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TAIWAN PIX BIZ HAS TV BLUES

(Continued from Page 1) ing total to nearly 600, has kept total gross at same figure. About 160,000 tv sets are now in use among the country's 11,000,000 peo­ple, with one commercial station and one government educational station servicing entire island from Taipei. Kung said U.S. ac­tion vidseries, such as "Combat," are popular there, and that U.S. features are most popular of for­eign Alms, replacing Japanese pix.

Taiwan has quota on U.S. pix, 198 annually.

In the U.S. for past four weeks to observe industry practices here and in New York, Kung expressed intentions of readying product for international market. He said Tai-wanese technicians and production techniques were approaching qual­ity of international market and that most pressing need now is for good stories. He indicated that pix would be distributed abroad within three years.

Average Costs GOG Currently, Taiwan-made films

cost an average of $60,000, Kung said, and that "most" of them make money. About half the b.o. receipts come from Taiwan, re­mainder from seven other coun­tries which together comprise the Federation of Producers in Asia. About a score of "Chinatown" theatres exist in L ^ . , Frisco and New York, but aside from those and some university workshop screens, Taiwan product doesnt dent U.S. or European market. It is this situation that Kung shortly hopes to correct.

Kung said Taiwan filmmakers would be unable to offer co-pro­duction deals to U.S. producers be­cause small market there wouldn't justify it. However, he was eager to offer services and soundstages to U.S. companies wishing to Aim on location there. Processing fa­cilities exist in Taiwan, Kung said, but added that multiple prints are made in Japan for his company. He indicated labor comes cheap there, as no 81m craft unions ex-1st, nor are likely to in near fu-ture.

"Woolf Banned One possible hindrance to U.S.

production on Taiwan are censor­ship laws which prohibit Aiming any nudity or suggestive or ob­scene language. "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf has been banned in Taiwan, as was "Exodus," lat­ter because of country's friendly ties with Arab nations, Kung said.

N A T O Exec Urges Exhibs T o Close 'Generation Gap' (Continued from Page 1)

ty Dosen,' "El Dorado,' 'Snow White' and "You Only Live Twice' are assured commercial hits. We must get out and punch for Alms like 'A Guide For The Married Man,' T h e Naked Runner' and Bobo.' We have a job to do in

educating the public to certain Alms."

Corwin sees an age of special­ization coming wherein two types of theatres will be increasingly proAtable — the roadshow, hard-ticket house and the art or spe-cialty theatre. The ultimate in Almgoing, he said is "Sound Of Music," "Dr. Zhivago," "Thor­oughly Modem Millie" or "Ha­waii" on big screens with stereo-phonic sound in luxurious, com-fortable theatres. The smart, mod­em, but small art house is the "in" trend which will continue to take on significance.

Touching on exhibitor-distribu­tor relations, which he called "a problem of great concern," Corwin asked both parties to make new, unprejudiced appraisal of each other's problems.

"Both exhibitors and distribu­tors must forget discordant rela­tionships of the past. The common threads that unite us go too deep for us to overlook our mutual well-being."

Wolper Telenses 'Cats' "Big Cats, Little Cats" has been

set as the third in a series of Wolper Productions' hour-long spe­cials, "The World Of Animals," reports M. J. "Bud" Rlfkin, prexy of Metromedia. Wolper parent company. Alan Landsburg is exec producer of the NBC-TV show.

Initial special was "It 's A Dog's World," narrated by Lome Greene. The second, "The W o r l d Of Horses," airs this fal l

Film Castings Michael Shillo, "A l ime For

Heroes," Universal. John Kramer, Dolph Sweet,

Paula Feiten, Mark Hulswit, Lin­coln Kilpatrick, Ted Meniades, Dagne Crane, Tom Gorman, "A Lovely Way To Die," Univer­sal.

Anna Mizrahi, "Stay Tuned For Terror," Gerald Prods.

Noel PurcelL "Sinful Davey," Mirisch-UA.

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the colleges, he explains, is that he gets a fair tally at the box-office and he can also make a 66-36 deal, with him, the distributor, getting the larger slice. He pays for ad-pub campaign, but the col­lege supplies house staff and fa­cilities for the showings. Also, number of needed prints for col-lege circuit are few. "Lake" has 26 prints in 36m and 16 In 16m. "Lake" is booked into the 70 col­leges.

As regard complaints from the­atrical exhibitors, Saperstein ar­gues "the same exhibitors who are complaining about college book­ings of pix are the same people who won t give a Arm booking and deal for my pix."

(Ed. note: Some months ago Columbia planned package of four films for college circuiting. Na­tional Assn. of Theatre Owners prexy Sherrill Corwin vigorously objected. Col cooled it, for the nonce, at least, pending talks with NATO toppers. Whether project Is still on, or off, is moot.)

W o o d y A l l en Sues M G M Over A l b u m

(Continued from Page 1) issued last September on the Ka­ma Sutra label, whose wax MGM Records distribs.

Claiming MGM "wrongfully, fraudulently and willfully appro-priated to itself the reputation, goodwill and substantial earnings" of Allen, he is asking $60,000 property and $160,000 exemplary damages. He's also asking for an accounting of the recording's sales and delivery by MGM of the al-leged wrongful usage.

"Tiger Lilly," is a Japanese thriller dubbed in satiric English vein by Allen, who also added some extra footage including some scenes by The Spoonful. American International released pic, but the album was brought out by MGM via its exclusive pact with the rock group.

A member of Metro's homeof-Ace legal staff claims the Allen suit is without merit, implying that in MGM's view the comedian did not have the legal right to personally approve use of his like-ness on the cover.

Coote UA's Brit ish Prod n Supervisor

Frank Bernard Coote has joined United Artists as British produc­tion supervisor, replacing Andy Donally, resigned. David Chasman heads UA's British production.

Damon In 'Nightmare ' Mark Damon has been cast in

"Cry Nightmare," with Michael Rennie and Sally Smith, to be di­rected by Anthony Dawson on French Riviera and Rome.

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Bur rud Slots Larsen Bob Larsen has been named pro-

ducer of Bill Burrud's "Wonderful World Of Women," syndicated se­ries airing locally on KCOP.

'Amer icans ' Ban (Continued from Page 1)

America to look so good to their young at this time. The 81m shows American youth moving freely, and the Russians apparently don't want their people to see this."

Pic is about group of 860 high school and college musicians from Southern California on tour of this country. I t is slated for domestic release in October. 4fc

Meredith MacRae Joins Her Dad On Cap Disks

Meredith MacRae, regular in the CBS-TV series, "Petticoat Junc­tion," has been signed by Capitol Records, for which her father Gor­don long has etched.

Her mother, Sheila, and sister, Heather, recently duetted a single on ABC Records.

ABC Stock At ' 6 7 P e a k * A m e r i c a n Broadcasting Cos.

stock hit a new high for the year yesterday. On turnover of 29,800 shares, it closed at 96%, up 4%. Previous high had been 98%.

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