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BLIZZARDS AND HURRICANES, empty coal bins, failing current, stalled trains, tangled streets, mountainous drifts, national emergency — all these do not prevent Britons from appreciating — even storming — a Good American Picture. Above, the bomb-pocked Leicester Square Theatre, London, as throngs scrambled to see Samuel Goldwyn's "The Best Years of Our Lives". At the right, the Queen Mother Mary enters the lobby, at the opening during a recent blizzard. With her is the Marquis of Carisbrooke.
THE HIGHEST AWARD. Jack L Wa rner, Warner Brothers vice-president in charge of production, receives the Medal for Merit, for civilians, from General of the Army H. H. Arnold, at March Field, Calif., ceremonies, Friday, March 14. Brig. General John P. Doyle is at the right.
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THE GRAD SEARS GOLD CUP, first prize in the now concluded United Artists sales drive, is presented by Mr. Sears, left, vice-president, to Sid Rose, branch manager of the winning Chicago branch, at the U.A. sales staff regional meeting in Chicago.
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A VISITOR IS HONOURED, in South Africa. Some of the assemblage as
Sir Alexander King, Scottish circuit owner, was tendered a dinner party at the
Playhouse Restaurant, Durban, by I. W. Schlesinger, South African circuit owner.
Left to right, seated, Sir Alexander; his 87-year-old mother, whom
he was visiting, and Mayor Rupert Ellis Brown. Standing are Mrs. Leslie,
M. A. Benjamin and Mrs. Archibald Cramer. For news of
Mr. Schlesinger's activities in a new venture, see page 46.
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MOTION PICTURE HERALD, MARCH 22, 1947