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By SAM L. IRVIN JR.
Gamecock Staff Writer
In the last few years, theatrical
motion pictures have had to
become increasingly competitive
with television. Television offers
the convenience of entertainment
in your own home whereas
theatrical motion pictures require
admission. Also, television is
competing more vigorously than
film by paying exorbitant prices
for the rights to show theatrical
movies like "The Godfather"
(shown last year) and "Gone With
the Wind" (to be shown this fall).
The essence involves why pay to
see a film when it inevitably will be
shown on television.
Ironically the movie studios,
always willing to make a fast buck,
continue to sell all their major
films to their biggest competitor.
The Paramount motion picture
comoanv is a crime examole. Thev
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produce several television series
such as "Happy Days" and are a
steady supplier of made-for-TV
movies. Paramount is making
quite an annual profit so their
situation is precarious.
WHEN A NETWORK came to
Paramount with a seven-digit
check to buy "The Godfather," it
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music still seems to be the predoi
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night in the Russell House Ballroon
can be purchased at the Travel Cen
House. The Russell House Unive
Committee (RHUU) is sponsoring
TOM CHAPIN has not received tl
older brother, Harry Chapin, but is
in his own right.
His career has included musical
ana television. He nas done the sc(
and the documentary, "The Sea P
documentary, "Up With People".
TOM WON Emmy and Peabody /
A Wish", which he hosted for fivt
Tom co-authored with his brotf
Cinema Center Film, "Cutting l>o
"tOM'S SONGfc are varied. AfU
Bow', a ballad written about a frien
of his songs, shows a great deal of
Tom's range of songs are from
audience participation to his mon
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a five piece band that plays a comh
and creative arrangements of song
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The Cinematic Arts Committee's
Live Here Anymore", showing T
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theatres
was an offer they could not refuse.
Some of their movies were not
turning profits and needed a boost.
If Paramount had re-released
"The Godfather" to theaters, the
cost of fresh prints and advertising
would have cost almost $1 million.
If the film had only made a couple
of million, this would not have been
as large a profit as television offered.
Also, the company had to consider
that if they refused the
network's offer, the network could
have easily found less need for a
Paramount made-for-TV movie or
could have even cancelled a
Paramount series.
SO WHO IS LOSING? The movie
studios, while showing smaller
theatre movie profits, are compensated
by their television sales.
Thus, with this arrangement the
networks are happy. Because
fewer people are coming to the
theater, ticket prices have to be
raised to meet the film company's
exorbitant demands.
More theaters are being built out
of the desperate need to have as
large a variety of films as possible
to get people out of their living
rooms. Concession prices rise
because it is the only clear profit
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the event.
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indeed a talented and versatile artist
achievement in the areas of records
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creativity, emotion and sensitivity.
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littee has also booked Silent Partner,
>ination of original acoustic material
s by the Eagles and Poco. They will
for two nights, at 8 p.m. Sept. 28 and
pay film this week is "Alice Doesn't
hursday and Friday nights at the
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Staff Writer
>ugh the logical goal for
cert band is to attract
ds, a strange exception
i certain groups,
usicians perform more
ore smaller close-knit
-similar to crowds at
i Spur. Many musicians
veil in a coliseum crowd
ts money, enters, listens
r attendance at Sunday
concert at Carolina
supports the idea that
irie league and the
thythm Aces are two of
> that are strange exCertainly
most of the
) that attended were not
ed with the League's
ce, but something was
KOWI) was scattered
it the coliseum, and
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for the end of the perMany
people probably
liseum thinking, "It was
?ic, but the band just
) the crowd in its grasp."
true but it was certainly
ult of the Pure Prairip
1 April, 1974, this band
on the Russell House
delivered some of the
2 that this university's
ave heard.
ly of the original Pure
ague members remain.
?r left the group to join a
American Flyer.
airie league has been
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and do not drive crowds
lzy with their music.
Pure Prairie League
ityle of music extremely
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OUT 55 minutes Sunday
le group combined ]
country and western
ock 'n roll resulting in a j
uted nerformanfp that
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every band member's
Conner on paino and
>n steel guitar combined
a fast moving "Two s
ghway" and soulful ]
' Blues."
airie League has found
it lead guitarist in Larry
vvho along with rhythm
ieorge Powell produced
jat double leads. Bassist
ly appeared to be the
the group, positioning
the center microphone
d in most of the songs.
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