Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1937)

DIES MIOMIE^ jyjARNA STANSELL, who got her name from a magazine story and a movie contract by meeting a talent scout, said goodbye to her Drake University friends here Monday and is heading for Hollywood to report for duty at Paramount studios and began drawing $50 a week while she learns what it takes to become a picture star. Robert K. Fulton, former manager of the Paramount Theatre here and since January 1, city manager of TriState houses in Waterloo, left Des Moines last Friday for Hollywood to visit for eight days as the guest of Adolph Zukor. Fulton won his trip by making the best showing in the 1'1-week Paramount Silver jubilee contest within the Tri-States organization. Ray C. Coffin, widely known theatre advertising promotion man here, lost his pocketbook and following a want ad in the local papers received his wallet and the cards it contained, but the $30 in it at the time it was lost was missing. However, there was a note which read, “hope you wasn’t hurt.” Central States Theatre Corp. here has purchased the Sun Theatre at Holdrege, Neb., from C. C. Porter who will retire. The travel bug is biting badly now and many vacations among theatre people here are being planned. However, Betty Lauer of Tri-States jaunted to Omaha last weekend for fun. Mrs. Stanley J. Mayer has just returned from three weeks visiting with friends and relatives in Kansas City, Mo., and the A. Don Allens and Kermit Carrs have added the Grand Canyon and California to their itinerary which formerly included only Denver and Colorado Springs. Art Stolte and Dave Dewey are spending considerable time in Waterloo, la., superintending the remodeling of the Strand for Tri-States. The house will reopen on July 2. A. H. Blank and son, Raymond, hurried into Chicago for the big fight. Mr. Blank returned to Des Moines immediately but Raymond is staying on for a few days. G. Ralph Branton and J. J. Deitch went into Chicago last week for a conference loith Charles Reagan, Paramount western division sales head. J. A. Brown Rites Harlan, Ia. — Services were held at Dunlap, la., for Jule A. Brown, father of R. E. Brown of the Harlan Theatre. The elder Brown, a retired farmer and a pioneer of Harrison county, Iowa, died following an operation. APPROVE "BODY BEAUTIFUL" Des Moines — Iowa City’s first board of censors approved the film, “Body of Beautiful,” after revisions had been promised, with the board deciding the film was “educational” instead of “sexy.” New Minny Nabe Minneapolis — This city will have another beautiful new neighborhood theatre with the opening of the new Avalon Sunday. It is a 1,000-seat house representing a $100,000 investment. The owner is the Franklin Amusement Co. which has a circuit of theatres, including a number of other neighborhood houses here. May Run Kiva Lincoln — Arrangement seems definite here that Leland Mischnick, former house manager of the Kiva, who served the Westland Theatres in Pueblo, Colo, and is now back, will run the Kiva through the summer. LINCOLN THEATRES HIKES PAY FOLDERS Lincoln — Pay jacks were made in all the non-union employes’ envelopes here by Lincoln Theatres Corp. after the city manager’s job was assumed by Walter F. Shuttee. Those hiked were janitors, scrub women, cashiers, and ushers. With this move, it seems the attempt by the CIO to organize the theatre staffs is a hope gone aglimmering. Jerry Zigmond, former city manager, was given a farewell party by the employes in the form of a screening with an afterfilm feed. Zigmond left Friday for Denver and will be in the division offices there with L. J. Finske. BUY FROM IOWA’S INDEPENDENT SUPPLY HOUSE 20 AND 5^ DISCOUNT ON NATIONAL CARBONS Place an Order — Buy in Lots of 250 Sets 40^ DISCOUNT Guaranteed Hardened Parts for; POWERS&SIMPLEX— KAPLAN & MOTIOGRAPH PROJECTORS "HAVE YOUR MACHINES REPAIRED NOW" MR. INDEPENDENT EXHIBITOR! Are you Independent? Then buy from Iowa's Largest Independent Theatre Supply House. Don't be misled by the chains' large discount to you, in the face of all other lines of goods going up in price. They are trying to drive out the independents, and then what will you pay? We meet all prices, and when you buy from us you are feeding Iowa, and not the chains and banks of Wall Street. Your INDEPENDENT DEALER handles most all of the best lines of merchandise, because he does not try to chisel the manufacturers out of some extra discount, or have the manufacturer make up some light merchandise so as to compete with the original merchandise that is sturdy built. Compare each piece of merchandise) handled by the chains, with that handled by your best Independent dealer and see which is on top. DES MOINES THEATRE SUPPLY CO. 1121 HIGH STREET DES MOINES. IOWA PHONE 3-6520 BOXOFFICE : : June 26, 1937. 137