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«%vdaily newWF.COPD, HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA DNESDAY,OCTOBER 10,1973THEATB1 Kratzer RoadGeneral ContractorsCommercial Industrial1327 P.O. Box 30 West Bruce St.434-9912Robert Moss—President Leonard Movers—Vice Presidentxactoxi Harrisonburg (3) • Weyers Cave • Grottoes • Mt. Sidney • Verona• BridgewaterTrumbo Eleft. IncTwo Locationsjway • Harrisonburg434-4451AnnounceM. A. Layman Sons434-9957ROCCO AVE. 433-1200870 N. LibertyHarrisonburg, Va'7(IA 'TOM SAWYER is not for kids JlA alone, so don't let them go alone! r^A You'll have a nifty time f/t —Gene ShahtLadfes Home Journal mTheatre PartROTH’S FIRST CASHIER TO SEEL FIRST TICKETClass Of 44Tom Sawyer Opening Attraction Auditorium 1“Tom Sawyer,” a musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s classic, has been brought to the screen under the aegis of a creative team with proven success in reaching the leisure-time public. It will open tonight at Roth’s 1-Reba Ford Cuber will return to Harrisonburg this evening to sell the first ticket at the Grand Onening of Roth’s 1-2-3 Theatres.Carpet InstalledLuther FSHOWS7:00 9:00MATINEE FRIDAY AT 2:00Harrisonburg was strictly an agricultural center, and there were two kinds of movies — movies for kids in the afternoon, movies for the grownups at night. Now the area has diversified into a general commercial and manufacturing center, and a large part of movie audiences come from local colleges and prep schools that have grown up all around. So the need today is for specialized, highly directionalentertainment, and the answer isPaul Roth is president of the Roth Theatre Circuit, which is opening its new triple theatre in Harrisonburg tonight. The Roth’s 1-2-3 Theatres will bring the total theatre screens in the RothMrs. Luber sold the first tickets for the Roth Theatres Company in 1934 at the opening of their first theatre, The Strand. The Strand Theatre opened for business March 10, 1934. Mrs. Luber, then Reba Ford, was just graduated from Harrisonburg High SchoolThe picture is the first film venture of Reader’s Digest magazine, which is presenting “Tom Sawyer” as a joint effort with United Artists, one of the leading motion picture companies. The film was made as an Arthur P. Jacobs Production, and follows Jacobs recent successes,“Play It Again, Sam” and “ThePlanet of the Apes.” Thescreenplay, music and lyrics are bv the Academy Award-winningw — ■song-writers, Robert R. Sherman Richard M. Sherman, who won an “Oscar” for “Mary Poppins.” Heading the cast is a company of talented youngsters and noted adult performers, including Johnny Whitaker as Tom, Celeste Holm as Aunt Polly, Jeff Hast as Huckleberry Finn and Warren Oates as Muff Potter. “TomresentHarrisonburg.Roth TheatresBegan In H burgRoth Theatres began its operations in 1934 when its founder, Charles Roth opened the Strand Theatre in Harrisonburg. Its headquarters are now in Silver Spring, Maryland. Paul Roth, son of the founder, is its President and also serves as President of the National Association of Theatre Owners, a trade association representing the majority of the nation’s approximately 15,000 motion picture theatres. Ned Glaser, a longtime resident of Harrisonburg, is Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Roth Organization. Keith Spitzer is Roth’s Shenandoah Valley District Manager with headquarters in Harrisonburg. In addition to the new triple-theatrehe supervises the Roth andHarrisonburg Drive-In Theatres.John Crompton Named ManagerJohn W. Crompton has been named Resident Manager of ROTH’S 1-2-3, having served for five years as Chief Projectionist of Roth’s Americana Theatre in Annandale, Virginia. Crompton resides on Ixing Avenue, in Harrisonburg, with his wife, Wilma Jean, and their threeSCREENS MASKING SYSTEMS byBill Sellers WILLIAM E. 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Baltimore, Md.(301) 566 0220national Picture.1 on Taylor directed “Tom*•Sawyer” after completing “Escape From the Planet of theApes,” and Music SupervisorJohn Williams took on his assignment fresh from his Academy Award-winning work on “Fiddler On The Roof,”which, like “Tom Sawyer,” is released by United Artists.“Tom Sawyer” is based onwMark Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Tom Sawver,”which was first published in 1876. and for the past 97 years hascontinued to delight people of all aues. races, educational and(it IRockville, Md.(301) 770-6200su mi ner3 offers a number sign features and ities. The three lave a combinedSHOWS 7:30 8 9:21WHBGRadio 136SEATING byCliff HoldenSEATING CORP. OF NEW YORK Brooklyn, N.Y.(212) 875-5433ALLIED THEATRE EQUIPMENT CO.A tilohnson ami the mute boA whole new thine to learnuonarvDIRECTIONALrearRobert Redford Stars In OpeningOf Auditorium 3Robert Redford and Will Geer star in Warner Bros.* “Jeremiah Johnson,” at Roth’s 1-2-3 Theatre, as mountain men who turn their backs on civilization to eke out a bare living in the mountains of the U.S. in the1800’s.Roth Redford and Geer are inreal life active ecologists and men of the land and found they had niiit'li in common whilefilming “Jeremiah Johnson” for director Sydney Pollack’s cameras.SHOWS 7:15 9:10ROTH'S 1-2-3CHILDREN S BIRTHDAY PARTI!THE FLOOR SHOPExcavatingGeneral ContractorsHarrisonburg, Va.434-9909Birthday partshments, can inlete nrivao6707 Whitestone RdBaltimore, Marylandh n434-9922ComplimentaryCoffee At Roth 1-2-3625 w. MIt was introdirapidlyI neatdurum tlMomirmancesimfortabl
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