1972 newspaper with "THE GODFATHER" MOVIE AD starring MARLON BRANDO & AL PACINO
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SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Macon Telegraph (GA) dated Mar 22, 1972. This original newspaper contains an inside page, 11" x 5" move ad for 'THE GODFATHER", at its premiere showing in Macon, GA.

The Godfather is a 1972 American epic gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton. It is the first installment in The Godfather trilogy, which chronicles the Corleone family under patriarch Vito Corleone (Brando) and the transformation of his youngest son, Michael Corleone (Pacino), from reluctant family outsider to ruthless mafia boss.

The world premiere for The Godfather took place at Loews's State Theatre in New York City on Tuesday, March 14, 1972, almost three months after the planned release date of Christmas Day in 1971, with profits from the premiere donated to The Boys Club of New York. Before the film premiered, the film had already made $15 million from advance rentals from over 400 theaters. The following day, the film opened in five theaters in New York (Loew's State I and II, Orpheum, Cine and Tower East). Next was the Imperial Theatre in Toronto on March 17 and then Los Angeles at two theaters on March 22. The Godfather was released on March 24, 1972, throughout the rest of the United States reaching 316 theaters five days later.

While the iconic premiere of The Godfather took place at the Loew's State Theatre in New York City on March 14, 1972, followed by a wider release in the United States on March 24, 1972. The Godfather opened in Macon theaters on March 22, 1972.

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