The Exhibitor (1965)

PROGRESSIVE ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. 240 N. 1 3th ST. • PHILADELPHIA 7. PA. 35 Years of Theatre Construction and Maintenance CLARK TRANSFER, INC. Terminals: • BOSTON, MASS 818 Albany Street, Boxbury 617-268-4682 • NEW YORK, N. Y. 609 W. 46th Street . 212-246-0815 • NORFOLK, VA. 316 South Main Street 703-545-3832 • PHILADELPHIA, PA. (Executive Offices) 829 North 29th Street 215-232-3100 • RICHMOND, YA. 312 South 17th Street 703-648-6083 • TAMAQUA (HOMETOWN), PA. RD # 2 717-688-1727 • WASHINGTON, D. C. 3194 Bladensburg Road, N. E. 202-526-4800 Sukow has been with the deluxe house, the newest to be built in the downtown area, for the past three years. Mrs. Solomon moves to Seattle where her husband, a government employee, has been transferred. SAN ANTONIO Mrs. Minnie Leons has been named winner of the annual Academy Award Sweepstakes contest sponsored annually by the San Antonio Express, Interstate Theatres, and Cinema Art Theatres. Mrs. Leons will receive a six month pass to Interstate and Cinema Art theatres for her Academy Award guesses. Second place winner will receive a three month pass to the theatres, and third place winner will receive a two month theatre pass. Theatre officials said that a record number of sweepstakes guesses were entered this year. . . . Big John Hamilton, erstwhile film actor and operator of Big John’s Steakhouse, has an extensive collection of photographs of movie stars on display, all autographed. Latest addition to the collection was that of Johnny Crawford, star of the Texas made “Indian Paint,” who paid a visit to the city on behalf of the film. . . . George A. Kaezmar, manager, Josephine, has a number of entries in the H. E. B. Food Stores coloring contest mounted on the box office of the Josephine. First prize is a $50 U. S. Savings Bond; second prize a $25 savings bond; and the next 50 winners will receive two free passes to a forthcoming attraction at the Josephine. . . . Lynn Krueger, manager, downtown Majestic, will open “Shenandoah” on June 4 following the premiere of the film on June 3 in Houston. The film has been designated as a “Project Picture” by the Interstate and Texas Consolidated Circuits with the first of some 200 release dates in the Texas territory. James Stewart and other stars of the film may visit here following the premiere showing. There will be a complete new facing for the stage, new carpeting, and repainting. New seats are to be installed next year. All work will be done at nights and during the morn¬ ings so that there will be no interruptions of the regular showings. . . . The Aztec and the San Antonio Express are sponsoring an I like Elvis Better Than the Beatles” contest. Congratulations to MEYER ADLEMAN who will receive Camden, N. J.'s 4TH ANNUAL COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD On May 3rd at a dinner in his honor as CAMDEN'S FIRST CITIZEN for his continuous and outstanding service in behalf of the community. Film Judging Standards Seen Vital For Youth NEW YORK — How educators may meet youth’s need for standards to apply to film in an image-saturated culture was discussed by a panel of educators and motion picture authorities at the National Catholic Education Association’s annual convention at the Hilton Hotel. George Stevens, Sr., director of “The Greatest Story Ever Told” and Ben Gazzara, who will star in the forthcoming film version of John O’Hara’s novel, “A Rage To Live,” were joined in the discussion by five other experts on screen education and film making. The panel was sponsored by the Motion Picture Association of America. More than 600 teachers and high school principals attended the 90-minute discussion of “Motion pictures — Language of the Twen¬ tieth Century.” The panel on film education at the NCEA gathering stemmed from in¬ creased awareness on the part of educators and religious organizations that today’s young people must be offered standards for judging the merits of films. The panel discussed current attitudes of film makers and suggested ways of intro¬ ducing film study in high school curriculums. In addition to Gazzara and Stevens, panel¬ ists were Jonas Rosenfield, vice-president 20th-Fox, panel moderator; the Rev. John M. Culkin, S.J., director of communications, Fordham University; David Stewart, con¬ sultant on the arts, American Council on Education; Henry Herx, executive secretary. National Center for Film Study, and Mrs, Margaret Twyman, community relations director, Motion Picture Association of America. The Roman Catholic Episcopal Committee for Motion Pictures, Radio and Television has urged that educators introduce formal¬ ized film education programs for youth noting that: “The communications revolution is so recent a phenomenon that education in gen¬ eral has not come abreast of it. Young people are still taught as if films and tele¬ vision did not really exist, as if the media had influence neither upon the formation of their lives nor upon the molding of the 20th century culture and values. In a word, present day pedagogy continues to function as if, outside of the immediate contact of the living voice, the only important and valid means of human communication was still the written word.” SEATTLE Capricorn Films, Inc., first film production company to incorporate in the state of Wash¬ ington, has been organized to make feature length films and will be based in Seattle, with financial backing from Seattle and San Francisco investors. With offices in the Central Building, Seattle, the new firm is headed up by Eugene Anthony, San Francisco, as presi¬ dent-photographer. Fred Carlisle, also asso¬ ciated with' Pacific Raceways, is secretarytreasurer and Irving Lemer, Hollywood director of screen and television, is director for the first film. Capricorn’s first effort, “Everyone Loves Saturday Night,” will be shot in Brazil in full color, starting this summer. Magna Pictures will distribute the film, budgeted at about $250,000. . . . Business was exceptionally good during the pre-Easter week, with special holiday matinees scheduled. . . . Don Conley, BV district manager, was in the Seattle exchange working with Seattle branch manager Norman Chesler. 96 22 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR April 28, 1965