The Exhibitor (Aug-Nov 1948)

THE EXHIBITOR NT-1 XliWS OF THK Chicago jerry Cohen, Palace assistant mana¬ ger, sojourned in the Wisconsin northlands. Louis Freeman, Chicago, was in Il¬ linois Masonic Hospital for treatment . . . “Ma” Freeman, United Artists, was injured in an auto accident while on vacation in California. ... Gloria Siegel, Will Rogers, is the daughter of Arsine Siegel, Chicago organist during its early days. ... Ross Tilt, Crystal; Stanley Lindgren, Terminal, and Paul Garret, United Artists, are trainees. John Howlett, Whiteway Sign Service, married Ann Flaherty, Garrick, and they honeymooned at Lake Geneva, Ill. ...Harry Feinberg, B and K purchas¬ ing agent, was mourning the death of his brother, Ansell. . . . Razia Niewarowski, Riviera, a former high school teacher in Poland, has a lovely daugh¬ ter, Dana, who presides at the Granada candy counter. Burglars entered the Elmo and took the 400-pound safe which Robert Temp¬ lar, manager, reported contained $833.... A lone bandit held up execu¬ tives of the Griffith Out-door, on route 6, near Hammond, ind. , and took about $5,000 shortly before mid¬ night, while 1,000 persons were watch¬ ing the screen show. When the robber entered the office under the screen, Arnold Berger, manager, told him the money was not in the room. The fellow then marched him and his associates, Edward Burkhardt and William Sobel, into an adjoining room, where the safe was located, and forced them to open it. After 36 years of reviewing count¬ less movies, Roy G. Harris, 67, re¬ tired as clerk, police censorship board. Jimmy Savage, Chicago publicist, played deckhand on a South American steamer trip for his vacation. . . . Woodruff, Wis. , will have a new 500seat theatre according to present plans. .. .Manley, inc. , is supplying theatres with trailers to boost pop¬ corn sales. ... Charley Cottle’s B and K west side district contest for neatness of candy giris, candy coun¬ ters and storerooms was won by the the Paradise, with the Manor runnerup, and the Central Park and State tied for third. The winning managers and assistants were given the day at a Variety Club outing. Dallas Harold Schwartz, head. Tower, closed a deal with Bob Savini, Astor pic¬ tures, for the reissue distribution rights and 16mm. rights to eight “Wild Bill” Elliott westerns for the states of Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Schwartz flew to Hollywood to close the deal with Savini per¬ sonally. The Melba, M^-jestic, and Palace will have the word “new” prefixed to their names following extensive re¬ modeling, it was announced by James Owen Cherry, Interstate city manager. John Rosenfield, The Dallas News, awarded hjs Starlight opera “Oscars” . . . Hiram parks purchased the Victory, Amarillo, Tex., from Underwood and E3ell. ... Clara Sawyer is now head boOkar for RKO. . < . David Ship, booker Metro, joined Republic as salesman ....The Variety Club, Tent 17, com¬ pleted its annual “Carnival Week”. Robert Frost, producer. Frost Films, Inc. , was in visiting his parents upon completion of his new picture, “Shed No Tears”. ... Conrad Brady, formerly with Interstate’ s Dallas office, has been transferred to the Houston, Tex. , office as head, publi¬ city and advertising. ... The local Lagow formerly belonged to M. S. White rather than Forrest White, as pre¬ viously announced here. -Ed. Denver Film row visitors included Ross Bluck, Cheyenne Wells, Colo.; Kenneth Powell, Wray, Colo.; Sam Rosenthal, Buffalo, Wyo. ; Fred Anderson, Eaton, Colo.; George Nescher, Springfield, Colo.; Neal Beezley, Burlington, Colo.; Clarence Chidley, Casper, Wyo.; Dave Warnock, Johnstown, Colo. ; John Cabot, Frederick, Colo. , and Mrs. Leon Coulter, Loveland, Colo. After a lady had bought a ticket to the Bluebird, she thought of the bot¬ tle of cream she was carrying. Afraid it would sour, she appealed to Ralph Lee, manager, who put it in the ice cream cooler. Hugh Rennie, Monogram salesman, underwent an operation for ulcers at Presbyterian Hospital .... Clarence Brase sold his Peerless, Holyoke, Colo. , to Bert J. and Mearle Lewis. Brase went to California to make his home. Beautiful Gale Storm, who stars with Eddie Albert in King Brothers’ "The Dude Goes West" was present at the west coast premiere at the Califor¬ nia, San Diego, Cal. Shown here, left to right, are. Hyman King, Ray Lindsey, J. L. L' Esperance, manager, California, and AA' s Miss Storm. The service department of Pox Inter¬ mountain Theatres enjoyed a picnic at Genessee ' Park. ... The RKO exchange finished in third spot in the Ned Depinet Drive; first in the shorts division, and in the money in all classifications. Two salesmen. Merle Gwinn and Marvin Goldfarb, received checks for selling all their prospects and Sam Appelman was rewarded for sell¬ ing 75 per cent of his customers in the same category. Chari ine Davis, daughter of Dave Davis, Atlas Theatres general mana¬ ger, and Clark Wingate were marrieo in Los Angeles. J.H. Roberts, who owns the two theatres in Ft. Morgan, Colo. , is building a 300-car drive-in there... Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klein, Black Hills Amusement Company, Deadwood, S. D. , returned from a vacation trip by auto that took them to Chicago, to the west coast, and into Canada. C. E. Johnson is opening a 600-car drive-in at Scottsbluff, Neb . The Resort, Reserve, N.M, , was burned to the ground. Glen McCarty, owner, is using the high school auditorium temporarily. Des Moines The orpheum and the Mississippi Hotel, Davenport, la., were purchased by the Singer-Davenport Corporation, operator of the house and a subsidiary of RKO Theatres. The $1,232,000 bid of the corporation was the highest offered at a public sale. Two Chicago investors were the principal competi¬ tors, and A.H. Blank, Des Moines, president, Tri-States Theatre Cor¬ poration, was the other bidder. The 10-story building was completed in 1931 at a reported cost of $1,625,000 ....The lowa State Fair, which has been made into several feature pic¬ tures and numerous shorts, will be filmed again this year in a threereel show, “Iowa on parade”. R.B. Eaton, president. United Artists Bureau, and Clyde E. Herring, an as¬ sistant Polk County attorney are president and secretary of the spon¬ soring company. William F. Crouch, producing and directing for Universal international release, will produce and direct. “The Babe Ruth Story” received a tiein with the Western League when Tri-States Theatre Corporation the¬ atres at Des Moines, Omaha, and Sioux City, la. , invited the teams of the league playing in those cities to attend a showing. ...A new outdoor house will be built at Riverview park, Sioux City, la. , by Roy M. Warfield at an estimated cost of $250, 000. . . . H-A. parrot, who operates the Strand, Milford, la., plans to build a drivein, a mile north of Milford. Kansas City The newest theatre in Wichita, Kans. , the Tower, R.H. Photenhauer, manager, had a successful opening. “Our idea is to make the Tower a family thea¬ tre, and to manage the house so that September 8, 1948 National