Boxoffice (Apr-Jun 1948)

ASIOR PICtURIS COMPANY HAaWOOO « 3ACJCSON STS. OAllAS t “HlmsMe 1834” TEXAS k OOHN) ■f^KlNS £ ' '*’*• WElV Ofirp ’' ®'”“Smo/ia OKLAHOMA CITY Jake Watkins, manager for National Theatre Supply here, made the front page of the Oklahoma City Times when his shiny auto was crushed by a large tree. Watkins’ auto was parked on Filmrow directly in the toppled tree’s path . . . Mi-, and Mrs. Paul Townsend have gone on a two-week holiday to California. Townsend is with Warner Bros. Theatres here. The Riverside Drive-In, Griffith Theatres’ third drive-in in Tulsa, opened May 7. Attending from here were C. F. Motley, A. C. Ince, Frank McCabe and Louise Wesson . . . The janitor of a Cushing theatre won praise from his employer and a theatre patron, plus an award, for his honesty. Ozie Johnson, employe of the Dunkin and Paramount theatres, found a billfold containing $100 in the Dunkin. He located Russell McConkey, the owner, and returned the missing billfold to the excited man. Social notes: Jennie Mae Lund, Paramount Pictures report clerk until her recent resignation, was married Saturday in First Christian church to John G. T, Shoe, oil company employe in Bartlesville . . . Mrs. Paul Rice and two children left Oklahoma City Wednesday for Milwaukee to join Rice in making a home. Rice, booker here with Paramount until recently, is now office manager of the Milwaukee exchange. A round of parties was given in farewell courtesy to Mrs. Rice . . . Sally Dulany, Paramount ledger clerk, left Friday on a two-week holiday. A turn for the worse in the weather has kept state exhibitors at home. Exchanges reported an unusually light turnout for booking and buying Monday and Tuesday. Seen around, however, were Mr, and Mrs. O. L. Smith, Marlow; John Terry, Perry; J, H, Giffin, Miami; J. R. Morgan and C. L. Doughty, both of Garber; Mrs. W. T. Henderson, Medford; John Carter, Bokoshe; Dana Ryan, Pawnee; H. B. Skelton, Panhandle, Tex,; Leroy Hodges, Anadarko; G. E. Ort man, Hennessey, and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lance, Ringling. Tom Davidson, Griffith man in Borger, Tex., celebrated a birthday May 10 . . . E. R. Slocum of El Reno, Griffith manager-partner, observed his anniversary May 11 . . . Another Griffithite celebrating his birthday recently was Joe Bob Brodie, assistant manager in Pampa, Tex., who chalked up another year on May 15. Floyd J. Barton, a Griffithite in New Braunfels, Tex., has been selected to set up an organization of local amateur radio operators prepared to furnish organized emergency communication in time of disaster. His title is emergency coordinator . . . Harry Kalmine of New York, president of Warner Theatres, and James E. Coston, Chicago, midwest and southwest zone manager for the same chain, were in town a couple of days . . . The Liberty had to shut down a few hours recently because of wiring trouble. “I Remember Mama” closed at the Center and “The Lady From Shanghai” opened the following day. “Intrigue” opened at the WE ARE NOT MAGICIANS BUT . . . we can make your theatre equipment troubles vanish into thin air! Call on us . . . ANYTIME! We have the necessary parts — and "fix-it" men who know how to assemble them. And when you plan changes, we have leading makes of new equipment. Call on us . . . even when you are NOT in trouble . . . and see how well we are ready to serve you! OKUHOinii Theatre Sipplv J. ELDON PEEK Telephone 7-8691 628 West Grand Avenue Oklahoma City 2, Oklahoma BOXOFFICE : : May 15, 1948