Wednesday, December 23, 1970 - Tuesday, February 16, 1971 (8 Weeks)
The Great White Hope
Starring James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander
Directed by Martin Ritt
A 20th Century-Fox Picture in Panavision and DeLuxe Color
103 Minutes / Rated GP
Daily at: 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 and 10:15 PM
Reported Gross "The Great White Hope"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, December 29, 1970
42
2
Tuesday, January 5, 1971
42
3
Tuesday, January 12, 1971
42
4
Tuesday, January 19, 1971
42
5
Tuesday, January 26, 1971
42
6
Tuesday, February 2, 1971
42
7
Tuesday, February 9, 1971
42
8
Tuesday, February 16, 1971
42
Totals
56 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
12 Weeks
Average Performance: $
336
Source: Variety
Wednesday, February 17, 1971 - Thursday, March 4, 1971 (2 Weeks)
Promise at Dawn
Starring Melina Mercouri and Assaf Dayan
Directed by Jules Dassin
An Avco Embassy Release in DeLuxe Color
99 Minutes / GP
Daily at: 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 and 10:15 PM
Reported Gross "Promise at Dawn"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, February 23, 1971
42
2
Thursday, March 4, 1971 (9 Days)
54
Totals
16 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
2 Weeks
Average Performance: $
98
Source: Variety
Friday, March 5, 1971 - Tuesday, March 30, 1971 (4 Weeks)
Cold Turkey
Starring Dick Van Dyke and Pippa Scott
Directed by Norman Lear
A United Artists Release in DeLuxe Color
99 Minutes / GP
Daily at: 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 and 10:15 PM
Monday, March 8,
1971 at 7:00 PM:
Wednesday, March 31, 1971 - Tuesday, May 11, 1971 (6 Weeks)
Valdez is Coming
Starring Burt Lancaster and Susan Clark
Directed by Edwin Sherwin
A United Artists Release in DeLuxe Color
90 Minutes / Rated GP
Daily at: 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 and 10:15 PM
Day and Date: South Coast Plaza Theatre #1, Costa Mesa Highway 39 Drive-In Theatre, Westminster
Reported Gross "Valdez is Coming"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, April 6, 1971
42
2
Tuesday, April 13, 1971
42
3
Tuesday, April 20, 1971
42
4
Tuesday, April 27, 1971
42
5
Tuesday, May 4,1971
42
6
Tuesday, May 11,1971
42
Totals
42 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
6 Weeks
Average Performance: $
252
Source: Variety
Wednesday, May 12, 1971 - Thursday, June 17, 1971 (5 Weeks)
Pretty Maids all in a Row
Starring Rock Hudson and Angie Dickinson
Directed by Roger Vadim
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture in Metrocolor
91 Minutes / Rated R
Daily at: 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 and 10:15 PM
Tuesday, May 18, 1971:
World Premiere Engagement
Friday, June 18, 1971 - Tuesday, July 13, 1971 (4 Weeks)
Wild Rovers
Starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal
Directed by Blake Edwards
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture in Metrocolor and Panavision
106 Minutes (Initial Cut)
/ Rated GP
Daily at: 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 and 10:15 PM;
Late Show Friday and Saturday at 12:15 AM
Reported Gross "Wild Rovers"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, June 22, 1971 (5 Days)
32
2
Tuesday, June 29, 1971
44
3
Tuesday, July 6, 1971
44
4
Tuesday, July 13, 1971
44
Totals
26 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
4 Weeks
Average Performance: $
164
Source: Variety
Wednesday, July 14, 1971 - Wednesday, August 11, 1971 (4 Weeks)
Evel Knievel
Starring George Hamilton and Sue Lyon
Directed by Marvin Chomsky
A Fanfare Films Release in Metrocolor
88 Minutes / Rated GP
Daily at: 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 and 10:15 PM;
Late Show Friday and Saturday at 12:15 AM
Reported Gross "Evel Knievel"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Tuesday, July 20, 1971
42
2
Tuesday, July 27, 1971
42
3
Tuesday, August 3, 1971
42
4
Wednesday, August 11, 1971 (8 Days)
48
Totals
29 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
4 Weeks
Average Performance: $
174
Source: Variety
Thursday, August 12, 1971 - Thursday, September 30, 1971 (7 Weeks)
The Love Machine
Starring Dyan Cannon and Robert Ryan
Directed by Jack Haley Jr.
A Columbia Pictures Release in Color
106 Minutes / Rated R
Daily at: 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 and 10:15 PM;
Late Show Friday and Saturday at 12:15 AM
Day and Date: Loew's Century 21 Theatre, Anaheim
Reported Gross "The Love Machine"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, August 19, 1971 (8 Days)
50
2
Thursday, August 26, 1971
44
3
Thursday, September 2, 1971
44
4
Thursday, September 9, 1971
44
5
Thursday, September 16, 1971
44
6
Thursday, September 23, 1971
44
7
Thursday, September 30, 1971
44
Totals
50 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
7 Weeks
Average Performance: $
74
Source: Variety
Friday, October 1, 1971 - Wednesday, November 3, 1971 (5 Weeks)
Skin Game
Starring James Garner and Lou Gossett
Directed by Paul Bogart
A Cherokee Production in Panavision and Technicolor
A Warner Bros. / Kinney Leisure Service Release
102 Minutes / Rated GP
Daily at: 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15, 8:15 and 10:15 PM;
Late Show Friday and Saturday at 12:15 AM
Day and Date: Lincoln Drive-In Theatre, Buena Park Harbor Twin Theatres, Costa Mesa
Reported Gross "Skin Game"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Wednesday, October 6, 1971 (6 Days)
38
2
Wednesday, October 13, 1971
44
3
Wednesday, October 20, 1971
44
4
Wednesday, October 27, 1971
44
5
Wednesday, November 3, 1971
44
Totals
34 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
5 Weeks
Average Performance: $
214
Source: Variety
Thursday, November 4, 1971 - Sunday, November 14, 1971
The First Los Angeles International Film Exposition - FILMEX
Presented by the FILMEX Board of Trusees
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The American Film Institute
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Harold Lloyd Foundation
and the film schools of UCLA, USC and Cal Arts
Gary Essert, Director
Gary Abrahams, Assistant Director
Beverly Walker, Press Representative
The FILMEX Board:
Philip Chamberlin, Chairman
Norman Corwin, George Cukor, Arthur Knight, Walter Mirisch, Edward Rubin, Rosalind Russell, and King Vidor
Presented in cooperation with the Motion Picture Association of America
Tickets: $3.00 Evenings / $2.00 and $1.00 Matinees / $3.50 Midnights / Opening Night: $50.00 and $25.00
/ Series Ticket (40 programs, excluding Opening Night): $75.00
Thursday, November 4, 1971:
Event A, Free Program at 11:00 AM: A Tribute to the American Cinema
THE MISFITS
Starring Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe
Directed by John Huston
A Seven Arts Production
A United Artists Release
124 Minutes
Event 1, Premiere at 7:30 PM:
THE LAST PICTURE SHOWSOLD OUT!
Starring Timothy Bottoms and Jeff Bridges
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
A BBS Production
A Columbia Pictures Release
119 Minutes
--
Short: Evolution, by Mike Mills / 11 Minutes
Friday, November 5, 1971:
Event 2, Free Program at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM:
A Tribute to the American Cinema
THE DECAMERON
Starring Fraco Citti and Ninetto Davoli
Directed by Pier Paolo Passolini
A United Artists Release in Color
101 Minutes / Rated X
--
Short: S.W.L.A., by Rob Thompson / 6 Minutes
Event 5, at 9:30 PM:
BLUSHING CHARLIE (Lyckiga Skitar)
Starring Bernt Lundquist and Solveig Ternstrom
Directed by Volgöt Sjoman
A Sandrews Production
A Swedish Film Institue Presentation
88 Minutes
--
Short: Henry from Nine to Five, by Bob Godfrey / 6 Minutes
Event 6, at 12:00 Midnight:
SEX (A.K.A. WOMEN IN REVOLT)SOLD OUT!
Starring Candy Darling and Jackie Curtis
Directed by Paul Morrisey
An Andy Warhol Films Production
88 Minutes
--
Short: Love Toad, by Greg Von Buchan / 2 Minutes
Saturday, November 6, 1971:
Event 7, Free Program
at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM:
A Tribute to the American Cinema
IN THE SUMMERTIME (Durante L'estate)
Starring Renato Paracchi and Rosanna Callegari
Directed by Ermanno Olmi
An RAI / Palumbo Production
110 Minutes
--
Short: Mary, by Ira Wohl / 24 Minutes
Event 10, American Premiere at 9:30 PM:
THE BYELORUSSIAN STATION (Belorusskiy vokzal)
Starring Yevgeny Leonov and Anatoly Popanov
Directed by Andrei Smirnov
A Mosfilm Studios Production
130 Minutes
--
Short: Osaka 1-2-3, by John Whitney / 3 Minutes
Event 10, at 12:00 Midnight:
THE FILMS OF JOHN AND YOKO
-- RAPE II / Starring Nicholas D. Knowland and Eva Majlath / Directed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono / 40 Minutes
-- FLY / Starring Virginia Lust Directed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono / 25 Minutes
-- APOTHEOSIS / Starring John Lennon and Yoko Ono / Directed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono / 18 Minutes
-- ERECTION / Directed by John Lennon and Yoko Ono / 20 Minutes
--
Plus: Three Short Musical Numbers ! ! !
Sunday, November 6, 1971:
Event 11, Free Program at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM:
A Tribute to the American Cinema
DOCKS OF NEW YORK
Starring George Bancroft and Betty Compson
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
A Paramount Picture
80 Minutes
--
Presented with Drums, Clainet and Bass accompaniment, directed by John Green and Al Woodbury
Event 13, at 7:00 PM: A Tribute to the American Cinema
THE TEN COMMANDMENTSSOLD OUT!
Starring Theodore Roberts and Charles DeRoche
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
A Paramount Picture
110 Minutes
--
Presented with a 21-piece orchestral accompaniment, under the direction of Louis Fratturo, and produced by Milt Larson
Event 14, at 9:30 PM:
FATA MORGANA
Starring Lotte Eisner and Eugen Des Montagnes
Directed by Werner Herzog
A Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
78 Minutes
Monday, November 7, 1971:
Event 15, beginning at 9:00 AM:
THE AFRED HITCOCK MARATHON SOLD OUT!
-- THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
Starring Leslie Banks and Edna Best
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A Gaumont British Picture Corporation Production
84 Minutes
-- THE SECRET AGENT
Starring John Gielgud and Peter Lorre
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A Gaumont British Picture Corporation Production
86 Minutes
-- FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
Starring Joel McCray and Laraine Day
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A United Artists Release
120 Minutes
-- ROPE
Starrring James Stewart and John Dall
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A Warner Bros. Picture in Technicolor
80 Minutes
-- I CONFESS
Starring Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A Warner Bros. Picture
95 Minutes
-- VERTIGO
Starring James Stewart and Kim Novak
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
A Paramount Release in Technicolor and VistaVision
128 Minutes
Event 16, Short Film Program at 9:30 PM:
FILMS FROM THE UNDERGROUND SOLD OUT!
Program Coordinated by Charles Lippencott
--
COARAZE, by Jules Engel / 13 Minutes
--
MOTION ANALYSIS/MOOD ELEVATION, by David Lourie / 32 Minutes
--
WAR ZONE, by Neon Park / 3 Minutes
--
PUTTING THE BABIES BACK, by Neal White / 5 Minutes
--
CYBERNETIC 5.3, by John Stehura / 8 Minutes
--
Intermission
--
ANSELMO, by Chick Strand / 3 Minutes
-- RUNS GOOD, by Pat O'Neill / 13 Minutes
-- MARGUERITE, by Betty Jao-Jung Chen / 4 Minutes
--
OXO-OMO-ONO, by John Walsh / 1 Minute
--
TERMINAL SELF, by John Whitney, Jr. / 10 Minutes
--
PORTRAIT, by Donna Deitch / 17 Minutes
Tuesday, Nove,ber 9, 1971:
Event 17, Free Program
at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM:
A Tribute to the American Cinema
ACE IN THE HOLE
Starring Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling
Directed by Billy Wilder
A Paramount PIcture
111 Minutes
Event 19, at 7:00 PM: A Tribute to the American Cinema
MODERN TIMESSOLD OUT!
Played the Chinese on its orginal release in February, 1936
Starring Charles Chaplin and Paulette Goddard
Directed by Charles Chaplin
A Charles Chaplin Production / A United Artists Release
85 Minutes
--
Short: The "Lubbaby of Broadway" sequence from GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935, Directed by Busby Berkeley, Played the Chinese on its orginal release in June, 1933
Event 20, at 9:30 PM:
RIP-OFF
Starring
Don Scardino and Ralph Endersby
Directed by Donald Shebib
A Pheonix Film Production
89 Minutes / Rated R
-- I Don't Know, by
Penelope Spheeris / 20 Minutes
Wednesday, November 10, 1971:
Event 21, Free Program
at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM:
A Tribute to the American Cinema
THE LONG VOYAGE HOME
Starring John Wayne and Thomas Mitchell
Directed by John Ford
A Walter Wanger Production / A United Artists Release
105 Minutes
Event 23, American Premiere at 7:00 PM:
ANNA
Starring Harriet Andersen and Marja Packalen
Directed by Jörn Donner
A Stockholm Film Production
98 Minutes
--
Short: Clay, by Robert L. Estrin
Event 24, at 9:30 PM:
THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON
Starring Fred Hampton and Rennie Davis
Directed by Howard Alk
A Chicago Film Group, MGA Production
88 Minutes
Thursday, November 11, 1971:
Event 25, Free Program
at 11:00 and 2:00 PM:
A Tribute to the American Cinema
LADY OF THE PAVEMENTS
Starring Lupe Valez and William Boyd
Directed by D.W. Griffith
A United Artists Release
93 Minutes
--
Presented with organ accompaniment
by Chauncey Haines
Event 27, at 7:00 PM: A Tribute to the American Cinema
THE BUTCHER (Le Boucher)
Starring
Jean Yanne and Stéphane Audran
Directed by Claude Chabrol
A Les Films de la Boétle / Euro International Film Production
93 Minutes / Rated GP
--
Short: Foreign Tongue French, by Mel Sharpe
Friday, November 12, 1971:
Event 29, Free Program
at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM:
A Tribute to the American Cinema
BABY DOLL
Starring Karl Malden and Carrol Baker
Directed by Elia Kazan
A Warner Bros. Picture
114 Minutes
Event 31, at 7:00 PM:
THE RIVER
Played the Chinese on its orginal release in June, 1952
Starring Patricia Walters and Nora Swinburne
Directed by Jean Renoir
A Oriental International Production In Technicolor
A United Artists Release
99 Minutes
--
Short: The City, by Sabin Balasa
Event 32, at 9:30 PM:
PEAU d'ANE
Starring Catherine Deneuve and Jean Marais
Directed by Jacques Demy
A Marianne / Parc Films Production
90 Minutes
Event 33, at 12:00 Midnight:
MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM
Starring Lionel Atwill and Fay Wray
Directed by Michael Curtiz
A Warner Bros. / First National Picture in Technicolor
71 Minutes
--
Short: The Sneeze, by David Shepard
Saturday, November 13, 1971:
Event 34, Free Program at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM:
A Tribute to the American Cinema
THE THREE CABALLEROS
with the voices of
Aurora Miranda and Carmen Molina
Directed by Norman Ferguson, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, and Harold Young
A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor
An R-K-O- Radio Pictures Release
72 Minutes
--
Short: The Band Concert, Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck / Directed by Wilfred Jackson / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / A United Artists Release
--
Short: Mother Goose Goes Hollywood, with the voices of Dave Barry and Sara Berner / Directed by Dick Rickard / A Walt Disney Production in Technicolor / An R-K-O Radio Pictures Release
Event 36, Short Program
at 7:00 PM:
THE ART OF ANIMATION SOLD OUT!
Program co-sponsored by ASIFA and coordinated by Philip Chamberlain
--
The Caterpillar and the Wild Animals, by Gerard Baldwin
-- Breath, by Jimmy Murakami / 4 Minutes
--
The Kidnapping of the Sun and the Moon, by Sandor Reisenbuchler
-- The Big Yellow Taxi, by John Wilson / 3 Minutes
-- Kisses, by Ionesco Popescu-Gopo
--
Uppity Albert McGuire, by John Stern and Steve Adams / 9 Minutes
-- The Red and Black (Czerwone i Czarne), by Witold Giersz /
7 Minutes
-- Rainbow Bear, by Bill Melendez / 5 Minutes
-- Kama Sutra Rides Again, by Bob Godfrey / 9 Minutes
--
The Unicycle Race, by Robert Swarthe
/ 8 Minutes
--
Intermission
--
Rapid Transit, by John Kimball
--
Silence, by Jules Engel
-- Cosmodrome, by Frantisek Vystrcil / 10 Minutes
--
Seven Films from the Zagreb Studios in Yogoslavia, introduced by Zelmir Matko:
WR: MYSTERIES OF THE ORGANISM
Starring Milena Dravic and Ivica Vidovic
Directed by Dusan Makavejev
A Neoplanta / Telepool Production
A Cinema 5 Release
84 Minutes
Sunday, November 14, 1971:
Event 38, Free Program
at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM:
A Tribute to the American Cinema
THE STUDENT PRINCE IN OLD HEIDELBERG
Starring Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
105 Minutes
--
Presented with organ accompaniment
by Ann Leaf
Event 40, Closing Night at 7:30 PM:
MURMUR OF THE HEART
(Le Souffle au Coeur)
Starring Lea Massari and Benoit Ferreux
Directed by Louis Malle
A Walter Reade Organization Release
118 Minutes
--
Short: Synchromy, by Norman McLaren / 7 Minutes
Monday, November 15, 1971:
THEATRE DARK
Tuesday, November 16, 1971 - Thursday, December 16, 1971 (4 Weeks)
House of Wax
Starring Vincent Price and Frank Lovejoy
Directed by André De Toth
A Warner Bros. Picture in Natural Vision and WarnerColor
A Sherpix / Stereovision International Presentation
Presented in 70mm Stereovision 3-D, Technicolor, 6-Track Stereophonic Sound
90 Minutes / Rated GP
Daily at: 12:15, 1:55, 3:35, 5:15, 8:40, and 10:20 PM
I attended a performance during this engagement - ED
Opening on November 24, 1971: Cinemaland Theatre, Anaheim
Reported Gross "House of Wax"
Week
Week Ending
Perfs.
Gross
1
Thursday, November 25, 1971
(10 Days)
60
2
Thursday, December 2, 1971
44
3
Thursday, December 9, 1971
44
4
Thursday, December 16, 1971
44
Totals
31 Days
Daily Average: $
--
--
4 Weeks
Average Performance: $
192
Source: Variety
Friday, December 17, 1971 - Tuesday, March 14, 1972 (13 Weeks)
Diamonds Are Forever
Starring Sean Connery and Jill St. John
Directed by Guy Hamilton
A United Artists Release in Panavision and Technicolor
120 Minutes / Rated GP
Daily at: 9:00 and 11:15 AM, 1:25, 3:35, 5:45, 8:00 and 10:25 PM and 12:25 AM
Late Show Friday and Saturday at 2:30 AM
Showtimes from Monday, January 3, 1972:
Daily at:
11:15 AM, 1:25, 3:35, 5:45, 8:00 and 10:25 PM and 12:25 AM
Showtimes from Monday, January 10, 1972:
11:15 AM, 1:25, 3:35, 5:45, 8:00 and 10:25 PM
I attended a performance during this engagement - ED
Day and Date: Crest Theatre, North Long Beach Long Beach Drive-In Theatre, Long Beach Fountain Valley Drive-In Theatre, Fountain Valley
