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December 28, 1955
New Title ‘Hell On Frisco Bay’ Warners’ Alan Ladd-Edward G. Robinson-Joanne Dru starrer
known in work as Hell on the Dock, has been retitled Hell on Frisco Bay.
MORT MARGOLIUS
HARRY WILSON
RAY TUBMAN
CANADIAN FILM WEEKLY
‘Fitz Blitz’ Winners
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sums downward from $205 for second place. As with first places, the prizes were supplemented by personal additions by Fitzgibbons.
Each district had three prizes for thrifty operation, the winners getting $75 from the company and $30 from Fitzgibbons. The top cash catchers in each district were Bert Wiber, Capitol, Edmonton; Tom Daley, University, Toronto; Harry Wilson, Capitol, Chatham; Walter Bennett, Capitol, Vernon, BC; and Bob Hurwitz, Starland, Winnipeg.
Both Lamoureux and Marshall got an additional $205 for the managers who made the_ best comparative showing, the former for the East and the latter for the West.
Mort Margolius won $350, $100 of which was from Fitzgibbons, as the winning district manager, with E. E. Fitzgibbons second and Ray Tubman third.
ED LAMOUREUX
HERB. BLACK
The top booker’s prize of $350 went to Herb Black, with John Heggie and Paul Cardell following in that order.
There were many extra cash awards from $25 down for examples of good showmanship, management, sales, promotion and so on, these going to weekly winners.
The campaign was accounted a success and the company is looking forward to similar stirring of public interest in theatres, along with the striving for economical management by everyone connected with the theatre or its requirements.
Dan Krendel, who acted as national drive captain, thanked all who participated, saying: ‘This is not the end but indeed a bright new beginning.”
Republic's ‘Blonde Heathen’
Republic has acquired Jim AIlen Savage, Jr.’s The Blonde Heathen.
EDDIE NEWMAN
EUGENE FITZGIBBONS
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‘Baby Doll’ Shooting Started
Shooting has started on Warners’ Baby Doll, which is based on the Tennessee Williams story and is being produced and directed by Elia Kazan.
PAUL VALLIERE
CLARENCE MARSHALL
BOB KNEVELS 2