Roadshow Movies Are Now Bigger Than Ever
Hollywood reports roadshow cinema as a permanent fixture in film economics. The practice sells reserved seats at advanced prices for prestige attractions, delivering steady revenue and extended runs. Studios cite blockbuster titles like The Sound of Music and Doctor Zhivago as proof, while others warn about high ticket costs for audiences.
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Julie Christie
Peter Finch
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Tommy Steele
Twentieth Century - Fox the “Roadshow Company
Dr. Doolittle
Rex Harrison
Thoroughly Modern Millie Roadshow Opens in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Times hosts a roadshow engagement of Thoroughly Modern Millie with hoopla Friday night. Live period music from the Buttons n Bowl quartet precedes the film, and an antique car display will be shown out front. Top Hollywood ticket price noted as $4. Cedar Rapids price is $2.25.
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Hollywood
Cedar Rapids
Kay Priske
Mardell Kohl
Audrey Muckler
Rosemary Grunewald
Barefoot in the Park closes after 1532nd Broadway run
Broadway comedy Barefoot in the Park ends June 25 after 1,532 performances. It opened October 23, 1963 starring Elizabeth Ashley Robert Redford Mil dred Natwick and Kurt Kasznar with Mike Nichols making his directing debut. Neil Simon wrote the play and it grossed over 5.5 million with a profit near 1.02 million.
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New York
Elizabeth Ashley
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Mildred Natwick
Kurt Kasznar
Mike Nichols
Neil Simon
Hollywood Produces Sweet Charity Starring Shirley MacLaine
Hal Roach Studios plans Sweet Charity with Shirley MacLaine for Universal to start rehearsals in September and film in November with a roadshow opening in October 1968 Bob Fosse will direct and choreograph Gwen Verdon previously played Charity on Broadway Juliet Prowse in Vegas now tours with the role Lawrence Roman assigned key UA property Paper Lion to George Plimpton story Roman to report to Bloomfield Michigan for Lions training John Gary seeks LA stay for heir arrival Vic and John Damone patents noted as top inventive singers in the industry
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Gwen Verdon
Broadway
Juliet Prowse
Vegas
Boys Who Made Jungle Seek a New Way of Life
Philadelphia youths from the Negro 12th and Oxford streets gang photographed directed and produced a 20 minute film The Jungle to launch their own film company. Harold J Haskins funded guided and trained them creating a youth film venture that funds a college scholarship and more productions while steering away from gang life.
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Oxford Streets
Harold J. Haskins
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Brooks Foundation
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