Boxoffice (Oct-Dec 1961)

MINNEAPOLIS gix Minneapolis exhibitors and film buyers attended Universal’s “back-to-back” screening of “Flower Di'um Song” and “Lover Come Back” at the Carnegie Theatre in Chicago October 27. Attending were John Branton, vice-president, Minnesota Amusement Co.; Ted Mann, president, Mann Theatre Co.; Eddie Ruben, president, Welworth Theatres; Martin Field, vice-president, St. Louis Park Theatre Co.; Bob Hazelton, Hazelton & Dynes; and Tom Burke, head of Theatre Associates. They also were entertained at a luncheon at the Ambassador West Hotel in Chicago. Present for the special screenings were Milton Rackmil, president of Universal; “Hi” Martin, vice-president in charge of sales, and Roy Miller, Universal manager in Minneapolis. “Flower Drum Song” has been set for the Mann Theatre, Minneapolis, December 22 on a regular admission policy. The Fields had an invitational cham IT WATCH PROJECTION IMPROVE with ECHNIKOTE PRODUCTS Now/ — The Only ANTI-STATIC SCREEN XR-171 Peorl • Repels Dust Available from your authorized I Theatre Equipment Supply Dealer: I Export— Westrex Corp. I NIKOTI CORP. 63 Seobring St., B'kiyn 31, N.Y. | RED WAGON PRODUCTS 517 N. 7th St., Minneapolis 5, Minn. Telephone: FEderal 6-1688 Your Best Source Of Concession Supply pagne preview of “Loss of Innocence” at the St. Louis Park October 26 . . . N. D. Hatton has closed the Town at Northwood, N.D., and Mayme Navratil plans to close her Hollywood Theatre at New Effington, S. D., today (6) . . . New hi-fi stereophonic sound has been installed in the Heights Theatre in suburban Columbia Heights. Irving Shiffrin, Columbia exploiteer, has been in for “The Devil at 4 O’clock,” which opens at the Mann, Minneapolis, and Orpheum, St. Paul, Wednesday (8) . . . Frank Hallowell, operator of the Dickinson Theatre and Hillcrest Drive-in at Dickinson, N. D., has been recuperating at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Dickinson following surgery ... A new vinyl tile floor has been installed in the Columbia exchange. Outstate exhibitors on the Row were David Lehman, Sioux Falls, S. D.; Reno Wilk, St. Cloud, Mel Wykoff, Minot, N. D., and Bob Hood, Abbotsford, Wis. . . . The Grand Theatre, loop grind house, has been dismantled. The theatre was located in the lower loop redevelopment area . . . Don Halloran, former salesman at 20th Century-Fox, is recuperating at Methodist Hospital from a heart ailment. Condolences to Bud Albrecht, operator of the Avalon Theatre at White Bear Lake, whose mother died October 21 . . . Avron Rosen, manager of Buena Vista, was in Los Angeles for a sales meeting . . . The Academy Theatre was closed last week after a 12-week showing of “La Dolce Vita.” The theatre will have special invitational showings of “King of Kings” tonight and tomorrow night with the premiere scheduled for Wednesday (8) . . . Buena Vista’s “Babes in Toyland” will open at the Orpheum, Minneapolis, and Orpheum, Minneapolis, and Orpheum, St. Paul, December 22 as their Christmas week attraction. Bill Marshall of American International has resigned . . . K. C. Sargent has equipped his Verne Drive-In at Luverne with incar heaters. He plans to operate the outdoor stand through the winter except during periods of heavy snow . . . Lawrence C. “Larry” Wiesner, former exhibitor, 52, died at his home in Marshall. P/ease seneffne □ 2 yeors for $5 □ 1 yeor for $3 □ 3 years for $7 □ Remittance Enclosed □ Send Invoice THEATRE STREET ADDRESS TOWN ZONE STATE.. NAME POSITION THE NATIONAL FILM WEEKLY 52 issues a year 825 Van Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 24, Mo. MILWAUKEE Y^ard Pennington, manager here for Paramount, is being transferred to San Francisco, Calif. A farewell testimonial was being whipped up in his honor and scheduled to take place October 30 at the Maryland Steak Ranch. Lawrence Carra, the director who guided the musical antique, “Leave It to Jane,” into a smashing off-Broadway success, is here to put the same zing into the Milwaukee version at the Skylight. Carra says about 30 such theatres around the country are successful because they feature name stars, such as Martha Raye and Danny Kaye. Thomas Mitchell, veteran stage and screen star, addressed the Madison Civic club at the season’s opening meeting. He told the audience that tremendous costs, union restrictions and the need to appeal to mass audiences throttle experimentation in drama in New York, in the movies and on television. Harold Klessig, president of the Antigo Chamber of Commerce, says the community has tried everything else in exploiting their annual Wisconsin Potato Show with agreeable success, but for next year’s festivities will take a few tips from the showmen in publicizing and glamorizing the event. More than 300 growers and 37 exhibitors were on the scene for the largest show of its type in the nation. Dr. John C. White Dies; Son of Omaha Supplier OMAHA — Funeral services were conducted at Hagerstown, Md., October 30 for Dr. John C. White, 37, who died at his home there after a brief illness. Dr. White was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl White of Omaha, Carl White being owner of the Quality Theatre Supply Co. and a veteran projectionist. He and his wife made frequent visits east while their son was taking advanced work at Johns Hopkins Hospital and after he joined the staff of Brooklane Hospital at Hagerstown. Dr. White was a graduate of Creighton University and the University of Nebraska College of Medicine. Other survivors include his wife Olga; four sons, John, Terrence, David and Bruce; a daughter, Pamela, all of Hagerstown, and a brother, Carl L., of Elkhorn, Neb. Burial was at Hagerstown. Hawarden Sioux Opening On New Site November 10 HAWARDEN, IOWA— Harry Lankhorst has moved the Sioux Theatre to a new location and plans to open the 250-seat film house about November 10. The new site, which formerly housed the Veterans of Foreign Wars club and prior to that, the Comet Theatre, has been completely remodeled. A new stone front, pine-paneled lobby with fireplace, large screen, redwood basement foyer and modern air conditioning equipment are among the new features which have been installed. Lankhorst sold the site of the old Sioux and it is being remodeled for use by a drug store. Lankhorst also operates the Wigwam Drive-In at Shenandoah. NC-2 BOXOFFICE :: November 6. 1961