who attended the premiere April 21. Present
at the premiere were Steve Tesich, who
wrote the screenplay, and Peter Yates, the
director.
In gratitude for their perseverence in seeing
the movie through from idea to feature
film, the Indiana University Foundation
honored both Tesich and Yates in pre-movie
ceremonies. Yates is the third recipient of
the foundation's distinguished service award.
Tesich and Yates also received lU watches.
Release of the film was set for Aug. 3,
but has been moved up after audience reaction
tests in New Orleans, Phoenix, Denver
and Bloomington. Yates said the Hoosier
audiences may be able to see the movie as
early as July 11.
Attacks in Theatre Areas
Cause Film Cancellations
From East Edition
PHILADELPHIA—After watching an
all-night
movie marathon featuring four anti-establishment
and martial arts films at the
midtown Milgram Theatre, some of the
movie patrons went on a crime spree resulting
in
the cancellation of a repeat of the allnight
program on a second night. Not only
were five persons injured early Saturday
morning (April 21) in four beatings and robberies
following the all-night film festival,
but the Milgram Theatre itself was reportedly
left in a shambles.
Starting at midnight and continuing until
6 a.m., four features were offered, including
Richard Pryor's "Which Way Is Up", "Exit
the Dragon, Enter the Dragon," "The
Human Tornado" and Fred Williamson in
"Boss Nigger."
The next day a man standing in line to
attend the screening of "Phantasm" at Budco's
Golman Theatre, just a few blocks away
in the center city, was attacked and robbed
by four youths.
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SEATTLE
"gilent Partner" was sneak previewed at the
Ren Ion Village, Bellevue Overlake and
Seattle Aurora cinemas May 5 with "The
Last Embrace."
The Jewel Box on Filmrow shut its doors
permanently as of April 27. The operator.
Benny Hannah of Northwest Diversified
Entertainment, is busy looking for a new
location with plenty of parking.
June Botz, who has an administrative
position locally for United Theatres, was
one of 28 University of Washington undergraduates
elected recently to an elite scholastic
honor known as the Mortar Board.
Although it's a highly coveted award, it's not
necessarily unusual until you consider that
June Botz is not only a student, but also a
housewife, a mother of five, and a 40-houra-week
careerwoman.
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2 at the Ridgcmont; "Love on the Run"
began the same date at the Broadway, and
Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" was at the
Crest 70 in 70mm on May 4.
"Beyond the Door, Part 2" opened at the
Everett Motor Movie Drive-In May 2. and
at the Bel-Kirk, Duwamish and Aurora
drive-ins May 4.
"No Time for Breakfast" opened at the
Varsity May 2, and "Dawn of the Dead"
began in the UA Cinema 70 May 11.
"Voices" was sneak previewed at the
Renton Village, Bellevue Overlake and
Aurora cinemas May 11 with "The
Champ," and "A Little Romance" was
tradescreened at the Guild 45th on the same
day.
LL Supply Co. Sold
To Bayless, Toohey
Woman Vents Anger on D-I
From East Edition
FALL RIVER, MASS.—A Somerset.
Mass., woman who has been opposing the
X-rated policy at the Family Drive-In Theatre
was charged with attempted arson, malicious
mischief and breaking and entering
at the underskyer. She was due to appear
in Fall River Disrtict Court. Police reported
that an employee of the drive-in (whose license
Frances Robidoux, 38, was petitioining
the selectmen to revoke) found a door
damaged and a flammable liquid splashed
on a buildimg.
Writer Alleges 'Abuse'
Of Children at 'Dawn'
From East Edition
LEXINGTON, KY.
— Wood Simpson
writing in the Lexington Herald discussed
"Dawn of the Dead." a movie sans rating
which is being enforced as an R. Critic
Simpson's complaint with management of
the Crossroads Cinema is that parents are
being allowed to bring their children to see
"Dawn of the Dead."
at
"Sitting in the audience the other night
the Crossroads Cinema was a serious test
of my faith in the First Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution and the film rating code,
which jointly confer the privilege of exhibiting
a film like "Dawn of the Dead' in the
presence of young children." Simpson said.
" 'Dawn of the Dead' features gross,
hardcore, repetitive acts of cannibalism. It
is easily the sickest film I have ever seen.
But hearing the horrified screams of small
"California Dreaming" opened May 4 at
children in the audience, mixed in with the
the Lynn Four, SeaTac, Admiral Twin, and
nervous laughter of their parents sent a chill
in the Bel-Kirk, Midway and Sno-King
up my spine. These parents, to put it blunt-
drive-ins. "The Last Embrace" also began
From East Edition
May 4 at the Everett Mall. SeaTac. Bellevue
KANSAS CITY—Bob Flemming, former
Overlake, Renton Village and Seattle Aurora
owner of L & L Supply and Equipment
cinemas, as well as in the Valley Drivcowner
Co., recently announced the sale of that "Well, I protest. I protest on behalf of
In.
firm to Alan (Skip) Bayless.
these youngsters. And I call on the management
of this theatre to—at the very least
Bayless reportedly has moved the business
Still doing great: "The China Syndrome" from its Southwest Boulevard location warn parents at the door of the unsuitabili-
at the Everett Mall, Southcenter, Northgate
and Belvuc theatres; "Love at First Bite" in here to 3160 Terrace in the Downtown ty of this film for children or—better still
Industrial
the Lewis & Clark, Lake City, John Danz,
Park.
voluntarily prohibit their attendance."
Lynn Four and Everett Tri-Cinema, and Gregg Toohey, formerly of Omaha, Neb.. Concluding, Simpson asked for theatre
"Same Time, Next Year" at the UA Cinema
owners to "accept the responsibility for en-
joined Bayless as a partner in the newly
150.
acquired firm last January. The two partsuring
that children are not exposed to
ners have a combined total of 20 years experience
harmful films," adding that "parents should
"The Deer Hunter" was continuing to
in the concession supply business, be very careful about taking their children
please crowds at both the King Cinema
firm reports.
the to R-rated films and should inquire of the
downtown and the Everett Tri-Cinema in
According to Bayless and Toohey, plans theatre management before doing so.
downtown Everett.
call for the expansion of concession supplies
"The sad truth is that too may children
"Boulevard Nights" had a April 27 start
are being given the impression too soon that
into a "one-stop shop concept," includ-
at the Town Theatre: "Murder by Decree" ing an expansion of services to include food violence is the way to solve problems,"
was at the Music Box May 2; "The Exorcist"
and frozen products.
Simpson said.
went into Cinerama April 27 in 70mm The firm is an authorized distributor for
and six-track Dolby stereo; "The Children
of Sanchez" opened the same date in the
Cretors and Gold Medal and offers equipment,
parts and supplies for most concession
Uptown Theatre; "Manhattan" opened May equipment.
ly, are abusing their children, abusing their
minds in ways that may, years from now,
have awful consequences for them.
Akron Vice Squad Starts
Crackdown on Pom Films
From East Edition
AKRON, OHIO—Akron vice detectives
have launched a new crackdown on allegedly
pornographic films after a recent Ohio
Supreme Court decision overturned an earlier
one that held the city's pandering obscenity
ordinance unconstitutional. Until the
high court ruled on this measure, there had
been no enforcement.
On April 9. detectives confiscated a film,
"Debbie Does Dallas," at the Art Theatre.
Lee Kramer, manager, said the house closed
down that evening after the film was seized.
The next night six films were confiscated
from two theatres, the Astor on 131 S. Main
and the Main at 278 S. Main.
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PALM BEACH
Psychic Uri Geller was in the city recently.
An exciting development in Gellcr's
life is his film autobiography which will begin
shooting soon and will be produced by
Robert Stigwood. producer of "Grease" and
"Saturday Night Fever." Geller will play
himself and it will be filmed in Hollywood,
Germany and Israel. "There have been too
many dreadful horror movies made showing
death and destruction in regard to the occult."
said Uri. "I hope this film will show
people another, wonderful side to the psychic."
mat, Milos Forman's approach is to flesh
out a plotline," he said. "The largely unknown
cast performs well and wins our
immediate sympathy. 'Hair' retains its best
songs. Forman has magically transformed it
into a celebration of youth."
"The Silent Partner," a film independentfinanced
and distributed stateside by
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EMC. a Miami-based firm, opened April 27
at Cinema 70 and Cross Country 8. A winner
this year of six Canadian Film Awards,
including Best Picture. Best Director and
Best Original Music. "The Silent Partner"
has received excellent local reviews.
Academy Award-winning "The Deer
Hunter" continues to play to sell-out houses
at United Artists Theatres Mall Cinema and
"The Champ" is showing good grosses at
Cinema 70.
Fred Elwell, United Artists Theatres district
manager, announced that Pat Moore is
now manager of UA's Plantation Movies
and that Joseph Berger succeeds Ed Warner
as manager of Village Green Movies.
A flood on April 25 caused the temporary
closing of three of the six auditoriums
at the Village Green Movies. After a lot of
teamwork they were back in working condition
the following day.
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little Romance." starring Laurence Olivier.
About 150 braved the elements to attend.
They also heard Wometco executives tell
the good news that for the first quarter the
company's profits were up 22 per cent to
$.^.4 million and that revenues rose 14 per
cent to .$64
million.
Jt was a sloppy stockholders meeting that
Wometco Enterprises Inc. held the
other day in Miami Beach. It was not that
the agenda was in any way disorganized, but
the streets were flooded and some persons
attending had to wade in water to get to the
meeting at the Byron-Carlyle Theatre. In
addition to the meeting, guests attending
had bountiful refreshments and saw a free
pre-release showing of Warner Bros.' "A
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"Hair," which has an exclusive showing
at the Village Green Movies, was reviewed Following the sudden and unexpected
by movie critic Ralph Bluemke. "Rather death of NATO of Florida president
than stick with the original stage review for-
John Tomlinson on February 26th. members
of the board of directors met and ap-
pointed Jack Mitchell to serve in this capacity.
Mitchell has lost no time in following
through and is activating a number of projects
to make NATO of Florida a healthy
and viable organization.
The first event is an advertising, concession,
and information seminar for theatre
owners and managers to be held May
The EMC Film Corporation, nationwide 24 at the Hyatt House (Orlando area), located
off Interstate 4 and 192 East, Kissimniec.
distributor of "The Silent Partner." has
moved its corporate offices to North Miami.
Mitchell promises product reels of
Fla. Harry Gurwitch. chief executive summer films, with lively newspaper, radio
officer for the Miami-based film production and TV discussions to follow. New methods
and distiibution company, said the move on concession sales will be presented, also.
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KfrOfil ^ia Convention chairman, has announced
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that's loaded with fun and information.
New Orleans There will be product reels for summer fea-
(Averaae is 100) tures, advertising seminars on how to sell
The Champ (MGM) >laza. 3rd wk. . . .350 several coming pictures, concession seminars
The China Syndrome (Col), Plaza, with Perry Lowe, president of the National
^|.j ^^.1^ 175 Association of Concessionaires, as the speak-
The Deer Hunter (Univ) Robert E. Lee, er and a luncheon address by national
Plaza, 9th wk 425 NATO president Alan Friedberg.
Dragon's Executioner (SR),
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for C. Clare Woods, a retired theatre Danny Deaver (Eastern Federal Theatres)
Jerry The.mer and Robert Schrader (Piedexecutive.
Woods. 78, was president ol
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retirement. He came out of retirement in Jones (Southern Booking & Advertising
1974 to work for American Multi Cinema Co.).
Corp. in Kansas City, Mo., until 1977, reprom
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screens. Keep your employees enthusiastic
about coming attractions. Keep up your
execution of away-from-theatre tie-up and
exploitations.
Don't overlook Mother's Day (May 13). A
special admitting mothers free with son or
daughter on that special day can bring extra
dollars at the boxoffice. Check with local
florists for a deal to give carnations to the
first 100 mothers.
New pictures on the marquees: "The Silent
Partner" (Park Terrace II). "Dreamer"
(Tryon Mall II). "Dawn of the Dead" (Tryon
Mall 1). "Hometown U.S.A." (Capri 1 &
Thunderbird") and the "The Evictors"
(Charlottetown Mall HI).
Screenings at Car-Mel: "Manhattan"
(United Artists), "The Fifth Musketeer"
(Columbia Pictures Corp.), "Breaking
Away" (20th Century-Fox), "Sunnyside"
(American International Pictures) and
"Slave of the Cannibal God" (Charlotte
Film Co.)
Top grosses of the week: "The Deer
Hunter" (Eastland Mall), "The Champ"
(Charlottetown Mall II), "Dawn of the
Dead" (Tryon Mall 1), "The Silent Partner"
(South-Park II). "The China Syndrome"
(Charlottetown Mall 1 and Eastland Mall 1).
Bill Simpson reports that his
picture "The
Silent Partner" is doing a phenomenal business
at the boxoffice and that he has holdovers
in all his situations. He is also ordering
more prints for sub runs and drive ins.
Consolidated Theatres has moved from
the Cameron Brown Building on South Mc-
Dowell Street to new offices at 1130 East
3rd St. Roy McElween is now associated
with them as a booker and buyer.
JACKSONVILLE
a new four-screen theatre complex will be
built in Jacksonville. Scheduled to open
in December, the $700,000 movie house will
contain seating for 1.400 patrons. 350 per
theatre. The complex is being built for General
Cinema Inc. by The Douglas Group
Inc. General Cinema has 700 screens nationwide.
ATLANTA
^tlanta actor Bob Hannah has been signed
to play a lead role in the Universal motion
picture "Coal Miner's Daughter."
which is based on the life of country music
queen Loretta Lynn. Hannah is cast as the
husband of country singing star Patsy Cline.
Mordecai Richler. author of "The Apprenticeship
of Duddy Kravitz," has been
signed to write an original screenplay for
director Ted Kotcheff, who directed "Kravitz."
This is the first film under a multifilm
contract Kotcheff signed with Warner
Bros. Richlcr's screenplay will be a contemporary
comedy set in New York.
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pon White is The Spectator in the Express-
News and reviewed "Hurricane." He
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said
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movie a "bag of hot air," "a blowhard."
"puffery"—not to mention puns — we do not
use in our family newspapers "would be
acts of an unscrupulous critic trampling all
over a movie for the sake of easy wittery.
They would also be the acts of a conscientious
critic trying to warn the public away
from moviedom's leading runner in the contest
for the year's worst movie. The only
other thing to be said about bad movies is
that they can be enjoyable. 'Hurricane' falls
into the category of being so bad it's funny.
It's a source book of cliches, from touristtrap
images of idyllic (but passionate) island
life to its Freudian se.xual overtones, all of
ihem, of course, overblown."
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the seats, which will be shipped to Mexico
for use in a theatre there.
Marquee changes in local indoor and outdoor
theatres include "Only Once in a Lifetime."
is
"Dominique Dead," "Manhattan,"
the double bill of "The Seven Brothers Meet
Dracula" and "The Devil Within Her,"
"Love at First Bite." the double bill of "Que
Te Vaya Bonito" and "Muerte a Sangre
Fria," "Dawn of the Dead," "Last Embrace,"
"Star Crash," "Old Boyfriends" and
the double bill of "El Tren de la Muerte"
and "La Mujer es un Buen Negocio."
cast members were honored at a cocktail reception
in the Fiesta Room at El Mercado
sponsored by the Business and Professional
Women's LULAC Council 4313 on May 2.
Montesuma Esparza produced the movie,
Alex Gratton directed it and Miguel Robelo
and Estrallita Lopez are the stars.
A movie theatre will be developed on a
2' 2 -acre site adjoining the Forum 303 Shopping
Mall in Arlington by Alpert Corp.,
developer of Forum Mall, and American
Multi-Cinema, the Kansas City-based mulli
cinema operation. Stan Durwood, president
of American Multi-Cinema, said the new
movie theatre would contain six movie
screens with the ability to seat 1,800 moviegoers.
According to Durwood, construction
of the theatre, which is estimated to cost
approximately $1 million, should begin during
the summer with a planned opening in
the summer of 1980. Alpert will lease the
land and building to American Multi Cinema,
with Alpert Corp. acting as developer
of the project. The new cinema is part of a
120-acre planned development surrounding
ihe shopping center.
and distribution, and Fred Mound, vice
president and general sales manager, (both
from the Associated Film Dist. home office
in Los Angeles) in Dallas on their first visit
to the firm's new distribution center.
Davis also reports they are looking forward
to setting up their latest picture,
"Arabian Adventures," for which they expect
to have a territorial saturation date of
Nov. 16.
United Artists Theatre Circuit Inc. announced
that, effective Feb. 1, 1980, they
will open the UA Cinema 6 in Beaumont,
Texas, with seating capacity of 400 for
screens 1 and 2, 300 for screens 3 and 4,
and 250 each for screens 5 and 6. The location
of the new theatre will be near the in-
DALLAS
gob Davis, branch manager of Associated
Film Dist. Co. and his crew were
pleased to have Leo Greenfield, vice president
in charge of motion picture marketing
"Only Once in a Lifetime," the first movie
ever to be financed, produced, directed and
tersection
Street.
of Laurel Avenue and 24th
acted in by Hispanic-Americans opened
United Artists Corp. held their first and
May 4 at Northwest Six and Century South
only Dallas media screening of Woody Al-
theatres. The producer, director and leading
len's "Manhattan" on May 8 in the Plitt
screening room.
John T. Caldwell, a well known fixture at
Modern Sales & Service in Dallas, has elected
to retire as of June 1 after more than 40
years in the theatre and theatre supply and
equipment business.
John is one of the many old-timers in the
industry who began their career as theatre
HOUSTON
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of prominence.
\A7'ayne Rogers was in Houston on a promotional
visit in behalf of his latest
film, "Once in Paris," which was written,
produced and directed by Fiank D. Gilroy.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
William Albright wrote in the Houston
Post that Bertrand Tavernier's 1974 film
"Let Joy Reign Supreme," which launched
the Greenway Ill's Spring Film Festival,
"gives us a history lesson, but Tavernier
manages to maintain a penetrating personal
and giimly whimsical touch while rubbing
our noses in royal wrongs."
Among new film titles appearing on local
marquees are: "Ashanti," "Dawn of the
Dead," "Dreamer," "Last Embrace," "Manhattan,"
"Old Boyfriends," "Picnic at Hanging
Rock," "Star Crash," "The Best Way,"
"The Innocent." "Phantasm" and "Wives."
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ST. LOUIS— In the heartland of America down because he was known to movie audiences
only as a second lead in "American
exists a fihn company intent on destroying
the myth that high quality low-budget features
cannot be produced outside of Holly-
magazine article about an upcoming film
Graffiti." In May the investors read a Time
wood.
called "Star Wars." "They called me and
Three years ago Peter Maris, a St. Louis demanded that I immediately sign him,"
commercial director, teamed up with Sunny Maris recalls. "But in one week Harrison's
Vest ito form Worldwide Productions. They price went from 15 grand to $150,000. End
have had their share of heartbreaks and setbacks,
but Maris and Ms. Vest have persevered
and are completing post-production
chores on "Delirium." The story of an urban
guerrilla force run amok, ifs the third
feature produced by the team of Maris and
Vest.
"We're proving," Maris stated, "that quality
films can be made on a small budget
with careful planning and the use of available
talen't to the upmost of their ability.
Sunny and I keep things simple. St. Louis
investors give us money because they know
we're gonna bust a gut to make films thai
make money."
In 1976 Maris and Ms. West gathered 18
investors into a general partnership to make
"Take Time to Smell the Flowers.' a softcore
feature brought in for $50,000. Aftei
initially offering "Flowers" to a number of
distributors, the producers decided to market
the film themselves.
Vest explained: "We looked around the
States and found 12 subdistributors who
worked their territories very well and we're
known for givimg the little guy an honest
shake. So we formed another general partnership
to cover the cost of striking 10
prints, 20 trailers and press kits. The film
is still bicycling around the coimtry, we've
sold several foreign territories and have netted
around $200,000 for ourselves."
In '77 Maris and Vest found two St.
Louis real estate developers in search of a
tax shelter. For $1 million they made "Stimgray,"
a chase film featuring stunts performed
by Carey Loftin on the streets of
St. Louis. But due to bad timing Maris refers
to the film as "the one that got away."
Maris came to Los Angeles in April
'77 to cast the lead. Harrison Ford was
available at $15,000 for four weeks. But
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of Harrison in "Stingray.' "
While the film was rolling before the
cameras it received reams of publicity because
MGM was also making a film under
the working title of "Stingray." Several major
distributors approached the St. Louis
group with offers of large sums of cash for
a pick-up. MGM was among the bidders.
"They wanted to change the name and
disrtibute it themselves, after their "Stingray,"
Vest said. "But our investors turned
down a load of bucks because they thought
our film would clean up once it was completed.
But then MGM changes the title of
their film to 'Corvette Summer,' opens it
two months ahead of us, and we end up
with Avco Embassy getting our 'Stingray"
too late."
But Vest and Maris have few qualms
about the success of "Delirium." They've
brought it in at a price of $400,000 on a
three-week shooting schedule. Production
values are good and the story moves at a
break-neck pace as it follows the actions of
a manic vigilante leader, played by mewcomer
Barron Winchester. "He's truly the
most evil-looking baldheaded bad guy to
show up in a movie in ages." touted director
Maris. "A cross between Truman Capote
and Son of Sam.""
ST.
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LOUIS
L't"* Romance," following a sneak
preview April 29, opened at the Brentwood
exclusively May 11.
was attended by 20th-Fox prexy Alan Ladd
Jr. and 33 executives in addition to representatives
of major circuits, will open a
regular engagement May 25 at the same
theatre
exclusively.
The Kirkwood Theatre, formerly owned
by Arthur Enterprises, has been added to
the Mid-America Theaties circuit.
Charles Champlin in his review of 'Manhattan.'"
now showing at Ronnie's, Cypress
Village and the Varsity, states that Woody
Allen "from a sitting start as a teenage gag
writer has become one of the finest, most
thoughtful and individual filmmakers in
America." He finds the lastest Allen opus
"better than 'Annie Hall' " and calls it his
masterwork "putting his directorial ability
in a class with such European tradionalists
as Truffaut, Renoir. Fellini and Bergman."
Two Films Seized in Raid
On Moplecroft Drive-In
DANVILLE, IND.—Two films seized in
a recent raid at the Maplecroft Adult Drivein
— "Introduction"" and "Love Slaves"
were to be viewed by a judge to determine
whether the material is obscene.
The theatre, on U.S. 40 between Plainfield
and Stilesville, has been the target for
numerous raids since last year after area
residents complained to the prosecutor's
office.
Circuit Awarded Right
To Exclude Revenue
MILWAUKEE—In a ruling following a
lawsuit, a Wisconsin theatre circuit has won
the right to exclude student discount revenue
from grosses reported to distributors.
The circuit, Marcus Theatres in Milwaukee,
was held free of accountability for income
admissions from student discount
cards. Paramount and other distributors
failed to sustain the claim in the suit filed
by them in Milwaukee County circuit court.
No ruling was handed down on the right
of distributors to includ; student discount
card revenue in grosses. The decision rested
on a finding that the contracts with Marcus
The Academy Award winner for best foreign
film, "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs,"
is also in an exclusive showing at the Shady
did not specifically provide for inclusion
Oak. A typically French satire, with a husband
seeking lovers for his bored young
of student discouint admissions.
The court held that Marcus never agreed
wife, it is dubbed into English with a French
to include student card discounts, and that
version being shown on Thursdays with
distributor contract forms weie ambiguous.
English subtitles.
The suit was predicated upon an audit of
"Alien," which enjoyed a studio sneak 1965-70 grosses, resulting in a September
preview at the Creve Coeur last month and 1971 charge that student discount receipts
should have been subject to payment by
Marcus.
Marcus began charging a fee for student
cards in 1970.
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CHICAGO
The Illinois State Senate i^ scheduled to vote
very shortly on bimd bidding. A bill
was passed two years ago in the House of
Representatives, but it was defeated in Senate
committee. Now, Jack Claric. president
of the newly formed. Theatre Owners of
Illinois, will be testifying on behalf of the
bill. Because the bill has been entered for
action in the current session of the legislature
on May 9. Clark hopes to be in a position
to report some concrete action during
May.
According to reports, director Michael
Mann, a Chicagoan, will direct a movie
based on Pete Hamill's book, "Dirty Laundry."
Mann plans to be here this fall to
do another movie. "Thief."
Industry members in the Chicago area
share a feeling of sincere regret about the
closing of the Allied Aitists Pictures Corp.
offices in Chicago. Nat Nathanson, a veteran
in the film business, who has served
as central divsion manager, had no comment
on future plans.
Welcome to
Debbie Imler who has joined
the 20th Century-Fox publicity department.
She succeeds Lori Rude who has taken a
post with the Marriott Hotel organization.
Larry Dieckhaus and Robert Newcombe
will be working with Peter Yates, producer/
director lesponsible for "Breaking Away."
The movie isn't due to break here until
August. But. since a college theme is dominant
in the mov'e, it is desired to start
promotion with screenings while colleges are
ftill in session. Students, according to many
distributors and exhibitors al'ke, are good
sounding boards and they have been instrumental
in spreading the right words about
movies.
The Studio Theatre, long a Kohlberg Theatre
circuit property in suburban Oak Lawn,
is being closed. The Studio happened to be
on a plot of land needed by a group constructing
a new shopping center. The Starlite,
an outdoor theatre also in Oak Lawn,
will
not be affected.
Georgia Klein of Paramoimt Pictures will
be serving as president of Chicago WOMPIs
for a second year. Victoria Burns, also of
Paramount, was elected first vice president.
Other new officers are Carol Prescott of the
Edward Wolk organization, second vice
president; Mary Cegielski of United Artists,
recording secretary; Eve Conklin, 20th
Century-Fox, correspond'ng secretary; Linnea
Johnson, treasurer. Theie will be detailed
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Suite," "Heaven Can Wait," "An
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Way But Loose." Oustanding business is reported
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Home." which had three Academy Award
credits.
The 1979 LaRabida Theatre collections
drive is scheduled to start June 15. Bernie
Mack is chairman for the third consecutive
year. Sportscasters Jeannie and Johnny
Morris will make an appeal on theatre
screens. The goal for this year is $100,000.
Because there is a great need for volunteers,
an early appeal is being made for people
who can donate time to help with the collections.
Please call Michele Townsend at
LaRabida (363-6700) to offer assistance.
Christopher Reeve is scheduled to arrive
in Chicago May 21 for a week of filming
on "Somewhere in Time."
George Roy Hill's "A Little Romance,"
starring Laurence Olivier, is the TV Academy
Film Group's final preview of the season
on May 7, at the Biograph Theatre,
The new season starts June 4 with a screening
of "Lost and Found," starring George
Segal and Gleinda Jackson.
Men on the move upward at Plitt Theatres:
David Lange goes to Orland Square
Theatres in suburban Orlcand Park, 111., as
manager. He was formerly on the Fox Valley
Theatres' staff . . . Marv Thurmer, a new
member of the Plitt circuit, joined the Fox
Valley Theatres, Aurora, 111. . . . Todd
Rousculp now manages the Hillcrest, Crest
Hill, III. He has been working for Plitt properties
in South Bend, Ind. Rousculp succeeds
Julius Connelly, who is retiring after
50 years of service in the industry.
CINCINNATI
n number of new films are on view here,
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includrg Hair," "The Last Wave,"
"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," "The
Passage," "The Champ" and "The Promise."
The PG-rated version of "Saturday
Night Fever" is also on screens at four indoor
and four outdoor theatres.
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CHICAGO — Variety International
ambassador Nat Nathanson (left) presents
the Tent-Line Award to Variety
Club board chairman Mel Weisberg
during a special ceremony at last
month's meeting. The plaque lists Weisberg's
achievements during his term as
president in 1978. The highlight is a
recordbreaking $409,528 raised for
Variety Club children's charities.
KANSAS CITY
pichard Orear, chairman of the board.
Commonwealth Theatres, Dale Stewart,
president. Commonwealth Theatres and
John Simms, president, Wolfberg Theatres,
made a joint statement in Denver, Colo.,
May 2, 1979, that Commonwealth Theatres
has assumed the operation of the Wolfberg
Theatres effective that day.
George Keiffer, film buyer for American
Multi Cinema, resigned effective May 4 to
take a new position with Dickinson Operating
Company. His new assignment will be
in advertising and public relations.
"Manhattan," which opened May 4 at the
Brywood, Ranchmart, and Seville, opened
to good reviews. It is a must-see for Woody
Allen fans.
'•Old Boyfriends" with Tallia Shire,
Richard Jordan, John Belushi and Keith
Carradine also opened May 4. It is showing
at the Blue Ridge, Plaza, Trail Ridge and
Metro North.
Members of the United Motion Picture
Association re-elected the current slate of
officers recently. The officers are: chairman
of the board, Joel Resnick, vice president
of American Multi Cinema; president. Lu
Vaughan, chairman of Mid-America Cinema;
vice president, George Kieffer, film
buyer, midwest division, American Multi
Cinema; vice president, Mrs. Roma Cooper
Ridgeway, Dodge City, Kan., exhibitO'r;
treasurer. Jack Pocsiger, director of public
relations, Cotnimonwealth Theatres; .secretary,
Chuc Barnes, executive director of
Show-A-Rama.
Also elected were the following new directors:
Steven Bagby, Marshall, Mo., exhibitor;
Richard Dudley, Ulysses, Kan., exhibitor;
William Davis. Mid-Continent Theatre
Supply, Kansas City. Mo.; Ron Harrison.
Coca Cola Co., Kansas City. Mo.; Ed
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Ashanti (WB). Loews. 2nd wk. Very Good
mST RUN REPORT
The Champ (UA), Loews. 3rd wk. Excellent
The China Syndrome (Astral). Atwater.
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.Mh wk. Good
The Deer Hunter (Univ). Place du
Canada. 6lh wk
Very Good
Hair (UA). York. 3rd wk
Excellen't
Halloween (Astral). Cinema de Paris,
10th wk Good
Norma Rae (BVFD). The Cinema.
5th wk Good
The Passage (UA). Palace. 2nd wk. .Good
.
The Perfect Couple (BVpD).
Bonaventiire. 1st wk Fair
Superman (WB), Loews,
1 8th wk Very Good
The Warriors (Para). Loews, 10th wk. Good
French Language Films
Le Bonheur Renait (Univ). Champlain.
2nd wk Very Good
La Cage Aux Folles (UA). Parisien.
4th wk
Very Good
La Carapate (PR). Parisien.
2nd wk Very Good
Le Ciel Pent Attendre (Para). Parisien.
10th wk
Very Good
Doux. Dur et Dingue (WB). Berri.
2nd wk Very Good
Moeurs Cachees de la Bourgeoisie
(Para). Parisien. 3rd wk Good
Preparez vos Mouchoirs (Para). Parisien.
1st wk Good
Va Voir Mamaii . . . Papa Travail (PR).
Le Dauphin. 2nd wk Fair
Ottawa
A.shanti (WB). Capitol Square,
2nd wk
Good
Bedknobs & Broom.sticks (BVFD),
Rideau, 2nd wk.
Good
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
(Univ). 4th wk Good
The Champ (UA). Elgin,
3rd wk
The China Syndrome (Astral),
Fxcellcni
St. Laurent, 5th wk Excellent
Coming Home (UA), Little Elgin,
2nd wk Excellent
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Elmdale,
Excellent
6th wk
Fast Break (Astral),
2nd wk
Cinema,
Very Good
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CALGARY
(Continued from page K-2)
grand prize winner of the event will receive
the Norman McLaren award. Films
will be judged in five categories— fiction,
animation, experimental, documentary and
is children's films. This an excellent opportunity
for young Canadian filmmakers to
compete and to have their work judged by
a veiy knowledgeable jury.
Famous Players and J. M. Schneider Inc.
of Kitchener. Ontario, have joined forces
in a promotion program for their companies.
As most Canadians know. .Schneider
is a meat-packing company but this promotion
deals only with their smoked weiners
and bacon—both in the one pound packages.
Contained in some of specially marked
packages of both products are a number of
tickets to Famous Players theatres. There
aie 400,000 tickets to be won and they will
jpavid Perlmutter, president of the National
Film Finance Corporation has announced
that the recently completed feature
film "Double Negative" will be the
first 1979 market offering of this specialized
investment house. Perlmutter also named
Sydney Ross as vice-president of NFFC.
Ross will represent the company in Montreal,
the first of planned branches to be
established across Canada.
"Double Negative," the mystery thriller
starring Michael Sarrazin, Susan Clark, Anthony
Perkins and Howard Duff, was shot
in Toronto and now is in post-production.
Its producers were Jerome Simon and David
Main, and it is the first prospectus filed in
the 1979 fiscal year, and will be issued
jointly by NFFC and Yorkton Securities
Inc,
Perlmutter says he sees National Film
Finance's role as a specialized investment
house offering issues on behalf of any film
producer as a new level of sophistication
reached in feature film financing. He is vice
president of the Canadian Association of
Motion Picture Producers and is its immediate
past
president.
At the NAC luncheon Grant Miller said
that the Plaza twin cinemas here are now
past their third anniversary, and continue
to do tremendously well. Located in the
Bay building at the Yonge-Bloor uptown
intersection, the Plaza has steadfastedly
played the top product of the industry, and
has had outstanding success with most of
these engagements.
Universal Productions Canada Inc. announced
on April 24 the production of a
major Canadian feature film. "The Silence
of the North," which will star Academy
Award-winner Ellen Burstyn, and will be
directed by Allen King. The film will be
shot on location in Alberta and Ontario,
from September to December this year, with
second unit shooting this month.
The owners of Cineplex, Toronto's new
18-theatre center, hope its recent opening
will be the first of many across the coimtry.
Movie producer Garth Drabinsky, one of
three partners, said. "We expect a national
group of theatres within a year or two." He
said that the owners (the others are Nat A.
Taylor and H.S. Mamdel) hope to open the
second movie center is Kitchener, Ont., and
later in Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa.
Concession Convention
Focuses on Employer
By J. W. AGNEW
TORONTO—The theatre manager's important
role as an employer was stressed by
several of the speakers at "Interchange "79,"
the annual National Association of Con-
be honored in theatres across Canada. So if cessionaires Convention, held April 23 at
bacon or weiners are on your menu you may the Royal York Hotel here. This role was
be lucky and win some theatre tickets.
TORONTO
almost completely dissected, in humorous
terms and otherwise, enabling the large
number of such managers in attendance to
better undei stand and value their abilities
individually, and to better assess these abilities
in the successful operation of their
refreshment counter and their theatre as a
complete, smooth-running and— above all
a profit turning unit.
This keynote was struck early in the day,
and resounded many times, and yet it was
Angelo Louis Fortuna who was able to tie
all loose ends together and hold his audience—as
it appeared, in the palm of his
hand—and to spell out the responsibilities
of this role in terms both rough and smooth
that they are not likely to forget quickly.
This was a return engagement for Fortuna.
Fortuna is director of personnel for
Development A. R. A. Services in Philadelph'a.
While speaking at the luncheon, Fortuna
reminded his audience that we do not
live in a fair world, or even a just world,
and there will always be stress. It is not for
us to explain it or reason with it. All we
can do, is live with it, he said.
During his longer mid-afternoon address,
Fortuna used a blackboard extensively to
illustrate his successful method of assessing
the potentials of prospective employees. He
said it was important for the employer to
set their sights high, and to have a certain
expectancy that the employees will reach
these goals. "If you don't expect, you won't
get." he said,' "and with expectancy, you
perform better."
Fortuna stressed that a large turnover
in employees was the result of poor orientation,
and that good orientation coupled
with proper training and motivation leads
towards the ultimate goal— productivity. He
said that it was the employer's responsibility
to regenerate his organization, and to do
it every day.
Immediately before Fortuna's address.
Earl Fletcher struck much this same note
when speaking on "Selection and Retention
of Personnel." Fletcher is director of marketing
of the "Profiles Canada" Division
of
Canadian Training and Development Group
Inc.
The day's program began with registration
and a continental breakfast provided
through the courtesy of William Neilson
Limited. Jerry M. Lowe, piesident of NAC,
gave the opening remarks, and later in the
morning narrated "Partners in Profits," a
unique NAC visual presentation.
Another item in the morning's agenda
was the screening of a training film prepared
by Theatre Confection Limited. Much
of this film's footage was taken at Famous
Players' beautiful Bayview Village Cinemas
in this city, and the film followed step by
step a counter girl's daily preparation for
refreshment sales before the theatre opens.
Another morning feature was "Liability
and the Law"; this talk by Anthony G.
Marshall did suggest serious implications.
Marshall is a professor of law. and associate
dean of the School of Hotel, Food and
Travel at the Florida International University.
With assistance from a few in his audience,
and with props and cartoon slides.
Marshall suggested several incidents that
could occui in a theatre, if proper precautions
were not always taken.
The last speaker at the morning session
was Harold L. Hinchcliffe. BA. Sc. M.Ed.,
P.Eng. Hinchcliffe is an instructor in management
courses for industry, and spoke on
"Don't Get Caught With Your Metrics
Down." This country is now well on the
road to complete conversion to the metric
system, and Hinchcliffe outlined some of the
near-future areas that will be undertaken for
conversion— particularly how they will affect
the measurement of food and liquids
for retail sale. He reminded this audience
that they had a brief acquaintance with
metrics, as the width of film has always
been measured in millimeters.
Following cocktails, the NAC luncheon
was co-sponsored by Coca Cola Ltd.. Pepsi-
Cola Ltd. and Lily Cups Ltd. Appropriately
enough, the day's closing address was given
by Charles M. Wilans, executive director
of the National Association of Concessionaires.
Wilans spoke on "N. A. C. Comes
To You."
VANCOUVER
Come patrons of "National Lampoon's Animal
House" at the Yukon Theatre,
Whitehorse, Yukon Terr., dissatisfied with
the picture, evidently sought their refunds
the hard way. They broke in overnight and
stole the safe and' the weekend's receipts.
The pictLirc. however, had a very successful
ten-day
run.
The ranks of the local distributors whose
experience dated back to the silent days
shrank to three when Harold C. (Jack) Jackson
died April 1. Although he retired from
the motion picture industry in' the 1960s,
he kept up close relations with the industry
Ihrough the Canadian Picture Pioneers for
whom he served a term as president. He is
survived by his wife Kay. son Pat and
brotht-r Joe.
K-4
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minus signs indicate degree of merit. Listings cover current reviews regularly. Symbol O denotes
BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award. All lilms are in color except those indicated by (bSw) lor black &
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17 not admitted unless accompanied by parent or adult guardion; l^)— persons under 17 not admitted.
Reviews assigned "N" page numbers will be lound in the National (front) section of BOXOFFICE.
H Very Good; + Good; ^ Fair; -
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AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX

REVIEW DIGEST
AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX
+t Vcry Good, ^ Good, ± Foir; - Poor, = Very Poor, ary H is roted 2 pluses, — as 2 minuses.
5085 u Ice Castles (113) Col 1- 8-79 PG
5091 If It Fits (60)
Doc
Marshall/Erder 2- 5-79
5091 In Praise of Older Women
(108) D Avco 2- 5-79 H
5090 Innocent. Tlie
(119) D Analysis 1-29-79 H
5083 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(U4) SF-Sus UA 1- 1-79 PG
5079 I fs Not the Size That Counts
(S6) Sex C Brenner 12-11-78 IS
—K—
the Gypsies (112)
.Para 12-18-78
5110 Little Romance, A
WB (108) C 4-30-79 PG
5103 Love at First Bite
(93) R-F-C Al 4- 9-79 PG
5104 Love on the Bun
(95) R-C-D ...New World 4- 9-79 PG
5075 Manic (106)
.20th- Fox 11-20-78
(165) Hi-D Atlantic 1-29-79
5073 Message From Space (105)
SF-Ac
UA 11-13-78 PG
5086 Moment by Moment (105)
R-D Univ 1- 8-79 m
NIO Murder by Decree
(121) Ad-My Avco 2-19-79 PG
—N—
5108 Night the Prowler, The
(90) D Chariot 4-23-79
5107 Nocturna
(83) Ho-CM Compass 4-23-79 m
5096 U Norma Rae
(113) D 20th-Fox 2-26-79 PG
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5099 Irregulars,
(99) C-Ad BV 3-19-79 (§1
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ANALYSIS FILM RELEASING
Indian Summer Nov 78
Charleston Dec 78
The Innocent Jan 79
BACKSTREET-BEEHIVE-
HOLLYWOOD INT'L
MISCELLANEOUS
Rel.
Date
The Little Mermaid (71) An.. Jan 79
Legend of the Northwest
(83) An.. Apr 79
(96) ..An.. June 79
HOLLYWOOD INT'L
Come Under My Spell
(84) Sex D.. Dec 78
Lusty Princess (82) ..Sex C. Jan 79
The New Erotic Adventures of
Casanova Part 2 ..Sex D.. Feb 79
I'm Always Ready ... Sex C. Mar 79
Rcl. bate
NEW YORKER FILMS
Peppermint Soda May 79
Newsfront (110) Hi-D..June79
Bill Hunter, Gerard Kenneily
The Tree of Wooden Clogs
(175) Hi-D..June79
Woyzeck July 79
Orchestra Rehearsal
(70) DM.. Aug 79
Against the Grain Sept 79
Don Giovanni Nov 79
NMD FILM DISTRIBUTING CO.
Naughty School Girls (S4) ...Mar 79
Kcbi-ii-L Bn.nke. Saudi ;i lliuliin
Lust Flight 200O
INDEPENDENT ARTISTS
The Carhops (88) Apr 79
(78) Sex C-l
When the Screaming Stops
Vlckl llilck. I'at Manning
(94) Ho-F..Noy78 The New Adventures of Snow
The Black Six (90) . .Ac-D. . 79 White (76) May 79
"Mean" Joe Greene, Carl EHler Marie Liljedahl. Ingrid Van Berijen
How to Score With Girls
FRED BAKER FILMS, LTD.
(82) June 79
Just Crazy Ron Osborne,
About
Lany
Horses
Jacobs
Smokey and the
(93)
Hotwire Gang
Ooc..Dec78
The Black Goddess INT'L HARMONY, INC.
(85) June 79
J;
Shame ol the Jungle
James Keadi, Stanley Livingston
(89) An-C..Sept78
Voices: John Behishl. Johnny
Weissmuller jr.
BEEHIVE PRODUCTIONS
The Night, the Prowler
OMNI PICTURES
Carnal's Cutres
(90) C-D..Mar79 Wolfman (101) . . . . Ho-Ac. Feb 79
(76) Sex C .Apr79 Kerry Walker, Ruth Cracknel
The Devil's Clone
Pat Mannlnc, Janet Sands,
J" Men Forever (90) ..C. May 79 (96) Ac-Sus .Mar79
Frisco King, William Margold
Phil Procter
Curves Ahead!
Rust
(78) Sex C.Jui
.M-Doc. .June 79
The Udy Wants a
Tramp QUARTET FILMS
Sex 0. July 79
Wifemistrcss
Dirty
(101) D.. Jan
Deadlines
79
Marcello Mastroiannl,
(74)
Laura
Sex C. Oct 79
AntonelU
The French Detective
INT'L PICTURE SHOW
(93)
The Billion Dollar Hobo
Ac-D Apr 79
Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere,
(96)
CAPRICAN
C. Sept 78
THREE, INC.
Land of No Return
Vampire Hookers
Dracula and Son
(85) Ad,.Sepl78
(83) Sex C-D..July 78 Mel Torme,
(88)
William
.Ho-C, .May
Shatner
79
John rarradlne. Bruce Falrbalm
Christopher
Where Time Began
Reed
(90) SF.. Sept 78
Kenneth More
They Went That-a-Way and Thata-Way
(100) C. Oct 78 ROCHELL' FILMS, INC.
CARIBBEAN FILMS WEST
Gail Palmer's Candy Goes
Tim Conway. Chuck McCann
Thirsty Dead (96) Sept 78
to
Hollywood Sex
The Magic of Lassia
Rock Fever (98) Apr 79
C..:
("arnl fonnNrs. John (100) C-DM..0ct78 Wade Nichols. Jeanle Sanders
Leslie
James Stewart, Mickey Rooney,
Dr. Jeckyll's Dungeon of Death
I'crnell Roberts, Stephanie Zimballst (91) Apr 79
(Dolhv)
A Saint ... a Woman . . .
a Devil (90) Apr CINEMA 79
S
The Driller Killer (90) ....Apr 79
Viva Italia! (87) C..July78
Vlltorlo Oassman. Ub'i Togjiazzl
JAGUAR-BEEHIVE
Disco Dolls in Hot Skin
SANRIO FILM DISTRIBUTION
(95) Sex C. Sept 78 The Great Balloon Adventure
CINEMA SHARES
Serena. Leslie Biivee
(89) C-Ad..Feb79
Jacob Two-Two Meets the
Katharine Hepburn
Hooded Fang
The Glacier Fox
(SO)
F.C-D..Sept78
(90) Doc-D..Feb79
Alex Karras. Stephen liosenberg
Winds of Change
Point the Finger of
KEY INT'L FILM
(87) An-M-F..July79
Death Ac .
79 Sweet Creek County War
Shaolin Death Squad !..Ac^Teb79 (98) WC..Feh79 Nutcracker (100) .An-H..NoY79
Fists of Bruce Lee
Richard Egm. Albert Salmi
(99)
Ac. Mar 79 Three Way Weekend
Bruce LI
(85) Sex C. Mar 79
Don Diego, Joify OUiava
SIX PICTURES
Wall Street Walker ... Sex. .July 78
rurned-On Girl Sex ..July 78
COUGAR RELEASING, LTD
Sweet Taste of Joy ... .Sex. .July 78
'«,'•"''''" (93) Ad. Sept 78
Secretaries Spread Sex .. July 78
Ilrlan Keith, Rlrardo Montalban
Sex Freedom in
Legend of Sea Wolf
Marriage Sex (90) ..July 78
„ Ad.. Sept 78
(Tiuck Conners, Barbara Bach MUSTANG-BEEHIVE
*!,' J"^'"' '93) .... Sus .. Nov 78 Carnal Encounters of the Barest
Bike Sommcr. Itiibert KoMnrth
Kind (88) Sex-SF.Apr 79
•"S""!'.' l*^' C. Dec 78
STUDIO FILM CORP.
Sophia Loren. M.ircelln Ma..rtrolannl
The Alpha Incident (85) .... Mar 78
Ralph Meeker, Stafford Morgan,
NATIONAL AMERICAN
.lohn Goff, Buck Flowers
ig Attractions C. Sept 78 Johnny Mar 79
Murray, Buddy Hackett,
llorst Buchboli
FIRST ARTISTS RELEASING
y Rowe, Howard Hesseman The Capture of BIgfoot
S»"'« (102) B.D..Sept78
(95) May 79
l^enda Jackson. Mona Washboumt!
Richard Kennedy, Katherlne Hopkins.
Stafford Morgan, John Gofl
The Maggots Aug 79
NEW LINE
nils Young, John Goff,
! (79) Sept 78 K.ilherine Honklns
FIRST Bronson
INT'L Lee Champion
PICTURES
(86) ..Sept 78
Dracula
Despair
Sucks
(120) Oct 78
lllrk BoR.irde
,"08) Sex-Ho.C.D..Feb79
Like
Jamie a Turtle on Its Back
Clllls. .\nn.ttp Ilavrn
(90) C-D..0ct78 71 St CENTURY
Bernadette Lafont
Three Fantastic
Jive (81) Nov 78 The Obsessed One
Male I'anday, Tracy Parrlsh
nn in Germany (116) ... Nov 78 The
G.G.
Tof mented Aup COMMUNICATIONS
78
Revenge of the Streetfighter
Stella I'.iriinelna. Chrl.-*
The
y\vram
Adventures ol Pinotchio
(90) Apr 79 Snuff Box Connection ..Ac, Sept 78
'90)
An..Dcl78 Sonny Oilbn
Kung Fu Ac. Sept 78
COMING RELEASES
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL
Meteor
Sean Conney, Natalie Wood,
Henry Fonda, Treior Howard
Defiance
D
Jan-Mlchael Vincent, Joseph
Campanella, Art Carney, Theresa
Saldana
The Humanoid
Riclkird Kiel, Barbara Bach
The Amityville Horror
.lames I!rolin, Marmot Kidder,
Itod Slt'iiiei, Murray Hamilton
The Visitor
Jolin Huston, Shelley Wii>ters,
Glenn Ford
Gorp C.
Michael Lemlieck, riiiilip Casnoff,
Dennis Quaid, Richard Beauchamp
The Evictors
Vic Morrow, Michael Parks,
Jessica Harper, Sue Anc l,anedon
AVCO EMBASSY
A Man, a Woman and a Bank . ,
Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adam
The Fog
Hal Holbrook. Adrieraie Barbeau,
Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis
BUENA VISTA
The Black Hole Dec 79
Ma,\imllian Schell. Anthony
Perkins, Robert Forster
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark .
Elliott Gould. Genevieve Biijold.
Ricky Schroder, Tammy Lauren
COLUMBIA
Kramer vs. Kramer
Dustln Hoffman, Meryl Streep
, . . And Justice for All C
AI Pacino, Jack Warden
All That Jazz DM
Roy Scheider, Ann Reinking
Freestyle
Susan Clark
The Thief of Bagdad
Terence Stamp, Peter Ustinov
The Electric Horseman
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda,
Willie Nelson, Nicholas Coster
Hot Stuff
Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette,
Jerry Reed
Madonna Red
Paul Newman
The First Deadly Sin
Marlon Brando
Wind River OD-Ad
Charlton Ilcslon. Stephen Jlarht.
Brian Keith
COMPASS INTERNATIONAL
Double Negative
Geraldlne Fitzgerald. Michael
Sarrazln, Susan Clark, Anthony
Perkins
CROWN INTERNATIONAL
Coach. Part II
The Majorettes
EMC FILMS
Element 92 Sept 79
F.ihio Tpvli. Janet Agren,
NEW WORLD
The Lady in Red
(lOO)
Cr-D..July7<
Pamela Sue Martin, niihert Conrad.
I-oulse Fletcher
Disco High CM.
Car Wars Ac-C.
Battle Beyond the Stars SF.
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round
the Old Oak Tree R-D.
PARAMOUNT
Rough Cut
Burt Reynolds, Jacqueline BIsset
North Dallas Forty
Nick Nolle, Mac Darts,
Bo Svenson, Charles Durnliic
Full Moon in August
Joseph Bottoms
American Gigolo
Lauren Button, Richard Gere
Starting Over
Burt Reynolds, JUl Clayburgh,
Candice Bergen, Charles Durning
Sunburn
Farrali Fawcett-Majors, Charles
Grodln
The Hunter
Steve McQueen
Little Darlings
Tatiim O'Neal, Kristy McNichol
20TH-FOX
Nosferatu
SF-Ho..0ct79
Isabelle Adjani, Klaus Kinskl,
Bruno Ganz
Health C. Dec 79
Cleiida Jackson. Carol Burnett,
James Garner, Lauren Bacall
Nine to Five C.
Jane Fonda
St. Petersburj Cannes Express
Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland
The Rose DM..
Bette Midler, Alan Bates
(Dolby)
Brubaker
Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto
Breaking Away C.
Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid
Fatso
Anne B.an«roft, Dom DeLuise,
Candy Azzara, Ron Carey
UNITED ARTISTS
Hide in Plain Sight (MGM) June 79
James Caan, Jill Eikenberry
Apocalypse Now ....War D.. Dec 79
Marlon Br.ondo, Robert Duvall,
Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper
(Dolby)
James and Jane
James Caan, Genevieve Bujold
Heaven's Gate
Kris KristofferaoD
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh ....
Stockard Cbanning
Rich Kids
Kathryn Walker, John LIthgow,
David Selby, Terry Kiser
Ladies of the Valley
Foste
UNIVERSAL
The Lonely Lady D..
Susan Blakely
The Senator
Alan Alda. Melv>'n Douglas,
Barbara Harris
Little Miss Marker
Walter Matthau. Julie Andrews,
Sara Stlmson, Bob Newhart
Legacy
Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott,
Roger Daltrey
(Dolby)
Resurrection
Kllen BurstJ-n, Sam Shepard
Coal Miner's Daughter B-D .
Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
The Concorde—Airport '79
Robert Wagner, Alain Delon,
Susan Blakely, George Kennedy
1941 C.
WARNER BROS.
hn
Miin
BeliishI,
Art Arabian Adventure July 79
Christopher Lee
Beyond the Poseidon
Adventure Ad . . July 79
Michael Caine. Sally Field,
Telly Savalas. Peter Boyle
No Knife C-W..Auo79
Harrison Ford
Captain Grovm Up
Diane Keaton
Stepping Out
fJrnrge Bums, Art Carney
The Squeeze Sus-C .
Stacy Keach, Lino Ventura
First Blood
Al Pacino
Heart Beat
SIssv Spacek, Nick Nolte
Just Tell Me Wliat You Want .,.C.,
Ml MaeGraw, Alan King
BOXOFFICE BookinGuide May

Diane
Opinions on Current Productions ^EATUkE RiVllWS
color, unless otherwise specified as black and white (b&w). For story synopsis on each picture, see reverse i
MANHATTAN
United Artists (79087)
m
93 Minutes Rel. Apr. '79
Once more. Woody Allen dissects himself with a comic
purpose but this time with a sharp dramatic edge. Not as
di-amatic as "Intenors" or as humorous as most of his
other films, the new pictm-e is both a funny comedy and
a very sad di'ama of changing relationships. Daring to
film "Manhattan" in black and white, dii-ector and coscripter
(with Marshall Brickmam Allen has made a
combination of "Annie Hall"
i Keaton in a similar
rolei and "An Umnarried Woman" (Michael Mm-phy in
the same part of husband having an affaii-, although
done with a lighter touch). Making the difference is the
love between Allen, a TV comedy writer, and Mariel
Hemingway, a teenaged aspiring actress. The relationships
and the language have earned a contested R rating.
It has been said that tliis is the new. more serious Woody
at work, although it may be that he was always this way.
The New York-Jewish-show biz onented gags prove to
be memorable, as before, and probably more perceptive.
The Panavision and a lovely George Gershwin score are
distinct assets, particularly the latter. Charles H. Joffe
produced. Acted with a gi-eat deal of conviction, "Manhattan"
could be one of Allen's most endui'ing accomplishments.
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel
Hemingway, Anne Byrne, Meryl Streep.
lust Like at Home
""'""EnBiishTrnVs""""'
New Yorker Fihns 108 Minutes Rel. May '79
This charming and credible Marta Meszaros import
may do nicely beyond what remains of the
so-called "art theatre" circuits across the counti-y-
One reason is that it is one of the few Hungarian
attractions coming into the commercial market.
Secondly, it contains what must be categorized as a
woman's approach to family life, of a universal
scope. Rlmmaker Meszaros has the unique ability
to tell a story that goes beyond a national point of
reference. Jan Nowicki, back in Budapest after an
American stay, finds his native land a bit dull,
career-wise and romantically. His wanting a shaggy
sheepdog owned by a little girl (Zsuzsa Czinkoczyt
leads to ultimate contentment in the person of liLs
foi-mer Hungarian girlfriend (Anna Karina). The
Ildiko Kordy screenplay is simple in structm-e and
well paced. The little gii-1 has enormous promise.
Anna Karina provides an emotive prowess refreshing
to watch, Nowicki does a fii-st-rate job in a sensitive
role. Humiia Studio, Budapest, was the production
company.—^Allen Widem.
Zsuzsa Czinkoczy, Jan Nowicki, Anna Karina.
GLIMPSES . . . FOREIGN FILMS
The AU-Around
Reduced Personality
Clara Burckner/
Basis Film/ZDF
*«'^|
8 Minutes Rel. May '79
Since the recent proliferation of films about
women's lives seems to have captured the attention
of the American audience, this import bearing the
distinctive directorial drive of Helke Sander (she
also stars I can be expected to generate interest as
well. Her challenging script ( containing excerpts
from works of Thomas Brasch, Elisabeth Lenk and
Christa Woldi is concerned with the life—and lifestyle—of
a still photographer in West Berlin. Katia
Fobert's photographic effects are excellent. Leading
lady-director-wi-iter Sander has demonstrated a
compelling talent. The musical score is credited to
Beethoven, Walter Kollo and Lothar Elias.—Allen
Widem.
Helke Sander, Joachim Baumann, Andrea
Malkowsky, Ronny Tanner.
Skin Deep
Phrase Three Films 103 Minutes Rel. May '79
Prom standpoint of status alone (after all, how
many attractions from New Zealand have wended
their way stateside) this newly arrived effort, a
fii-st feature by Geoff Steven, should attract critical
as well as filmgoer attention. The comedy is reflective
of native mores, yet should hold appeal for
American audiences. Steven, joined by Piers Davies
and Roger Hon-ocks in development of the script
(as based on a Steven idea*, is concerned with a
small town's reaction to the arrival of a big-city
masseuse. Some footage is predictable, while other
segments demonstrate farce of a high order. Deryn
Cooper, as the lady of the moment, does well in a
demanding role. John Maynard produced.—Allen
Widem,
Deryn Cooper, Ken Blackburn, Grant Tilly, Alan
Jervis, Glennis Levestam, Heather Lindsey.
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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adiines for Newspapers and Programs
GLIMPSES . . . FOREIGN FILMS
i/ooder,
The Idlers of the f'^L^^^
Fertile Valley
AUx Film Productions 115 Minutes Rel. May '79
Nikos Panayotopoulos, listed as both director and
writer (working from a novel by Albert Cosseryi.
may well emerge as a distinctive filmmaker in the
demanding sphere of screen satire, one calling for
utmost care and calculation on both sides of the
camera. Newly ensconced in bucolic surroundings
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tlii-ee sons attempt to adjust to backwoods life with
the help of a young housekeeper. The "perhapswe'11-do-something-tomorrow"
attitude is conveyed
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