Boxoffice (Jul-Sep 1940)

K AY € IE IE (Continued from page 41) versal, went to the show at the Midland the other evening, and sat on the lower floor just under the balcony edge. Pretty shortly he felt something drop down the back of his neck, which, upon examination, proved to be a peanut shuck. Lofink patiently removed the offending hull. Pretty soon more shucks came. Lofink looked up toward the balcony. The barrage kept up. “Listen,” he said to his companion, “we’ve got to move; this is keeping up.” “Oh, wait a while, maybe it’s only a nickel bag,” his companion reassured him. Lofink sat it out. When the lights went up he looked around. The peanuts were coming from two rows back where sat Ed Solig, head booker at Universal. Fred Bund jr., assistant general manager of the U. S. Army Motion Picture Service, Washington, was on Filmrow this week hooking for army theatres in this area. He is filling in for Ted Hamper, St. Louis, who is ill .. . Benny Benjamin of Monogram screened the Baer-Galento fight pictures for some of the lads along Filmrow Monday, at Paramount. Universal held a trade screening of “The Boys Prom Syracuse” at the Uptown Wednesday morning, July 10. G. C. Parsons, exchange manager, and his associates invited over 500 exhibitors in this area to the showing . . . The Avon at Hillsboro, Kas., recently taken over from Ercil Armold by Herman Lee, is closed this month. The Fox Midwest Theatres, Inc., are completely remodeling the Globe at Christopher, III. The theatre has been under lease outside the circuit, hut Fox has again assumed its operation. Edna Russell, Republic -Midwest inspectress, left July 6 for Albuquerque, N. M., where she will visit her son, Charles Russell, and then for a vacation in California. Charles Russell used to be with Warner Bros, here, before joining TWA. Don Davis of RCA was giving F. L. Lowe, western Kansas exhibitor, some of that famous Davis palaver the other day on Filmrow. After a bit Lowe’s 12-yearold son, Richard, leaned over and asked his dad, “What does he sell?’’ On the Row; H. E. Porta, Community, Humansville, Mo.; E. A. Peterson, Plaza, Greenfield, Mo.; John and Mrs. Brandt, Oregon, Oregon, Mo.; Elmer Bills, Boonville, Salisbury, Huntsville, etc.. Mo. Louis Sutter’s Castle bought a new screen last week from the Stebbins Theatre Supply. Dorothy O’Brien, secretary to Robert F. Withers, manager of Republic-Midwest, is leaving July 13 for a vacation in the west, which will include the Frontier Days at Cheyenne, Wyo. The last we heard, Dorothy was NOT going to enter Nellie, her horse, in the affair. Gregg Invites Trade to Theatre Opening Coney, Kas. — Noticel The trade is cordially invited by C. R. Gregg to attend the opening of the new Gregg (formerly the Liberty) here Thursday evening, July 18. The theatre has been rebuilt and modernized from back to front, and the opening planned by Gregg will be a real celebration. — ■ -0 Filmrow Parking Ban Creates a Problem Kansas City — As a warning to exhibitors as well as those who work on Filmrow, sometime this week the city will ban parking along the west side of Wyandotte from Fourteenth street to Southwest boulevard, and will regulate parking along the east side. The move, to be accompanied by repairs to the street, will create a real parking problem for exhibitors, out-oftown and in-town, as well as for workers on Filmrow. Mrs. Chas. Knickerbocker Kansas City — Mrs. Charles Knickerbocker, 52, wife of the 20th-Fox salesman, died June 29 after a long illness. Knickerbocker is one of the most widely known of Filmrow representatives. EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES Peterson "Freezem" Mfg. & Sales Co. Blowers, washers, spray nozzels, office and home units. Special Offer — Priced to Sell. Why Pay More? G. A. Peterson Victor 4075 316 Southwest Blvd. Kansas City, Mo. A. A. Electric Machinery Co. Ernest Amoneno, Mgr. 1117 Cherry St. Phone; Victor 8796 Holmes Projector Theatre Supply Projectors and Sound for the Largest and Smallest Theatre. 1820 W.vandotte St. Kansas Oity, Mo. HA. 7472 Oklahoma Theatre Supply Co. Distributors for RCA, Brenkert, U. S. Air, Heywood-Wakefield 126 West 18th St. 708 West Grand Ave. GR. 2864 Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Mo. Okia. Stebbins Theatre Equipment Co. 1804 Wyandotte St. C. H. Badger, Mgr. Phone: GRand 0134 Southwest Theatre Equipment Co., Indp't Wichita, Eas. C. D. Peck, Mgr. Phone 2-2153 Variety Luncheon Has Its Biggest Turnout Kansas City — Seventh of Variety’s luncheons for Filmrow folk was held July 8 at the clubrooms and attracted almost 100, probably the largest crowd in the history of the organization. Guests included employes and officials of H. J. Griffith Theatres, Fox Midwest, RCA Victor, Altec, Monogram and Majestic, and the program consisted largely in the explanation of Variety’s purposes and creed by Jay Means, head of Variety here. An impromptu program of entertainment included an act by Joe Manfre of Paramount and Tommy Thompson of RKO and a story by Senn Lawler of Fox Midwest. One more such meeting is to be held soon. Means said. Fox Ozark Lets Contract For Sedalia LOOO-Seater Sedalia, Mo. — Contract for the remodeling of a public square building here into a 1,000-seat theatre has been let by Fox Ozark, affiliate of Fox Midwest Amusement Corp. Completion of theatre is expected by August 15. EXHIBITOR ASSOCIATIONS Independent Theatre Owners Association 1214 Brush Creek Road — VAlentine 2770 E. E. Webber jr.. Pres. John Wolfberg, Sec. K. M. T. A. 221 W. 18th St. — Harrison 4825 Frank Casail, Pres. Fred Meyn, Sec.-Treas. AIR CONDITIONING National Air Conditioning and Engineering Corp. VI. 3535 213 West 19th St. — Kansas City, Mo. Manufacturing — Engineering — Installation SOUND SERVICE K. C. SOUND SERVICE Syncrofilm Sound Equipment and Service 1818 Wyandotte St. W. P. Humston HA 4783 SCREEN PUBLICITY Alexander Film Company Motion Picture Advertising E. L. Harris,, Dist. Mgr., Mo., Kan., Neb., Iowa 239 East 72nd Terrace Phone: Hlland 2694 TRADE DIRECTORY '■ A HANDY GUIDE FOR THE EXHIBITOR KANSAS CITY TERRITORY BOXOFFICE July 13, 1940 43