The Exhibitor (1955)

14 MOTION PICTURE EXHIBITOR The Tip-Off On Business (The Tip-Oflf On Business is a record of how pictures are grossing in various parts of the country. The rating given the pictures (see key) is a cross section of reports received from the field, and presents a summary of various types of runs. Inasmuch as the rating given cannot constitute the business of each individual engagement, an attempt is made to present a general average. By studying the ratings, which are constantly kept up-to-date, exhibitors may guide themselves in their buying and booking. — Editor) KEY TO "THE LITTLE MEN" RATINGS: (NOVEMBER 2, 1955) BAAU'^'^istering grosses in the highest brackets. I till Good, although not breaking down the wallt. iii iT Just fair, nothing out of the ordinary, average. Disappointing, below what was expected. MARTY (UA) TENNESSEE'S PARTNER (RKO) LADY AND THE TRAMP (Disney-Buena Vista) iiiii LUCY GALLANT (Paramount) TO CATCH A THIEF (Paramount) THE PHENIX CITY STORY (Allied Artists) PETE KELLY'S BLUES (Warners) THE McConnell story (Warners) THE TALL MEN (20th-Fox) SVENGALI (MGM) GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUNETTES (UA) TO HELL AND BACK (U-l) ULYSSES (Paramount) DESERT SANDS (UA) IT'S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER (MGM) BLOOD ALLEY (Warners) THE LEFT HAND OF GOD (20th Century-Fox) BAAiiJi THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (UA) Baa lAA TR',AL (MGM) Baaa lA QUEEN BEE (Columbia) Baaa Baa THE DESPERATE HOURS (Paramount) Baa Baa THE NAKED DAWN (U-l) i* Baaa MY SISTER EILEEN (Columbia) Baa Film Clinics, Highlight Allied Chi Convention Chicago — The program for the Allied States Association convention in the Hotel Morrison, Nov. 7-9, was announced last week by the convention committee, ac¬ cording to general chairman Jack Kirsch, who stated that the conclave promises to be one of the most exciting and best atatended in Allied’s history. It will be held in conjunction with the TESMA-TEDAIPA tradeshow. The board of directors is scheduled to meet, following registration of delegates, on the first day of the convention, after which the trade show will be reviewed. The opening convention session is slated for 2 p.m. in the hotel’s Terrace Casino, at which time Kirsch will call the meet¬ ing to order, a greeting will be extended by a city official, and Allied president Rube Shor will deliver a keynote address and be installed as permanent chairman. In the evening, all delegates and their wives are invited to the Allied of Illinois “Hospitality Room,” and will be able to review the trade show until 9: 30 p.m. The morning of the second day is de¬ voted to a series of film clinics on small towns, large towns, cities, key neighbor¬ hoods and sub-runs, outdoor theatres, and circuit buying and bidding. A luncheon in the Casino will follow for all registered delegates, combined with TESMA and TEDA. In the afternoon, an equipment showmanship clinic will be conducted in the Casino with L. W. Davee, Century Projector Corporation, as moderator, and an open forum on timely subjects will be held following the clinic. In the late afternoon, time has been reserved for an¬ other review of the trade show, and the evening will be highlighted by a night club party at the Chez Paree. The final day of the convention is to start with an “early bird breakfast,” suc¬ ceeded by the concessions clinic, both in the Terrace Casino. IPA head Bert Nathan and RKO Theatres concessions head Lee Koken are moderators of the clinic. Fol¬ lowing lunch, an open forum and the closing business session will be held. The gala evening will be accented by a cock¬ tail party sponsored by the National Car¬ bon Company in the Monte Carlo Lounge and the industry banquet, hosted by Coca-Cola, in the Casino. A full social program has been ar¬ ranged for the distaff side as well, includ¬ ing a fashion show-luncheon at the Chez Paree and a brunch in the Mayfair Room of the Blackstone Hotel, where they will be entertained by the Goldwyn Girls and Sulie Harand, a dramatist, who will offer her version of “Fanny.” Skouras To Be Honored New York — Spyros P. Skouras, 20thFox president, will be honored at a testi¬ monial dinner tendered in the WaldorfAstoria Hotel on Dec. 5 by his friends and associates, in recognition of his life-long service to varied humanitarian causes. Philo. Pioneer Dies Philadelphia— William Cohen, 81, long retired but at one time associated with Warner Equity Theatres, died last week of a heart attack suffered in Atlantic City, N. J. November 2, 1955