The Exhibitor (1966)

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August 17, 1966 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR 5433 REVIEWS The famous pink paper 5AVEABLE SECTION in which Experienced Trade Analysts evaluate coming product Published every second week, as a separately bound and easily saveable section of MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR, this exclusive 29-year-old service is both numerically more complete and informatively more candid, than any similar analysis. Cumulatively numbered by film seasons (September to September). It is recommended that readers consecutively save all REVIEWS section in a permanent file. The last issue of each August will always contain a complete annual exhibit to close the season. Combined the every second week, yellow paper SERVISECTION indexes to the past 12 months' product, and the alternating every second week pink paper REVIEWS, represent a unique informative service to theatremen. Please address all Inquiries or suggestions about these two service features to the Editors of MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR, 317 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Penna. 19107. SECTION TWO Vol. 76, No. 2 August 17, 1966 ALLIED ARTISTS Once Upon An Island Co^[ Allied Artists (Eastman Color) (Danish-made) (English titles) Estimate: Generally amusing import for art set. Cast: Dirch Passer, Hans W. Petersen, Ove Sprogoe, Ghita Norby, Paul Hagen, Bodil Steen, Karl Stegger, Lone Hertz, Lily Broberg, Judy Gringer, Kjeld Petersen. Directed by Gabriel Axel. For complete review please refer to Page 5324, of Sept. 1, 1965, when this was reviewed under its original title, “Crazy Paradise” under the Foreign Films listing. It was originally re¬ leased by Sherpix and subsequently picked up by Allied Artists, who are now distributing it. manently turned off and he is grounded — with Adams in his arms. X-Ray: Television comedian Soupy Sales makes his film debut in this bit of fluff and nonsense and one wishes that he would have saved his comic talents for a better property. This story is of the far-out, unbelievable, un¬ tenable variety that will appeal to the kiddies for the most part, or to that segment of the adult population which enjoyed The Three Stooges. As such, it should be acceptable fare for the program. There are some competent people spotted in this release, but they don’t get much of a chance to show their capability with the lightweight property. The acting, direction and production are fair, with color and special effects coming off best. The screen¬ play is by Amie Kogen and Art Arthur, based on a story by Leonard Kaufman. Ad Lines: “A High Flying Comedy Hit”; “TV Star Soupy Sales In His Film Debut.” CONTINENTAL her that he is engaged to another after giving her up. They part near the sea. Glover finds her and asks her to return, but she cannot. He leaves and she remains. X-Ray: Women should get a feeling of warmth and enjoyment from this love story that touches the heart in many ways. The story, told through a number of flashbacks, holds interest well. The acting is quite good and the direction and production values are fine. The bleak Irish seaside provides a suitable surround for the type of subject and it can play in many situations where an adult-type of romance would be appreciated. The screen¬ play is by Desmond Davis and Edna O’Brien, based upon a story by the latter. Ad Lines: “A Love Story To Be Re¬ membered”; “A Touching Romance Set On The Bleak, Irish Coast.” EMBASSY Love And Marriage Comedy Melodrama 106M. Embassy (Italian-made) (English Titles) Estimate: Mild four-part package for art spots. Cast: “The First Night” — Lando Buzzanca, Maria Grazia Buccella, Umberto D’Orsi, and Luciana Angelillo. Directed by Gianni Puccini. “One Moment Is Enough” — Ingeborg Schoener, Renato Tagliani, Sandro Moretti, Steve Forsyth, and Enzo Carra. Directed by Mino Guerrini. “The Last Card” — Eleanora Rossi Drago, Aldo Giuffre, April Hennessy, June Weaver and Ethel Levin. Directed by Mino Guerrini. “Saturday, July 18” — Sylva Koscina and Philippe Leroy. Directed by Gianni Puccini; produced by Ermanno Donati and Luigi Carpentieri. Story: “The First Night” — When child¬ hood sweethearts Lando Buzzanca and Maria Grazia Buccella get married in their small Sicilian town, they go to Naples for their honeymoon and are impressed with the city and with the expense of everything. Wandering along the waterfront, they accept an invitation to come aboard a yacht for a party, where the groom is oiled with whiskey while the girl is propositioned to spend the night with one of the men for a million lire. Realizing what they can do with the money, the groom accedes. Later when they try to spend the check they receive, they find it’s phoney. Rather than reveal how they got it, they are willing to go to jail. “One Moment Is Enough” — Renato Tagliani, a wealthy, middle-aged man, is jealous of his young, attractive wife, Ingeborg Schoefner, and he remains with her every COLUMBIA Time Birds Do It Comedy 95M. Columbia (Color) Estimate: Unbelievable. Cast: Soupy Sales, Tab Hunter, Arthur O’Connell, Edward Andrews, Doris Dowling, Bevery Adams, Louis Quinn, Frank Nastasi, Burt Taylor, Courtney Brown. Produced by Stanley Colbert; directed by Andrew Marton. Story: Soupy Sales trip to Cape Kennedy is fraught with all kinds of dangers as enemy agents try to do away with him, but he arrives safely. He is greeted by head scientist Arthur O’Connell, who reveals that Sales is a janitor whose job it is to keep the space projects free of injurious dust which has ruined several proj¬ ects in the past. During a visit by congresswoman Doris Dowling, Sales is accidentally affected by some of the machinery which en¬ ables him to float in air and fly like a bird. As a matter of fact, he can’t remain on the ground unless he has some ballast. Dowling falls in love with him and helps him elude more enemy agents. Meanwhile General Ed¬ ward Andrews and his security officer, Tab Hunter, wonder at what is going on, but this is nothing unusual as they are kept in the dark most of the time. An enemy agent imperson¬ ates Hunter for part of the time but he too learns very little. Sales meets O’Connell’s daughter, Bevery Adams, who also falls in love with him. His condition causes him to float over Florida causing a number of incidents un¬ til the equipment at the laboratory is per¬ Drama 91M. Time Lost And Remembered Continental (English-made) Estimate: Touching romance. Cast: Sarah Miles, Cyril Cusack, Julian Glover, Sean Caffrey, Marie Kean, Eve Bel¬ ton, Cardew Robinson. Directed by Desmond Davis; produced by Roy Millichip. Story : After five years absence Sarah Miles returns to her home town on the west coast of Ireland. In the small hotel owned by Cyril Cusack, she tells Cusack she’s glad to be back after living alone in London, marrying, and regretting the move. She hopes to find her love of many years, Sean Caffrey, a fisherman. She recalls how when ' she left for London, she hoped that he would follow — but instead he went to sea. He returned to the small town when his father died to take over the cottage, the boat and the fishing. She recalls their delightful days together and she came back hoping that they could resume even though she was married. Later, her doctor husband, Julian Glover, arrives seeking to take her back but finds that she has gone to find Caffrey. Glover recalls how they met while she was working as a gas station attendant and how lonliness drove her to accept his invitations to go out, and then his love-making which got her pregnant and resulted in marriage, An accident caused her to lose the child and then boredom and irritation set in. She finally got fed-up and ran to her home town. Meanwhile, she finds Caffrey and is still in love with him. She offers to spend the night with him, but a lad interrupts to warn that Glover is on his way. They take to the outdoors where he tells