Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1962)

MILWAUKEE Q,abe Guzman, manager of the Warner Theatre, drew the honors for the promotion of the week with “The War Lover.” Notified that Columbia’s B-17 would fly in to help things along, he alerted the press, radio and TV people to be on hand, offering a tour over the city in the flying boxcar. Only one of the boys “chickened out” when the moment for takeoff approached. Considerable excitement was aroused when many who can usually tell in a moment just what type of a plane is in the air, were mystified by sight of the old boxcar, now in the vintage category. But to men in the armed forces, it was a field day, reminiscing. A luncheon at the Red Carpet across from the airport brought exciting tales from pilot Ted Moody, who brought the plane in. A screening of the picture at the Warner screening room was exceptionally well attended. Variety Tent 14 members, meeting in the Pfister Hotel Monday (12) voted new officers for 1963. A Christmas party was lined up for the middle of December with the Ti-ampe boys as chairmen, prominent in ENDLESS BURNS THE ENTIRE POSITIVE ROD Save Carbon Cost West Coast Theotre Service m3 N.W. KEARNEY ~ POftTlAND, OREGON C»n — mritt — — tof o Jtmomtratioit REVOLUTIONARY PROJECTOR V CARBONS radio, television, stage and screen. He came here in 1952 to join the WTMJ-TV staff. As a producer and director, he made 11 films, including “White Fury,” which starred Madeleine Carroll. Dennis Finkler, former manager at the Stanley Warner National Theatre, entrained for Ft. Knox, Ky., where he will begin his hitch in the service. He was succeeded by Jimmie Jankowski, who was upped and brought over from the Warner Theatre under Gabe Guzman . . . Jane Wyatt was here in “Tea and Sympathy” at the new Swan Theatre. The motion picture commission has released these ratings: GENERAL AUDIENCE: Battle of Stalingrad, Bourbon Street Shadows, Carry On, Teacher, Court-Martial, Days of Wine and Roses, Devi the Goddess, Electro, Escape From East Berlin, Fancy Pants (1950), Girls! Girls! Girls! Hot Money Girl, Kamikaze, The Lady Doctor, The Legend of the Lobo, the Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Longest Day, The Loves of Salammbo, The Manchurian Candidate. Operation Snatch, Period of Adjustment, Scampola, Secrets of the Nazi Criminal, The Smashing of the Reich, Stage Coach to Dancers' Rock, The Swindle, Third of a Man, We'll Bury You, Where the Truth Lies, Wonderful to Be Young, If a Man Answers, It's Only Money, The Lion. MATURE ENTERTAINMENT: Dangerous Charter, Game for Six Lovers, Gypsy, II Grido, Mr. Arkadin,, Mongols, Riff Raff Girls, Sweet Ecstasy, Too Young, Too Immoral, The Vampire and the Ballerina, War Lover, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? White Slave Ship, Who's Got the Action? The Young Go Wild, Young Willing and Eager. ADULTS ONLY: The Chapman Report, Crime Does Not Pay, Jules and Jim, Passion of Slow Fire, Phaedra, Pocr White Trash, The Sky Above — the Mud Below. RECOMMENDED NOT BE SHOWN: Blaze Starr Goes Back to Nature, Have Figure — Will Travel, I Spit on Your Grave, Lucky Pierre, Nude Odyssey. Mike Wolke, newly elected sheriff of Milwaukee county, credits the motion picture industry for the impressive cooperation showered on him during his campaign for election. “I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for theatre people,” he said, “and particularly the motion picture people. I sincerely appreciate all you people have done in my behalf, and I won’t forget it.” When Mike was with the police department as captain of the Youth Aid bureau, he was always a friend in times of stress for exhibitors. Practically every theatre manager in town has at one time or another found it necessary to call Mike for a bit of advice and cooperation. That crowded performance Tuesday night (6), at the Fox Bay Theati'e should give other exhibitors ideas. The attraction was Jim Farnsworth, the lad who takes movies on skis and shows them to skiers all over the country, supplying his own commentary. His latest is “Our World of Skiing,” with wonderful shots. Rights to 'Slime People' Acquired by Herts-Lion From Western Edition HOLLYWOOD — Kenneth Herts, president of Herts-Lion International, announced the acquisition of worldwide rights to the recently completed sciencefiction picture, “The Slime People,” starring Robert Hutton, Les Tremaine and Robert Burton. Hutton directed the feature for producer Joseph F. Robertson. Plans call for the release in December with Herts-Lion’s “Daughter of the Sun God.” Ellen Corby portrays a “borderline” case in a mental institution in UA’s “The Caretakers.” we remember for you... exclusive with BOXOFFICE Nationally Extensive . . . Locally Intensive NC-4 BOXOFFICE :: November 19, 1962