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NATION WILL BE ABLE TO SEE AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF TH 

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SUSPENSE SENSATION FOR 1964! Make a big note to get an Invititi 

for your regional screening from your nearest Paramount branch, 

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M B E R 2, 1963 

No. 6 

POl CALLS KETTLE BLACK 

RICHARD L. BROWN, who substituted 

,for Giles M. Fowler as motion picture 

editor on the Kansas City Star's Sunday 

motion picture page November 24, took 

that occasion to answer criticism from 

"an advertising-publicity man who appeared 

at my desk this week on behalf 

of a group of theatres in the Kansas 

City area." According to Brown, this 

emissary accused him of writing his reviews 

for five per cent of The Star's 

readers. And Brown adds: "It seems he 

would like reviews written—if at all 

from the point of view of the least critical 

person who might buy a ticket." 

This is an old feud between critics and 

the industry and perhaps there is little 

new to say about their separate points 

of view. To the theatreman, trying to 

keep his theatre open and cater to a public 

whose taste, generally, is admittedly 

not on the highest artistic level, it is 

discouraging to find the product he has 

advertised in a newspaper ridiculed on 

its drama pages! No merchant has to 

suffer such an indignity. Only the arts 

have to submit to having their efforts 

"panned" by critics who feel called upon 

to elevate the public's taste to their own 

level (presumably higher) 

Brown contends: "Movies have been 

getting better, and the critics had a hand 

in it." The last half of this statement is 

provocative and might be used by censorship 

groups over the country who have 

been contending the proportion of socalled 

"adult" pictures is out of balance 

—and critics always lean toward those 

pictures which explore themes once considered 

undesirable for the young and, 

many suspect, often for even the mature 

patron. An Elvis Presley picture may be 

termed inane by a critic, but shall one 

turn teenagers away from it to the critically 

acclaimed "81/2"? 

What discourages theatremen is that 

many critics praise only one type of film, 

the so-called "intellectual" type. Only a 

limited audience enjoys the Ingmar 

Bergman moody cinematic "triumphs," 

whereas millions enjoy the less-demanding 

vehicles of John Wayne, Debbie 

Reynolds, Jerry Lewis and many others. 

In reviewing a film, shouldn't the reviewer 

simply attempt to let patrons 

know what type of film he will be paying 

his money to see, and how good it is by 

that standard? 

Henry Canby of Saturday Review fame 

used to say, about reviewing a book, th; 

he always asked himself three thin' 

when attempting a book review: Fir; 

what was the author trying to do? Se' 

ond, how well did he do it? Third, w; 

it worth doing? This might well apf 

to reviewing a motion picture. For the; 

only made to entertain, why berate thei 

for giving no thought to current socl 

problems or failing to explore psych 

logical angles? Or for frothy dialog, improbably 

beautiful costumes or lavii 

settings out of proportion to the them? 

There is hyperbole on the screen as wjl 

as in writing, or when an artist exagg 

ates one feature, or when a musicib 

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uses a minor key for effect. i 

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Nor should there be so much seq: ^p„ 

heaped by critics on so-called "corn"): J'supp 

movies. An exhibitor once told us that,* m « 

far as his own situation was concernjl 

"corn and comedy—that's what my fob »«' 

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want." It would indeed be deplorable}( ,'|^' 

confine motion picture production to t^ ^ \ 

limited field, but also it would be too tj( »« 

for it to be overlooked altogether, just 8 ^ ^"' 

cause "Papa Critic" thinks he knoi '^"^ 

to see, even if they don't want to. 

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Speaking of "corn, what newspalff'f"' 

doesn't run a considerable portion o;lLj„,| 

throughout its pages? Or copy that i^^fioiir 1 

interest only to teenagers? Or carto

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\april-may picture supply 

seen as shaping up well 

Distributors Re-Schedule 

Releases to 

Avert 

'Orphan' Period 

NEW YORK—Indications are that the 

distributors will enhance their currently 

planned April and 

May releases to avoid 

the traditional "orphan" 

period. 

That conclusion 

was drawn following 

a series of individual 

meetings between 

Edward L. Hyman 

and the sales and 

promotion directors 

of 12 companies during 

the last two 

Edward L. Hyman weeks. Hyman, vicepresident 

of Ameri- 

•an Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres and 

he chief exponent of orderly release of 

luality product, said the possibilities for a 

jood supply of April-May pictures were 

:;haping up well and the danger of a 

iearth of top pictures during that period 

vas fading. 

Hyman reportedly told the distribution 

xecutives that if they agreed with his 

campaign for orderly release, they should 

';o on record with their beliefs. The com- 

)anies' executives with whom Hyman conerred 

immediately followed the suggestion 

tnd reported in tradepress news releases 

hat they would back Hyman's orderly reease 

plan. 

a switch from the usual policy, Hy- 

;nan will issue his next product book, covring 

the April-May releases, on December 

5, four months in advance of the 

.mticipated orphan span. He said he was 

|ioing this in order to let exhibitors get a 

,headstart" on putting effective campaigns 

back of the product that will be available 

'n those spring months. He will go to 

liollywood in February to look over forthi;oming 

product so that he can prepare anither 

product book to cover the releases 

hrough September. 

James Velde, vice-president in charge of 

ales for United Artists, following the UA 

lession with Hyman, armounced that UA 

vas in accord with the Hyman plan to 

ivert a shortage during the slack period 

md was making every effort to implement 

he program. He backed up his statement 

;)y announcing six major films for release 

n April and May. 

Velde listed the product as follows: 

"Tom Jones," based on the Henry Fieldng 

classic; "One Man's Way," based on incidents 

in the life of Dr. Norman Vincent 

I'eale and starring Don Murray; "Plight 

,'>om Ashiya," an adventure drama staring 

Yul Brynner, Richard Widmark and 

>eorge Chakiris; "Prom Russia, With 

ijove," with Sean Connery as British agent 

Ifames Bond; "The Pink Panther," a 

;:omedy with David Niven, Peter Sellers, 

lôbert Wagner and Capucine, and "The 

iêst Man," starring Henry Fonda, Cliff 

[Robertson, Margaret Leighton, Lee Tracy, 

lOXOFFICE December 2, 1963 

Exhibitors Have 19 Films 

Available for Christmas 

NEW YORK — The nation's exhibitors 

will have a choice of 19 new December 

releases from the 11 major distribution 

firms and two independent companies, in- 

Preminger production in color, starring 

Tom Tryon, Romy Schneider, John Huston, 

Carol Lynley and a dozen other stars, 

playing two-a-day engagements only. 

cluding three prereleases: "The Cardinal," 

which 

Continental — "Billy Liar," filmed in 

will be playing two-a-day in a few 

key 

England, with Tom Courtenay, Julie 

cities, and "Charade" and "4 for Texas," 

Christy, 

which 

Mona Washbourne and Ethel Griffies, 

and "Mediterranean Holiday," 

will be playing in many key spots 

for the 

filmed 

holidays. With 17 pictures scheduled 

in that region in color, 

by 

with Burl Ives. 

the majors, this is one more than the 

16 released in December 1962 from the 

Embassy— "The Light Fantastic," filmed 

same 11 companies. 

entirely in New York with Barry Bartle 

In addition to the three prereleases, and Dolores McDougal. 

all 

of them in color, the December releases MGM— "The Prize," filmed in Sweden 

will include several others which are ideal and Hollywood in Technicolor, starring 

for family showing, including an all-cartoon 

feature, "The Sword in the Stone"; Robinson, Diane Baker and Micheline 

Paul Newman, Elke Sommer, Edward G. 

"Kings of the Sun," an adventure epic Presle, and "Any Number Can Win," made 

filmed in Mexico; two comedies, "Who's in Fi-ance, starring Jean Gabin and Alain 

Minding the Store?" and "Who's Been Delon. 

Sleeping in My Bed?" one starring Jerry Paramount— "Who's Minding the Store?" 

Lewis, the other Dean Martin; "Move Over, in Technicolor, starring Jerry Lewis. Jill 

Darling," the latest Doris Day comedy, and St. John, Ray Walston and Agnes Moorehead, 

and "ViOio's Been Sleeping in My 

two foreign-made adventure films, "Goliath 

and the Sins of Babylon" and "Samson 

and the Slave Queen," as well as a tin, Jill St. John, Martin Balsam and Carol 

Bed?" in Technicolor, starring Dean Mar- 

travel feature, "Mediterranean Holiday," Burnett in her film debut. 

all of these in color. 

The others, which are more 

Twentieth Century-Pox— 

suited to 

"Move Over, 

adult audiences, 

Darling," in color, 

are 

starring 

headed by "The 

Doris Day, 

Prize," also in color, and 

James Garner, Polly 

"Billy 

Bergen, Chuck 

Liar," 

Connors 

"The Light Fantastic," "Harbor 

and Thelma Rltter, 

Lights" 

and "Harbor 

and "Ladybug, Ladybug," 

Lights," 

as well as "Any 

with Kent Taylor and Jeff Morrow. 

Nimiber Can Win," filmed in France, all 

of these in black-and-white. 

United Artists — "Kings of the Sun," 

Of the 17 December releases, 12 are in produced in Mexico in color, starring Yul 

color and only seven were made in Europe, Brynner, George Chakiris, Shirley Anne 

including "The Prize," which was partly Field and Richard Basehart, and "Ladybug, 

made in Stockholm, the interiors in Hollywood. 

"Kings of the Sun" was largely Philadelphia, with William Daniels, Nancy 

Ladybug," produced by Frank Perry in 

filmed in Mexico. 

Marchand and Alice Playten. 

Broken down by companies, the December 

releases are: 

though "Charade," in color, produced in 

Universal — No December release al- 

Allied Artists—No December release. Paris with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn 

starred, will be playing more than 

American-Ikternational — "Samson and 

the Slave Queen," fUmed in Italy in color 200 prerelease dates. 

with Allen Steele and Pierre Brice, and Warner Bros.—No December release although 

"4 for Texas," in color, starring 

"Goliath and the Sins of Babylon," also 

made in Italy in color, with Mark Forrest Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg 

and Scilla Gabel. 

and Ursula Andress will be playing prerelease. 

BuENA Vista— "The Sword in the Stone," 

a Walt Disney animated feature in Technicolorren," 

(Colorama) ; "No Exit," (Zenith In- 

Independent — "Joseph and His Breth- 

Columbia— "The Cardinal," an Otto ternational). 

Edie Adams, Ann Sothern, Shelley Berman. 

Gene Raymond and Kevin McCarthy. 

Previously, Morris Lefko, vice-president 

and sales chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 

had reported that his company's April- 

May releases would consist of "The Seven 

Faces of Doctor Lao," "Kissin' Cousins." 

"Tamahine," "The Company of Cowards," 

"Night Must Fall" and "The Last Rhino." 

Although endorsing Hyman's orderly release 

plan and pledging support to it. 

Morey Goldstein, vice-president and general 

sales manager of Warner Bros., did 

not have his release schedule completed for 

the April-May span. 

It is expected that other companies will 

announce their schedules for the two 

months as they are finalized.

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IFIDA Approves Project 

To Back Low-Cost Films 

NEW YORK—A plan for the establishment 

of a revolving fund for the production 

of low-budget American features with 

guaranteed U.S. distribution has been approved 

by the board of directors of the Independent 

Film Importers and Distributors 

of America. Michael Mayer, executive director 

of IFIDA. said the plan called for 

the return of the producer's share to a 

new production fund and that the money 

thus received would go for additional new 

pictures. 

Commenting on the plan, Mayer said the 

IFIDA had not been happy about the failui'e 

of American low-budget film production 

to keep pace with the development of 

low-cost features abroad. He said IFIDA 

members were proud to distribute those 

foreign pictures, but that "we also are 

part of a great American film industry." 

He said the association felt there was a 

grave lack in the failure of the industry 

to utilize the vast reservoir of production 

skills that existed at home for the creation 

of outstanding low-budget features. 

Mayer said the revolving fund production 

plan involved the creation of an initial 

fund to produce low-budget features and 

that discussions had been held with foundations 

and individuals interested in the 

development of American production. From 

these conversations, he said, "we will develop 

an adequate financial source to produce, 

on minimum scales, a large number 

of featui'es." He pointed out that the films 

would be owned in toto by the revolving 

fund and that there would be no bonuses, 

participations or other special interests. 

Mayer said the pictures would be produced 

on union scales and that complete cooperation 

with trade unions was expected. 

The producer's share of revenue of any 

film created will be held by the fund for 

future production pm-poses, he added. 

"Production projects are to be selected by 

an unpaid board of outstanding persons 

from the film industry," Mayer continued. 

"We already have assurances of substantial 

interest from distinguished people in the 

field. Producers and directors will have 

complete freedom of expression on approval 

of the projects, subject only to 

rigid budgetary limitations. Production 

will be supervised by a minimum staff of 

paid employes of the fund." 

Mayer said the IFIDA believed that producers' 

share from the initial features 

would prove sufficient to finance a large 

number of new independent productions 

and that the project would thereafter grow. 

Acting as fund co-directors for the present 

are Mayer and Paul Heller, producer of 

"David and Lisa." 

IFIDA Names Appointees 

For 1963-64 Committees 

NEW YORK—The governing committee 

of Independent Film Importers and Distributors 

of America, consisting of Jean 

Goldwurm, president of Times Film Corp., 

Irving Wormser, president of Continental 

Distributing, and Daniel Frankel, president 

of Zenith International, has named 

Pioneer Dinner May Be Off 

Unfil Early Next Year 

NEW YORK—A new date for the 

annual dinner of the Motion Picture 

Pioneers will not be set until it can be 

ascertained when former President 

Dwight D. Eisenhower and Darryl F. 

Zanuck, president of 20th Century-Fox, 

will be available. Reliable sources within 

the Pioneers have indicated that it will 

be at least a month before another date 

can be confirmed. 

The dinner was to have been held on 

November 25, but was cancelled out of 

respect to the late President John F. 

Kennedy for whom funeral services and 

burial were held that day. Eisenhower 

was to have been the principal speaker 

and Zanuck was to have been honored 

as Pioneer of the Year at the dinner. 

The opinion was expressed by some 

Pioneers that the dinner would not be 

held until early in 1964. William Heineman, 

president of the Pioneers, last week 

was seeking to establish the commitments 

of both Eisenhower and Zanuck 

for the rest of this year so that a new 

dinner date could be fixed. 

the appointees for committee chairmen for 

the organization for the fiscal year of 

1963-64. 

Those appointed were: Felix Bilgrey, 

Times Film, as special counsel; Richard 

Brandt of Trans-Lux, as liaison with the 

New York Film Festival; Thomas Brandon 

of Brandon Films as censorship officer; 

Carl Peppercorn, Embassy Pictures, as advertising 

allowances committee head; Goldwurm 

of Times Film as festival and 

awards committee head; Paul N. Lazarus 

of Bronston Productions, as trade practices 

jr., 

committee head; Gary Dartnell of 

Lion International to head the luncheon 

committee; Ira Michaels of Janus Films, 

exhibitor relations; Richard Gordon Films, 

foreign affairs; Fae Miske of Joseph Burstyn, 

membership committee; David Emanuel 

of Governor Films, auditing; Peter 

P. Horner, Union Film Distributors, dues 

committee; George Roth, Atlantic Pictures, 

legislative and taxation, and Jackson 

Dube, Bon Ami Film Distributing, 

public relations. 

'No Man's Land' Acquired 

By Cine-Video Company 

HOLLYWOOD—Emanuel Barling, president 

of Cine-Video International, has announced 

the acquisition of the full-length 

war feature "No Man's Land," which was 

produced and directed by Russ Harvey. 

The film will premiere in Philadelphia at 

the World Theatre December 11. Company 

acquired the controversial Danish picture 

"Weekend" recently and this will have its 

U.S. premiere in Beverly Hills in January. 

Film Industry Mourns 

Death of Kennedy 

NEW YORK—The amusement industry,! 

locally and nationally, started to get back 

to normal operations Tuesday (26) after] 

a weekend of observations of respect to the 

death and funeral rites of the late President 

John F. Kennedy. In New York, motion 

picture theatres remained closed the! 

day of the funeral, Monday (25) until 6 

o'clock that evening, although Radio City 

Music Hall was dark from Sunday night 

until Tuesday morning. 

The Motion Pictm'e Ass'n of America 

made the following statement on the death; 

of President Kennedy. 

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"This is a terrible hour. The tragedy of! 

Dallas must tear the hearts of all Americans 

with anguish. As the nation grieves, 

those in motion pictures mourn the loss of] 

a true advocate. No Pi-esident displayed 

the appreciation and affection for the mO' 

tion pictm'e as did John F. Kennedy. 

"The country—yes, the world—is lea 

than it was. A leader is gone." 

The annual Motion Picture Pioneers! 

dinner, scheduled for Monday night, ati 

which former President Dwight D. Eisen-J 

hower was to have been a principal speaker! i^ 

was cancelled shortly after the death on 

the President was announced. Anothen 

date will be set. The Celebrity Ball of thd 

Barkerettes, the women's group of New 

York Variety Club Tent No. 35, which had 

been set for Saturday night (23), also was 

called off and was rescheduled for De-i' 

cember 21 at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, 

The news 

reached 

of 

New 

the attack 

York 

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about 

the President] 

1:30 Pridajj 

afternoon. An hour later, when his deatW 

was reported, home offices closed, as welJ 

as department stores and other places oi 

business. Broadway theatres, motion pic 

ture and legitimate, went dark and stayei 

closed the rest of the day. Some neighbor 

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hood and 42nd St. grind houses continued 

to operate throughout the mom-ning period! ^ta 

Night clubs suspended their shows. Legiti'l 

mate theatres were open Saturday an{j 

Sunday, but business was negligible. 

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In Hollywood, a large gathering of shovi j 

business notables participated in a speciall;] 

prepared telecast on Sunday from th{ 

Los Angeles Sports Arena, the site of thi] 

Kennedy nomination in 1960. Actor Charlj 

ton Heston, backed by a large contingen! 

of talent, headed the list of personalitie! 

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participating in the memorial program, 1 

The late President, in a sense, was th: 

son of a show business father. Joseph li 

Kennedy, although a financier and an am 

bassador, was active in the motion picturj 

industry in the 1920s, having been presi' 

dent and board chairman of Film Bookin; 

Offices of America (FBO) and ultimatel: 

was the spearhead in merging that com, 

pany and Pathe Exchanges into RKli 

Radio Pictures. , 

Dismiss Slander Suit 

NEW YORK—A slander suit for $500,OC5 

against 20th Century-Fox and its executiy 

vice-president, Seymom- Poe, has been di? 

missed in New York Federal Court with pre.'; 

udice. The action was brought in Septembe 

by Phillip Engel of Boston, who had been 

company field exploitation man. 

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MPAA to Give Awards 

For Top Movie Pages 

NEW YORK—The Motion Picture Ass'n 

of America has announced its first annual 

Boyd Martin Motion Picture Page Awards, 

in memorium to the late dean of motion 

picture editors who served with the Louis- 

ville Courier-Journal from 1907 until his 

death in April this year and who was a 

firm believer in the motion picture and its 

service to mankind. 

awards for 1963 will be based on 

picture pages for six selected days 

during the year. All daily newspapers in 

the U.S. have been invited to participate 

and awards will be made in three categories: 

newspapers with circulations of 

250,000 and over; newspapers with circulations 

of more than 100,000, but less than 

250,000, and newspapers with circulations 

100,000. Winners will be announced 

early next spring. 

The awards will consist of scholarships 

of $500 for each winner and each newspaper 

will select a school and the journalism 

department of that school will 

select the candidate to receive the scholariship 

in the name of the winning newspaper. 

panel to select the winners includes 

Edward W. Barrett, dean, Columbia Graduate 

School of Journalism; Hillier Krieghibaum, 

professor of journalism, New York 

{University, and Dr. Frederic E. Merwin, 

director, School of Journalism, Rutgers 

University. 

All entries must be submitted on or beifore 

December 31. The tearsheets for the 

six selected days should be mailed to Boyd 

iMartin Motion Picture Page Awards, Moition 

Picture Ass'n of America, 522 Fifth 

Ave., New York, N.Y., 10036. 

MGM-TV to Release 40 

More Post-1950 Films 

YORK—MGM-TV wiU release 40 

imore post-1950 theatrical features for TV 

(broadcasting in 1964, which will be added 

to the company's 725 pre-1948 and 90 post- 

11950 films previously released to TV, according 

to Richard A. Harper, director of 

Ifeature films and syndicated sales. 

40 pictures, which grossed an estimated 

$195,000,000 at the boxoffice, incudes 

one 1959 release, "The Doctor's 

iDilemma," one from 1958, Alec Guinness' 

'All at Sea," "Tea and Sympathy" from 

;1956 and two 1950 musicals, "On the 

Town" and "Toast of New Orleans." 

Karl von Schallem, a veteran of 14 years 

n TV in Chicago, has been named to the 

lewly-created post of field sales supervisor. 

IThe Prize' Set for Xmas 

hi 250 Key Cities in U.S. 

NEW YORK—MGM's "The Prize," starj'ing 

Paul Newman, Edward G. Robinson 

and Elke Sommer, will open Christmas 

,3ay at the Stanley Warner Beverly The- 

'itre, Los Angeles, and during the Christ- 

JQas-New Year's period in approximately 

|I50 other key dates, including Philadel- 

)hia's Arcadia Theatre; Detroit's Adams 

l^heatre; the State, Washington, D.C.; 

lioxy, Kansas City; Charles, Baltimore; 

,>rand, Atlanta, and Blue Mouse, Seattle. 

Prize" will be the first 1964 attracjion 

at Radio City Music Hall, early in 

lanuary. 

Bronston Madrid Meeting 

Curtailed by Tragic News 

MADRID—News of the assassination of 

President Kennedy Friday (22) curtailed 

Samuel Bronston's promotional and merchandising 

meeting for 200 exhibitors and 

distributors for "The Fall of the Roman 

Empire" and caused the cancellation of 

Saturday's dinner witii many delegates returning 

to the U.S. or their respective 

countries that day, instead of Sunday (24j . 

Earlier on Friday, the delegates saw a 

rough cut of "Roman Empire" and, later, 

they were taken to the Las Mates set, 

where Bronston is filming "Circus World" 

for Paramount release. The news of the 

assassination reached Madrid at 8 p.m. 

Madrid time. 

Paul N. Lazarus jr., executive vicepresident 

of Bronston Productions, outlined 

the advertising and promotion campaign 

on "Roman Empire." Early on Saturday, 

Howard Newman, studio publicity director, 

told of publicity plans on the picture, 

which will be released for Easter 1964. 

Continued shooting of "Circus World" 

was cancelled Monday (25) out of respect 

for the late President Kermedy. 

Set New Introduction 

For 'Rights' Short 

NEW YORK—A new introduction is 

being 

prepared for the Bill of Rights subject 

which the late President John F. Kennedy 

narrated for the motion picture industry 

under the auspices of the Council 

of Motion Picture Organizations. 

Charles McCarthy, COMPO executive 

vice-president, said that approximately 

1,000 prints were in distribution, via National 

Screen Service, and that the new 

introductions, when completed, would be 

added to the reels at theatres which had 

dated them or when returned to NSS for 

re-shipments. 

McCarthy said that the original introduction 

had stated: "A Message From the 

President of the United States," then the 

footage faded to a shot of the White House 

and then a portrait of the late President. 

The new introduction will explain that the 

message was prepared for the theatres of 

America shortly before the President's 

death. 

The opinion that the Bill of Rights film 

now could have even greater impact and 

be more impressive was expressed by Mc- 

Carthy, who said that the reel could be 

shown year after year with the same timeliness. 

The late President had prepared the twoand-a-half 

minute subject solely for the 

theatres of this country in an effort to 

give the citizens a greater appreciation of 

the Bill of Rights. It was a COMPO 

project, fostered as a means of combatting 

censorship. 

CDA Names N.E. Distributor 

MOBILE, ALA.—Cinema Distributors of 

America has appointed Fortune Films Associated 

of Boston as CDA's distributor in 

the New England area, according to Clayton 

Pantages, CDA general sales manager. 

Abe Weiner is president of Fortune. 

Ralph Hetzel Named 

Federation Head 

NEW YORK—Ralph Hetzel, executive 

vice-president and acting head of the 

Motion Picture Ass'n 

of America, was 

elected president of 

the International 

Federation of Film 

Producers Ass'ns at 

the organization's 

general assembly 

meeting in Paris recently. 

He succeeds 

the late Eric Johnston, 

whose term of 

office was to have 

Ralph Hetzel 

run through 1964. 

Federation membership 

includes the national producers 

associations of the major film producing 

countries of the world. At the Paris meeting, 

held late in November, Hetzel initiated 

a number of far-reaching moves to 

broaden the scope of the organization's activities. 

New arrangements regulating film 

festivals were adopted, with policies designed 

both to liberalize festival registration 

and to eliminate some of the abuses 

current in recent years. 

The administrative council also adopted 

a proposal calling for reorientation of the 

international body toward current economic 

problems, with appropriate action 

planned in respect to import quotas, taxes, 

censorship, remittance problems and other 

restrictions. 

Early consideration will be given to an 

American proposal seeking election of 

three regional vice-presidents, one for 

Europe, one for Asia and one for the 

Americas. Combined with a drive for wider 

membership and more active participation 

in Federation objectives, the vice-presidents 

would also provide organized representation 

on a regional level and closer coordination 

in the international councils. 

A constitutional amendment providing for 

the new structure will be voted on early 

next spring. 

Undersea Depths to Be 

Probed by Cinerama 

NEW YORK—Capt. Jacques Cousteau, 

noted undersea explorer, is negotiating 

with Cinerama, Inc., whereby the depths 

of the world's oceans would be probed by 

Cinerama cameras. 

The proposed full-length feature, to be 

titled "The Conquest of the Seas," would 

show hitherto um-evealed aspects of the 

underseas world, according to Nicolas 

Reisini, Cinerama president. Cousteau 

plans to utilize the new extra wide angle 

Cinerama underseas cameras, which would 

be installed in his improved Bathysphere 

diving vehicle, to photograph at depths 

down to 13,000 feet. 

Production is scheduled to start early 

next year. 

WB Dividend of 12^2 Cents 

NEW YORK—The board of directors of 

Warner Bros. Pictures held a special meeting 

November 21 and declared a dividend 

of 12 '2 cents per share on the company's 

common stock, payable Feb. 5. 1964, to 

stockholders of record JanuaiT 10. 

BOXOFFICE December 2, 1963 9

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Univ., Pennebaker Set 

'New Horizons' Film 

HOLLYWOOD — Universal and Pennebaker 

Productions are joining forces in 

sponsoring a "New Film Hoi-izons" project 

under the program inaugurated this year 

by Universal to encourage and finance 

promising young filnmiakers, it was announced 

Monday (25> by Edward Muhl. 

Universal vice-president in charge of production. 

The undertaking, third to be set under 

the "New Film Horizons" plan, is a dramatic 

feature, "Daffy," concerning a pair 

of adolescents who mature on a trip across 

the country. It will be fUmed in its actual 

locales throughout the southwest. Former 

actor Brian Hutton will make his directorial 

bow on the picture, and Al 

Ruddy, former architectural student at 

U.S.C. who served for a year as a production 

obsei-ver at Warner Bros., will bow as 

producer. The screenplay is by Les Pine 

from a story by Pine and Ike Jones. The 

picture will go before the cameras early 

next year, according to Walter Seltzer and 

Marlon Brando sr., Pennebaker executives. 

Universal's other "New Film Horizons" 

ventures are "The Guns of August," based 

on Barbara Tuchman's Pulitzer Prizewinning 

book, being readied for filming by 

Nathan Ki-oU and Lawrence White, and 

"Andy," Richard Sarafian's screenplay 

which he is producing and directing. 

Cinerama to Be Housed 

In New 4-Story Building 

NEW YORK—A new four-story 

building 

at 54th St. and Madison Ave. in New 

York will be the world headquarters of 

Cinerama, Inc., effective early in February. 

To be known as Cinerama House, the 

building will be occupied exclusively by 

the company and will contain, in addition 

to executive offices for the home office 

staff, a full Cinerama projection room. 

Nicolas Reisini, president of Cinerama, 

said the company's new retail products 

division would occupy space in the building, 

as would the sales personnel for the 

recently announced Cinerama Telcan home 

TV tape recorder. Sales offices for the 

new Cinerama Panoramic still camera will 

be there as well. 

The space is being planned by Stephen 

Leigh Associates, industrial designers. The 

new building is the property of Morris 

Haft. 

'Long Haul' Film Available 

From Social Security 

WASHINGTON — A 14 '^ -minute Eastman 

Color film, entitled "The Long Haul," 

with lip-sync and music especially composed 

and performed by the U.S. Air 

Force Symphony Orchestra, is available to 

theatres through district offices of the 

Social Security Administration. 

The pictme tells a fast-moving, colorful 

story about a fisherman and his family and 

builds into it an explanation of social security 

disability benefits. Directed by Jack 

Daniels, the film was produced in Hollywood 

for the Social Security Administration 

by Columbia Pictm-es on 35mm Eastman 

Color film. The musical score was 

especially composed by Dr. Ron Nelson. 

Dan A. Poller Is Elected 

NT&T Vice-President 

LOS ANGELES—In a move to further 

strengthen the coordination of National 

General Corp.'s operating and film buying 

departments, Dan A. Poller, chief film 

buyer, has been elected a vice-president of 

NT&T Amusement Corp., the theatre circuit's 

principal subsidiary, it was announced. 

"Theatre operations today must be primarily 

concerned with what's on our 

screens at a given time. That is why we are 

effecting a tighter liaison between depai-tments 

and the closest day-to-day coordination," 

Eugene V. Klein, president of NGC 

and NT&T said. 

Other officers include Irving H. Levin, 

executive vice-president of NGC; Robert 

W. Selig. vice-president in charge of theatre 

operations: Alan May, treasurer; William 

H. Thedford, vice-president in charge 

of Pacific Coast division, and Harold A. 

Lipton, secretaiT and general counsel. 

Too Much Censoring 

Darkens a Theatre 

MEMPHIS — The Studio Theatre has 

been locked up and the marquee reads, 

"Theatre Closed Due to Ignorance and 

Intolerance." 

W. H. Kendall, who manages the house 

Art Theatre Guild, headquartered in 

THEATRE CLOSED DUE TO 

IGNORANCE AND INTOLERANCE 

iiiiiiiujiumumuiiiiiiii 

U _ J 

After the last three or four films 

booked at the Studio Theatre in Memphis, 

W. H. Kendall, manager, arranged 

the marquee as seen above and 

shuttered the house. 

Scottsdale, Ariz., says the company gave 

up after the last three or four films booked 

at the Studio were banned by municipal 

censors. 

The last one banned was "Promises! 

Promises!" which the censors charged 

showed Jayne Mansfield with too few 

clothes in too many scenes. 

Other bookings axed by the censors involve 

racial relations and a frank handling 

of sex: I Spit on Your Grave, Paradisio, 

World of Women and The Balcony. 

Trial of Kendall on charges growing out 

of the showing of "Grave" has been postponed 

until January 27. Judge Preston Battle 

has signed an order allowing defense 

attorney William Goodman to take a print 

of the film from the clerk's office to view 

it. The film deals with race relations and 

intermarriage. 

Candy-Tobacco Tie 

Sought by NAC 

CHICAGO—To bring closer liaison b& 

tween concessionaires and the candy, to 

bacco and related industries, one of th 

first steps taken by the newly elected presi 

dent of the National Ass'n of Concession 

aires, Edward S. Redstone, Northeas 

Drive-In Theatre Corp., Boston, was th 

creation and appointment by him of a spe 

cial NAC committee. Named to head thl 

committee is Irving Shapiro of Concessio: 

Entei-prises, Boston, who is also a regloiu 

vice-president of NAC 

Other members of Shapiro's committe 

are: Abe Bloom, Balaban & Katz Theatres 

Chicago; Nat Buchman, Theatre Merchan 

dising Corp., Boston; Harold F. Cheslei 

Theatre Candy Distributing Co., Salt Lak 

City, NAC treasurer; Loyal Haight, W. £ 

Butterfield Theatres, Detroit, NAC con 

cessionaire segment director; Lee Kokei! 

RKO Theatre Division, Glen Alden Corp 

New York City, a past NAC president 

Julian Lefkowitz, L & L Concession Coil 

Detroit; Jack O'Brien, New England Thq 

atres Service Corp., Boston, NAC seconl 

vice-president; Spiro J. Papas, Allian&l 

Amusement Co., Chicago, a past NAC presfi: 

dent; Kendall Way, Modern Sales & Serv|i 

ice, Inc., Dallas; Jack Wilson, Nationd 

General Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif., an 

Jack Yellin, Stanley Warner Managemerj 

Corp., New York City, who is a dlrector-al 

large of NAC 

Redstone declared that one of NAC' 

principal aims will be to cement a closi 

working relationship between NAC 

these Industry groups. "For many yeai 

there has been need for closer contact bf, 

tween concessionaires and the candj] 

tobbaco Industries. Their interests are veil 

closely related by virtue of the tremendoui 

market which concessionaires offer thesfjift 

industries and it should therefore behoov 

them to become more active in the affaiij 

of NAC," Redstone said. 

iVloi 

Nat Levy, Distribution 

Executive, Dead at 65 

TORONTO—Funeral services were hej' 

here November 24 for Nat Levy, 65, veterai 

film executive, who died in New York afti. 

a long illness on November i 

22. 

From 1921 to 1924, Levy was ToronI 

sales manager for Universal, later movir 

to Philadelphia and Albany where he w: 

branch manager in each city. In 1929, 1 

joined RKO Radio Pictures, serving ; 

branch manager in Philadelphia and Di 

troit, subsequently becoming east-centr 

district manager, eastern district manag({j 

IE 

and eastern division manager. 

[^Si Al 

Levy is survived by a brother, Jules, pr

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Rackmil 

I LONDON 

'ora. Exhibitor Screenings 

"or 'Seven Days in May' 

NEW YORK—Paramount Pictures will 

aunch a screening program for "Seven 

)ays in May" for exhibitors in 34 key 

ities in the U.S. and Canada, stai-ting 

Monday (Dec. 2). 

The limited private screenings, to be 

ailed "The Seven Most Momentous Days 

;!i Exhibition," will be held during the next 

hree weeks with press, radio and TV per- 

!onalities, as well as columnists and 

pinion-makers invited. 

The screening schedule wUl be for the 

)eMille Theatre, New York; Cheltenham, 

'hiladelphia; Warner Theatre, Pittsbm-gh;' 

:olony, Cleveland, and Playhouse, Washngton, 

December 2; Mercury, Detroit; 

Imes, Cinairmati; Encore, Indianapolis, 

)ecember 3; Paramount, Boston; Allingown 

Forest, New Haven; Colvin, Buffalo; 

loUywood, Toronto, and Westmount, 

lontreal, December 4; and the other cities 

he following week, including theatres in 

:harlotte, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Miami, 

nd New Orleans, December 9; Memphis! 

!;t. Louis, Kansas City, Dallas and Houston! 

)ecember 10; Denver, Salt Lake City, 

leattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and 

i'ortland, December 11, and Chicago, Mill/aukee, 

Minneapolis, Des Moines and 

|)maha, the following week, December 16. 

The Seven Arts-Joel Production, which 

tars Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fred- 

Ic March and Ava Gardner, is from the 

lovel by Fletcher Knebel and Charles 

iailey H, which was on the best-seller 

;ists for 49 weeks as a hard cover and is 

low in a pocket-sized edition, which has 

old over 1,500,000. 

liackmiL Aboaf to Europe 

'"or 4 Sales Conferences 

NEW YORK—Milton R. Rackmil, president 

of Universal Pictures, and Americo 

Vboaf, vice-president and foreign general 

lanager of Universal International Films, 

laned for Europe late in November to 

mnch their annual series of sales consiences 

with executives and distributors 

verseas. 

The first meeting for Universal manigers, 

sales staffs and publicity executives 

Irom Eiu-ope and the Near East will start 

ti Paris Monday (Dec. 2) and will be fol- 

)wed by similar sales meets in Berlin, 

Come and Barcelona with Ben M. Cohn, 

'ssistant foreign manager, joining Rackmil 

Ind Aboaf at all four conferences. 

will outline the latest studio 

.reduction plans and Aboaf will analyze 

verseas sales performances and outline 

•elease and promotion plans for pictures to 

e shown in Europe in 1964. 

A Latin American sales conference is 

Aeduled for January and a Far Eastern 

leet in Tokyo will be held in the spring 

f 1964. 

illP's 'Masque of Red Death' 

iJtarts Filming in London 

— Production has started on 

(Jnerican International's seventh Edgar 

.Jlan Poe thriller, "The Masque of the 

|i€d Death," which is being produced and 

|irected by Roger Corman in color and 

lanavision with Vincent Price starred and 

liazel Court costarred, according to James 

It. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff, exfcutive 

producers. 

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«OFFICE December 2, 1963 

LIE 

DETECTOR DEVICE DIMINISHING THEFTS 

Dale System's Polygraph Uncovers 

Dishonest Employes at Theatres 

NEW YORK—Theatre circuits and independent 

exhibitors are making greater 

use of the polygraph, or lie detector, in 

their efforts to curtail thefts by employes 

in both the boxoffice and concessions operations, 

according to Leonard Lowell, 

chairman of the board of Dale System, Inc.. 

national business investigative company. 

In a discussion on the subject here last 

week, Lowell said theatres were just beginning 

to utilize the polygraph in preemployment 

determination as well as testing 

those already employed. 

PORTABLE UNITS USED 

Dale has portable polygraphs as well as 

those that are not mobile. The portable 

devices frequently are taken to theatres 

for tests and, according to Lowell, thefts 

and losses have diminished. The polygraph 

test is based on the premise that 

most persons fear being caught in a lie 

and this fear produces certain physiological 

reactions at the time of the lie. The polygraph 

can measure respiration, blood pressures, 

galvanic skin response and, in some 

cases, arm movements. Lowell said that examiners 

had found that blood pressure and 

respiratory reactions were the two most 

reliable indications of lying. 

He pointed out that a subject's agreement 

and cooperation were necessary before 

a test could be given, but that both 

usually were forthcoming without great 

difficulty because, he said, most persons 

felt they could "beat" any machine. 

When an employe of a bank is found 

guilty of embezzlement or other misuse of 

bank funds, the story gets plenty of newspaper 

play, Lowell said. But when a store 

or theatre employe is caught in similar 

circumstances, the story is "hushed," he 

added. He indicated that a hint of prosecution 

and publicity might cause a worker to 

think twice before attempting any larceny. 

Addison H. Verrill, president of Dale 

System, who addressed the recent Theatre 

Owners of America convention, said that 

employe thefts had increased 32 per cent in 

all businesses during the last ten years and 

39 per cent in the theatre, entertainment 

and sports industries. He said that since 

January of this year, the theatre and refreshment 

industries had experienced a 4.9 

per cent rise. He said that a theatre operating 

on a 5 per cent net profit must take 

in $2,000 without profit to make up for 

each $100 stolen. 

LAX IN TICKET CHECKING 

Lowell said management had been too 

lax in checking ticket sales after the boxoffice 

had officially closed. The "private" 

sale of tickets by cashiers and/or managers 

and doormen, with the money going 

into their pockets, runs into staggering 

sums, he said. 

Both Lowell and Verrill stressed the importance 

of pre-employment screening of 

personnel, a move which can cut down considerably 

on losses by theft. They said it 

also was advisable to check current and 

even long-standing employes via the polygraph 

or other means. Too many theatre 

owners and circuit chiefs just won't believe 

they have dishonest personnel until 

it is too late, they said; and even then, 

sometimes, the exhibitors can't believe the 

truth. 

Lowell gave an example: An exhibitor 

who operates two theatres in the New York 

metropolitan area went on a vacation early 

this year with his wife, leaving a trusted 

woman assistant in charge. The theatres 

were checked periodically by Dale checkers 

who found some discrepancies in the operation, 

although the assistant never was 

aware that she was being watched. The 

checking is part of the general yearly service 

provided by Dale. 

When the exhibitor returned and was 

told of the checkers' findings and suspicions, 

he would not believe it—the assistant 

was too close a friend. But when 

confronted with the facts, the woman 

signed a confession that she and the doorman 

had "lifted" $3,120 from the receipts. 

Other case histories were presented. 

After tui-ning in the report of a routine car 

count at one of the largest drive-in theatres 

in the east, a Dale checker was told 

that the count far exceeded the boxoffice 

statements supplied to the home office by 

the theatre manager. The manager could 

not account for the disparity. But a polygraph 

test brought out the truth. The manager 

admitted that he, the assistant manager 

and three attendants had worked out a 

device which fitted over the counter treadle, 

rendering it inactive. With the device, the 

men were keeping the receipts from 200 

cars each evening. 

SHOWS TICKET RESALES 

The management of a large New York 

City theatre knew from spot checks that 

the receipts did not tally with the attendance. 

Polygraph tests brought out that a 

new ticket-taker had been cooperating 

with two cashiers to return used tickets to 

them for resale and private profit. He would 

palm ripped tickets instead of depositing 

them in the box, give them to people coming 

in and save whole tickets. Periodically, 

he would leave batches of them taped to 

the back of a mirror in the basement outside 

the employes' lounge for the cashiers 

to pick up and sell again. 

A senior attendant at a drive-in refreshment 

stand decided to sell popcorn for 

himself, rather than for his boss. Knowing 

that the boss maintained a reliable check 

on the amount of popcorn sold each day 

by the nxmiber of boxes used, the attendant 

had his own boxes made up to resemble 

those of his employer. Every day, he substituted 

a number of boxes for those he 

should have been selling. He was caught 

only when a Dale shopper on a routine 

check noted the poor quality of the printing 

on the box. A polygraph test uncovered 

the fact that the attendant had been working 

this stunt for two and a half years 

and had taken an estimated $8,000. 

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ÂLAXY OF REMARKABLE CHARACTERS 

The picture 

that swings 

from hilarity 

to heart-break 

. . . and back 

Screenplay by RICHARD L. BREEN, PHOEBE and HENRY EPHRON • From the novel by LEO ROSTEN •

TORY OF LOVE, LAUGHTER AND TEARS! 

Set to open 

Radio City 

Music Hall, 

New York 

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Exclusive Engagement 

starts Christmas Day 

Hollywood, Paramount 

cz. 

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COLOR 

1; Albert -James Gregory 

[IWRGENT- LARRY STORCH 

^BoBBY Darin 

AS CORPORAL 

JIM TOMPKINS 

IIILLER • Produced by ROBERT ARTHUR a brentwood-reynard production • a universal picture 

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UNIVERSAL 

CITY STUDIOS

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Dancing Is 

Sideline of the Roseneks, 

Active Theatre Owners in Nebraska 

NEW YORK—Elsa and Adolph Rosenek 

own theatres in Crete and David City, 

Neb., and. like many other exhibitors, have 

another line of business. But tlie Roseneks 

are unique insofar as outside interests are 

concerned. Although they are the active 

owners and operators of the Times Theatre 

in Crete and the Crest in David City, it is 

not unusual to see them as a dance team 

as a floor show attraction in Chicago, 

Hollywood. Miami Beach, Reno, Omaha or 

any other American city. They have appeared 

on the Lawrence Welk TV show and 

with Jan Garber. Guy Lombardo, Al Jarvis 

and many others. 

On the road, between shows, they kept in 

touch with their theatres by telephone, 

check on receipts and work with their 

managers by remote control on booking 

and buying. In New York last week, after 

attending the Theatre Owners of America 

convention and where they also danced at 

the Pepsi-Cola supper party, the Roseneks 

told BoxoFFicE how it all started. 

The Roseneks went into the theatre 

business in Nebraska in 1938, having moved 

to Crete from Chicago, where Adolph had 

been a high school teacher. Both he and 

EHsa had enjoyed dancing as a medium of 

relaxation but neither had ever taken a 

dancing lesson. In 1955. there was a dance 

contest in Omaha and friends, who had 

seen them dance, urged them to enter. It 

seems that Mrs. Rosenek was in favor of 

the idea, but Adolph was not and it took a 

lot of persuasion on the part of his wife 

to get him to consent to becoming a 

contestant. 

TROPHIES FROM MANY CITIES 

Out of more than 1,000 entrants, the 

Roseneks walked off with first prize. And 

thus a new career was bom. In other 

competitions, they have collected 22 

trophies in Chicago, New York, New 

Orleans, Miami, Hollywood, Lincoln and 

Omaha. 

Elsa and Adolph specialize in a ballroom 

swing polka, quick-step and the Viermese 

Waltz, with their own innovations. They 

have toured with the noted polka band, the 

Six Fat Dutchmen (actually a 12-piece 

group 1 and are a regular feature at the 

Polka Festival at New Ulm, Minn., which 

is known as the "polka capital of the 

nation." 

It is suggested here that exhibitors who 

are looking for a diversified trade might 

test their dancing technique and find a 

sideline career more interesting than insurance, 

bowling alleys or filling stations. 

—A.S. 

Founders of Amalgamated 

Resign in New Zealand 

AUCKLAND. N.Z.—Michael and Joseph 

Moodabe, founders and directors of Amalgamated 

Theatres, the largest circuit in 

New Zealand, have resigned and Royce 

Moodabe, son of Michael, has succeeded his 

father as chief officer of the company. 

Michael had been managing director of 

the chain, a subsidiary of 20th Century- 

Fox, and Joseph had been assistant 

director. 

Elsa and Adolph Rosenek 

Richard Gordon Represents 

Rialto Film of Denmark 

NEW YORK—Richard Gordon of Gordon 

Films has been named U.S. representative 

for Rialto Film of Denmark by Steen 

Gregers, general manager of the Danish 

firm, on his first visit to New York. 

Rialto Film's current production is 

"Week-End," which was shown at the recent 

San Francisco Film Festival, after 

being banned by the French censors and 

denied admission to the 1963 Cannes Film 

Festival. American distribution rights have 

been acquired by Emanuel Barling of 

Cinema-Video Corp. The picture was produced 

by Bent Christensen and won the 

1963 "Bodil," the Danish critics' award as 

best picture of the year. 

Three other Danish films completed for 

release in the U.S. in 1964 are "Street Without 

End," written and directed by Mogens 

Vemmer; "The Vacuum Cleaner Gang," a 

comedy made by Christensen, and "Epilogue," 

produced by Christensen and directed 

by Henning Carlsen with Maud 

Bertelsen starred. 

As managing director of Constantin 

Films, also, Gregers has been negotiating 

for the acquisition of American product for 

release in Denmark. In the past, Constantin 

distributed "Room at the Top," "Boccaccio 

'70" and the reissues of "Father of 

the Bride" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," 

two MGM classics. 

A Frank Sinatra Hospital 

HOLLYWOOD — The name of 

Frank 

Sinatra, whose activities around the world 

in behalf of child welfare are well known, 

will be perpetuated by the naming of a 

children's hospital for him in Brazil. A 

delegation representing the state of Sao 

Paulo received his consent to assist the 

destitute children of Brazil, when they 

visited him on the set of Warners' "Robin 

and the 7 Hoods." 

Eastman Kodak Ups 

Gabel and Eilers 

ROCHESTER — M. Wren Gabel ar 

Louis K. Eilers were elected executive vici 

presidents of Eastman Kodak Co. at 

meeting of the board of dii-ectors. The pi 

sition of executive vice-president is a ne 

one in the Kodak organization. The tv 

executives will be responsible to Willia 

S. Vaughn, the president and chief e: 

ecutive officer. 

Gabel, who has been vice-president ai 

general manager, is also a director ai 

a member of the company's executive con 

mittee. Dr. Eilers, who has been preside: 

of the Tennessee Eastman and Texas Eas 

man divisions, was elected a Kodak d 

rector and appointed to the executive cor 

mittee today. 

The board also elected Frederic S. Wei: 

a vice-president and Wylie S. Robson i 

assistant vice-president of Eastman. Wei; 

will be concerned with the over-all ai 

ministration of Kodak sales, advertisin 

and other marketing activities. He is r 

sponsible to the vice-president for marke 

ing, Gerald B. Zornow. Robson is direct 

of the amateui- sales division and is al 

responsible to Zornow. 

Following the election of Dr. Eilers ai 

Gabel to the newly created office, the 

additional appointments were announce 

Harry D. McNeeley, president of the Te: 

nessee Eastman Co. division, succeedii 

Dr. Eilers, and was also appointed vie 

chairman of the Texas Eastman divisio: 

D. C. Hull, appointed president of tl 

Texas Eastman division; Robert C. Bu 

ton, Lee G. Davy, and Henry L. Ford, e:; 

ecutive vice-presidents of the Tenness 

Eastman division. 

WB Announces Standings 1 

In 1st Six Weeks of Drive 

NEW YORK—Warner Bros.' Alban| 

Charlotte, Atlanta and Dallas branch; 

hold down the first four places, respe' 

tively, in the cumulative standings at tli 

end of six weeks of the six-month "Wiin 

ners from Warners" Sales Drive. Durii ^ 

the sixth week alone, the Jacksonville, Va 

couver, Charlotte, Memphis, Albany, Bu 

falo, Dallas and Atlanta branches finishi 

in that order. The drive, offering $35,0 

in cash prizes, is concentrating on curre 

and forthcoming releases, including "Mai 

Mary," "Palm Springs Weekend," "4 f 

Texas," "Dead Ringer" and "Ameri- 

America." 

NCCJ Award to Danny Kayi 

HOLLYWOOD—Darmy Kaye was pr^ 

sented the National Brotherhood award I 

the Conference of Christians and Jffi 

Thursday (21), at the first annual dinn" 

of the broadcasting and motion picture 1: 

dustries under the auspices of the NCC 

Presentation was made by Sami 

Goldwyn. 

Foy to Chair Award Fete 

HOLLYWOOD—Bryan Foy will chs 

Screen Producers Guild's 12th annual Mil 

stone Awards dinner March 1, which ho; 

ors Arthur Freed, reports SPG preside! 

Lawrence A. Weingarten. 

BOXOFFICE December 2, It

. 

Some things can't be hurried: sharp, crisp, topquanty prints take time to produce. 

Don't push your print-maker into making short cuts. Give him time to do the job right, do your 

negatives justice. Otherwise, you're throwing away good money. Matter of fact, better play it safe. 

GO EASTIVIAN all the way— negative and print-stock. And always, in the case of questions— production, 

processing, projection—get in touch with Eastman Technical Service. For further information: 

write or phone Motion Picture Film Department, EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester 4, 

Or— for the purchase of film: W. J. German, Inc. Agents for the sale and distribution of EASTMAN 

Professional Film for Motion Pictures and Television, 

Fort Lee, N. J., Chicago, III., Hollywood, Calif. 

N.Y. 

FOR COLOR . 

SOXOFFICE :: December 2, 1963 15

. . Richard 

. . Burt 

. . Claire 

. . Jerry 

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r\KRY GRANT has obtained the services of 

Leslie Caion for a costaning role in a 

story being written by David Stone, who 

brilliantly penned the amusing "Charade" 

for Grant. The Universal-released film 

will be directed by David Miller . . . Romy 

Schneider, who has been sought after for 

several roles with a reported asking price 

of $150,000, has bowed out of the Mirisch 

Corp. production of Blake Edwards for 

United Artists release. Probability of Elke 

Sommer for the role is being considered. 

A Shot in the Dark." the vehicle in the 

works, has added George Sanders and Herbert 

Lorn to the cast . . . Revue's "Johnny 

North." the first two-hour production 

slated for feature tiein, has added Angle 

Dickinson and John Cassavetes and will 

take four weeks to shoot. The script is by 

Gene Coon, with film to be shot in color. 

Ted Richmond's "Lies of Silence" is being 

completed by Charles Kaufman for 

MGM release. Kaufman's polishing job 

follows the original screenplay by Adrienne 

Spies . . . George Korgold will edit Dimitri 

Tiomkin's score for Samuel Bronston's 

"Fall of the Roman Empire" . . . Next 

Yugoslavia film by Irving Allen as producer, 

"Genghis Khan." is being written by Barkley 

Mather. A director has not been named, 

although Buzz Kulik is being wooed by 

Allen . . . Liam O'Brien's "The Masculine 

Principal" will be adapted to the screen 

by the writer when he finishes his Hecht- 

Hill-Lancaster assignment . . . Harry Joe 

Brown checked into the Goldwyn lot, 

where he will start on a program of productions 

on independent release basis . . . 

Eleanor Perry has been signed by 20th- 

Pox to script the Julian Gloag novel, "Our 

Mother's House." 

Julius Epstein will write a J. Lee Thompson 

film. "Return From the Ashes," for a 

MJrisch-United Artists release. The story 

is part of a new deal with the distribution 

for the producer-director . . . Robert 

Sherman has completed the screenplay 

of "The Tsar's Bride," for The Associates 

and Aldrich Co. The production deal on 

the film will be made by producer-director 

Bob Aldrich, now in London for meetings 

-By SYD CASSYD 

. 

with the Rank Organization with late 

1964 or early '65 set for start. Aldrich 

wrote the story, which is described as "a 

tale of terror following the death of Boris 

Godunov in Russia in the 17th Century" 

Kennedy has completed 

writing and will direct "The Rounders," 

the Richard E. Lyons novel to be produced 

at MGM. The pair completed "Mail Order 

Bride" in the same manner . . . "Kilo 

County" has been sold to Sam Peckinpah 

at Columbia by Max Evans . . . "The Fate 

of Paul Perreau" by Randall Hood is up 

for sale for a featui'e following a similar 

sale of television rights to Alfred Hitchcock. 

Brian Kelly has been handed three 

stories to read by MGM for his one feature 

annually for the lot under his new contract 

. . . Executive producer Ken Lynn has 

announced the signing of Margia Dean to 

costar with Jock Mahoney in the Hemisphere 

Films Production, "Amok." Eddie 

Romero will produce and direct the 20th- 

Fox worldwide release, with filming in the 

Philippines Bloom will star opposite 

Paul Newman in Martin Ritt's "The 

. 

Outrage" . . . Sponsored by Herbert Luft, 

secretary of the Hollywood Foreign Press 

Associations, who is production coordinator 

on the Leon Fromkess' "The Naked 

Kiss," Tel Aviv actress Sheila Mintz will be 

launched on her film career as a nurse . . . 

A rollicking comedy, "Strange Bedfellows," 

at Universal will have Rock Hudson and 

Gina Lollobrigida in the bed set up by 

writers Melvin Frank and Michael Pertwee, 

which will become a Panama-Frank 

production. 

Writer-director Richard Brooks, preparing 

his Keep Films Production "Lord 

Jim" in London with a star-studded cast, 

set Ichizo Itami, handsome young Japanese 

leading man, for one of the most demanding 

roles in the film, a Joseph Conrad 

story of high adventure in the Far 

East. Starting in Hong Kong, filming 

moves to Cambodia in early January where 

shooting will take place for several months. 

Headed by stars Peter O'Toole, James 

Mason and Curt Jurgens, Columbia is 

. 

Arthur Lubin, comedy director, with a 

fine track record, which has been devoted 

to TV production for the past several years, 

returns to the feature fold vrith "Honeymoon 

in Capri," which he will film in 

Italy next spring Bernstein 

with Lee Bleiberg, Sidney Justin and Samuel 

A. Longo tied together in Cinemart 

Pictures, Inc., have firmed a deal with 

Walter Matthau 

release . . . 

Steve Broidy's Allied Ai'tists. First on a two 

scheduled 

has 

to 

withdrawn from his stan-ing role in 

picture schedule is "Nightmare House." the Mirisch Co. production of "A Shot in 

This brings in a joint production deal the Dark." He had portrayed the role of 

with Houiigan-Kessler & Associates, who Benjamin Beaui-evers on Broadway in the 

are located at Producers Studio. A January 

Harry Kurnitz play and had received the 

starting date has been set. Following Antoinette Perry Award. Both Mirisch Co. 

this, "Something for Nothing," based on and Matthau expressed regrets that the 

the novel by 'Vernon Dixon, gets under change in the role forced Matthau to make 

way. 

this decision. He is presently In "Charade," 

"Pail-Safe," and "Ensign Pulver aud the 

Captain." 

Producer Joseph E. Levine, whose pictures 

have attracted so much attention, 

and who has just reached a "handshake" 

agreement with Paramount on a fifth 

film. Pearl Buck's "Imperial Woman," has 

taken an option on "Say It Isn't So," original 

comedy script by Joel Kane and Stanley 

Z. Cherry. It deals with the frustrations of 

. . . Reggie 

i 

a crew of an atomic submarine In tt 

peacetime Navy and was formerly title 

"Operation Hanky-Pank." Other Para^ 

mount-Levine deals involve "The Carpetbaggers," 

"Nevada Smith," "Where Love Ha, 

Le Gone" and "Zulu" 

having completed the stoi-y 

Bori 

on "Corrida,1 

the Spanish locale script he prepared witf 

Pete Packer, is dickering with Spanish 

money for production in that country 

Louis Pelletier has been signed by Wal' 

Disney to write the screenplay for "Thi 

Woodcutter's House," based on the book b;' 

Robert Nathan. Winston Hibler will m 

the coproducer . Elick Mo^ 

has been assigned by screenwriter-pro*' 

ducer-director Mel Shavelson to write "Tbi 

Greatest Job in the World," Melville Shaveli 

son production for Paramount release 

in 1964 . Sohl has been assigned t^ 

write the Edgar Allan Poe screenplay, "Citi 

in the Sea," for American Internationa 

Pictures, scheduled for fall 1964 production 

by James H. Nicholson and Samuel ZqV 

Arkoff. It will be the second Poe thrillej 

for the year . . . Writer Paddy Chayefsk^j 

after finishing "The Americanization 

Emily," for Martin Ransohoff, at MGM; 

which has run into troubles with the censoi 

because of half-nude scenes, will work oij?f|l0'sl 

'' 

a new project for the same producer, titW 1 inn 

. . . Neil Pattersoi. still to be announced 

of "The Forty Day. has handed first draft : 

of Musa Dagh" to Pandro S. Berman, with :: 

production set for 1964 .. . After complet-i 

ing his first movie role with A. C. Lyles); 

Rex Bell jr. son of Clara Bow and Ref, 

Bell has been offered three new scripts b^^ 

Lyle. 

Vincent Edwards, who has hit the jack 

pot of public opinion with his role in TV? 

Ben Casey, has been signed by Mike Frank 

ovich, Columbia vice-president and pro 

duction head and William Dozier, Screei 

Gems senior vice-president, for starring 

roles in feature motion pictures, following 

his role in Carl Foreman's "The Victors.1 *1! 

Additionally, his own company will de: 

velop series projects for television, whicl 

will not include Edwards' service as an ac^ 

tor. Bill Hayes, business manager, ant 

Abner Greshler, agent, repped the actor \i 

Actress Constance Tow| 

negotiations . . . 

ers, presently starring in Samuel Fuller' 

"The Naked Kiss," has fonned Summit Pro 

ductions. Inc., with her first productior 

the biographical dramatization of the lifi. 

of Carole Lombard at the time of her Macli 

Sennett days. The new producer is negoj 

tiating with a screenwriter and is planning 

Wynn returnij 

1964 production . 

to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Culver Cit; 

for two roles in two pictures at the sami 

time, "Honeymoon Hotel" and "American-^ 

ization of Emily," both in production at th^ 

same time on the lot. i 

Dimitri Tiomkin went to Madrid for con'i 

ference with producer Samuel Bronstoi; 

before going to London to begin conductini| 

his own score for "Fall of the Roman Em, 

pire." The composer-conductor will havi 

an important announcement on new Euro 

pean project on his return . . . 

Produce 

Martin Manulis set Oscar-wiimer Henr: 

Mancini to write a song and score his pro^ 

duction of "The Out-of-Towners." Manciri 

won his award for Best Song in the Manu; 

lis film, "Days of Wine and Roses," anc 

an Oscar prior to that for "Moon River. 

BOXOFFICE December 2, 196 

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leno Exhibitor Is Winner 

Of Tamiko' Contest Trip 

NEW YORK—Ken Workman, manager 

f the Majestic Theatre, Reno, has been 

; elected as the winner of Paramount's naional 

exhibitor contest for Hal Wallis' "A 

;irl Named Tamiko," for the best promoion 

of a national "Tamiko" letter-writing 

ompetition open to the general public. 

Vorkman wins a free trip for two to Japan 

ia Japan Air Lines. 

Prizes of Yashica cameras, sewing mahines 

or Seiko watches have been made to 

he following ninnersup: Rex Hopkins, 

)rpheiun, Portland, Ore.; William Wyatt, 

'irginian-Kearse Theatres, Charleston; 

Murray Specter, Oritani, Hackensack; Don 

t ;Class, Ames, Dayton. 

I 

Also, Warren Patton, Orpheum, Tulsa; 

leorge Birkner, Fabian, Patterson; Ed- 

.ard Miller, Paramount, Buffalo; A. J. 

lolstad. State, Hibbing, Minn.; Dave 

£vin, Keith's, Syi-acuse; Leo LaJoie, 

;apitol, Worcester; T. J. Presley, DeSoto, 

• 

lome, Ga.; and Joseph Bronk, Hollywood, 

1 -jaCrosse, Wis. 

Who's Minding Store?' Set 

'"or 400 Christmas Dates 

NEW YORK — Paramount's "Who's 

finding the Store?" starring Jerry Lewis 

ill be the Christmas holiday attraction 

t over 400 theatres throughout the U.S., 

1 both downtown first runs and area satrations. 

In New York, the Jerry Lewis film will 

e playing Thanksgiving dates, opening 

t the Victoria Theatre in Times Square 

ind the Loew's Metropolitan in Brooklyn, 

|lovember 27, thus permitting the picture 

play at Loew's and other neighborhood 

in a Christmas saturation. 

iiouses 

Cities set for saturation launchings inlude 

Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Indianalolis, 

Kansas City, New Orleans, Pittslurgh 

and Washington, with the Los Anteles 

saturation set for New Year's. In Bospn, 

Cincinnati, Dallas, Mirmeapolis, New 

jtaven and San Francisco the picture will 

ilay downtown theatres. 

jûrray Kaplan to Handle 

pronston's French Film 

\ NEW YORK—Murray Kaplan, sales extoutive 

of Bronston Distributions, Inc., has 

een named national sales supervisor for 

The War of the Buttons" by Harold Roth, 

President of the organization. Bronston 

mil release the French picture in the U.S. 

of the Buttons" was produced by 

.Janeile Delorme and Yves Robert, who also 

Hirected the picture, based on the novel by 

iiouis Pergaud. 

le Big Parade of Comedy' 

To Be MGM March Release 

HOLLYWOOD — MGM has scheduled 

The Big Parade of Comedy," a full-length 

leature compilation of comedy sequences 

rem former MGM pictures and shorts, for 

lelease in March. More than 50 stars will 

l>e seen in the film. Robert Youngson, 

,wo-time Academy Award winner, is the 

I)roducer and writer. He also wrote the 

lyrics to the three original songs to be 

heard in the picture. 

LETTERS 

Bad Prints Are Bad Business 

I have just read the article "Between the 

lines on bad prints." I certainly feel that 

Mr. Al Shapiro is to be congratulated for 

bringing this subject to your readers. Just 

consider the fact that picture companies 

spend millions of dollars on pictui-es, then, 

through exchanges, the prints are projected 

on our giant screens in such bad 

condition. 

Since I have been at the Wellmont, I 

have had at least 15 bad prints since last 

May. Fortunately, we have two excellent 

operators who carefully inspect these 

prints a day prior to showing, and, in many 

cases, they have advised me they have 

spent as many as five hours sti-aightening 

out the prints that were shipped out of the 

exchanges. 

I have written letters and inspection reports 

every week, but still nothing has 

happened to improve this situation. I 

don't care whether the theatre is the Radio 

City Music Hall or a fouith-run house, the 

patrons are exactly the same, and must be 

given, not only top projection but top 

prints. In many cases, I had prints so bad, 

I advised my office of their condition, but 

was told "there isn't another print available—you 

will have to i-un the print you 

have, regardless of the condition." 

Today, more than ever with TV showing 

pictui-es, the only way we can compete with 

this situation, is with our giant screen, 

clear pictures and good sound. We have 

excellent equipment, but it makes little 

difference if we have to run a bad print. 

Along this Une, I definitely recommend 

that the prints used in drive-ins, should 

never be used in an indoor theatre. Greater 

care must be exercised by the exchanges 

to protect the industries' great motion pictures. 

In the old days, when we were using 

small screens, half these defects would 

Cinerama Making Exhibit 

For World's Fair in '64 

LOS ANGELES—Jeremy Lepard, producer-director 

for Cinerama of the "American 

Journey" exhibit for the U.S. Pavilion 

at the New York World's Fair, has left for 

filming in Nevada, northern California and 

Oregon. Additional color footage will be 

obtained by Lepard later this winter in New 

England, Florida, New Mexico and 

Colorado. 

Cinerama, Inc., has negotiated an agreement 

with Paramount Pictures for the use 

of special vintage films to be available for 

the "American Journey" exhibit, which 

will span more than 400 years of our history, 

Lepard said. The opening at the Fauis 

set for April 22, 1964. 

Jane Fonda Auto Tieup 

HOLL'^TVOOD—Special four-color 24- 

sheets showing Jane Fonda driving a Mercedes-Benz 

convertible will be displayed by 

all U.S. Mercedes-Benz dealers to tie in 

with early 1964 openings of the MGM- 

Seven Arts Production "Simday in New 

York." Cliff Robertson and Rod Taylor 

also star in the romantic comedy. 

ILefteri mutt be iigned. Nam« wlthhald on raguMt) 

never be noticed in using scratched prints. 

But, with the giant screen, these defects 

stand out like a sore thumb. 

Since last July we have been playing once 

a week, for one day, MGM opera and 

operetta series. 

On many of these, we have repeated over 

and over again and, in October, we started 

a Saturday morning series of operettas, 

which have been tremendous business. The 

point I am making, they would have not 

been successful if we had received bad 

prints. 

Many patrons were worried that these 

would be presented badly. But, fortunately, 

for MGM's good thinking, they made sure 

that every single print that played this 

theatre, was in excellent condition. To be 

exact, we have played 42 of these pictures, 

with every one in excellent condition. 

It would be well if the rest of the film 

companies would follow this example. 

HARRY A. WIENER 

Managing Director, 

Wellmont Theatre, 

Montclair, N.J. 

Says Exchanges at Fault 

In reply to Mr. Arthur H. Clay's letter 

explaining about how exchanges should 

catch the persons niining prints: 

There is no hope left in examining prints. 

Back in the '40s and '50s, the exchanges 

used to examine all prints for every little 

known damage. And they made the theatres 

pay for damage. 

Now, you can slit a print down the 

middle and there is no reaction. Anybody 

writing or complaining about "slip-shod" 

operators and exchanges not taking care 

of prints, might as well kick themselves. 

MITCHEL L. YOUNG 

Homestead, Fla. 

Landau Co. Acquires U.S. 

Rights to 'The Servant' 

NEW YORK—The Landau Company has 

acquired the U.S. theatrical and television 

rights to "The Servant," produced in England 

by Joseph Losey, which was one of 

the pictures shown at the recent New York 

Film Festival. The Landau company plans 

to launch the picture in New York at the 

Little Carnegie and the 57th Street Normandie 

early in 1964, according to Ely 

Landau, president. 

"The Servant," which is based on a 

screenplay by Harold Pinter, stars Dirk 

Bogarde and features Sarah MUes and 

James Fox. The picture was shown earlier 

at the Venice Film Festival. 

The Landau Company, which has "The 

Fool Killer," starring Anthony Perkins, 

being edited for release in 1964, and "The 

Pawnbroker," starring Rod Steiger and 

Geraldine Fitzgerald, in production in New 

York, plans four other pictures for production 

in 1964. They are "Forbidden 

Ai-ea." from the novel by Pat Frank; "The 

Heart Is a Lonely Hunter," based on the 

novel by Carson McCuUers; "The Madwoman 

of Chaillot," from the play by Jean 

Girardoux, and "Leonardo da Vinci." 

lOXOFHCE 

December 2, 1963 

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BOXOFFICE BAROMETE 

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

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

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

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

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

Black Zoo (AA 100 90 120 65 100 

Cattle King (MGM) 100 100 100 100 100 100 85 100 100 150 102 

Cleopatra {20ih-Fox) 190 400 300 250 250 400 400 300 450 700 750 300 700 389 

Conjugal Bed, The (Embassy) 135 100 130 195 300 153 

8Vi (Embassy) 130 200 120 195 250 325 225 210 275 300 250 225 160 225 200 300 

For Love or Money (Univ) 130 130 125 135 275 75 300 110 100 165 175 135 135 150 70 151 

1 

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Steels"' 

I Hat 8 inlleuis 

|l Hut tie 

Haunted Palace, The (AIP) 150 100 105 110 120 125 150 127 i 

lis Heavens Above (Janus) 135 125 250 250 130 120 125 115 200 

Hootenanny Hoot (MGM) 215 100 70 100 100 60 105 

liBidsaic 

;j^ Incredible Journey, The (BV) 175 220 240 250 255 160 250 175 300 

ll Johnny Cool (UA) 125 210 150 200 150 115 150 100 95 100 100 100 85 150 100 

Ij Kiss of the Vampire (Univ) 130 90 100 

Leopard. The (20th-Fox) 210 100 75 125 150 125 165 160 110 125 100 140 90 138 

i 

Lilies of the Field (UA) 

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Senator 

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Maryland Age Rein 

^"'Still Is Censor Goal 

Tmi:] BALTIMORE—A study committee of 

S« «( Maryland lawmakers has under considera- 

N/.jtion a three-point legislative package to 

Maryland's motion pictui-e cenjsorship 

law. The group, headed by state 

James A. Pine of Baltimore county, 

after weeks of hearings tentatively agrees 

to recommend: 

1. That certain films be labeled for 

adults only, which would prohibt their 

exhibition to persons under 18. 

2. That a majority of the three-member 

Jill state board of motion picture censors conj3|cur 

in all cuts and bannings. 

3. That the board be given up to seven 

î[days instead of three days to make its 

ji decision about films submitted for rejjj 

[view. 

Senator Pine said his committee has dis- 

Iji; 

—^ [carded an earlier proposal for licensing 

J? [lof theatre owners. He acknowledged the 

classification of films by age group prob- 

[ably would require hiring of more inspec- 

:.: 

— tors, and said: "This is something we will 

— have to look into very closely." 

_i Serving with Senator Pine on the comare 

Senator Joseph W. Alton jr., 

r Anne Arundel County, and delegate W. 

— Hess, Hartford, house majority leader. 

Jl The committee report will be presented 

the legislative council, screening arm of 

— 

the general assembly dui-ing December 

after further consultation with the at- 

_ torney general's office. 

^ One of the touchy legal questions still 

is the exact wording of the proposed 

T classification statute. During a meeting 

— a couple of weeks ago, J. Cookman Boyd 

_ jr., attorney for the Motion Picture Ass'n 

America, told committeemen that "no 

"7 court has ever upheld the constitutionality 

of a classification statute." 

Despite this, Senator Pine said he believes 

restrictions relating to minors could 

be written into the law with ample legal 

safeguards to pass court muster. 

i 

-^ Victor Sabadow, Baltimore exhibitor, 

J5 ;speaking for the Allied Motion Picture 

Theatre Ass'n of Maryland, told legisla- 

~, tors at the recent meeting that "a classi- 

— fication law would be physically impossible 

J5 :to enforce." He argued that a ticket seller 

111 'Would have a difficult duty determining 

Ithe age of patrons as they approached the 

"jjj 

ticket window. 

^State Legal Chief Parries 

Thrust at Film Censor 

BALTIMORE—Removal of a member of 

the state censor board has been called for 

i ;by a local film distributor on grounds of an 

lalleged "conflict of interest." The charge 

involves Mrs. Louis Shector, vice-chairman 

lof the board, whose three -year term expires 

in May. Robert Marhenke, the distributor, 

and former operator of the Pennington Thelatre 

here, urged her resignation on grounds 

that Mrs. Shector's husband is president of 

a realty company owning a building that 

houses the Rex Theatre. Marhenke sent a 

letter to Gov. J. Millard Tawes. A member 

Of the governor's staff said a consultation 

With assistant attorney general Robert 

Sweeney decreed the conflict of interest 

did not exist. As a result, the spokesman 

said, the matter would probably be dropped. 

BOXOFFICE December 2, 1963 

Strong Classification 

Stand by Regents Likely 

ALBANY—A more aggressive approach 

to obtaining legislative approval of film 

classification for unaccompanied schoolage 

children was promised by James E. 

Allen jr., state education commissioner, at 

a press conference in his office. 

The New York Department of Education 

Regents favor a strengthening of the motion 

picture licensing law, riddled by U.S. 

court decisions in recent years, but they 

insist they do not favor censorship. 

Allen and Edgar W. Couper, chancellor 

of the Board of Regents, conducted the 

conference following the monthly board 

meeting. Couper revealed the Regents 

will appeal the 4-1 decision by the appellate 

division which reversed the Regents' 

refusal to license "A Stranger 

Knocks" because of two scenes of sexual 

union between the two principal characters. 

He admitted that U.S. court decisions 

have chipped away all grounds except 

"obscenity" for denying a film a state 

seal. 

Couper admitted a "frustration because 

we (the board of Regents) are now forced 

to license many films which would not 

have been approved in former times." He 

said the age classification plan would be a 

step forward in legislation designed to protect 

the moral welfare of school children 

and youth. 

The wiry, quiet-spoken banker from 

Binghamton indicated that in the light of 

developments the Regents would have been 

better off had the film licensing task been 

entnisted to some other agency when the 

law was enacted in 1927 in a reorganization 

of state government recommended by 

Gov. Alfred E. Smith, an outspoken foe of 

censorship. 

Five New Members Named 

To Code Review Board 

NEW YORK—Five new members have 

been added to the Production Code Review 

Board for the coming year. Ralph Hetzel, 

acting head of the Motion Picture Ass'n of 

America, announced that the new additions 

were Pandro S. Berman and Walter 

M. Mirisch, director members of the 

MPAA; Laurence A. Tisch, representing exhibition, 

and two non-member producers, 

George Englund and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. 

The Review Board was established in 

1957. It consists of ten members of the 

MPAA board of directors, six exhibitors 

and fom' independent producers. 

Below is the complete membership of 

the review gi'oup: 

Barney Balaban, Paramount; Pandro S. 

Berman, Afton Productions: Benjamin 

Kalmenson, Karner Bros.; Arthur B. Ki'im, 

United Artists; Walter M. Mirisch, Mirisch 

Corp.: Edward Morey, Allied Artists: 

Robert H. O'Brien, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; 

Adolph Schimel, Universal: A. Schneider, 

Columbia Pictures, and Spyros P. Skouras, 

20th Century-Pox, all representing the 

MPAA. 

Exhibition's representatives are Russell 

V. Downing, Radio City Music Hall: Leonard 

H. Goldenson, American Broadcasting- 

"Although the Regents were not consu'ted, 

they accepted the responsibility," 

Couper commented." "Governor Smith 

selected the Education Department, because 

he thought it was the most suited 

and equipped to handle the assignment, 

since the legislature refused to repeal the 

1921 law suggested by Gov. Nathan L. Miller, 

a Republican." 

Chancellor Couper was of the opinion the 

Regents would support a classification bill 

along the lines of that recommended to the 

Joint Legislative Committee on Offensive 

and Ob.?cene Material, last August 1. The 

committee, headed by Luigi R. Marano, 

Brooklyn Republican, is now studying 

testimony taken on the Regents' proposal, 

at public hearings in New York, Albany 

and Rochester. 

Allen was more specific in promising 

Education Department "support" for a 

classification bill. A New York City newsman 

pressed him with the comment that 

Capitol Hill observers thought the department 

had not been sufficiently active, had 

not "lobbied," for classification measures 

in the past. The inference was this explained 

failures of such a proposal to be 

adopted by both houses of the legislature 

in three consecutive years. 

It was not clear where the Department 

and the Regents stood on last year's 

Marano bill. Comment sometimes was 

made that "they did not oppose it." Another 

remark heard was that "advisory" 

classification "did not have teeth." In 

1962, the general impression was the Regents 

favored Marano's measure, although 

apparently the Board never took official 

action. 

Paramount Theatres: George Kerasotes, 

Kerasotes Theatres, Springfield, 111.; Ben 

D. Marcus, Marcus Theatres, Milwaukee; 

Harry Mandel, RKO Theatres, and 

Laurence Tisch, Loew's Theatres. 

The four independent producers on the 

review board are George Englund, Stanley 

Kramer, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and George 

Sidney. 

Englewood Plaza Tabbed 

For $100,000 Updating 

ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Renovation costing 

$100,000 has been programmed for the 

Plaza Theatre by Skouras Theatres, according 

to Spyros Lenas, zone manager for 

the circuit. A large new screen, new projection 

equipment, new sound system, de 

luxe caiTJeting and di-aperies and climate 

control for both summer and winter are 

items on the updating schedule. 

Plans Plattsburg Airer 

PLATTSBURG, N.Y.—Hyman Krinovitz, 

operator of the Midtown Hotel, has started 

c'earing ground in Industrial Park, off 

Route 22, for the pm-pose of building a 

drive-in theatre. The airer is to be ready 

for opening next spring. 

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All B'way First Runs Hard Hit by 

Closing Because of Kennedy Death 

NEW YORK—First-run business in the 

Times Square area and, to a lesser degree, 

in the east side art house, was hard 

hit by the assassination of President Kennedy. 

All of the Broadway theatres shut 

down Friday afternoon, or as soon as the 

patroixs inside had seen the complete 

shows. Saturday and Sunday, most theatres 

were open but business was negligible 

on Broadway but somewhat better in the 

art theatres, which always do standout 

trade on weekend evenings. Monday (25) 

all theatres were closed until evening. 

when business was fairly good as moviegoers 

again went out after three days of 

sitting before their TV sets watching the 

constant news programs. 

Business was baclc to near-normal Tuesday 

(26> and continued good through the 

Thanksgiving holiday as out-of-towners 

sought Broadway entertainment. Two important 

new pictures. "Who's Minding the 

Store?." at the Victoria, and "Soldier in 

the Rain," at the RKO Palace, opened 

Wednesday (27> in time to attract holiday 

crowds. The three two-a-day pictui-es suffered 

least of all because of advance sales 

but some patrons failed to show up Saturday 

and Sunday. 

percentages estimoted) 

(Averages Is 100—all 

Astor—McLintock! (UA), 2nd wk 1 25 

Baronet— McLintock! (UA), 2nd wk 145 

Knife in Beekmon 

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2nd wk 150 

Carnegie Hall Cinema An AMoir of the Skin 

(Zenith) 

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Cinema Tom Jones (UA-Lopert), 7th wk 175 

Cinema II— Family Diary (MGM), 2nd wk 120 

Coronet—A New Kind of Love (Para), 4th wk 125 

Criterion Toke Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox), 

2nd wk 175 

DeMille A New Kind of Love (Para), 4th wk 125 

Embassy— 8',2 (Embassy), 22nd wk 120 

Festival Two Women (Embassy), The Sky Above 

—the Mud Below (Embassy), revivals 110 

5th Avenue—Revivals 

55th Street— Revivols 

Forum The Conjugal Bed (Embossy), 

10th wk Not available 

Arts The Conjugal Bed (Embassy), 

Fine 

10th wk Not available 

Guild Ingmor Bergman Film Festival, 2nd wk 125 

Little Cornegie Naked Autumn (UMPO) 125 

Loews State Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col) .135 

Loews Cinerama How the West Was Won 

(MGM-Cinerama), 35th wk. ot two-a-day 140 

Loew's Tower East Fantasia (BV), jissue. 

3rd 

.135 

Murray Hill— Lilies of the Field (UA), 8th wk. . .130 

Paramount Twilight of Honor (MGM), 2nd wk, .120 

Paris—Thcrese (Union), 2nd wk 

.100 

Plaza Chaplin Film Festival, opened Nov 27 

Radio City Music Hall The Wheeler Dealers 

(MGM), plus stage show, 2nd wk 

125 

Rivoli Cleopotra (20th-Fox), 24th wk. of two 

day 

,150 

RKO Polace Palm Springs Weekend (WB), 

,125 

3rd 

Sutton—Any Number Can Win (MGM), 7th wk, 140 

Toho Cinema—Chushingura (Toho), 8th wk 

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Trans-Lux East All the Way Home (Poro), 4th wk. 

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34th Street East lord of the Flies (Cont'l), 

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Victoria Tioro Tahiti (Zenith), 3rd wk 100 

Warner— It's a Mod, Mad, Mod, Mad World 

(UA-Cinerama), 2nd wk. of two-o-day 185 

World Traveling Light (Victoria), 3rd wk 125 

"Yum Yum Tree' Reaches 200 

First Week in Buffalo 

BUFFALO—"Under the Yum Yum Ti-ee" 

led the town with an amazing 200, despite 

the fact that the Century Theatre joined 

the other local houses in closing until 6 

p.m. Monday, the national day of mourning 

for President Kennedy. The theatre 

also shuttered Friday night but reopened 

for an astounding weekend business. "Mc- 

Lintock!" at the Buffalo Theatre ran a 

close second with a 175 and "The Wheeler 

Dealers" chalked up a 150 at the Granada. 

Buffalo McLintock! (UA) 1 75 

Center Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 22nd wk 100 

Century—Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col) 200 

Cinemo, Amherst Wuthering Heights (Cont'l), 

reissue 90 

Granada—The Wheeler Dealers (MGM) 150 

Paramount—X (AlP) 100 

'Lord of Flies,' "Wheeler Dealers' 

Foremost New Baltimore Films 

BALTIMORE—Weekend business, upon 

which first runs largely depend for overall 

grosses, was adversely affected by the 

nation's mourning. Further, all first-run 

houses remained closed all day and evening 

on Monday. Some neighborhood 

houses reopened at six p.m. The week's 

boxoffice figures are, for the most part, 

below average. 

Charles Gone Are the Days (Hammer) 100 

Five West— Lilies of the Field (UA), 2nd 100 

wk 

Hippodrome Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 22nd wk 125 

Irmo La Douce (UA), 20th wk 100 

Little 

Moyfair Wuthering Heights (Cont'l), reissue, 

2nd wk 90 

New The Conjugal Bed (Embassy), moveover, 

4th wk 90 

Playhouse 

(Cont'l) 115 

Lord of the Flies 

Senatoi The Great Escape (UA), 6th wk 90 

Stanton—The Wheeler Dealers (MGM) 1 1 

Town-The Coretokers (UA), 3rd wk 90 

'Charade' to Open Dec. 5 

At Radio City Music Hall 

NEW YORK— "Charade," the Universal 

picture in Technicolor, starring Gary Grant 

and Audi-ey Hepburn, will open its world 

premiere engagement at Radio City Music 

Hall Thursday (Dec. 5) as the Christmas 

attraction at the world's largest theatre. 

The picture, which will be accompanied 

by the Music Hall's annual "Nativity" 

stage pageant, will be Grant's 26th motion 

picture to play at the Music Hall and will 

be Miss Hepbui-n's sixth picture to play 

there. 

The Music Hall has also booked another 

Universal release, "Captain Newman, M.D.," 

starring Gregory Peck, Tony Cui-tis and 

Angle Dickinson, for a pre-release engagement 

some time in February, following 

MGM's "The Prize." The picture will be 

Universal's Easter release but will have an 

Academy Award-qualifying engagement in 

Los Angeles, starting Christmas Day. 

The screenplay of United Artists' "Tom 

Jones" was written by John Osborne. 

Three Festival Programs 

In New York First Runs 

NEW YORK—As December and the pre-* 

Christmas period of shopping arrives, three;: 

of New York's first-run art houses are play-; 

ing film festivals, instead of new foreign' 

product, and three others are playing re-' 

vivals or subsequent runs. 

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At the Plaza, where "Never on Sunday": 

played for over a year in 1952, a Chaplini 

Film Festival started Wednesday (27) 

with "City Lights," which will run for' 

several weeks, to be followed by Charlie 

Chaplin's "Limelight," "The Great Die 

tator," "Modern Times" and "Monsieur' 

Verdoux," the 1947 feature which had not' 

been shown since its original release by 

United Artists. 

At the Guild Theatre, the Ingmar Berg-' 

man Film Festival is now in its third week 

with "The Magician" and "The 'Virgin 

Spring" starting November 27, following 

two weeks of "Wild Strawberries" and 

"The Seventh Seal." The Fifth Avenue 

Cinema has been so successful with a' 

"Mystery and Suspense Film Festival" that 

a second group of 16 mystery films has 

been added to continue the double bills 

past December 15. 

Both the 55th Street Playhouse and the 

Normandie Theatre on 57th Street, which 

ordinarily play first-run art films, have 

been playing revivals since early November 

and Joseph E. Levine's new Festival Theatre 

is playing a re-run of his two Academy 

Award features, "Two Women" and 

"The Sky Above—the Mud Below." 

Dickerson Named Loew's 

Booker for Out-of-Town 

NEW YORK—Dick Dickerson has been 

appointed booker for Loew's out-of-town 

theatres by Bernard Myerson, executive 

vice-president of the circuit. Dickerson 

formerly was associated with the Chakeres 

circuit of Springfield, Ohio. 

The new booker will join Loew's on 

January 6 and will act as assistant to Ben 

Joel, chief film buyer for the Loew's cir 

cuit. 

'Lilies' on UA 'Showcase' 

NEW YORK—"Lilies of the Field," the 

United Ai'tists release starring Sidney 

Poitier, which is in its ninth week at the 

east side Murray Hill Theatre, will open as 

a UA "Premiere Showcase" attraction at the 

Astor Theatre in Times Square and other 

houses in the metropolitan area Wednesday 

( 4 ) . It will also continue at the Mui-ray Hill. 

'Move Over' Set for Xmas 

NEW YORK—"Move Over, Darling," the 

second picture to be made under Darryl F. 

Zanuck's management 20th Century-Fox in 

1963, will open December 25 at the Astor and 

other "Premiere Showcase" theatres in New 

York, including an east side house to be 

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NEW YORK—Stockholders of Screen 

Gems, Inc., were told here Tuesday (26) 

that earnings for the July-September 

period would be higher than the corresponding 

period of 1962 and that the 

quarter was the highest in company 

history. 

Jerome Hyams, executive vice-president 

of the Columbia Pictures subsidiary, told 

the shareholders that common stock earnings 

had reached $1.50 in the current fiscal 

year, having gone up from 43 cents in 

1959. 

An employe retirement plan was approved 

by the stockholders. A percentage 

of the profits above $1,500,000 in each fiscal 

year will go into the retirement fund, 

with an option of investing 25 per cent of 

the proceeds in the stock of either Screen 

Gems or Columbia. 

A stock option of 1,500 shares of common 

stock was granted to Harry Ackerman, 

vice-president of Screen Gems, at 

95 per cent of the market value. Re-elected 

to the board for another year were A. 

Schneider, Leo Jaffe, William Dozier, Samuel 

J, Briskin, Alfred Hart, Louis J. Barbano, 

Donald S. Stralem, Leo M. Blancke, John H. 

Mitchell and Hyams. 

A large part of Screen Gems' success 

was attributed by Hyams to television production, 

despite the contributions of educational 

films, music publishing, radio 

and television stations. 

Theatre Auctioned 

To N.Y. Capitol Realty 

UNION CITY, N.J.—Sale of the Hudson 

Theatre for $1,000 has been approved by 

the Union City commission. The theatre 

property, sold at auction late in October, is 

to be developed by Capitol Realty of New 

York, the firm currently rehabilitating the 

jjCapitol Theatre at 47th and Bergenline. 

i^ljThe firm, under terms of the new deed, is 

required to spend a minimum of $150,000 in 

restoring the theatre to the tax rolls. 

The same company successfully undertook 

the development of the old Roosevelt 

Theatre on lower Summit avenue, now the 

site of a supermarket and bowling center. 

iti N.Y. Cinema Lodge Joins 

In Miama Beach Fiesta 

NEW YORK—New York's Cinema Lodge 

of B'nai B'rith has joined with six other 

industrial lodges of the Committee of Industry 

and Professional Lodges of the 

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Metropolitan Council in sponsoring the 

second annual Miami Beach Fiesta, which 

|Will be held at the Hotel Barcelona, Miami, 

{January 11 thi-ough January 19. 

Participation is open to all Cinema Lodge 

members, their guests and friends, according 

to Leonard Rubin, Cinema Lodge 

'President, who said that one of the charter 

planes already had been booked. 

illicoon Harden Closed 

CALLICOON, N.Y.—The Harden Theawhich 

had been part of the Harvey 

aglish circuit, was closed recently due to 

|the high cost of operation. The building, 

nowever, is owned by the family of the late 

:Pred H. Starck sr., and Fred H. Starck jr., 

nead of the family interests, expressed belief 

that a way could be found to return 

[the 

theatre to operation. 

BROADWAY 

£DWARD A. WOLPIN, general professional 

manager of Famous Music 

Corp., a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures, 

was married to Mrs. Sally Zeitz Sunday 

124) at Temple Emanu-El. The couple is 

honeymooning in the Bahamas. Martin 

Balsam, who is featured in Paramount's 

"Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?" and the 

Paraniount-Levine co-production, "The 

Carpetbaggers," took out a marriage 

license to wed Mrs. Irene Miller, a TV producer's 

assistant, in New York. A May 

wedding is planned for Brenda Kissel, an 

executive secretary with the Columbia Pictures 

publicity department, who became 

engaged to Bruce S. Kurtz, who is with International 

Business Machines in New 

York. 

Arrivals from London late in November 

included Hal Wallis, who came in on the 

United States following completion in 

England of "Becket," starring Richard Burton 

and Peter O 'Toole, for Paramount release; 

Joseph E. Levine, who was meeting 

in England with Paramount executives on 

the world premiere of "Zulu" in early 

1964, and Andrew and Virginia Stone, who 

were filming "Never Put It in Writing" for 

MGM release in Europe. • » * William 

Golding, author of "Lord of the Flies," 

which Continental is distributing arrived 

from London Friday (29) and went to San 

Francisco for a lectui'e but will return to 

New York early in December for press-TV 

interviews. * * * Joyce Grenfell, British 

comedienne, completed her role in Martin 

Ransohoff's "The Americanization of 

Emily," and returned to England Tuesday 

(26) to prepare for her forthcoming concert 

tour. 

Arthur M. Tolchin, assistant to the 

president of Loew's Theatres, became the 

father of an eight-poiuid boy, named 

Douglas Blake, November 22. • ' * Robert 

R. Weston, Embassy Pictures vice-presicent 

in charge of world advertising, publicity 

and exploitation, is back following 

meetings in London on "Zulu" and in 

Rome on "The Empty Canvas" and "A 

Ghost at Noon." E. Johnny Graff, Embassy 

vice-president in charge of television, 

is back from a southern sales trip. 

Playwright Paddy Chayevsky is also back 

in New York from Hollywood, where he 

worked on final revisions of the script for 

"The Americanization of Emily," which 

Martin Ransohoff is filming for MGM 

release. 

Troy Donahue, star of Warner Bros.' 

"Palm Springs Weekend," headed the list 

of film and TV personalities in the annual 

Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Others 

included Janis Paige and Craig Stevens, 

star of the Broadway musical, "Here's 

Love," which deals with Macy's and 

Gimbels; Jack Palance, star of Embassy's 

"A Ghost at Noon" and the TV series, "The 

Greatest Show on Earth," and Alan Sherman, 

Ray Bolger and James Drury, as well 

as the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes. 

Donahue spent the entire Thanksgiving 

week in New York, making personal appearances 

at RKO neighborhood houses 

November 28-29-30 and making guest appearances 

on radio and TV. * * • Tuesday 

Weld, co-starred with Jackie Gleason and 

Steve McQueen in "Soldier in the Rain," 

alfo was :n New York to promote the 

Allied Artists film, which opened at the 

RKO Palace Wednesday (27). 

Otto Preminger, producer-director of 

"The Cardinal," is back from New Orleans 

where he held a press preview of the picture. 

• • • Juano Hernandez, stage and 

fi m actor, came in from his native Puerto 

Rico to start his featured role in E3y 

Landau's "The Pawnbroker," filming in 

New York. * • Ruth McDevitt got back 

from Hollywood after finishing her role in 

"The Out-of-Towners" for Warner Bros. 

to rehearse for her Broadway play, "Ask 

Me No Questions," and Robert Q. Lewis 

got back from Hollywood after filming 

"Good Neighbor Sam," starring Jack Lemmon 

for Columbia release. 

Ed Sullivan to Be Honored 

At FJP Luncheon Dec. 10 

NEW YORK—Ed Sullivan, newspaper 

columnist and long-time TV personality, will 

be guest of honor at a luncheon of the combined 

amusement, broadcasting and television 

divisions of the Federation of Jewish 

Philanthropies at the Americana Hotel, December 

10, according to Martin Levine, 

executive vice-president of Brandt Theatres, 

and Nat Lefkowitz., executive in charge of 

the New York office of William Morris 

Agency. 

Other division officers are Burton E. 

Robbins, co-chairman; Richard Brandt, 

David Picker, E. David Rosen and Stanley 

Schneider, associate chairman. Barney 

Balaban is honorary chairman. Himan 

Brown, trustee-at-large of FJP, will be guest 

speaker. 

Annual Ampa Christmas 

Party Set for Dec. 19 

NEW YORK—Associated Motion Picture 

Advertisers will hold its annual Christmas 

party in the Georgia Room of the Hotel 

Piccadilly on December 19. 

Melvin Gold, AMPA president, has appointed 

Samuel Horwitz chairman of arrangements. 

Hans Barnstyn is in charge of 

ticket sales. 

In addition to a Christmas luncheon and 

an entertainment program, there will be 

gifts for all guests, Horwitz said. 

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week there was the sadness associated 

with the tragic death of President Kennedy. 

Some theatres were even closed 

during the morning and afternoon of the 

day of his funeral as a mark of respect to 

this gi-eatly loved American. His death was 

a part'cular blow to the many American 

producers now working in London, who like 

their British colleagues, were shattered by 

the sudden news of his assassination on 

Friday night. Many British members of 

the Kinematograph Renters Society joined 

with the heads of the Motion Picture Ass'n 

of America in attending the special services 

at Westminster for a man who was 

regarded with more love and affection than 

any other single non-British personality 

in the world. 

The government may give some time in 

the House of Commons for a debate on the 

Quota Act and the National Film Finance 

Corp. A proposal to this effect was made 

by a Labor member of Parliament last 

week. Selwyn Lloyd, the leader of the 

House, said that the government would 

consider the matter. The fact that the 

minister did not turn it down outright gave 

officials in Whitehall some indication that 

Sir Alec Home's Cabinet may be ready to 

test the feelings of members of both parties 

about the future of the film industi-y. 

Nevertheless, there will be some difficulty 

in the government coming forward with 

any new proposals until its Films Council, 

set up by the Board of Trade to make 

recommendations, can in turn reach some 

form of unity. 

Currently, the conflicting interests of the 

fi!m trade who are represented on this advisory 

body, can only make up their mind 

on one fact: that there is a form of film 

production crisis. What they cannot agree 

about is how it should be tackled—or even 

if it should be tackled. Meanwhile, the 

film studios received a last-minute respite 

last week with the news that one of the 

major television companies will be embarking 

on two television film series consisting 

of 26 one-horn- episodes each. One 

of them, "Danger Man," starring film 

actor Patrick McGoohan, will be made at 

MGM Boreham Wood Studios and the 

other, "The Saint" with Roger Moore, 

will be made at Associated British Elstree 

Studios. The news has saved at least 200 

studio craftsmen from being sacked, but is 

unlikely to be sufficient for preventing 

redundancies early in the new year at a 

studio like Shepperton. 

Last week more than 650 Shepperton employes 

held a meeting to discuss the future 

and decided to write to members of Parliament, 

to urge that their union leaders hold 

a mass meeting of all the unions affiliated 

with the Federation and to can-y out a 

dramatic policy which could bring the 

plight of the industry to the press Parliament 

and the key opinion makers in the 

country. 

Woodfall Film Productions, the company 

responsible for "Tom Jones," one of the 

biggest boxoffice successes in Britain this 

year, last week announced the title of its 

next picture: "Let's Get Steamed Up." 

By ANTHONY GRUNER 

The original screenplay has been written 

by Woodfall's director and one of Britain's 

leading dramatists, John Osborne (he also 

wrote the screeplay for "Tom Jones") and 

his wife, the film critic Penelope Gilliatt. 

The picture will be made on location and 

will be directed by Clive Donner, produced 

by Oscar Lewenstein. with Tony Richardson 

as executive producer. It will be released 

by United Artists. 

To celebrate his 50th fUm for Hammer, 

Tony H'nds was given a private dinner of 

appreciation by his great friend and boss, 

James Carreras, managing director of 

Hammer Productions. No fewer than 60 of 

the top people in the trade attended, 

headed by Mike Frankovich of Columbia; 

John Trevelyn, the chief censor; Ken 

Winckles, Rank Organization, and D. J. 

Goodlatte, ABC. As usual in anything 

organized by Carreras, the evening was a 

great showmanship affair. The Savoy 

dining suite was turned into a candle-lit 

horror mansion for the occasion with many 

of the horrific characters brought to the 

screen by Hinds leering down from the 

walls, mournful moans and groans coming 

from some hidden audio tape, plus 12 deliciously 

sexy ghouls representing the female 

side of the chiller business. And to 

make sure that everyone was aware that 

producer Hinds was celebrating his 50th 

film with "The Evil of Frankenstein," 

Carreras presented each one of his guests 

with a black and crimson evening Frankenstein 

cape, plus a miniature-size skeleton 

to go with it. Colorful or horrorful, 

this Hammer party is one which will be 

long remembered by the leaders of the 

British film production industry. 

When the crew of the Variety Club, 

British Tent 36, elects its 1964 chief barker 

to succeed Rex North, the chances are that 

the man they will choose is David Jones, at 

present its press guy and a person who has 

contributed an enormous amount of 

energy and organization to building up 

the tent. In nominating Jones for re-election 

to the crew, C. J. Latta, the international 

officer of Variety Club, described 

him as "Mr. Variety" and added "I am 

sure no member of the crew or any elder 

statesman would dispute that without him 

I believe we would not be the great club 

we are today." His words were greeted 

with a roar of approval by several hundred 

barkers, who all know that the man who 

has organized the luncheons, the dinners, 

produces the famous brochures, monthly 

news magazine, checks with the guests of 

the tent, arranges for the menus, photographers 

and makes sure that charity premieres, 

race meetings or tombolas, etc., are 

run efficiently. Other members of the new 

crew are Clifford Jeapes, Dickie Pearl, 

David Kingsley, Trevor Chinn, Kenneth 

Rive, Billy Manning, Bernard Myers, Timothy 

Holland, Jack Klein and Bernard 

Delfont. 

News in brief: Elke Sommer will play 

opposite Peter Sellers in "A Shot in the 

Dark" in place of Romy Schneider; Alexander 

Salkind is planning to produce two 

pictures in the United Kingdom. The first 

is "Ballad in Blue" stan-ing Ray Charles; t 

the second is "A Man Called Cervantes," 

based on the life of the author of Don 

Quixote. This will be directed by King 

Vidor . Hammer film for Columbia 

release is "The Gorgon," produced by 

Anthony Nelson Keys and directed by 

Terence Fisher . . . Robert Hartford Davis !i 

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and Nonnan Williams are joining forces to 

make a $3,000,000 film of World War I, 

ent.tled "The Great Offensive Somme 16." irtrt 

Shooting begins on location in Yugoslavia! s*'' 

next year . Robson's Red Lion! gsi'" 

Films has bought the screen rights to "The t^'P 

Downhill Racers," a novel with a skiing '" 

background by Oakley Hall. The company 

will film it after the completion of "The 

Centurions," which Robson is making for 

Columbia release. 

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that they had two other westerns in preparation 

which, like "Mail Order Bride,"J 

would not be sold as a western except in the] 

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European market. ; 

Lyons, who is a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 

fir to 

contract producer, said that his last picture, 

"Ride the High Country," received rave reviews 

in this country and yet only 20 per, 

cent of its total gross came from American] 

theatres. 

In selling "Mail Order Bride," an MGM! 

picture, the romance and comedy angles will] 

be stressed in the American distributira 

plans, whereas the conventional weste: 

approach will be used overseas. 

"Mail Order Bride," for which Mont' 

gomery Ward & Co. already has started tie^ 

ups, has Buddy Ebsen as one of its costars< 

a valued name because of his popularity in 

TV's "The Beverly Hillbillies." The picture 

liilms 

will be released in March. 

Upcoming Lyons and Kennedy films (the} 

the 

latter is the director) will be "TheJ"*!'*! 

Rounders," a contemporary western, and 

"The Last Hill," a straight action western 

set in 1885. 

Janus Acquires U.S. Rights 

To British 'The Guest' 

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NEW YORK—Janus Films has acquired 

the American distribution rights to "ThqB'fttO- 

Guest," the film version of Harold Pinter' Boll 

stage success, "The Caretakers." A January 

1964 release is planned, starting IH 

New York. 

*en of 

"The Guest," produced in England bjl 

Michael Birkett, stars Alan Bates, Don' 

Sbfii? 

aid Pleasence and Robert Shaw, who cre-j 

ated these roles in London and Broadway' 

The entire financial backing for "The! 

Guest" was provided by ten people, Peter 

Bridge, Richard Burton, Peter Cadbury; 

Leslie Caron, Noel Coward, Peter Hall' 

Charles Kasher, Harry Saltzman, Petei? 

Sellers and Elizabeth Taylor. \ 

Pierre Blanchar Dead 

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PARIS—Pierre Blanchar, 67, a leading; 

French film actor and stage star for 40 r 

years, died here November 21. Blanchar'S 4 

last appearance in a film shown in the U.S' 3 

was in "Magnificent Sinner," released by 

Film-Mart in April of this year. 


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Jerb Brown of the Eckel, Lou Hart of 

Auburn, and Harry Unterfort, zone 

lanager for Schine, were in Gloversville 

uesday to attend the testimonial dinner 

)r Bernard Diamond, 23 years with Schine, 

laving to become Loew's general manger. 

Among^ recent promotions was a "Palm 

Weekend" at the Randolph House, 

: :ranged by Dave Levin, manager of RKO 

eith's, just recovered from a few days' 

Iness. For "Under the Yum Yum Tree" 

: lere's a peepbox in front of the theatre. 

or "The Wheeler Dealers," Sam Oilman 

f Loew's has an artist painting away in 

ront of the theatre. MGM publicist Noran 

Pader has some Syracuse University 

arketing students studying the differices 

between what men and women laugh 

t while watching the movie. For "Take 

. ier. She's Mine" there was a country 

lusic contest on stage of the Paramount. 

:^ total of 87 entries was received by the 

lark Music Co. which sponsored the con- 

: ;st. The first prize was a Goya guitar. 

';. i Sports are attracting local theatremen. 

eymour Morris of Seymour Morris Asbciates, 

his wife Ruth and daughter Jean 

id Bill LaBreck of Albany, northeastern 

lanager for Schine Hotels, were in Syra- 

'ise for a football game. Harry Unterfort 

f Schine here and Steve Rogers of the 

erald-Journal will attend the Army-Navy 

ime in Philadelphia Saturday, December 

Mr. and Mrs. Lou Hart of Auburn went 

) New York for the Notre Dame game on 

hanksgiving Day. They were joined there 

\ their sons Bruce and Lanny, both SU 

lumnus . . . Here for meetings were 

harles Horowitz, personnel manager for 

chine, from Gloversville, and Bob Kallet 

f Oneida, Kallet Theatres. Expected in 

)wn was Bernie Korban of Universal. 

Christmas shows in local theatres will 

3 "Charade" at the Paramount, "The 

word in the Stone" at the Eckel, "The 

ardinal" at Shoppingtown, "4 for Texas" 

t RKO Keith's and "Kings of the Sun" 

t 

Loew's. 

3uffalo Trade Honors 

!5-Year or More Folk 

BUFFALO—The second annual Pioneers 

incheon of Buffalo industryites was held 

1 the clubrooms of Variety Tent 7 on a 

'cent Monday. Tribute was paid to men 

nd women of the motion picture industry 

ho have been active for 25 years or more. 

/ith 50 being honored, it was estimated 

lat an accumulated service of 2,000 years 

ad been compiled. 

The distinguished veterans included Alert 

Becker, 61 years; Maruiie A. Brown, 

1 years; R. Ruth Rappeport, 46 years; 

.'illiam Rowell, 47 years, and WUliam 

rett, 46. 

Tent 7 elected a new crew who will be 

rominent in next year's convention of 

ariety International here. The directors 

ill meet on December 2 to name the 

jear's officers. Chosen were Marvin Atlas, 

tarold E. Bennett, Harry L. Berkson, 

I'homas Fenno, Joseph Fox, Sam Geffen, 

jlyron Gross, Anthony Kolinski, Albert 

leterella, Ron L. Ruth and Robert Sokol- 

Alan Iselin Building 

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ALBANY—Alan Iselin, Albany resident 

and graduate of Miami University, will 

further demonstrate his confidence in the 

future of Florida operations by constructing 

two 800-seat, $300,000 theatres. One 

will be located on U.S. 41, Tamiami Trail, 

south of Sarasota; the other, in Gainesville. 

Iselin already conducts the Trail 

Drive-In, Sarasota; Suburban Drive-In, 

Bradenton, and Gainesville Drive-In at 

Gainesville. 

Estimating cost of the new pair at $300,- 

000 each, Iselin said they will be equipped 

for every type of projection, including 

single-projector Cinerama. Each will feature 

all-transistorized stereophonic sound, 

with 14 speakers. 

Other highlights will be newly designed 

seats of distinctive styling, with foam 

cushions and backs, installed in a staggered 

pattern, improved line of sight, and 

acoust'cal treatment of ceilings and walls. 

Additionally, a second-floor enclosed room 

for private theatre parties will be built. 

Construction is scheduled to start February 

1 and the opening date for both hardtops 

is set for August 1. 

Rex Harrison Is Honored 

With London Film Fete 

LONDON—Rex Harrison, currently filming 

his original starring role in "My Fair 

Lady" for Warner Bros, in Hollywood, wiU 

become the first living actor to be honored 

by the National Film Theatre in England 

with a festival of his past film highlights, 

shown Novemebr 19 through December 8. 

Harrison's selection by the British Film 

Institute to inaugurate a festival of his 

films was based on his performance as 

Caesar in the current 20th Century-Fox 

picture, "Cleopatra," and past achievements. 

The films scheduled to be shown will 

include "Anna and the King of Siam," 

"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," "The Foxes 

of Harrow" and "Unfaithfully Yours," all 

made by 20th-Fox in Hollywood; "Major 

Barbara," "Blithe Spirit," "The Rake's 

Progress," "The Constant Husband" and 

"Storm in a Teacup," all made in England, 

and "The Fourposter," made by Columbia 

in Hollywood in 1952. 

Harrison is filming a special prolog to be 

shown at the National opening night. 

Dave Weinstein Upped 

In Hellman Enterprises 

ALBANY—Dave Weinstein, who has been 

managing the Hellman Memorial Theatre 

here three and a half years, has been appointed 

advertising and public relations 

director for Hellman Enterprises, a new post, 

by Neil Hellman president. 

Robert H. Pike, manager of the Delsea 

Drive-In at Vineland, N.J., for Budco Theatres, 

succeeds Wenistein as manager of the 

Memorial, a 1,075-seater. 

Weinstein came here from Philadelphia 

where he had managed several theatres. He 

is regarded as a top showman with a record 

of effective promotion and advertising. 

Joining the cast of Paramount's "Stagecoach 

to Hell" are Carl Petty and Paul 

Burns. 

ALBANY 

Pernie Diamond, former general manager of 

Schine Tlieatres and new general manager 

of operations for Loew's Theatre, was 

feted by associates in the Schine home 

offices and by other friends, at a party in 

Circle Inn, near the city of Gloversville. 

Approximately 75 attended the affair to 

salute Diamond for long, efficient services 

in the Schine organization. He formally assumed 

the post with Loew's November 25. A 

pen and pencil desk set was presented to 

him by the Schiners Club, a Schine social 

group. Another gift was a two-piece luggage 

set. Diamond, a 23-year veteran of the 

Schine organization, climbed the ladder 

from student assistant manager trainee to 

film buying-booking, head of personnel, director 

of concessions, director of theatre 

operations and general manager of Schine 

Enterprises' Amusement and Recreation 

division. He also had been affiliated with 

Schine-owned radio station WPTR in 

Albany and had managed the organization's 

bowling alleys and community antenna 

systems in northern New York. 

Fred Brush is projectionist at Thornton- 

Wilhelm's Colony Theatre in Schenectady 

A. Smakwitz, Stanley Warner 

zone manager, checked in for a day, from 

Newark, N.J. . . . Martin Burnett, Stanley 

Warner district manager at the Strand, and 

Michael Artist, promotion director for the 

SW television station WAST, were sunong 

the judges in the Saturday night Junior 

Miss Pageant finals at the Guilderland 

Central High School. More than 40 attractive 

misses competed for the right to 

represent the district at the state Junior 

Miss finals in February at Schenectady. 

The Western Turnpike Kiwanis Club sponsored 

the competition. 

Herb Katz of the WAST-TV news staff is 

among the most active barkers in obtaining 

new members for Tent 9. He has been appointed 

by Chief Barker Adrian Ettelson 

as cochairman of the house committee. 

Dario Tozzi, of Schenectady, long an enthusiastic 

Variety worker, is the other 

chairman. John McCarthy, sales manager 

for radio station WROW, was sworn in as 

a new barker, in an impressive ceremony at 

the clubrooms, Schine-Ten Eyck Hotel. 

James E. Benton, president of Benton 

Theatres, will retire as mayor of Saratoga 

Springs December 31, but Harry A. Burke, 

former manager of Benton's Congress in 

the Spa, will continue to serve as public 

safety corrmiissioner. Benton who still 

owns the Strand in Plattsburgh, declined 

to seek re-election after two terms. He 

also owns the swank Grand Union motel in 

Saratoga. 

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Toe B. Brecheen. Buena Vista, helped arrange 

a toy tieup at Hecht's department 

store in behalf of "The Sword in the 

Stone," which will open Christmas Day in 

11 neighborhood theatres . . . Jerome 

Sandy. AIP manager, reports fine results 

on "Summer Holiday" at Baltimore with 

a multi-first run. Sandy and salesman Bill 

Michalson were among the Filmrowers who 

attended the recent opening of the Princess 

Theatre at Virginia Beach, hosted by 

Sidney Bowden and Mrs. William S. Wilder. 

Sandy's wife Sydell stayed in town, 

being too busy promoting ticket sales for 

the Alexandria concert series of the National 

Symphony orchestra. 

The Maryland legislative subcommittee 

on classification censorship, headed by 

Senator James A. Pine, has recommended 

the state motion picture censors label certain 

films "for adults only" and stipulate 

that youths under 18 be prevented from 

viewing them. J. Cookman Boyd, Baltimore 

counsel for the MPAA. testified at committee 

hearings that such a law would be 

The Circle Theatre 

unconstitutional . . . 

has completed "a funny film festival," 

which featured classics of American comedy 

... A. Julian Brylawski, TOA president, 

held the last meeting of the calendar 

year on November 26 as a luncheon at 

Caruso's. 

John Bean, manager of the K-B Baronet, 

reports the lobby has been refm-- 

bished. Smoke and water damaged the 

Baronet when the Old Fox restaurant next 

door, separated only by a fire wall, was 

destroyed by fire. The theatre was closed 

six days, November 17-22. for redecorating 

and reopened with "Irma La Douce" 

Ginsberg, publicist for the Sidney 

Lust Theatres, returned from Hampton 

where he was manager of the Lust 

drive-in while manager Jessie Odom took 

a week's vacation. Ginsburg also made an 

inspection tour of the Newport News area. 

Joseph Rosen, Universal regional manager, 

was at the local office. Alex Schimel, 

local manager, and Harry Howar, office 

manager, hosted a screening of "Captain 

Newman M.D." at MPAA . . . Sheldon 

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NEW YORK — "Cleopatra," the 20th 

entury-Fox production in Todd-AO, will 

ave been launched in 31 European cities 

y the first of the year, including the 

uropean premiere engagement in Lonon's 

Dominion Theatre, where it opened 

ily 31. 

"Cleopatra" opened earlier in October in 

russels, Rome, Milan, Lisbon and Heliki, 

as well as in Amsterdam, Rotterdam 

ad the Hague. A three-theatre debut was 

eld in Paris October 25 and other late 

ctober openings were in Madrid, Barcena 

and Sevilla, in Marseilles and Roubaix, 

Milan and two West German openings in 

and Dusseldorf. 

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1963 premieres on the Continent 

i 

-Jill be in Antwerp, Lyon, Bordeaux, Tou- 

.use, Strasbourg, Turin, Genoa, Florence, 

iunich, Frankfurt, Cologne and Athens. 

Cleopatra" will also open in Tel Aviv, 

rael, in December. 

openings will take place in 

enna, Gratz and Hamburg while the 

)penhagen premiere is set for February. 

The seventh Latin-American engagement 

Cleopatra" will start in Santiago, 

ille, at the Windsor Theatre November 

, following by six days the opening at 

e Metropolitan Theatre, San Juan, Nomber 

6. The Todd-AO picture is curntly 

playing in Caracas, Sao Paolo, Rio 

Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Quito. The 

cture will make its Far East debut at the 

vi Theatre, Manila, November 28 and 

II be launched in Singapore and Hong 

jng December 19 and 20, respectively. 

olice Raid Theatre, But 

ame Films Next Day 

PITTSBURGH — City police officials 

[ded the Cameraphone Follies Theatre 

East Liberty November 19 and the acm 

was recorded on film for immediate 

lecast on television channels. Pictured 

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re the theatre front advertising with 

tch lines and posters and marquee billr 

of double features, "My Bare Lady," 

ature Girls on the Moon." Shown to 

television viewers were scenes of the 

lice confiscating the prints, and the 

ws readers' comments were rather sendonal. 

The next day the theatre was 

m and was exhibiting the same feaes, 

but the theatre telephone remained 

the hook answered. The 

)w went on, so the police must have rerned 

the prints after the television newsils 

had been run off several times the 

or evening. 

rhe week before poUce had viewed 

remises! Promises!" at the Art Cinema 

i had asked for it to be removed along 

ih a nudist feature, and the manage 

nt complied, pulling the Jayne Mansfield 

n also from two ozoners also operated 

Gabe and Morris Rubin, proprietors of 

Art Cinema, who also operate the city's 

itimate house, the New Nixon. 

PITTSBURGH 

^heatres, indoor and outdoor, closed in 

memory of the late President John P. 

Kennedy. A few darkened last Friday i22), 

a few others were closed Saturday and Sunday, 

and many suspended operations Monday, 

the day of the funeral, with SW 

houses reopenmg at 6 p.m. Associated circuit 

theatres remained closed all day, and 

members of the Tri-State Drive-In Theatres 

Ass'n did not open that evening . 

The annual installation dinner of Variety 

Tent 1, which had been scheduled for Sunday, 

November 24, was postponed to Sunday 

evening, December 22. Joey Bishop 

and his partner on the Joey Bishop television 

show will be presented awards at the 

Tent 1 dinner as Comedian of the Year 

and TV Mother of the Year. 

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Legislation has been completed for an 

Allegheny County Transit Authority to 

take over the county bus and street car 

systems at a cost to taxpayers of approximately 

345,000,000 Pittsburgh city 

budget for 1964 exceeds $62,000,000, a new 

high Deane, sister of Alverne 

Lostetter of Associated Theatres' booking 

The 

office, is a professional dancer 

Press Old Newsboys benefit 

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at the 

Stanley Theatre December 11 will feature 

Warners' "4 for Texas" . Karolcik, 

more than 40 yesirs a merchant and exhibitor 

at Perryopolis and recently re-elected 

to his post as Fayette County Commissioner, 

is active in the Cinderella town's 

upcoming sesquicentennial starting July 4 

next year. George Washington laid out 

Pen-yopolis. 

Lee Satori, former local theatre manager, 

now an accessory distributor here, tells us 

that his brother Bill, former AA European 

sales manager for a score of years, and his 

wife are now residing in Vienna. Bill came 

here in war days after he escaped from the 

Nazis and started as a salesman at Universal. 

Lee was married three years ago 

city is re-enacting its 10 per cent 

amusement tax, which was passed originally 

sixteen years ago as an emergency 

measure. 

The Erie Times has these comments in 

a special story: "Singin' in the Rain," the 

second in a series of old MGM musical revivals 

shown at the Warner Theatre, did 

not have a single sexy scene, not one bit 

of off-color dialogue, or even one psychiatrist. 

Even the ad for the film was not 

sexy. They just don't make films like 

this anymore. Despite all this, there was 

a good crowd on hand at the Warner to 

watch an enjoyable, refreshing two hours 

of fun. The crowd, small by Saturday night 

standards, was significant because it was 

Wednesday afternoon and also because this 

same film will be shown on TV next Monday 

night." 

UA's "Dr. No" was produced by Harry 

Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli. 

C. F. McBride, Exhibitor 

At Trafford. Pa.. Is Dead 

TRAFFORD. PA.— Clarence F. McBride, 

61, co-owner of the McBride Theatre here 

for many years, died 

November 24 after an 

illness of seven weeks. 

His partners in the 

theatre and the Mc- 

Bride Bros. Market at 

Trafford were his elder 

brother George 

and a sister Margaret 

Malley. The theatre 

was opened in 1920 

by their late father, 

Frank McBride, who 

died in 1939 at which 

C. F. McBride time his children 

took over the theatre and the market. Surviving 

also are Clarence's wife Violet, and 

sons Lee, who is active at the theatre, and 

Clarence jr. The funeral was held in the 

St. Regis Church. Trafford. 

PITTSBURGH—John D. "Doc 

" 

Smith, 

70. who was a salesman for the old Paths 

and Metro companies in the silent movie 

days years ago, died recently. For 29 years 

he was a pressman for the Press, retiring 

in 1955. Survivors include his wife Irene 

and two sisters and a brother. 

Ultra's 'Cleopatra' Film 

Booked by Stanley Warner 

NEW YORK—"Two Nights With Cleopatra," 

the Ultra Pictm-es release starring 

Sophia Loren and Alberto Sordi, has been 

booked into 22 Stanley-Warner diive-in 

theatres in Texas, as well as 12 theatres in 

the New Orleans area, three in Kentucky 

and two each in Florida and Utah, according 

to William B. Schulman, director of advertising 

and publicity. 

"Two Nights" recently played at 

William Goldman's Midtown Theatre. Philadelphia, 

and has been booked at the Capri 

Theatre, Allentown. Pa. 

The Texas drive-ins include several in 

San Antonio, Ft. Worth, Dallas, Houston 

and El Paso. The pictme has played the 

Barton Theatre chain in Oklahoma City, 

four of them drive-ins and one hardtop, 

day-and-date. 

Aram Bohjalian Is Named 

To Trans-Lux TV Post 

NEW YORK—Aram Bohjalian, associate 

producer of the Armstrong Circle Theatre 

for Talent Associates -Paramount, Ltd., has 

been named production supervisor for 

Trans-Lux Television Corp. by Sidney 

Ginsberg, assistant to the president. He 

replaces Harry Semels. who resigned. 

From 1955 to 1962, Bohjalian was vicepresident 

and general manager of the 

Peter J. Rotondo Theatrical Construction 

Co. and, from 1950 to 1955, he was radio 

and television production director for 

Benton and Bowles advertising agency. 

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Picture on Lombard 

An Early '64 Project 

HOLLYWOOD—Constance Towers, who 

wound up her starring role in Samuel Fuller's 

"The Naked Kiss," has begun negotiations 

with New York stage and television 

director Stanley Prager to direct "The 

Carole Lombard Story," for her Summit 

Productions, Inc., beginning here early 

next year. 

Producer Merian C. Cooper's daughter 

Teresa is scheduled to make her acting 

rebut in "Cheyenne Autumn," John Ford- 

Bernard Smith production for 'Warner 

Bros. It is being filmed in Technicolor 

and Super-Panavision 70. 

'Ride High Country' Gets 

Top Rating in France 

HOLLYWOOD — Director 

Sam Peckinpah's 

"Ride the High Country" for MGM 

has drawn highest critical rating of all releases 

over the past year in France from Caliers 

du Cinema, leading French film 

journal. 

Among ten critics and filmmakers evaluiting 

16 top features, two called the Joel 

vicCrea-Randolph Scott western a "master- 

Mece." Runnersup included Sweet Bird of 

ifouth. The Longest Day, The Guns of Naarone, 

Birdman of Alcatraz and Electra. 

Fopping-Off Steel Beam 

Signed by Universalites 

HOLLYWOOD—Jules C. Stein, chairnan 

of the board of MCA, was the first to 

utograph a chemically treated 30-foot 

.hite steel beam at Universal City studio 

:t the site of the 15-story office buildng 

now under construction. All studio 

mployes were invited to sign the beam 

hich will be placed in position at "topping 

ff" ceremonies December 12, signifying 

ompletion of the steel phase of construc- 

Dnix to 'Mockingbird' 

HOLLYWOOD — "To KUl a Mockingird" 

has been awarded the Onix trophy 

s the best foreign picture of 1963. The 

I'ophy is given annually by the Institute 

e Cultura Cinematographica of the Unijersidad 

Iberoamericana as part of its proram 

to stimulate the Mexican film indusjy 

and to give recognition to artists and 

[Bchnicians throughout the world who have 

iiade outstanding cinematic contributions 

iuring the year. 

'Victors' Debut on 22nd 

To Benefit City of Hope 

HOLLYWOOD—Bob Hope and Gloria 

Swanson have been named honorary chairmen 

of the City of Hope benefit premiere 

of Carl Foreman's "The Victors" on December 

22. Chaii-man Mrs. Montague 

Herbert and Mrs. Nat Goldstone also 

named these members of the entertainment 

industry committee for the event: 

George Chasin and Mmes Robert Stack, 

Vernon Underwood, Eugene V. Klein, A. 

E. Englund, Manning J. Post, Jack Hupp, 

Robert Smith, Morton Phillips, Harry 

B'ackman and Jack Fields (Whitney 

Blake 

) Misses Ruth Roman, Marsha 

Hunt and Margaret Ettinger. 

AIP president James H. Nicholson has 

returned from London, where he helped 

kick off production of AIP's seventh Edgar 

Allan Poe film, "The Masque of the Red 

Death," starring Vincent Price and Hazel 

Court. 

Gerald Fried Appointed 

HOLLYWOOD—Gerald Fried has been 

named chairman of the Composers and 

Lyricists Guild negotiating committee to 

prepare for major studio negotiations next 

year. Hugo Friedhofer, Harold Spina and 

Johnny Williams have been elected executive 

board members for the western section. 

David Raksin is president. 

Horror Musical to MDC 

HOLLYWOOD—"The Incredibly Strange 

Creatures," Morgan Steckler's Eastman 

Color production discribed as the first 

"honôr musical," has been acquired for exclusive 

foreign distribution by Manson Distributing 

Corp.. headed by Edmund Goldman, 

Tom Jones a Hit I 

HOLL'YWOOD— "Tom Jones" grossed a 

record-breaking $36,153 in its sixth week at 

Cinema I, topping the all-time high set 

during the opening week. Leon Brandt, 

Lopert Pictures general sales manager, 

said the release is also setting new records 

in Los Angeles. 

May Produce New Story 

HOLLYWOOD—George Cukor and Gene 

Allen, art director, are reading the script 

of "The Long Way Home," an original 

story by Michael E. Lally. Lally, graduate 

of UCLA's motion picture and theatre arts 

school, is the son of Mike LaUy, currently 

appearing in "My Fair Lady." at Wamer 

Bros. He won the best director award at 

UCLA in 1960. 

Music Makers Work 

On Tour Features 

HOLLYWOOD — Musical scoring and 

compos' ng for four films were arranged 

during the week. 

Walter Scharf will compose, an-ange and 

conduct the musical background for 

MGM's "Honeymoon Hotel," while the New 

Christy Minstrels, under the direction of 

Randy Sparks, will compose original music 

and lyrics, and score MGM's "Company of 

Cowards." 

Using a 60-piece orchestra, composerconductor 

Paul Dunlap will begin scoring 

"The Naked Kiss." Leon Fromkess-Sam 

Pirks picture for Allied Artists distribution. 

And a major music promotion for Jack 

Rose's "Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?" 

focus-ng on the title song by Burt Bacharach 

and Hal David, has been scheduled 

by Paramount Pictures and its publishing 

subsidiary. Famous Music Corp. 

70/35mm Projectors Go 

Into Academy Theatre 

HOLLYWOOD — Remodeling of the 

Academy Award Theatre, including the installation 

of new projection equipment, 

has been completed, according to Arthur 

Freed, president of the Academy of Motion 

Pictui'e Arts and Sciences. The installation 

of two 70/35mm projectors and a 

complete six-channel sound system now 

makes it possible to screen films produced 

in any currently known process, except 

Cinerama. 

Harold A. Lipton Elected 

Nat'l General Secretary 

HOLLYWOOD—Harold A. Lipton has 

been elected secretary of National General 

Corp., it is announced by Eugene V. Klein, 

president. Lipton joined NGC in October 

as general counsel. He is a member of the 

American and the New York State Bar 

associations and has had extensive experience 

in corporate matters, acquisitions, 

mergers, consolidations, and Securities and 

Exchange work. 

Directors Guild Awards 

February 8 in 2 Cities 

HOLLYWOOD—The Directors Guild of 

Amerca will stage its annual awards dinners 

Februai-y 8 at the Beverly Hilton 

Hotel here and at the Waldorf-Astoria in 

New York. President George Sidney noted 

there will be a sharp reduction of nominees 

this year from 16 down to five. 

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gING CROSBY has chosen Adrian Spies assigned two members to cooperate with 

to do "Choice of Violence." from a Ronald Lubin. who will produce "Simon 

novel by Hugh Pentecost. A. C. Lyles, Balivar." They will do research on the 

MGM and Crosby's production company script. 

will worli together on the film, in which Helen Gurley Brown, who wrote "Sex 

Crosby will stai- as a retired district and the Single Girl." from which the Warner 

picture is to be made, has written a 

attorney. 

Billy Wilder will direct Dean Martin in second book which will be published early 

"The Dazzling Hour." a Mirisch production 

for UA release . . . Over at Universal the Office." This will be followed by "Sex 

in 1934 by Random House, titled "Sex and 

City. Edward Muhl's "New Horizons" group and the Married Man." She writes a newspaper 

column called Woman Alone. 

at Marlon Brando's Pemiebaker Productions 

will explore Les Pine's script based The screenplay for Robert Aldrich's 

on an Ike Jones story titled "Daffy." The "What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte?" 

has been completed by Henry Far- 

New Horizons program is designed to encourage 

new producers and new production rell. Aldrich said Warner Bros, did not 

ideas. The development was disclosed by participate in the deal and he is negotiating 

with other distributors. 

Marlon Brando sr. and Walter Seltzer. 

Bette Davis will star as Mai-y Todd The wife of Robert Walker jr. will make 

Lincoln, a role wh*ch is particularly fitting her film debut in "The NEW Interns," Columbia 

release of Robert Cohn. under her 

for this actress. The screenplay is being 

prepared by Eugene Barber from "Mr. stage name of Ellie Wood. Now the mother 

Lincoln's Wife." a Literary Guild selection of two children, aged 18 months and 6 

by Ann Colver Graff. Josh Baldwin and months, the comedienne will play the wife 

Red Weiss will produce under their Carlton of a struggling young intern in the film. 

Production banner. 

"Horse Under Water." a Columbia picture 

set in Britain and Portugal, will be 

Marty Melcher's "The Cavern." scheduled 

for production in Yugoslavia, will star produced by Harry Saltzman and Lowndes 

Rosanna Schiaffini. John Saxon, Brian Productions from a Len Deighton thriller 

Aherne. Peter Marshall, Lan-y Hagman. novel. The book has a companion espionage 

tale, "The Ipcres File." Both are 

Joachim Hansen and Hans Von Borsody. 

A seven-week shooting period is set. 

slated for 1964-65 production by M. J. 

David Miller, technical aide on Warner Frankovich of Columbia Pictures. 

Bros. "Cheyenne Autumn," has received "Seven Against Tomorrow," a modem 

word that his new book "Custer's Fall," will adventure story by William McGivern, has 

be filmed by 20th-Fox as "The Day Custer been acquired by Universal. Elliot Kastner 

Pell." Miller, an authority on Indians, has will produce from his own screenplay. 

lived with three tribes and speaks five Disney has bought "Rascal." the autobiographical 

story by Sterling North, who re- 

Indian tongues. He also doubles as an 

actor. 

ceived the E. P. Dutton award for the nonfiction 

book which was on the New York 

Samuel Fuller will make six comedies 

starring Constance Towers and Patsy Times' best-seller list for nine weeks. 

Kelly, starting with a story about a pair North a'so wrote "So Dear to My Heart." 

of door-to-door saleswomen tentatively Julius Epstein has been signed by 

titled "If a Lady Answers." Miss Kelly appeared 

in Hal Roach sr. comedies with the Prom the Ashes," which J. Lee Thompson 

Minsch to write the screenplay of "Return 

late The'ma Todd many years back. 

will produce and direct. It's a psychological 

The Bolivian Society of Columbia has melodrama. 

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'•red Stein has been re-elected to a second 

term as chief barker of the Variety 

Club of Southern 

California. Alfred S. 

Lapidus was reelected 

first assistant: 

James H. Nicholson, 

second assistant; 

Herbert L. Copelan, 

property master ; Al 

O'Keefe, dough guy, 

and Chester J. Doyle, 

William R. Porman, 

Eugene V. Klein, S. 

Charles Lee, William 

H. Oldknow and Ezra 

Fred Stein E. Stern, canvasmen 

Wirthwein, Allied Artists diision 

sales manager, was in San Pranisco 

to host exhibitor screenings of "Solier 

in the Rain," and confer with James 

lyers, branch manager, regarding other 

pcoming releases. 

Hall Bartlett's production of "The Carejikers," 

United Artists release, has been 

coked in some 190 theatres in the Los 

.ngeles area where 100 or thereabouts is 

onsidered good average. In its first thi'ee 

lonths of release, it has brought in about 

'1,200,000 for UA, having cost well under 

to make. 

H. Polier, National General Theatres' 

ihief film buyer, was in Madrid for 

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ihe screening of Samuel Bronston's "Rise 

iind Pall of the Roman Empire" ... A 

Banta Barbara special delivery film truck 

lew up, killing the driver. All films were 

Robert H. Kronenberg, 

total loss . . . 

resident of Manhattan Pilms, was in San 

'rancisco on business . . . Harold Wirthein, 

Allied Artists division manager, was 

;i the Bay City for the opening of "Solier 

in the Rain." 

Booking and buying along Pilmrow: 

Skip" Reagan of the Star, Palomar, Town 

nd Crest theatres, Oceanside; W. J. Unerhill, 

29 Palms and Starlite drive-ins, 

9 Palms; George Aurelius, Arizona Paraiiount 

Theatres, in for the demonstration 

if NT&T's Talaria. 

The old Fox West Coast Pigueroa Thetre 

is being reopened. Exhibitors Service 

•vill handle the booking and buying for Pred 

luff, owner-operator . . . John Louis, from 

;he Nace Circuit, was in from Phoenix to 

10 some booking and buying. 

Sidney Poitier and Ralph Nelson were 

|0 have received St. Genesius awards for 

[heir work in "Lilies of the Pield" from 

jhe Los Angeles unit of the National Cathiilic 

Theatre Conference at the Loyola Unii'ersity 

drama conference on the weekend, 

;)ut the assassination of the President 

creed it to be rescheduled. 

For 'Mad World in 

LOS ANGELES—Pirst-run theatres, with 

all houses closing for a day due to ouinational 

tragedy, showed fairly good returns. 

Holding firm to its strong lead was 

"Tom Jones," which scored 280 per cent 

in its fifth week. "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, 

Mad World," running ten performances a 

week I 

matinees), continued to bring 

in the same near capacity business. 

(Average is 1 00) 

Beverly Tom Jones (UA-Lopert), 5th wk 280 

Chinese Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col). 5th wk. 125 

Cinerama— It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod World 

(UA-Cineroma), 3rd wk 

Egyptian— Lilies of the Field (UA), 6th wk 65 

Fine Arts— Lord of fhe Flies (Cont'l), 6th wk 110 

Four A Stranger Knocks (Trons-Lux), 6th wk. 65 

Star 

Hollywood Paramount The V.I.P.s (MGM), 

I 1th wk 65 

Take 

Los Angeles, Loyolo, Hollywood, Wiltern 

Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox) 100 

Music Hall Resurrection (Artkino) 135 

Pantoges—Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 23rd wk 280 

McLintock! 

Pix, Hillstreet, Baldwin, Wilshire 

(UA) 100 

Village Irmo La Douce (UA), 5th wk 160 

Worner Beverly—Mory, Mary (WB), 4th wk 

Warner Hollywood— How fhe Wesf Was Won 

65 

(MGM-Cineromo), 40th wk 200 

"Under Yum Yum Tree' Breaks 

Portland's Cinema 21 Records 

PORTLAND — "Under the Yum Yum 

Tree," opening day-and-date at the Cinema 

21 and Sandy Boulevard theatres, reportedly 

broke all opening records at the 

former. Attendance remained high until 

Friday night and then surged upwards Saturday 

and Simday, according to Manager 

Fred Hodge. No boxoffice estimate was reported. 

Broadwoy The Wheeler Dealers (MGM) 140 

Esquire A New Kind of Love (Para); Wives and 

Lovers (Para), rerun 125 

Fox, 82nd Street Toke Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox); 

Thunder Island (20th-Fox) 145 

Hollywood South Seas Adventure (Cinerama), 

I 6th wk 135 

Music Box To Catch a Thief (Para); Vertigo 

(Para), reissues, 2nd wk 100 

Irvington— Irmo Lo Douce (UA), 16th wk 135 

Lourelhurst— Lilies of the Field (UA); A Pocketful 

of Miracles (UA), 3rd wk 125 

Paramount Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 2l5t wk 

Cinema, Sandy, Boulevard Under the Yum Yum 

135 

Tree (Col) No estimate 

'McLintock!' and 'Take Her' 

Each 150 in San Francisco 

SAN FRANCISCO—After hours before 

TV and radio sets, throngs walked the 

streets awaiting the opening of theatres 

that had been closed to permit participation 

in the nation's day of mourning. Two 

new openers did better than average 

"Take Her, She's Mine" at the Embassy 

and "McLintock!" at the New Royal. "Under 

the Yum Yum Tree" continues to draw 

great interest at the Pox Warfield. "The 

Devil and the Ten Commandments" replaces 

"The L-Shaped Room" at the Music 

Hall, which moved into the Esquire and 

Empire theatres. Special Thanksgiving 

matinees were scheduled for all first-run 

houses. 

Cineramo-Orpheum 

How the West Wos Won 

Los Angeles 

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(MGM-Cinerama), 40th wk 470 

Errbossy—Tokc Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox) 150 

Fox Warfield— Under the Yum Yum Tre« (Col), 

3rd wk 200 

Golden Gate The Incredible Journey (BV), 3rd wk. 90 

Metro- S'/j (Embassy), 2nd wk 275 

Paramount Mary, Mary (WB), 4th wk 80 

Presidio- Lord of the Flies (Cont'l), 1 125 

1th wk 

Royal— McLintock! (UA) 1 50 

Stage Door—The Leopard (20th-Fox) 7th wk. ..100 

Froncis 

80 

St. 

. Twilight of Honor (MGM), 3rd wk 

United Artists— Lawrence of Arabia (Col), 44th wk. 150 

Vogue—The Conjugal Bed (Embassy), 5th wk 200 

New Screen Fare Welcomed 

By Good Denver Support 

DENVER—The city was filled with new 

features and most of them attracted support 

that ranged between 150 and 180 per 

cent compared to average. Among the 

sprightly new films were "The Wheeler 

Dealers," 180; "Palm Springs Weekend," 

170; "Take Her, She's Mine" and "Under 

the Yum Yum Tree," each 175. 

Aloddin Toke Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox) 175 

Centre— Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col) 

Cooper— How the Wesf Was Won (MGM- 

175 

Cineromo), 38th wk 220 

Denham Cleopotro (20th-Fox), 22nd wk. No Estimate 

Denver The Incredible Journey (BV); Gunfight 

of Comanche Creek (AA), 3rd wk 125 

The Leopard (20th-Fox), moveover from 

Esquire 

Aloddin 125 

Orpheum Palm Springs Weekend (WB); Block 

Gold ( AA), reissue 1 70 

Paromount McLintock! (UA), 2nd wk 200 

Towne, several other theatres The Wheeler 

Dealers (MGM) 180 

Vogue The Loneliness of the Long Distance 

Runner (Con'tl); Saturday Night and Sunday 

Morning (Cont'l) 120 

Top Tourist Pictures 

Are Selected by Ass'n 

From Canadian Edition 

MONTREAL — The Canadian Tourist 

Ass'n, which held its annual meeting in 

Montreal, awarded prizes to three Canadian 

motion picture films for the year 

1963. "Nova Scotia Byways," produced by 

the Nova Scotia Information Service and 

Tourist Board, was awarded the Maple 

Leaf prize for the best 16mm film. "Trans- 

Canada Journey," produced by National 

Film Board, headquartered here for the 

government and for Trans-Canada Airlines, 

was awarded the Canadian prize for the 

35mm film. An honorary certificate was 

awarded in the 16mm films category to 

"The Living West," produced by Master 

Film Studios of Calgary for the account of 

the Calgary Tourist Board. 

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president Kennedy's death caused all major 

San Francisco legitimate theatres 

to cancel Friday night performances. 

Most first-run movie houses made early decisions 

to remain open. Saturday and Sunday 

shows were not affected but Roy 

Cooper, president of the Northern California 

Theatre Ass'n, announced theatres 

would not open until 6 p.m. 

Through a mLxup of photos in this column 

hist wepk. a picture of Ed Doherty 

appeared over the 

y >^ name of A. Norman 

' Davis, the newly ap- 

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the Alhambra Theatre, 

a Nasser Bros, 

district house. Herewith 

is the correct 

picture of Davis, who 

formerly managed 

the Crest Theatre in 

Reno. Nev. Doherty 

is the new president 

A. Norman Davis °^ ^he Arkansas. Tennessee 

and Mississippi 

Theatre Owners Ass'n and is associated 

with Exhibitors Services in Memphis. 

A week of New American Cinema, presented 

by the Canyon Cinema and the 

American Frontier Theatre will be presented 

December 2-7 at the Richelieu Theatre 

. East Bay Motion Picture and 

Television Council held their regular 

monthly meeting Monday (2) in Oakland. 

Mrs. Arthur Horsell. program chairman, 

introduced the speaker. William High, 

placement counselor at Laney Campus, Oakland 

City College. High's topic was "What 

Goes on Behind the Camera?" High, once 

a movieman, was also a former instructor 

of photography at Laney Campus. 

The Orpheum's pipe organ is being completely 

retimed and worked on for a series 

of concerts by George Wright, sponsored 

by KPEN

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CITY—The tragic news of 

.; I?resident Kennedy's death generally re- 

'luced theatre attendance over ths weekend. 

Many theatres closed Monday night 

n memoriam, but those which were open 

did good business, attracting patrons who 

Iwanted to get away from the repetitious 

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- Vum Tree" had a big opening week at the 

?ox Plaza with 310 per cent. "Cleopatra" 

it Dmwood's Capri, in its second week, 

ind "McLintock!" in its first week at the 

.^'ox Uptown and W. D. Fulton's Electric 

;ied for 300 per cent. "Take Her, She's 

Mine" at the Pox Brookside was right be- 

with 280 per cent. 

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(Averoge Is 100) 

ikside Take Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox) ....280 

r'—Cleopatra (20fh-Fox), 2nd wk 300 

mpire How the West Was Won (MGM- 

Cinerama), 35fh wk 100 

-airway— Lilies of the Field (UA), 5th wk 140 

Summer Holiday (AlP); The Young 

'Granada 

(20th-Fox) 90 

>aramount—Mory, Mary (WB), 4th wk 85 

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'lozo—Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col) 310 

*^.Kockhill— Lord of the Flies (Cont'l), 2nd 165 

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HICAGO—The overwhelming sadness 

lulting from the death of President 

p...'i5ennedy left little thought for the usual 

7 .lay-to-day activities. Immediately after 

." jihe news was heard, steps were taken to 

I plose theatres. While most of the movie 

:I nouses reopened at 6 p.m. Monday, Novem- 

^l,)er 25, the impact of the distressing 

T jiews was still too strong for people to do 

)ther than reflect on what had occurred. 

This, then, does not provide a true baometer 

for overall boxoffice results. The 

L opening of "Take Her, She's Mine" had 

.)een sold out as a benefit sponsored by 

.ttle Service League for Retarded Chil- 

The Conjugal Bed (Embassy) 115 

igo Mary, Mory (WB), 3rd wk 125 

)— Lord of the Flies (Cont'l), 1 1 th wk 110 

— The Leopard (20th-Fox), 6th wk 115 

The Incredible Journey (BV) 165 

'ickers It's o Mod, Mod, Mod, Mad World 

lA-Cineroma), 2nd wk 200 

itol— McLintock! (UA), 2nd wk 155 

jvelt—The Wheeler Dealers (MGM), 2nd wk. 165 

_j—.îe Lake Cleopotro (20th-Fox), 22nd wk 150 

LiPil urf— The Smoll World of Sammy Lee 

(Seven Arts) 130 

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own—The Bad Sleep Well (Toho) 115 

S9 Jnited Artists— Under the Yum Yum Tree (UA), 

6th wk 1 60 

Voods—Tokc Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox) 200 

Vorld Playhouse ^The Devil and the Ten 

Commandments (Union), 3rd wk 1 35 

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Bedford Indiana Theatre 

'Dpen in New Location 

IND. — After being moved 

the site where it was operated for 50 

ears, the Indiana Theatre is now open in 

'he former 'Von Ritz Theatre Building. 

ifohn McCutcheon, general manager of 

'Bedford Theatres, said the new location 

irovides much better acoustics and alliround 

facilities. 

The new Indiana Theatre also was reiecorated 

throughout and provided with a 

eating capacity of 750. The enlarged concessions 

stand has been moved to the mezanine 

to provide better customer service. 

The theatre for the past half centuiy was 

perated on 15th street. 

CARDINAL' PREVIEW — Otto Preminger, producer-director of the Columbia 

Pictures' release, "The Cardinal," attended a preview of the film in St. 

Louis and met the press the following day. Shown at the preview, left to right, 

are Edward Arthur, Arthur Enterprises; Ray McCafferty, Columbia St. Louis 

manager; Preminger, and David Arthur. "The Cardinal" opens Deceml>er 18 at 

the Arthur Enterprises' downtown Ambassador Theatre in St. Louis. 

ST. 

LOUIS 

The "Toys for Tots" Drive, to assure less 

fortunate children in this area of 

Christmas toys, opened November 23 and 

will run through December 20. The project 

is a joint one of the Better Films 

Council, Arthur Enterprises, the Marine 

Corps Reserve and Shell Service Stations. 

Toys are dropped off at the Marine Corps 

or at the Shell stations or may be used 

as the price of admission at special matinees 

sponsored by Arthur Enterprises and 

the Better Films Council. 

Joe Simpkins, president of the local 'Variety 

Club, will be the speaker at the annual 

'WOMPI Boss Night dinner to be held 

at 6:30 December 4 at the Bevo Mill restamant. 

Dave Arthur will be master of 

ceremonies. 

WOMPIs recently bought funeral clothes 

for a small boy they had been helping. 

They also bought clothes for the other 

children in the family so they could attend 

chmxh. Currently they are collecting 

food for a Thanksgiving food basket for 

a needy family. 

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Mike Bizio, MGM office manager, is 

Ex- 

in 

Memphis on a week's vacation 

ploiteer Ed Edmiston, MGM, has been in 

town promoting "'Wheeler Dealers" and 

"Of Human Bondage" . on 

the Row is delighted to see Charlie Goldman 

out of the hospital and visiting around 

the area again . . . The 'Wehrenberg circuit 

has put Ronnie's and 66 Drive-ins down 

to weekends ... All Filmrow offices were 

closed last Monday in memory of President 

Kennedy. 

Otto Preminger, in town recently to promote 

"The Cardinal," impressed all of his 

teenage interviewers but particularly one 

young girl whose interview appeared in 

the Globe Democrat. Michele Bernard 

said, "Mr. Preminger is truly an outstanding 

individual. As I observed him, I was 

amazed that such a busy, thinking man 

would find time to crack a joke. But this 

it seems, is the essence of his life. He does 

not fit a preconceived image ... He is, 

undoubtedly, an exceptional man." 

Seen in town from Illinois were: Eddie 

Clark, Metropolis: Mr. and Mrs. Robert 

Strauss, Benton; Forrest Pirtle, Jerseyville; 

Bernard Temborius, Breese; Charles Beninati, 

Carlyle; Charles Mitchell, Salem; 

Ray Mitchum, Auburn; Mrs. Catherine 

Beckemeyer, Trenton; Leon Jarodsky, 

Paris; Louis Odorizzi, Gillespie; Al Spargur, 

Du Quoin. From Missouri came Otto 

Ingwerson, Montgomery City, and Russell 

Armentrout, Louisiana. 

Abingdon Merchants Rally 

To Exhibitor's Support 

ABINGDON, ILL. — Plans to reopen 

Abbey Theatre under lease to Forrest 

Thompson were being supported by the 

Abingdon Trade Promotion group. 

Thompson, who also operates a theatre 

in Galva, promised the merchants here 

that he will obtain good first-run films to 

show at the Abbey and would not bring in 

"trash." 

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Tn respect to the memory of President John 

F. Kennedy most of the companies on 

the Row were closed Monday. Metro- 

Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists shuttered 

the full day. The majority closed by 

noon. Several supply houses and the Exhibitors 

Film Delivery Service operated 

full blast the entire day. All Durwood theatres 

were closed the full day. Fox Midwest 

did not open its theatres for usual 

mat'nees but operated at night. All Kansas 

City drive-ins except Highway 40 were 

c'osed Monday night. The Paramount 

Theatre did not open until 4 p.m. All 

Dickinson theatres were open Monday 

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and E-ectric in Kansas City, Kas., operated 

Monday night. 

Walt Bollinger, who has been in the hospital 

following an accident in which he was 

struck by a car while walking, was expected 

to be out this week. He has been 

assisting Mi-s. Gene Moos in the operation 

of her theatres at EUinwood and Hoisington, 

Kas. Mrs. Moos continued operations 

after the death of her husband in July . 

Word has been received that Al KruU, 

former owner of the Osage Theatre at 

Stover, is dead. KiuU sold his theatre in 

the early '50s and moved out to California, 

where he was at the time of his death. 

Burial was in Stover last week. 

Dickinson Theatres news: Joe Redmond 

jr. has been appointed manager of the 

Englewood Theatre, Independence, succeeding 

A. E. Stark, who has been ill for 

several months. Redmond moved from 

Topeka, where he was manager of the 

Chief Drive-In. John Cai-ver, who has been 

managing the Dickinson in Topeka, will 

add the Chief to his duties. Married and 

the father of a daughter, Redmond has 

managed theatres in Springfield; Pine 

Bluff, Ai-k., and Glendale, Calif. . . . Dickinson's 

Vogue Theatre in Salina, Kas., is 

being remodeled. Redecoration of the lobby 

includes the installation of a new concession 

stand. Ray Breen is the manager. 

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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stark of J. W. Stark 

Enterprises, Wichita, are vacationing in 

southern Illinois, Nashville, Tenn., and 

Augusta, Ga., and Port Lauderdale, Pla., 

where they are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Tom 

Edwards of Eldon, Mo., and Tom Edwards 

jr., who is in the real estate business in 

Florida . 

Dye, Warner Bros, 

boxoffice clerk, and husband left for a twoweek 

Caribbean cruise. They will visit St. 

Thomas and Puerto Rico. 

J. J. Kimbriel, manager of Missoui-i Theatre 

Supply, is home now after three weeks 

in the hospital, recuperating from a broken 

hip. Just when he will return to work is 

not definite, but he will be back soon with 

the aid of crutches . . . Mrs. R. R. Thompson, 

wife of the Buena Vista manager, also 

is home from the hospital and reported 

doing fine. Tommy, who suffered a whiplash 

in an auto accident a few weeks ago, 

is actively on the job every day, but still 

has some stiffness in the back of his neck. 

Out-of-town exhibitors on the Row : From 

Missouri—Howard Elley, Versailles; Paul 

Eye, Appleton City; Harley Fryer, Lamar 

and Nevada; A. E. Jarboe and Phil Silvers, 

Cameron; Glen Jones, Gravois Mills; Mi-, 

and Mrs. Eldon Rolls, Weston. From Kansas—Oscar 

Johnson, Hiawatha, and William 

Wagner, Independence . Ritz 

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DETROIT—Constructive support of good 

jictures was advocated as the solution in 

)ieference to increase of censorship by 

Detroit's Mayor Jerome Cavanagh. The 

nayor's statement was given before the 

Metropolitan Detroit Council for Better 

jiterature and was concerned chiefly with 

jrinted matter rather than pictures, but 

inked the two. 

The mayor's statements followed the 

urvey by the Detroit News, recently 

eported in these columns, of teenage rections 

to pictures, which showed a strong 

'reference for more film censorship by the 

oung people sm-veyed. 

The mayor's statement, which said that 

)rotection of morals by censorship always 

las had only questionable success, was relorted 

thus by The News: "Shall we atempt 

to read every book . . . review every 

:iovie? . . . 

"There are good books to read and good 

levies to see, and parents should be inarmed 

about them through PTA newsnters 

and church bulletins. 

"Instead of giving free advertising by 

anning a book or thundering against a 

iov:e or magazine, let us proclaim the 

lerits of good books and good movies." 

cited the current mn of "Lilies of 

tie Field" as a picture that should "play to 

tanding room only." 

The News' report of the teenagers' deland 

for protection brought a strong pro- 

?st from education through Denny Larke, 

former teacher: "What is needed is an 

'nproved faculty for distinguishing mere 

.rash and true art. Such an ability would 

lim-nate any need for even the slightest 

egree of censorship of our entertainment 

ledia. 

"It was equally dismaying that the 

;enagers seemed to equate 'sin' with sex. 

\ndently no objection was raised to the 

idism and masochism so rife in many 

lovies and TV programs. As most psynologists 

would agree, this is a far more 

3rnicious moral hazard than sex per se . . . 

"Also lamentable is the singular dis- 

-'gard for the merit of many of the forign 

'art' films being shown locally. It 

lould appear that our teachers are either 

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udents to attend these attractions." 

CHICAGO 

Jl^ctivity on FUmrow came to a standstill 

with the shocking report that President 

Kennedy had been assassinated. David 

Wallerstein, president of Balaban & Katz, 

issued orders that the 28 circuit houses 

remain closed until 6 p.m. Monday. The 

Woods and Loop, and many other houses 

followed suit. 

The Little City Service League, affiliated 

with Little City at Palatine, sponsored a 

benefit premiere at the Woods Theatre 

of "Take Her, She's Mine" . Oriental 

won on a bid for the first showing 

in this area of "The Prize." It will open 

early in January . . . Frank L. Ward, motion 

picture advertising manager for the 

Chicago American, died. Surviving are the 

wife Eva, a sister Mae Stall, and brothers 

Edward. Joseph, William and Emmett. 

Carol Lynley and Ossie Davis, stars of 

"The Cardinal," are due here soon on a 

promotion trip for the opening at the 

Woods Christmas Day ... Sol Gordon. 

20th-Fox, hosted a screening of "Move 

Over, Darling' at the Carnegie Theatre 

Donahue heard good news during 

his visit in Chicago. He learned he has 

a best-spinner, his WB recording of "Live 

Young," and his new picture, "Palm 

Springs Weekend," is opening in fine fashion. 

It premiered at the Chicago on 

Thanksgiving Day . 

publicist 

Phil Brockstein was ready to announce 

a winner in the contest for "The Wheeler 

Dealers," a top grosser at the Roosevelt. 

"Tom Jones" was screened at the Michael 

Todd theatre on the 27th for exhibitors 

and the press folk . . Jonas Rosenfield 

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attended a special screening of "Move 

Over, Darling" at the Carnegie, and later 

headed 20th-Fox staff discussions on the 

merchandising of this and other product. 

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number of outlying houses . Warner 

jr. was here for the premiere of "The 

Doors Closed," a 30-minute film he and 

Paul Kresh produced at Paramount for 

the Union of America Hebrew Congregations 

. . . The Surf has booked two prize 

winners from the Cannes Film Festival, 

"Summershin" and "Hand in the Trap" . 

Albert Schwind. a former member of Local 

110, died. 

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& Gordon Sky-Vue Drive-In has closed 

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CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, ILL.—Manager 

)hn Russell of the Rialto Theatre will 

we as chairman of the Champaign 

tiamber of Commerce annual meeting 

?bruary 19. Russell was appointed to the 

)st by the CofC board of directors. 

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COLLEGE 

IS BUSINESS' 

BEST 

FRIEND 

Business employs almost half of 

the product of colleges—the college 

graduate. Business management is 

largely composed of college graduates. 

Business concerns benefit extensively 

from the research colleges 

engage in. Business owes college a 

great debt. 

Higher education is facing during the 

next decade greatly enlarged student 

enrollments, the problems of an explosion 

of knowledge, and the need 

to meet ever growing demands for 

ever better educated men and women. 

These problems involve vastly increased 

costs which cannot be met 

out of present income. 

The operating cost of higher education 

today is over four and a half 

billion dollars a year and will at least 

double in this decade. 

Business and industry, as major beneficiaries 

of American higher education, 

must recognize a responsibility 

to contribute their fair share. 

American business corporations produce 

much of the nation's wealth. 

They have enormous power for good. 

We believe they can exercise it in a 

meaningful way— as many do now — 

by providing voluntary support for 

colleges and universities of their 

choice. 

A STATEMENT 

We believe that, in the light of the present 

urgency, now is the time for a broader and 

deeper participation by the business community 

in the support of higher education. 

We therefore call upon our colleagues in 

American business and industry to help 

spread the base of voluntary support of 

higher education as a necessary supplement 

to the exteyisive support which busi- 

KENNETH H. KLIPSTEIN, 

American Cyanamid Co. 

JOSEPH A. GRAZIER, 

American Radiator & Standard 

Sanitary Corporation 

HARMON S. EBERHARD, 

Caterpillar Tractor Co. 

HAROLD H. HELM, 

Cftemical Bank New York 

Trust Company 

FRANK O. H. WILLIAMS, 

Connecticut General Life 

Insurance Company 

JERRY McAFEE, 

Gulf Oil Corporatior. 

GEORGE S. DIVELY, 

Harris-Inlertype Corporation 

OF CONVICTION 

JAMES C. DONNELL II, 

Marathon Oil Company 

STUART T. SAUNDERS, 

Norfolk & Western Railway Co. 

STANLEY DE J. OSBORNE, 

Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp. 

H. GERSHINOWITZ, 

Sltell Development Company 

Shell Oil Company 

ness now provides to education through 

taxes. 

We urge responsible management to think 

through its opportunity and its obligation 

to adopt meaningful programs of voluntary 

corporate support to those colleges and 

universities whose service and quality they 

wish to encourage and nurture. We on our 

part will do no less. 

ALFRED S. GLOSSBRENNER, 

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. 

•JAMES B. BLACK, 

Pax:ilic Gas & Electric Co. 

•IRVING S. OLDS, 

Former Chairman of the Board 

U. S. Steel Corp. 

•FRANK W. ABRAMS, 

Former Chairman of the Board 

Standard Oil Co. (.N. J.) 

These conclusions, and the following 

statement of conviction, were 

outcomes of a recent conference of 

business leaders sponsored in New 

York by the Council for Financial 

Aid to Education, Inc. 

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Pruniski Dies 

NORTH LITTLE ROCK. ARK. — Max 

Pruniski. 80, president and general manager 

of North Little 

Rock Theatres, died 

at a Little Rock hospital 

Monday, November 

18. His circuit 

owned the Rialto, 

Park and Broadway 

Drive-In theatres. 

Pruniski, at the 

age of 12, came to 

Arkansas with his 

parents direct from 

Posen, Poland, in 1895. 

His first experience 

Modernization Scheduled 

For Siloam Springs Spot 

SILOAM SPRINGS, ARK.—A modernization 

program will be started soon at 

the Spot Theatre by Dale Smith, who has 

leased the theatre from its owner, E. V. 

Eagan. Smith took over active operation of 

the Spot November 30 from Eagan, the 

latter announcing his retirement from exhibition. 

He had been a theatreman for 

15 years. 

Smith has operated the local Movie 

Park Drive-In seven of the 11 years it 

has been in existence. He has closed the 

drive-in for the winter but announced 

that it would resume its program in the 

spring. He will manage both the Spot and 

Movie Park next spring. 

Smith, who closed the Spot at once 

when his lease became effective, said that 

the modernization there will include installation 

of new equipment. 

Richard Chamberlain plays his first 

motion picture starring role in MGM's 

"TwUight of Honor." 

JACKSONVILLE 

yyoody Woodard, Warner Bros, publicist, 

left here for a visit to Florida State 

Theatres' Weeki Wachee Spring entertainment 

complex in order to survey it as a 

possible site for location shots during the 

coming production of "The Incredible Mr. 

Limpet" 

. Ungerfeld, Universal exploiteer 

from New 'Vork, came in for conferences 

with Sheldon Mandell, co-owner 

of the suburban Five Points Theatre, concenring 

an advance promotional campaign 

for "Charade," which has been booked into 

the Five Points for the Christmas season. 

Clem Ferry, MGM executive from the New 

York home office, arrived here to discuss 

the company's art-house product with Bob 

Capps. MGM manager for Florida, soon 

after Bob returned from an MGM sales 

gathering on the west coast . . . Walter 

Anson has closed the Mai-tin Theatre, 

Max Pruniski in operating a motion 

pictui'e theatre was gained in 1916, when 

he and the late Louis Rosenbaum opened 

the Pi-incess Theatre, 212 Main St. Pru- Wildwood. which he operated for owner 

opened the Strand and the Rialto Harlow Land of Mayo . recent 

1930 and the Park in 1941. The Rialto closing was that of Ralph Weir's Regent 

the first theatre built in Arkansas Theatre at Crystal River. His Chiefland 

expressly for the showing of motion pictures. 

Theatre at Chiefland has remained open. 

M. S. McCord, M. A. Lightman and Many local indoor theatres cut back their 

Pruniski, according to the Arkansas Gazette, 

usual boxoffice opening times from morning 

formed Malco Theatres in 1921 and or noon hours to after 2 p.m Monday, No- 

became vice-president of the corporation. 

vember 25, so their employes and patrons 

Malco operated 85 theatres in would be free to mourn the loss of om' 

foui- states until 1952, when Pruniski and gallant President John F. Kennedy during 

McCord withdrew from the firm and organized 

the time of his funeral services. 

United Theatres. 

Pi-uniski was cited by the U.S. Treasury Hundreds of theatre patrons felt 

for his work in the state war bond program 

in World War 11. He served in high 

thoroughly frustrated the night of Satm-- 

day, November 23, when they were told by 

offices with many city and state civic organizations 

and was prominent in 

the cashiers, doormen and managers of 

two 

lodge 

first-run theatres that all seats had 

chmxh activities. For many years he 

been sold out. Many of them went first 

furnished films, equipment to 

and operators 

the Five Pomts to see "Under the Yum 

for free movies at St. Joseph Orphanage, 

Yum Tree" and then hurried across town 

the Methodist Children's Home 

to and Hospital 

and also furnished free 

see a sneak previewing of "Man's Favorite 

Sport" 

films for 

at the 

the 

Center. Others went first to 

North Little Rock Boys Club. 

the Center and then to the Five Points to 

Survivors include 

receive their 

thi-ee daughters—Mrs. 

double setbacks. 

Thomas Morrissey, North Little Rock; Mrs. 

Excellent Thanksgiving screen fare 

Ed Wilkins and Mrs. 

was 

C. P. Blake, both of 

served to patrons of local first-run houses 

Little Rock. A sister, Mrs, Helen A. Bauer 

after turkey dimiers were out of the way 

of North Little Rock, and seven grandchildren 

also sui'vive. 

... All but one of the theatres had lightweight 

comedy attractions, including "Mc- 

Lintock!" at the big Florida, "The 'Wheeler 

Dealers" at the Center, "Under the Yum 

Yuni Tree" at the Five Points, "Fun at 

Acapulco" at the reopened Town and 

CountiT ' which had been closed for a week 

during redecorating) and a French film 

based upon La Fontaine's naughty tales, 

"Three Fables of Love," at the San Marco 

Art Theatre . downtown Imperial 

kept to its action policy with a progiam of 

"Cry of Battle" and "War Is Hell." 

Filmrow visitors included Eddie Stern, 

film buyer for Wometco Enterprises, 

Miami; Benny Leviton, Capitol, Homerville, 

Ga., and John Norman. Lakeland, 

Lakeland . A. "Bill" McClui-e, Universal 

manager, and Ed Bledsoe, Universal 

salesman, were back from a sales trip into 

the Miami territory . . . Bill Sobel, who operated 

the Delray Drive-In. Delray, and 

the Boulevard Drive-In, West Palm Beach, 

died at his home on November 20. 

When the number of polio cases in Duval 

County (Jacksonville! approached the proportions 

of a minor epidemic, the medical 

profession prepared a half-million doses 

of oral vaccine to be administered without 

cost at all county elementary schools the 

afternoon of Sunday. November 24. The 

WOMPI group here was the firsu organization 

to volunteer its services in the 

humanitarian work of getting the vaccine 

to the public, it was learned from medical 

authorities. WOMPI members worked 

througnout the afternoon at 25 strategic 

schools . as new WOMPI 

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Motion Picture Chanty Club were Rex 

Grimm, Warner Bros., and Mrs. Ray Poland 

who was Peggy Bennett until her marriage 

on November 17), Craddock Films. 

Special honors were being prepared for 

WOMPIs with birthdays in December. They 

include Doris Posten, Edna Edwards, 

Mamie Newman, Velma Register and Kitty 

Dowell . 

of Filmrow's favorite workers, 

who has undergone years of expensive 

medical treatment, received with heartfelt 

gratitude a $100 check from WOMPI to 

apply against his medical expenses . 

Five local radio stations and both dally 

newspapers publicize WOMPI meetings 

and special events ... A WOMPI Christmas 

party for residents of the All Saints 

Catholic Home for the Aged has been 

scheduled for the afternoon of December 

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All in-town theatres in New Orleans 

were closed Monday until 6 p.m. in 

mourning: for our late President John 

Kennedy. 

fl'harles Varnado, sales manager for Warners 

at Boston, will return to the local 

exchange, which he left a few years ago, as 

salesman to succeed Eddie Fitzgerald, promoted 

to Atlanta as manager. Fitzgerald 

came here from Dallas nine years ago . . . 

R. T. Allen, who opened the new 67 Drivein 

at Texarkana several months ago, is 

suspending operation briefly to resurface 

the ground area 

for 

. . . F. F. Goodrow 

Memphis after Thanksgiving to 

left 

select 

a representative there to handle Astor 

product, distribution of which Goodrow 

recently acquired for the New Orleans- 

Memphis area. 

Mel Gadel. Hodges Theatre Supply manager, 

was home on a two-week vacation 

... A fine crowd tui-ned out for the WOMPI 

benefit party held Friday night at the 

Variety clubrooms, although there was a 

substantial downpour. There were oodles of 

fun and elegant and useful prizes, including 

a big fat turkey donated by WOMPI 

president Marie Berglund. All proceeds went 

into the fund for the WOMPI charities, including 

the annual Christmas party for 

children from the Florida avenue housing 

project, held at the neighborhood Famous 

Theatre . . . On Wednesday evening 

November 20), the B57 exchange employes 

local held its election meeting at the Variety 

Club. Later, the WOMPI dinner was 

held at Kolb's, after which there was a 

sneak of "Man's Favorite Sport" at the 

Joy Theatre. 

"The Cardinal" is not a Catholic picture; 

it carries no message. Otto Pi-eminger told 

interviewers following a special preview of 

his film at the RKO Orpheum Theatre for 

an invited audience which included clergymen 

of all faiths. The film will open in 

February. Roger Caras and Bob Lotita of 

Columbia and Harry Weiss of RKO Theatres 

were among the viewers. 

Two New Orleans WOMPI selected by 

Mary Heueisen, Kansas City, president of 

the Women of the Motion Picture Industry 

International Ass'n. to serve in special capacities 

on her staff of committee chairmen 

are Audrey Hall, Paramount Gulf 

Theatres, historian and Gene Barnette, 

Delta Theatres, executive secretary, chairman 

of the bylaws committee. Helen Bila, 

secretary to Kermit Carr, president of 

Paramount Gulf Theatres, was named to 

serve on the industry service committee 

Estes succeeds the late Rubin 

DeGruy as manager of Strand Amusement 

Co., Laui-el, Miss. Estes has been with S. T. 

Taylor, owner of the company, which now 

operates the Strand and Arabian, since 

1933 and during the past years was assistant 

to DeGruy. 

Sympathy to Joe Moll and family on the 

recent death of Moll's father, Joseph Ceverme 

Moll, 80 years old. The younger Moll 

is office manager of National Screen Service 

office . . . Sympathy to John Adolph 

sr. and family on the death of wife and 

mother Anna Lee iLoncon) Schaffer, who 

suffered many years with arthritis. Schaffer 

sr., now semi-retired, owned and operated 

the Schaffer Film Delivery Service 

for more than a half century. The business 

now handled by the Schaffer's only son 

is 

John A. jr. Other survivors besides the 

husband and son are three daughters, Mrs. 

O. J. Bordelon of New Orleans, Mrs. P. J. 

Eichorn of Memphis and Mrs. D. B. Erminger 

of Hot Springs. 

Exhibitors from out of town making the 

round of film exchanges, buying and booking 

offices are still small in number. Among 

those seen around were M. A. Connett, 

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ton. Miss.; Claude Bourgeois, the old reg 

ular from Biloxi; Mr. and Mrs. Neal Robin 

son of Crestview and Valparaiso, Pla.; Jo 

Barcelona, Regina, Baton Rouge; Phillii 

Salles, Covington; Frank Pasqua, Gonzales 

Mr. and Mrs. Preacher Crossley and M; 

and Mrs. Clifford Estes, Laui-el, Miss., an 

Herb Hargroder, Hattiesburg. 

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Jîchard A. Smith, president of Genera 

Drive-In Corp., Boston, headed horo 

office officials attending the formal open 

ing of the $1,000,000 Cinema I and II here 

Others from Boston home offices: Melvii 

R. Wintman, General Drive-In vice-presl; 

dent; Howard Si>eiss, general manager, 

and Samuel Seletsky, film buying departi li»!>" 

ment head. R. N. Daughter, southern disj 

trict manager, Tampa; circuit theatre man) tn" 

agers Harold Lewis, Tampa, and Jacj iPli 

Haggerty, Port Lauderdale, also attende(j M 

Industrymen attending the double theatr, ftfer 

opening were Harry Pm-se, representini Mi 

Capitol Motion Picture Equipment Co i(li 

New York, which installed the equipment 

and Bob Biben, Camden, N.J., representini 

Radio Corporation of America, which in 

stalled the sound equipment. 

Joe Mitchell, owner of Joe's Drive-Iii tf. 

Salisbury, has been hospitalized in Rowai 

Memorial Hospital . Helen AnderBiiHar 

son, executive director of the Florence Crlt 

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tenton Home, was the speaker on No 

vember 20 at Delmonico Restaurant. Thj 

groups in charge of the program this mont 

are Warner Bros., Mrs. Thelma Culp, co 

ordinator, 20th Century-Fox and Carolin 

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Welcome to our newest WOMPI membe:( 

Mrs. Doris Dillon, part owner of the Bel! 

mont Drive-In, Belmont 

WOMPI members appointed to interna 

tional committees are : Myrtle Parkej J*' 

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Paramount, revision of by-laws committee 

Viola Wister, Howco, chairman, Wi| 

Rogers Memorial hospital committee, anj 

Irene Monohan, Howco, Will Rogers Hos 

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William HoUiday, Paramount managelHt! ai, 

and salesman Barney Slaughter a1 

tended the opening of Stewart & Everet 

Theatres' newest unit, the Plaza in Lynch 

burg, Va. vacation. Myrtle Park? 

of Paramount spent the week at home witi 

her husband and son Tommy . d. 

vacation from Paramount, Ellis Setz*; 

visited his parents and relatives in Shell? UDel 

Pi-yor spent Thanksgiving weei 

hunting birds near Whiteville 

Neil, Paramount office manager, is to be Ji 

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Mrs. Mildred Hoover, Paramount . . . Susan 

Henderson, a Lenoir-Rhyne freshman, was 

,v!th her parents, R. S. Henderson, Charjotte 

Booking Service, and Mrs. Henderlion 

for the holidays . Long, Columbia, 

went to Columbia, S.C., to help her 

jncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. 

Humphries, celebrate their 50th wedding 

anniversary . 

to Charlie 

Oeonard, Columbia salesman, on the death 

|)f his father-in-law, George Sekowski, 

:iVa!lingford, Conn. 

Visitors on Filmrow included Bob Pinlayon, 

former sales for Columbia Picures. 

now residing in Atlanta, and Bob 

Saxton, who worked many years on Pilmow 

but now is operating the Palmetto 

Theatre, Hampton, S.C. 

WOMPI hosted a November 21 party for 

patients at the Green Acres Rest Home. 

Entertainment was a skit by the Slingshot 

•viountaineers, with Mrs. Hugh Wess as 

'racee and Mrs. Jimmy Hutton as accomjanist. 

Playing the roles of Jethrine. Daisy 

viae and Jethro was Mrs. Lee Pui'r, Mrs. 

Jd Guyer and Mrs. Charles R. Collins. 

vlrs. Mildred Warren, service chaiiinan, 

vas in charge of the program at which 

lifts were given to each patient and rejreshments 

served. 

Seen on Filmrow: Buck Herlong, Saluda; 

5am Bogo, Batesburg, and S. J. Workman, 

Voodruff, all of South Carolina. North 

':;arol;nians with business on the Row inluded 

Harry Cooke, Mount Olive; Mr. and 

.Irs. A'onzo Parrish, Benson; Marion 

Javis. Whiteville; Homer Haynes, Moranton, 

and Jessie Booth, Walnut Cove. 

INB Books '4 for Texas' 

!n Two Houses Dec. 25 

YORK—Warner Bros, will open 

i4 for Texas," produced and directed by 

(lobert Aldrich, starring Frank Sinatra, 

,)ean Martin, Anita Ekberg and Ursula 

^ndress, at the Paramount Theatre and 

|he Trans-Lux 52nd Street Christmas Day, 

i^tecember 25, according to Morey "Razz" 

loldstein, general sales manager. 

makes the third major Warner 

jiros. release scheduled to open New York 

|irst runs in December. The others are: 

lAmerica America," the Elia Kazan film, 

;?hich will open at the Paris Theatre Deiember 

15, and "Act One," the Dore Schary 

iilm, starring George Hamilton as Moss 

tart, which will open at the Trans-Lux 

ast Theatre December 26. 

ire at De Land Athens 

DE LAND, FLA. — Fire resulting from a 

nort in the wiring damaged the Athens 

iheatre marquee recently. The fire was 

i3otted by Pat Atkinson, a newspaper 

irrier, and firemen were able to put out 

ie blaze before it reached the roof of the 

leatre. Damage was estimated at about 

(500. 

MIAMI 

^rs. Lillian Ciaughton, owner of the 

Claughton Theatres of South Florida, 

expected to leave Miami the day after 

Thanksgiving for Jamaica to attend a 

meeting of the Hotel Ass'n. 

Ivan Tors has been in South Florida and 

the Caribbean area looking for locations 

for a feature sequel to the high-grossing, 

made-in-Plorida-waters "Flipper" and apparently 

found what he wanted, for he 

decided to start shooting immediately, before 

the hurricane season officially ended 

and waters adjacent to Florida became too 

calm. Mike Halpin is repeating his role as 

F ipper's pet boy. Chuck Connors won't 

repeat as the father, however, since other 

features and TV series commitments won't 

allow . on the subject of porpoises 

—or dolphins—Shirley Knight has been 

asked to costar with ex-University of 

Miami student Robert Horton in the 

"Mark Dolphin" series scheduled to start 

this week in New York. 

However, all the movie cameras spotted in 

this area aren't those of Tors and company. 

Bahamas 

Selmur Productions is headed for the 

for a "Yellowbird" pilot . . . 

Susan Kohner, cofeatured with Brian Donlevy 

in the live production of "Take Her, 

She's Mine" at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, 

had been expected to attend the 

Acapulco Film Festival—but they had to 

start without her, for she didn't finish here 

until November 24. 

First annual scholarship awards in drama 

and music to be granted by the local 

PROPS group went to three honor students 

at the University of Miami. The 

winners are Valerie Mamches and Diana 

Whyte, Miami Beach, drama students, and 

Dan Sandlin, music student. PROPS' 

scho'arship in music is a full tuition 

scholarship, the only one at the University 

of Miami's School of Music. The five-yearold 

women's organization has donated in 

five years more than $5,000 to the American 

Guild of Variety Artists Foundation 

Home of Monticello, N.Y. 

Jay Kashuk Associates are "coordinating" 

product'on activities for the "Wonders of 

Miami and Miami Beach," a musical short 

which veteran Columbia producer-director 

Harry Foster is to shoot here after the 

first of the year. It will be in color and is 

one of the "Wonders of" series which has 

a" ready touched on Manhattan, Puerto 

Rico, New Orleans and other cities. Benny 

Davis will do the lyrics for the musical 

score. 

Wometco Theatres has been apologizing 

for showing "The Balcony" at the Normandie 

and Parkway, claiming the circuit 

"heeded the demands of a large segment 

of Greater Miamians." Says Herb Kelly, 

of the Miami News, "If that's true, it only 

goes to show that there are a lot of men 

and women who like to watch perversions 

on the screen." And Kelly continues, " 'The 

Balcony' is a terribly wrlten satire but the 

awful thing about it is that Miss Winters, 

Peter Palk and Kent Smith do a marvelous 

job of acting. We found 'Tlie Balcony' just 

a waste of t'me." 

George Bourke of the Miami Herald reports 

tnat Jack Warner jr. saw Miamian 

George Hopkins in "Tell Me in the Sunlight," 

wh ch Steve Cochran produced in 

t;ie Bahamas and grabbed George for a 

role in his "Wild Party." 

Wometco Theatres is conducting an odd 

contest to publicize "The Haunted Palace" 

at various Wometco theatres and drive-ins. 

"Winners" of the contest will be given a 

ride in a hearse to a Dade County 

"haunted" house where the shudder film 

will be screened—in the dark. Losers can 

see it in a nice comfortable air-conditioned 

theatre. 

Early February is target date for opening 

of the new Similand Theatre, now under 

construction by F.orida State Theatres. 

Located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 

1 and SW 12Gth street, it is being constructed 

of concrete, cut keystone, glass 

and marble. The theatre, which will accommodate 

1,000 persons, is the first theatre 

built by Florida State in Dade County 

in 20 years. The architect is Robert E. Collins 

and Robert B. Ehman is contractor. 

The city of Hialeah has filed an injunction 

suit in circuit court to close the Art 

Theatre, 795 Palm Ave., as a public 

nuisance. The suit accuses United Art 

Enterprises of showing "sexy motion pictures 

prejudicial to the health, safety and 

sense of decency or morals of Hialeah 

citizens." 

The Fine Arts Conservatory of Miami, 

which provides opportunities for young 

persons to develop talent in music, art, the 

dance and drama, is expanding its facilities 

to the extent that new quarters are required. 

The goal of the building fund is 

$50,000. One way the organization raised 

a portion of the funds was by sponsorship 

of the southern premiere of "Lilies of the 

Field" at the Parkway Theatre on Coral 

Way. The premiere was Tuesday, November 

26. Star of the film is Sidney Poitier, 

who was born in Miami. The picture won 

the top acting award at the Berlin Film 

Festival. The Tuesday evening premiere 

also featured an art exhibit, music and 

refreshments. 

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President Kennedy's assassination. Church 

services were well attended. Theatremen 

canceled a '49ers party scheduled for Saturday 

night at the Variety Club. The 

Plaza Theatre canceled a midnight show 

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and dance Saturday night. Front Street 

Theatre canceled its performance of "The 

Front Page." 

Mrs. Margaret Irby, Memphis WOMPI. 

was listed in the third edition of Who's 

Who of American Women. Mrs. Irby first 

became acquainted with Filmrow in 1948 

as a biller for Universal. Later she went 

with Paramount and in 1959 went to work 

for Howco where she is now office manager. 

Mrs. Irby is a charter member of Memphis 

WOMPI, a past president, and has 

hold other offices. In 1961-62 she served as 

vice-president of the International Women 

of the Motion Picture Industry Ass'n. She 

was elected as a delegate to the national 

conventions in Atlanta, Memphis and Denver. 

Mrs. Irby is married and has one 

daughter. 

Shades of the 1930s! Vaudeville is making 

a comeback in Memphis. The Rosewood 

Theatre is offering a combined stage and 

film show. Ron Romero, who took over 

the Rosewood some weeks ago, reports he 

has tripled business as a result. As an example, 

here is what he is doing this week: 

on the stage Ray Franklin's 12-piece orchestra, 

with vocalist Mary Martin, performs, 

plus a team of Latin dancers. On 

the screen he has a double-header— "Pollow 

That Dream," with Elvis Presley, and 

"Five Miles to Midnight." 

K. K. King, owner, has closed the Dixie 

Drive-In, Searcy, Ark., for the season . . 

Guy B. Amis, owner, closed the Laco 

Drive-In, Lexington, for the winter . 

Genevieve Lovell has closed her Lake 

Drive-In at Sardis, Miss., imtil spring. 

Corradine to Distribute 

Spectacolor Features 

HOLLYWOOD—Tom J. Corradine & Associates 

has been named by B. R. Schrift, 

president of Spectacular Corp. of America, 

as western representative for the release 

of 30 color features made abroad, according 

to Michael Stroka, vice-president in 

charge of sales. Among the titles 

are Fury 

of Hercules, Samson, Last of the Vikings, 

The Fall of Rome and The Tartar Invasion, 

whose stars include Jeanne Crain, Debra 

Paget, Cameron Mitchell, George Nader, 

Steve Reeves, Brett Halsey, Edmund Purdom, 

Ricardo Montalban, Sarita Monteil, 

Yoko Tani and Taina Elg. 

The group already has been sold in Los 

Angeles and a number of other cities, 

Stroka states. 

Gem at Quitman Bought 

By R. L. Lowe, Houston 

QUITMAN, TEX,—R. L. Lowe, who has 

been operating a theatre in South Houston, 

has purchased the Gem here from Theo 

Miller, who closed the house about five 

years ago due to ill health after operating 

it about 15 years. Miller had been in film 

exhibition 46 years. 

Lowe planned to move here with his wife, 

a 9-year-old son and his mother. He has 

been in the theatre business 36 years, the 

last 13 in South Houston. He will reopen 

the Gem after renovation. 

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Solid in Memphis 

MEMPHIS—Two first runs did twU 

average, one of them a little better, bvuj 

ness during the week. "McLintock! 

introduced to Memphis theatregoers an 

came up with a 210 per cent for its initii 

week. "The Haunted Palace" did twi( 

average at the Palace Theatre. 

(Average is 100) 

Crosstown Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 2lst wk 1( 

Guild Lord of the Flies (Cont'l) li 

Molco—Mary, Mory (WB), 3rd wk 

Palace—The Haunted Palace (AlP) 2i 

Plozo The Incredible Journey (BV); Sleepy 

Hollow (BV), 2nd wk i; 

State Summer Holiday (AlP) 1( 

Strand—McLintock! (UA) [2" 

Warner—Twilight of Honor (MGM), 3rd wk •s'W 

De Soto Melba Reopened 

By Wehrenberg Circuit 

DE SOTO, MO.—Motion picture enteij 

tainment has returned to Main strei 

with the grand opening of the Melba Th( 

atre under ownership of the Wehrenbei 

circuit of St. Louis. Formerly known r 

the Collins Theatre, the Melba was renci 

vated throughout during the summer an 

early fall. 

In addition to being redecorated, tlr: 

Melba has new heating and air condition 

ing equipment, the screen is improve^ 

space has been added between rows of seal 

and new cai'peting installed. 

Managing the updated Melba is RonaS 

Krueger, president of the Wehrenberg ciii 

cuit, who has instituted a full-week policj 

with continuous showings on Sundays, llf 

Melba, then the Collins, and the local SkS 

Vue Drive-In were purchased by the cU 

cuit early last June, the transaction beiil 

conducted by the late Paul Krueger, fathj 

of the present manager. The Sky-Vue hij 

been closed until next spring. I 

The old Pasadena railroad station, wheil 

for years Hollywood's most glamorous sta; 

arrived amid ballyhoo, is back in busineJ 

again for a nostalgic sequence in Embassy] 

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exchange . . . February has been announced 

as the new date for the start of filming 

of "The Confessor" in the Houston area. 

The film is to be directed by John Prankenheimer 

and will star Tony Curtis and 

Henry Fonda ... A "McNificent" chest full 

of Judy Lee jewels awaits the 100,000th 

patron to the Majestic who will be given 

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ing of "McLintock " . . . The King Center 

Drive-In each Saturday and Sunday is 

sponsoring huge garage sales from 8 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. 

The Caberet Cinema, which is now showing 

full length motion pictures five times 

daily with three matinee showings and two 

evening showings announces through its 

lewspaper ads that patrons can "drink 

ind smoke and watch a movie." 

Theatre Closed Two Years 

Reopens in Carmen, Okla. 

CARMEN, OKLA.—The Rialto 

Theatre, 

:losed for the last two years, has been re- 

)pened by Dr. Leon Payne of Helena. Payne 

nuchased the equipment from Floyd 

Strate. 

The Rialto Is being operated on a policy 

)f foui- nights a week, Friday through 

Monday. Reopening of the theatre was 

oraised by the Carmen Headlight as a 

I'convenience for those who have been unible 

to go elsewhere to see a movie" durns 

the last two years. 

Larry Lahman is in charge of the booth 

It the reopened theatre. 

Sed Leathers of Palace 

hi Paducah, Tex., Dies 

OKLAHOMA CITY—H. B. "Red" Leathis, 

Palace Theatre, Paducah, Tex., died 

ecsntly. Funeral services were held in 

on Monday, November 25. 

N. R. Petty in Charge 

WAGONER, OKLA.—W. R. Petty of 

I'onkawa has taken over the Cozy Theatre 

nd Cherokee Drive-In, with the Cozy beng 

returned to a fulltime policy. The new 

^dmission prices are 50 cents for adults 

md 25 cents for children. 

3olden Atlas to Cesare Danova 

rom Western Edition 

HOLLYWOOD — Cesare Danova has 

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AMARILLO—Jack Ruby i 

who slew the 

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suspected assassin of President 

Kennedy in Dallas Sunday morning 

'24), as millions of television viewers 

watched, was a theatre owner in Dallas 

for a short time. 

For a few weeks in 1953 Ruby operated 

the Ervay Theatre in the 1700-block of 

the street bearing that name, approximately 

one mile south of downtown Dallas. At 

this time. Ruby also operated a westernstyle 

nightclub three doors away from the 

theatre, the Silver Spur, which he had 

purchased a short time following his arrival 

in Dallas from Chicago in 1948. 

Earl Moseley, projectionist at the Ervay 

Theatre from mid-June 1948, about the 

time Ruby acquired the Silver Spur, until 

October 1952, recalled that the theatre 

staffers liked the nightclub man. Moseley 

now lives here. 

SAW RUBY FREQUENTLY 

Hardly a day passed during these more 

than four years that he or another theatre 

employe did not meet the man now 

charged with murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, 

Moseley said. 

"We all called him Jack. He always was 

extremely friendly, one who could be classified 

a Good Time Charley off the job and 

a P. T. Barnum-type showman and promoter. 

He opened the Silver Spur to the 

theatre workers without cover charge and 

set up drinks and entertainment on the 

house." 

Moseley, who doesn't drink, made only 

two or three visits to the nightclub during 

show hours, but during the summer 

stopped there almost every day at Ruby's 

insistence that he pack his thermos jug 

with ice from the Silver Spur's refrigerator. 

On at least one occasion Ruby himself 

made a delivery to the projection room of 

Moseley's nightly order of a hamburger 

and milk shake from the drugstore between 

the theatre and club. 

NEVER CARRIED GUN 

"Everyone got along with Jack," Moseley 

remembered. "He spoke with a lisp, 

but loudly and quickly. He never smoked 

or drank, and did not carry a gun on his 

person, to my knowledge. This was unusual, 

in that the locations of the club and the 

theatre were in a part of Dallas that had 

long experienced a bad reputation as a 

breeding place for criminals. However, I 

can't recall a time he was ever robbed 

or hurt. 

"Ruby seldom talked about Chicago, nor 

did he ever take any strong stand on politics 

during this time. He was for Truman 

as president while he was in office, and 

later for Eisenhower after his election. He 

appeared to be for the man who was currently 

in office. And he seemed to know 

all the local police force personally even 

then." 

Later, after Ruby opened his Vegas Club 

across town in Oak Lawn, Moseley had 

stopped there, only to speak to him again 

about memories on Ervay street. "He was 

the same jovial person I had known before. 

The time was perhaps late in 1957 

then and I hadn't seen him in four years. 

I talked to him some ten minutes then and 

that is the last time I've seen him." 

Moseley could offer no reasonable explanation 

for Ruby's actions only to say 

that he might have built himself into a 

frenzy because he had appeared to him 

to have been that type of person. His actions 

at the Silver Spur, when a customer 

was causing him trouble, could attest to 

this. He could be happy one moment and 

suddenly become angry enough to toss 

them out on their ear! 

Moseley was born in Dallas and lived 

there 25 years until he moved away not 

too long ago. He grew up in Oak Cliff a 

few blocks from the Texas Theatre, where 

Oswald was captured. 

"I don't think anyone has given the 

Texas Theatre employes here proper credit 

for speeding up the capture of the assassin 

suspect," Moseley said. "After all, they 

are the ones who became suspicious as 

they watched him constantly change 

seats—the unpardonable sin inside any 

theatre. They knew immediately something 

was wrong." 

ALSO WORKED AT TEXAS 

Moseley worked as usher in the Texas 

Theatre in 1942 and "stamped and sold 

a pot of popcorn bags there." His uncle. 

Lawrence Barron, now projectionist at Interstate's 

Lakewood in Dallas, was in the 

projection room at the Texas in 1945, and 

later from 1950-56. Moseley had worked in 

the projection room there himself occasionally, 

the last shift in February 1953. 

"Some news reports have mistakenly 

given the impression the Texas is a small 

theatre. This is not so. It seats 1,737 

people and is the largest suburban theatre 

in Dallas. Located in the 200 block of 

West Jefferson (the main street of Oak 

Cliff) it is currently the only theatre west 

of the Trinity that has a daily matinee. 

It was opened during the depression in 

1931 by C. R. "Uncle Mack" McHenry but 

has long been the key Dallas theatre of 

the Rowley United circuit." 

The assassin suspect was reportedly 

seen discarding his jacket and reloading 

his revolver near a funeral home in the 

300 block of East Jefferson. This site is 

but three blocks from the old Cliff Queen 

Theatre, where Moseley worked as projectionist 

prior to the Ervay Theatre. 

Special Award to 'Charade' 

From Western Edition 

HOLLYWOOD—Universal's Stanley Donen 

production of "Charade," starring Gary 

Grant and Audrey Hepburn, has been given 

a special Award of Merit by Parents' Magazine. 

The award will be featured in the 

December issue of the magazine. 

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Hotel in St. Louis. He died of hemorrhaging 

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with his daughter Sarah Lee and then attend 

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'Incredible Mr. Limpet' 

To Premiere Under Water 

From Southeast Edition 

MIAMI—The collaboration of Florida 

author Ted Pratt, who wrote a story 

about a man who could live like a fish; 

Warner Bros, who proved with Vitaphone 

talkies that they'd try anything once, and 

of Florida State Theatres' Weeki Wachee 

Springs, where they have no use for "dry" 

humor, is about to give the Sunshine State 

something new—a "Dive-In" movie theatre 

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Warners is taking over the Weeki 

Wachee complex north of Tampa on the 

Gulf Coast for January 18. The movie 

version of Pratt's "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" 

will be premiered then for 200 members 

of the international press who will 

be seated 18 feet under the surface of the 

water. 

They'll stay bone dry, however, inasmuch 

as only the screen will be under water—the 

viewers will be safely ensconced in the exhibit's 

500-seat, water-tight auditorium 

from which the underwater "live" show 

staged by Miamians Jack and Marilyn 

Nagles is regularly presented. 

The film projects will be in the same 

water tight area and will project through 

the two-and-one-half inch plexiglas and 

25 feet of water. 

Warner Bros, national publicity director 

Joe Hyams and Woody Woodard, Warners 

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development plans for a one million 

dollar La Habra Shoppers Square approved 

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recently by the city planning commission. 

The shopping center will be at the southcast 

corner of Euclid avenue and Imperial 

h'ghway. The plans were submitted to the 

planning commission by Howard Palmer, 

Beverly Hills builder. 

The center also will have a $500,000 ice! 

arena, outdoor cafe, market and retailj 

stores. The ice rink, to be known as the] 

Penguin Ice Palace, will be 44,000 squarej 

feet with an ice skating surface of 22,0001 

square feet. 

SAN ANTONIO 

pollowing the word that President Ken-] 

nedy had been shot in Dallas, admis-l 

sions to theatres stopped completely ancJl 

shortly afterwards most theatres in thej 

city closed when word came that the Presl-ij 

dent had died . Santikos of thd 

Olmos had the foyer of the theatre com-i 

pletely retiled. An additional soft drink 

bar has also been installed in addition tci 

the one in the concessions stand to taka 

care of the overflow crowds ... A new 

air conditioning unit was put into the cel^ 

lar of the Majestic Theatre building down^ 

town through a huge hole in the sidewalkji 

In a tiein with the showing of "Thfi 

Wheeler Dealers" at the Broadway The-] 

atre, the KONO-Copter will drop 10(| 

tickets at the Wonderland Shopping Cen-j 

ter parking lot. The tiein is with the Sari 

Antonio Auto Dealer Ass'n show . . . /] 

trip for two to Acapulco by Astrojet is jusi 

one of the prizes to be won in the San AnJ 

tonio Express and the Cinema Art The 

atres' Pun in Acapulco contest. All that i: 

required is a 25-word essay telling "Wh:| 

I would like to have fun in Acapulco." Thl 

contest winner will receive a vacation fo 

two, including one night in Mexico Citjl 

In addition, 20 more prizes of two ticket, 

each will be awarded. 

1900 Projector, 22 Reels 

Of Old Film to Museum 


HOLLYWOOD—First film projector 

be used in a Los Angeles theatre has beeil 

acquired by the Hollywood Museum. Thl 

Pathe projector, vintage 1900, was 

in Talley's Movie Theatre, first house ii 

this area designed for exclusive showir 

of motion pictui-es. Along with the projec 

tor, discovered by museum consultar 

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last in 'NEW Interns' 

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Wells, red-haired 

vliss Nevada in the 1960 Miss America 

iiageant, has been signed by producer 

{obert Cohn and director John Rich to 

make her screen bow in "The NEW Interns," 

iiow before the cameras here, for Columbia 

elease. 

Boehm will write the screenplay 

if "Sylvia," which Martin Poll will produce 

or his Marpol Productions for Paramount 

i -elease. The shooting is scheduled for next 

ummer with Carroll Baker in the starring 

ole. The script will be adapted from the 

lovel by E. V. Cunningham. 

Martin Ransohoff has ignored the warnngs 

of code administrator Geoffrey Shur- 

Dck regarding some total nudity scenes 

( 1.1 "The Americanization of Emily" now 

1 jlming, for MGM. The controversy is over 

.our scenes which Shm-lock claims the 

ules of the code do not permit, stressing 

hat he pointed this out to Ransohoff in 

cript discussions prior to start of the film, 

;ut will reserve final judgment until comlletion 

of picture. Ransohoff admits he 

lanticipates code seal problems." 

Ford's six-foot, two-inch son Peter, 

! ; Santa Monica City College student, has 

jeen signed for his first role in films, with 

jis father and Geraldine Page in "The 

i i)ut-of-Towners." the Martin Manulis proluction 

Delbert Mann is directing at Warier 

Bros. 

Hellman, president of Pan Arts 

|;o., which just filmed "The World of Henry 

i)rient" in New York for UA release, anounced 

that teenagers Tippy Walker and 

lerrie Spaeth, who have starring roles in 

le film with Peter Sellers, have been 

igned to five-year nonexclusive contracts 

1th Pan Arts. 

Cliff Robertson went to New York to con- 

?r with several dramatists regarding his 

lojected "The Two Worlds of Charlie 

iordon." 

;).K. Bourgeois' Daughter 

;Iigh in Scholarship Race 

Bourgeois, 17-year-old 

laughter of O. K. Bom-geois, a partner in 

|.stor Pictures here, was one of 11 Highind 

Park High School seniors who placed 

1 the semifinals of the National Merit 

cholarships competition. 

Yvette is an All State Youth Orchestra 

iolist and president of the Latin Club. 

he took the merit test last March. She 

ow competes with some 13.000 high 

phool seniors through the country for 

scholarship to the college of her 

Ihoice. 

Bourgeois, the proud father, started in 

;ie film business in 1911, worked for Her- 

|ian Fichentenberg in the Dixie Film Co. 

t New Orleans. 

Willard Kamminer Buys 

Carthage, Miss., Fox 

From Southeast Edition 

CARTHAGE. MISS.—The Pox Theatre 

here has changed hands, the former owner, 

M. A. Connett of Newton, selling to Willard 

Kamminer of Jackson. Kamminer immediately 

started renovations and will continue 

until his new property Is completely 

remodeled. The theatre will stay open during 

the course of updating. 

Kamminer also announced that Mr. and 

Mrs. H. C. Kemp will continue to operate 

the theatre for him as they had for Connett. 

EL PASO 

^losed on account of the death of our 

President. That was the reading posted 

on the boxoffices of indoor and drive-in 

theatres after word of the assassination in 

Dallas was received here. This writer recalls 

a message which he treasures, received 

from the White House after the 

last election. It was penned April 3. 1961. 

in answer to a note written just after the 

inauguration expressing satisfaction in 

Kennedy becoming the 35th President. It 

reads 

"Thank you sincerely for your inspiring 

message. In the days ahead I shall find 

strength in the knowledge that the citizens 

of our Nation are remembering me in 

prayer. I am deeply grateful for your support. 

Mrs. Kennedy joins me in extending 

greetings to you." 

(Signed) John P. Kennedy 

OKLAHOMA C/TY 

Cam Brunk, executive secretary of the 

United Theatre Owners of Oklahoma 

and the Panhandle of Texas. Screen Guild 

salesman and correspondent for BoxoFncE, 

has no column of Oklahoma Industry news 

this week. He explains: 

I am so bewildered and emotionally 

upset after seeing and hearing ion television) 

of the sad events that have 

happened since Friday noon that I 

am unable to collect my thoughts . . . 

my eyes are so blurred that I can 

hardly see the keys on the typewriter. 

on Sunday following the slaying 

of President Kennedy in Dallas.) 

Campaign Passes Million 


HOLLYWOOD— In the first month, the 

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totaled $1,021,726. said G. Stulberg. 

chairman. Since October 9. 1.628 

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added to the $840,000 pledged by industry 

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'Yum Yum' High 200 

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MINNEAPOLIS— "Under the Yum Yum 

Tree" took off in its first week of what 

promises to become a sensational run at 

the State Theatre, topping all competition 

with a glorious 200 per cent return. 

Boxoffice champs of previous weeks, "How 

the West Was Won" and "The Incredible 

Joui-ney," remained more than satisfying 

at 185 and 175 respectively at the Cooper 

and Gopher houses. "McLintock!" debuted 

nicely with 130 at the Orpheum, while 

"Take Her, She's Mine" and "The Wheeler 

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Dealers to rack up fat returns 

with percentages of 125 apiece. 

(Average Is 100) 

Academy— Mory, Mory (WB), moveover, 3rd wk. . . 90 

Century Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 22nd wk 90 

Cooper—How the West Was Won (MGM- 

Cinerama), 37th wk 185 

Gopher The Incredible Journey (BV), 3rd wk 175 

Lyric—X (AlP) 90 

Monn Toke Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox), 2nd wk. . . 1 25 

Orpheum McLintock! (UA) 130 

St. Louis Park The Conjugal Bed (Embassy), 

2nd wk 90 

Stote— Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col) 200 

Suburbon World Lord ot the Flies (Cont'l), 6th wk. 100 

World—The Wheeler Dealers (MGM), 2nd wk 1 25 

"Under the Yum Yum Tree' 

Sparkling 195 in Omaha 

OMAHA—The Orpheum Theatre nearly 

doubled average gross the opening week of 

"Under the Yum Yum Tree" and indica- 

tions pointed — to a strong second week. Two 

"Mary, Mary" in its third week 

was moved from the Orpheum to the 

1 and "Fantasia" in its fourth 

and final week at the Cooper—barely dipped 

below average. 

Admiral Stolen Hours (UA); Love Is a Ball (UA)..105 

Cooper Fantasia (BV), reissue, 4th wk 95 

How the West Was Won (MGM- 

Indian Hills 

25th wk 175 

Mary (WB), 3rd wk 95 

Orpheum Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col) 195 

Stote—Twilight of Honor (MGM) 90 

New John Wayne Starrer 

175 in Milwaukee Debut 

MILWAUKEE— "Fantasia," in its second 

at the Times Theatre, headed the list 

best grossers for the week. In second 

place was "McLintock!" at the Palace and 

Mayfair houses, and "Mary, Mary," in its 

week at the Warner. 

Downer Heavens Above (Janus), 2nd wk 120 

Mayfair, Palace McLintock! (UA) 175 

Riverside 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (BV), 

reissue, 3rd wk 100 

Strand— 

) Cleopatra (20fh-Fox), 20th wk 150 

Times—Fantasia (BV), reissue, 2nd wk 225 

Tower, Oriental Greenwich 

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Village Story (Shawn) 150 

New Kind of Love (Pora), 2nd wk 100 

.\ Warner—Mary, Mory (WB), 3rd wk 1 75 

Sam Blackburn New Owner 

Of Center in Waterloo 

WATERLOO, IOWA—The Center Theaequipment 

and building have been purchased 

from the American Theatre Co. by 

Blackburn, manager of the theatre 

for the last ten years. 

as owner, will continue the 

fulltime policy he inaugurated while mani 

ager of the Center. 

Arthur Hansen Retires 

YORK, NEB.—Arthur Hansen, manager 

of the York Drive-In for 13 years, has retired 

from exhibition. Prior to entering the 

drive-in theatre field, Hansen had been 

with the American Express Co. for 34 years. 

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Pat Halloran, manager at Universal, was elected chief barker of Variety 

Tent 14 of Milwaukee, succeeding John Reddy, manager of radio station 

WOKY. Others elected: Henry Burger, zone manager for Stanley Warner, first 

assistant; Jerry Levy, broadcasting-television executive, second assistant; Jack 

Dionne. United Artists salesman, dough guy, and Frank Hughes. Standard Theatres, 

property master. These men are members of the crew along with Lee 

Rotbman, WRIT; Joseph Strothers, Marcus Theatres; Harry Zaidins, Braves 

attorney; Glenn Kalkhoff. lATSE; Angelo Porchetta, Capitol Theatres, and 

Oliver Trampe, Film Service. Henry Kratz, executive secretary of Allied Theatres, 

was named press guy. Shown above are a majority of those elected. 

Left to right: Levy, Burger, Hugo Vogel (re-elected executive secretary), Zaidins, 

Strothers, Hughes, Dionne, Halloran, and Kratz. 

Omaha Mayor's Group 

To Eye Drive-In Doings 

OMAHA—The chairman of 

the mayor's 

committee for the promotion of wholesome 

literature and movies indicated 

activity in these fields would continue 

strong after a meeting with Douglas County 

sheriff's representatives and city police. 

The Rev. Clyde Randall, head of the 

committee, reported the session was closed 

but that one of the subjects which was discussed 

was "the moral side of the drive-in 

movie parking problem." He said that law 

enforcement people will make a survey 

and check the reports "made by individuals 

alleging misconduct." The committee has 

scheduled a meeting with city and county 

officials January 23, when law enforcement 

representatives will report back. 

"After the fii-st of the year the committee 

will circulate leaflets and guides for 

determining the type of movies being shown 

in town to Omaha high school students." 

the chairman said. "While some theatres 

are making a commendable effort to provide 

wholesome entertainment, we hope to 

see a higher type of movies shown." 

The committee claims as one of its accomplishments 

the publication of Green 

Sheet and National Legion of Decency 

ratings in the Film Clock of theatre offerings 

in the Omaha World-Herald. 

Crown to Handle 'Water' 

From Western Editron 

HOLLYWOOD—Producer J. B. Doherty 

announced Crown International Pictures 

will handle the worldwide release of the 

new Mark Stevens starrer. "The Man in 

the Water." based on Robert Sheckley's 

novel. The agreement was signed by Newton 

P. Jacobs, president of Crown, and 

Sam Golan, president of Key West Fihns. 

Brown Port Finances 

Fox Point Theatre 

MILWAUKEE—A mortgage for $1,150,- 

000 has been given to the St. Francis 

Building & Loan Ass'n by Brown Port, Inc., 

to refinance proposed $400,000 theatre and 

additional store construction, it was reported 

by the Milwaukee Journal November 

10. 

Construction of the 1,000-seat motion 

picture theatre and 10,000 square feet of 

store buildings is expected to start within 

30 days, the Journal continued. Abe Luber, 

president of Brown Port, said that the theatre 

is to be completed by June. 

Operation of the theatre will be by Kohlberg 

Theatres, which has headquarters in 

Chicago and also operates the Point Loomis 

shopping center theatre. The Brown Port 

shopping center is at East Brown Deer and 

North Port Washington roads in Fox Point. 

Audi-ey Hepburn and Rex Harrison star 

in Warner Bros.' musical. "My Fair Lady." 

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pat Halloran, blanch manager for Universal 

Pictures here, and newly elected 

chief barker of Variety Tent 14, to succeed 

John Reddy. manager of radio station 

WOKY. announced simultaneously 

that Mrs. Ruth Kratzke has been elected 

president of the year-old auxiliary. Mrs. 

Kratzke will head up the following officers: 

Mrs. Shirley Perlewitz, vice-president: 

Mrs. Phyllis Barnes, vice-president; 

Mrs. Lois Levy, secretary, and Mrs. Gladys 

Halloran iwife of the new chief barker), 

treasurer. The directors selected are as follows: 

Mrs. Edie Fogelson, B. Umlind, B. 

Gordon. G. Shlesman, B. Laiken, and L. 

Kahn. The Variety Club's financial report 

given at the election meeting showed a 

balance of some $80,000. And for the auxiliary, 

in its first fund-raising attempt, a 

net of about $2,200 was realized. 

Judging from the success of Maynard 

"Willie" Wilson, who swept into Milwaukee 

and the adjoining area for K. Gordon 

Murray Productions, we'll be seeing more 

of this little human dynamo. At going to 

press time, we are told that he has a 

total of 16 theatres lined up for a saturation 

on the film "Santa Claus." Allied's 

executive secretary Henry Kratz who 

worked with "Willie" on the promotion, 

says the following theatres are involved: 

Capital, Downer, Granada, Egyptian, National, 

Parkway, Oasis, Sherman, Times, 

Tosa, Varsity; Rivoli of Cedarburg: Greendale 

at Greendale; LaBelle at Oconomowoc, 

and the Fix at Waukesha. Kratz said a full 

two-hour program, featui'ing "Santa Claus" 

and added comedies, were scheduled to 

open at the houses noted on November 

29. The film will also be shown at the 

Milwaukee Children's Hospital, as well as 

at the County Children's Home, through 

the courtesy of the Variety Club. 

A Keystone Kop at the entrance and a 

black wreath on the door will symbolize 

the closing of Eugene's Restaurant at 811 

East Wisconsin Ave., at a private party. 

However, a new Eugene's is in the offing. 

The restam-ant has a national reputation 

for seafood and numerous "King for a Day" 

parties have been held there for Variety 

Club members. 

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that the National Football League would 

experiment next season with theatre telecasts 

in blacked-out areas . who's 

in the general manager's slot at the Swan 

Theatre. Ken Baskette, who formerly 

worked for Universal and Columbia. In 

charge of publicity and public relations 

Is Ginger Rogers, who was with several 

movie houses in this area some years 

back. 

Promotions again are the order of the 

day. Joe Reynolds, Towne Theatre, has 

tieins lined up with various downtown 

merchants, a contest to wind up on stage, 

and radio-TV ballyhoo under way . . . Al 

Meskis, Downer Theatre, for the Sumner 

Kernan stint, rearranged the house lights 

and spots and "created" a stage where no 

stage existed before, then did a "barker" 

act in putting it over . Marcus continues 

to keep his Pfister Hotel in the 

limelight. The 700-member Vagabond Ski 

Club meets there and promotion sponsored 

by the Pabst Brewery will result in a threestory 

high ski jump between East Mason 

and East Wisconsin avenues (fronting the 

Pfister Hotel) for a two-day "Ski-Vue." 

That's high caliber promotion. 

Comedian Jack Benny, here for a benefit 

appearance with the symphony orchestra 

to help raise some $40,000 for the musicians, 

had both the concert artists as well as the 

audience in stitches all the way. Pabst 

Theatre patrons said it has been a long 

while since they've "had such a good time." 

Way back when the Navy Relief Society 

advertised for talent for its "Great Lakes 

Revue," one of the applicants was young 

seaman Benny Kubelsky, USN, formerly 

of Waukegan, 111. He told producers that 

before he joined the Navy, he had led a 

six-piece orchestra at the Schwarts Theatre 

in Waukegan and later had been the 

violin portion of a violin and piano act 

that toured Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. 

He was promptly signed to play Izzy There, 

a naval orderly in the comic musical revue. 

The rest is history for Benny. Jack 

held a press conference at the Milwaukee 

Press Club while in the city. It was right 

across the street from the Pabst Theatre. 

Cameramen Campaign 

For Hike in Pensions 


HOLLYWOOD — lATSE 

cameramen's 

Local 659 has launched a campaign to 

hike industry pension benefits from $120 

a month to $200 a month. Local 659 plans 

to send speakers and members of the board 

to other unions to talk in behalf of such 

an increase. Local 659 also is seeking medical 

benefits for spouses of those who retire 

on the pension fund. The board plans to 

press the demands when negotiations on 

a new pact come up in January 1965. 

Subscription Television 

Plans Chicago System 

From Central Edition 

CHICAGO—Subscription Television, Inc., 

which is scheduled to begin pay televisioii 

service in California by next July 1, alj 

ready is planning to branch out into othe:3} 

major metropolitan areas, including Chi 

cago, John J. Burke, senior vice-presiden 

of Lear Siegler, Inc., said, but no actual ex 

pansion move is expected for six montl 

Lear Siegler, a highly diversified elec! 

tronics company with headquarters 

Santa Monica, Calif., was one of seven 

companies instrumental in forming Subl 

scription Television a year ago. Anothe 

was Reuben H. Donnelley Corp., a sub| 

sidiary of Dun & Bradstreet, according t| 

in the Chicago Tribune. 

a recent article 

The pay TV company would expand int| 

other areas directly or by granting loci 

franchises, Burke said. A subsidiary woul| 

be set up in each of the areas to permi 

participation by local entertainment 

dustry leaders and also to make any goy] 

ernment regulation a state rather thai 

national matter. 

Burke said the pay TV firm needs 65,001 

subscribers in the San Francisco and Lc 

Angeles areas to break even at cui-rer 

costs. It hopes to have about 90,000 aftc 

a year's operation. Initial programs woul 

include the home games of the Los Angek 

Dodgers and San Francisco Giants, eac 

of the teams being a minority stockholdt 

in the firm. 

Because the company's system would n( 

use the standard TV broadcast method i 

activities lie outside regulations of the FC( 

except to a minor degree in certain lor 

distance program pickups, Burke said. 

The signals would be sent over a cab 

from the "studio" to the home. The sul 

scriber's set would be equipped with a pr( 

gram selector—as many as three pay T 

features may be offered simultaneouslyand 

an "interrogator." The interrogat 

would permit the firm to determine elei 

tronically when a subscriber is watching 

program so he can be billed for it. 

Burke said the system would provide tli 

variety of programs the firm believ' 

necessary for pay TV to command a su 

ficient audience to make it profitable. Tl' 

cost to subscribers would include $10 f 

installation of the selector, $1 a week formusic 

program that could be turned on 

any time, and separate fees for the vario 

events. The cost of each program will 

kept below that of a single general al 

mission ticket to the event. 

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HOLLYWOOD—For the first time 

the history of telecasting the Oscar eve) 

a western advertiser will be one of t 

sponsors. Grey agency, handling the Hon 

motorcycle account, said it is the largi 

television buy of a single show in lot 

history. 

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DES MOINES—Variety Tent 15 has cii-- 

tled December 10, date of the 20th annual 

Christmas Benefit, as the club's red letter 

jay of 1963. The Tuesday evening event 

iat the Jewish Community Center will begin 

promptly at 7:30, according to Chief Barker 

Ralph Olson. Gary Sandler of Sandler Theatre 

Enterprises is chairman of the 1963 

Yule Party. 

The usual barrel of prizes will be available 

to all who attend, with "sui-prises" yet 

'ô be announced. Tickets are available at 

ocal film exchanges, circuit offices and 

wherever there's a Varietyman. 

On November 15, members of the local 

bnt were hosts to Joe Podoloff of Minneapolis, 

international Variety representative. 

At a luncheon meeting held at the 

Elks Club, Podoloff discussed with mem- 

Ders plans for a new charity, which the 

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bes Moines tent hopes to undertake in the 

near future. 

PES MOINES 

of the news for this column is 

r gathered each Friday afternoon, when 

',he busy pace of the week slackens in the 

')ffices "along the Row." Or, it is gathered 

'm Friday evening, a time when most exlibitors 

can be reached at work in their 

heatres. For this December 2 column, the 

news-gathering day would have been No- 

,'ember 22. On that bleak Friday, there 

was only One Story. It is written in hearts, 

!ind it will be read in history books. 

Des Moines' three downtown theatres, the 

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pes Moines, Oi-pheum and Paramount, deayed 

then- usual 11:45 a.m. opening time 

- intil 2 p.m. on Monday, in observance of 

. ,,he funeral of President John F. Kennedy. 

'^Vandals Cause Big Loss 

m Tennessee Drive-In 

j-'rom Southeast Edition 

TENN.—Damage exceeding 

^1,000 was caused at the Sky-Vue Drive-In 

pn a recent Sunday morning by persons 

jyho seemed more bent upon destruction 

i;han upon robbery after breaking into 

;he concessions building with a crowbar. 

Ihe vandals littered the floor on both 

iides of the concessions counter with 

pigars, candy, eggs, juices and popcorn. 

They also took about $100 worth of cigarets. 

of the invaders to get money were 

'frustrated by Manager Charles Johnson's 

Jolicy of never leaving any money in the 

:oncessions building, a policy he adopted 

ifter a break-in at the drive-in several 

ly'ears 

ago. 

H'^fans Clamor to See Star 

f^rom Eastern Edition 

YORK — Richard Chamberlain, 

rV's "Dr. Kildare" who is starring in 

]MGM's "Twilight of Honor," attracted 

|thousands of fans to his personal appear- 

Mces on the stage of the Paramount Theatre 

during the film's opening week. Cham- 

Tlain found fans waiting for him at every 

treet corner, back stage and even at neary 

Sardi's Restaurant with the New York 

lolice trying to keep the youngsters in 

heck. The entire affair was reminiscent 

[3f Prank Sinatra's appearances at the 

'aramount in the 1940s. 

OMAHA 

Q,corge Hall, veteran exhibitor who has the 

Rosebowl at Franklin and the Minden 

at Minden, Neb., was in a Lincoln hospital 

as the result of an accident on the way 

home from Rockford, 111., where Hall and 

his wife had gone to visit their daughter 

and her husband and new grandson. Mrs. 

Hall stayed in Rockford, and Hall stopped 

in Omaha en route and said he was driving 

on home. According to reports he 

suffered fractures of both legs and rib injuries. 

His wife flew to Lincoln as soon as 

she heard of the accident. 

Cooper Foundation Theatres closed its 

three houses here, the Cooper, State and 

Indian Hills, on Friday as soon as the report 

of President Kennedy's assassination 

came through. Also closed were its Stuart 

and Nebraska theatres in Lincoln. In addition 

to the Friday closings the theatres 

were closed the day of the funeral services 

until 5 p.m. Weekend business was generally 

curtailed throughout the territory. 

After a long huddle between conference officials 

and heads of Big Eight schools it 

was decided to go ahead with the University 

of Nebraska-University of Oklahoma 

football game in Lincoln. Approximately 

3,500 fans watched the game on closed 

circuit in the Omaha City Auditorium at 

$2 a ticket. 

Bill Burke, a veteran in the industry as 

an exhibitor, film salesman and auditor, 

took up his duties with Jack and Edith 

Renfro's Theatre Booking Service. Bill 

came here from Dallas where he had been 

with Buena Vista . . . Bill Barker of Co-Op 

Theatre Services was scheduled to enter a 

hospital Monday (25) ... "Beach Party," 

which showed at the Chief Theatre and 

Skyview Drive-In, did 300 per cent business 

and AIP said it was one of the best 

grossers it had had in Omaha. 

Dick Barkes of TOP Advertising Co. returned 

from Milwaukee and Chicago, assisting 

K. Gordon MuiTay with "Santa 

Claus" publicity. Dick said they had numerous 

reports of turn-away crowds, including 

5,000 at the Terrace in Minneapolis, 

and that one theatre did more business 

with the Saturday-Sunday kiddy matinee 

than it did the whole week on its regular 

. 

offering, a strong attraction 

Goodman, Paramount 

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salesman 

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for his 

territory, reported his wife was 111. 

Howard Burrus, exhibitor at Crete, was 

taken to a hospital at Central City, where 

his son is on the staff . . . Mai-vin Jones 

and his wife returned to Red Cloud from 

Rochester, where both underwent surgery 

Jenny of Malmo. an exhibitor In 

this area from the early days of the flickers, 

was called to serve on the grand Jury. 

Elsa and Adolph Rozanek, exhibitors at 

Crete who just returned from dancing 

engagements in New York, have accepted 

an invitation to appear in Chicago. They 

have received raves from over the country 

for their interpretation of the polka . 

Joe Jacobs, Columbia exchange chief at 

Des Moines, was in town lining up releases 

with bookers. 

Two Paramount Pictures 

For Christmas in N.Y. 

From Eastern Edition 

NEW YORK—Paramount Pictures has 

booked two of its new pictures, "Who's 

Been Sleeping in My Bed?" and "Love 

With the Proper Stranger," at Manhattan 

first runs for the Christmas-New 

Years period. Already playing or booked 

for the Thanksgiving period in New York 

are three other Paramount pictures, "Who's 

Minding the Store?", "All the Way Home" 

and "A New Kind of Love." 

"Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?." 

which stars Dean Martin and Elizabeth 

Montgomery and marks the screen debut 

of Carol Bmnett, will open at the Victoria 

Theatre in Times Square and the 

57th Street Festival, Christmas Day, while 

"Love With the Proper Stranger," starring 

Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen, will 

open Christmas Day at Loew's State on 

Broadway and the east side Murray Hill 

Theatre. 

"Who's Minding the Store?" will open 

at the Victoria Theatre November 27 while 

"All the Way Home" opened at the Trans- 

Lux East October 29 and "A New Kind 

of Love" opened at the DeMille and the 

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MINNEAPOLIS 

^he weekend following President Kennedy's 

assassination saw &n upsurge in business, 

with theatres reporting an unexpected 

spurt In patronage on Saturday and Sunday 

In Minneapolis as a shocked public recoiled 

from the unmitigated hoiTor and 

sorrow of radio and TV reporting of the 

tragic event by turning to the movies for 

escape and relaxation. In obsei-vance of 

the day of mourning for Mr. Kennedy, 

most T\vin Cities theatres curtailed Monday 

activities to evening showings only: 

and local promoter Morris Chalfen postponed 

his presentation of the Moscow 

Circus till Tuesday. 

The 100.000th and 100.001st patrons to 

attend "Cleopatra" in Minneapolis, Henry 

Aquirre and his wife of 2220 Conway, St. 

Paul, were given the royal treatment by 

Maco Century Manager Bob Thill. They 

were guests of the theatre at the showing 

of their choice and received in addition a 

weekend suite at the Nicollet Hotel, flowers 

for the lady and a round of wining and 

dining at noted Mill City restaurants. Now 

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Albee Palm Springs Weekend (WB) 125 

The Wheeler Dealers (MGM) 110 

Copitol 

Esquire— In the French Style (Col) 135 

Grand—Cleopotra (20th-Fox), 22nd wk 115 

Guild— Nurse on Wheels (Janus), 2nd wk 80 

Hyde Park In the French Style (Col) 125 

Keith The Incredible Journey (BV), 3rd wk. 100 

Palace—Toke Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox) 150 

Valley— Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col) ... 175 

'Lilies of Field' 200 Is 

Cleveland Mark 

CLEVELAND—Pour new programs came 

town and two of them, "Take Her, She's 

Mine" and "The Wheeler Dealers," finished 

their first week with identical scores of 

125. The highest percentage in town was 

i the 200 marked up for the fom-th week of 

"Lilies of the Field" at the Colony. 

Allen The Haunted Palace (AlP) 90 

Colony Lilies of the Field (UA), 4th wk. . ! ! ! ! !200 

Continental Rules of the Game (Janus) .... 85 

Heights Lord of the Flies (Cont'l), 4th wk. . 130 

Hippodrome Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col) 

2nd wk. 

1 50 

Ohio Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 21st wk. 175 

.Palace Toke Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox) '.1125 

.Stote The Wheeler Dealers (MGM) 125 

IWestwood Lord of the Flies (Cont'l), 4th wk 105 

COLUMBUS 

gcreen and television personality Dean 

Miller is the father of a boy born here 

'November 15. The boy has been named 

.Dean Charles II. Miller is the star of the 

Dean Miller Show at WLW-C. 

Ice shows, ice hockey, rodeos, circuses 

and other entertainment and sports events 

could be held in a proposed 30,000-ca- 

,pacity arena being promoted by George 

Gareff. The site under consideration is on 

Springs-Sandusky interchange, a few 

minutes from the downtown theatre area. 

The arena would have a plastic top for alllyear 

operation. 

Manager Ed McGIone of RKO Palace returned 

from a vacation in New York with 

:Mrs. McGlone. The McGlones had a reunion 

with Norman Nadel and Mrs. Nadel. 

Nadel is the former theatre editor of the 

Columbus Citizen-Journal and now theatre 

editor of the New York World-Telegram 

;and Sun . . . Milton Yassenoff booked a 

'first run of "Under the Yum Yum Ti-ee" 

. 

at the Beachwold Esquire and State 

Frank Yassenoff has a first run of James 

(Stewart's "Take Her, She's 

New Main neighborhood. 

Mine" at the 

RKO Grand is expected to show Stanley 

Kramer's Cinerama special, "It's a 

Mad. Mad, Mad, Mad World" soon after the 

'first of the year . . . Larry Sadoff, repre- 

,senting the producers of the stage show, 

'"Camelot," was in town in advance of the 

[presentation of the show at Loew's Ohio 

starts December 9 . . Screen and 

. 

television singer-actress Anna Maria Al- 

,berghetti was a local visitor, stopping off 

the way from Hollywood to New York. 

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"The Train." 

Films Labeled Religious 

Are Poorest in Religion 

DETROIT—The thorny question of religion 

in motion pictures was tackled by 

the Rev. Malcolm Boyd, Episcopal priest 

and former film executive, in a talk to thf 

Greater Detroit Motion Picture Council on 

"Religious or Irreligious Movies?" Boyd, 

chaplain at Wayne State University, is the 

picture reviewer for two religious publications, 

the Episcopalian and United Church 

Herald, 

"Hollywood's efforts in religious moviemaking 

have been downright tragic, yet I 

do not blame Hollywood nearly so much as 

I blame the church for adopting an obvious 

double-standard in dealing with the motion 

picture industry," Boyd said. "What 

is a religious motion picture? Hollywood 

never decided. Neither did the church. 

However, the chmxh knows what is not 

a religious picture but it has continued to 

award ecclesiastical kudos for artistic trash 

under religious labels." 

He went on to describe religious films 

which have been referred to as such— 

"These have not been labeled self-consciously 

by smart press agents as being religious 

movies. In fact, they have not been 

explicitly religious. But they have dealt 

realistically, probingly, unerringly with the 

human condition; they have posed the 

right, hard questions about the meaning 

of life and suffering and joy; they have 

jarred me, made me think, shattered some 

of my self-composure about life, opened up 

life (perhaps another life) and let me take 

a deep look." 

The priest-reviewer cited a number of 

outstanding films, some "possessing religious 

dimension and first-rate theological 

significance"—Twelve Angry Men, La 

Strada, S^z, Room at the Top. Giant, Cat 

on a Hot Tin Roof, On the Waterfront, 

Lawrence of Arabia, Separate Tables, and 

To Kill a Mockingbird. 

Turning to films explicitly labeled religious, 

Boyd was highly critical of The 

Ten Commandments and King of Kings. 

However, he offered high praise to "Lilies 

of the Field" and predicted an Oscar award 

for Sidney Poitier. He added that he 

awaits "with great anticipation" the release 

of George Stevens' "The Greatest 

Story Ever Told." 

Combs Rejoins Chakeres 

ELIZABETHTOWN, KY.—Allie Combs, 

manager of the Knox Drive-In for the last 

year, has resigned to accept a position with 

Chakeres Theatres in Frankfort. In joining 

Chakeres. Combs returns to the ciixuit 

with which he was associated 14 years prior 

to taking charge of the Knox airer. 

Reopens in Morgantown 

MORGANTOWN, KY. — The Morgan 

Theatre on North Court street has been 

reopened for weekend programs, according 

to Jim McElroy, one of the owners. Matinees 

are shown at 2 o'clock on Satui'day 

and Sunday afternoons, while evening 

shows begin at 7. 

Closes Carrollton Theatre 

CARROLLTON, OHIO—Herbert Arman. 

manager of the Virginia Theatre, has 

closed the theatre permanently due to ill 

health of the owner, William Biggio of 

Steubenville. Ai'man said that Biggio had 

owned the theatre for about 23 years. 

Yule Layoff Requests 

Reach Peak in Detroit 

DETROIT—Detroit theatremen want 

Christmas off to spend with their families 

just like anyone else, it Is becoming Increasingly 

evident at the business office of 

the projectionists Local 199 as boothmen 

seek to make arrangements for the holiday 

shows. "An avalanche of layoff requests" Is 

being received, according to business agent 

Roy R. Ruben. 

In past years a few theatres have closed 

for Christmas, or for a few days before, 

but this Is now very rare. Traditionally 

the holiday has been a good show day, 

with kids being sent out to the matinees, 

and an older age group coming out for a 

holiday show in the evening, and theatres 

have tended to buy their Christmas product 

accordingly. This trend has been less 

noticeable in recent years here. 

The demand for time off by projectionists 

already greater than the number of substitutes 

is 

who will be available. Ruben 

stressed that the union will not accept any 

layoff requests until a substitute can be assigned. 

Apparently a number of Detroit 

projectionists will reluctantly have to eat 

their Christmas turkey in the booths. 

'Motown Revue' Fills 

Huge Fox at Detroit 

DETROIT—A special stage show can 

prove the spur that will bring landofflce 

business back to the boxoffice, the 5,000- 

seat Pox Theatre has proved again. President 

William Brown booked in a two-day 

stage show this past weekend, and grossed 

a whopping $42,000 for the two days 

equivalent to about five and a half times 

normal business for this second largest theatre 

in the world. The show headlined the 

"Motown Revue," starring Sterri Wonder 

and nine other acts, all being topselling recording 

artists. The bill was filled out by 

"Erik the Conqueror," on the screen, which 

held for another two days double billed 

with "Crown of Horrors." 

Redecoration Carried Out 

At Theatre in Crestline 

CRESTLINE. OHIO—Extensive cleaning 

and redecorating preceded the reopening 

of the Crestline Theatre, North Seltzer 

street, by new owner Harold Thompson of 

Upper Sandusky. Bob Tilton, also of Upper 

Sandusky, Is managing the theatre for 

Thompson. 

The theatre is on a seven-day policy with 

matinees added on Saturday and continuous 

showings on Sunday begimiing at 2 

p.m. 

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Detroit Long Has Played Important 

Role in 

National Allied Affairs 

DETROIT—The move of the national James C. Ritter, then owner of the Rialto 

headquarters of Allied States Ass'n of Motion 

Picture Exhibitors from Washington erson M. Richey, then secretary of the 

and Rivola theatres in Detroit, and Hend- 

to Detroit three yeais ago was a logical local association—now Michigan Allied. 

development historically consistent with James C. Ritter went on to become one 

the past events involving the industry and of the first presidents of National Allied. 

the city. It has been learned In a study of He died about 12 years ago but the name 

old records. 

is actively carried on today by his son 

The Motor City has played an important Delno A. Ritter, long actively a.ssociated 

part in the whole history of the organization 

and growth of National Allied, the tinues to operate the Rialto Theatre and 

with him in the business. Del Ritter con- 

records have disclosed. 

is associated with Lou Mitchell in the film 

The historic photograph titled "The buying and theatre operation organization 

Birth of Allied" and dated Dec. 17, 1928. under the Mitchell name. 

shows ten men with Abram F. Myers, 

foi-mer Federal Trade Commission chairman, 

who then became general counsel and Richey subsequently became sales pro- 

•HANDSOMEST MINUTE MAN" 

remained in this post as the continuing motion manager of MGM. Another 

leader of Allied until his recent retirement, Michigan man, missing from the picture 

with the transition symbolized by the move but a stalwart leader of the founding 

here from Washington. 

group, was "Allied's handsomest Minute 

This was the era that brought a contemporary 

colleague and former govern- 

owner. Cross was one of the chief somxes 

Man," Gleim Cross, Battle Creek theatre 

ment official. Will Hays, to the industry. of information on the early days when 

Allied enjoyed a far longer period of direction 

under one leader than did the pro- 

Myers 20 years later. The following high- 

the first history of Allied was prepared by 

duction-distribution sides of the industry lights may be gleaned from that valuable 

under Hays. 

reference work. 

The names of three of the men in the In 1923-24 Richey was selected as the 

1928 group picture have been lost for years. first Michigan man to undertake an Im- 

Of the four men enjoying a seat around 

the table with Myers (the other six, with 

the three unknowns, are left standing) , two 

are well-known oldtime names here 

"Wanna know 

somethin'? It's those 

Christmas Seals that 

make my holiday mail 

worthwhile" 

Christmas Seals fight Tuberculosis 

"and other Respiratory Diseases^ 

mummy . 

at least 

members of 

portant national job for the independent 

exhibitors, following a multi-stage gathering 

at French Lick, Ind. He was sent to 

New York to coordinate the separate 

efforts of the several states or local exhibitor 

organizations to battle the wartime admission 

tax and won. 

DRAMATIC 1925 SHOWDOWN 

These new independents had differences 

with the old Motion Picture Theatre Owners 

Ass'n of America and a board meeting 

of MPTOA held in Detroit in 1925 resulted 

in a dramatic showdown and walkout, 

pointing the way to the coming birth 

of Allied. Three of the five men credited 

with doing the pioneer work preliminary day . . . Ray 

to organization were Cross. Ritter, and 

Richey. They were three of the six who 

went to Myers with the proposal for a new 

national organization. The same trio, 

with Myers and Al Steffes, then traveled 

the cotmtry to sell the idea to local exhibitors. 

Ritter and Richey then signed 

the organization contract for Michigan as 

one of the five pioneering states. 

A personal snapshot was penned by 

Myers of Ritter and Colonel H. A. Cole 

"chins thrust foi-ward in firm defiance of 

star 

whatever fate might have in store for 

them. This Rock of Gibraltar attitude was 

the outstanding characteristic; others 

might sway with the wind, but they 

never. Their associates learned to love 

them for this firmness which was sometimes 

branded by others as plain stubbornness." 

— WORLDS 

Of Glenn Cross "possessed of a fine 

FINEST 

baritone voice and, much to his sire's distress, 

began singing in movie houses . . . THEATRES 

One of the most forceful men in the 

RaroM 

Allied group, who always spoke with an 

intensity and vigor that carried conviction. 

A successful businessman, he gradu- 

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ated from the movies into banking . . . 

His favorite pastime . . . riding to hounds." 

And Richey— "the skimpy, wizened little 

had endowed him witl 

he a spark of genius and was on( 

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of the most imaginative and resourcefu 

the group ... He served th( 

organization with loyalty and ability foi 

iiiS 

many years." 

critical A event in the early history 

recounted: "Michigan was by far thi ^ 

largest and strongest of the Allied units 

It had a large surplus and not only pain 

its own quota under the agreement bu &'" 

advanced the necessary funds to at leas 

one other unit. But Michigan's charted''"'''* 

had been allowed to lapse and this en 

abled dissident elements in the associatioi sS^'* 

to force a statewide plebiscite in whld »'", 

affiliation with Allied was the issue. Til 

Allied forces won a great victory but thes t*^ 

knew they had been in a fight." i""'^ 

Richey was one of the committee o !6'^' 

three that negotiated the history-maklni 

agreements with RCA to provide sound in 

stallations under $3,000 and with RKO aiu nK®' 

Tiffany for franchises giving exhibitors oHti^' 

sound pictures a voice in film rentals wh( 

talking pictures arrived. They then cam 

the franchise^ W 

paigned the country to sell 

to the exhibitors, aided by Cross 

Ritter. 

PAIR OF MUSKETEERS 

JRuiiU 

Cross and Richey were two of the fou 

Allied musketeers who braved the storm;; 

and critical MPTOA banquet in 1929 ill 

New York. The same pair were again iii 

the quartet that literally kidnapped thi 

MPTOA-organized unity meeting in Ne^;| _ ^ 

i 

York a couple of years later. Richey am] 

;"'' 

Ritter were two of the four Allied reprei 

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sentatives on the exhibitor committee fo' ' 

toT 

the industry under the NRA. Richey was i 

key witness in the antitrust suit whici 

ended the old arbitration system. 

In 1947, Joseph Uvick, still active as i| 

Flint exhibitor, was an important witne^, 

in fighting ASCAP license fees in a Con^ 

gressional hearing on the Lewis bill. 

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"One board member who served loni 

and faithfully drew special tribute in 194j 

—Ray Branch of Hastings was a longtim 

Michigan Allied president. He "carriej 

Michigan Allied through the dark day.'| 

reorganized and reinvigorated it, makiii] 

it the healthy, strong association it is to 

has never missed a meetinj 

and his confident 'Michigan will go alon^ 

has encouraged the board to undertaki 

many projects in the interest of exhibitors.' 

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for Washington to confer with official! 

of the State. Navy, and Defense department 

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Over 50 Years, Dies 

DETROIT—Max Allen, 74, in exhibition 

for over half a centui-y, and probably the 

country's only individual international exhibitor, 

died at his Detroit home November 

18. He started as doorman and assistant 

manager at the Monarch Theatre in Edmonton, 

Alta., in 1912. Later he promoted 

and built the Allen Theatre at Edmonton for 

Jule and Jay J. Allen. In 1919 he moved to 

Windsor, across the river from Detroit in 

Ontario, to manage the Allen Theatre and 

the Allen Windsor Suburban Theatres. 

He built the suburban Lincoln Park Theatre 

in 1925, and continued to have an 

interest in the theatre, recently operated by 

W&W Theatres, until his death. In the 

earlier days, the theatre was operated by 

Premier Theatres, as the only United States 

house of the big Famous Players circuit of 

Canada. The theatre was enlarged and 

modernized in 1938. 

The deceased was also operator of two 

Ontario theatres, the Vogue at Leamington 

and the Capitol at Wallaceburg. 

He is survived by his wife Ida; brothers 

IJack and Marvin and two sisters. 

i,250 Quit Troy Theatre 

As Smoke Fills House 

["rom Eastern Edition 

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N.Y.—Approximately 1,250 pa- 

\ irons walked without disorder out of the 

irroy Theatre, Stanley Warner first run, 

l^hen heavy smoke filled the house shortly 

after 7:30 Sunday night (17). 

Manager Sid Sommer directed the evac- 

'iation, which required no more than five 

.minutes, asking the audience, chiefly teenagers 

and college students, to walk, not 

un, from the building, and assuring them 

;here was no immediate danger. There 

were no flames visible to patrons. Refunds 

were made immediately. 

off-duty fireman in the audience 

in the alarm at 7:46 p.m. and fire- 

(nen and police were soon on hand. 

first, it was thought that the fire 

Was in the balcony seats as smoke mush- 

I jroomed in clouds from the stage in front 

pt the screen, but firemen traced the 

;!Ource to timbers under the stage ignited 

py electric wiring. 

repairs were soon made and 

i;he Troy resumed operation Monday night, 

t iljater it is planned to reseat the house, 

1 .nstall a new sound system and modernize 

marquee and foyer. 

Ben Kadish Forms Own 

Firm, Buys 2 Stories 

Eastern Edition 

— Ben Kadish, who rebently 

finished duties as associate producer 

|.o Joshua Logan on Warner Bros.' "Enlign 

Pulver," has formed his own Con- 

;orde Films Co., which has purchased two 

Jroperties for filming next year— "On the 

ilocks," a novel by Richard Cavendish, and 

'Alatna," by Dr. Otto H. Melssner, hunterraveler-explorer. 

Kadish, a veteran of 26 

'ears in films, has been associated with 

|!Oth-Fox, Columbia, Fred Zinnemann, Lo- 

|;an and his own productions. 

DETROIT 

J^n old-fashioned "Uncle Billy" type 

amateur stage show is being arranged 

by William Graham, manager of the Lincoln 

Theatre, as a special goodwill service 

for his military neighbors. Historic Pt. 

Wayne, still a regular Army post, is located 

about eight blocks from his theatre. 

Graham arranged to bring the men and 

their families a type of unusual entertainment 

they can enjoy, staged right in the 

fort's auditorium. Participating will be 

qualified amateur contestants "from age 

6 to 60," with Graham functioning as the 

impresario. 

Hal Burriss, sign and premium man and 

filmite from away back, has three one-man 

shows of his paintings running at one 

time (he has devoted much of his recent 

years to art). They are at the Grosse 

Pointe Galleries, the Kenilworth Galleries 

in Birmingham, and the Hamtramck public 

Nate, son of Chester Barnett 

library . . . 

and nephew of Saul J. Conn, a rare family 

trio of operators, was out at the Norwest 

for the evening, subbing for Lloyd Turel on 

his night off . . . Herman Cohen, independent 

producer and partner in the Fox Theatre, 

was in town for a few days to see 

the Pox show, en route to a Florida vacation. 

Fred Sturgess of Cooperative Theatres is 

recuperating following surgery at Henry 

Ford Hospital—there was a temporary order 

for "no visitors or calls" . . . "The Longest 

Day," which ran 17 weeks as a roadshow 

at the Mercury last winter, and has 

been playing at the Palms downtown, is 

due to return to about ten local houses in 

June when the picture will be released 

again by 20th-Fox, which is taking it off 

the market for some six months. 

THE BIG COMBINATIONS 

COME FROM 

Allied Film Exchange Imperial Pictures 

2101 Payne Ave. 

Clereiand, Ohio. 

Roy Ruben, business agent of projectionists 

Local 199, attended the meeting of the 

. 

Michigan lATSE at Lansing, and reports 

that an lA representative explained In 

detail the pension plan 

managing director of 

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the 

. Bill 

Fox, 

Brown, 

Detroit's 

5,000-seat theatre, made a grievous announcement 

over the public address system 

when the word of President Kennedy's assassination 

came. 

Updating Costing $25,000 

At White Plains Theatre 

From Eastern Edition 

WHITE PLAINS. N.Y. — The management 

of Loew's State Theatre has spent 

$25,000 to remodel the theatre In the last 

month, although the business may have to 

be relocated because of an urban renewal 

project. 

Harry Greenman, State manager, revealed 

the extent of the renovation investment 

at a meeting of the White Plains 

Urban Renewal Area Business & Industry 

Ass'n. As reported by the Reporter Dispatch, 

Greenman told the group he was 

taking a "never-say-die" attitude in fixing 

up the theatre despite a probable time 

when the building would be replaced. He 

also revealed that he has spent a "considerable 

amount of money that runs Into 

the thousands" to light up the Wall street 

parking lot and areas around his theatre. 

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HU theatres were closed November 25 

until six p.m. out of respect to our 

late Pi-esident Kennedy. 

Phil Chakeres, president of Chakeres 

Theatres, Springfield, and his wife have 

returned to their winter home in Miami 

Beach, Fla. . . . James W. McDonald, TOC 

Booking Agency president, is recuperating 

nicely from surgery at his home . . . Robert 

C. Kline has been appointed Mount Lookout 

manager, succeeding T. E. Thompson, 

who has retired . . . Karin Dietrich. Universal 

clerk, is on vacation. 

Irvinir Sochtm, formerly a Universal 

manager here, and now general sales manager 

for Times Film Corp.. visited Filmrow 

friends. Also on the Row were Lon 

Cappozzoli. MGM auditor: exhibitors 

Harold Moore and his son Donald, Charleston, 

W. Va.: Guy Greathouse. Aurora, Ind.: 

J. C. Weddle. Lawrenceburg. Ind.; Ohioans 

Dick Dickerson, Springfield; Charles Williams, 

Oxford, and Harry Wheeler, Galipolis. 

Jack Onie of the Oxford Amusement Co.. 

entertained the Stagecraft Players after 

their final performance of "Come Blow 

Your Horn." with a supper party in Variety 

Tent 3 clubrooms. Vernon Manor. 

Bill Garner. UA salesman, entertained his 

speech therapy class from the Goodwill 

Rehabilitation Center with an informal 

party in the tent's clubrooms last week. 

The Chakeres circuit is remodeling and 

refurbishing its two properties at Fairborn—the 

Skyborn Drive-In, at an approximate 

cost of $75,000, and the Fairborn, 

to be redecorated and new seats installed. 

Nick Condello of the Chakeres staff 

is to supervise the work. 

William B. Shane, chief barker for Variety 

Tent 3 has appointed the following 

to serve as committee chairmen during the 

coming year: House, Ray Russo; entertainment, 

Ben Cohen and Barney Rapp, cochairman; 

finance, J. W. McDonald; heart, 

Joe Alexander; legal, Saul Greenberg and 

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Troy Donahue was warmly received at 

his personal appearance at the opening 

of "Palm Springs Weekend" at the Albee 

... A gay crowd was on hand for the 

Hootenanny entertainment in the Palace 

lobby preceding the opening night of 

"Take Her. She's Mine" ... In cooperation 

with WSAI-TV station, invited guests 

attended a preview of "McLintock!" at the 

Keith Saturday morning November 16. 

Attend-a-Movie Day 

Again in '64 in Ohio 

COLUMBUS—The Attend-a-Movie Day 

sponsored by the Ohio Federation of Women's 

Clubs October 30 will be repeated 

next year but with a new date, Ken 

Prickett, executive secretary of the Independent 

Theatre Owners of Ohio, reported 

at the ITO's 27th annual convention here. 

Prickett predicted the Movie Day idea 

would spread to other states. 

High commendation was extended to 

the executive secretary by Marshall Fine, 

president. "Ken's the man who gets things 

done. I don't know anyone who could do 

what he does to help Ohio exhibitors," 

said Fine. Prickett, who is celebrating his 

fifth year with ITOO, said he hopes he'll 

be on the job for many more years, and 

extended thanks to the "great team" of fellow 

officers and members of ITOO. 

Si Seadler, New York, advertising director 

for MGM, said that many theatres 

which showed the World Heritage, Operetta 

and Musical Hits packages increased midweek 

business five to ten times. He said 

the Stanley Warner Wellmont in Montclair, 

N. J., got a new lease on life via 

the MGM packages. He showed newsreel 

clips made when the Wellmont played 

"Julius Caesar." Some 45 bus loads of 

high school students attended the showing. 

The series is being extended to all Stanley 

Warner houses in New Jersey, Seadler said. 

Seadler said showing these MGM pictures 

"has helped rebuild the movie image, 

which has suffered because of sick pictures." 

Fine, Cleveland, was re-elected president, 

and Jack Armstrong, Bowling Green, and 

F. W. Huss jr., Cincinnati, were re-elected 

vice-presidents. Myron Price, Newark, was 

elected treasurer. He succeeds Milton Yassenoff, 

Colimibus, who declined to run because 

of press of business. Joe Rembrandt 

and Jack Silverthorne, both of Cleveland, 

were elected new members of the ITO 

board of directors and other directors were 

re-elected. 

Exhibitor Heads Kiwonis 

LAKEWOOD, OHIO — Manager Vince 

Aldert of the Granada Theatre has been 

elected president of Edgewater Kiwanis 

Club for a one-year term. 

"In the French Style," a Columbia release, 

is Jean Seberg's first for an American 

producer after several French productions. 

CLEVELAND 

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say about the "four dark days" th.^ 

had their beginning in Dallas on Novembi 

22. But Laura De Ment of Brecksville, se« 

retary to Peter Rosian of Universal, w| 

caught up in a reporter's poll of Clevelan

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BOSTON—Theatres here in the home 

town of the late President Kennedy closed 

Friday, November 22. when news of the ascame. 

The motion picture injdustry 

immediately went into action; exchanges 

closed down; all motion pictm-e 

theatres closed their doors. Lights went 

out Friday night on marquees along Washington 

and Tremont streets in the city's 

film house area. News that the life of Bosfavorite 

son had been ended by a 

sniper's bullet sent thousands of Bostonto 

churches and chapels and then to 

their homes. 

Saturday night, which traditionally brings 

overflow crowds, found only sparse audiences. 

The next day and night theatres were 

deserted and on Monday theatres were 

closed for President Kennedy's funeral. 

Opening pictures this week were hit hard 

by the tragedy which found few in the mood 

for entertainment. "Palm Springs Weekend" 

just average at the Memorial. Also, 

"My Life to Live" at the Park Square 

Cinema; "McLintock!" at the Oi-pheum; and 

a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" at the 

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Astor Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col), 3rd wk. 100 

Beacon Hill Fontosio (BV), reissue, 5th wk 80 

Boston It's a Mad, Mod, Mad, Mad World 

(UA-Cineroma), 2nd wk 100 

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Capri The Smoll World of Sommy Lee (Seven 

Arts), 3rd wk 70 

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Center Promises! Promises! (NTD); Strong Room 

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(Union), 3rd wk 90 

Cinema Lord of the Flies (Cont'l), 10th wk 75 

Heavens Above (Janus), 4th 

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(Gary Cleopatra (20th-Fox), moveover, 22nd wk. ..100 

Palm Springs Weekend 

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at Comanche Creek {AA} 100 

Music Hall Take Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox), 

2nd wk 

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Orpheum McLintock! (UA) 1 00 

Poromount Mary, Mory (V^B); The Castilian 

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Park Square My Life to Live (Union) 100 

Soxon The Wheeler Dealers (MGM), 2nd wk 90 

'West End Cinema The Conjugal Bed (Embassy), 

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Wheeler Dealers' 155 Start 

Paces Hartford First Runs 

HARTFORD—Twentieth Century-Pox's 

/'Take Her, She's Mine" and MGM's "The 

Dealers" were among the week's 

highlights. 

lAllyn Three Fables of Love (Janus); She Didn't Soy 

No! (Seven Arts) 90 

Burnside The Incredible Journey (BV), 3rd wk. ..150 

Cinerama How the West Was Won (MGM), 

23rd wk 85 

Cine Webb Irmo La Douce (UA), 22nd wk 80 

Eastwood Lord of the Flies (Cont'l), 3rd wk 80 

E, M. Loews— Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col), 

wk 145 

Elm—The Wheeler Dealers (MGM) 155 

;Loew's Palace—Take Her, She's Mine (20th-Fax) ..140 

Poll McLintock! (UA) 115 

Rivoli This Sporting Life (Cont'l); Genevieve 

(Cont'l), reissues, 3rd wk 90 

Strand—Mary, Mary (WB), 4th wk 85 

'Wheeler Dealers,' 'Flies' 

Break Fast in New Haven 

NEW HAVEN—The latest "Premiere" acitivity 

here found UA's "McLintock!" bowling 

day-and-date at the Bailey suburban 

*Westville and Whitney hardtops and the 

[Bowl Drive-In, West Haven. 

, Crown—One-Eyed Jacks (Para); The Ugly 

. American (Univ), reissues 80 

Lincoln Lord of the Flies (Cont'l) 160 

Loew's College The Wheeler Dealers (MGM) 

Drive-In Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col); 

165 

[Milford 

Pol Joey (Col), reissue, 2nd wk 100 

IPoromount-Take Her, She's Mine (20th-Fox) 155 

Sherman Twice-Told Tales (UA); Inside 

Mafio (UA), reissue 85 

[Westville, Whitney, Bowl Drive-ln— McLintock! 

(UA); various coteotures 125 

|Wha:iey— Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col), 2nd wk. 130 

Carefully Selected Triple Features 

Regain Popularity in 

HARTFORD—Triple bills, once the Also- 

Ran Cousin of drive-in theatre booking executives 

throughout this exchange territory, 

are gaining favor with tremendous 

impact as cooler weather takes control of 

performance patterns. 

There's a new school of thought in this 

bui-geoning Connecticut countryside that 

says, in effect, that triple-features are fine 

and dandy as long as they're compiled with 

taste and distinction. The old business of 

tossing three main features, unceremoniously, 

onto the same booking slot has 

gone; in its place is a well-defined procedure 

of scheduling product that is at 

least remotely concerned with the other's 

primary premise. 

Understandably, horror product is in 

top demand for weekend viewing, and Sam 

Germaine, American-International Connecticut 

sales representative, is briskly pacing 

out triple programs of current and recent 

AIP vintage. 

On a recent given weekend in metropolitan 

Hartford, these triple features dominated 

the scene: 

E. M. Loew's Hartford Drive-In— Columbia's 

"The Three Stooges Go Around 

the World in a Daze," Columbia's "Siege 

of the Saxons" and Warner reissue, "The 

Theatre in Caribou. Me. 

Built Nine Years Ago 

CARIBOU, ME.—A statement in Boxoffice 

for November 18 that a new shopping 

center theatre project in Portland 

represents the first new indoor theatre construction 

in the state in 25 years has been 

refuted by R. W. Morgan, manager of the 

local Caribou Theatre. 

"We built our Caribou Theatre and 

opened March 3, 1954," declared Morgan. 

"And to my knowledge there hasn't been 

an indoor theatre built in Maine since that 

time." 

The Portland project is construction of 

a double indoor theatre building and an 

outdoor theatre, the two indoor units each 

to seat 350. The new establishment will be 

operated by the new Esquire Theatres of 

America, a Boston-based circuit. 

License Renewal Granted 

To Bridgeport Majestic 

BRIDGEPORT, CONN.—The Majestic 

Theatre, closed by state police for failure 

of the management to renew a license to 

show motion pictures after its initial showing 

of "Lawrence of Arabia," secured a new 

license a day later and resumed the run 

of the Columbia release. 

Renewal of the Majestic's license followed 

an inspection of the theatre by the representatives 

of the state fire marshal's office. 

AA Screens 'Soldier' 

NEW HAVEN—Sperie P. Perakos, vicepresident 

and general manager, and John 

Perakos, assistant general manager, Perakos 

Theatre Associates, attended a special 

Allied Artists-hosted screening in New 

York of "Soldier in the Rain." 

Connecticut 

Young Phlladelphlans." 

E. M. Loew's Farmlngton Drlve-In 

UA's "The Caretakers, " Explosive 

Generation" and "Something Wild." 

Smith Management Co.s first-run Meadows 

Drive-In ion subsequent and reissue 

plan for winteri—Universal's "The Thrill 

of It All," "Tammy and the Doctor" and 

"The Amazing Transparent Man." 

Similar scheduling is apparent in recent 

weeks in the metropolitan New Haven, 

Bridgeport and Waterbury regions, and the 

three next-largest population centers. 

Filmrow isn't so concerned about "eating 

up" product as much as it is in sustaining 

the flow of an even audience attendance. 

There is a disturbing factor 

every fall as school age children resume 

classes; attendance markedly drops off and 

whatever boxoffice receipts come in are 

well below the summer level. Triple-features, 

while more expensive for individual 

theatre, can turn the trick, it has been 

found, on weekends. 

Drive-in trade in Connecticut is off during 

the week, and perhaps half of the 

underskyers in this exchange territory have 

either dropped performances completely for 

the winter or sharply curtailed performances, 

rimning Fridays through Sundays. 

Huge Boston Campaign 

For 'The Cardinal' 

BOSTON—One of the biggest campaigns 

in history is being undertaken here 

by 20th Century-Fox for the world premiere 

of "The Cardinal," with a roster of 

stage stars coming in for the December 11 

gala at the Saxon Theatre. Among those 

coming in for the premiere will be: Tom 

Tryon, Carol Lynley, Ossie Davis, and 

producer Otto Preminger; the assistant to 

the producer, Nat Rudick. Among the distinguished 

first night guests will be Richard 

Cardinal Cushing, who is sponsoring 

the world premiere. 

It will be the first world premiere for 

Boston since "PT 109" was kicked off here. 

John Markle, 20th Century-Fox exploitation 

chief in Boston, is in charge of arrangements. 

Plans call for a select guest list 

and VIPs from Boston. New York and 

Hollywood. 

Second National Pictures 

Saturating Pair in NE 

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BOSTON—Second National Pictures, 

Sam Richmond and Mike Segal, are kicking 

off a saturation run in key cities in 

New England on "Alone Against Rome" 

> and "Witch's Curse" Medallion!. 

The double bill calls for an opening 

at the Center in Boston early in December 

and at the Paramount Theatre. Films will 

be played by New England Theatres and 

Stanley Warner Theatres. 

The bill opens in Worcester. Mass., at 

the Capitol Theatre November 28. Key 

cities in the six-state area, including Hartford 

and New Haven in Connecticut; and 

Springfield, Worcester, will book the bill. 

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S merican International is going all out in 

a multiple-run for New England saturation. 

Harvey Appell. branch manager, 

announced. The multiple-run pictures are: 

•Goliath and the Sins of Babylon " 

and 

"Samson and the Slave Queen." They open 

at the Center in Boston December 18 and 

75 theatres in New England. "Summer 

Holiday" is set for the Center January 15. 

Next in the lineup of AIP is "Comedy of 

Terrors." set for the Center February 21: 

then "Under Age." due March 18. followed 

by "Muscle Beach Party," due April 17 . . . 

Al Loune of Lourie Theatres is leaving on 

a trip to New York and Maryland in connection 

with his circuit. 

Paramount has three big pictures coming 

in for Boston openings. Director Daniel 

Mann of "Who's Been Sleeping in My 

Bed?" opening at the Astor Theatre December 

25. will come to Boston for press conferences, 

radio and T\ appearances Monday 

a press reception at the 

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Ritz Carlton Hotel. A screening will be held 

December 5 of Paramount's "4 for Texas." 

which opens at the Paramount Theatre 

December 20. "Pun in Acapulco." the Elvis 

Presley pictui-e, has been set to follow 

"Mary. Mary" at the Paramount in Boston. 

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them are Anthony, son of Bob Hope, a 

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director Mervyn LeRoys son 

Berle came in for the opening of "It's a 

Mad. Mad, Mad, Mad World" at the Boston 

November 19 and Troy Donahue came 

in for personal appearances at the Keith 

Memorial Theatre November 20 for "Palm 

Springs Weekend." the COMPO-backed 

picture, dating in 125 New England theatres. 

Berle was guested by the Variety 

Club and Advertising Club during his stay 

in Hub. 

Updating to Retain 

Old Brattle Charm 

BOSTON—The Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, 

a landmark for years, which was 

first used as a legit theatre, then went to 

art films, is embarking on an extensive 

program of renovations, the biggest since 

its conversion to a motion picture house 

early in 1933. 

The Brattle, operated by Bryant Haliday 

and Cy Harvey, who are also distributors 

(Janus Films) and in addition operate the 

Harvard Square Theatre, announced that 

they are assuring their patrons and fans 

of the 100-year-old building that there will 

be no move to turn the theatre into a "cold, 

glossy, modern structure of plate glass and 

steel." They promised to "return the build- 

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film, "The Con Man," for the Department 

of Defense from a script by David Davidson. 

Starred will be Tom Ewell, Jim 

Backus, Eddie Poy jr., Henry Silva and 

Alvie Moore. 

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An engineering survey made followini 

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closed sufficient room for a new coolini 

unit in the backstage area, which will fra 

considerable space in the basement, when ** 

the air conditioning is now housed. Thl 

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will mean the creation of a large lobby o^p"" 

the lower floor level next to the Blue Par 

rot Coffee House, as well as a wider cor 

ridor leading to the rest rooms and th * 

Club Casablanca through the Cropper ArH*"' 

Galleries, which will also be remoieled 

All these renovations and improvement W's 

are to be completed during the winter an( 

will be followed by the construction of 

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SPRINGFIELD 

The first-run, downtown Paramoun 

played Artkino's Russian import, "Th; 

Little Humpbacked Horse," for two days 

charging a top of $1.49. The John R. Patn. 

jr. -managed showcase normally conceni 

trates on domestic product. 

Sperie P. Perakos, vice-president an' 

general manager, Perakos Theatre Associl 

ates, in town on business . M 

Bracken, assistant zone manager. Stanle! 

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Warner, met with Prank Kelley, Capitol. 

Podhorzer and Hornei 

Re-elected to IFIDA 

From Eo5tern Edition 

NEW YORK—Munio Podhorzer, presl 

dent of Casino Films, and Peter Home; 

executive with Union Film Distributor, 

have been re-elected as secretary an 

treasurer, respectively, of Independent Filr 

Importers and Distributors of America b 

the board of directors, this completing th 

slate of IFIDA officers for the fiscal yes 

1963-64. Previously elected by ballot we: 

Jean Goldwurm, Daniel Frankel an 

Irving Wormser, heads of Times Piln 

Zenith International and Continental Diij 

tributing, respectively, as a governin'; 

committee. 

IFIDA has attacked the efforts of Poi 

Worth, Texas, censors to prevent the showj 

ing of "The Balcony," a Continental rt; 

lease, in that city and Michael F. Mayej 

IFIDA executive director, assails the actio 

of W. 'V. Bradshaw jr., chairman of tr 

Port Worth censor board, as "arbitrary 

unreasonable and violative of the rights (, 

free speech" to the citizens of Fort Wortt 

A Laboratory Handbook ; 

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HOLLYWOOD—A handbook of "Star; 

dards and Procedures for Motion Pictur 

Laboratory Services" has been published i 

Washington by the Association of Cineirj 

Laboratories. The 48-page handbook wt 

edited by Byron Roudabush of Byron M< 

tion Pictures, Inc. 

Bob Altman Notes Trends 

Frcm Western Edition 

HOLLYWOOD—Producer-director Rof 

ert Altman discussed "Trends in Motic 

Picture Production" at a meeting of tl; 

Motion Picture Industry Controllers Assij 

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Tndustry pioneer Mike Alperin and his 

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wife Kitty are first of the local industry 

contingent to leave for balmier 

climes; the Alperins will holiday in Miami 

Beach, Fla., through early spring . . . Lou 

Cohen, Loew's Palace, took on added chore 

of supervising the sister Poll Theatre during 

Mrs. Ruth Colvin's vacation 

Collins, Smith Management Co. district 

manager, met with Alfred Alperin, resident 

manager at the Meadows Drive-In, Coninecticut's 

largest outdoor facility. 

The Hartford Republican party hosted 

Ted DiLorenzo, a victor in the recent city 

council election, and other winning candidates, 

at a Statler Hilton dinner. Councilman 

DiLorenzo's dad, the late Anthony J. 

DiLorenzo, was an industi-y pioneer, long 

active in independent Connecticut exhibition. 

Stanley Warner has discontinued Monday 

through Friday matinees at the first-run 

Embassy, New Britain, managed by Mrs. 

Central Connecticut 

Helen Zaniewski . . . 

State College is screening a series of four 

motion picture classics this winter. The 

jfree 

Ijttractions include "The Man in the White 

Suit," November 20; "Roshomon," December 

4; "The Seventh Seal," February 12; 

jnd "Stagecoach," February 26. The college-community 

series, open to the public 

lîth free admission, is sponsored by the 

bampus cultural affairs committee. 

The long-shuttered Phillips Theatre, 

Springfield, Mass., has been reopened on a 

i'oreign film policy by Boston exhibitor 

jeorge Keffalopoulos. Renaming the house 

he Cinema X, Keffalopoulos has redecoated 

the lobby, lowered the auditorium 

veiling to improve acoustics and installed 

,iew projection equipment and marquee. 

The initial attraction was Continental's 

Heavens Above." 

NEW HAVEN 

'ôlumbia-Otto Preminger's "The Cardinal," 

partially filmed on Connecticut 

ocations last winter, will have a preview 

Ihowing at the Palace, downstate Stamford, 

December 23, the evening's proceeds 

:;oing to St. Joseph's Hospital of Stamford, 

'^reminger will head a personality delegaion 

from New York and Hollywood. 

Subrun East Hartford Burnside Now 

Changed Over to De Luxe First Run 

By ALLEN M. 'WIDEM 

HARTFORD— Morris Keppner and Barney 

Tarantul, partners in the de luxe Burnside, 

800-seat East Hartford suburban 

showcase, have made the transition from a 

subsequent-run situation to a first-run premiere 

outlet with deceptively simple ease. 

They've managed to bring in first-run 

business— their initial attraction was the 

Connecticut premiere of Universal's "The 

Thrill of It AH" playing a handsome four 

months stand—without losing the important 

suburban trade that's been most loyal 

and attentive since the theatre's opening a 

decade and a half ago. 

At the moment, they're playing Buena 

Vista's "The Incredible Journey," also 

within the scope and sphere of a Connecticut 

premiere, and it looks like the attraction 

will go well into the winter. As a matter 

of fact, Keppner and Tarantul, long 

leaders of independent exhibition in metropolitan 

Hartford, disclose that "The Incredible 

Journey" is breaking records 

chalked up—and house-breakers they were, 

too!— by "The Thrill of It All." 

The duo credits newspaper advertising, 

word-of-mouth, and impeccably maintained 

house service and parking facilities 

as vitally contributing to the turnover from 

subsequent run to first run. 

They've gone, advertising-wise, from a 

modest daily Ixl-inch guide variety presentation 

to more ambitious 3x3 inches daily 

display, finding the impact more than 

worthwhile, since the ads are being discussed 

by patronage far beyond the anticipated 

basic market concept of Burnside 

Theatre. 

Keppner and Tarantul have made a point 

of visiting downtown drama desks at least 

once a week, both for providing stills and 

publicity and also "to pass the time of 

day" with the editors, the thinking here 

being that the editors should be alerted to 

Burnside performance patterns and projected 

booking. 

The Burnside's parking lot—able to accommodate 

a whopping 1,000 cars—is to 

the rear of the theatre building, welllighted, 

and, significantly, monitored by 

uniformed theatre aides throughout performance 

time and for long moments after 

the last evening's curtain. Keppner anl 

Tarantul don't want their parking lot to 

be known as a ready atmosphere for muggers 

and other less-desirables. 

Either partner can be founj on th? 

theatre auditorium floor— the house has 

no balcony— at afternoon and evening 

showings. They make a point of "mixing" 

with patrons dui-ing intermission, discussing 

varied and sundry points of performance 

highlights. "We don't want to be 

known as the aloof management," said 

Keppner. rated among the most capable ad 

layout men in the independent metropolitan 

Hartford showmen's ranks. 

Since the Burnside's patronage was predominantly 

suburban for many years, the 

partners aren't overlooking the "family 

trade." Matinees, on Saturdays, Sundays 

and holidays, are carefully booked to provide 

entertainment i 

features, el 

al) for family groups, with the regular attraction, 

as in the case of "The Thrill of 

It All," starting shortly after sundown. 

Following "The Incredible Journey" will 

be the Christmastime bow and Connecticut 

premiere of MGM's "The Prize." Downtown 

drama desks have already bean alerted 

and the publicity pundits have started tapping 

typewriter keys. 

The Burnside's entrance into the firstrun 

arena has been greeted, in effect, by 

first runs as "Welcome to the Club! Get in 

there—and pitch!" 

Jerry Fielding composed the music score 

for Sinatra Enterprises' "For Those Who 

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The Strand, Winsted, playin? a kiddies 

inatinee, consisting of 20th-Fox's "Snow 

Vhite and the Three Stooges" and MGM's 

Magic Boy," distributed free novelty 

mgs to each child patron. 

Cleo' New Haven Booking 

first Connecticut 

uooking has been disclosed for 20th-Pox's 

ICleopatra." The Elizabeth Taylor attrac- 

]ion bows Christmas Day at the Bailey 

.."heatres' de luxe Whalley, New Haven. No 

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MONTREAL 

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Montreal Attendance 

.Holds on High Level 

— Leading motion picture 

theatres in Montreal had continued good 

boxoffice results in the week under review. 

programs at the various theatres were 

goJd, consisting of such pictures as "Cleopatra." 

"Irma La Douce" and "55 Days 

at Peking." Colder and generally rainy 

weather sent a lot of people to the thejatres 

and this was also helped by the annual 

invasion of downtown stores by women 

shoppers for the pre-Christmas season. 

Alouetfe Cleopat-m 

Avenue We Joined 

(20th-Fox), 

the Novy 

22nd 

(Seven 

wk. ..Excellent 

Arts). 

2nd wk '....Good 

Capitol—The Main Attraction 

Room 

(MGM) Good 

Lawrence 

Dorval Theotre (Red and Salle Doree) 

ot Arabia (Col) Good 

How the West Wos Won (MGM- 

Imperial 

Cineroma), 34fh wk Good 

Kent— Mondo Cane (SR), Dth wk Good 

V.I.P.s (MGM) Excellent 

Palace— Irma Lo Douce (UA), 7tti wk Excellent 

Seville 55 Days at Peking (AA), 3rd wk Good 

Westmount The Condemned of Altona (20th- 

Fox) 

Goo J 

(Each of Four New Films 

Garners 110 in Toronto 

new features made 

I their appearance at ace theatres to pro- 

'vide a wide choice of entertainment. The 

replacements were "Lilies of the Field" at 

|the Uptown. "An Evening With the Royal 

iBallet" at the Tivoli, "The Wheeler Dealers" 

at Loew's and "The Mouse on the 

iMoan" at the Hyland. The changeover at 

the Tivoli meant a return to the roadshow 

iPOlicy with all seats reserved with a top 

of $2 for the ballet presentation. 

Is 100) 

Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col) 4th wk 

How the West Was Won (MGM- 

100 

Carlton 

lEglinton 

34th wk 

] 00 

Hollywood In the French Style (Col), 3rd wk 100 

iHylond The Mouse on the Moon (Lopert) 110 

(Imperial Polm Springs wk 

iLoews The Wheeler Dealers 

Weekend (WB), 

(MGM) 

2nd 

... 

100 

110 

Royol Ballet Tivoli—An Evening With the (20th- 

Fox) 110 

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Towne—8'/2 (IFD), 3rd wk 100 

lUniversity—Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 22nd wk 120 

jUptown— Lilies of the Field (UA) J 10 

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iSeven "Goods' Out of Nine 

.Possibilities in Vancouver 

rains kept many 

at their firesides but seven of the 

Inine first-run theatres reported "Good" 

as the proper rating for the week's run. 

j"Under the Yum Yum Tree" was the 

sole 

new offering and it was one of the attracjtions 

earning the highest report rating. 

!:apitol—Under the Yum Yum Tree (Col) 

Good 

;3deon— Lowrence of Arobia (Col), 36th wk Good 

|-rph»um— 55 Days at Peking (AA), 4th wk. ..Steody 

=ark—The Leopard (20th-Fox), 2nd wk Good 

?idge— Drylonders (Col), 3rd wk Average 

,>,Qnley—Cleopotra (20th-Fox), 22nd wk Good 

,>trand—Windjammer (Cinerama), reissue, 2nd wk. Good 

jûdic— Sparrows Can't Sing (SR), 3rd wk Good 

Wogue, five ether theatres- Irma La Douce 

fUA), 7th wk 

! 

Good 

Prizes to Two Films 

MONTREAL—Two films on health, pro- 

|luced for the Ministry of Health and Wel- 

,fare, one by Crawley Films, Ottawa, and 

|the other by National Film Board, have 

Hvon Chris prizes at a film festival in Columbus, 

Ohio. The films are: "Le NouveaujNe" 

The Newborm which describes the 

I 

pare of babies, and "Une Mahi Amicale" 

•A Piiendly Handi a documentary on 

penevolent work at psychiatric hospitals. 

[Phis brings to 35 the number of prizes won 

|3y films of the Ministry of Health and 

(Welfare in the past 16 years. 

French Now See Dubbed 

Version of 'All Quiet' 

From Eoitcrn Edition 

PARIS—Universals "All Quiet on the 

Western Front," in constant global distribution 

for more than three decades, will 

now be seen in a dubbed version for the 

first time by the general French public. 

Universal launched the Academy-Awardwinning 

classic, which made a star of Lew 

Ayres, November 11 at an eight-theatre 

saturation in Paris. 

Decision to dub the picture was made 

several months ago by Universal's manager 

for France, Rene Delcourt, with the 

approval of Americo Aboaf. vice-president 

and foreign general manager for Universal 

International. Since 1930, when the French 

people were sensitive toward the Erich 

Maria Remarque story, the picture has 

been distributed at least twice in 20 countries 

and three times in 15 other countries, 

accirding to Joseph Mazer, in charge of 

overseas reissue activities. 

National Film Board 

Impresses BBC Head 

MONTREAL—The National Film Board, 

headquartered in subm-ban Ville St. Laurent, 

greatly impressed an official of the 

British Broadcasting Corp. Huw Wheldon, 

head of th? documentary films and music 

for the BBC in London, said he "was tremendously 

impressed" with the unique 

setup of the NPB here, declaring there was 

a spirit of "living celluloid crawling around 

the corridors." 

Wheldon likened NFB's spirit to the 

Polish government film school at Warsaw 

where also "new and exciting things are 

happening in cinema production." The 

physical size of the NFB's St. Laurent studio 

is just right to produce the type of 

films which have made Canada famous 

on the screens of the world, according to 

Wheldon. 

"If it was larger, it would be an unwieldy 

institution and if it was smaller 

it couldn't turn out its fine films," he 

noted. 

Wheldon said the BBC plans to increase 

its purchase of Canadian documentary 

films from the NPB for telecasting. 

Accompanying Wheldon was Sydney 

Newman, head of the BBC drama group, 

who also was "tremendously thrilled" with 

the NFB setup. 

"For me, it was a trip of nostalgia as I 

was among the NFB originals in Ottawa 

at the beginning of the second world war 

under John Grierson," said Newman. "I 

spent an hour or so at the official opening 

of the present St. Laurent studios several 

years ago, but this was my first real inspection. 

"It was a great thrill to see how 

far the NFB has come since the days of 

that converted sawmill on Suffolk street 

in Ottawa." 

Newman said he was enthusiastic about 

the film board's first feature production 

"The Drylanders," which is going great in 

prairie provinces, and he also praised their 

prize-winning film Nahanni. iNFB selected 

Boxoffice magazine as one of the publications 

to publicize "The Drylanders"). 

Star rodeo performer Monty Montana 

has joined the cast of "Cheyenne Autumn," 

a Warner Bros, release. 

UAC Circuit Adopts 

Golden Age Program 

MONTREAI— Thank.s to 

the determination 

and initiative of the Bnal B'rlth 

women, with the full cooperation of the 

major United Amusement Corp.. senior 

c tizens of this metro|X)litan district will 

be able to attend movie theatres for a 

special admission of 40 cents, beginning 

Thursday i5). 

All that is necessary is to be 60 years 

old or more and enroll in the Golden Age 

Cine-Club. Mrs. Harvey Freedman, president 

of the Bnal B'rith community services 

committee, said, "We already have 

1.500 members in the Golden Age Cine- 

Club and hope eventually to have 20.000." 

United Amusement will host a free inaugural 

program at its hu,e Palace Theatre 

on west St. Catherine street Thursday. 

The attraction was not announced. 

Mrs. Freedman and her committee, G. 

Destounis. vice-presitient of UAC, and D. 

Giles, another vice-president, worked out 

the Golden Age program following the 

adoption of the icea in several areas of 

New York City in 1960. UAC operates 22 

theatres in the Montreal area, besides situations 

through the province of Quebec. 

The B'nai B'rith women set up 16 chapters 

to further the project and contacted 

churches and synagogues, also assigned two 

women to posts at theatres to sign up 

Golden Age members. 

The membership includes both French 

and English-speaking citizens. 

VANCOUVER 

prank Lawson, advertising-publicity director 

for Rank Film Distributors, addressed 

E gathering of theatre managers at the 

.i>i tmore Hotel on upcoming releases and 

gave suggestions on how to get the best 

g.osses out of them . Smith, secie:ary 

of the projectionists Local 348. and 

wife ce'ebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. 

Their son Frank jr. is following 

his dad's trade. 

Noted was Howard Boothe, former Odeon 

district manager, who now is retired. He 

appeared to be in the best of health . 

A. E. McManus. president of Local 348 

who works in the booth of the FPC Strand. 

s a member of the projectionists advisory 

board covering British Columbia and 

Washington state . . . Speakers at a recent 

meetins of the Saskatchewan Motion Picture 

Exhibitors Ass'n urged legislation for 

the licensing of school halls showing film. 

The 13-year-old daughter of Clifford Fox, 

cirerator of the drive-in theatre at Rut- 

!and. five miles east of Kelowna. was 

kil]ed by a car as she walked along the road 

on the way to the theatre . on the 

provincial censor list were "Sodom and 

Gomorrah" and "Only Two Can Play." 

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MONTREAL 

Tht Quebec branch of the Canadian Motion 

Picture Pioneers held its always 

impressive semiannual dinner November 

21 in the hall of the Rialto Theatre on 

Park avenue. Preceding the dinner, a general 

meeting was held at which Phil Maurice, 

general manager of Consolidated Theatres, 

and one of Montreal's best known 

and liked motion picture personalities, was 

received into the 25-Year Club. Leslie Roberts, 

radio commentator of radio station 

CJAD. was the speaker. Many gifts were 

distributed at the Pioneer's affair. William 

Deveault. secretary-treasurer of 

United Amusement Corp. was in charge of 

tickets. 

The wife of Bill Guss, manager at MGM. 

has returned home after a stay at the Ross 

Pavilion of Royal 'Victoria Hospital of many 

weeks. Mrs. Guss is reported "recuperating 

slowly, but wonderfully" . . . Denise Poirier. 

Prompt theatre service from 

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Complete projection 

Replacement parts always on hand 

BEST THEATRE SUPPLY REG'D 

4810 Soint Denis Street Montreal 34, Que. 

Phone: (42-6762 

secretary at Quebec Cinema Booking and 

Montreal Poster Exchange, was home ill 

several days. 

December 18, the Picture Pioneer will 

sponsor the premiere of Stanley Kramer's 

"It's a Mad. Mad. Mad, Mad World" at 

Cinerama's Hospital Theatre. All receipts 

will go to the associations benevolent 

fund . Capri at 8216 Hochelaga St.. 

was robbed by a holdup man on November 

16. The bandit escaped with a sum reported 

by police to be $200. A 27-year-old 

man, free on bail while awaiting trial on 

three holdup charges, was one of two suspects 

arrested two days later at the 'Villeray 

Theatre. 8034 St. Denis. The automatic 

alarm went off and constables arrived 

quickly and arrested the two men inside. 

Condolences were offered to Eileen Brennan 

of the 'Warner Bros, staff on the death 

of her mother Marguerite after a lengthy 

National Film Board presented to the 

illness . . . Also to Saul Levitt of Paramount, 

general public a showing of four films 

who is mourning the death of his brother 

dealing with the province of Quebec. The 

Maurice. Early this year, another Levitt 

films were selected from 

brother. John, who 

among the board's 

was a motion pictm'c 

recent documentaries. "Morning on the 

pioneer of Montreal, died unexpectedly . 

Lievrew." which 

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won six prizes in national 

Saturday. December 14, the Picture 

and international competition, was a feature 

of the program . "The 

Pioneers of Quebec will hold their annual 

Christmas party for children of motion 

V.I.P.s," starring Elizabeth Taylor and 

picture families in Montreal and district. 

The annual 

Richard Burton, has been drawing large 

party will take place at the 

crowds 

Champlain Theatre. A 

and a long run is forecast . . . 

selected film program 

The Rivoli, Granada, Papineau and 'Versailles 

theatres reported outstanding busi- 

has been prepared with all the trimmings, 

including a special talent contest 

ness 

and favors and 

with two Select Films releases consisting 

of "Seul Contre Rome" and "Tran- 

gifts. 

sit a Saigon" . Strand was jammed 

full during the initial showing of "Lawrence 

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featured three color films on Greece. 

The films highlighted the excavation at 

Crauron, the Acropolis of Athens and 

The Museum of Canadian 

Delphi . . . 

Films on Arts presented at I'Ecole des 

Beaux-Arts films on French art, featuring 

Picasso, Romancero du Picard, La 

Petite Cuillere, L'Enfer de Rodin, Bresdin 

and Dunoyer de Segonzac . Johnson, 

who recently took over the Huntingdon 

Theatre of Huntingdon, was a Filmrow 

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Mayor Summerville, 

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TORONTO—This city 

mourning by the sudden death of Mayo 

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Donald D. Surrmierville, 46, an energetl 

leader in the community and member o 

a well-known theatre family, who collapse< 

while playing in a benefit hockey game li 

aid of people in Italy who suffered losse 

ijjiti 

in the recent flood disaster, whom he hi 

planned to visit in a few days. 

An estimated 30,000 persons paid thai 

respects at the city hall where the bod 

lay in state prior to the funeral Friday (22 

at St. James Cathedral. 

In lieu of flowers, the family request© 

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lage in which Mayor Summei-ville too i'^ 

special interest as a canvasman of th 

Toronto Variety Club and had been nomi 

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nated to the 1964 crew as representing th 

Prince of Wales Theatre, of which he ha 

long been manager. 

Among the survivors, in addition to h 

wife and two sons, is a brother William J^fmî' 

Summerville, eastern division manager fi llieC 

Famous Players Canadian Corp. and t 

1963 president of the Motion Picture Thi 

atres Ass'n of Ontario. 

The father was a pioneer Toronto 

iduc 

hibitor and prominent member of the cii 

council and of the Ontario legislature. 

His First Projection Booth 

Was in Covered Wagon 

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AMARILLO — James J. Cheshire 

better known as Jerry, who has had 

wide range of theatre experience includli 

stagehand, electric plant engineer, e (jm 

hibitor and projectionist in Texas, told 

his first experience at showing motion pi 

tures: 

"When I was 15 years old, I took a j( 

with two men who were brothers 

traveled out of Eastland to play in son 

of the smaller towns. My first experien 

as an operator was showing pictures fro 

a covered wagon! 

"Since there was no electricity whei 

we were playing, we used old carbide ligh 

to project the picture." Of course, tl 

pictui-e machine was handcranked. The 

was no take-up reel and the film ran c 

into a sack. 

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"We had to set up a tent," he explain^ 

"Once we spent the night dyeing the te! 

with new color and set it up the next day f 

the show. But the dye cut off the air a) 

made it so hot the patrons couldn't hare 

stand it at the show that night." 

He returned to Eastland later and got 

job in a garage. Another exhibitor came 

him and offered him a job in the boo 

three nights a week. He made 50 cents 

show. But in a short time, while drivl 

a truck for $18 per week, he took a fu 

time job in the booth for $25. 

Within a few short years, Cheshire h 

worked on theatre jobs during three 

booms—in Eastland, Ranger and Brecke 

ridge. 

During the 1930s he became an exhibK 

—at the Gem Theatre in Abilene. ChesW 

went back into the booth in Amarillo 

1940. 

He is in semiretirement now. serving 

swing projectionist at the Paramount Tl 

atre. 

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DETROIT—Max Allen, 74, in exhibition 

or over half a centmy, and probably the 

ountry's only individual international exlibitor. 

died at his Detroit home November 

8. He started as doorman and assistant 

nanager at the Monarch Theatre in Ednonton, 

Alta., in 1912. Later he promoted 

2 md built the Allen Theatre at Edmonton for 

rule and Jay J. Allen. In 1919 he moved to 

s Afindsor, across the river from Detroit in 

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response! 

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selling, renting, hiring. All this is 

made easier 

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She's Mine' Premiere Gives Small City Moment of Glory 

Two-Day World Inaugural in Abilene, 

Tex., Is Major Industry PR Event 

ABILENE 

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A grassroots premiere, put on in full scale glamor and loell 

planned by skilled showmen, adds prestige to the motion picture 

industry far beyond its own scope. The world premiere 

of "Take Her, She's Mine" at Abilene, Tex., population 

100.000. with Jimmy Stewart and Sandra Dee heading the 

festivity, was not only a major event, promotionwise, for the 

industry but also civicly and publicwise for people of Texas, 

as the following report by Interstate Theatres advertisingpublicity 

manager discloses. 

By FRANCIS BARR 

Publicity-Advertising Director for 

Interstate and Texas Consolidated Theatres 

One of the greatest world premieres ever staged in Texas 

made glorious history November 4 and 5. The concerted effort 

of Interstate-Texas Consolidated Theatres and 20th Century- 

Pox Pictures launched "Take Her, She's Mine" into an orbit 

that attracted nationwide atention. 

One of the greatest world premieres ever 

staged in Texas made glorious history November 

4 and 5. The concerted effort of 

Interstate-Texas Consolidated Theatres 

and 20th Century-Fox Pictures launched 

"Take Her, She's Mine" into an orbit that 

attracted nationwide attention. 

James Stewart and Sandra Dee, costars 

of the film, spearheaded a two-day celebration 

of premiere activities in Abilene, 

climaxed by a parade witnessed by 35,000 

spectators. 

The west Texas city probably vrill never 

be quite the same after the rip-roaring 

world premiere. "Take Her, She's Mine" 

was Abilene's first major world premiere 

and the city reacted with gusto. Police 

estimated that the crowd lining a dozen 

downtown blocks equaled a third of the 

total population of Abilene. Abilene residents 

said the only comparable event in 

the city is the Christmas parade, but that 

this annual event has never matched the 

excitement and attendance of the movie 

premiere and parade. 

The parade, including nine school bands, 

among which was the world famous Hardin 

Simmons College Cowboy band, a half 

dozen sheriffs' posses and groups of horsemen 

with several from neighboring counties, 

numerous cars and floats, passed in 

review in front of the Paramount Theatre. 

On a platform in front of the theatre were 

two stars of the picture, James Stewart 

and Sandra Dee, plus Mrs. Stewart, city 

It was a big moment when Jimmy Stewart and Sandra Dee stood up before thousands 

crowded in front of the Paramount Theatre in Abilene, Tex., on world premiere night 

—a big moment for the stars as well as for the excited onlookers. 

officials, militaiT officers from Dyess Air 

Force base and other visiting guests. 

The premiere had been announced for 

the Paramount only, but the capacity of 

this house was sold out Tuesday morning 

and an-angements were hurriedly made to 

open the nearby Queen Theatre to make it 

a double premiere showing. Stewart and 

Miss Dee appeared on stage in both theatres 

before audiences that filled all the 

seats and packed all the standing room. 

Cactus Pryor, Austin, Texas radio-television 

personality, was master of ceremonies 

for the "on stage" program, which 

was enthusiastically received. 

Stewart brought the audiences to their 

feet by playing "The Eyes of Texas" on an 

accordion as a finale. 

It was apparent from the moment the 

chartered plane, bringing the stars and 

other guests, touched down at Abilene 

municipal aiiTJort that the premiere was 

going to be something different. There 

were several hundred fans at the airport 

and several thousand at the nearby Public 

School Stadium where both stars made 

brief talks. The city of Abilene, officials 

and citizens, with the full cooperation of 

the officers from nearby Dyess Air Force 

base, part of the Strategic Air Command, 

went all-out to fill the 30-hom- premiere 

schedule with luncheons, dinners and other 

entertainment. These included a cocktail 

dinner dance hosted by the Westwood 

Club. Premiere headquarters was at the 

new downtown Hiway House Hotel. 

Stewart perhaps siunmed up his own 

reaction and that of Miss Dee and visitors 

such as Jonas Rosenfield, Dallas-born vicepresident 

of publicity-advertising for 20th- 

Fox, when he said from the Paramount 

Theatre stage "This is the greatest day in my 

life; nothing like this has ever happened 

to me before." 

The audiences at both the Paramount 

and Queen theatres perhaps summed up 

the reaction of Abilene to the premiere by 

giving the picture a standing ovation at 

its close. 

Stewart and Miss Dee were on stage with 

Pryor in the same program in the Palace 

Theatre in Dallas and the Worth Theatre 

in Fort Worth Wednesday night, in San 

Antonio at the Majestic Theatre Thursday 

night and in Houston at the Metropolitan 

Theatre Pi-iday night. While in 

Houston, the stars had lunch with the 

astronauts at the NASA base. 

Amusements editors, columnists, television 

news cameramen and radio personalities 

from Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, 

Fort Worth, Austin. El Paso, Amarillo, 

Wichita Falls, Waco. Tyler, Brownwood, 

Eastland, Tulsa and Oklahoma City 

converged on Dallas at noon Monday. November 

4, where they met Stewart and 

Miss Dee at a press cocktail party and 

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Step -by -Step Outline for Shop and Show, 

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^ A Series Sponsored by Merchants Group 

An extra revenue producer that can be 

used year after year with the merchants is 

the Shop and Show promotion developed 

by Shelby Bourne, manager for Commonwealth 

Theatres at Casper, Wyo. The promotion 

is described by Bourne in a "Pet 

Projects" booklet prepared by Commonwealth 

for its 1st annual King of the Sun 

managers contest June 20 to September 28. 

Bourne reports he has made a lot of 

money with the Shop and Show. He 

relates: 

"The idea consists simply of taking a 

number of merchants in the community 

and selling them on the idea your theatre 

is going to bring people to town to shop 

in various stores. Your theatre is the focal 

point and will virtually act as "unofficial 

baby sitter" for the project. Here are the 

basic steps in setting up the Shop 

Show project: 

and 

FIRST STEP: 

"Decide how many shows you wish to 

have on your Shop and Show. Will it take 

four, six or even ten? How many merchants 

will it take to give me my dollaigoal? 

What can I charge each merchant 

in my town and still give him a fair shake, 

whereby he can reap benefits from my 

project? How much will it cost me in advertising 

dollars to conduct my Shop and 

Show—how much will my program and 

staff cost? 

SECOND STEP: 

"After the first step has been determined, 

then a list should be compiled of leading 

merchants in your town. It would be suggested 

you keep it on an exclusive basis. 

A merchant just naturally feels better, if 

The sign seen above was designed by Sam Gilman, 

manager of Loew's State Theatre in Syracuse, N.Y., 

for 'The V.I.P.s." For out-front sidewalk ballyhoo, 

Gilman set up a platform and had a man dressed 

like the Wizard in "Captain Sindbad" do some 

tricks. A sign headed, 'The Wizard of Magic as seen 

in CAPTAIN SINDBAD will perform on this stage 

ot 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m. today only." 

he knows, his is the only business of its 

kind in on your project. 

THIRD STEP: 

"The merchant should then be contacted 

telling them you are going to hold a series 

of Shop and Shows and bring people to 

town and shop while the kiddies are in 

your theatre. It should be explained chat 

the cost to him each week will be only $10 

(based upon four weeks with thirty merchants) 

. weekly charge can be 

changed to fit predetermined needs and 

dollar goal. 

"For his cooperating with you in your 

project, you will furnish him with new 

tickets each week, preceding each week's 

show. You are going to bring people into 

his store four different times to get tickets 

abased on four shows) . Tickets will not be 

available at the theatre. You will give him 

a nice poster for his window (window 

streamers can be used) telling the people 

he is a participating merchant. His name 

along with a select few other merchants 

will be given a nice screen trailer ad, which 

will kick off the project and will be used 

during the campaign at your theatre. Tell 

him he will be given a nice mention on a 

lobby display in the lobby of your theatre. 

Handout heralds can be implemented in 

the campaign, if desired. 

FOURTH STEP: 

"A well balanced program is most important 

to this project. The features and 

short subjects should be carefully evaluated 

to get good balance that will please the 

children. 

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EMPLOYED: 

IDEAS THAT CAN BE 

"If a large number of merchants are 

sold this program, a bicycle can be given 

away on the last show. Many, many door 

prizes can be given at the beginning of the 

series, in-between, or at the end. This 

depends on the number of shows you're 

going to have. Lots of other ideas can be 

employed using the concession stand as the 

focal point. Beach balls, supersippers, free 

theatre tickets or any number of inexpensive 

items from the dime store can 

be used." 

Utility Cards Diverted 

To Benefit of Theatre 

There is practically nothing the fertile 

mind of a showman won't turn to use if at 

all possible. For example, the monthly bills 

sent out by the utility companies. Renato 

Daneri, manager of the Playhouse Theatre 

in Statesville, N.C.. got a bunch of the 

blank cards on which the bills are printed, 

had one side imprinted with a mat and 

playdate copy on "The Courtship of Eddie's 

Father" and had the utility company 

addiess approximately 500 (which suited his 

purpose) with its machine. 

This he has repeated in promotions for 

several pictures. 

It probably would be impossible to get 

such cooperation from a private utility 

company for various valid reasons, but in 

Statesville the city owns its utilities. 

BOXOFFICE Showmandiser Dec. 2, 1963 — 191 — 

Majestic Theatre Manager Bob White gives 

a handshake greeting to the Dallas champion 

sneak previewer Cyril Stern. 

Curiosity Pays — 

A voice on the telephone inquiring 

about sneak previews each week at 

the Interstate Majestic and Palace 

theatres in Dallas aroused the curiosity 

of Hal Cheatham, Interstate 

publicist, and lead to a feature story 

and illustration extending across four 

columns in the Dallas News. 

The story described Cyril Stern as 

the "sneakiest" man in Dallas—he 

never misses a Sunday night preview 

at either the Palace or Majestic when 

such films are being shown. His unmasking, 

the Morning News amusement 

editor relates, as the city's most 

regular sneak-reviewer came about 

after a call had been coming into 

Cheatham's office the latter part of 

every week for many months. 

Usually sneaks are scheduled at 

one or the other of the downtown Interstate 

theatres; only infrequently is 

none planned. 

After many weeks the voice of the 

caller became familiar to Cheatham 

and his office staff. Finally, Cheatham 

asked the caller for his name. 

It developed that Stem, who lives in 

a hotel with his father, has been the 

Dallas "sneak" champion only three 

or four years. And he goes to sneak 

previews "just because I like movies." 

Big Front for 'Sodom' 

G. Dilks was new at Mechanics Hall 

(built in 1835) at Nottingham. England, 

when the "Sodom and Gomorrah" booking 

came up, and he hadn't much of a budget for 

promotion. However, since the theatre is 

situated on the main trafficway of the 

ancient city, Milton street, he put extra 

effort on the front. Eleven bus routes pass 

by. 

An All Services Display 

R. C. Baker of the Odeon Theatre in 

Hanley, England, got all the military services 

to put up a combined services display 

in the theatre foyer for "The Longest 

Day."

Family Operation Brings Out Hidden Talents 

The small, familyowned 

business brings out 

hidden talents and diversified 

skills. Here the 

wife and mother of Max 

L. Patterson, owner of 

the Pickwick at Syracuse 

and the Boice at nearby 

Warsaw, Ind., put the 

finishing touches on a 

couple of screen cartoon 

characters on a lobby wall 

of the Pickwick. They 

have decorated the entire 

lobby thus with colorful 

figures from the wonderland 

of motion pictures. 

Patterson also notes that 

he and his family just 

completed installation of 

new sound at the theatre. 

Always Something Extra in Promotion Is 

Factor in Attendance Gain at Drive-ln 

This year's attendance records at the 

Waterford Drive-In in the New London 

area of Connecticut 

have outpaced gross 

figures for the 1962 

season, which broke a 

12-year record. 

Fied Koontz m, 

who manages this 

profitable situation 

for the Lockwood & 

Gordon circuit, feels 

several factors are involved. 

First he 

mentions improved 

pictures, 

Fred Koontz 

supplemented 

by more promo- 

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tion by distributors both nationally and in 

cooperative deals with exhibitors on the 

local level. 

Other factors he emphasizes are regular, 

persistent promotion on his part, plus 

something extra for each attraction, and 

rigid maintenance of the theatre plant. 

"The exhibitor w-ho's now doing business 

is the fellow who's providing the little 

extras that make going to the movies 

worthwhile," Koontz asserts. "I find myself 

going after the little extra bits of customer 

ser%ice and appeal, and have learned 

that the customers DO remember at which 

theatre they are treated coui'teously and at 

which theatre the service is merely hohum." 

Playing a return run of "Breakfast at 

Tiffany's," Koontz distributed free cigaretholders 

to lady patrons. Trade was resoundingly 

strong, well above normal. 

For "A Gathering of Eagles." Koontz offered 

free ladies earrings and had a film 

promotion message on his answering sei-vice 

during the day. 

Horror films, an increasingly important 

•- 't of drive-in operations, haver.'t been 

overlooked. Koontz brought novelty horror 

creatures, at about one cent each, for one 

program, and he gave away "skulls" (toy 

models, of course) for another show. 

He tied up with boat dealers in the area 

for a display on "The Sea Chase," a WB 

revival. Playing Jerry Lewis' "The Nutty 

Professor," he had a man dressed as "Mr. 

Peanut" distributing free goodies. 

Foreign films play a significant part. 

Booking "Mondo Cane," he set up a special 

table in his concession building, offering 

free chocolate-covered "ants" and 

"caterpillars." Customer response was 

more pronounced than some of the more 

conventionally concocted and conducted 

promotions. 

Koontz feels strongly that week-afterweek 

promotion and public relations gestures 

get regional residents in a Waterford 

Drive-In thinking and going mood. "They 

keep asking each other, 'What's going on 

at the Waterford this week?" 

As far as individual company activity is 

concerned, the Koontz chapeau is off to 

American International. 

"It is big news," he asserts, "when a 

movie star comes to your town. When AIP 

made John Ashley available to us for a 

concession building autographing session 

some weeks ago, the turnout, particularly 

by the youngsters, was tremendous. And 

we have to remember that these teenagers 

are tomorrow's adults and hence are 

needed to maintain the level, if not improve, 

the weekly gross, be your theatre a 

drive-in or hardtop." 

He staged a "Beach Party" beauty competition. 

Newspaper, radio and TV cooperation, 

never particularly significant in 

this shoreline hinterland, was pronounced 

and penetrating on this one. He did far 

over average on opening night, despite the 

fact that Ashley's appearance and the 

beauty competition weren't slated until 

the second evening of the run. The week's 

take hit a figure to be emulated by any 

major release. 

When all's said and done, however, the 

matter of building trade is in the local exhibitor's 

hands. The national distributor 

can't do the things so vital and vigorously 

necessary to sell motion picture entertainment, 

per se, on the community level. 

His formula, he's found, happily enough, 

begets better grosses and better grosses 

mean more capital for repairs and general 

improvement. An improved theatre inevitably 

means a more satisfied patron. 

There is no substitute for showmanship! 

Two Radio Contests Give 

'Haunted Palace' Lift 

For "The Haunted Palace," Manager Ed 

Miller of the Paramount in Buffalo promoted 

a contest on radio station 'WXrPO, 

with Halloween and its ghosts, witches, 

black cats, haunted houses, etc., in mind. 

Guest tickets went to those who sent in the 

longest list of motion pictures with the 

word "Haunted" in their title. 

On another radio station, WEBR, Miller 

offered passes to listeners-in who sent in 

the first 25 correct lists of the titles of the 

pictures in which Vincent Price has starred. 

Miller also tied in with Price's personal 

appearance with his art museum at Sear's 

store. In exchange for a poster in the 

Paramount lobby on the Sears exhibition, 

the store gave the theatre a half dozen 

large posters throughout the store featuring 

Vincent Price in "The Haunted Palace," 

with the theatre and playdate prominently 

displayed. 

A 'Wives, Lovers' Apple! 

A montage of "Wives and Lovers" stills 

was reproduced on the front page of the 

New Orleans States-Item amusement section 

in the form of an apple. Fred D'Aquin, 

advertising director, had the large piece 

made up from material furnished by the 

Saenger Theatre. 

A Mr. Planter Peanut Party, sponsored by the local 

Standard Brands office, attracted 1,800 youngsters 

to a matinee of "The Nutty Professor" at Sumner 

Theatre in Brooklyn. Lerner notes that the Sumner 

neighborhood is in a "very poor" income area. Mr. 

Planter Peanut seen in the above picture is an usher, 

dressed in a costume supplied by Standard Brands. 

He distributed 3,000 packages of peanuts, whistles, 

belt buckles, etc., also supplied by Standard Brands. 

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2761 OMiry, Mary (126) Comedy WB 

26S7MiKiini (9J) Comedy- Drtmi Ellit 

2779 0Mcl-inlock! (127) £ Com West UA 

2731 O"!' 0' •••« Slooe Women (94) 

Horror Orim» Parade 

27210Mondo C»ne (102) Documentary. .Times 

2735 ©Mouse on the Moon. The 

(82) Comedy Lopef 

2758 Murdv at the Catlop (81) 

My>tery-Com 

2670 Murder Can Be Deadly 

MGM 

(60) Sus. Melodr Colorama 

2748 Murder on the Campus 

(61) Mys-Melo Colorama 

My Nante Is Ivan (97) Melodr.. Sio Shore 

My Hobo (98) Comedy Toho 

27670»«y Son, the Hero (111) Ac Dr..UA 

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2765 ©Nature's Sweethearts (63) Ikay 

2755 0Neros MisUess (86) ® 

Period Comedy MFI 

2760 ONe* Kind of Lo»e. A (110) Com Para 

2697 No Exit (85) Drama Zenith 

27U No Time to Kill (70) Melodr ADP-SR 

2777 Nurse on Wheels (86) Com Janus 

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2759 ©01 Love and Desire 

(97) Drama 20th-Fax 

Of Lo»« and Lust (109) Com-Dr F-A-W 

2774 Old Dark House, The (86) HoC Col 

2761 Ordered to Lore (65) Drama. .Transocean 

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2777 ©Palm Sprinjs Weekend (100) Com.WB 

2776 Passionate Thief. The (95) Ccm. .Embassy 

2773 ©Passion Holiday (75) Melodr .. Davis 

Pickpocket (75) Drama Delahaye 

2766 Pair of Briefs, A (90) Comedy Davis 

2727 Pillv of Fire (75) Eng-dubbed 

War Action Drama Nod Meadow 

2734 ©Playboy of the Western World, 

The (100) Corn-Drama Janut 

2778 Playjirl and the War Minister, 

The (90) Com Union 

2779 Playjirls and the Vampire, 

The (76) Ho MeloDr Fanfare 

2745 Please. Not Now! 

(74) © Rom-Com 20th-Fo3< 

2753 Prelude to Ecstasy (84) Sus Mela Manson 

2780 Promises! Promises! (75) Con..NTD SR 

2716 ©PT 109 (140) (B Ww Dr WB 

26S7 Quart Fellow, The (85) Drana Astor 

2733 Quick and the Dead, The (90) 

War Drama Beckmn

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Showdown (T9) OD . .6310 

Aiidle Murphy, Crowley, 

Kathleen 

Charles Drake, Harold Stone 

J. 

@Tammy and the Doctor 

(89) CD.. 6311 

Sandra Dec, Peter Fonda 

©Sword of Lancelot 

(116) ® Ad.. 6312 

Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, 

Brian Aheme 

©A Gathering of Eagles 

(115) D..6313 

liock lliitison. Rod Taylor 

The List of Adrian Messenger 

(98) My. .6315 

(TOA Hollywood Preview May 29) 

Geoige C. Scott. Pana Wynter. 

plii3 several surprise guests 

©King Kong vs. Godzilla 

(91) HoC..6314 

.Michael Keith. Harry Holcomb 

©The Thrill of It All 

(108) C..6316 

rtiiy. Porls James Oamer, 

Arlme Krancls, Edw. Andrews 

The Traitors (71) D..6317 

Patrick Allen, James Maxwell. 

Freud: The Secret Passion 

(formerly litled Freud) 

(120) D .6301 

MontKomrry (Tllft, dnsa/wah Yort. 

(Oeneral 

releaae) 

©Kiss of the Vampire 

(88) Ho.. 6318 

Clifford Bvans, Jennifer Daniels, 

Bdward De Souza 

WARNER BROS. 

Paranoiac (80) D . . S309 ©Island of Love (101) (R C..264 

Janette Scott, Oliver Reed. 

Robert I'reston, Tuny Randall, 

SheUa UujTell 

Ceurglu iMoll 

Black Gold (98) D. .263 

I'hlllp Carey. Diane McBaln 

lJ©Spencer's Mountain 

(118) ® D..265 

Henry Fonda, O'Hara, 

M.aureen 

James MacArthur. Wally Cos. 

Donald Cri.sp, Mlm.sy Farmer 

©PT 109 (140) ® D ,266 

Cliff Rnborlson, Ty Hardin, James 

Oregory. Riibert Culp, (Irant 

Wllllajns 

©The Castllian (129) 8) AD. 352 

Cesar Itomertx, FYankle Avalon, 

Broderlck Oi«ford, Allda Villi 

Wall of Noise (112) At. .351 

Siraaime Pleshette, Ty Hardin, 

Dorothy Provlne 

©For Love or Money (108) C. .6319 

Kirk r>onglas. Mltil Oaynor, 

©Rampage 

Robert Mllchum, 

(98) Ad.. 353 

MartlnelU, 

EHsa 

Jack Hawkins 

Clg Young, Thelma Rttter 

©Mary, Mary (126) C,.354 

Debbie Reynolds, Barry Nelson 

Michael Rennle 

©Palm Springs Weekend (lOO) CD.. 

Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens 

Date 

A.D.P. PRODS.-SR 

No Time to Kill 

(70) Dr. Mar 63 

Julm Irolaiid. EUcn Schulera 

APEX 

Hand Trap in the (90) . . . .Jul 63 

lOlsa Daniel, Krand-sco Kabul 

ASTOR 

The Quare Fellow (85) D,.Feb-63 

I'm rick Mcdoiihan, SylOa Syms 

During One Night (84). .D. . 

Dun BorLsenko, Susan Hampshire 

Fi e Minutes to Live (80) Cr. 

Jnhnny Cash. Donald Wodds 

The Trial (118) D, .Feb 63 

Anthony I'eiklns, Homy .Schneider, 

Orson Welles, KIsa Marthielll 

ATLANTIC PICTURES 

West End Jungle (60) . Feb-63 

l.4mii(in's prostitution problem 

Invitation to Murder 

(65) Sus. .M. .Jun 63 

Ri)l)ert Lisa Daiilely 

Bealty. 

CAPRI FILMS 

May 63 

Doc. 

Naniillnn Marlptie Dietrich 

CINEMA DISTRIBUTORS OF 

AMERICA 

The Garbage Man 

(86) C. Jun 63 

Toncy Naylur, Joseph Lincoln 

CINEMA-VIDEO 

Tlie Rght Hand of the 

DI (72) Ho.. Jul 63 

Aram Kairlier. Lisa McDonald 

No Man's Land (..) Dec 63 

Taxi to To'jrouk (..) . . . . Dec 63 

COLORAMA 

The Girl Hunters (103) .. My. Jun 63 

Mickey Spillane, Lloyd Nolan 

Murder Can Be Deadly 

(60) My.. July 63 

Liz Fraser, Kenneth Griffith . . . . 

Murder on the Campus 

(61) My.. June 63 

Terence Donald Gray, 

I.oJigdon, 

Dlijw (Hare 

CROWN-INTERNATIONAL 

Terrified (81) Ac, May 63 

Rod Lauren, Tracy Olseo 

As Nature Intended (64) D. May 63 

Pamela Qreeo 

ELLIS 

Lovers on > Tight Rope 

(83) D. Dec 52 

Vnnle Pcrler 

Glrar*rt. PnuK«Ifl 

EMERSON FILM ENTERPRISES 

©The King's Musketeers 

(96) Ac. Jul 63 

Sebiistlan Stone. 

Cabot, Jeffrey 

Marina Bertl 

Two Living, One Dead 

(92) 0.. Jul 63 

The Creation of the 

Human«ids (75) Ho.. Oct £2 

Don Megowan, Erica EHllot 

Monstrosity (65) Ho. Sep 63 

Erlka Peters. Judy Bamber 

FAIRWAY INT'L 

The Sadist (94) Ac. Jun 63 

Arch Hall Jr., Helen Hovey 

GOVERNOR 

Carry On Regardless 

MISCELLANEOUS 

(97) CJuTsT 

Sidney James. Krnnrlli Dmnor 

Get On With II (88) . C. Jun 63 

Hob .Monklioiise. Kenneth Connor. 

Slilrlev k^ton 

HERTS-LION INT'L 

Dungeons of Horror 

(75) Ho Dec 62 

Harvey 

lliiss 

©The Teieglani 

(90) CI SF..Dec62 

OTreasuie Lake 

of Silver 

(90) c- W, Jan 63 

The C.iplivcs (95) Ad. Jan 63 

inii.U.in lliicimvr 

JANUS 

Crooks Anonymous (87) . C. Feb 63 

Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter 

The Fruit Is Ripe (90). D. 

(Enc-dublicd) . Scllla (ishel 

Maid for Murder (89) . 

63 

Bob Monkhouse, Hatlle Jacques 

©The Playboy of the Western 

World (100) CD, Apr 63 

Slnbhan McKenna. Gary Raymond 

Sparrows Can't Sing 

(93) C. Jun 63 

.lames Booth. Barbara Windsor 

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Hea.cns Above (117) 63 

1'cUt Sellers. Cecil Parker. Brock 

Peters 

JOSEPH BRENNER ASSOCIATES 

Karate (80) Ad 

Joel Holt. Frank Blaine 

The Seducers (88) 

62 

Saegers 

Niictla Dlerklng. Mark 

LOPERT FILMS 

QHx: Mouse on the Moon 

(82) C. Jun 63 

Margaret Rutherford, Terry-Thomas 

Tom Jones (131) C. Oct 63 

Albert Finney 

MACO FILM CORP. 

Muriel (115) D Oct 63 

©Lafayette (110) 

(9 70 HID. May 63 

(Bn»-diit)bcd) . Jack Hawklni. 

Orons Welles, Ulo Pulver, 

Bdmurxl Purôen 

MANCUNIAN-PLANET-SR 

The Break (75) 0. .Apr 63 

Tony Br1tt«i, WUllam Lucas 

MEDALLION 

©Clecpatra'i Datightar 

(93) g) Ad.. Feb 63 

Dtin Puet, B. MamiL ItotX. Alda 

Bomb for a Dictator (73) Ac Feb 63 

P1err» Fresnoy, Michel Aiiclaif 

MOTION PICTURE INVESTORS 

The Checkered Flag (83) . . July 63 

Evelyn Khig, Charles 0. Martin 

MPA FEATURE FILMS 

Four for the Morgue (S4)..Ac 

Stacy Harris. Louis Blrgo 

OLYMPIC INT'L FILMS 

The Fesival Girls (80) . Feb 63 

Barbara Valentine. Alei D'Arcy 

PARADE RELEASING ORG. 

©Mill of the Stone Women 

(94) Ho. Mar 63 

(Eng-dubbed) Oabel 

. .Scllla 

©Cavalry (Command 

(84) Ad.. Oct 63 

John Aâr, Richard .\rlen, Myroo 

Healy 

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Data 

OBallad of a Gunfightar 

(84) Ad.. Sep 63 

.Marly Itubblns 

PREMIER PICTURES 

Nude in Charcoal 

(75) Dr. Mar 63 

lllchard Krunold, Ardrey, 

Sally 

I'll.r Craig 

ROYAL FILMS INT'L 

The Steppe (..) 0r..0ct63 

Charles V'anel. .Marina Vlady 

Tlie Heluciant Siinl (105). CO.. 

.M»Tlmlll«n When. lUcuito .Muiilallwn 

SEVEN ARTS 

Small World of Sammy 

Lee (105) Aug 63 

AiitlKiny .NiMley. JiilLi Foster 

SHAWN INTERNATIONAL 

Greenwich Village Story 

(95) D. July 63 

Robert llogan. Mellnda Plank 

STARKEY ASSOCIATES-SR 

Man and H.I Woman 

(83) D.. Jun 63 

.Inlm llaieron. .Mary llurrlgan. 

Lisa Holland 

TIMES FILM 

The Woman Devil's D.. Mar 63 

l.aiw Murcau, Stanley Raker 

Del ant Daughters (92) .Apr 63 

Harhara Rutting, Kred Tanner 

OPagan Hellcat (62) ..D. Apr 63 

Tiimala Teidau 

. May 63 

Violent Midnight (90) . 

l.rr Philips. Shipperd Struduick 

V dated Paradise 

(67) Doc. July 63 

.Narialinn: Row. Paulelle 

Thomas 1.. 

111 ard 

TOPAZ FILMS 

Atom Age Vampire (87) Ho.. Jun 63 

Albert Lnpo, Siisanne Loret 

©Battle of the Worlds 

(84) 5F..Jun63 

rlauile Rains. Bill Carter 

TRANSOCEAN FILMS 

0. 63 

Maria PfTichy, Marry Meyen 

ULTRA PICTURES CORP. 

©Rice Girl (90) rQ. . .D. .Feb 63 

Rlsa Marllnclll (Eh(-duM>ed) 

Fatal Desire (80) D. Feb 63 

Anthony Qiilnn. May Brltt. 

Krrlma. Bltore Manot (Bit-dnMwl) 

A Day In Court (70) Ep-C..May63 

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5049 Ytllovnioiie Cubs (47) Miy &3 

114 The Hound Thai Tliought 

Hf W.1% a Raccoon (48) 

US Hotsr With the Flying Tail 

IJ«) 

150 Ytllowstone Cubs (48) 

0094 Lcicnd ol SItepy Hollow (33) . 

REISSUE CARTOONS 

18201 Wiiilcr Storaof (7) 

18202 Fianl Duck Brines Em Back 

Ali.e (7) 

1S203 Craiy With Iht Hiat (7).. 

18204 Liohl Houstkeriini) (7)... 

15205 Pluto Quin.punlrts (7) . 

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15206 Clnint Patrol (7) 

18207 Plutooia (7) 

1S208 Cold Turkey (7) 

18209 How to Fish (7) 

18210 Tennis Racquet (7) 

18211 Tomorrow We Diet (7) .. 

18212 Brave Engineer (7) 

SINGLE REEL CARTOONS 

125 Aquamania (9) 

123 The Litlerhiiii (7) 

101 How Have an Ace to dent 

at Work (7) 

149 Toot. Wbistli'. Plunk & Boom 

TWO-REEL CARTOON SPECIALS 

132 Donairt and Iht Wheel (18) 

119 S.ina of Wi.idwanon Smith (14) . . 

102 Noahs Ark (20) 

0097 Go'ialh II (15) 

139 A Symposium on Popular 

Sonqs (20) 

THREE REEL LIVE ACTION 

SPECIALS 

106 Mvsteries the Been (25) of 

105 Islands of the Sea (28) 

0099 Eyes in Outer Si-are (26) 

THREE REEL CINEMASCOPE 

0071 Wales (24) 

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0m2 Scotland (25) 

0O79 Japan (28) .... 

0086 The Danube (??) . 

THREE REEL REISSUE 

127 Bear Country (33) 

131 W»tf RIrd! (31) ... 

137 Tile Olympic Elk (Z7) 

(Technicolor) 

COLUMBIA 

M23-1 Harry Happy (7) ...Sep 63 

ASSORTED & COMEDY FAVORITES M23-2Tell Me a Bedtime 

(Reissirtjl 

7426 Meet Mr. Mischief 

spoken 

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ÊATURE REVIEWS 

Symbol © denotes color; © CinemoScope; ® VistaVision; ® Techniramo; S other onomorphic proeesM.. for .tory lynopsli on eoch picture, »e reverse .Ido. 

Who's Minding the Store? ^T; 

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Paramount (6306) 90 Minutes Rel. Nov. '63 

Jerry Lewis certainly hits the comedy bull's-eye in this 

hilarious Paul Jones production, the star's best picture 

in years, or since the memorable "That's My Boy" of 

1951. The picture, in which Jerry wisely leaves the direction 

to Frank Tashlin, who also wrote the screenplay 

with Harry Tugend, is so mad, mirthful and packed 

with inventive slapstick touches that it is reminiscent of 

the Marx Bros, classics, even to the inclusion of a 

haughty dowager comedy foil, played by Isobel Elsom in 

the best Margaret Dumont manner. Jerry is terrific in 

his misadventures with other department store lady 

customers, including an Amazonian lady hunter and a 

fat woman seeking size-5 shoes for her size- 10 foot, that 

most patrons will be weak from laughing. The supporting 

cast is also better than usual with Agnes Moorehead, 

as a domineering department store tycoon; John Mc- 

Giver, as her spineless, kindly husband; Ray Walston, 

as a scheming store manager—all of them excellent, 

and Jill St. John to contribute the pulchritude and 

romance, which she does perfectly. This is Jen-y at his 

befuddled best, particularly in the climax, in which a 

berserk vacuum cleaner makes a shambles of Miss Elsom 

and the entke store. 

Jerry Lewis, Agnes Moorehead, Jill St. John McGiver, 

Ray Walston, Isobel Elsom, Nancy Kulp. 

Europe in the Raw 

Ratio: Novelty 

1.S5-1 © 

Eve Productions 70 Minutes Rel. 

Shades of Allen Punt's highly accoladed "Candid 

Camera" technique! Entei-prising producer-directorcameraman 

Russ Meyer, trekking along the highways 

and byways of Eiu-ope, comes up with entertainment that 

can be aggi'essively, imaginatively sold to the male crowd 

in particular in the larger population centers. Using 

Eastman Color, he managed to combine both the 

"known" tom-ist sights in such municipalities as Paris, 

Brussels, Copenhagen, et al, as well as the exotic, 

namely the striptease practitioners, and just when the 

viewer gets accustomed to such goings-on, he's tossed 

the unorthodox situation of hidden-camera-angled 

"shots" of prostitutes. This is not, by any stretch of the 

imagination, to be recommended for the naive, gullible 

and impressionable. It's strictly adult entertainment 

and best to be played off in the larger cities. The 

smaller communities, by tradition, seem to frown on 

such screen presentations, and where the local showman 

feels antagonism will be registered against his theatre 

and the film industry, it might well be a good idea to 

screen the attraction for reigning authorities. Meyer 

is not a novice; he has a keen awareness of what will 

register on the screen. 

Documentary by Russ Meyer. 

There Is Still Room in Hell 

Lake Enterprises-SR 

^"^ 

Suspense 

Drama 

90 Minutes Rel. July '63 

Some spirited delineations—particularly by the lissome 

leading lady, Barbara Valentin, whose most recent 

American effort was the impressive gi'ossing "The Festival 

Girls"—elevate this independently made melodi'ama 

intriguingly backgrounded against international narcotics 

and rival gang wars for the tremendously valuable spoils 

into the category of mass entertairmient. Miss Valentin's 

name—and form—will mean much, particularly in the 

bigger cities, and the stoi-y theme is certain to Im-e much 

of the crowd that seemingly dotes on constant actionand-adventm-e, 

irregardless of illogical contrivances, plotting-wise. 

The girl is used as the go-between at the 

climactic showdown between two groups that gi'eedily 

traffic in dope, and while the ending's conveniently pat, 

there's sufficient stress preceding an exciting chase-andeffect 

to please the bulk of the viewing audience. It 

should be sold as adult entertainment, and in full 

showmanship cognizance of the strikingly effective title, 

teaser ads may well be the "clincher" in pre-opening 

amusement page advertising. Miss Valentin's provocative 

poster and photo poses could serve as basis of display 

activity in the central portions of metropolitan regions. 

Paul Glawion and Maria Vincent contribute importantly. 

Barbara Valentin, Paul Glawion, Maria Vincent. 

-M 

The Face of War 

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Janus Films 105 Minutes Kel. Nov. '63 

Another compilation of newsreel shots made during the 

two World Wars and through the Korean conflict, this 

documentary produced by Minerva Films of Stockholm 

V( and Nippon Eiga Shinshu of Tokyo, has many impressive 

ic- film clips, some of never before released. them Directed 

by Tore Sjoberg, who did "Mein Kampf," distributed 

by Columbia Pictures in 1961, this will attract seriousminded 

patrons, but it offers little that is new and can 

scarcely be classed as entertainment. Although much of 

the footage of war and its horrors will seem familiar, 

some Ru.ssian shots of World War II have been culled 

from Moscow archives and gruesome films taken in 

Hiroshima and Nagasaki following the atomic explosions, 

which were suppressed by the American authorities in 

1945, are included to horrify the spectator. The film is 

best suited to a few selected art spots and might be 

shown to student matinees to acquaint them with the 

futility of war but it's not for general bookings. Narration 

by Bryant Halliday is clear and concise, although 

there's considerable repetition, such as "everybody loves 

a parade," repeated many times as marching armies are 

shown, obviously for ironic emphasis. Erik Holm, Cordelia 

Lewis, C. D. B. Bryan and C. D. Brandt wrote the 

script. 

Girl in Trouble 

Vanguard Productions-SR 

Ratio: 

1.85-1 

82 Minutes Rel.- 

With as topical a theme as attainable and with as 

spirited and competent a cast as can be assigned, this 

moaest Vanguard Productions International-states rights 

attraction, produced and directed by Lee Beale, from a 

taut, tight screenplay by Anthony Naylor, contains much 

that smacks of sleeper entertainment. "The latter category, 

understandably, necessitates strong teaser promotion 

and word-of-mouth on the local level, but it's indeed 

possible that once the pre-opening exploitation has 

swung into high gear, the boxoffices should be tinkling. 

The basic yarn of a runaway girl unable to cope with the 

harsh, realistic world of the big city, far from her 

idyllic country home, has been adapted in past efforts, 

true, but the audiences that flocked to view the latter 

will want to watch the latest study, since it provides a 

convincing and compact showcase for some fresh and 

imaginative talent, most notably leading lady Tammy 

Clark, plus Neomi Salatich and Bettina Johnson in 

character delineations. Lee Beale's directorial prowess is 

commendable; he knew what he wanted in tone and tension 

and. in the main, succeeded admirably. William 

Morris served as production supervisor. 

Tammy Clark, Ray Menard, Neomi Salatich, Larry 

Johnson, Martin Smith, Bettina Johnson. 

International 

Ratio: Documentary 

Playgirls 

1.85-1 O 

Westfield Productions-SR 71 Minutes Rel. Dec. '63 

Producer-director Doris Wishman serves an enterprising 

bit of entertainment in her latest study of human foibles 

and fallacies. The Cy Eichman screenplay, deceptively 

simple in concept and containment, spins off briskly 

enough, telling of "The Good Life"—i.e., enjoyment of 

human pleasures—against a colorful backdrop of world's 

pleasme points, Paris, Las Vegas, et al. S.-cilfuUy enough, 

too, some of the best-known practitioners of entertaiimient 

quality—Louis Prima, long Las Vegas based—appear on 

camera. The Andy Kuehn narration 

i 

by Leslie 

Daniel 

I 

will satisfy the post-21 audiences certain to be 

attracted to local playdates; he doesn't get over-enthused, 

nor does he strive for subtleness that may well go handin-hand 

with a lecture platform. In some cities, of course, 

the more discriminating may find tlimselves disappointed: 

this is, basically, a super-sophisticated nudity 

study, far indeed from the provocative aura of international 

heiresses cavorting on dad's dough in plush 

pleasure places. Eastman Color ably has captured the 

mood and manner of the undraped female in the U.S.. 

Europe, Asia and the far reaches of the Pacific, and. 

given an aggressive marketing pitch, this can chalk up 

some mighty handsome boxoffice takes. 

jiPi 

Betty Andrews, Eileen Traynor. Kenneth Andrews, 

Louis Prima Tavist Show, Sam Butera and Witnesses. 

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. . War 

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. . What 

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FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips, Adiines for Newspaper and Programs 

THE STORY; "The Face of War" iJanus) 

This being a documentary, there is no story, just a 

succession oi newsreel and documentary footage, starting 

witii Uie effects of the assaînation of Archduke Ferdinand 

of Austria, which led to the first World War. Tlie 

Spanish natives are sliown watching planes overhead 

duruig the Franco fighting, this leading into World 

War il. The usual shots of Hitler, his marching troops """' 

and tae fighting in Russia. France and Holland, as well '"""' 

as the bombing of England and the atom bomb holocaust 

In Japan follow. Last is some shots of fighting in Korea. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

News photos or enlargements of Japanese bombing 

victims, which may be available at newspaper offices or 

public libraries, should be used on the theatre fronts. 

Stress that this was made by Tore Sjoberg. who directed 

•'Main Kampf," which did sti-ong business in 1961. 

CATCHLINES: 

Horrifying Newsreel Footage From Hiroshima and 

Nagasaki—Suppressed by the American Authorities in 

1945 . . . 1 racing the Horrors of War From World War 

I to the Present . Footage Collected From All 

Over the World. 

THE STORY: "Girl in Trouble (Vanguard) 

Tammy Clark, too young to be wise and too pretty for 

hei- own good, yearns to experience life beyond the confines 

of her widowed father's country village home. She 

leaves home, kno.ving that boy friend Ray Menard will 

wait. Her hitchhiking ends in nightmarish atmosphere 

a drive;- attempting to attack her on a country road 

strikes his head on a rock. Convinced she has killed 

h m. Taimny drives the car into New Orleans, hoping to 

lose herself in the city. In a sleazy boarding house, 

she is befriended by Neomi Salatich, French Quarter 

habitue, who gets her a job modeling in a lingerie and 

specialty shop operated by Bettina Johnson, the latter 

sending her to a hotel "to model." She's attacked and 

raped. Neomi suggests that Tammy start dancing on 

famed Bourbon St. She becomes known as the Texas 

'Iwister. Ray, in town, still very much in love with 

her. makes her realize what time has done. She tries 

to ccmmit suicide with sleeping pills. Ray, waiting for ',i,yp 

her at the hospital, tells her that 

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the man she thought 

she had killed was only stunned. The two go home. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Get probation officers and the like to discuss problems 

of runaway girls for press, radio, T'V. Use teaser 

copy in "general notices" section of classified ads. 

C.4TCHLINES: 

This Film Is Shown in Its Original Un-cut 'Version 

Because of the Abnormal Subject Matter. 

THE STORY: "Playgirls International" (Westfleld) 

This is a picture without a message. The viewer is 

whisked by jet to the far corners of the earth, to visit 

many lands where "The Good Life" exists. We move from 

Paris, to Hawaii, to Thailand, to Japan, to Germany, 

Austria an:l Mexxo and then back to the US., with 

pr mary stress on Las 'Vegas, catching performance by 

Louis Prima and his beautiful girl twisters, plus Sam 

Butera and the Witnesses. Next appears nudist camp 

footage, shot in Florida, these practitioners of the undraped 

doing the twist, the hula, an Apache war dance, 

et al. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

New York Merchandise Co., 32 W. 23rd St., New York, 

is marketing an 18-inch-tall "Playgirl Doll" to be offered 

free, perhaps, to a specific number of couples first at your 

boxoffice. Contact disc jockeys—both male and female 

—for plugs on the Prima name in particular. 

CATCHLINES: 

A Fascinating Adventure Into the Colorful World of 

Nature's Playgirls International! . . . See Them All! A 

Whiriing, Twirling Panorama of Nature's Playgirls! . . . 

Filmed Around the World and in Florida's Top Nature 

"imps! 

THE STORY: "Who's Minding the Store?" (Para) 

Agnes Moorehead, ruthless department store owner, 

is determined to break up the romance between her 

aaughier. Jill St. John, who has left home to get herself 

a j^D under an assumed name, and Jerry Lewis, a poor 

but honest poodle-sitter. With Jill working at the store 

as an elevator operator, Agnes has her store manager, 

Ray Waiston, hire Jerry as a clerk and saddle him with 

impossible tasks to show him up to Jill. Jerry is forced 

to paint a fiagpo:e, a most demolishes the footwear department 

trying to fit a stout woman into dainty pumps, 

then wrecks the sports shop selling an elephant gun and, 

finally, repairs a dowager's vacuum cleaner and almost 

tiie entire store is sucked into the vacuum bag. But, 

with the aid of John McGiver, Jill's kindly father, Agnes 

finally is convinced of Jerry's worth. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Jerry Lewis, who has made 28 previous pictures, all of 

wh'Ch have grossed millions, and has appeared on numerous 

TV shows, is the big selling name. Agnes Mooi'ehead, 

usually in dramatic roles, and Jill St. John will attract 

regular patrons. Stress that this is reminiscent of the 

Marx Bros, pictures, such as "The Big Store. 

CATCHLINES: 

It's Jerry Lewis at His Wackiest Making Shambles of 

a Huge Department Store, Jerry Lewis' Misadventures 

Wreak Havoc in Every Department of the World's Largest 

Store. 

THE STORY: 

"Europe in the Raw" (Eve) 

Cameraman Russ Meyer, seeking the unusual, goes 

into the known and unknown locales of the Continent, 

in the process filming night club sequences in Paris, 

Brussels. Copenhagen. Hamburg and Berlin, where 

striptease artists go through their routines. After Italy 

and Holland, he calls on the prostitutes in Paris, 

Amsterdam, Hamburg and Berlin, this time employing a 

hidden camera device in a satchel-like briefcase. Subject 

matters get too "warm" and the camera "blows up" 

for a finale. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Tie up with travel agencies, tourist bureaus for lobby 

displays geared to the unusual sights prevailing in the 

bigger cities of Europe. Send a girl in buttoned-up trench 

coat and appropriate sandwich sign through downtown 

streets at noon lunch hour. 

CATCHLINES: 

A Winning Combination! . . . Things Some Tourists 

Never Saw! . Ho! And It's Off to Europe—for 

Sights and Sounds to Be Remembered, You Can Be Sure! 

THE STORY: "There Is Still Room in Hell" (Lake) 

A Turkish narcotics dealer, contracted to deliver the 

white poison to the U.S., double-crosses his suppliers, the 

latter promptly sending one of their men to Istanbul to 

prove the dealer's guUt, and, if necessary, to liquidate 

him with aid of Barbara 'Valentin, beautiful blonde 

agent. In an ironic twist of fate, both the narcotics 

dealer and the man dispatched to kill him find themselves 

infatuated with Barbara. Maria Vincent, French 

singing star, tells the suppliers' man when the dealer's 

next cargo will arrive. In a showdown battle, the two 

men destroy each other. 

EXPLOITIPS: 

Get local vice squad spokesmen to discuss the evils of 

narcotics for newspaper publication and radio-TV commentary. 

Screen the film ahead of opening for clergy, 

press and other opinion-makers, stressing the fact that 

picture's objective is to point out the perils of dope usage, 

rather than sensationalize. 

CATCHLINES: 

B'asting Their Way Across a Continent! . . . International 

Rival Gangs: Their Target, Dope! Their Hypo, 

Sex ! Charmed Them All—The Weak, the Wicked, 

Even the Men-of-Iron 

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HELP WANTED 

Janoger. drive-in theatre. Eastern seard 

city. No buying or booking, per- 

Dient. Boxoffice, 9771. 

joung. eneigetic. experienced theatre 

Jiager wanted for Waldo Theatre, Kan- 

11 City, Mo. Good pay and working 

-iitions. Contact; Clark Rhoden, 3706 

r-.i.. J r\ I oooo 

*3dway., Kansas City, LO 1-2828. 

imediate opening lor experienced manjrs. 

{Working managers only, need ap- 

3' . Must have references, ambition, and 

j'bondable. Send complete resume and 

5to iirsl letter. Armstrong Circuit, Inc., 

S. Box 337, Bowling Green, Ohio. 

cperienced drive-in monagerl Acrtplished 

in newspaper, herald and gimrit 

advertising. Interesting proposition, 

year-round employment. Work hard 

iijire 

reason, long winter vacation. New Engci. 

Send complete resume, replies held 

rcidential. Boxolfice, 9783. 

[anted! Manager for small Ohio town, 

yrating one indoor and one outdoor 

ijitre. Please state previous experience, 

«ry desired, etc. Boxoffice, 9784. 

I'orldng manager for conventional the- 

-3f. Year around operation. Salary comi..sura1e 

with proven ability. Ideal elite 

in Southwest. Replies confidential. 

SoIIice, 9787. 

J 

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Advertising Service. Compensation 

rdmensurate with ability. Protected terric. 

For details, contact; Romar Vide 

îpdny, Chetek, Wise. 

leatre manager ior chain operating 

n.tres in North and South Carolinas, 

Jrgia and Florida. Send resume first 

rir. Good opportunity with expanding 

rhn, Boxoffice, 9789. 

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Company for the West Indies, 

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George LeHunte Thomas, Ltd., 34 Charlotte 

Street, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, W.I. 

GENERAL EQUIPMENT—USED 

For sale: Wagner aluminum letters 570 

size 8'- & 4". Also, 20'x2' glass with bars. 

All good. Salem Theatre, P.O. Box 8 

Salem, Va., DUpont 9-2521. 

E-7 mechanisms and Ballantyne mechanisms. 

Ballantyne 200 watt dual amplifier 

system for dnve-in. W. E, sound heads 

and 5pt bases, RCA soundheads and 

light weight bases to match. Priced to sell 

LOU WALTERS SALES & SERVICE CO., 

4207 Lawnview Ave., Dallas, Texas. 

EQUIPMENT WANTED 

Top dollar paid tor used booth equipment. 

Bob Foster, 1123 E. Henderson St., 

Cleburne, Texas. 

IN-CAR HEATERS 

In-car heaters, outdoor theatres. 60 

cycle, AC, single phase, 500 watts, 208 

volts, three-contact plug, $6,50 each. FOB 

Herman Sales, Toledo 1, Ohio. 

BUSINESS STIMULATORS 

Bingo, more action W.50 M cards. Other 

games available, on, off screen. Novelty 

Games Co., 106 Rogers Ave., Brooklyn 

Build attendance with real Hawaiian 

qrchids. Few cents each. Write Flowers of 

Hawaii, 670 S. Lafayette Place, Los Angeles 

5, Calif. 

Bingo Cards. Die cut 1, 75-500 combinations. 

1, 100-200 combinations. Con be 

used for KENO, $4.50 per M. Premium 

Products, 339 West 44th St., New York 

36, N. Y. 

Biggest patronage stimulation! Personalized 

reviews, ratings sent to your patrons 

bi-weekly. Costs pennies. Free 

samples. Grand Productions, 535 Johnson, 

Gary, Indiana. 

THEATRES FOR SALE 

Proiechomstl Four years experience, 

non-union. Steady wort. 

Wait Cooat th*atr»i 

Boxoflice, 

lor «ala. 

9777. 

Write ior 

list. Theatre Exchange Co.Tipany, 250 

Kearney Street. San Francisco 8. California. 

Interesting, unusuol resume available 

about hard hitting showman. Boxoiiice. 

Colilornia Here I Come! 2 hard lops: 

ONE; San Diego. Calif., with two apartments, 

600 seals, beautiful, $32,500. ONE: 

Kern County, Calif., 450 seals, excellent. 

$29,500. Both operating now. Good lor 

family or circuit operation. Will make 

terrific deal for both houses on price and 

down paymenl. Hurry on this one. Write, 

Boxoffice, 9776. 

Theatre ior sale in Beautiful Morro Bay, 

California, ocean resort town, family operation. 

Boxoffice. 9779. 

450-car drive-in theatre in Northeastern 

Wisconsin. Located on junction of highway 

to good resort area. Boxoflice, 9780. 

THEATRES 

CLfflRlflG HOUSf 

WANTED 

Complete RCA magnetic, optical soundheads, 

amplifiers, three speakers, anaraorphics, 

projection heads, lamps, bases, Want to lease with option to buy. drivein 

or indoor theatres in South Texas 

generator, rewind. Boxoffice, 9785. 

WHATLY THEATRES, Box 330, Harlingen, 

FILMS WANTED 

Wanted: 35min & IGmm prints, negatives, 

trailers, posters, pressbooks, etc. on 1934 

feature "The Scarlet Letter" starring Colleen 

Moore. SIGNATURE FILMS, 2120 Cross 

Bronx Expressway, Bronx, New York. 10473. 

Any "Tab Hunter" films! 16mm 

top prices paid. Boxoffice, 97£1, 

THEATRE TICKETS 

Prompt Service. Special printed roll tick 

ets, 100,000, $40-75,- 10,000, $13.75; 2,000 

Wanted to Buy or Lease: Indoor theatre 

in metropolitan areas, population at 

least 75,000. Contact William Berger, 

Metropole Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Wanted lo Buy or Lease: Indoor theatre 

Metropolitan area. Population at leas: 

in 

200,000, Contact Harry Wald, 506 St 

Charles St., St. Louis, Mo. 

Will invest up to $50,000 cash, plus excellent 

credit rating in profitable theatre 

operation. What hove you? Boxoffice, 9778, 

Drive-Ins wanted ir 

sylvania, Connecticut 

ply: Boxolfice, 9786, 

POPCORN MACHINES 

York. Pennj 

Jersey. Re- 

Brand new counter model, all electric 

Capacity, hundred portions per nour 

$199 00, Replacement kettles all machines 

120 S, Halsted, Chicago 6, 111, 

RECORDS 

JON BRENT'S "Plaza Theatre Organ 

Overtures," Monaural, $4,00, Stereo, $5,00,, 

postpaid. Alpha Records, 5965 West Blvd., 

Los Angeles, Calif., 90043. 

SOUND PROJECTION 

MAINTENANCE MANUAL & 

MONTHLY SERVICE BULLETINS 

TROUT'S SOUND AND PROJECTION 

LOOSE-LEAF Service Manual and Monthly 

Service Bulletins. "How" to keep your 

equipment in good running condition; 

"How" to repair projectors, arc lamps 

and keep in lip-top running condition, 

"How" to easily service Souncf Equipment: 

Sound heads, ampliliers and speakers. 

Data on 16, 35 and 70mm, Data on Xenon 

lamps and new transistor sound systems, 

"Simplilied Course on servicing Sound 

Systems for Theatres," each month. Used 

by leading theatres as a guide lor 

Belter Sound and Projection, For EX- 

HIBITORS and PROJECTIONISTS, Edited 

by Wesley Trout, Technical Editor, Modern 

Theatre 13 years! Manual and MONTHLY 

SERVICE BULLETINS lor one year, only 

$7.50, Cash, Check or P.O. No CODs. 

WESLEY TROUT, Publisher, Box 575, ENID, 

OKLAHOMA 

EQUIPMENT 

REPAIRING 

5.95. Each change in admission price, in. 

eluding change in color, $4.25 extra. Dou 

ble numbering extra. FOB Kansas City, All mokes, all models projection dquipment 

repaired. LOU WALTERS SALES & 

Mo. Cash with order. Kansas City Ticket 

Co., Dept. 11, 109 W. I8th Street, Kansas SERVICE CO., 4207 LAWNVIEW AVE., 

City 8, Mo. 

DALLAS 27, TEXAS. 

THEATRE SEATING 

Spocialiili in rebuilding chain. Beit 

/ortmanship, reasonable prices. Have 

ên, will travel Rebuilt theatre cholre loi 

alo. Neva Burn r'roducts Corp.. 282 South 

I. NYC 

CHAIRS REBUILT ANYWHERE! Expert 

workmanshjjp, personal service, finest molerials, 

ARTHUR JUIXSE, 2100 E. Newlon 

Ave., Milwcrulcee, Wisconsin. 

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