Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1940)

PCCITO Election Held Dec, 10 in Portland Portland — Bob White was re-elected trustee for a two year term and Banjo Miller secretary at the PCCITO quarterly meeting held December 10 at the Benson Hotel. Attending the meeting were; Mr. Mattecheck, Wes Johnson, Cap and Roland Kuhn, Mr. and Mrs. Milt Odem, Fred Clift, Mrs. Dixon, Harry Gamble, A1 Forman, John Danz, Bill Ripley, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Moore, Bill McKevitt, George Gould, Oscar Phelps, Mr. Durkee and Dick Fisk. John Byrne Will Succeed Hickey in Salt Lake Salt Lake City — Succeeding George Hickey as Metro’s division manager here will be John P. Byrne of Boston, Mass. Byrne will assume the post beginning the first of the year. Hickey, whose territory previously included the entire west, will confine his activities entirely to the west coast. The change will not affect the personnel of the Salt Lake office, Sam D. Gardner resident manager, states. gOUTHERN CALIFORNIA headquarters for the Greek War Relief Ass’n have been established at Fox West Coast’s home offices here. Spyros Skouras, president of National Theatres, is the organization’s national chairman . . . Jacqueline Mae Metzger, daughter of Lou Metzger, San Diego theatre operator, was married December 17 to Burton Lloyd Kraemer at the Hillcrest Country Club. Beil Cohen, executive in charge of M-G-M theatres in India, has left for New York for homeoffice conferences after a week here at the studio and exchange . . . W. H. “Bud” Lollier has returned to his Fox West Coast executive desk after a bout with the flu .. . Both Cullen Espy, FWC district manager, and his secretary, Agnes Arnold, are fighting the same sickness. C. T. Lynch, resident manager at M-G-M, has joined that office’s list of flu victims . . . A1 O’Keefe, Universal’s western district manager, has left for San Francisco . . . Jimmy Elms, M-G-M shipper, has returned from St. Louis where he spent a month visiting his family. Off to New York after a short stay here is George Carrington, vice-president of Altec Service . . . Mike Newman, Columbia exploiteer, pulled out for Seattle, while Eddie Meek, postal clerk, left for Bakersfield for a week’s stay . . . Booking: Howard Sheehan of the Vogue in Hollywood; Fred Siegel, Palomar and Margo theatres, Oceanside; Juan Esteves, Lyric, Sacramento. Charles P. Skouras, president of Fox’ West Coast, has left for New York. He will spend the Christmas holidays in the east . . . On the Row: Vincent Russo, Casino Theatre, San Diego; Dave Cantor, San Clemente, San Clemente; Ote Lewis, Mission, San Gabriel; Harvey Levinson, Cozy. Harry Nace, head of the Nace-Publix circuit in Phoenix, came in for some bookings . . . Wayne Ball and Bert Lentz, branch manager and salesman respectively at Columbia, on a selling trip . . . George Hickey, Metro district manager, had no sooner arrived from San Francisco than the flu bug bit him arid he had to take to bed . . . Mike Levinson, independent distributor, in from his tour of northern California territory. Albert Law, U. S. department of justice deputy stationed here, popped in to pay the Row a visit . . . Bitten by the flu bug were Benny Sachey, Universal booker; Ida Tavel, M-G-M inspectress, and Mel Love and Virginia Nicholas, both of M-G-M’s shipping department . . . On his way to Mexico City, A. Blanco, operator of Blanco’s Peninsula Theatres in Moimtain View, stopped off to say “hello” to acquaintances here. Donner to Republic Portland — Harold Donner, Columbia shipping clerk for the past ten years, has joined Republic as booker and office manager. He succeeds Jack Anderson, resigned. Vehicle for Joan Crawford Hollywood — Metro has acquired “Reflected Glory,” a play by George Kelly, as a Joan Crawford starrer. Kelly will script for Producer J. Walter Ruben. "Vigilantes" for Heisler Hollywood — Columbia has borrowed Director Stuart Heisler from Paramount to pilot “Vigilantes,” William Holden starrer. It is a Sam Bischoff production. B. F. SHEARER COMPANY “Theatre Equipment Specialists” Heywood-Wakefield Seats Wagner Silhouette Letters Motiograph Proiectors 1964 So. Vermont RO. 1145 LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES A § I I XMAS GREETINGS From MORRIS BORGOS L. A. Times Theatre Guide 1957 So. Vermont Republic 8550 LOS ANGELES Best Wishes lor 1941 FROM I Independent Theatre Owners of Southern I California & Arizona SEASON'S GREETINGS From PRODUCERS RELEASING CORPORATION OF THE WEST COAST Los Angeles San Francisco Seattle Portland SEASON'S GREETINGS f f AZTECA FILMS DISTRIBUTING COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA 1907 S. Vermont Rochester 2191 Los Angeles, Cal. — El Paso, Tex. — San Antonio, Tex, — New York RUBEN A. CALDERON, Mgr. s 3G Reduce Your Suprex and Higrh Intensity CARBON WASTE 25% with the Cross Carbon Saving: Device Write for Booklet and Trial CROSS MACHINE SHOP S918 Pennsylvania Ave. DETROIT, MICH. BOXOFFICE :: December 21, 1940