Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1963)

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Plush Capitol Court Theatre Gets Under Way in Milwaukee Center Cooler Weather Spurs Minneapolis Upturn MINNEAPOLIS — Freezing weather and the attraction of late evening downtown shopping combined to fill many first-run Mill City houses in a busy week. “How the West Was Won” held first place in its ninth month at the Cooper with a 160 tally, closely followed by “Lord of the Flies” with 140 in its second solid week at the Suburban World. “A New Kind of Love” and “Twilight of Honor” each rang the register to the tune of 120 per cent and all but two of the rest of the town’s first runs re ported average or above returns. (Average Is 100) Academy — Wuthering Heights (MGM), reissue .... 80 Century — Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 18th wk 110 Cooper — How the West Was Won (MGM Cmerama), 33rd wk .....160 Gopher — Twice Told Tales (UA) 100 Lyric — A New Kind of Love (Para), 3rd wk 120 Mann — Twilight of Honor (MGM) 120 Orpheum — 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (BV), reissue, 2nd wk 100 St. Louis Park — The Thrill of It All (Univ), 14th wk. 90 State — The V.I.P.s (MGM), 5th wk 100 Suburban World — Lord of the Flies (Cont'l), 2nd wk. 140 World — Irma La Douce (UA), 16th wk 110 'Women of the World' 200 At Milwaukee Times MILWAUKEE— The Times, a neighborhood theatre, turned to the first-run showing of “Women of the World” and promptly picked up the week’s highest figure, an even 200 per cent. At the downtown Palace, “How the West Was Won” was still doing far above average. Around town generally, things are looking up. Downer — Candide (SR) 120 Palace — How the West Wos Won (MGM Cinerama), 28th wk 175 Riverside— The V.I.P.s (MGM), 4th wk 125 Strand — Cleopatra (20th-Fox), 16th wk 150 Times— Women of the World (Embassy) 200 Tower, Oriental — Lilies of the Field (UA), 3rd wk. 125 Towne — Twilight of Honor (MGM) 85 Warner — The Running Man (Col); Fury of the Pagans (Col) 100 Wisconsin, Mayfair — The Caretakers (UA), 2nd wk. 125 Detroit Arc to Be Closed In Street Widening Plan DETROIT — The Arc, the downtown area’s youngest theatre, has been doomed by city growth. Following condemnation of the property to allow widening of Stimson avenue, which passes near the film house, owners Jack Krass and wife Mae said they will close the Arc December 31 and leave for Europe on a leisurely vacation. The Krasses built the Arc in 1950 on what is essentially a downtown side street in the apartment and hotel area. At one time they operated four theatres, but with the closing of the Arc they will have only one, the Main in suburban Royal Oak. Ed Schings, formerly with theatres in Toledo, has been appointed manager at the Main. Mrs. Krass, member of a well-known theatre family, has managed theatres personally for many years, formerly operating the Coliseum, and running the Arc since it opened. She confirmed that she and her husband plan to return to active management and buy or build one or more theatres following their return from Europe. Andy Devine, who appears in Stanley Kramer’s “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” recently completed a summer stock tour in which he portrayed Captain Andy in “Showboat.” MILWAUKEE— Henry Burger, Stanley Warner zone manager here, and Walter Kroening, vice-president and general manager of the Capitol Court Corp., announced the beginning of construction at the Capitol Court Shopping Center of “the most costliest theatre to be built in Wisconsin in the past 30 years.” “The new theatre,” said Kroening, “will complete our dream of making the Capitol Court Shopping Center one of the largest and most complete family shopping, civic and entertainment complex in the midwest.” After negotiations of more than a year, outstanding theatre architect Drew Eberson of New York was commissioned by Stanley Warner to design the structure. Eberson, a graduate of the Northwestern Military and Naval Academy at Lake Geneva, Wis., has designed and supervised the construction of more than 800 theatres. The Eberson designs include opera houses and ornate structures such as the Capitol and Paradise in Chicago, to the latest streamlined screen centers. The new one-floor theatre will be airconditioned by two separate plants, one for the auditorium and one for the lounge and lobby areas, to permit perfect control of temperatures at all times. The exterior design, which will include a glass-walled lobby, gives an “indoor-outdoor” effect instead of the usual, conventional theatre box design. The excitement of the interior lobbies, the ultra modern furnishings and lighting will be viewed from both Fond du Lac avenue and the shopping center plaza through the gardenlike terraces surrounding the building. The exterior will complement the design of the shopping center, but will utilize accents of blue and screen-like terra cotta, with the side walls having brick panels relieved with breaks of blue enameled brick. “The new Capitol Court Theatre affirms the faith of the Stanley Warner Corp. in the future of the motion picture industry and is the realization of long-range plans to bring to residents of Milwaukee one of Teitel-Goldberg to Open New Chicago Art House CHICAGO — The Globe Theatre on the near north side will shift from subsequent runs to first-run art films, starting late in November. Clares Teitel and Dan Goldberg, owners, who present art-type movies in their World Playhouse and Town Theatre, said they believe there is a need here for another top art house to provide necessary playing time for the many fine art pictures now on the market. They said that every year dozens of excellent art movies are being passed up due to lack of screen space. The Globe is being remodeled throughout. Cliff Robertson Costar HOLLYWOOD— Cliff Robertson will costar with Lana Turner in Jerry Bresler’s next picture, “Love Has Many Faces,” for Columbia release. Alexander Singer directs from Marguerite Robert’s script. This is the scene at Capitol Court Shopping Center, Milwaukee, as ground was broken for construction of a 1,200seat theatre for the Stanley Warner circuit. Shown, left to right: Walter Kroening, vice-president and general manager of the shopping center; Drew Eberson, architect; Dennis Morgan, star of stage and screen, and Henry Burger, zone manager for Stanley Warner. the finest and most complete modern theatres in America,” Burger said. “The Capitol Court will be truly an allpurpose theatre, and will be able to present all the present screen processes — CinemaScope, Todd-AO, VistaVision, 70mm and Cinerama.” Emphasizing the modern trend, the new theatre will feature a wall-to-wall screen — the largest existing, or planned for Milwaukee— 65 feet wide, and 35 feet high. Phil March to Build Le Mars Drive-In LE MARS, IOWA — Permission to build a drive-in here was granted by the city council when it recently approved a building permit application of Phil March, who operates the local Royal Theatre here and the Wayne Theatre at Wayne, Neb. The proposed airer will be constructed on a sloping land area near the Floyd river where the terrain forms a natural ampitheatre setting. According to plans okayed by the council, the drive-in will accommodate 380 cars. A long entrance drive, with a capacity for 135 autos, will eliminate the possibility of a traffic bottleneck on Highway 75. The projection booth and concessions building will be located in the center of the drive-in area. The permit application estimated construction costs at $10,500. The land was purchased for the proposed airer some years ago. BOXOFFICE :: November 4, 1963 NC-1