The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 7

7A Frolic-Film Festival' Al UNCC Draws Crowds-And Parents' Calls 'J Hi' CHARLOTTE OBSKKVhii Sun Krh 25 1973 I fog iiss ljl lite fsfeilK-ri -NMP SHOE REPAIR AT DOWNTOWN AND SOUTHPARK gives you finest in WORKMANSHIP top quality MATERIALS fast efficient SERVICE Dennis Rash UNCC' (lean of sludents said received several calls from concerned parents about the showing of the film on campus Rash said the callers expressed a considerable concern for the university's position on the film's showing Rash said he would attend a meeting of the Student Union Board Monday lie said the board had scheduled the meeting to rehash the film and he had asked if he could attrnd Rash said ho suspected several members of the board were unaware of the controversy the film would cause when the film was scheduled earlier this year "That is not lo say we would do anything different" Rash added turn out to be legally obscene Student Identity cards were required for admission and Persons under IS were prohibited from attending The movie consisted of several short films on various subjects edited into a whole There was a risque cartoon buried al the beginning of the third reel with a film version of Chaucer's ''The Miller's Tale" al the beginning of the second reel The film sequences used were originally shown in New York in 1970 There were several impressionistic views of lovemaking but there were no explicit scenes of intercourse There was some nudity By DEAN DUNCAN Obiervtr Staff Writer A mnvie presentation railed "The New York Erotic Film Festival" drew a standing-room-only crowd at one of several showings al UNCC Saturday fright and several concerned parents called the school's dean of students Nearly 400 persons mostly students at the school attended the first two performances of the film which had been rumored to be "hard-core pornography" It was shown four times Saturday and is lo be shown four more times today The Student Union Board which brought the lilm to UNCC took several precautions to avoid violating any laws just in case the film sould tiftijMmtmiiM Observer Photo by STEVE PEKILLE Astor Theater And Book Store On 36th Street Tlie Disney But Sex eaufiful sfa Fold 'Em In 6Re(k wrou out iron urniture alter Movies Packs the area agrees the material has become more explicit in content though he says it has "always" been available from illicit sources On the open market "it's become more explicit in the last three years because of the rulings of the United States Supreme Court" said the distributor who asked not be identified The Supreme Court has said that films and literature that can be shown to have artistic or socially redeeming value should not be barred by obscenity laws It is expected to make another major ruling on the subject in the coming months Meanwhile the high court's current guidelines offer little help to those who are trying to prosecute dealers of sexual material "The law is just vague on what is obscenity" said Mecklenburg Solicitor Tom Moore "We need more definite guidelines saying intercourse or whatever cannot be shown" The bookstore and theater operators of course see it differently Whatever the 1 a they say there will always be a demand for adult books and movies so why should the community get upset about a legitimate business? 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Astor Theater said: "When the business is good at Ivey's it's good here And I have expectations of another bookstore or two in town "There's a good market for it" stopped them as suspicious persons Davis said Boyd while being questioned whipped out a paratrooper-type carbine that he carried on a sling under a long coat The patrolman said he pushed the gun barrel aside just as Boyd fired then drew his own revolver and returned the fire as he dashed for cover The second man also opened fire and Davis said he brought them both down while telling a woman who was standing on a nearby porch to call for help Boyd was wanted in Detroit for the Dec 27 slaying of Detroit undercover officer Robert Bradford 25 and the wounding of officer Robert Dooley 28 lie also was sought in the ambushing of five undercover officers during an apparent drug transfer Dec 4 SPECIALS ONE RACK LADIES COAT SWEATERS values -spnn To wv $2500 smmmmmmmmm BELLAS MEN TURTLENECK SKI SWEATERS M00 Reg $2000 a UJWM lIM II Continued From Page 1A similar -growth in their businesses At least three such shops have opened in the past two years None of the owners will say exactly how much they have increased their profits One who asked not to be identified said he had gross sales of about $60000 last year The books and magazines sold by these stores graphically depict among other things sadism and masochism lesbianism sodomy and rape The bookstore owner who said he takes in $W)000 a year also complained that in the past five months business has been off by 30 per cent "It's because people are getting bored with the stuff" he said Theater owners voice similar fears about a drop in business volume saying that because Hollvwood type films are as explicit as they are the public feels there is not much more you can see in theaters like the Mini Cinema In fact iinwevcr even pictures like the sensational X-rated "The Last Tango in Paris" starring Marion Brando can't compare to some of the films and publications available in Charlotte Inside Uie DIack-windowed walls of Trade Street's Venus Cinema for instance sex magazines i and newspapers fill three walls Magazines such as French Luv" "Bare Devils" and "US Sex and World Views" sell from $450 to $10 Though the publications are sealed in plastic customers can clearly see full-color photo covers that depict the widest possible range of sexual activities Three years ago such explicit displays of sex around town were secreted under the counter Now they are displayed openly and sold to anyone At the Venus Cinema's sales counter giant artificial sex organs are sold for $1693 while eight-track stereo tapes "Gang Bang" and ''Nymphomaniac Housewives" cost $691 The Venus also offers a full-fledged theater Snatchers" at $3 a ticket and a smaller "peep show" room where it costs 23 cents for a film segment Down me street in the $3-a-seat Charlotte Art Theater a double feature in Hvin-t color and "The Ice Box" plays to a mid-afternoon audience of 15 The patrons ranae from voung men in work clothes to a well-dressed elderly man who almost stumbles as he makes his way up the aisle with the help of a cane Adult theaters and book stores however aren't the only outlets for such material Neighborh ond convenience stores offer magazines such as "Playboy" "Oui" and "Penthouse" with their new-style Inldouts nf nude females who I I a pubic hnir and under-the-counter sales of the even mtrr rxplicft "Candid" and "Climax" Robert Marlowe a 7-elcven district manager said bis stores have a month old policy of stocking "Playboy" and ''Penthouse'' under the counter A cellophane-wrapped copy is on display But said Marlowe some stores simply aren't following the rule "They get a commission on them" he explained In fact the police get most of their complaints about such books from the patrons of neighborhood stores like the 7-elevens Lt White commander of the vice squad agrees that the adult entertainment business has grown dramatically in recent years And the material he believes has gotten considerably stronger "A couple of years ago I walked into one of those places and was shocked at what was on the screen" he said "But they go all the way with that stuff now" Kvm If-'Hinff rtislnhiitn" in BEIK FURNITURE FIFTH FLOOR TRYON ST DOWNTOWN AND SECOND FLOOR SOUTHPARK United Press International ATLANTA One of two men slain in a shoot-out with an Atlanta policeman was identified Saturday as John Percy Boyd accused of killing a Detroit policeman The other man who died in the Friday night shooting was Owen Winfield 30 believed to be Boyd's half brother Police Lt Louis Graham said Boyd had been staying with relatives in the Atlanta area The 22-year-old Boyd was identified through fingerprints sent here from Detroit where he and (wo other men were charged with murdering a Delroit plainclolhesman and hing five other policemen Boyd and Winfield wore slain when officer Bobby Davis TOaasVi-r I 1 SHIRT ft SWEATER 6153 IKQEP BLVD OPEN SUNDAY 1 6 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