Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1956)

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THE WINNERS CIRCLE Pictures which were reported as doing' above average business in key theatres of the cities of the nation for the week ending December 15, were: Fred Kogod Of Washington Dies at 57 WASHINGTON: Fred S. Kogod, 57, president of Washington’s K-B Theatres and an active civic and welfare leader, died December 12 after several months’ illness in Doctors’ Hospital, New York. Mr. Kogod was vice-chairman of the district board of public welfare and took an active part in many charitable drives, including the Variety Club fund for the new wing for Children’s Hospital and the Glaucoma Clinic of Episcopal Hospital, to which he was the main contributor. A native of Poland, Mr. Kogod came to the United States when he was 14. He attended night school until he bought his own grocery store in Washington. He was a prime mover in setting up the District Grocery Stores Chain. One of the founders of the Kogod-Dubb Store Fixture Co. and a partner in the Washington Refrigeration Co., Mr. Kogod went into the theatre business in 1924. From his first theatre, the Princess, Mr. Kogod and Max Burka, who was his partner, spread the theatres throughout the Washington area. Theatres in his group include the Apex, Langley, Naylor, Flower, Mac Arthur, Ontario and the Rockvill drive-in. An active leader of the Adas Israel Congregation and past worker for the United Jewish Appeal, Mr. Kogod contributed his theatres as meeting places for congregations of all denominations until they could build their own churches. In addition to his many years’ work on the Board of Public Welfare, Mr. Kogod was a past president of the Jewish Community Center, a past vice-president of the Woodmont Country Club and a past president of the Theatre Owners of Washington. His wife, mother, three brothers, a sister and four daughters survive. George Mace MILWAUKEE: George Mace, 70, passed away here recently after suffering from a heart attack. He had been ill a month. Mr. Mace was one of the old-timers in show business here. He started as a singer. He later operated a theatre and then became a projectionist, in which work he continued for 40 years. E. A. Dupont HOLLYWOOD: E. A. Dupont, 60, Germanborn director, who had handled pictures for Paramount, Universal, MGM and Warner Brothers since coming to this country in 1925, died here December 12 of cancer at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Atlanta: Giant (W.B.) 4th week; Everything But the Truth (U-I) ; Showdown at Abilene (U-I). Boston: Lust for Life (MGM) 3rd week; The Ten Commandments (Para.) 3rd week. Buffalo: Giant (W.B.) 6th week; Julie (MGM) 2nd week; The Ten Commandments (Para.); War and Peace (Para.) 7th week. Chicago: Death of a Scoundrel (RKO) 2nd week; Julie (MGM) 3rd week; The Teahouse of the August Moon (MGM) 4th week. Columbus: Giant (W.B.) 4th week; Love Me Tender (20th-Fox). Denver: Giant (W.B.) 5th week; The Mountain (Para.) ; Shake, Rattle and Rock (AIP). Des Moines: Oklahoma! (Magna) 4th week. Detroit: Giant (W.B.) 5th week; Julie (MGM); The Ten Commandments (Para.) 3rd week. Hartford: Everything But the Truth (U-I); Lust for Life (MGM) 4th week; Rififi (UMPO) 4th week; 7th Cavalry (Col.); The Sharkflghters (U.A.) Indianapolis: Giant (W.B.) 5th week; Oklahoma! (Magna) 15th week; Run for the Sun (U.A.). Jacksonville: The First Traveling Saleslady (RKO); The Silent World (Col.); You Can’t Run Away from It (Col.). Memphis: Giant (W.B.). Milwaukee: Giant (W.B.) 5th week. British Variety Club Elects Frankovich LONDON: The Variety Club of Great Britain last week elected the following officers for 1957: chief barker: Mike Frankovich; first assistant; Sir Tom O’Brien, M.P.; second assistant: Billy Butlin; property master: Monty Berman; dough guy: John Harding. Two Houses Reopen The upswing in the regional theatre business has apparently encouraged two independent operators to resume performances in several houses. The Carberry, Bristol, Conn., has been reopened by Joseph Faith, and Edward Berube has reopened his Strand, Willimantic, Conn. /. W. Little Ira William Little, 80, a member of Theatre Projectionists Union Local No. 1, IATSE, died at his Montrose, N. Y., home December 15 following a lengthy illness. Mr. Little is the father-in-law of Dorothy Lutjens Little, New York secretary to Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America. Minneapolis: The Girl He Left Behind (W.B.). New Orleans: Curucu, Beast of the Amazon (U-I); The Girl He Left Behind (W.B.); Julie (MGM); The Mole People (U-I); Runaway Daughters (AIP); Shake, Rattle and Rock (AIP). Oklahoma City: Giant (W.B.) 5th week; Love Me Tender (20th-Fox) 4th week; 7th Cavalry (Col.); Oklahoma! (Magna) 18th week; Tension at Table Rock (RKO) 2nd week. Philadelphia: Friendly Persuasion (A.A.) 4th week; Giant (W.B.) 4th week; The Great American Pastime (MGM); The First Traveling Saleslady (RKO); The Opposite Sex (MGM) 6th week. Pittsburgh: Hollywood or Bust (Para.). Portland: Giant (W.B.) 4th week; Lust for Life (MGM) 4th week; Oklahoma! (Magna) 5th week. Providence: Rififi (UMPO.) San Francisco: Friendly Persuasion (A.A.) 6th week; Giant (W.B.) 6th week; Secrets of Life (B.V.) 5th week; The Sharkfighters (U.A.) 2nd week; A Woman’s Devotion (Rep.). Toronto: Oklahoma! (Magna) 34th week; The Ten Commandments (Para.) 4th week. Vancouver: Giant (W.B.) 4th week. Washington: Friendly Persuasion (A.A.) 5th week; Giant (W.B.) 6th week; Oklahoma! (Magna) 6th week; The Ten Commandments (Para.) 3rd week. Cross-Krasne Adding Tenth Sound Studio HOLLYWOOD: Gross-Krasne, Inc., has acquired the Melvan theatre, which is located adjacent to the California Studios lot, Gross-Krasne’s production unit. The theatre will be converted into a sound stage, bringing the total number of sound stages at the California studio to 10, the company said. The acquisition also marks the fourth anniversary of Gross-Krasne’s taking over the studio. Building up the lot, in four years four other sound stages have been added as well as 20 cutting rooms and 40 offices. Named Film Editor CLEVELAND: Omar Ranney, drama film editor of The Press here for the past 15 years, and on the staff of the newspaper for 13 prior years, resigned to become general manager of the Northern Ohio Opera Association, which handles the annual local engagement of the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York. He is succeeded by Stan Anderson, who has been TVRadio editor. Mr. Anderson in turn is succeeded by James Frankel, who has written art and music features and conducted a classical record column. 22 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, DECEMBER 22, 1956