The Cincinnati Post from Cincinnati, Ohio • 27

The Choice Is Yours: Mini Secret Plot LONDON: All members of the cast and production crew of "The Rise and Rise of Michai'l Rimmer" have been sworn to secrecy about the story of the War ner Bros-Seven Arts motion picture which is David first feature film production Peter Cook who stars In the color film and is its co-author is the only per sonality connected with the production who is per il Post i 27 Cincinnati Frl July 25 19(9 mitted to speak about and he merely wisecracks his way out of revealing the plot "All 1 can honestly say" says Cook "is that it is an entertainment If someone among the millions who will flock to see this ture sees a message then our Job is done" Starring with Cook' are Denholm Elliott and Vanessa Howard -1 rffmxrrm bub iaiiev iti-saoo free parkini UlUAUiUSttf EXCLUSIVE HIST-SUN ENCASEMENT OF BRIGHT MATINEE TOW DHOW CONTINUOUS ISOM SUN MKIN 711-2271 ShmoHo Ctrrtuui MiM IN COIOI TsSU 10:00 IliSS ILENWAY AVI PRICE NIU FREE PARKINS UI-TSTl THEATRE CLOSED FOR REMODELING WATCH FOB CRAMP REOPENING Nil HAMILTON IVE FSIEPHRING Ejll LOVE 241 1:11 Till 1:40 PARKINS ION IEIBINS IMS TNW Tim Saatay Air-CsaOitlMii Kong 1 in IV HNriltM ML Htitthy jLUItP hoc wonni pine MATINEES IAILY UN Walt Disney IMS 2:41 S1 1229 MONTGOMEIV FIEE PAIKIN9 TONIGHT MOWS IT an4 1:21 SMIay It 4:01 1:40 1:20 m-sur fiei parkini CMtinvwt Fran 12:00 NOON lUDUT HACStn LOVE Till 1:40 121-0234 711-Mil' NORWOOD OHII SHITTY BANG Roy White puts on emphasis on youth at Mid-States Theaters He chose a 20-year-old girl to manage the Mini A test film is projected on the $800 screen at Mini Cinema I to establish proper focus and line-up The 150-seat theaters will have their premiere night July 30 The photos on this page are by TERRY ARMOR 321-T732 UNWOON INI DELTA PARKIN! IET DICK VAN SALLY ANN HOWES CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG' Only Twin Cinemas Offer Comfort Convenience AND JULIET" Tumi: 7:15 ond 9:45 IJIMHA 4111 MONTGOMEIV DU 1021 MIIIIM II Mrmry NcfcMnt NtmtS Nil "ROMEO Show Marvin White is responsible for creating the decor at the Mini Cinemas He chose colors that suggest a feeling of warmth and relaxation sent an innovation in Cincinnati film exhibition but the concept is not original says Marvin City was the first in the nation to have them" New York also has its Cinemas I and II but they are full-size theaters SO MANY people were rushing by me with ham- mers and saws I was afraid someone would hand me one While fleeing the threat of having to do some legitimate work I promised myself I would not return until premiere night when the theaters would be featuring instead of afternoon Start! Wt4M4wi OF THE HAD" film is projected You may have noticed in the older theaters that the windows called ports are extremely small "The ports were used in the old days when nitrate film was explained Marvin nitrate film sometimes would explode or catch on fire When this happened a metal shutter was pulled down over the port to separate the audience from the fire Since safety film is used this precaution is no longer necessary The large window also makes it easier for the projectionist to focus the film on the screen The Mini Cinemas repre- ginning of a feature in one or the other theaters To increase the enjoyment of patrons already inside the theaters the Whites have decided that' once the film begins the seated customers will not be interrupted by latecomers stumbling into their laps and mumbling "Excuse Like the Mariemont and Hollywood theaters which Mid-States also owns the decor will consist of an -orange yellow and gold color scheme to be complemented by the dark wood paneling Electric candlelight will smile benignly down on all this tastefulness "WE CHOSE these colors for a feeling of warmth and relaxation explained Marvin also want to create a feeling of plushness without putting the patron into seats in narrow rows can relax The width of the rows in the cinemas is 38 inches as compared to the standard 28 inches Your 6-foot 1-inch critic is delighted to report that he will not emerge from the mini cinemas with callused kneecaps The $48 apiece seats are mounted on stadium-like tiers and the rows are zagged When Mae Buscl with her 15-mile high hairdo sits down in front of you at the minis you will no longer have to tap her on the shoulder to ask her to remove her head Back during the Revolutionary War when I attended matinees at a theater that used to give out prizes if you chose a seat without a broken spring I can re- member looking at a ski scene on the side wall whenever I became bored with Joseph Cotten and Vir-- ginia Mayo up on the Roy skipped away and screen The cinemas have Marvin assumed leadership no pictures or knick-knacks G2S2 JSSt jSPIN MATINEE: Naas' fiuljM'hlm mmACADEMymtm First Run Showing it! 0 PMMia Frankiia OF THE FOLLOWING iaH 12ill 12:11 the right of the entrance They will house the posters and still shots of whatever Is playing The section of Seventh street where the cinemas are located exactly Times Square Across the street the George Cox Memorial Theater is sealed up like some great cement tomb and the redbrick side of the Shubert stares blankly at passing traffic "How are you going to let people know your are I wondered Roy pointed down to the corner of Seventh and Walnut our My gaze was directed to a large sign that had been tacked on the corner of the building The neon sign will notify passing crowds of what is playing and hopefully entice them toward the box office Another marquee will be placed at the corner of Vine and Seventh THE BOX OFFICE will be located in the outer lobby that is to boast wood paneling and smoked glass mirrors- Roy says admission price will be comparable to other first-run nous-' es Translated that means about $250 a ticket Moving through glass doors that lead into the inner lobby Roy pointed to a spot on the floor "Here will stand a floor director who will not be a doorman will direct customers to the appropriate theater The human traffic cop is needed because the two cinemas will be showing the same film but the starting times in each theater will be staggered As a result a patron can arrive at the cinemas at any hour and be on time for the be ALL-NEWI' AU4H0CK! 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Shawl on their walls know what you said Marvin "I remember -the side walls always had girls holding grapes or something of the sort the theater interiors I designed do not have anything on the wallsi The reflection of the light off the screen onto the side walls often has the effect of animating the designs and causes distraction Attention should be focused on the THE TOUR concluded in the projection booths each of which cost $30000 to equip Two projectors are used in each booth The entire system has such sophisticated automation that one projectionist will be able to handle both booths One of the striking features about projection booths in new theaters built within the last few years is the large picture windows through which the of the theater excursion that took us into one of the cinemas with its brown carpets orange seats and golden Austrian valance curtain Both cinemas are decorated alike The theaters will feature adult films With this factor in mind I wondered whether Marvin could be a little- more impractical in his selection of materials since he will not have to contend with gooey little hands decorating everything with chocolate and popcorn salt this definitely was a consideration in regard to what we used in the He pointed to the seats that run along a fabric-covered wall a child happened to be seated in those seats he might just possibly use the wall to wipe his hands GENTLEMEN WHO dis-: cover they are all legs when they try to squeeze CHITTY BARG MIRE AND Fir Futaia Than Ml 171-asoa ar 431-0315 BY JERRY STEIN Over at 35 Seventh street in the Executive Bldg excitement and sawdust hang in the air The Brothers White (Roy and Marvin) who own Mid-States Theaters are prepar ing to open their twin cinema The 150-seat theaters are called the Studio Cinemas collectively and Mini Cinema I and Mini Cinema individually Roy who looks like actor Stephen Boyd down to the dimple in his chin was standing amid lumber cardboard and humidity in the entrance hall that was being transformed into an outer lobby for the cinemas He was brimming with news i "I want you to know right away said Roy "that the Mini Cinemas will have the youngest theater manager in Cincinnati She is Janice Yelton who is only 20-years-old" -MID-STATES puts emphasis on youth The com- £any runs a management raining program in which an usher may rise to become a division manager Bob Schmaltz who be out of his 20s was selected to manage one of Mld-StateC biggest plums the Cine-Carousel "The tour began outside on the Seventh street pavement Roy pointed to the entrance have a New York-type awning extending from the door over the sidewalk with the Mini-Cinemas and the Playboy Club (the club occupies the top floor of the building) written on explained Roy Other attention-getters are display windows to MEET SEE BIG MAMA 421 lbs of Go Go at the 129 WALNUT ST IOWNTOWN tlNTI PINK LADY AINaw Cwcktall Lwwwge ENTERTAINMENT DENNY A GEORGE SINGINt nils thMPaiaa Party barn WaGnaidav LAOIEI NIGHT EVESY TUESDAY SHOW! 11 A 1 MAGICIAN A GANCES lacatai la tha PINS LADY MOTEL 1221 Iaa4 14 at 1-74 NEAI CHEVIOT TED ZEFFS' WHISPER ROOM WHERE THE SWINGERS SWING 7 NIGHTS A WEEK 7 Proudly Preienli THE LOU JAMES MINIMUM TRIO tffvn READING NOAI NOSEUWN (Acrata frwa tha Villay Thaatra) bOi JSSfflr OBLORR This montage is composed of fabrics and materials that have gone into the interior decoration of the Mini Cinemas At left is dark wood paneling for the walls the patch of rug thrown over an orange nylon seat is a brown-gold mixture and the brown-gold splotched vinyl in the -background will also decorate the walls and concession stand Etaaaar EYE OF THE JSSrXfST SO BAD ABOUT FEELING ppi-aur Hild Ovtr! 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