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• MAY 14, 1979<br />
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE EDITION<br />
Including All SectiontI N«wi Page;<br />
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ROGER DALTREY JOHN ENTWISTLE KEITH MOON PETER TOWNSHEND with RINGO STARR and STEVE MARTIN<br />
Executive Producer SYDNEY ROSE Produced by TONY KLINGER and BILL CURBISHLEY Associate Producers JEFF STEIN and EO ROTHKOWITZ<br />
Written and Directed by JEFF STEIN Edited by ED ROTHKOWITZ A Roger Gorman Presentation of A NEW WORLD PICTURES RELEASE<br />
SOUNDTRACK SOON TO BE AVAILABLE FROM MCA RECORDS
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'Superman' Grabs Top<br />
20th-Fox Reports Record Quarter,<br />
Gross Position at WB g^^ 5^,7/ Cautions Stocktiolders<br />
I.OS ANGHLHS — 'Superman" has<br />
soa<br />
cd so high that it is now the biggest<br />
grossing motion picture in Warner Bros.'<br />
history in terms of domestic film rentals<br />
posted on original release—with billings, as<br />
of April 21, of $68,102,354— it was announced<br />
by Barry Reardon, Warner's vice<br />
president in charge of domestic sales.<br />
At the same time, Reardon announced<br />
that Clint Eastwood's "Every Which Way<br />
But Loose" has taken over third place in<br />
Warner's list of all-time money-makers,<br />
with domestic rentals, as of April 21, of<br />
$41,806,438.<br />
The Man of Steel's muscle thus topples<br />
the previous Warner Bros, record-holder,<br />
"The Exorcist," which amassed domestic<br />
film rentals of $66,715,122 on its initial<br />
release. As of now, in its third re-release,<br />
"The Exorcist" has total film rentals of<br />
$82,832,645.<br />
Every Which Way But Loose," in taking<br />
over third place, replaces "The Goodbye<br />
Girl," which has posted domestic film<br />
rentals totaling $41,326,576.<br />
$107006 Granted to Fight<br />
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^' Blind Bidding Legislation<br />
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Monterey, Calif. — In a surprise<br />
move bearing national significance,<br />
members of the Theatre Equipment<br />
Assn. (TEA) voted unanimously last<br />
week to contribute $10,000 to assist<br />
NATO members in their pending<br />
battle with the Motion Picture Assn. of<br />
America (MPAA) over blind bid legislation.<br />
The action came during the annual<br />
TEA convention attended by over 200<br />
equipment manufacturers and dealers<br />
and their wives May 6-9 at the Del<br />
Monte Hyatt House here.<br />
A beginning trial date of July 2 has<br />
been set in U.S. District Court in Columbus,<br />
Ohio, where the MPAA, the<br />
plaintiff in this action, will bring suit,<br />
seeking to overturn the state's anti-blind<br />
law on the grounds that it is unconstitutional.<br />
Informed sources report to BOX-<br />
OFFICE that since the Ohio anti-blind<br />
bid bill was signed into law last October<br />
by Gov. Rhodes, film rental rates on<br />
product distributed in the state ha^e<br />
gone down.<br />
A total of 13 states thu.s far have<br />
passed anti-blind bidding legislation.<br />
North Carolina became the latest state<br />
to pass a blind bid law, approved by the<br />
Senate on April 25. In Texas, Jack Valenti's<br />
home state, only the Senate has<br />
passed anti-blind bid legislation. A<br />
House vote is expected soon in Texas.<br />
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By<br />
RALPH KAMIN.SKY<br />
West Coast Editor<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Although 2()lh Century-Fox<br />
reported a record first-quarter<br />
earnings and revenues, stockholders were<br />
cautioned at their annual meeting that 1979<br />
"probably may not achieve the record results<br />
of 1978,"<br />
Net earnings for the quarter ending<br />
March 31 were $19,090,000, compared to<br />
$17,486,000 fo-r the first quarter a year<br />
ago, stockholders were told by Dennis C.<br />
Stanfill, chairman of the board and chief<br />
executive officer.<br />
First-quarter revenues were $159,546,000,<br />
compared with $158,933,000 in the same<br />
period of 1978 which was "the best year for<br />
20th Century-Fox in its history," Stanfill<br />
said. Revenues and earnings were at record<br />
levels last year with net earnings hitting<br />
$58,000,000 from all-time high revenues of<br />
$626,000,000,<br />
'Music' Licensing Helps<br />
All first quarter operations were profitable<br />
except for 20th Century-Fox Records,<br />
Stanfill reported. Feature film operations<br />
leceived an added boost from revenues coming<br />
in from the licensing of "The Sound of<br />
Music" to NBC and from other films that<br />
went to CBS and NBC,<br />
The first quarter boost also got significant<br />
help from operations of the Aspen Skiing<br />
Corp., acquired by Fox in June 1978,<br />
v,'hich turned in record results in that period,<br />
he said.<br />
Stockholders re-elected five directors:<br />
Princess Grace of Monaco. F. Warren Hellman,<br />
John H. Johnson and William P. Rogers,<br />
all for three year terms, and Paul H.<br />
Nitze for a two year term.<br />
The company is in "excellent financial<br />
condition," with a $125,000,000 cash balance<br />
and "in every way is in a strong position<br />
to support and expand our business,"<br />
Stanfill said.<br />
Great things are expected from "Alien. "'<br />
the science fiction-horror feature to be leleased<br />
May 25 in key markets, he said. In<br />
addition, "Star Wars" will go out for three<br />
weeks on August 15 as part of the summer<br />
release package. This includes "Butch And<br />
Sundance: The Early 'Vears," the prequel to<br />
"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,"<br />
and "Breaking Away," the story about a<br />
young bike racer who aspires to reach<br />
championship status.<br />
"Moic promising films" are planned for<br />
release in the fall and winter seasons. Stanfill<br />
said, and contracts with CBS and NBC<br />
to license films will hit $61,500,000 in ihe<br />
1979-81 period for network exposure at<br />
theatrical playoff.<br />
The record company had "very poor results<br />
last year," Stanfill reported, but he expressed<br />
assurances that a new contract with<br />
RCA for record distribution will help the<br />
division "cut its losses tremendously."<br />
All other divisions are on the upbeat:<br />
International theatie operations "promise<br />
good results this year," in Australia and<br />
New Zealand, especially the .seven-theatre<br />
complex in Sidney. Television stations are<br />
doing well despite the loss of network association<br />
in Minneapolis, Magnetic Video<br />
Corp. shows "great promise for the future"<br />
in the growing market of video cassette entertainment<br />
for the home.<br />
Creditors of AA Meet;<br />
Future Still Up in Air<br />
NEW YORK—Creditors of Allied Artists<br />
Industries' film subsidiary. Allied Artists<br />
Pictures, met before Judge Stanley Lesser<br />
in N.Y. Federal Court here May 9 to elect<br />
a committee to oveisee the course of Allied's<br />
future as a film supplier.<br />
Those individuals nominated to<br />
the creditors'<br />
committee include Allen Benjamin, legal<br />
vice president of United Artists (owed over<br />
$1.8 million); Herbert Hauser, representing<br />
the N.Y. ad agency of Die:ier. Hauser &<br />
Bates (over $732,000); Thomas Broussard,<br />
vice president and general counsel for Technicolor,<br />
Inc. ($517,000); Carl Kaminsky.<br />
representing several creditors; Joseph<br />
Gruenberg (136,000), and William Marlowe<br />
of Glen, Bozel! & Jacobs ($35,000).<br />
Representing the slate of nominees as<br />
legal counsel is Attorney Martin F, Brecker<br />
of the firm of Phillips, Nizer. Benjamin,<br />
Krim & Ballon.<br />
This is the second creditors' committee<br />
formed in the Allied case, but the only one<br />
with legal standing. The first committee.<br />
organized March 23 prior to AA's filing for<br />
reorganization under Chapter XI of the<br />
Federal Bankruptcy Act, was not recognized<br />
as a legal body since Allied had not,<br />
at the time the creditors' committee was<br />
formed, sought Chapter XI protection.<br />
Houser, Broussard and Kaminsky were<br />
members of the first creditors' committee.<br />
Samuel Sherman, president of Independent-International<br />
Pictures, made a motion<br />
asking that his name be added to the<br />
new creditors' committee since he had been<br />
on a previous committee. Judge Lesser denied<br />
the motion, ruling that committee<br />
members had to be nominated by slates and<br />
individual cases could not be considered.<br />
Emanuel Wolf, piesident of Allied Artists<br />
Pictures, was present during the creditors'<br />
session and reportedly was ready to<br />
speak, but agreed to appear at a later<br />
hearing to make a statement.<br />
Judge Lesser set May 15, 17 and June 4<br />
as dates for si;bsequent hearings in<br />
If<br />
the case.<br />
the federal court and the newly elected<br />
creditors' committee feel that Allied is not<br />
capable of pulling itself out its current<br />
financial difficulty, the court could order<br />
the liquidation of AA film operations.<br />
BOXOFFICE :: May 14, 1979
THE NATIONAL FILM WEEKLY<br />
Published in Five Sectional Editions<br />
WILLIAM C. V4NCE<br />
Publisher<br />
JOHN F. BERRY<br />
Assoc. Publisher/National Sales Manager<br />
CHARLES F. ROUSE 111<br />
Editor<br />
BEN SHLYEN Executive Editor<br />
MORRIS SCHLOZMAN Business Manaoer<br />
HARVEY SHARP Circulation Director<br />
GARY BURCH Equipmenl EOilor<br />
JONNA JEFFERIS Associate Editor<br />
STUART A. GOLDSTEIN Associate Editor<br />
RON SCHAUMBURG Associate Editor<br />
JIMMY SUMMERS Associate Editor<br />
KEVIN KIOUS Associate Editor<br />
RALPH KAMINSKY West Coast Editor<br />
JOHN COCCHI East Coast Editor<br />
ADMINISTRATIVE<br />
HERBERT A. VANCE Cliairman<br />
JOHN B. O'NEIL Presidenl<br />
JAMES J. STAUOT Vice-President<br />
Executive<br />
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ML<br />
Sales of Mexican Films<br />
Seen lo Triple in U.S.<br />
MEXICO CITY—The United States market<br />
lor Mexican films will more than double<br />
,ind triple in the next decade, with earnings<br />
soaring as high as $70 million 'annually from<br />
the gross today of $17 million, predicts<br />
\1PAA Jack Valenti.<br />
"Such a swift and high ratio of expansion."<br />
Valenti said, "seems unprecedented<br />
in the annals of the cinema trade."<br />
Valenti made the remarks forecasting a<br />
luight future for Mexican films in an address<br />
here May 3 before the First National<br />
Convention of the Mexican Motion Picture<br />
Industry.<br />
The MPAA president saw the rising good<br />
fortunes of Mexico resulting from two principal<br />
factors: the fast-rising growth of Spanish-speaking<br />
residents, especially Mexicans,<br />
in the U.S., and the increasing popularity of<br />
Mexican films and stars.<br />
By 1990. based on present demographic<br />
projections, persons of Hispanic origin,<br />
mostly Mexican, will likely climb from<br />
fourth place to outnumber all others ot<br />
foreign origin in the U.S.<br />
Valenti suggested a "formula for success"<br />
to Mexican filmmakers: "Build on the audience<br />
for Mexican films in Spanish by mixnig<br />
your casts with players from both countries,<br />
and making versions in Spanish and<br />
•ilso versions in English to aim at general<br />
release theatres."<br />
Underscoring what he termed the<br />
"precious<br />
value of freedom for the creative artists<br />
and in the marketplace." Valenti said. "The<br />
freer the exchange of ideas, of talent, of<br />
nnagination, the brighter the future for both<br />
our countries, not only in film but in the<br />
larger life of our nations."<br />
Trans-Lux Indicates<br />
30 Percent Increase<br />
NORWALK. CT.—Richard Brandt, pres<br />
ident of Trans-Lux Corporation, reported to<br />
stockholders that earnings from operations<br />
for the first quarter of 1979 were the<br />
largest in the company's history and more<br />
than 30 percent over the prior year period.<br />
Brandt stated that a net profit of 29c per<br />
share was earned during the first quarter of<br />
1979 as compared with a net profit of 17c<br />
a share for the 1978 period. The 1979 results<br />
included a gain of 4c per share.<br />
Brandt noted that on March 15, 1979, the<br />
company paid a cash dividend of 5c per<br />
share to stockholders of record at the close<br />
of business February 7,<br />
1979. He noted that<br />
the board of directors presently intends to<br />
consider payment of a<br />
dividend on a semiannual<br />
basis.<br />
During the quarter the company authorized<br />
a limited stock purchase program lo<br />
acquire up to 25.000 shares of its common<br />
stock in the open market prior to May 1 I.<br />
1979. As of April 23. 12,000 shares had<br />
been so acquired.<br />
<strong>Boxoffice</strong> results from the company's theaters,<br />
Brandt stated, were very close to the<br />
record-breaking first quarter of 1978. Pictures<br />
such as "California Suite." "Every<br />
Which Way But Loose," and "Bread and<br />
Chocolate" encouraged moviegoers to turn<br />
out at<br />
the company's 20 screens.<br />
In accordance with its planned realignment<br />
of theater operations, the company<br />
it sold the land and theater building owned<br />
in St. Louis, Mo.<br />
Brandt announced that the company had<br />
entered into a management agreement to<br />
install and supervise the operation of two<br />
multimedia presentations to be situated in<br />
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. This agreement,<br />
he said, is indicative of the company's<br />
increased activity in the multimedia<br />
field. Development work continues, Brandt<br />
noted, on a new, company-produced "entertainment<br />
environment" called "The Space<br />
Works," planned by Joseph Striek. the<br />
.'\cademy Award winning filmmaker.<br />
'Dawn of Dead' Not Rated<br />
NEW YORK—Jack Valenti,<br />
president of<br />
the Motion Picture Association of America,<br />
recently released the following statement:<br />
"Some theaters that are playing "Dawn<br />
of the Dead" designate at the boxoffice that<br />
the film has been rated R. This is not true.<br />
They are using the R in an unwarranted<br />
fashion, as this film has not been rated at<br />
all, and we will commence legal action<br />
against anyone who persists in misusing the<br />
R. The G. PG. and R symbols are registered<br />
with the U.S. Patent Office as certification<br />
marks of the Motion Picture Association<br />
of American Inc. and their unauthorized<br />
use in any way will be subject to legal<br />
Zanuck/BrownTeam<br />
Returning to 20th-Fox<br />
HOLLYWOOD— Richard D. Zanuck and<br />
David Brown will return to 20th Century-<br />
Fox Pictures in 1980. moving from Universal<br />
Pictures with their Zanuck/ Brown Co.,<br />
according to Alan Ladd Jr., president of<br />
20th-Fox^.<br />
"My association and friendship with<br />
Richard and David," said Ladd, "has been<br />
a long relationship of respect for their talent<br />
as creative filmmakers, and one of close<br />
personal ties. We welcome them to 20th<br />
Century-Fox."<br />
The Zanuck/ Brown Co. produced ten<br />
motion pictures during its seven-year association<br />
with Universal, including "Jaws,"<br />
"The Sting." "Sugarland Express," "Mac-<br />
Arthur," "Jaws 2" and "The Eiger Sanction."<br />
Presently they are producing Peter Benchley's<br />
"The Island," which began production<br />
April 30. and National Lampoon's "Jaws 3,<br />
People O," scheduled to begin filming in<br />
September. A future long-term project will<br />
be "The Continuation of Gone With the<br />
Wind."<br />
Before joining Universal in 1972, when<br />
the Zanuck/ Brown Co. was formed, both<br />
men were production executives at Warner<br />
Bros. Prior to that Zanuck was president<br />
of 20th-Fox Film Corp. and Brown was<br />
executive vice president in charge of production.<br />
CONSOLIDATED FILM INDUSTRIES, A Division of<br />
Republic Corporation, wishes to announce:<br />
The following companies, other than as a customer of CFI,<br />
have absolutely no affiliation, connection or relationship of any<br />
kind, with Republic Corporation, its divisions, or subsidiaries:<br />
REPUBLIC PICTURES CORPORATION<br />
REPUBLIC INDUSTRIES<br />
REPUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC.<br />
REPUBLIC ARTS, INC.<br />
REPUBLIC ARTS PICTURES CORP<br />
REPUBLIC ARTS TELEVISION, INC.<br />
REPUBLIC ARTS MUSIC RECORDS GROUP INC.<br />
REPUBLIC ARTS THEATER CORP<br />
This notice is intended to eliminate confusion among<br />
customers of CFI or any of the divisions or subsidiaries of<br />
Republic Corporation and potential investors of any of the<br />
above named companies.<br />
CONSOLIDATED FILM INDUSTRIES<br />
A Division of Republic Corporation<br />
By: Peter J.<br />
Morton<br />
Its: Director of Business Affairs<br />
BOXOFFICE :: May 14. 1979
Film Finance Group Planning Eight<br />
Major Films; $50 Million Invested<br />
Bv<br />
RALPH KAMINSRY<br />
West Coast Editor<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Film Finance Group, a<br />
subsidiary of the Arthur Guiness Son and<br />
Company Ltd.. British multi-national conglomerate,<br />
has decided to "move toward<br />
visibility" with announcement that it and<br />
its three sister organizations are involved in<br />
eight major I'ilms representing $50 million<br />
in investments.<br />
Two features are in post-production and<br />
are scheduled for release this summer. One<br />
is in production and two are scheduled to<br />
start in May. Three others are in pre-production,<br />
with principal photography to start<br />
in<br />
the fall.<br />
Div. of Guiness Group<br />
Film Finance Group is one of four divisions<br />
in the Guiness group's film producing,<br />
financing and distribution activities.<br />
Heading the group is erstwhile independent<br />
filmmaker Richard St. Johns, president and<br />
chief executive officer. At his tight hand is<br />
producer John Hyde as vice president of<br />
production. Hyde has his own picture, "The<br />
Ravagers," scheduled for release in the Memorial<br />
Day weekend.<br />
"We're in a position to have accomplished<br />
what we set out to accomplish three years<br />
ago and we want people to know we exist,"<br />
St. Johns said in announcing the production<br />
schedule. "We're financially capable to deal<br />
with all entities in the industry. We'll be<br />
around for a long time."<br />
The Film Finance Group is the motion<br />
picture arm of the Guinness group, managing<br />
Aspen Productions which has the actual<br />
production responsibilities. Producers Sales<br />
Organization is the division in which Guinness<br />
owns a controlling interest. It handles<br />
overseas sales of Guinness films as well as<br />
films made by others, such as Dick Clark<br />
Organization and Casablanca Film Works.<br />
Film Finance Distributois is the division<br />
responsible for worldwide distribution of all<br />
Guinness grotip product. Its function is to<br />
COMING SOON.<br />
«TGGER<br />
k and<br />
BETTER<br />
BOXOFFICE<br />
select distributors, companies which do the<br />
actual, physical releasing of the pictures.<br />
The General Rights Corp., the fourth division,<br />
handles all licensing of merchandising<br />
and music rights worldwide for all Guinness<br />
giinip product.<br />
Five Deals Set<br />
Five distribution deals alieady have been<br />
made, with Columbia involved in four pictures<br />
and Orion distributing one through its<br />
agreement with Warner Bros. Producers<br />
Sales is slated to handle foreign distribution<br />
of three pictures, with no domestic detils<br />
made for them as yet.<br />
Martin Ransohoff will be involved in si\<br />
of the productions either as an individual<br />
or through his production company which<br />
has a multi-purpose deal with Columbia. St.<br />
Johns will be executive producer on all the<br />
projects currently scheduled.<br />
Films to be financed or produced by the<br />
group will be picked on the basis of market-<br />
Tng and budgeting potential, with emphasis<br />
on the saleability of the product. "We'll pick<br />
successful filmmakers and stay with them."<br />
St. Johns said. "Autonomy" will be the key<br />
word, he stressed, explaining that the Guinness<br />
organization leaves the film divisions<br />
free to operate with little or no "interference."<br />
The same freedom will be txtended<br />
to the filmmakers: "I'd be foolish to tell<br />
Al Ruddy, who made The Godfather,' how<br />
to make a movie.<br />
'Tlie<br />
Marvelous Marketers'<br />
"The same will hold true in distribution.<br />
The major studios are the finest marketers<br />
in the world. They are the marvelous m;irketcrs<br />
and we'll always want them to handle<br />
our product," St. Johns asserted.<br />
"Nightwing." budgeted at more Ih.iii<br />
$6 million, will be released by Columbia<br />
Pictures June 28 and is set to go into 600<br />
theatres. The film stars Nick Mancuso,<br />
David Warner and Cathryn Herold. It was<br />
produced by Martin Ransohoff and directed<br />
by Arthur Hiller from a script by Steve<br />
Shagan. Bud Shi\aker and Martin Cruz<br />
Smith.<br />
"The Wanderers," co-financed with<br />
Orion, will be released in the United Slates<br />
by Warner Bros. July 20, going into 600<br />
theatres. Producers Sales Organization will<br />
handle worldwide distribution. The film,<br />
budgeted at more than $5 million was produced<br />
by Ransohoff and directed by Phil<br />
Kaufman, with a script by Phillip and Rose<br />
Kaufman. Starring are Ken Wahl. John<br />
Friedrick and Linda Mantz.<br />
Three films in production arc:<br />
"American Pop," a Martin Ransoholl<br />
pioduction with a budget of more than<br />
$5 million, with Ralph Bakshi producing<br />
tiiid directing a feature length animated hisloiy<br />
of popular American music from 1880<br />
to 19S0. Production sitirlcd Novemtx-r<br />
||>7S. A Columbia release.<br />
"Wind River," a Ransoholl pnHlticlii'ii in<br />
association with Columbia. Budgeted ut<br />
more than $7 million and starring Charlton<br />
Heston and Brian Keith in a story about<br />
two mountain trappers who must survive in ,<br />
the mountains of Wyoming in the 1880s.<br />
Producers Andrew Scheiman and Martin<br />
Shafcr will begin shooting May 7.<br />
"The Final Countdown," a Bryna Company<br />
production starring Kirk Douglas,<br />
Martin Sheen and James Farentino in a<br />
$7 million feature about a nuclear aircraft<br />
carrier that disappears in the South Pacific<br />
on December 7, 1979, and reappears near<br />
Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Peter<br />
Douglas, son of Kirk, will produce and Don<br />
Taylor will direct.<br />
In pre-production are:<br />
"Consenting Adults," budgeted at more<br />
than $6 million, this Ransohoff production<br />
is a contemporary comedy in which stars<br />
Shirley MacLaine and Anthony Hopkins are<br />
husband and wife for 20 years and decide<br />
to test the limits of their marriage by introducing<br />
each other to their respective lovers<br />
Ransohoff will produce and a director<br />
still has to be signed. Columbia will distribute.<br />
"Rough Mix," a Ransohoff production<br />
budgeted at more than $6 million, with a<br />
Sept^ember start scheduled on the mutder<br />
mystery set in the rock music world. Charlton<br />
Heston has been penciled in to star but<br />
the commitment is not firmed up. Columbia<br />
will distribute.<br />
"Arctic Rampage," an Albert S. Ruddy<br />
production budgeted at more than $8 million.<br />
An adventure story about a tough<br />
mountain man im the arctic and an equally<br />
tough mounty chasing him. Peter Falk and<br />
Charles Bronson are being sought for the<br />
leads but no deals have been made. Brian<br />
Hutton will direct and Al Ruddy will produce.<br />
No domestic distribution has been set.<br />
Producers Sales Organization and Film Finance<br />
Distributors will release overseas.<br />
Massive Ad Campaign Set<br />
For Compass' 'Nocturna'<br />
LOS ANGELES—Compass International<br />
Pictures has set a June 1 date in Philadelphia<br />
and Jacksonville for the first domestic<br />
release of its vampire spoofer, "Nocturna,<br />
it was announced by Irwin Yablans, president<br />
of CIP.<br />
Yablans also disclosed that the company<br />
will back "Nocturna" with a massive advertising-merchandising<br />
campaign on the<br />
same scale as for its blockbuster suspensethriller<br />
"Halloween," which has become the<br />
all-time independent boxoffice champion,<br />
erossina over $-^0 million worldwide.<br />
'Dalmations' Re-release<br />
Is Scheduled for June<br />
BURBANK, CALIF.—"101<br />
Dalmatians"<br />
will be re-released this June to kick off Walt<br />
Disney's summer program of film fare.<br />
The beguiling comedy adventure is the<br />
sloiy of two dogs, their human pets and the<br />
villainess of all time, the svelte, domineering<br />
Cruella De Ville, who is in the dognapping<br />
business.<br />
BOXOFFICE 1979
NATO Retains Braun<br />
For Wage Information<br />
NEW YORK—Thc National Assn. ol<br />
ThcaliL- Owners (NATO) has announced<br />
plans to retain Braun Communications Inc.<br />
10 represent motion picture exhibition with<br />
regard to the minimum wage legislation now<br />
hL'lore the Congress.<br />
Two bills presently before the House and<br />
OIK' before the Senate would freeze the<br />
Icdcral minimum rate of $2.90 per hour<br />
until Jan. 1, 1982. One of the bills in the<br />
House additionally provides for reduced<br />
rates for teenagers and students.<br />
NATO officials report the organization's<br />
awareness of the difficult problem that this<br />
type of legislation poses because of the<br />
priority given to strong minimum wage laws<br />
by organized labor.<br />
According to a related story in a recent<br />
NATO Flash Bulletin, "With the current<br />
inflationary pressures and high unemployment<br />
among young people and minorities,<br />
,1 strong case can and will be made (by<br />
NATO) for revision of the current statutes."<br />
MGM's 'Voices/ 'Champ'<br />
Honored in California<br />
NEW YORK — Two Metro-Goldwyn-<br />
Mayer films. "Voices" and "The Champ,"<br />
have been honored by the Southern California<br />
Motion Picture Council with the organization's<br />
Silver Halo Award. The awards<br />
were bestowed in recognition of the films'<br />
excellence as family motion picture entertainment<br />
and were presented on May 2.<br />
Amy Irving and Ricky Schioder have<br />
also been awarded Bronze Halos for their<br />
outstanding performances in "Voices" and<br />
The Champ," respectively.<br />
Robert L. Bostick, and Sunshine coach program<br />
by Michael Heerey.<br />
Sir James Carreras, Joseph Sinay and<br />
Morley will make convention reports on<br />
New Orleans, Los Angeles and London, and<br />
future convention sites will be discussed by<br />
Sam Shopsowitz and Frank Strean.<br />
Robert R. Hall will report on constitutional<br />
questions, Ralph Pries on new tents<br />
and memberships, Zollie M. Volchok on<br />
fundraising, Monty Hall on telethons, Eric<br />
Morley on presidential citations and awards.<br />
Ken Rive on the ladies committee and Sam<br />
Shopsowitz on the prosthetic limb program.<br />
'Look-Alike' Ad Angers<br />
TV 'Angel' Cheryl Ladd<br />
NEW YORK—The owner of a Times<br />
Square porn theatre here, threatened with<br />
legal action by Cheryl Ladd of television's<br />
"Charlie's Angels," agreed May 4 to mask<br />
part of an advertising poster describing the<br />
feature<br />
star of Superfilm<br />
"Taxi Girls," as<br />
Ltd.'s<br />
"The<br />
current<br />
CHERYL LADD<br />
Look-Alike."<br />
Howard Farbcr. owner of the Circus<br />
Cinema, altered the poster after being informed<br />
that Ms. Ladd's attorneys had<br />
threatened legal action if corrective measures<br />
were not taken immediately to remove<br />
the misleading ad message contained on the<br />
poster promoting the picture's engagement<br />
at the theatre. Ms. Ladd learned about the<br />
situation after being informed by friends<br />
here of the poster.<br />
MOTION PICTURES RATED<br />
BY THE CODE & RATING<br />
ADMINISTRATION<br />
The Ameiican Ciame ( )
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Okla,,<br />
Film Industry Moves in to Protest LETTERS<br />
Barring of Critic<br />
TUCSON — The three-round scrap between<br />
Jacqi Iiilly. film crilic for the Arizona<br />
Daily Star, and TM Theatres here ended<br />
May 3 when Jeffrey Weiner, co-owner<br />
of the theatres along with his father, Merton,<br />
broke a week-long silence and lifted the ban<br />
on Tully at TM theatres.<br />
Tiilly had been turned away on three<br />
separate occasions since April 27 in attempts<br />
to gain admittance to one of the<br />
houses owned by TM Theatres.<br />
In an interview with rival film critic<br />
Michelene Keating of the Tucson Citizen,<br />
Jeffrey Weiner explained that TM's main<br />
reason for barring Tully from any of its theatres<br />
was an objection to her inference in<br />
print regarding TM's ticket and popcorn<br />
prices. Said Weiner: "I have no quarrel with<br />
a movie critic's right to review films at our<br />
theatres, but I question a critic's use of a<br />
review as a platform for maligning the theatre."<br />
Popcorn Compensates for Flop<br />
Defending his ticket-selling operation,<br />
Weiner explained that only 10 cents on<br />
every dollar is retained by the theatre. He<br />
conceded that theatre popcorn' is more expensive<br />
than in grocery stores, but emphasized<br />
that a lot of popcorn has to be sold<br />
to pay for the cash loss resulting from a<br />
flop at<br />
the boxoffice.<br />
Tully shrugged off the whole affair, apparently<br />
feeling her point, too, had been<br />
made. Referring to a story she co-authored<br />
a year ago on the price of popcorn, she<br />
mused, . I suppose, according to<br />
Jeff,<br />
his popcorn lost."<br />
'Refuse<br />
Her Admission''<br />
The Star had beeini warned earlier that<br />
Tully would not be tolerated at any TM<br />
theatre, and her photograph was posted in<br />
TM boxoffices along with a<br />
notation ordering<br />
employees to refuse her admission. During<br />
her first attempt at attending a screening<br />
at the TM Showcase, she was asked to<br />
leave by the manager, and on the next two<br />
tries .she was not allowed to even enter the<br />
theatre.<br />
Apparently an unprecedented incident in<br />
moviedom, TM's action forced comment<br />
Ironi Lawrence Mark, a Paramount spokesman:<br />
"I have never heard of a theatre chain<br />
barring a critic, and it's really slightly outrageous.<br />
We use theatre critics when they<br />
like our films and we should manage to<br />
tolerate their dislike of whatever films they<br />
happen to dislike."<br />
Other national film studios and distributors<br />
and two local chains have entered the<br />
fray with verbal comments and one explicit<br />
offer of action. The latter involved the setting<br />
up of special screenings at another<br />
theatre by 20th-Fox for Tully to review any<br />
20th-Fox film shown at a TM theatre. The<br />
offer, made by Nancy Willen of 20th-Fox's<br />
publicity department in Los Angeles, was<br />
From TM Houses<br />
appreciatively declined by Frank Johnson,<br />
managing editor of the Star.<br />
Johnson explained, "We appreciate their<br />
offer to help us bring reviews to our readers,<br />
but we feel that part of a movie review<br />
is the environment in which it is shown.<br />
We don't think we would get as professional<br />
a review as Tully is capable of under<br />
those circumstances."<br />
Herman Kass, vice president of publicity<br />
and promotion for Avco Embassy Films,<br />
distributor of "The Bell Jar," declared, "1<br />
don't have any background on this, but they<br />
have no right barring anyone from oui film<br />
. . , it's poor judgment on their part, and<br />
I'm going to look into this."<br />
Hi Smith, a publicity director with United<br />
Artists in New York City, commented,<br />
"TM's decision upsets me. If Tully is barred<br />
from a United Artists film at a TM theatre,<br />
our local agent will arrange an alternative<br />
viewing opportunity for her."<br />
"Ridiculous" was the word from Bob<br />
Artz, West Coast advertising director for<br />
Plitt Intermountain Theatres, adding, "I<br />
think the people in Tucson are being a<br />
little<br />
silly."<br />
And Ewert Edwards, president of NATO<br />
of Arizona and manager of DeAnza Drive-<br />
Ins, said, "... I hate to see things like this<br />
happen, both as a competitor and as president<br />
of NATO."<br />
Baren Tenders Resignation<br />
As NSS General Sales Mgr.<br />
NEW YORK—Harvey M. Baren has tendered<br />
his resignation as general sales manager<br />
of National Screen Service Corp.. it<br />
was announced by Norman Robbins, NSS<br />
president.<br />
"It is with extreme reluctance that we<br />
accept Harvey Baren's resignation," Robbins<br />
said. "We have great respect for his<br />
considerable abilities and wish him all the<br />
best in his next undertaking."<br />
Baren's resignation, which became effective<br />
immediately, was believed to be over<br />
fundamental differences with respect to<br />
company sales policies.<br />
Prior to joining NSS, Baren served as<br />
assistant general sales manager for Allied<br />
Artists Pictures for seven years, 1971-<br />
78. Previously he was national sales coordinator<br />
and road show manager for 20th<br />
Centuiy-Fox Film Corp. A veteran of 24<br />
in years the motion picture industry, he has<br />
also held positions with Magna Pictures and<br />
United Artists Corp.<br />
Clarification<br />
In the Show-A-Rama article that appeared<br />
in the May 7 issue of <strong>Boxoffice</strong>, Martin<br />
Stone was improperly identified as the head<br />
of Mid-America Cinema. In clarification,<br />
Lu Vaughn is the chairman of the board of<br />
the circuit; Stone serves as president.<br />
To the Editor:<br />
A bit needs to be said about the lack of<br />
materials, trailers and accessories needed<br />
properly to promote the motion picture fare<br />
we offer the public.<br />
It seems that lately we are expected to<br />
go right to opening day without materials<br />
with which to work. Then, if a picture flops,<br />
the blame is laid on the people in the field<br />
who don't know what they're doing.<br />
There are a hell of a lot of good theatre<br />
men in this country who know how to sell a<br />
picture to their audience, but must stand by<br />
with hands tied because of lack of support<br />
from the film companies.<br />
We need also to come to terms concerning<br />
the amount of material contained in a<br />
newspaper ad. At today's prices, we simply<br />
cannot afford to mention everyone from the<br />
leading man down to a key grip in a newspaper<br />
ad. While everyone is important on a<br />
motion picture crew, we must establish a<br />
firm guideline as to what is included in an<br />
ad and what is not. I do not believe selling<br />
paperback books and record albums is the<br />
ultimate goal of a newspaper movie ad, yet<br />
more and more space in ads is being allotted<br />
for these items.<br />
Educating each other is<br />
the key to working<br />
together when it comes to selling a picture.<br />
So. let's get together and work toward<br />
a common goal—a well-informed movie patron<br />
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Cinema Shares Group<br />
Anticipates Good Qtr.<br />
NHW YORK.— In a preliminary report on<br />
the lirst 90 days following a reorganization<br />
ol its corporate structure, the Cinema<br />
Shares Group of Enteitainment Companies,<br />
wholly owned subsidiaries of Omni Capital<br />
Worldwide Ltd., is able to anticipate a first<br />
quarter statement reporting all of its divisions<br />
as independent profit centers. No long-<br />
.;r dependent either on each other or the<br />
parent company for support, each Cinema<br />
Sh.ires division reports an overall net profit<br />
ahead of the same period last year.<br />
Overseas theatrical and TV distribution<br />
by Cinema Shares International Distribution<br />
Corporation will expand. Larry Friedricks,<br />
ehicf of the overseas operation, is now preparing<br />
a package for the annual Cannes<br />
market that will include CSID's most formidable<br />
foreign lineup of product to date.<br />
Among the new titles the company will be<br />
selling overseas are "Boardwalk," "Thirst."<br />
Snapshot," "Patrick." "The Dark," "Bucksione<br />
County Jail" and "Racquet."<br />
Meanwhile, CSID's new policy of domestic<br />
theatrical distribution is returning significant<br />
revenues. Instead of mounting campaigns<br />
to release new titles in the first quarter<br />
of 1979, CSID/ Domestic opted to continue<br />
the relea.se of established moneymakeis<br />
and is moving prints of its best performing<br />
exploitation titles across the country.<br />
These include "Texas Detour," "Seniors." a<br />
marathon of three Godzilla epics and a<br />
flight of Kung Fu features.<br />
I<br />
The marketing technique supports the<br />
decision to pursue this strategy<br />
for at least another three months, working<br />
I through a metwork of 25 subdistributors<br />
across the country.<br />
'American Game' Gets PG<br />
NEW YORK—A PG rating has been<br />
to given the film "The American Game" by<br />
the Classification and Rating Appeals<br />
Board. The film had been previously rated<br />
R.<br />
In an appeal brought by World Norlhal<br />
Corporation, the Appeals Board heard a<br />
statement on behalf of the film from Judilh<br />
Crist, a motion picture film critic.<br />
'Animal House Producer Ivan Reitman<br />
Has Oy\fn 'Soft Spot' for Exhibitors<br />
By RALPH KAMINSKY<br />
West Coast Editor<br />
HOLLYWOOD— Ivan Reitman, one of<br />
the elite corps of filmmakers from Canada<br />
who has made it big<br />
Ivan Reitman<br />
in Hollywood, has a<br />
soft spot in his heart<br />
tor exhibitors. And<br />
well he might. After<br />
all. it was a group of<br />
exhibitors that gave<br />
Universal Pictures officials<br />
their first feeling<br />
that Reifman's<br />
"National Lampoon's<br />
Animal House" had<br />
boxoffice power.<br />
Their reaction was the forerunner of all<br />
that has happened since: Incredible grosses<br />
that have gone beyond the $52 million<br />
maik—and propelled Reitman into the<br />
ranks of millionaires.<br />
'An Overnight Millionaire'<br />
"It feels good," the<br />
.^1 -year-old producer-director<br />
admits when asked how it feels<br />
to be "an overnight millionaire." At Universal<br />
he has graduated to a plush office<br />
in the producers building—out of the temporary<br />
bungalows he occupied with co-producer<br />
Matty Simmons while the hit picture<br />
was being filmed.<br />
It was a 10-minute product reel, filled<br />
with some of the raunchiest parts of "Animal<br />
House" that drew raves from exhibitors<br />
and gave Universal a feeling of confidence<br />
in the picture's drawing power.<br />
His percentage of the picture's profits has<br />
given him a new lifestyle. At present he<br />
Tives in a rented house in Beverly Hills that<br />
once belonged to the late gossip columnist<br />
Hedda Hopper. But this is only until the<br />
house he is renovating in swank Bel Air is<br />
completed.<br />
His newest picture, "Meatballs," which<br />
he directed, has just been picked up by<br />
Paramount Pictures, a development which<br />
he likes.<br />
Reitman swears by the major studio<br />
d'.stributing firms when it comes to sending<br />
his brain child out into the cold world of<br />
exhibition.<br />
"You have to get one of the Big Six,"<br />
he declared. "They're the ones who can gel<br />
your picture into the A houses. And that's<br />
where the business is generated."<br />
Reitman is looking to "Meatballs" to generate<br />
some of the same kind of business that<br />
"Animal House" picked up. He moved out<br />
of his "Animal House" producer's role to<br />
direct the low-budget picture. "I figured 1<br />
had to try to direct while I had the shot at<br />
it." he said.<br />
Bill<br />
Murray Stars<br />
"Meatballs" stars Bill Murray, one of the<br />
stars of television's "Saturday Night Live"<br />
which produced John Belushi and others.<br />
Murray plays a head counselor who is training<br />
a group of junior counselors. The setting<br />
is summer camp — "Probably the<br />
worst camp in all of North America," Reitman<br />
declared.<br />
"Meatballs" was produced by Dan Goldberg<br />
and written by Lein' Blum, Dan Goldberg.<br />
Janis Allen and Harold Ramis. The<br />
latter was co-author of "Animal House."<br />
Reitman's journey into big-time Hollywood<br />
started with three small pictures for<br />
American International. "They Came from<br />
Within." "The House by the Lake" and<br />
"Cannibal Girls"; plus "Rabid." for New<br />
World Pictures.<br />
Paramount will release "Meatballs" m<br />
Toronto on June 29, and plans to go into<br />
widespread release in the U. S. in mid-July.<br />
Then, Universal is planning to re-release<br />
"Animal House" in September and November.<br />
"They have a whole new campaign<br />
planned, going into 1,600 theatres on the<br />
West Coa^st aind then into 1.600 theatres<br />
on the East Coasit," he said.<br />
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RECORD<br />
fjarol.l M. Unas h,is hcui ,ippomic>l a vice<br />
prcMdc-iU ol MCA Inc. He icl.uns his<br />
title as treasurer and his position ol chief<br />
financial officer.<br />
Charles Green has been appointed Eastern<br />
advertising manager for United Artists.<br />
Gene Froelich, former assistant treasurer<br />
of MCA Inc., has been named a vice president<br />
of MCA.<br />
Saul Cooper has been appointed vice president<br />
of foreign advertising and publicity for<br />
United Artists.<br />
Melinda Mullen has left her position as<br />
director of West Coast publicity for United<br />
Artists to become vice president of marketing<br />
and promotion for the Guttman and<br />
Pam public relations firm. She will be involved<br />
in expanding the company's film<br />
projects division.<br />
Mark Canton has been named executive<br />
vice president of the JP Organization, Jon<br />
Peters' independent production company.<br />
Canton left his post as vice president of<br />
motion picture development at MGM to<br />
assume the new position, effective May 14.<br />
John Nunn has been named to head the<br />
Philadelphia branch office of Associated<br />
Film Distribution, and Dave Titleman has<br />
been chosen to head the Boston office. The<br />
appointments complete the staffing of the<br />
AFD sales arm. Nunn is a former branch<br />
manager for AI. and Titleman headed the<br />
New England office for Allied and MGM.<br />
Ross Merrin has been appwinted to manage<br />
the Los Angeles branch office of AVCO<br />
Embassy Pictures.<br />
Jim Johnson has been named executive<br />
vice president/ chief financial officer of Cas-<br />
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ablanca FilmWorks. He was the former vice<br />
president of administration at Columbia Pictures<br />
Corp.<br />
Joni Robbins has been named assistant<br />
treasurer of MCA Inc.<br />
Lonnie Halousk has joined the legal department<br />
of Warner Bros.<br />
Joseph W. Ross was appointed vice president<br />
of the Cinema 5<br />
theatre division.<br />
Charles H. Wheafley was recently<br />
added<br />
to the staff of the architectural and design<br />
division of the Filbert Co.. a theatre equipment<br />
firm.<br />
Wheatley<br />
Lynn Tirade has been named assistant<br />
director of merchandising for National<br />
Screen Service to work on the company's<br />
in-theatre merchandising program.<br />
Charles Morgan has been named a vice<br />
president of Universal Pictures and will be<br />
involved in film distribution, copyright and<br />
general litigation matters.<br />
Harvey M. Baren has tendered his<br />
resigation<br />
as general sales manager of National<br />
Screen Service 'Ooip.<br />
Barry Essenfeld has been appointed general<br />
Corp.<br />
sales manager of Allied Artists Pictures<br />
Didier Chatelain has been promoted to<br />
vice president of Herman Cohen Productions,<br />
Charles A. McFadden has been appointed<br />
Eastern division manager for Paramount<br />
TV distribution.<br />
Frank Bodo has been named director of<br />
production finance for the motion picture<br />
division of Paramount Pictures.<br />
Jim Goyjer, Kim Leisner and Nancy Latimer<br />
have been added to the staff of the<br />
Universal Studios' tours publicity and promotion<br />
department.<br />
A. R. (Biff) Gale has been named senior<br />
vice president of MCA DiscoVision Systems<br />
Tom Canipanella has been appointed vice<br />
prcsidenl of national advertising for Parannnint's<br />
motion picture division.<br />
John Olis, former Pacific Coast district<br />
jnanager for Allied Ai lists, has taken the<br />
same position with Buena Vista Distribution.<br />
His background includes film sales with<br />
Paramount and MGM.<br />
Titles<br />
& Takes<br />
Woody Allen's "Manhattan" set openingday<br />
lecords in New York and Los Angeles<br />
with a combined gross of $75,198 for 19<br />
theatres. In New York it grossed $48,277 at<br />
seven theatres for opening day, compared<br />
with the $30,108 registered by Allen's<br />
Academy Award-winning "Annie Hall" for!<br />
its first day also at seven theatres.<br />
In less than a month since winning three<br />
major Academy Awards, Hal Ashby's<br />
"Coming Home" grossed $7,000,802 with<br />
504 prints working nationwide.<br />
April Fools Productions' "Harper Valley<br />
PTA" passed $3 million in grosses in its<br />
first five weeks of re-release.<br />
Universal Pictures' "Battlestar Galactica"<br />
has grossed $13,571,160 up to April 21 in<br />
its theatrical release in Europe, South America<br />
and Japan.<br />
I<br />
Warner Bros, reports that "Superman"<br />
continues to set records in Brazil, racking up<br />
$192,887 in its second week in 14 theatres<br />
in Sao Paolo, just short of the $193,407'<br />
gross attained in the first week. In Rio de<br />
i<br />
Janeiro, also in 14 theatres. "Superman" had<br />
a second week gross of $161,791, after a<br />
first week of $187,477.<br />
"Summer Camp," slated for a May 30<br />
lelease in the U.S. by Seymour Borde &<br />
Associates, grossed $57,106 in six Canadian<br />
cities in its opening runs. The action included<br />
two weeks in St. Johns, $10,245; Moncton,<br />
$11,699 in two weeks; $10,666 in two<br />
weeks in Charlottetown; $5,928 in three<br />
days in Kingston; $10,846 in three days in<br />
Edmonton, and $7,722 in three days in Regina.<br />
Roman Polanski's "Forbidden Dreams"<br />
(MPM) opened to strong business in the<br />
Atlanta territory during the week of March<br />
23. The film picked up $15,527 at the Cinema<br />
North and Hickory Hollow theatres in<br />
Nashville. During its second week, "Forbidden<br />
Dreams" also played at the Cinema<br />
South.<br />
"Cemetery Girls" (MPM) grossed $31,428<br />
in its opening weekend, March 23-26, in<br />
Cleveland. The figure was the strongest<br />
opening weekend total for Cleveland driveins<br />
in four years.<br />
"Rivals" (World Entertainment Corp.)<br />
grossed $155,000 in its first-week limited<br />
run in Salt Lake City and h.is topped<br />
$325,000 in the exchange to date.<br />
Avco Embassy's "Phantasm" hit a total<br />
gross of $1,521,143 at the end of its second<br />
week in playdates in California and parts<br />
of Texas. The film grossed $786,742 in five<br />
days at 126 theatres. "Phantasm" hit a fiveday<br />
gross of $545,788 in 7S houses in Los<br />
Angeles.<br />
"Midnight Express" continues to play to<br />
record-breaking business in its second week<br />
in Rio de Janeiro, pulling in $98,631 from<br />
eight houses and establishing seven new<br />
house iccords.<br />
M;! 14. 1979
THE PROMOTION AND MERCHANDISING GUIDE<br />
Send news of adyertislng campaigns and publicity to STU GOLDSTEIN, MERCHANDISING EDITOR<br />
Combination of Nostalgia^ Free Gifts<br />
and a 'Robot'<br />
Hype 'Buck Rogers at Plitt's St, Francis Theatre<br />
Thanks to Universal and star Gil Gerard,<br />
a lot of young moviegoers are now fully<br />
aware of Buck Rogers. Gerard is the new<br />
space hero of Universal's "Buck Rogers in<br />
the 25th Century." But unless they are old<br />
movie fans or have heard stories from their<br />
parents, many youthful customers are painfully<br />
unaware of the old Buck Rogers—the<br />
Buck of adventure books and movie serials.<br />
Using nostalgia as a primary tool, and<br />
it sprinkling with dash of modem-day<br />
a<br />
wizardry and free gifts. Gary Warrick,<br />
manager of Plitt's St. Francis Theatre in<br />
San Francisco, kicked off a "Buck Rogers"<br />
want-to-see promotion.<br />
One month prior to the release of Universal's<br />
"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century."<br />
12-page promotional packages were sent to<br />
every newspaper, radio and television station<br />
in the Bay Area, inviting the media to<br />
jump on the "Buck Rogers" rocket with the<br />
St. Francis Theatre. Three newspapers and<br />
several radio stations mentioned that the<br />
space hero of 50-year standing had returned<br />
in a new motion picture soon to<br />
be shown at the St. Francis Theatre in S^in<br />
Francisco. Two weeks before the release<br />
date, KTVU, television channel 2 in Oakland,<br />
aired film clips in a 5-minute segment<br />
on the 10 o'clock news and repeated these<br />
clips on their popular late-night show<br />
"Creature Features" the Saturday prior to<br />
opening.<br />
As a special bonus, drawings were held both<br />
Saturday and Sunday, with a total of fifty<br />
copies each of the new Buck Rogers adventure<br />
books volumes one and two given<br />
away as prizes to customers holding winning<br />
tickets. These books, collectively valued at<br />
$200 were also provided by Dell Publications<br />
at no charge to the theatre.<br />
'Shorty' Helps, Too<br />
St. Francis stagehand John Reilly added<br />
a special touch to the success of the promotion<br />
by creating a robot constructed from an<br />
old theatre lobby trash can. "Shorty" had<br />
blinking green eyes, antennas, long arms<br />
ending in tongs, a golden body, and a bright<br />
red light perched as a noble crown. Not<br />
limited to beauty alone, "Shorty" also possessed<br />
considerable golden charm. Equipped<br />
with an endless tape cassette loop, he would<br />
greet the customers to the theatre every<br />
sixty seconds, and invite them to try the<br />
theatre's "Buck Rogers style popcorn—so<br />
good it disintegrates in your mouth."<br />
With the ideas and imagination of the<br />
St. Francis Theatre Staff, a strong response<br />
from the media, and the support and generosity<br />
of Bill Blackbeard. in association with<br />
the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art.<br />
as well as Dell Publishing and the Mego<br />
Corp., "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"<br />
opened in San Francisco with a real "blastoff,"<br />
using the St. Francis as a launching<br />
pad.<br />
Show-A-Ramo MeeUng Select's<br />
Griffin 'Show-Woman of Year'<br />
Krista Griffin, general manager of Harkins<br />
Theatres in Scottsdale. Ariz., was honored<br />
as "Show Woman of the Year" at the<br />
22nd annual Show-A-Rama convention in<br />
Kansas City during April. At only 23, Griffin<br />
has already managed to receive the<br />
award twice. The United Motion Picture<br />
Assn. honored Griffin for her excellence in<br />
community service and dedication to entertaining<br />
movie patrons.<br />
Highlights of some of Griffin's campaigns<br />
iiicluded a "summer movie fun" program,<br />
which tied in with local PTAs.<br />
Collection<br />
of Treasures<br />
With the aid of the Oakland Tribune's<br />
newspaper library. Bill Blackbeard, director<br />
of the San Francisco Academy of<br />
Comic Arts, was contacted. Blackbeard<br />
is one of the foremost authorities on comic<br />
strips and is also a collector of Buck Rogers<br />
original books, which date back as far<br />
1929. After some conversation, he agreed<br />
as<br />
to display his collection of Buck Rogers<br />
nostalgic treasures, for which the theatre<br />
converted an in-lobby boxoffice to an attractive<br />
display case.<br />
On opening day, a 60-foot banner from<br />
Universal Studios was suspended from the<br />
roof to wave above the marquee, and to<br />
attract the attention of commuters and passers-by<br />
in<br />
the downtown Market Street area.<br />
WORLD PREVIEW OF -TILV^AU the major stars of Harner Bros.' -Tilt"<br />
were<br />
in attendance at the premiere held recently at the Woodlake Cinema 3 in Houston.<br />
The event was a Mack-tie invitation-only affair that included the mayor, astronaut<br />
Alan Shepherd and other VIPs participating. Pictured above enjoying; red carpet<br />
treatment, co-star Ken Marshall, producer Mel Simon, star Brooke Shields,<br />
Rudy Durand. and soundtrack vocalist Bill Wray.<br />
director<br />
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PROMOTION CITATIONS<br />
January<br />
Gary Warrick, nhiiuii^er oj Pliir Theatres' St. Fnwcis Jheaire in San Francisco, who<br />
kicked off the opening of Warnefs "Every Which Way But Loose" with a unique<br />
"all primate" beauty pageant. The event garnered feature story coverage on the<br />
10 o'clock evening news. Featured in Jan. 22 Showniandiser.<br />
February<br />
Morton Berger. manager oj the Tower Mull Cinema in Phoeni.x. for his audiencebuilding<br />
"Tonight They're Out to Get the Warriors" promotion. Berger's technique<br />
included dressing himself and fellow theatre employees in "Warriors" get-up. Featured<br />
in Feb. 26 Showmandiser.<br />
March<br />
Jerry Littenberg. manager of General Cinema's Morris Hills Theatre in Parsippany.<br />
N.J.. who commemorated the 50th birthday of Mickey Mouse with a special presentation<br />
of "Mickey Mouse Birthday Party Show." Littenberg's promotion included<br />
eye-catching displays and employees donned in "Mouse" costumes. Featured in<br />
March 26 Showmandiser.<br />
April<br />
Christine La Monte, director of publicity and promotion for Boston's Sack Theatres.<br />
who really dazzled the city of Boston with her "Brink's Job" exploitation. "Brink's<br />
Week" was declared by the Mayor, a "Brink's parade" toured the city and her<br />
"Crack a Pete" promotion called additional attention to "Brink's" and Sack. Featured<br />
in April 2 Showmandiser.<br />
Blood Bank Tie-in<br />
Helps Plug 'Bite'<br />
Dracula was "alive" and well in Abilene,<br />
Tex., recently for the opening of MP's<br />
"Love At First Bite" at Texas Cinema<br />
Corp's. Radford Hill Cinema 3. Manager<br />
Dave Vaughn got in touch with the wellknown<br />
Count and asked if he would put in<br />
an appearance to coincide with the recent<br />
film. Dracula, never one to shy away from<br />
a good dinner . at the chance.<br />
Texas Cinema Corp's "Love at Firs<br />
Bite" promo really had bite!<br />
In addition, a natural tie-im for the Count<br />
was the theatre's promotion at the Mcek's<br />
Blood Bank to "Beat Dracula to the Punch"<br />
by donating a pint of blood to the blood<br />
bank and receiving two passes to see "Love<br />
At First Bite."<br />
Radio giveaways of passes on suitions<br />
KFMW and KEAN helped round out the<br />
local promotion.<br />
Manager Dave Vaughn said that the audience<br />
enjoyed the Count's entrances and<br />
exits from his coffin nightly, but a few<br />
children were a bit alarmed when they<br />
opened what they thought was an empty<br />
coffin.<br />
$1000 in Free Radio Ads<br />
Result of Awards Contest<br />
To tie-in with the Academy Awards presentations,<br />
the Hillcrest 4 Theatres in St.<br />
Joseph, Mo. initiated an Academy Award<br />
Jackpot contest. Entrants were instructed<br />
to vote for their choice for Academy Award<br />
winners, with a chance to win a free gift.<br />
Prizes included a ladie's diamond watch, a<br />
CB radio, a record album a month for one<br />
year and a $50 cash prize. Other prizes,<br />
such as tires and wheels, a canned ham and<br />
bowling accessories together totaled over<br />
$800.<br />
were donated by mer-<br />
All prizes local<br />
chants. In addition, over 130 radio spots<br />
resulted trom the promotion. Hillcrest had<br />
allocated only .$100 for radio time, but<br />
KKJO Radio donated the entire radio campaign,<br />
valued at just under $1000. The radio<br />
station told the theatre to use the $100 for<br />
future advertising with the station. A local<br />
man won the jackpot, garnering plenty of<br />
publicity for the Hillcrest 4 at a total cost<br />
of only $102 to the theatre.<br />
Crown Cinema managers were all given<br />
the opporlunily \.o win a mini-vacation to<br />
Ills Vegas Ironi the promotion.<br />
Karate Professionals<br />
Tub-thump 'Good Guys'<br />
Tony Bruguiere of Ogden-Perry's Santa<br />
Rosa Cinema in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.,<br />
"kicked" off his promotion of "Good Guys<br />
Wear Black" in a big way.<br />
Bruguiere contacted Jimmy Rodreguez<br />
and arranged for the nationally famous Red<br />
Dragon Karate Team to give a martial arts<br />
demonstration in front of Santa Rosa Cinema.<br />
The Red Dragon karate team exploited<br />
'Good Guys Wear Black" with live<br />
demonstrations.<br />
A large crowd turned out as the Red<br />
Dragon Team demonstrated the techniques<br />
used by Chuck Norris in "Good Guys Wear<br />
Black."<br />
To round out the promotion, Bruguiere<br />
contacted WNUE, and arranged for a radio<br />
promotion. Each hour for 60 hours, a<br />
listener who called in at the sound of the<br />
"karate chop" won a pass to see "Good<br />
Guys Wear Black" at the Santa Rosa Cinema.<br />
Hourly winners qualified for the grand<br />
prize drawing of a six month karate course<br />
at the Jimmy Rodreguez Karate Academy.<br />
The martial arts demonstration and the<br />
radio promotion resulted in over $1350.00<br />
in<br />
free radio advertising.<br />
Teli Us About Your<br />
Best Ad Campaigns<br />
Bo.xoFFicE wants to know details about<br />
your best advertising campaigns to promote<br />
currently playing pictures. Tell us what<br />
film you promoted and how. including any<br />
media coverage you got as a result of the<br />
promotion. Plenty of copy and photos are<br />
essential to give other exhibitors the e.xact<br />
story on your promotion strategies. The best<br />
campaigns will be featured in Showmandiser<br />
and all features we run will be candidates<br />
for Showmandiser Citations.<br />
We are also interested in your audience's<br />
reactions to current engagements. Audience<br />
response is vital information to all exhibitors.<br />
What recent bookings have been successful<br />
and not-so-successful Send news of<br />
your campaigns and audience reactions to<br />
Stu Goldstein. Merchandising Editor. <strong>Boxoffice</strong>.<br />
825 Van Brunt. Kansas City, Mo.<br />
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DISNEY PRODUCTIONS<br />
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APRIL PRODUCTION STARTS<br />
THE BORDER PRODUCTIONS<br />
The Border. Filming began April 16 in<br />
Durango, Mexico, on this story dealing with<br />
the plight of illegal aliens from Mexico.<br />
Starring are Telly Savalas, Eddie Albert,<br />
Danny de la Paz and Robin Clarke. Chris-<br />
' phy got under way on locations in Ireland<br />
f<br />
April 23 on this feature being made in association<br />
with Paul Avila Mayer. Topping<br />
the cast are Richard Burton and Kate Mulgrew.<br />
Others in key roles are Nicholas Clay,<br />
Cyril Cusack, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Niall<br />
Tobin, Diana van der Vlis and Kathryn<br />
Dowling. Tom Donovan is directing from<br />
the script by Claire Labine, who also is<br />
producer. Tom Hayes is producer.<br />
began April 30 at Disney Studios<br />
on this feature starring Elliott Gould and<br />
Genevieve Bujold, Story has Gould playing<br />
a high-living pilot hired by Bujold. a prim<br />
evangelist, to fly a rickety B-29 to her South<br />
Pacific mission. Also starring are Ricky<br />
Schroder, Vincent Gardenia and Tammy<br />
Laurene. Charles Jarrott is directing from<br />
the screenplay by Steven W. Carabatsos,<br />
Sandy Glass and George Arthur Bloom.<br />
Ron Miller is executive producer. He is coproducing<br />
with Jan Williams.<br />
S. BENJAMIN FISZ PRODUCTIONS<br />
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeiey<br />
Square. Richard Jordan and David Niven<br />
head the cast of this feature on which production<br />
began April 2 in London. Others<br />
in the cast are Oliver Tobias, George Baker,<br />
Gloria Grahame and Joss Ackland. Ralph<br />
Thomas is directing from Guy Elmes'<br />
screenplay. S. Benjamin Fisz is producer.<br />
HEMDALE/UNITED ARTISTS THEATRES<br />
Cattle Annie and Little Britches.<br />
This King-Hitzig production began filming<br />
April 2 on locations around Durango, Mexico.<br />
Burt Lancaster. John Savage and Rod<br />
Steiger are starring. Diane Lane and Amanda<br />
Plummer play two teenage girls who go<br />
West just before the turn of the century<br />
and join the notorious Doolin-Dalton gang<br />
of outlaws, Lamont Johnson is directing<br />
from the screenplay by David Eyre and<br />
Robert Ward. John Daly and Derek J, Dawson<br />
are executive producers. Alan King<br />
and Rupert Hitzig are producing.<br />
HILLTOPPER PRODUCTIONS<br />
11 The Fog. Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis,<br />
Barbeau and Hal Holbrook star<br />
in this modern-day ghost story about a deadly<br />
and mysterious fog that shrouds a small<br />
California community. John Carpenter is<br />
directing on location in Inverness, Calif.<br />
Shooting began April 2 on the screenplay<br />
he wrote with Debra Hill. Others in the cast<br />
ALAN LANDSBURG PRODUCTIONS<br />
The White Lions. Michael York and<br />
Glynnis O'Connor star in this story about<br />
the McBride family in Africa and their involvement<br />
with two white lions who are<br />
born in captivity but are sent back into the<br />
jungle. Also in the cast are Donald Moffat<br />
and J. A. Preston. Mel Stuart is directing<br />
the feature which began filming April 18<br />
in Dallas. Corey Blechman wrote the<br />
screenplay. Alan Landsburg is executive producer.<br />
Howard Lipstone and Paul Freeman<br />
aie producing.<br />
LORIMAR PRODUCTIONS<br />
Carny. Jodie Foster, Gary Busey and<br />
Meg Foster star in this story about the behind-the-scenes<br />
life in a carnival. Filming<br />
began April 27 on location in Savannah,<br />
Ga.. with Robert Kaylor directing Thomas<br />
Baum's screenplay. Others in the cast are<br />
Robbie Robinson (who also is producing),<br />
Bert Remsen, Elisha Cook Jr., Kenneth<br />
McMillan and Bill McKinney. Jonathan<br />
Taplin is executive producer.<br />
SANRIO COMMUNICATIONS<br />
The .Adventures of the Nutcracker.<br />
Production began in Tokyo April 1 on this<br />
full-length puppet animation feature based<br />
on the famous Nutcracker Ballet, with Takeo<br />
Nakamura directing from the screenplay<br />
by Gene Fournier and Tom Joachim. Walt<br />
DeFarioa and Mark L. Rosen are producing<br />
and Shintaro Tsuji is the executive producer.<br />
MELVIN SIMON PRODUCTIONS<br />
Scavenger Hunt. Filming began April<br />
y in San Diego on this wild comedy growing<br />
out of the last will of an eccentric millionaire<br />
who sends his heirs on a fantastic<br />
scavenger hunt. In the cast are Richard<br />
Benjamin, James Coco, Scatman Crothers,<br />
Ruth Gordon, Cloris Leachman, Cleavon<br />
Little, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley,<br />
Tony Randall, Willie Aames, and Dirk<br />
Benedict. Michael Schultz is directing from<br />
the screenplay by Henry Harper and Steven<br />
A. Vail, who also is producing. Mclvin Simon<br />
is executive producer.<br />
JACK WHITE/PETER BARTON<br />
PRODUCTIONS<br />
Cuba Crossing. Stuart Whitman and<br />
Robert Vaughn star in this story about an<br />
assasination attempt on Fidel Castro. Film-<br />
ing began April 10 in Key West. Others in<br />
the cast are Caren Kay. Mary-Lou Gassen,<br />
Michael Gazzo, Raymond St. Jacques,<br />
Woody Strode, and Albert Salmi. Chuck<br />
Workman is directing from his own script.<br />
Denno Bellenbaum and Peter Barton are<br />
producing. Jack While is executive produc-<br />
20TH CENTURY-FOX<br />
Brubaklr. Producers Ted Mann and<br />
Ron Silveiman began principal photography<br />
April 9 in Columbus, Ohio, on this prison<br />
drama based on the experiences of penolo-<br />
are John Houseman, Tom Atkins, Charles gist Thomas Murton. Robert Redford stars<br />
Cyphers, Nancy Loomis. George Buck<br />
topher Leitch is directing from a screenplay<br />
by Michael Allin. Donald Langdon and Flower. John Goff and Ty Mitchell. Debra<br />
producing and Bloch<br />
as a warden attempting reforms which are<br />
opposed by a group of hardened criminals.<br />
Gerald Green are producers.<br />
Others in the cast are Yaphet Kotto, M.<br />
Hill is Charles is executive<br />
producer.<br />
Emmet Walsh, Matt Clark, Harry Groener,<br />
CLAR PRODUCTIONS<br />
and Iseult. Principal photogra-<br />
Everett McGill, William Newman. Barry<br />
Corbin and Tim Mclntire. Stuart Rosenberg<br />
is directing from A. J. Carothers"<br />
screenplay.<br />
Fatso. Anne Bancroft is starring and directing<br />
her own screenplay in which Dom<br />
DeLuise is inspired to lose weight when he<br />
falls in love. Others in the cast are Candy<br />
Azzara, Ron Carey, Richard Karron,<br />
Charles Knapp, Debra Duval and Estelle<br />
Reiner. Stuart Cornfield is the producer of<br />
this Crossbow Productions feature on which<br />
filming began April 2 in Los Angeles, with<br />
shooting also planned for New York.<br />
UNITED ARTISTS<br />
Heaven's Gate. Kris Kristofferson,<br />
Christopher Walken, John Hurt and Jeff<br />
Bridges star in this Partison Productions<br />
feature about a tough marshall who gets involved<br />
in a land war in the Old West. Principal<br />
photography began April 16 in Montana,<br />
with shooting also planned on locations<br />
in Idaho, Massachusetts and Rhode<br />
Island. Others in the cast are Isabelle Huppert,<br />
Sam Waterston and Brad Dourif.<br />
Michael Cimino is directing from his own<br />
script. Joann Carelli is producing.<br />
The Raging Bull. Robert DeNiro stars<br />
in this biography of boxer Jake LaMatta, a<br />
Chartoff-Winkler production on which filming<br />
began April 16 in Los Angeles. Others<br />
in the cast are Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty.<br />
Martin Scorcese is directing from<br />
the screenplay by Paul Schrader and Mardik<br />
Martin. Irwin Winkler and Robert<br />
Chartoff are producing.<br />
UNIVERSAL<br />
Esther. Ruth and Jennifer. Roger<br />
Moore. James Mason and Anthony Perkins<br />
star in this Cinema 7 feature about a daring<br />
billion-dollar caper being produced by<br />
Elliott Kastner. Filming is underway in Ireland,<br />
with lensing also set for London.<br />
Andrew McLaglen is directing from the<br />
screenplay by Jack Davies. Mo Rothman is<br />
executive producer.<br />
In God We Tru$t (or Gimme That<br />
Prime Time Religion). Marty Feldman is<br />
starring in this slapstick fable which he is<br />
directing from a screenplay he wrote with<br />
Chris Allen. Also starring are Louise Lasser.<br />
Peter Boyle and Andy Kaufman. Howard<br />
West and George Shapiro are producing.<br />
Norman Herman is executive producer.<br />
IBOXOFHCE :: May 14, 1979<br />
13
BOXOFFICE BAROMETER<br />
This chart records the performance of current attractions in the opening week of their first runs in<br />
the 20 key cities checked. Pictures with fewer than five engagements are not listed. As new runs<br />
are reported, ratings are added and averages revised. Computation is in terms of percentage in<br />
relation to average grosses as determined by the theatre managers. With 100 per cent as average,<br />
the figures show the gioss ratings above or below that mark. (Asterisk * denotes combination bills.)<br />
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JOEY TRAVOLTA, brother of famous<br />
John, has his own bid for stardom in<br />
American International's "Sunnyside," which<br />
opens here Friday, June 1. Joey will be<br />
making personal appearances at theatres in<br />
all five boroughs that weekend.<br />
•<br />
Al's New York division manager Donald<br />
Schwartz and Albany branch manager Stan<br />
Lynn have set dates in the Buffalo territory<br />
for 'Sunnyside" and "The Amityville Hor-<br />
The old King's Theatre in Brooklyn, formerly<br />
a Loews house, is now under the<br />
ownership of the Flatbush Development<br />
Corp., which intends to turn the 4,000-seater<br />
into<br />
a multimedia center. Towards that end,<br />
a benefit was held at the theatre May 5.<br />
Highlight of the evening was a presentation<br />
by film historian and raconteur Herb<br />
Graff, who overcame the inadequate sound<br />
system with a series of outtakes from old<br />
films and a group of Vitaphone shorts which<br />
had been made in the vicinity, one being<br />
"Buzzin' Around" (1933) with Fatty Ar-<br />
Food from Nathan's was served in<br />
the lobby, where there was disco dancing<br />
after the stage and screen offerings.<br />
•<br />
New officers for Women of the Motion<br />
Picture Industry were elected at the April<br />
24 business meeting and will be installed at<br />
a cocktail-dinner parly to he held June 7<br />
at the Warwick Hotel. The new slate: president.<br />
Mary Vera of Columbia Pictures:<br />
first vice president, Christine Laney of<br />
United Arti.'its: second vice president. Maria<br />
Vandenberg of AEl Freight: recording secretary.<br />
Linda Cataldo of United Artists:<br />
corresponding .secretary, Gertrude Pierce of<br />
Paramount; and treasurer. Dolly Coinino<br />
of United Artists.<br />
•<br />
Brooklyn's Sutter's Bakery has been recreated<br />
on the 20th Century-Fo.x lot for<br />
scenes in "Fatso," being written and directed<br />
by Anne Bancroft, who also stars in the<br />
Icomedy with Dom DeLuise. The bakery<br />
iwas one of Bancroft's favorite places as a<br />
child but she never enters the recreation in<br />
the<br />
film.<br />
•<br />
Openings: "The Silent Partner," .selected<br />
as Best Picture at the 1978 Canadian Film<br />
Festival, began May I! in 60 area houses.<br />
An EMC release, directed by Daryl Duke<br />
entirely on location in Toronto, it stars Elliott<br />
Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah<br />
York and Celine Lome:..<br />
ATs comedy hit "Love at First Bile."<br />
starring George Hamilton as Dracula.<br />
branches out to 100 theatres May 25.<br />
Showcases include the reissue of "The<br />
Exorcist" with Dolby Stereo, "Dawn of the<br />
Dead," "Firepower" starring Sophia Loren<br />
and James Coburn. "The China Syndrome,"<br />
"Norma Rae," "The Deer Hunter" and<br />
"Last Embrace."<br />
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WORCESTER<br />
Q.eneral Cinema Corp.'s Worcester Center<br />
Cinemas 3 played an Italian import.<br />
Quartet Films' "Wifemistress." with titles.<br />
Such product is rarely slotted into a mid-<br />
Masachusetts first-run house and, more<br />
often than not, has a dubbed soundtrack.<br />
Area Redstone theatres, the im-town<br />
Showcase Cinemas 4, the Cinema One and<br />
the White City Cinemas 2, are charging<br />
$2.50 admission all day, every day, with<br />
children admitted for $1.25. A similar plan<br />
is<br />
in effect at the GCC plex.<br />
RHODE ISLAND<br />
fhe T.M.S. combine leased the Wareham<br />
Drive-In to Randy Ellis, former manager<br />
of the Sky-Vuc Drive-In, Biockton.<br />
NEW HAMPSHIRE<br />
£|mpha$izing "bargain" admissions for matinee<br />
trade, the General Cinema Corp.'s<br />
Bedford Mall 3, Bedford, is charging $1.50<br />
for first daily shows (with exception, presently,<br />
for long-run engagement of Universal's<br />
"The Deer Hunter"). The Movie Center,<br />
suburban Manchester, has been charging<br />
$1.75 at 1 p..m., on a daily basis.<br />
The Sky Ray Drive-In, Hookset, participating<br />
in regional saturation playoff of New<br />
World Pictures' "Star Crash," booked "Fantastic<br />
Planet" as companion feature and<br />
charged $5 per carload.<br />
NEW BRITAIN<br />
Qentral Connecticut playdates for Warner<br />
Bros.' "Every Which Way But Loose"<br />
on a sub-run basis ran into extended bookings,<br />
a rare development for product that<br />
enjoyed long stays in initial openings. The<br />
DeSantis Kensington Cinema, normally on<br />
a 99-cents admission policy, upped the price<br />
to $1.50.<br />
HARTFORD<br />
Cylvia Stieber, Connecticut Assn. of Theatre<br />
Owners president, had an imusual<br />
schedule at her suburban Avon Twin Cine-<br />
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and Broomsticks," for matinees and<br />
early evenings, and Warner Bros.' "Every<br />
Which Way But Loose" for 9:15 p.m.<br />
WHCN-FM offered 50 pairs of guest<br />
tickets to showings of Universal's "Battlestar<br />
Galactica" in Redstone Showcase Cinemas<br />
6. East Hartford, among prizes in its<br />
rock music poll awards competition.<br />
SPRINGFIELD<br />
Jyjew World Pictures slotted western Massachusetts<br />
for a premiere of "Star Crash"<br />
in a sizable number of drive-ins, backed by<br />
large-scale newspaper teaser advertising.<br />
While an increasing number of regional<br />
underskyers are charging a fixed price of<br />
$5 per carload, others are not emphasizing<br />
price at all in advertising.<br />
NEW HAVEN<br />
Jndependent exhibitor Bernie Diana, who<br />
came up with considerable losses in<br />
seeking to develop a live entertainment policy<br />
at his Strand in Hamden, consisting mostly<br />
of stage musicals, has resumed subsequent-run<br />
film policy.<br />
Interstate Theatres of New England reopened<br />
the Clinton Drive-In for the season.<br />
Sampson & Spodick Theatres dropped<br />
the tradition of a spring film festival at the<br />
Lincoln Theatre. Normally, the in-town<br />
cinema has booked double-feature programs<br />
of vintage product for two or three-day runs<br />
over a time span of six to ten weeks. Circuit<br />
spokesman Robert C. Spodick says: "It's<br />
the economics of the film industry. The<br />
number of prints is in short supply. The<br />
source of films has dried up. It's a hell of<br />
a job to get 100 films for a six-week festival."<br />
Paul Newman and Jacqueline Bissett head<br />
the cast of Irwin Allan's "The Day the<br />
World Ended."<br />
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New York<br />
(Average weekly grosses follow llieatre)<br />
An Almost Perfect Affair (Para),<br />
Trans-Lux East (8,500). 2nd wk. 13.500<br />
Fedora (UA). Cinema Studio I (5.000).<br />
3rd wk 8.550<br />
The French Detective (QuarteO.<br />
68th Street Playhouse (5.000).<br />
8th wk 5.735<br />
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs<br />
(New Line). Paris (9.000).<br />
20th wk 1 1.720<br />
A Little Romance (Orion-WB). Sutton<br />
(9.000). 2nd wk 27.500<br />
Love on the Run (New World), Coronet<br />
(9.650). 4th wk 9.650<br />
Manhattan (UA). 7 theatres.<br />
2nd wk 350.000<br />
Saint Jack (New World), Cinema I<br />
(10.400). 2nd wk 20.700<br />
Buffalo<br />
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century<br />
(Univ). 2 theatres. 4th wk 95<br />
The Champ (UA). 3 theatres. 2nd wk. 150<br />
The China Syndrome (Col), 3 theatres.<br />
6th wk 1 05<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ). 1 theatre,<br />
9th wk 250<br />
Hair (UA), 3 theatres, 5th wk 100<br />
Hurricane (Para), 2 theatres, 2nd wk. . .100<br />
A Perfect Couple (20th-Fox), 1 theatre,<br />
1st wk 100<br />
The Promise (Univ), 2 theatres, 1st wk. 125<br />
Richard Pryor—Live in Concert (SEE).<br />
1 theatre. 8th wk 90<br />
Superman (WB), 1 theatre. 19th wk. ..100<br />
The Warriors (Para), 1 theatre,<br />
nth wk 50<br />
Cleveland<br />
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Univ),<br />
2 theatres, 5th wk<br />
The China Syndrome (Col). 6 theatres.<br />
8th wk<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ), 5 theatres.<br />
10th wk<br />
Dreamer (20th-Fox), 6 theatres, 1st wk<br />
Firepower (SR), 2 theatres, 3rd wk. .<br />
Halloween (SR), 5 theatres, 8th wk. .<br />
Love at First Bite (AT), 5 theatres,<br />
1st wk<br />
Murder by Decree (Avco), 4 theatres.<br />
2nd wk<br />
The Promi.se (Univ). 4 theatres, 3rd wk.<br />
Superman (WB). 3 theatres, 20th wk. . .<br />
Hartford<br />
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Univ),<br />
Cinema II, Westfarms II, 5th wk. ..135<br />
The Champ (MGM-UA). Showcase III,<br />
4th wk 115<br />
The China Syndrome (Col), 3 theatres,<br />
7th wk 200<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Showcase VI.<br />
8th wk 200<br />
Dreams (20th-Fox), 3 theatres, 1st wk. 100<br />
ILiir (UA), Showcase V, 5'th wk 1 65<br />
llallouetn (C'omp.iss Int'll. Sh.n<br />
7lh<br />
wk<br />
Little Blue Box (SR), Art Cinema,<br />
3rd wk<br />
Love at First Bite (AD, .Showcase IV,<br />
3rd wk<br />
Norma Rae (20th-Fox), Cinema City II,<br />
Elm II, 4th wk<br />
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Atlantic),<br />
Atheneum, 4th wk<br />
The Promise (Univ). 3 theatres, 1st wk.<br />
Richard Pryor—Live in Concert (SEE),<br />
Showcase I. 1st wk<br />
Star Crash (NWP). 5 theatres, 1st wk.<br />
New Haven<br />
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (Univ).<br />
Milford II. 5th wk<br />
The Champ (MGM-UA). Showcase IV.<br />
4th wk<br />
The China Syndrome (Col), Cinemart II,<br />
Milford I, 7th wk<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Showcase I,<br />
8th wk<br />
Dreamer (20th-Fox), Whitney. Milford<br />
Twin Drive-In II. 1st wk<br />
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (NLC).<br />
Lincoln. 2nd wk<br />
Hair (UA). Showcase III. 5th wk<br />
Halloween (Compass Int'l). Showcase V,<br />
7th wk<br />
Love at First Bite (AD, Cinemart I,<br />
2nd wk<br />
Norma Rae (20th-Fox). York Square<br />
Cinema, 3rd wk<br />
The Promise (Univ). Showcase II.<br />
1st wk<br />
Star Crash (NWP). Milford Twin<br />
Drive-In I, 1st wk<br />
Balfimore<br />
The Champ (UA), Cinema II.<br />
4th wk<br />
The China Syndrome (Col). Westview II.<br />
7th wk<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ). 10th wk.<br />
Towson<br />
Patterson II<br />
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (SR),<br />
Playhouse. 6th wk<br />
Hair (UA). Cinema I. 5lh wk<br />
Hurricane (Para), Westview IV,<br />
3rd wk<br />
Love at First Bite (AI), 1st wk.<br />
Patterson I<br />
Westview I<br />
Norma Rae (20th-Fox), Westview III.<br />
6th wk<br />
Old Boyfriends (Avco). Senator,<br />
Liberty II, 1st wk<br />
Columbus<br />
Buck Rogers in the 2Sth Century (Univ),<br />
Cinema North, 5th wk 125<br />
The Champ (UA), 2 theatres. 4th wk. . .240<br />
The China Syndrome (Col), 3 theatres.<br />
7th wk 125<br />
Dawn of the Dead (SR), Raintree,<br />
2nd wk 435<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ). 2 theatres.<br />
10th wk 260<br />
The Great American Chase (WB),<br />
3 theatres. 3rd wk 95<br />
Hurricane (Para), Raintree, .225<br />
3rd wk. . .<br />
Hair (UA), 2 theatres, 5th wk 160<br />
Love at First Bite (AI), 3 theatres,<br />
1st wk 220<br />
Norma Rae (20th-Fox), 3 theatres,<br />
3rd wk 130<br />
Old Boyfriends (Avco), Cinema North,<br />
1st wk 250<br />
The Promise (Univ), 2 theatres, 4th wk. 200<br />
Richard Pryor—Live in Concert (SEE),<br />
Continent, 10th wk 300<br />
The Silent Partner (SR), Raintree,<br />
5th wk 375<br />
Superman (WB), 2 theatres, 20th wk. . .100<br />
Cincinnati<br />
Buck Rogers In the 25th Century<br />
(Univ), 3 theatres, 5th wk 300<br />
The Champ (UA), 3 theatres, 4th wk. . .400<br />
The China Syndrome (Col). 3 theatres.<br />
7th wk 350<br />
Dawn of the Dead (SR), Showcase,<br />
2nd wk 450<br />
Dreamer (20th-Fox), Showcase, 1st wk. 150<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ), 3 theatres.<br />
10th wk 600<br />
Fast Break (Col), 3 theatres. 7th wk. . .200<br />
Hair (UA), Showcase. 5th wk 200<br />
Hurricane (Para). Showcase. 3rd wk. . .200<br />
The Innocent (SR). 2 theatres, 2nd wk. 100<br />
Love at First Bite (AI). Showcase.<br />
3rd wk 500<br />
Old Boyfriends (Avco), 2 theatres,<br />
1st wk 350<br />
The Promise (Univ), 4 theatres, 3rd wk. 375<br />
Richard Pryor—Live in Concert (SEE),<br />
Studio. 11th wk. 175<br />
Same Time, Next Year (Univ).<br />
Showcase. 1 2th wk 1 50<br />
Superman (WB). 2 theatres. 20th wk. . .400<br />
PITTSBURGH<br />
^<br />
miniconvention at the Kings Court<br />
highlighted the first anniversary celebration<br />
of the Friday-Saturday midnight<br />
showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture<br />
Show." The wild and wooly affair featured<br />
audience participation, prizes and special<br />
events, including videotape highlights of<br />
former Kings Court theatre parties.<br />
Among the faithfuls attending the celebration<br />
was Tom Savini. who did makeup<br />
and stunts for the locally produced "Dawn<br />
of the Dead."<br />
On prominent display for everyone to<br />
view were merchandising outgrowths of the<br />
film, including T-shirts, bumper stickers and<br />
an initial issue of Lips, a local magazine<br />
devoted to the long-running film.<br />
Woody Allen's "Manhattan" is playing<br />
at currently the Squirrel Hill and Showcase<br />
East and West. Other marquee attractions<br />
around the area include "Halloween." "Last<br />
Embrace," "Love in Strange Places," "Every<br />
Which Way But Loose." "Super Cops."<br />
"California Suite" and "Hardcore."<br />
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A: JJ-2 70/35mm Projection System (shown with optional<br />
JTR-1100 Preamp System, lamphouse and pedestal.)<br />
B: SHOW-PAK 35mm Console (shown with optional reels<br />
and lamphouse.)<br />
C;SA&R3 35mm "All-ii<br />
Reproducer Combo.<br />
D: R-33 35mm 4-Track Magnetic Penthouse.<br />
E: SHOWMASTER Automation System.<br />
F: C-5 Deluxe 26" 35n<br />
G: C-10 Deluxe Reel Ar<br />
H: JTS-1900 Optical Sound System.<br />
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WASHINGTON<br />
Quilford C. (Dan) Kater, Modern Talking<br />
Picture Service's vice president ;md<br />
general manager, was elected president of<br />
the Washington-based Council on International<br />
Non-theatrical Events (CINE) for the<br />
year 1979-1980, moving up from the office<br />
of vice president. CINE coordinates U.S.<br />
selections for the international film festivals<br />
and awards filmmakers and sponsors of<br />
such selected motion pictures. The deadline<br />
for submitting entry forms for the fall film<br />
(Golden Eagle) competition is Aug. 1, 1979.<br />
Entrv forms may be obtained from CINE.<br />
120l' 16th St.. N.W.. Washington, D.C.<br />
200.^6.<br />
MCA Corporate Films' president William<br />
N. Burch has announced that Norman 1.<br />
Hatch, former Department of Defense audio-visual<br />
chief, has been named Washington-based<br />
government sales representative<br />
for MCA.<br />
Marty Zeldman, Columbia Pictures<br />
branch manager, screened "The Ravagers"<br />
for exhibitors and special guests at the Motion<br />
Picture Assn. of America May 10.<br />
Star-<br />
fears," according to Zeldman, "yet ultimately<br />
renews our fundamental hopes about<br />
man himself."<br />
Jim Pierce, Buena Vista branch chief,<br />
tradescreened Walt Disney's "The Apple<br />
Dumpling Gang Rides Again," with Ihe<br />
same comic duo of Tim Conway and Don<br />
Knot'ts at MPAA May 10. Pierce, in an ap<br />
parent tub-thumping mood, stated: "Ihis<br />
brand new and long-awaited sequel will<br />
have you aind your patrons howling with<br />
laughter. It's sure to rope them in at ilio<br />
boxoffice this summer."<br />
Cliarles T. Jordan, Warner Bros, branch<br />
boss, issued invitations to exhibitors to a<br />
second tradescreening of "Beyond the Poseidon<br />
Adventure," at the MPAA May 1<br />
This version had been edited by 10 to 12<br />
minutes.<br />
Playing at David Levy's Key Theatre in<br />
Georgetown is a series of Sir Alexander<br />
Korda pictures, which the Star's film critic<br />
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PHILADELPHIA<br />
file CATV Service Co., which had been<br />
providing cable TV to Lambertville,<br />
is N.J.. for the past 14 years, headed toward<br />
a new 15-year franchise. There is no competition<br />
for the franchise and no complaints<br />
about service, but the new franchise ordinance<br />
increases the city's take to Ihe city<br />
by including installation charges with Ihe<br />
2 percent of the company's gross.<br />
Thirty-six entries by independent filmmakers,<br />
working on their own without commercial<br />
support, made up the Stocklon<br />
Spring Film Festival. According to John<br />
Columbus, festival coordinator, the purpose<br />
of the festival was to give recognition to the<br />
"explorers" who are "breaking new ground"<br />
in<br />
the motion picture arts.<br />
Edgar Cramer, retired theatre piojeclionist,<br />
died April 28 at his home in Stroudsburg.<br />
He was 77. Until his retirement he<br />
had been the projectionist at the Sherman<br />
Theatre in Stroudsburg for ^5 years. Sur-<br />
ring Richard Harris. Art Carney. Ann Turkel<br />
and Ernest Borgnine, "The Ravagers," vivors include his wife Mary, a son, a<br />
an adventure film, "touches our deepest daughter, a brother, three grandchildren and<br />
four great-grandchildren.<br />
Tlie American premiere of "Mr. No<br />
Legs," a film starring double-amputee Ted<br />
Vollrath. took place May 2 at the Elks<br />
Theatre in Middletown. Vollrath, who lost<br />
both his legs in the Korean war, said he<br />
rented the film from Cinema Artists Production<br />
for a Harrisburg, Pa., area premiere.<br />
BUFFALO<br />
"fjide in Plain SIglit," the MGM movie<br />
shot in Buffalo last spring, is going to<br />
be in hiding a bit longer than expected. In<br />
the Buffalo market it was booked into the<br />
Holiday Theatre complex for Aug. 1. While<br />
no more filming is planned at this time, the<br />
movie's release has been pushed back "at<br />
least until mid-fall," according to an MGM<br />
spokesman. It is being re-edited by Francis<br />
Coppola's American Zoetrope organization.<br />
" *Love at First Bite' is a cinch to become<br />
a cult film, and to drag in legions of pleased<br />
collegians and younger viewers as well as a<br />
fair contingent of oldsters," writes John<br />
Dwyer, critic for The News.<br />
CLEVELAND<br />
fhc Cleveland Intcrnalional Film Festival<br />
highlights the entertainment offeiings<br />
here this week. The festival began with an<br />
opening night benefit showing of "Your<br />
Turn, My Turn." There was a prescreening<br />
reception at the theatre with .150 guests,<br />
followed by the film and a buffet supper<br />
and dancing later. Morry Zryl, Selected<br />
Pictures, a foreign film distributor, said.<br />
"Cleveland is building a very good name<br />
foi itself. The only thing we have to do is<br />
convince the general public that there is<br />
nothing wrong with seeing a film with subtitles."<br />
Thomas Mihok, United Artists branch<br />
manager, leaves here for the same post for<br />
AI in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He will<br />
reside in Philadelphia. Howard Lobeifeld<br />
will assume the position of branch manager<br />
for the present at UA.<br />
Clark Theatre Service of Oak Park, Mich.,<br />
has been appointed booking agent for Bucyrus<br />
Cinema in Bucyrus, West Side Cinema<br />
in Gallon and Gallon Triple Outdoor<br />
also in Gallon. The theatres are part of the<br />
chain of Our Theatres Inc.<br />
NORTH JERSEY<br />
ferry Molkenthin has been appointed manager<br />
of UA's Colony in Livingston,<br />
succeeding May Boyd, who recently left the<br />
industry. Prior to his appointment to the<br />
Colony, Molkenthin had been an assistant<br />
manager at the circuit's Cinema 46 Triplex<br />
in Totowa for the past year and a half. Mrs.<br />
Boyd joined United Artists' Theatres in<br />
1967 and served as a relief manager in<br />
Bergen and Passaic counties. She was named<br />
manager of the Colony in 1969 and continued<br />
in that post for the next 10 years.<br />
The Ormont in East Orange, operated by<br />
William S. Hart, was recently reopened<br />
after having been closed for about a month.<br />
Lack of film product was the reason given<br />
for the abrupt shuttering of the 850-scat<br />
house.<br />
Two other area theatres, both independently<br />
owned and operated, have closed<br />
recently, but are hoping to reopen soon.<br />
The Plaza in Paterson, operated for more<br />
than the past 25 years by Harold Hecht,<br />
has been closed for several weeks, but is<br />
advertising that it will reopen soon "under<br />
new management. ' The house is reportedly<br />
undergoing several renovations during the<br />
closing, including new seating. Also closed,<br />
since early April, is the State in Boonton.<br />
which had been operated by Andy Sullivan<br />
since December 1977. In a recent Boonton<br />
Chamber of Commerce letter, the theatre<br />
building was listed as being for sale with an<br />
"asking price (of) $85,000." The State,<br />
which seats about 800, was originally opened<br />
in 1922 by Clare Darros.<br />
UA's Bellevue in Upper Montclaii installed<br />
the new Dolby Sound system for its<br />
current exclusive area engagement ot<br />
'<br />
"Hair," now in its fifth week at the Upper<br />
|<br />
Montclair showhouse.<br />
!<br />
i<br />
Tom Carr has reopened the Lavalctie<br />
Cinema in Lavalctte, along the South Jer-<br />
^ey shore, for Ihe new season. At present,<br />
the house is open weekends only, and ex- i<br />
peels to be open on a seven-days-a-week<br />
:<br />
basis beginning with the Memorial Day<br />
weekend. Carr reportedly plans to reopen<br />
Ihe Strand in Seaside Park, as well as the<br />
Bay Drive-In in Toms River, for the summer<br />
months.<br />
May 14, 1979
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Commonwealth Adds Wolf<br />
And Grows to 370 Screens<br />
DENVER—Richard H. Orear. Commonwealth<br />
Theatres' chairman of the board.<br />
Dale N. Stewart, president of Commonwealth,<br />
and John Simms, president of Wollberg<br />
Theatres, have announced jointly that<br />
Commonwealth Theatres has assumed the<br />
operations of Wolfberg Theatres, effective<br />
May 2.<br />
Acquisition of the theatres has been<br />
agreed upon in principal and a closing date<br />
is expected in the immediate future.<br />
The indoor complexes acquired include<br />
the Arvada Plaza, North Glenn I&ll and<br />
Target Village I, II & HI. The outdoor<br />
complexes include the following Compass<br />
Drive-In theatres: The East. West, North.<br />
South, North Star. Wadsworth and Havana<br />
"Wolfberg Theatres has enjoyed a wonderful<br />
reputation in Denver with the business<br />
community," said Stewart, "as well as<br />
the filmgoing public of this thriving city. II<br />
is our full intention to carry on this tradition."<br />
With the addition of the Wolfberg theatres,<br />
Commonwealth will operate 370<br />
screens throughout 15 Midwestern and<br />
Southwestern states.<br />
Manager Trainees for TOI<br />
Undergo Seminar Sessions<br />
BOZEMAN, MONT.—A junior executive<br />
training seminar was recently held here<br />
for manager trainees with Theatre Operators<br />
Inc.<br />
The intensive two-day session covered all<br />
aspects of theatre management and acquainted<br />
participants with general office personnel<br />
and operating procedures.<br />
The seminar was under the direction of<br />
Dan Klusmann, marketing director, who was<br />
assisted by Stephen Moser, company comptroller<br />
and treasurer and Ron Reid. city<br />
manager for TOI in Bozeman. Also participating<br />
were Doug Williams, president, and<br />
Tim Warner of Warner Marketing Associates<br />
and a vice president in TOI.<br />
Those attending were Dave Simpson,<br />
John Carpenter and Cathy Hamilton from<br />
Billings, Mont. Simpson manages the Rimrock<br />
4 while Hamilton is at the Crossroads<br />
Twin. Carpenter is slated to manage the<br />
Big Sky Drive-In under city manager Lanny<br />
Wagner.<br />
Attending from Miles City was Jim Mc-<br />
Elhatton, presently managing the Park there.<br />
McElhatton will be in charge of the Sunset<br />
Drive-In in Miles City. Attending from Helena<br />
were Wayne Knudsvig, manager of the<br />
Gaslight Cinemas; Joel Overton of the Sky-<br />
High Drive-In and Steve McCauley, manager<br />
of the Sunset Drivc-In there.<br />
The current assistant manager at the<br />
Plaza Twin in Butte, Clay Brown, attended<br />
as did Sam Schmerbauch, manager of the<br />
World Theatre in Missoula, Mont.<br />
Attending from Bozeman were Larry<br />
Stones of the Campus Cinemas; Jerry Payne<br />
of the Rialto; and Tim Highfill of the Starligh'<br />
Drive-In. Also in attendance was a<br />
manager-trainee, Karen Hewitt.<br />
It is anticipated that the training seminar<br />
will become an annual event.<br />
BOXOFFICE :: May 14, 1979<br />
Hollywood<br />
Toe Kapp, associate producer of "Over the<br />
Edge," left on a seven-city promotional<br />
tour for the Orion Pictures release set to<br />
open nationwide May 18. He met with the<br />
press in Denver, Minneapolis, Kansas City,<br />
Cincinnati, Atlanta, San Antonio and Charlotte.<br />
•<br />
"Sea Dream." a 22-minute, three-dimensional<br />
film developed with the Spaccvision<br />
technical process for depth perception, will<br />
be shown as a special event at the Cannes<br />
Film Festival. Murray Lemer, director and<br />
editor of the film, and Spacevision president<br />
Alan Weber will attend the showings with<br />
Derek Leithad, director of film and theatre<br />
corporations for EMI.<br />
•<br />
Mahoney/Wasserman & Associates has<br />
expanded its operations by absorbing the<br />
David Golding & Associates firm, which<br />
had been based in London. Golding will<br />
return to the United States after 13 years in<br />
England, and will handle the motion picture<br />
division and financial section. He left his<br />
position as studio publicity director for Universal<br />
Pictures in 1965 to join Jay Kanter in<br />
launching Univcrsal's production arm in<br />
England.<br />
•<br />
Dolores Del Rio will be presented with<br />
the Golden Eagle award of the Nosotros<br />
organization at its annual dinner June 1 at<br />
the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Ricardo Montalban<br />
will make the presentation on behalf of<br />
the organization dedicated to furthering the<br />
cause of Hispanic-background actors,<br />
*<br />
Hilda Frishman, United Artists, has been<br />
elected the new president of the Hollywood/<br />
Los Angeles chapter of WOMPI. Other officers<br />
are Brenda Hewitt. 20th Century-Fox,<br />
first vice president; Julia Gtoss. Warner<br />
Bros., second vice president; Judy Barnes,<br />
WB, recording secretary; Evelyn Gordon,<br />
20th-Fox, treasurer, and Sandy Tubin,<br />
Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp. corresponding<br />
secretarv.<br />
•<br />
Happenings<br />
Judith Rheincr has been re-elected president<br />
for her second two-year term and Esme<br />
Chanlee has been named vice president of<br />
the Publicist,s Guild of America— the first<br />
time in the guild's history that two women<br />
have been placed in the top jobs.<br />
*<br />
Howard W. Koch, president of the Academy<br />
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,<br />
will serve as chairman of the Student<br />
Film Awards Steering Committee composed<br />
of 22 Academy members who work to encourage<br />
excellence in college student filmmaking.<br />
Winners of the sixth annual Student<br />
Film Awards, co-sponsored by the Bell System,<br />
will be announced in ceremonies June<br />
3 at the Academy.<br />
*<br />
George Hamilton has returned from a<br />
week of personal appearances and interviews<br />
for Mel Simon's "Love at First Bite," which<br />
American International is distributing.<br />
*<br />
Warner Bros.' "Girlfriends" won the<br />
Opera Prize as best picture at the Cartagena<br />
Film Festival in Spain, Claudia Weill<br />
produced and directed the feature starring<br />
Melanie Mayron,<br />
•<br />
MGM's "The Champ" has been honored<br />
by two film-evaluating groups, receiving the<br />
Silver Halo Award from the Southern California<br />
Motion Picture Council and similar<br />
honors from the Film Advisory Board. The<br />
Motion Picture Council awarded Bronze<br />
Halos to Ricky Schroder and to Amy<br />
Irving, star of MGM's "Voices," for their<br />
"outstanding performances." The FAB voted<br />
young Schroder the "most promising<br />
young newcomer."<br />
*<br />
The 13th annual University of Southern<br />
California-Universal Studios Summer Cinema<br />
Program will run from June 25 to Aug.<br />
4. Participants will meet two days a week<br />
at Universal for seminars with studio executives<br />
and other production personnel, and<br />
three days each week at U.SC to study the<br />
history of motion pictures and participate<br />
in<br />
a film workshop.<br />
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SAN FRANCISCO<br />
parallax Theatres will take over operation<br />
of the Harvard Exit Theatre, Seattle,<br />
I with a full-time repertory policy.<br />
June<br />
Plans call for maintaining the unique atmo-<br />
San Francisco sphere in the theatre and its operation. Gary<br />
(Average weekly grosses follow theatre) Meyer will be doing the buying and book-<br />
"<br />
^<br />
ing from the chain's San Francisco office.<br />
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century<br />
(Univ). UA Stonestown 1 (4,040).<br />
California Dreaming (AD. 1st wk, Ij C JVI |/ p I<br />
Coliseum (7.400) 4,189 ^^ - ' » ^ fc. 1^.<br />
Spruce Drive-ln (4.000) 1.801<br />
The China Syndrome (Col), Coronet "getter not bigger" is the objective of Peter<br />
(14.900). 7th wk 19.681 Warren, chairman of Denver's second<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Alexandria<br />
International Film Festival that opened Mav<br />
wk 16,432<br />
I (10,800). lOth 3 j^ Denver for two weeks.<br />
Dirt (SR), Geneva Drive-ln 2<br />
reported be second<br />
^j^^ jj,^^ f^^lj^^, to<br />
(5,400), 2nd wk.<br />
^-.U/«<br />
^^j^ ^^ ^^^ Angeles in terms of size, is slated<br />
Dreamer (20th-Fox), st wk.<br />
,^ j^^,^^^ p^^;^^^, appearances from such<br />
Alhambra 2 (5,250) 1,009<br />
^gi^brities as Lillian Gish, Henry Fonda and<br />
Empire - (1.850) .<br />
g^.^.^j^ director John Schlesinger. Approxi-<br />
Spruce Drive-ln 2 (4,000) 397<br />
^^^^^^^ ^^ j..,^^^ ^^^ scheduled to be shown<br />
,<br />
Firepower (SR). Istwk ^^^. ,^^ f^^^j^^, ^^^^y ^^^^.^ ^^^^^^(<br />
St. Fraiics 2 5,200 6,481<br />
Alexandna 2 (4,500) 7,400<br />
^^^ ^^ "Manhattan," opened the fes-<br />
Plaza 1 (6.200) 8,210 IV, , ,. , . ^ .<br />
, ^ ^ ^<br />
Spruce Drive-ln (4 000) 1.278 The festival is being funded by an under-<br />
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs<br />
^"ting of<br />
(SR),<br />
$100,000 from the First Na-<br />
Ciay (4 100) I "-th wk 6 185 tional Bank of Denver, plus support by the<br />
Hair (UA). Regency<br />
^dolph Coors Foundation Pepsi Cola Bot-<br />
1 (9,600),<br />
5th wk 11 158 "'"g Co., Public Service Co., Davis Audio<br />
Hurricane (Para),' Royal (9',600), the Colorado Council on the<br />
Y''"^'' 1"^$<br />
Humanities.<br />
3|.j ^j. 5,412 '^''s ^"'^<br />
I^st Wave (SR). Bridge (4,200).<br />
6th wk. 8.472<br />
Love at First Bite (AI), 4th wk.<br />
|^\C A Kl^ C I C C<br />
Alexandria 3 (4,100) 5.279 LKJ^ M IM \J C L C O<br />
Metro 2 (2,700) 2,616<br />
Geneva Drive-ln 3 (5,400)<br />
.<br />
. ^ Angeles Variety Club Tent 25 is among<br />
Meetings 'With Remarkable Men SR), Li * ^<br />
c 1 . f ,k<br />
c- r,^ >r.r.^ , . 1 1 1 T! "'"£ tcnts naHicd as finalists tor Ihe<br />
'--"""al<br />
^m"« . } A .\aV'\ Great Heart award sponsored by<br />
nnnnT", ! ^<br />
t''"'' 1 ^43 Variety International, to be presented at the<br />
(1U,_U(JK 1st wK^. /.-'t-<br />
.^. ^^^^^^ ^^^ convention May 19-24 in New<br />
P.cmc at Hanging Rock (SR),<br />
^ ^^^^^ j.^^,.^,^ ^^^ ^^^^ , p^,,^^_<br />
Lumiere (3 8 0), 2nd wk<br />
. .<br />
6,1 13<br />
^^^^ Wisconsin; Tent 15, Iowa;<br />
M^rnTm^.^."'"l .457 Tent 26, Illinois; Tent 28. Ontario; Tent<br />
II (4^050). 4th wk. . . 3,457<br />
^^^^^ ^ p^^.^.^ ^^^,,^<br />
Same Time, Next Year (Univ), \ j t- . ^-r xi; . <br />
lug Anthony Quiun, Lupita Fcrrcr aud Do-<br />
,A r.^r., 1 -7<br />
(4,600 ,<br />
wk 7.750<br />
, ..u .<br />
lores Del Rio, is playiimg in 55 theatres in<br />
Mexico City, the largest release in the history<br />
of Mexican cinema, according to Cin-<br />
Denver ema Nationales, the government-based dis-<br />
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century tribution system. The film also is playing<br />
(Univ), 4 theatres, 4th wk 50 in Venezuela under a similar release pat-<br />
The Champ (UA), 2 theatres, 4th wk. .270 tern.<br />
The China Syndrome (Col). Continental,<br />
7th wk 180 Orion Pictures' "A Little Romance" be-<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Colorado 4, gan its exclusive Los Angeles premiere cn-<br />
10th wk 300 gagemeint April 27 at the Plaza Theatre in<br />
Hair (UA), Colorado 4. 5th wk 260 Westwood. Laurence Olivier, Arthur Hill.<br />
Hurricane (Para), 3 theatres, 3rd wk. . Sally Kcllerman star in the film directed<br />
Norma Rae (20th-Fox), 2 theatres, by George Roy Hill.<br />
6th wk 85<br />
The Promise (Univ), 4 theatres, 4th wk. 100 Luchino Vicsonti's "The Innocent" pre-<br />
Samc Time, Next Year (Univ), Cooper. miered May 4 at Laemmle's Music Hall<br />
12th wk 90 Theatre in Beverly Hills in an exclusive<br />
Superman (WB), Century 21, 19th wk. 130 Los Angeles area engagement. The turn-of-<br />
the-century drama stars Giancarlo Giannini,<br />
Laura Antonelli and Jennifer O'Neill.<br />
New World Pictures opened "Rock 'n<br />
Roll High School" in 20 theatres in Texas<br />
and Oklahoma April 20.<br />
Variety Smashes Records<br />
With Telethon's $618,664<br />
HOLLYWOOD—Variety Club Tent 25<br />
raised a record-breaking $618,664 in pledges<br />
during its 24-hour telethon April 28 and<br />
29. with an array of celebrities joining host<br />
Monty Hall in the program originating from<br />
the ABC Entertainment Center in Century<br />
City.<br />
The amount will be added to the more<br />
than $5.5 million raised during the past 34<br />
years in Variety Club's program to aid<br />
handicapped and underprivileged children<br />
in Southern California.<br />
'Breaking Away' Welcomed<br />
By Bloomington Audience<br />
From Midwest Edition<br />
BLOOMINGTON, IND. — "Breaking<br />
Away," a 20th Century-Fox film shot entirely<br />
in Bloomington, received enthusiastic<br />
praise from the audience of more than 3.000<br />
who attended the premiere April 21. Present<br />
at the premiere were Steve Tesich, who<br />
wrote the screenplay, and Peter Yates, the<br />
director.<br />
In gratitude for their perseverence in seeing<br />
the movie through from idea to feature<br />
film, the Indiana University Foundation<br />
honored both Tesich and Yates in pre-movie<br />
ceremonies. Yates is the third recipient of<br />
the foundation's distinguished service award.<br />
Tesich and Yates also received lU watches.<br />
Release of the film was set for Aug. 3,<br />
but has been moved up after audience reaction<br />
tests in New Orleans, Phoenix, Denver<br />
and Bloomington. Yates said the Hoosier<br />
audiences may be able to see the movie as<br />
early as July 11.<br />
Attacks in Theatre Areas<br />
Cause Film Cancellations<br />
From East Edition<br />
PHILADELPHIA—After watching an<br />
all-night<br />
movie marathon featuring four anti-establishment<br />
and martial arts films at the<br />
midtown Milgram Theatre, some of the<br />
movie patrons went on a crime spree resulting<br />
in<br />
the cancellation of a repeat of the allnight<br />
program on a second night. Not only<br />
were five persons injured early Saturday<br />
morning (April 21) in four beatings and robberies<br />
following the all-night film festival,<br />
but the Milgram Theatre itself was reportedly<br />
left in a shambles.<br />
Starting at midnight and continuing until<br />
6 a.m., four features were offered, including<br />
Richard Pryor's "Which Way Is Up", "Exit<br />
the Dragon, Enter the Dragon," "The<br />
Human Tornado" and Fred Williamson in<br />
"Boss Nigger."<br />
The next day a man standing in line to<br />
attend the screening of "Phantasm" at Budco's<br />
Golman Theatre, just a few blocks away<br />
in the center city, was attacked and robbed<br />
by four youths.<br />
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BOXOFFICE :: May 14, 1979
A: JJ-2 70/35mm Projection System (shown with optional
SEATTLE<br />
"gilent Partner" was sneak previewed at the<br />
Ren Ion Village, Bellevue Overlake and<br />
Seattle Aurora cinemas May 5 with "The<br />
Last Embrace."<br />
The Jewel Box on Filmrow shut its doors<br />
permanently as of April 27. The operator.<br />
Benny Hannah of Northwest Diversified<br />
Entertainment, is busy looking for a new<br />
location with plenty of parking.<br />
June Botz, who has an administrative<br />
position locally for United Theatres, was<br />
one of 28 University of Washington undergraduates<br />
elected recently to an elite scholastic<br />
honor known as the Mortar Board.<br />
Although it's a highly coveted award, it's not<br />
necessarily unusual until you consider that<br />
June Botz is not only a student, but also a<br />
housewife, a mother of five, and a 40-houra-week<br />
careerwoman.<br />
PETERSON<br />
THEATRE<br />
455 Bearcat Drive<br />
Times Square Park<br />
SUPPLY<br />
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115<br />
801-466-7642<br />
2 at the Ridgcmont; "Love on the Run"<br />
began the same date at the Broadway, and<br />
Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" was at the<br />
Crest 70 in 70mm on May 4.<br />
"Beyond the Door, Part 2" opened at the<br />
Everett Motor Movie Drive-In May 2. and<br />
at the Bel-Kirk, Duwamish and Aurora<br />
drive-ins May 4.<br />
"No Time for Breakfast" opened at the<br />
Varsity May 2, and "Dawn of the Dead"<br />
began in the UA Cinema 70 May 11.<br />
"Voices" was sneak previewed at the<br />
Renton Village, Bellevue Overlake and<br />
Aurora cinemas May 11 with "The<br />
Champ," and "A Little Romance" was<br />
tradescreened at the Guild 45th on the same<br />
day.<br />
LL Supply Co. Sold<br />
To Bayless, Toohey<br />
Woman Vents Anger on D-I<br />
From East Edition<br />
FALL RIVER, MASS.—A Somerset.<br />
Mass., woman who has been opposing the<br />
X-rated policy at the Family Drive-In Theatre<br />
was charged with attempted arson, malicious<br />
mischief and breaking and entering<br />
at the underskyer. She was due to appear<br />
in Fall River Disrtict Court. Police reported<br />
that an employee of the drive-in (whose license<br />
Frances Robidoux, 38, was petitioining<br />
the selectmen to revoke) found a door<br />
damaged and a flammable liquid splashed<br />
on a buildimg.<br />
Writer Alleges 'Abuse'<br />
Of Children at 'Dawn'<br />
From East Edition<br />
LEXINGTON, KY.<br />
— Wood Simpson<br />
writing in the Lexington Herald discussed<br />
"Dawn of the Dead." a movie sans rating<br />
which is being enforced as an R. Critic<br />
Simpson's complaint with management of<br />
the Crossroads Cinema is that parents are<br />
being allowed to bring their children to see<br />
"Dawn of the Dead."<br />
at<br />
"Sitting in the audience the other night<br />
the Crossroads Cinema was a serious test<br />
of my faith in the First Amendment to the<br />
U.S. Constitution and the film rating code,<br />
which jointly confer the privilege of exhibiting<br />
a film like "Dawn of the Dead' in the<br />
presence of young children." Simpson said.<br />
" 'Dawn of the Dead' features gross,<br />
hardcore, repetitive acts of cannibalism. It<br />
is easily the sickest film I have ever seen.<br />
But hearing the horrified screams of small<br />
"California Dreaming" opened May 4 at<br />
children in the audience, mixed in with the<br />
the Lynn Four, SeaTac, Admiral Twin, and<br />
nervous laughter of their parents sent a chill<br />
in the Bel-Kirk, Midway and Sno-King<br />
up my spine. These parents, to put it blunt-<br />
drive-ins. "The Last Embrace" also began<br />
From East Edition<br />
May 4 at the Everett Mall. SeaTac. Bellevue<br />
KANSAS CITY—Bob Flemming, former<br />
Overlake, Renton Village and Seattle Aurora<br />
owner of L & L Supply and Equipment<br />
cinemas, as well as in the Valley Drivcowner<br />
Co., recently announced the sale of that "Well, I protest. I protest on behalf of<br />
In.<br />
firm to Alan (Skip) Bayless.<br />
these youngsters. And I call on the management<br />
of this theatre to—at the very least<br />
Bayless reportedly has moved the business<br />
Still doing great: "The China Syndrome" from its Southwest Boulevard location warn parents at the door of the unsuitabili-<br />
at the Everett Mall, Southcenter, Northgate<br />
and Belvuc theatres; "Love at First Bite" in here to 3160 Terrace in the Downtown ty of this film for children or—better still<br />
Industrial<br />
the Lewis & Clark, Lake City, John Danz,<br />
Park.<br />
voluntarily prohibit their attendance."<br />
Lynn Four and Everett Tri-Cinema, and Gregg Toohey, formerly of Omaha, Neb.. Concluding, Simpson asked for theatre<br />
"Same Time, Next Year" at the UA Cinema<br />
owners to "accept the responsibility for en-<br />
joined Bayless as a partner in the newly<br />
150.<br />
acquired firm last January. The two partsuring<br />
that children are not exposed to<br />
ners have a combined total of 20 years experience<br />
harmful films," adding that "parents should<br />
"The Deer Hunter" was continuing to<br />
in the concession supply business, be very careful about taking their children<br />
please crowds at both the King Cinema<br />
firm reports.<br />
the to R-rated films and should inquire of the<br />
downtown and the Everett Tri-Cinema in<br />
According to Bayless and Toohey, plans theatre management before doing so.<br />
downtown Everett.<br />
call for the expansion of concession supplies<br />
"The sad truth is that too may children<br />
"Boulevard Nights" had a April 27 start<br />
are being given the impression too soon that<br />
into a "one-stop shop concept," includ-<br />
at the Town Theatre: "Murder by Decree" ing an expansion of services to include food violence is the way to solve problems,"<br />
was at the Music Box May 2; "The Exorcist"<br />
and frozen products.<br />
Simpson said.<br />
went into Cinerama April 27 in 70mm The firm is an authorized distributor for<br />
and six-track Dolby stereo; "The Children<br />
of Sanchez" opened the same date in the<br />
Cretors and Gold Medal and offers equipment,<br />
parts and supplies for most concession<br />
Uptown Theatre; "Manhattan" opened May equipment.<br />
ly, are abusing their children, abusing their<br />
minds in ways that may, years from now,<br />
have awful consequences for them.<br />
Akron Vice Squad Starts<br />
Crackdown on Pom Films<br />
From East Edition<br />
AKRON, OHIO—Akron vice detectives<br />
have launched a new crackdown on allegedly<br />
pornographic films after a recent Ohio<br />
Supreme Court decision overturned an earlier<br />
one that held the city's pandering obscenity<br />
ordinance unconstitutional. Until the<br />
high court ruled on this measure, there had<br />
been no enforcement.<br />
On April 9. detectives confiscated a film,<br />
"Debbie Does Dallas," at the Art Theatre.<br />
Lee Kramer, manager, said the house closed<br />
down that evening after the film was seized.<br />
The next night six films were confiscated<br />
from two theatres, the Astor on 131 S. Main<br />
and the Main at 278 S. Main.<br />
Salt Lake • Boston • Oallm • New York<br />
NIVERSAL THEATRE SUPPLY<br />
- HOME OFFICE -<br />
264 Eoit 1st South, Solt Lake City, Utah 84)<br />
BOXOFHCE ;: May 14, 1979
1<br />
PALM BEACH<br />
Psychic Uri Geller was in the city recently.<br />
An exciting development in Gellcr's<br />
life is his film autobiography which will begin<br />
shooting soon and will be produced by<br />
Robert Stigwood. producer of "Grease" and<br />
"Saturday Night Fever." Geller will play<br />
himself and it will be filmed in Hollywood,<br />
Germany and Israel. "There have been too<br />
many dreadful horror movies made showing<br />
death and destruction in regard to the occult."<br />
said Uri. "I hope this film will show<br />
people another, wonderful side to the psychic."<br />
mat, Milos Forman's approach is to flesh<br />
out a plotline," he said. "The largely unknown<br />
cast performs well and wins our<br />
immediate sympathy. 'Hair' retains its best<br />
songs. Forman has magically transformed it<br />
into a celebration of youth."<br />
"The Silent Partner," a film independentfinanced<br />
and distributed stateside by<br />
1\<br />
EMC. a Miami-based firm, opened April 27<br />
at Cinema 70 and Cross Country 8. A winner<br />
this year of six Canadian Film Awards,<br />
including Best Picture. Best Director and<br />
Best Original Music. "The Silent Partner"<br />
has received excellent local reviews.<br />
Academy Award-winning "The Deer<br />
Hunter" continues to play to sell-out houses<br />
at United Artists Theatres Mall Cinema and<br />
"The Champ" is showing good grosses at<br />
Cinema 70.<br />
Fred Elwell, United Artists Theatres district<br />
manager, announced that Pat Moore is<br />
now manager of UA's Plantation Movies<br />
and that Joseph Berger succeeds Ed Warner<br />
as manager of Village Green Movies.<br />
A flood on April 25 caused the temporary<br />
closing of three of the six auditoriums<br />
at the Village Green Movies. After a lot of<br />
teamwork they were back in working condition<br />
the following day.<br />
MIAMI<br />
little Romance." starring Laurence Olivier.<br />
About 150 braved the elements to attend.<br />
They also heard Wometco executives tell<br />
the good news that for the first quarter the<br />
company's profits were up 22 per cent to<br />
$.^.4 million and that revenues rose 14 per<br />
cent to .$64<br />
million.<br />
Jt was a sloppy stockholders meeting that<br />
Wometco Enterprises Inc. held the<br />
other day in Miami Beach. It was not that<br />
the agenda was in any way disorganized, but<br />
the streets were flooded and some persons<br />
attending had to wade in water to get to the<br />
meeting at the Byron-Carlyle Theatre. In<br />
addition to the meeting, guests attending<br />
had bountiful refreshments and saw a free<br />
pre-release showing of Warner Bros.' "A<br />
FLORIDA THEATRE<br />
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"Hair," which has an exclusive showing<br />
at the Village Green Movies, was reviewed Following the sudden and unexpected<br />
by movie critic Ralph Bluemke. "Rather death of NATO of Florida president<br />
than stick with the original stage review for-<br />
John Tomlinson on February 26th. members<br />
of the board of directors met and ap-<br />
pointed Jack Mitchell to serve in this capacity.<br />
Mitchell has lost no time in following<br />
through and is activating a number of projects<br />
to make NATO of Florida a healthy<br />
and viable organization.<br />
The first event is an advertising, concession,<br />
and information seminar for theatre<br />
owners and managers to be held May<br />
The EMC Film Corporation, nationwide 24 at the Hyatt House (Orlando area), located<br />
off Interstate 4 and 192 East, Kissimniec.<br />
distributor of "The Silent Partner." has<br />
moved its corporate offices to North Miami.<br />
Mitchell promises product reels of<br />
Fla. Harry Gurwitch. chief executive summer films, with lively newspaper, radio<br />
officer for the Miami-based film production and TV discussions to follow. New methods<br />
and distiibution company, said the move on concession sales will be presented, also.<br />
was necessary for expansion. The company's<br />
new address is 1125 N.E. 125th St.. Miami.<br />
Flyers have been sent out by NATO of<br />
Florida, but for those who may have been<br />
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374-6262 for complete information. Cost<br />
per person is $10.00 and a special rate for<br />
NATO members has been arranged at the<br />
Hyatt House for those who plan to stay<br />
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FIRST RUN<br />
Wcldoii Liiiiniroth, 1979<br />
m%pt%/%nT NATO ol Geoi-<br />
KfrOfil ^ia Convention chairman, has announced<br />
Hi;it it will be a Southern style convention<br />
that's loaded with fun and information.<br />
New Orleans There will be product reels for summer fea-<br />
(Averaae is 100) tures, advertising seminars on how to sell<br />
The Champ (MGM) >laza. 3rd wk. . . .350 several coming pictures, concession seminars<br />
The China Syndrome (Col), Plaza, with Perry Lowe, president of the National<br />
^|.j ^^.1^ 175 Association of Concessionaires, as the speak-<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ) Robert E. Lee, er and a luncheon address by national<br />
Plaza, 9th wk 425 NATO president Alan Friedberg.<br />
Dragon's Executioner (SR),<br />
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Halloween (Compass). Loews. 6th wk. ..M)<br />
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Private funeral services were held recently Those attending were Jack Durell and<br />
for C. Clare Woods, a retired theatre Danny Deaver (Eastern Federal Theatres)<br />
Jerry The.mer and Robert Schrader (Piedexecutive.<br />
Woods. 78, was president ol<br />
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retirement. He came out of retirement in Jones (Southern Booking & Advertising<br />
1974 to work for American Multi Cinema Co.).<br />
Corp. in Kansas City, Mo., until 1977, reprom<br />
the desk of Smilin" Jack Jordan<br />
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(Southern Booking & Adv. Co.): Remem-<br />
Woods had been a president of the Metaire<br />
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about coming attractions. Keep up your<br />
execution of away-from-theatre tie-up and<br />
exploitations.<br />
Don't overlook Mother's Day (May 13). A<br />
special admitting mothers free with son or<br />
daughter on that special day can bring extra<br />
dollars at the boxoffice. Check with local<br />
florists for a deal to give carnations to the<br />
first 100 mothers.<br />
New pictures on the marquees: "The Silent<br />
Partner" (Park Terrace II). "Dreamer"<br />
(Tryon Mall II). "Dawn of the Dead" (Tryon<br />
Mall 1). "Hometown U.S.A." (Capri 1 &<br />
Thunderbird") and the "The Evictors"<br />
(Charlottetown Mall HI).<br />
Screenings at Car-Mel: "Manhattan"<br />
(United Artists), "The Fifth Musketeer"<br />
(Columbia Pictures Corp.), "Breaking<br />
Away" (20th Century-Fox), "Sunnyside"<br />
(American International Pictures) and<br />
"Slave of the Cannibal God" (Charlotte<br />
Film Co.)<br />
Top grosses of the week: "The Deer<br />
Hunter" (Eastland Mall), "The Champ"<br />
(Charlottetown Mall II), "Dawn of the<br />
Dead" (Tryon Mall 1), "The Silent Partner"<br />
(South-Park II). "The China Syndrome"<br />
(Charlottetown Mall 1 and Eastland Mall 1).<br />
Bill Simpson reports that his<br />
picture "The<br />
Silent Partner" is doing a phenomenal business<br />
at the boxoffice and that he has holdovers<br />
in all his situations. He is also ordering<br />
more prints for sub runs and drive ins.<br />
Consolidated Theatres has moved from<br />
the Cameron Brown Building on South Mc-<br />
Dowell Street to new offices at 1130 East<br />
3rd St. Roy McElween is now associated<br />
with them as a booker and buyer.<br />
JACKSONVILLE<br />
a new four-screen theatre complex will be<br />
built in Jacksonville. Scheduled to open<br />
in December, the $700,000 movie house will<br />
contain seating for 1.400 patrons. 350 per<br />
theatre. The complex is being built for General<br />
Cinema Inc. by The Douglas Group<br />
Inc. General Cinema has 700 screens nationwide.<br />
ATLANTA<br />
^tlanta actor Bob Hannah has been signed<br />
to play a lead role in the Universal motion<br />
picture "Coal Miner's Daughter."<br />
which is based on the life of country music<br />
queen Loretta Lynn. Hannah is cast as the<br />
husband of country singing star Patsy Cline.<br />
Mordecai Richler. author of "The Apprenticeship<br />
of Duddy Kravitz," has been<br />
signed to write an original screenplay for<br />
director Ted Kotcheff, who directed "Kravitz."<br />
This is the first film under a multifilm<br />
contract Kotcheff signed with Warner<br />
Bros. Richlcr's screenplay will be a contemporary<br />
comedy set in New York.<br />
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pon White is The Spectator in the Express-<br />
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that the temptation for punnery<br />
said<br />
luns high in reviewing the fibi. To call the<br />
movie a "bag of hot air," "a blowhard."<br />
"puffery"—not to mention puns — we do not<br />
use in our family newspapers "would be<br />
acts of an unscrupulous critic trampling all<br />
over a movie for the sake of easy wittery.<br />
They would also be the acts of a conscientious<br />
critic trying to warn the public away<br />
from moviedom's leading runner in the contest<br />
for the year's worst movie. The only<br />
other thing to be said about bad movies is<br />
that they can be enjoyable. 'Hurricane' falls<br />
into the category of being so bad it's funny.<br />
It's a source book of cliches, from touristtrap<br />
images of idyllic (but passionate) island<br />
life to its Freudian se.xual overtones, all of<br />
ihem, of course, overblown."<br />
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the seats, which will be shipped to Mexico<br />
for use in a theatre there.<br />
Marquee changes in local indoor and outdoor<br />
theatres include "Only Once in a Lifetime."<br />
is<br />
"Dominique Dead," "Manhattan,"<br />
the double bill of "The Seven Brothers Meet<br />
Dracula" and "The Devil Within Her,"<br />
"Love at First Bite." the double bill of "Que<br />
Te Vaya Bonito" and "Muerte a Sangre<br />
Fria," "Dawn of the Dead," "Last Embrace,"<br />
"Star Crash," "Old Boyfriends" and<br />
the double bill of "El Tren de la Muerte"<br />
and "La Mujer es un Buen Negocio."<br />
cast members were honored at a cocktail reception<br />
in the Fiesta Room at El Mercado<br />
sponsored by the Business and Professional<br />
Women's LULAC Council 4313 on May 2.<br />
Montesuma Esparza produced the movie,<br />
Alex Gratton directed it and Miguel Robelo<br />
and Estrallita Lopez are the stars.<br />
A movie theatre will be developed on a<br />
2' 2 -acre site adjoining the Forum 303 Shopping<br />
Mall in Arlington by Alpert Corp.,<br />
developer of Forum Mall, and American<br />
Multi-Cinema, the Kansas City-based mulli<br />
cinema operation. Stan Durwood, president<br />
of American Multi-Cinema, said the new<br />
movie theatre would contain six movie<br />
screens with the ability to seat 1,800 moviegoers.<br />
According to Durwood, construction<br />
of the theatre, which is estimated to cost<br />
approximately $1 million, should begin during<br />
the summer with a planned opening in<br />
the summer of 1980. Alpert will lease the<br />
land and building to American Multi Cinema,<br />
with Alpert Corp. acting as developer<br />
of the project. The new cinema is part of a<br />
120-acre planned development surrounding<br />
ihe shopping center.<br />
and distribution, and Fred Mound, vice<br />
president and general sales manager, (both<br />
from the Associated Film Dist. home office<br />
in Los Angeles) in Dallas on their first visit<br />
to the firm's new distribution center.<br />
Davis also reports they are looking forward<br />
to setting up their latest picture,<br />
"Arabian Adventures," for which they expect<br />
to have a territorial saturation date of<br />
Nov. 16.<br />
United Artists Theatre Circuit Inc. announced<br />
that, effective Feb. 1, 1980, they<br />
will open the UA Cinema 6 in Beaumont,<br />
Texas, with seating capacity of 400 for<br />
screens 1 and 2, 300 for screens 3 and 4,<br />
and 250 each for screens 5 and 6. The location<br />
of the new theatre will be near the in-<br />
DALLAS<br />
gob Davis, branch manager of Associated<br />
Film Dist. Co. and his crew were<br />
pleased to have Leo Greenfield, vice president<br />
in charge of motion picture marketing<br />
"Only Once in a Lifetime," the first movie<br />
ever to be financed, produced, directed and<br />
tersection<br />
Street.<br />
of Laurel Avenue and 24th<br />
acted in by Hispanic-Americans opened<br />
United Artists Corp. held their first and<br />
May 4 at Northwest Six and Century South<br />
only Dallas media screening of Woody Al-<br />
theatres. The producer, director and leading<br />
len's "Manhattan" on May 8 in the Plitt<br />
screening room.<br />
John T. Caldwell, a well known fixture at<br />
Modern Sales & Service in Dallas, has elected<br />
to retire as of June 1 after more than 40<br />
years in the theatre and theatre supply and<br />
equipment business.<br />
John is one of the many old-timers in the<br />
industry who began their career as theatre<br />
HOUSTON<br />
u.shers and rose through the years to positions<br />
of prominence.<br />
\A7'ayne Rogers was in Houston on a promotional<br />
visit in behalf of his latest<br />
film, "Once in Paris," which was written,<br />
produced and directed by Fiank D. Gilroy.<br />
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.<br />
William Albright wrote in the Houston<br />
Post that Bertrand Tavernier's 1974 film<br />
"Let Joy Reign Supreme," which launched<br />
the Greenway Ill's Spring Film Festival,<br />
"gives us a history lesson, but Tavernier<br />
manages to maintain a penetrating personal<br />
and giimly whimsical touch while rubbing<br />
our noses in royal wrongs."<br />
Among new film titles appearing on local<br />
marquees are: "Ashanti," "Dawn of the<br />
Dead," "Dreamer," "Last Embrace," "Manhattan,"<br />
"Old Boyfriends," "Picnic at Hanging<br />
Rock," "Star Crash," "The Best Way,"<br />
"The Innocent." "Phantasm" and "Wives."<br />
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ST. LOUIS— In the heartland of America down because he was known to movie audiences<br />
only as a second lead in "American<br />
exists a fihn company intent on destroying<br />
the myth that high quality low-budget features<br />
cannot be produced outside of Holly-<br />
magazine article about an upcoming film<br />
Graffiti." In May the investors read a Time<br />
wood.<br />
called "Star Wars." "They called me and<br />
Three years ago Peter Maris, a St. Louis demanded that I immediately sign him,"<br />
commercial director, teamed up with Sunny Maris recalls. "But in one week Harrison's<br />
Vest ito form Worldwide Productions. They price went from 15 grand to $150,000. End<br />
have had their share of heartbreaks and setbacks,<br />
but Maris and Ms. Vest have persevered<br />
and are completing post-production<br />
chores on "Delirium." The story of an urban<br />
guerrilla force run amok, ifs the third<br />
feature produced by the team of Maris and<br />
Vest.<br />
"We're proving," Maris stated, "that quality<br />
films can be made on a small budget<br />
with careful planning and the use of available<br />
talen't to the upmost of their ability.<br />
Sunny and I keep things simple. St. Louis<br />
investors give us money because they know<br />
we're gonna bust a gut to make films thai<br />
make money."<br />
In 1976 Maris and Ms. West gathered 18<br />
investors into a general partnership to make<br />
"Take Time to Smell the Flowers.' a softcore<br />
feature brought in for $50,000. Aftei<br />
initially offering "Flowers" to a number of<br />
distributors, the producers decided to market<br />
the film themselves.<br />
Vest explained: "We looked around the<br />
States and found 12 subdistributors who<br />
worked their territories very well and we're<br />
known for givimg the little guy an honest<br />
shake. So we formed another general partnership<br />
to cover the cost of striking 10<br />
prints, 20 trailers and press kits. The film<br />
is still bicycling around the coimtry, we've<br />
sold several foreign territories and have netted<br />
around $200,000 for ourselves."<br />
In '77 Maris and Vest found two St.<br />
Louis real estate developers in search of a<br />
tax shelter. For $1 million they made "Stimgray,"<br />
a chase film featuring stunts performed<br />
by Carey Loftin on the streets of<br />
St. Louis. But due to bad timing Maris refers<br />
to the film as "the one that got away."<br />
Maris came to Los Angeles in April<br />
'77 to cast the lead. Harrison Ford was<br />
available at $15,000 for four weeks. But<br />
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of Harrison in "Stingray.' "<br />
While the film was rolling before the<br />
cameras it received reams of publicity because<br />
MGM was also making a film under<br />
the working title of "Stingray." Several major<br />
distributors approached the St. Louis<br />
group with offers of large sums of cash for<br />
a pick-up. MGM was among the bidders.<br />
"They wanted to change the name and<br />
disrtibute it themselves, after their "Stingray,"<br />
Vest said. "But our investors turned<br />
down a load of bucks because they thought<br />
our film would clean up once it was completed.<br />
But then MGM changes the title of<br />
their film to 'Corvette Summer,' opens it<br />
two months ahead of us, and we end up<br />
with Avco Embassy getting our 'Stingray"<br />
too late."<br />
But Vest and Maris have few qualms<br />
about the success of "Delirium." They've<br />
brought it in at a price of $400,000 on a<br />
three-week shooting schedule. Production<br />
values are good and the story moves at a<br />
break-neck pace as it follows the actions of<br />
a manic vigilante leader, played by mewcomer<br />
Barron Winchester. "He's truly the<br />
most evil-looking baldheaded bad guy to<br />
show up in a movie in ages." touted director<br />
Maris. "A cross between Truman Capote<br />
and Son of Sam.""<br />
ST.<br />
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LOUIS<br />
L't"* Romance," following a sneak<br />
preview April 29, opened at the Brentwood<br />
exclusively May 11.<br />
was attended by 20th-Fox prexy Alan Ladd<br />
Jr. and 33 executives in addition to representatives<br />
of major circuits, will open a<br />
regular engagement May 25 at the same<br />
theatre<br />
exclusively.<br />
The Kirkwood Theatre, formerly owned<br />
by Arthur Enterprises, has been added to<br />
the Mid-America Theaties circuit.<br />
Charles Champlin in his review of 'Manhattan.'"<br />
now showing at Ronnie's, Cypress<br />
Village and the Varsity, states that Woody<br />
Allen "from a sitting start as a teenage gag<br />
writer has become one of the finest, most<br />
thoughtful and individual filmmakers in<br />
America." He finds the lastest Allen opus<br />
"better than 'Annie Hall' " and calls it his<br />
masterwork "putting his directorial ability<br />
in a class with such European tradionalists<br />
as Truffaut, Renoir. Fellini and Bergman."<br />
Two Films Seized in Raid<br />
On Moplecroft Drive-In<br />
DANVILLE, IND.—Two films seized in<br />
a recent raid at the Maplecroft Adult Drivein<br />
— "Introduction"" and "Love Slaves"<br />
were to be viewed by a judge to determine<br />
whether the material is obscene.<br />
The theatre, on U.S. 40 between Plainfield<br />
and Stilesville, has been the target for<br />
numerous raids since last year after area<br />
residents complained to the prosecutor's<br />
office.<br />
Circuit Awarded Right<br />
To Exclude Revenue<br />
MILWAUKEE—In a ruling following a<br />
lawsuit, a Wisconsin theatre circuit has won<br />
the right to exclude student discount revenue<br />
from grosses reported to distributors.<br />
The circuit, Marcus Theatres in Milwaukee,<br />
was held free of accountability for income<br />
admissions from student discount<br />
cards. Paramount and other distributors<br />
failed to sustain the claim in the suit filed<br />
by them in Milwaukee County circuit court.<br />
No ruling was handed down on the right<br />
of distributors to includ; student discount<br />
card revenue in grosses. The decision rested<br />
on a finding that the contracts with Marcus<br />
The Academy Award winner for best foreign<br />
film, "Get Out Your Handkerchiefs,"<br />
is also in an exclusive showing at the Shady<br />
did not specifically provide for inclusion<br />
Oak. A typically French satire, with a husband<br />
seeking lovers for his bored young<br />
of student discouint admissions.<br />
The court held that Marcus never agreed<br />
wife, it is dubbed into English with a French<br />
to include student card discounts, and that<br />
version being shown on Thursdays with<br />
distributor contract forms weie ambiguous.<br />
English subtitles.<br />
The suit was predicated upon an audit of<br />
"Alien," which enjoyed a studio sneak 1965-70 grosses, resulting in a September<br />
preview at the Creve Coeur last month and 1971 charge that student discount receipts<br />
should have been subject to payment by<br />
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Marcus began charging a fee for student<br />
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CHICAGO<br />
The Illinois State Senate i^ scheduled to vote<br />
very shortly on bimd bidding. A bill<br />
was passed two years ago in the House of<br />
Representatives, but it was defeated in Senate<br />
committee. Now, Jack Claric. president<br />
of the newly formed. Theatre Owners of<br />
Illinois, will be testifying on behalf of the<br />
bill. Because the bill has been entered for<br />
action in the current session of the legislature<br />
on May 9. Clark hopes to be in a position<br />
to report some concrete action during<br />
May.<br />
According to reports, director Michael<br />
Mann, a Chicagoan, will direct a movie<br />
based on Pete Hamill's book, "Dirty Laundry."<br />
Mann plans to be here this fall to<br />
do another movie. "Thief."<br />
Industry members in the Chicago area<br />
share a feeling of sincere regret about the<br />
closing of the Allied Aitists Pictures Corp.<br />
offices in Chicago. Nat Nathanson, a veteran<br />
in the film business, who has served<br />
as central divsion manager, had no comment<br />
on future plans.<br />
Welcome to<br />
Debbie Imler who has joined<br />
the 20th Century-Fox publicity department.<br />
She succeeds Lori Rude who has taken a<br />
post with the Marriott Hotel organization.<br />
Larry Dieckhaus and Robert Newcombe<br />
will be working with Peter Yates, producer/<br />
director lesponsible for "Breaking Away."<br />
The movie isn't due to break here until<br />
August. But. since a college theme is dominant<br />
in the mov'e, it is desired to start<br />
promotion with screenings while colleges are<br />
ftill in session. Students, according to many<br />
distributors and exhibitors al'ke, are good<br />
sounding boards and they have been instrumental<br />
in spreading the right words about<br />
movies.<br />
The Studio Theatre, long a Kohlberg Theatre<br />
circuit property in suburban Oak Lawn,<br />
is being closed. The Studio happened to be<br />
on a plot of land needed by a group constructing<br />
a new shopping center. The Starlite,<br />
an outdoor theatre also in Oak Lawn,<br />
will<br />
not be affected.<br />
Georgia Klein of Paramoimt Pictures will<br />
be serving as president of Chicago WOMPIs<br />
for a second year. Victoria Burns, also of<br />
Paramount, was elected first vice president.<br />
Other new officers are Carol Prescott of the<br />
Edward Wolk organization, second vice<br />
president; Mary Cegielski of United Artists,<br />
recording secretary; Eve Conklin, 20th<br />
Century-Fox, correspond'ng secretary; Linnea<br />
Johnson, treasurer. Theie will be detailed<br />
announcements shortly about<br />
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WOMPI installation to he held in June.<br />
The man of the year and WOMPI of<br />
the year events will be held when officers<br />
are installed.<br />
Special mention is being given to some<br />
films which are making the rounds on a<br />
return engagement basis. Included are "California<br />
Suite," "Heaven Can Wait," "An<br />
Unmarried Woman" and "Every Which<br />
Way But Loose." Oustanding business is reported<br />
by theatre managers for "Coming<br />
Home." which had three Academy Award<br />
credits.<br />
The 1979 LaRabida Theatre collections<br />
drive is scheduled to start June 15. Bernie<br />
Mack is chairman for the third consecutive<br />
year. Sportscasters Jeannie and Johnny<br />
Morris will make an appeal on theatre<br />
screens. The goal for this year is $100,000.<br />
Because there is a great need for volunteers,<br />
an early appeal is being made for people<br />
who can donate time to help with the collections.<br />
Please call Michele Townsend at<br />
LaRabida (363-6700) to offer assistance.<br />
Christopher Reeve is scheduled to arrive<br />
in Chicago May 21 for a week of filming<br />
on "Somewhere in Time."<br />
George Roy Hill's "A Little Romance,"<br />
starring Laurence Olivier, is the TV Academy<br />
Film Group's final preview of the season<br />
on May 7, at the Biograph Theatre,<br />
The new season starts June 4 with a screening<br />
of "Lost and Found," starring George<br />
Segal and Gleinda Jackson.<br />
Men on the move upward at Plitt Theatres:<br />
David Lange goes to Orland Square<br />
Theatres in suburban Orlcand Park, 111., as<br />
manager. He was formerly on the Fox Valley<br />
Theatres' staff . . . Marv Thurmer, a new<br />
member of the Plitt circuit, joined the Fox<br />
Valley Theatres, Aurora, 111. . . . Todd<br />
Rousculp now manages the Hillcrest, Crest<br />
Hill, III. He has been working for Plitt properties<br />
in South Bend, Ind. Rousculp succeeds<br />
Julius Connelly, who is retiring after<br />
50 years of service in the industry.<br />
CINCINNATI<br />
n number of new films are on view here,<br />
'<br />
includrg Hair," "The Last Wave,"<br />
"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," "The<br />
Passage," "The Champ" and "The Promise."<br />
The PG-rated version of "Saturday<br />
Night Fever" is also on screens at four indoor<br />
and four outdoor theatres.<br />
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CHICAGO — Variety International<br />
ambassador Nat Nathanson (left) presents<br />
the Tent-Line Award to Variety<br />
Club board chairman Mel Weisberg<br />
during a special ceremony at last<br />
month's meeting. The plaque lists Weisberg's<br />
achievements during his term as<br />
president in 1978. The highlight is a<br />
recordbreaking $409,528 raised for<br />
Variety Club children's charities.<br />
KANSAS CITY<br />
pichard Orear, chairman of the board.<br />
Commonwealth Theatres, Dale Stewart,<br />
president. Commonwealth Theatres and<br />
John Simms, president, Wolfberg Theatres,<br />
made a joint statement in Denver, Colo.,<br />
May 2, 1979, that Commonwealth Theatres<br />
has assumed the operation of the Wolfberg<br />
Theatres effective that day.<br />
George Keiffer, film buyer for American<br />
Multi Cinema, resigned effective May 4 to<br />
take a new position with Dickinson Operating<br />
Company. His new assignment will be<br />
in advertising and public relations.<br />
"Manhattan," which opened May 4 at the<br />
Brywood, Ranchmart, and Seville, opened<br />
to good reviews. It is a must-see for Woody<br />
Allen fans.<br />
'•Old Boyfriends" with Tallia Shire,<br />
Richard Jordan, John Belushi and Keith<br />
Carradine also opened May 4. It is showing<br />
at the Blue Ridge, Plaza, Trail Ridge and<br />
Metro North.<br />
Members of the United Motion Picture<br />
Association re-elected the current slate of<br />
officers recently. The officers are: chairman<br />
of the board, Joel Resnick, vice president<br />
of American Multi Cinema; president. Lu<br />
Vaughan, chairman of Mid-America Cinema;<br />
vice president, George Kieffer, film<br />
buyer, midwest division, American Multi<br />
Cinema; vice president, Mrs. Roma Cooper<br />
Ridgeway, Dodge City, Kan., exhibitO'r;<br />
treasurer. Jack Pocsiger, director of public<br />
relations, Cotnimonwealth Theatres; .secretary,<br />
Chuc Barnes, executive director of<br />
Show-A-Rama.<br />
Also elected were the following new directors:<br />
Steven Bagby, Marshall, Mo., exhibitor;<br />
Richard Dudley, Ulysses, Kan., exhibitor;<br />
William Davis. Mid-Continent Theatre<br />
Supply, Kansas City. Mo.; Ron Harrison.<br />
Coca Cola Co., Kansas City. Mo.; Ed<br />
Ouiwood. film buyer. American Multi Cine-<br />
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Ashanti (WB). Loews. 2nd wk. Very Good<br />
mST RUN REPORT<br />
The Champ (UA), Loews. 3rd wk. Excellent<br />
The China Syndrome (Astral). Atwater.<br />
.'<br />
.Mh wk. Good<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ). Place du<br />
Canada. 6lh wk<br />
Very Good<br />
Hair (UA). York. 3rd wk<br />
Excellen't<br />
Halloween (Astral). Cinema de Paris,<br />
10th wk Good<br />
Norma Rae (BVFD). The Cinema.<br />
5th wk Good<br />
The Passage (UA). Palace. 2nd wk. .Good<br />
.<br />
The Perfect Couple (BVpD).<br />
Bonaventiire. 1st wk Fair<br />
Superman (WB), Loews,<br />
1 8th wk Very Good<br />
The Warriors (Para). Loews, 10th wk. Good<br />
French Language Films<br />
Le Bonheur Renait (Univ). Champlain.<br />
2nd wk Very Good<br />
La Cage Aux Folles (UA). Parisien.<br />
4th wk<br />
Very Good<br />
La Carapate (PR). Parisien.<br />
2nd wk Very Good<br />
Le Ciel Pent Attendre (Para). Parisien.<br />
10th wk<br />
Very Good<br />
Doux. Dur et Dingue (WB). Berri.<br />
2nd wk Very Good<br />
Moeurs Cachees de la Bourgeoisie<br />
(Para). Parisien. 3rd wk Good<br />
Preparez vos Mouchoirs (Para). Parisien.<br />
1st wk Good<br />
Va Voir Mamaii . . . Papa Travail (PR).<br />
Le Dauphin. 2nd wk Fair<br />
Ottawa<br />
A.shanti (WB). Capitol Square,<br />
2nd wk<br />
Good<br />
Bedknobs & Broom.sticks (BVFD),<br />
Rideau, 2nd wk.<br />
Good<br />
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century<br />
(Univ). 4th wk Good<br />
The Champ (UA). Elgin,<br />
3rd wk<br />
The China Syndrome (Astral),<br />
Fxcellcni<br />
St. Laurent, 5th wk Excellent<br />
Coming Home (UA), Little Elgin,<br />
2nd wk Excellent<br />
The Deer Hunter (Univ), Elmdale,<br />
Excellent<br />
6th wk<br />
Fast Break (Astral),<br />
2nd wk<br />
Cinema,<br />
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CALGARY<br />
(Continued from page K-2)<br />
grand prize winner of the event will receive<br />
the Norman McLaren award. Films<br />
will be judged in five categories— fiction,<br />
animation, experimental, documentary and<br />
is children's films. This an excellent opportunity<br />
for young Canadian filmmakers to<br />
compete and to have their work judged by<br />
a veiy knowledgeable jury.<br />
Famous Players and J. M. Schneider Inc.<br />
of Kitchener. Ontario, have joined forces<br />
in a promotion program for their companies.<br />
As most Canadians know. .Schneider<br />
is a meat-packing company but this promotion<br />
deals only with their smoked weiners<br />
and bacon—both in the one pound packages.<br />
Contained in some of specially marked<br />
packages of both products are a number of<br />
tickets to Famous Players theatres. There<br />
aie 400,000 tickets to be won and they will<br />
jpavid Perlmutter, president of the National<br />
Film Finance Corporation has announced<br />
that the recently completed feature<br />
film "Double Negative" will be the<br />
first 1979 market offering of this specialized<br />
investment house. Perlmutter also named<br />
Sydney Ross as vice-president of NFFC.<br />
Ross will represent the company in Montreal,<br />
the first of planned branches to be<br />
established across Canada.<br />
"Double Negative," the mystery thriller<br />
starring Michael Sarrazin, Susan Clark, Anthony<br />
Perkins and Howard Duff, was shot<br />
in Toronto and now is in post-production.<br />
Its producers were Jerome Simon and David<br />
Main, and it is the first prospectus filed in<br />
the 1979 fiscal year, and will be issued<br />
jointly by NFFC and Yorkton Securities<br />
Inc,<br />
Perlmutter says he sees National Film<br />
Finance's role as a specialized investment<br />
house offering issues on behalf of any film<br />
producer as a new level of sophistication<br />
reached in feature film financing. He is vice<br />
president of the Canadian Association of<br />
Motion Picture Producers and is its immediate<br />
past<br />
president.<br />
At the NAC luncheon Grant Miller said<br />
that the Plaza twin cinemas here are now<br />
past their third anniversary, and continue<br />
to do tremendously well. Located in the<br />
Bay building at the Yonge-Bloor uptown<br />
intersection, the Plaza has steadfastedly<br />
played the top product of the industry, and<br />
has had outstanding success with most of<br />
these engagements.<br />
Universal Productions Canada Inc. announced<br />
on April 24 the production of a<br />
major Canadian feature film. "The Silence<br />
of the North," which will star Academy<br />
Award-winner Ellen Burstyn, and will be<br />
directed by Allen King. The film will be<br />
shot on location in Alberta and Ontario,<br />
from September to December this year, with<br />
second unit shooting this month.<br />
The owners of Cineplex, Toronto's new<br />
18-theatre center, hope its recent opening<br />
will be the first of many across the coimtry.<br />
Movie producer Garth Drabinsky, one of<br />
three partners, said. "We expect a national<br />
group of theatres within a year or two." He<br />
said that the owners (the others are Nat A.<br />
Taylor and H.S. Mamdel) hope to open the<br />
second movie center is Kitchener, Ont., and<br />
later in Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa.<br />
Concession Convention<br />
Focuses on Employer<br />
By J. W. AGNEW<br />
TORONTO—The theatre manager's important<br />
role as an employer was stressed by<br />
several of the speakers at "Interchange "79,"<br />
the annual National Association of Con-<br />
be honored in theatres across Canada. So if cessionaires Convention, held April 23 at<br />
bacon or weiners are on your menu you may the Royal York Hotel here. This role was<br />
be lucky and win some theatre tickets.<br />
TORONTO<br />
almost completely dissected, in humorous<br />
terms and otherwise, enabling the large<br />
number of such managers in attendance to<br />
better undei stand and value their abilities<br />
individually, and to better assess these abilities<br />
in the successful operation of their<br />
refreshment counter and their theatre as a<br />
complete, smooth-running and— above all<br />
a profit turning unit.<br />
This keynote was struck early in the day,<br />
and resounded many times, and yet it was<br />
Angelo Louis Fortuna who was able to tie<br />
all loose ends together and hold his audience—as<br />
it appeared, in the palm of his<br />
hand—and to spell out the responsibilities<br />
of this role in terms both rough and smooth<br />
that they are not likely to forget quickly.<br />
This was a return engagement for Fortuna.<br />
Fortuna is director of personnel for<br />
Development A. R. A. Services in Philadelph'a.<br />
While speaking at the luncheon, Fortuna<br />
reminded his audience that we do not<br />
live in a fair world, or even a just world,<br />
and there will always be stress. It is not for<br />
us to explain it or reason with it. All we<br />
can do, is live with it, he said.<br />
During his longer mid-afternoon address,<br />
Fortuna used a blackboard extensively to<br />
illustrate his successful method of assessing<br />
the potentials of prospective employees. He<br />
said it was important for the employer to<br />
set their sights high, and to have a certain<br />
expectancy that the employees will reach<br />
these goals. "If you don't expect, you won't<br />
get." he said,' "and with expectancy, you<br />
perform better."<br />
Fortuna stressed that a large turnover<br />
in employees was the result of poor orientation,<br />
and that good orientation coupled<br />
with proper training and motivation leads<br />
towards the ultimate goal— productivity. He<br />
said that it was the employer's responsibility<br />
to regenerate his organization, and to do<br />
it every day.<br />
Immediately before Fortuna's address.<br />
Earl Fletcher struck much this same note<br />
when speaking on "Selection and Retention<br />
of Personnel." Fletcher is director of marketing<br />
of the "Profiles Canada" Division<br />
of<br />
Canadian Training and Development Group<br />
Inc.<br />
The day's program began with registration<br />
and a continental breakfast provided<br />
through the courtesy of William Neilson<br />
Limited. Jerry M. Lowe, piesident of NAC,<br />
gave the opening remarks, and later in the<br />
morning narrated "Partners in Profits," a<br />
unique NAC visual presentation.<br />
Another item in the morning's agenda<br />
was the screening of a training film prepared<br />
by Theatre Confection Limited. Much<br />
of this film's footage was taken at Famous<br />
Players' beautiful Bayview Village Cinemas<br />
in this city, and the film followed step by<br />
step a counter girl's daily preparation for<br />
refreshment sales before the theatre opens.<br />
Another morning feature was "Liability<br />
and the Law"; this talk by Anthony G.<br />
Marshall did suggest serious implications.<br />
Marshall is a professor of law. and associate<br />
dean of the School of Hotel, Food and<br />
Travel at the Florida International University.<br />
With assistance from a few in his audience,<br />
and with props and cartoon slides.<br />
Marshall suggested several incidents that<br />
could occui in a theatre, if proper precautions<br />
were not always taken.<br />
The last speaker at the morning session<br />
was Harold L. Hinchcliffe. BA. Sc. M.Ed.,<br />
P.Eng. Hinchcliffe is an instructor in management<br />
courses for industry, and spoke on<br />
"Don't Get Caught With Your Metrics<br />
Down." This country is now well on the<br />
road to complete conversion to the metric<br />
system, and Hinchcliffe outlined some of the<br />
near-future areas that will be undertaken for<br />
conversion— particularly how they will affect<br />
the measurement of food and liquids<br />
for retail sale. He reminded this audience<br />
that they had a brief acquaintance with<br />
metrics, as the width of film has always<br />
been measured in millimeters.<br />
Following cocktails, the NAC luncheon<br />
was co-sponsored by Coca Cola Ltd.. Pepsi-<br />
Cola Ltd. and Lily Cups Ltd. Appropriately<br />
enough, the day's closing address was given<br />
by Charles M. Wilans, executive director<br />
of the National Association of Concessionaires.<br />
Wilans spoke on "N. A. C. Comes<br />
To You."<br />
VANCOUVER<br />
Come patrons of "National Lampoon's Animal<br />
House" at the Yukon Theatre,<br />
Whitehorse, Yukon Terr., dissatisfied with<br />
the picture, evidently sought their refunds<br />
the hard way. They broke in overnight and<br />
stole the safe and' the weekend's receipts.<br />
The pictLirc. however, had a very successful<br />
ten-day<br />
run.<br />
The ranks of the local distributors whose<br />
experience dated back to the silent days<br />
shrank to three when Harold C. (Jack) Jackson<br />
died April 1. Although he retired from<br />
the motion picture industry in' the 1960s,<br />
he kept up close relations with the industry<br />
Ihrough the Canadian Picture Pioneers for<br />
whom he served a term as president. He is<br />
survived by his wife Kay. son Pat and<br />
brotht-r Joe.<br />
K-4<br />
BOXOmCE :: May 14, 1979
BOXOFFiCE BOOKINCUIDE<br />
JONNA JEFFERIS, Bookinguide Editor<br />
An interpretive analysis oi lay and tradepress reviews. Running time is in parentheses. The plus and<br />
minus signs indicate degree of merit. Listings cover current reviews regularly. Symbol O denotes<br />
BOXOFFICE Blue Ribbon Award. All lilms are in color except those indicated by (bSw) lor black &<br />
while or (Q and bcSw) lor color and black & white. Motion Picture Ass'n (MPAA) ratings: (g—general<br />
audiences; PG all ages admitted (parental guidance suggested); [Rj— restricted, with persons under<br />
17 not admitted unless accompanied by parent or adult guardion; l^)— persons under 17 not admitted.<br />
Reviews assigned "N" page numbers will be lound in the National (front) section of BOXOFFICE.<br />
H Very Good; + Good; ^ Fair; -<br />
l^EVIEW DIGEST<br />
AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX
REVIEW DIGEST<br />
AND ALPHABETICAL INDEX<br />
+t Vcry Good, ^ Good, ± Foir; - Poor, = Very Poor, ary H is roted 2 pluses, — as 2 minuses.<br />
5085 u Ice Castles (113) Col 1- 8-79 PG<br />
5091 If It Fits (60)<br />
Doc<br />
Marshall/Erder 2- 5-79<br />
5091 In Praise of Older Women<br />
(108) D Avco 2- 5-79 H<br />
5090 Innocent. Tlie<br />
(119) D Analysis 1-29-79 H<br />
5083 Invasion of the Body Snatchers<br />
(U4) SF-Sus UA 1- 1-79 PG<br />
5079 I fs Not the Size That Counts<br />
(S6) Sex C Brenner 12-11-78 IS<br />
—K—<br />
the Gypsies (112)<br />
.Para 12-18-78<br />
5110 Little Romance, A<br />
WB (108) C 4-30-79 PG<br />
5103 Love at First Bite<br />
(93) R-F-C Al 4- 9-79 PG<br />
5104 Love on the Bun<br />
(95) R-C-D ...New World 4- 9-79 PG<br />
5075 Manic (106)<br />
.20th- Fox 11-20-78<br />
(165) Hi-D Atlantic 1-29-79<br />
5073 Message From Space (105)<br />
SF-Ac<br />
UA 11-13-78 PG<br />
5086 Moment by Moment (105)<br />
R-D Univ 1- 8-79 m<br />
NIO Murder by Decree<br />
(121) Ad-My Avco 2-19-79 PG<br />
—N—<br />
5108 Night the Prowler, The<br />
(90) D Chariot 4-23-79<br />
5107 Nocturna<br />
(83) Ho-CM Compass 4-23-79 m<br />
5096 U Norma Rae<br />
(113) D 20th-Fox 2-26-79 PG<br />
North Avenue The<br />
5099 Irregulars,<br />
(99) C-Ad BV 3-19-79 (§1<br />
5112 Old Boyfrien
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Indian Summer Nov 78<br />
Charleston Dec 78<br />
The Innocent Jan 79<br />
BACKSTREET-BEEHIVE-<br />
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(96) ..An.. June 79<br />
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Peppermint Soda May 79<br />
Newsfront (110) Hi-D..June79<br />
Bill Hunter, Gerard Kenneily<br />
The Tree of Wooden Clogs<br />
(175) Hi-D..June79<br />
Woyzeck July 79<br />
Orchestra Rehearsal<br />
(70) DM.. Aug 79<br />
Against the Grain Sept 79<br />
Don Giovanni Nov 79<br />
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Naughty School Girls (S4) ...Mar 79<br />
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Lust Flight 200O<br />
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The Carhops (88) Apr 79<br />
(78) Sex C-l<br />
When the Screaming Stops<br />
Vlckl llilck. I'at Manning<br />
(94) Ho-F..Noy78 The New Adventures of Snow<br />
The Black Six (90) . .Ac-D. . 79 White (76) May 79<br />
"Mean" Joe Greene, Carl EHler Marie Liljedahl. Ingrid Van Berijen<br />
How to Score With Girls<br />
FRED BAKER FILMS, LTD.<br />
(82) June 79<br />
Just Crazy Ron Osborne,<br />
About<br />
Lany<br />
Horses<br />
Jacobs<br />
Smokey and the<br />
(93)<br />
Hotwire Gang<br />
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The Black Goddess INT'L HARMONY, INC.<br />
(85) June 79<br />
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Shame ol the Jungle<br />
James Keadi, Stanley Livingston<br />
(89) An-C..Sept78<br />
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BEEHIVE PRODUCTIONS<br />
The Night, the Prowler<br />
OMNI PICTURES<br />
Carnal's Cutres<br />
(90) C-D..Mar79 Wolfman (101) . . . . Ho-Ac. Feb 79<br />
(76) Sex C .Apr79 Kerry Walker, Ruth Cracknel<br />
The Devil's Clone<br />
Pat Mannlnc, Janet Sands,<br />
J" Men Forever (90) ..C. May 79 (96) Ac-Sus .Mar79<br />
Frisco King, William Margold<br />
Phil Procter<br />
Curves Ahead!<br />
Rust<br />
(78) Sex C.Jui<br />
.M-Doc. .June 79<br />
The Udy Wants a<br />
Tramp QUARTET FILMS<br />
Sex 0. July 79<br />
Wifemistrcss<br />
Dirty<br />
(101) D.. Jan<br />
Deadlines<br />
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Marcello Mastroiannl,<br />
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Laura<br />
Sex C. Oct 79<br />
AntonelU<br />
The French Detective<br />
INT'L PICTURE SHOW<br />
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The Billion Dollar Hobo<br />
Ac-D Apr 79<br />
Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere,<br />
(96)<br />
CAPRICAN<br />
C. Sept 78<br />
THREE, INC.<br />
Land of No Return<br />
Vampire Hookers<br />
Dracula and Son<br />
(85) Ad,.Sepl78<br />
(83) Sex C-D..July 78 Mel Torme,<br />
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John rarradlne. Bruce Falrbalm<br />
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Where Time Began<br />
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Kenneth More<br />
They Went That-a-Way and Thata-Way<br />
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Gail Palmer's Candy Goes<br />
Tim Conway. Chuck McCann<br />
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The Magic of Lassia<br />
Rock Fever (98) Apr 79<br />
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("arnl fonnNrs. John (100) C-DM..0ct78 Wade Nichols. Jeanle Sanders<br />
Leslie<br />
James Stewart, Mickey Rooney,<br />
Dr. Jeckyll's Dungeon of Death<br />
I'crnell Roberts, Stephanie Zimballst (91) Apr 79<br />
(Dolhv)<br />
A Saint ... a Woman . . .<br />
a Devil (90) Apr CINEMA 79<br />
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The Driller Killer (90) ....Apr 79<br />
Viva Italia! (87) C..July78<br />
Vlltorlo Oassman. Ub'i Togjiazzl<br />
JAGUAR-BEEHIVE<br />
Disco Dolls in Hot Skin<br />
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F.C-D..Sept78<br />
(90) Doc-D..Feb79<br />
Alex Karras. Stephen liosenberg<br />
Winds of Change<br />
Point the Finger of<br />
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(87) An-M-F..July79<br />
Death Ac .<br />
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Shaolin Death Squad !..Ac^Teb79 (98) WC..Feh79 Nutcracker (100) .An-H..NoY79<br />
Fists of Bruce Lee<br />
Richard Egm. Albert Salmi<br />
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Bruce LI<br />
(85) Sex C. Mar 79<br />
Don Diego, Joify OUiava<br />
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Wall Street Walker ... Sex. .July 78<br />
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Sex Freedom in<br />
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The Alpha Incident (85) .... Mar 78<br />
Ralph Meeker, Stafford Morgan,<br />
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y Rowe, Howard Hesseman The Capture of BIgfoot<br />
S»"'« (102) B.D..Sept78<br />
(95) May 79<br />
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Richard Kennedy, Katherlne Hopkins.<br />
Stafford Morgan, John Gofl<br />
The Maggots Aug 79<br />
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Dracula<br />
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL<br />
Meteor<br />
Sean Conney, Natalie Wood,<br />
Henry Fonda, Treior Howard<br />
Defiance<br />
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Glenn Ford<br />
Gorp C.<br />
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A Man, a Woman and a Bank . ,<br />
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The Fog<br />
Hal Holbrook. Adrieraie Barbeau,<br />
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BUENA VISTA<br />
The Black Hole Dec 79<br />
Ma,\imllian Schell. Anthony<br />
Perkins, Robert Forster<br />
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark .<br />
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Ricky Schroder, Tammy Lauren<br />
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Kramer vs. Kramer<br />
Dustln Hoffman, Meryl Streep<br />
, . . And Justice for All C<br />
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All That Jazz DM<br />
Roy Scheider, Ann Reinking<br />
Freestyle<br />
Susan Clark<br />
The Thief of Bagdad<br />
Terence Stamp, Peter Ustinov<br />
The Electric Horseman<br />
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda,<br />
Willie Nelson, Nicholas Coster<br />
Hot Stuff<br />
Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Pleshette,<br />
Jerry Reed<br />
Madonna Red<br />
Paul Newman<br />
The First Deadly Sin<br />
Marlon Brando<br />
Wind River OD-Ad<br />
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Brian Keith<br />
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Perkins<br />
CROWN INTERNATIONAL<br />
Coach. Part II<br />
The Majorettes<br />
EMC FILMS<br />
Element 92 Sept 79<br />
F.ihio Tpvli. Janet Agren,<br />
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The Lady in Red<br />
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Cr-D..July7<<br />
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I-oulse Fletcher<br />
Disco High CM.<br />
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Battle Beyond the Stars SF.<br />
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round<br />
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PARAMOUNT<br />
Rough Cut<br />
Burt Reynolds, Jacqueline BIsset<br />
North Dallas Forty<br />
Nick Nolle, Mac Darts,<br />
Bo Svenson, Charles Durnliic<br />
Full Moon in August<br />
Joseph Bottoms<br />
American Gigolo<br />
Lauren Button, Richard Gere<br />
Starting Over<br />
Burt Reynolds, JUl Clayburgh,<br />
Candice Bergen, Charles Durning<br />
Sunburn<br />
Farrali Fawcett-Majors, Charles<br />
Grodln<br />
The Hunter<br />
Steve McQueen<br />
Little Darlings<br />
Tatiim O'Neal, Kristy McNichol<br />
20TH-FOX<br />
Nosferatu<br />
SF-Ho..0ct79<br />
Isabelle Adjani, Klaus Kinskl,<br />
Bruno Ganz<br />
Health C. Dec 79<br />
Cleiida Jackson. Carol Burnett,<br />
James Garner, Lauren Bacall<br />
Nine to Five C.<br />
Jane Fonda<br />
St. Petersburj Cannes Express<br />
Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland<br />
The Rose DM..<br />
Bette Midler, Alan Bates<br />
(Dolby)<br />
Brubaker<br />
Robert Redford, Yaphet Kotto<br />
Breaking Away C.<br />
Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid<br />
Fatso<br />
Anne B.an«roft, Dom DeLuise,<br />
Candy Azzara, Ron Carey<br />
UNITED ARTISTS<br />
Hide in Plain Sight (MGM) June 79<br />
James Caan, Jill Eikenberry<br />
Apocalypse Now ....War D.. Dec 79<br />
Marlon Br.ondo, Robert Duvall,<br />
Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper<br />
(Dolby)<br />
James and Jane<br />
James Caan, Genevieve Bujold<br />
Heaven's Gate<br />
Kris KristofferaoD<br />
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh ....<br />
Stockard Cbanning<br />
Rich Kids<br />
Kathryn Walker, John LIthgow,<br />
David Selby, Terry Kiser<br />
Ladies of the Valley<br />
Foste<br />
UNIVERSAL<br />
The Lonely Lady D..<br />
Susan Blakely<br />
The Senator<br />
Alan Alda. Melv>'n Douglas,<br />
Barbara Harris<br />
Little Miss Marker<br />
Walter Matthau. Julie Andrews,<br />
Sara Stlmson, Bob Newhart<br />
Legacy<br />
Katharine Ross, Sam Elliott,<br />
Roger Daltrey<br />
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Resurrection<br />
Kllen BurstJ-n, Sam Shepard<br />
Coal Miner's Daughter B-D .<br />
Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones<br />
The Concorde—Airport '79<br />
Robert Wagner, Alain Delon,<br />
Susan Blakely, George Kennedy<br />
1941 C.<br />
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Christopher Lee<br />
Beyond the Poseidon<br />
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Michael Caine. Sally Field,<br />
Telly Savalas. Peter Boyle<br />
No Knife C-W..Auo79<br />
Harrison Ford<br />
Captain Grovm Up<br />
Diane Keaton<br />
Stepping Out<br />
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First Blood<br />
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Heart Beat<br />
SIssv Spacek, Nick Nolte<br />
Just Tell Me Wliat You Want .,.C.,<br />
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BOXOFFICE BookinGuide May
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MANHATTAN<br />
United Artists (79087)<br />
m<br />
93 Minutes Rel. Apr. '79<br />
Once more. Woody Allen dissects himself with a comic<br />
purpose but this time with a sharp dramatic edge. Not as<br />
di-amatic as "Intenors" or as humorous as most of his<br />
other films, the new pictm-e is both a funny comedy and<br />
a very sad di'ama of changing relationships. Daring to<br />
film "Manhattan" in black and white, dii-ector and coscripter<br />
(with Marshall Brickmam Allen has made a<br />
combination of "Annie Hall"<br />
i Keaton in a similar<br />
rolei and "An Umnarried Woman" (Michael Mm-phy in<br />
the same part of husband having an affaii-, although<br />
done with a lighter touch). Making the difference is the<br />
love between Allen, a TV comedy writer, and Mariel<br />
Hemingway, a teenaged aspiring actress. The relationships<br />
and the language have earned a contested R rating.<br />
It has been said that tliis is the new. more serious Woody<br />
at work, although it may be that he was always this way.<br />
The New York-Jewish-show biz onented gags prove to<br />
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The Panavision and a lovely George Gershwin score are<br />
distinct assets, particularly the latter. Charles H. Joffe<br />
produced. Acted with a gi-eat deal of conviction, "Manhattan"<br />
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Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel<br />
Hemingway, Anne Byrne, Meryl Streep.<br />
lust Like at Home<br />
""'""EnBiishTrnVs""""'<br />
New Yorker Fihns 108 Minutes Rel. May '79<br />
This charming and credible Marta Meszaros import<br />
may do nicely beyond what remains of the<br />
so-called "art theatre" circuits across the counti-y-<br />
One reason is that it is one of the few Hungarian<br />
attractions coming into the commercial market.<br />
Secondly, it contains what must be categorized as a<br />
woman's approach to family life, of a universal<br />
scope. Rlmmaker Meszaros has the unique ability<br />
to tell a story that goes beyond a national point of<br />
reference. Jan Nowicki, back in Budapest after an<br />
American stay, finds his native land a bit dull,<br />
career-wise and romantically. His wanting a shaggy<br />
sheepdog owned by a little girl (Zsuzsa Czinkoczyt<br />
leads to ultimate contentment in the person of liLs<br />
foi-mer Hungarian girlfriend (Anna Karina). The<br />
Ildiko Kordy screenplay is simple in structm-e and<br />
well paced. The little gii-1 has enormous promise.<br />
Anna Karina provides an emotive prowess refreshing<br />
to watch, Nowicki does a fii-st-rate job in a sensitive<br />
role. Humiia Studio, Budapest, was the production<br />
company.—^Allen Widem.<br />
Zsuzsa Czinkoczy, Jan Nowicki, Anna Karina.<br />
GLIMPSES . . . FOREIGN FILMS<br />
The AU-Around<br />
Reduced Personality<br />
Clara Burckner/<br />
Basis Film/ZDF<br />
*«'^|<br />
8 Minutes Rel. May '79<br />
Since the recent proliferation of films about<br />
women's lives seems to have captured the attention<br />
of the American audience, this import bearing the<br />
distinctive directorial drive of Helke Sander (she<br />
also stars I can be expected to generate interest as<br />
well. Her challenging script ( containing excerpts<br />
from works of Thomas Brasch, Elisabeth Lenk and<br />
Christa Woldi is concerned with the life—and lifestyle—of<br />
a still photographer in West Berlin. Katia<br />
Fobert's photographic effects are excellent. Leading<br />
lady-director-wi-iter Sander has demonstrated a<br />
compelling talent. The musical score is credited to<br />
Beethoven, Walter Kollo and Lothar Elias.—Allen<br />
Widem.<br />
Helke Sander, Joachim Baumann, Andrea<br />
Malkowsky, Ronny Tanner.<br />
Skin Deep<br />
Phrase Three Films 103 Minutes Rel. May '79<br />
Prom standpoint of status alone (after all, how<br />
many attractions from New Zealand have wended<br />
their way stateside) this newly arrived effort, a<br />
fii-st feature by Geoff Steven, should attract critical<br />
as well as filmgoer attention. The comedy is reflective<br />
of native mores, yet should hold appeal for<br />
American audiences. Steven, joined by Piers Davies<br />
and Roger Hon-ocks in development of the script<br />
(as based on a Steven idea*, is concerned with a<br />
small town's reaction to the arrival of a big-city<br />
masseuse. Some footage is predictable, while other<br />
segments demonstrate farce of a high order. Deryn<br />
Cooper, as the lady of the moment, does well in a<br />
demanding role. John Maynard produced.—Allen<br />
Widem,<br />
Deryn Cooper, Ken Blackburn, Grant Tilly, Alan<br />
Jervis, Glennis Levestam, Heather Lindsey.<br />
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GLIMPSES . . . FOREIGN FILMS<br />
i/ooder,<br />
The Idlers of the f'^L^^^<br />
Fertile Valley<br />
AUx Film Productions 115 Minutes Rel. May '79<br />
Nikos Panayotopoulos, listed as both director and<br />
writer (working from a novel by Albert Cosseryi.<br />
may well emerge as a distinctive filmmaker in the<br />
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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE<br />
BURLAP WALL COVERING DRAPES,<br />
$1,10 per yd., flame retardant. Quantity<br />
discounts. Nurse & Co., Millbury Rd., Oxlord,<br />
Mass. 01540. Tel (617) 832-4295.<br />
35/70 CENTURY II heads, soundheads,<br />
tc. Altec A-4 and A-7 speakers. TECO,<br />
lox 706, Matthews, NC. (704) 847-4455.<br />
TICKET MACHINES repaired. Fast service,<br />
reasonable rates. Your old ticket<br />
machine worth money. We trade, buy and<br />
sell ticket machines. Try us first. Ask<br />
about our rebuilts. Save money. J.E.D<br />
Service Co., 10 Woodside Dr., Grafton,<br />
Massachusetts. (617) 839-4058.<br />
RADIO SOUND lor DRIVE-IN THEATRES<br />
include<br />
$1.995C<br />
(813) 748-1717; out of state, (800) 237-945!<br />
SIMPLEX SUPERS and E7's, rebuilt, $750;<br />
RCA and Simplex soundheads, $800; Norelco<br />
and Cinemeccanica 35/70 machines,<br />
EXPERIENCED MANAGER / OPEHATOR Xenons, carbons, lamphouses, lenses,<br />
.eeded for Downtown Theatre. Salary bases, parts you won't find elsewhere<br />
ommensurate with experience. Good op- One year warranty. International Cinema<br />
)0rtunity for advancement. Send resume Equipment Co , 6750 N,E. 4th Ct , Miami.<br />
md references to: Mr. Dale Pearce, Luxiry<br />
Theatres, 919 S.W. Taylor St., Suite<br />
PL 33138 (305) 756-0699.<br />
00 Portland, OR 97205. (503) 221-0213. 35MM PORTABLE SALE — Norel FP3,<br />
$1,995; DeVry XD, $1,695; Holmes type<br />
EXPERIENCED MANAGER/OPERATOR $995; Tokiwa T-60, $2,150, All in stock no<br />
3r new twin theatres in New Jersey area. International Cinema, (305) 756-0599,<br />
lany benefits, including concession comlissions.<br />
Send resume and references to: built JAN projectors with separat<br />
IGMM MINI THEATRE SPECIALS-<br />
'lusic Makers Theatres, Inc., 1650 Oak hfier, speaker, changeovers, lense<br />
treet, Lakewood, NJ 08701.<br />
buih for performance, _$1,095.<br />
Cineti (305) 756-1<br />
XENON BONANZA—Strong Lumex 2000<br />
watt factory rebuilt, like new, $2,995;<br />
Strong 900 watt, 1600 watt, 2500 watt. Xe-<br />
Iron 900 watt, 1600 watt and 2000 watt<br />
ORC 1000 watt and 1600 watt Many others<br />
cho<br />
endo<br />
Call International Cinema, (305) 756-1<br />
SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR, 1/4 HP, 230V,<br />
3-phase, 50/60 Hz, $200. MBC, Box 425,<br />
Bayside, NY 13361.<br />
MAKE OFFER on Motiograph K and AA<br />
projectors and soundheads, mogul lamphouses,<br />
11mm Strong positive and negative<br />
assemblies with silver contacts. Strong<br />
6 bulb rectifiers, rewinds, etc. (419) 238-<br />
2100. Epps Theatres, Von Wert, Ohio<br />
45891.<br />
COMPLETE THEATRE equipment and<br />
seating package: Ballanlyne Pro-35 projector<br />
with complete sound and accessory<br />
package, 350 seats, screen, curtains, concession<br />
and ticket booth equipment. Excellent<br />
condition. Full spec sheet available<br />
on request. $15,000 or best offer takes<br />
all. Phone: Steve Smith, (505) 766-5037.<br />
PAIR 3SMM Century CC, completely rebuilt,<br />
first<br />
in class condition, with RCA<br />
soundheads, bases, 5,000 magazines,<br />
ft.<br />
$4,850.00 F.O.B,, L.A. Jack Lombardo,<br />
Movie Projector Repair Shop. In Hollywood,<br />
(213) 462-4609, 465-9236.<br />
EPRAD DBL-MUT film transport, reel<br />
arms, Eprad 2500W lamphouse and bulb,<br />
4 months old. San Antonio, Texas (512)<br />
226-3508.<br />
2 AUTOMATED BOOTHS: Christie platters,<br />
Orcon II lOOOW lamps, rebuilt Century<br />
C's, RCA 9030's, lens, also 280 pushback<br />
seats, concession equipment and<br />
GLASS SONG SLIDES from the silent<br />
30vie dcrys. several hundred, $3.00 each.<br />
816) 523-2699.<br />
BDJGO CARDS DIE CUT: 1-75, 1500 comlotions<br />
in color. PREMIUM PRODUCTS ACME 35MM silent movie projector, perfect,<br />
) West 44th St., New York, N.Y. 10036<br />
original condition, with Mazda lamp.<br />
12) 246-4972.<br />
A museum piece. $450.00. (816) 523-2699.<br />
150 USED gold push-back seats, $11 00<br />
Excellent condition. Also use
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ODIGINAL<br />
COMPANY NAME<br />
EXCITING NEW<br />
ORGANIZATION<br />
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CARMEN E.BONACCI<br />
VICE PRESIDENT<br />
Head Film Buyer<br />
Southern California<br />
AMERICANA 6 CINEMAS<br />
P.O. Box 4839<br />
Panorama City, Ca. 91402<br />
EAGLE ROCK 4 CINEMAS<br />
2700 Colorado Blvd., Suite 1 1<br />
Los Angeles, Ca. 90041<br />
NORTHRIDGE 4 CINEMA CENTER<br />
P.O. Box 297<br />
Northridge, Ca. 91324<br />
ALADDIN I, II & III<br />
P. O.Drawer F<br />
Indio, Ca. 92201<br />
DESERT THEATRE<br />
P.O. Drawer F<br />
Indio, Ca. 92201<br />
INDIO DRIVE-IN I<br />
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P. 0. Drawer F<br />
ndio. Ca. 92201<br />
MORTON D YKSTERHUIS<br />
VICE PRESIDENT<br />
Head Film Buyer<br />
Nortnern California<br />
ALAMEDA 3 THEATRE<br />
2317 Central Avenue<br />
Alameda, Ca. 94501<br />
SOUTHSHORE CINEMAS I<br />
2245 Shoreline Drive<br />
Alameda, Ca. 94501<br />
HAYWARD 5 CINEMAS<br />
24800 Hesperian Blvd.<br />
Hayward, Ca. 94545<br />
ARDEN FAIR 4 CINEMAS<br />
P.O.Box 214157 (Zip 95821)<br />
1685 Arden Way<br />
Sacramento, Ca. 95821)<br />
THE VILLAGE CINEMA<br />
P.O. Box 21157 (Zip 95821)<br />
2909 Fulton Avenue<br />
Sacramento, Ca. 95821<br />
MARYSVILLE DRIVE-IN<br />
P.O. Box 1029<br />
Marysville, Ca. 95901<br />
YUBA CITY DRIVE-IN<br />
P.O. Box 1248<br />
Yuba City, Ca. 95991<br />
D05EDT LUPPEDT THEATQCS<br />
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94105 PHONE . • (415) 546-9200<br />
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