Motion Picture Herald (Oct-Dec 1951)

{Continued from page 40) Imperium,” RKO Palace; “The Adventures of Captain Fabian,” dualed with “The Sea Serpent,” RKO Grand ; “Painting the Clouds With Sunshine,” moveover at the RKO Lyric, following opening week at the Palace; “People Will Talk,” Capitol; “The Desert Fox,” Keith’s and “Oliver Twist” at the Guild. . . . To honor the memory of the late Robert (Bud) Libson, vice president of Midstates Theatres, who passed away recently, the Cincinnati Variety Club, Tent No. 3, is soliciting contributions from members for the Damon Runyon Cancer fund. . . . Milton H. Gurian, who resigned as Monogram manager here some 18 months ago to take over management of the local Lippert exchange, again has joined Monogram in a managerial capacity, following the company’s acquisition of the franchise from George H. West and W. Ray Johnston. Gene Tunick, formerly local film salesman, later Lippert manager, in Indianapolis, has returned here to succeed Mr. Gurain. . . . A new outdoor theatre is under construction at Follansbee, W. Va., by John De Angel is, formerly co-owner of the Moonlite Drive-in, at Wellsburg, W. Va. CLEVELAND “American in Paris” in its third week at Loew’s Stillman at $1 top and “Golden Horde” at the Hippodrome made a better than average showing. “The River” opened at the Lower Mall under a reserved seat $2.40 top policy to only moderately good attendance. . . . Since September 1, five pictures have been presented here at advanced admission scales. They are: “Tales of Hoffmann” reserved seats, $2.40 top; “The River” reserved seats, $2.40 top ; “David and Bathsheba,” continuous, $1.19; “An American in Paris,” conitnuous, $1 ; “Bright Victory,” continuous, $1 ; “Street Car Named Desire ’ opens October 31 in Warner’s Allen at $1.19. . . . Sandor Klinger, onetime owner of the Ritz and Ambassador theatres, Cleveland, retired for the past ten years, died of a heart attack. Two daughters survive. . . . M. B. Horwitz, head of the Washington circuit, is offering money back to dissatisfied patrons at his Falls theatre, Cuyahoga Falls. . . . Regular Sunday morning church services in the Beachcliffe theatre is building more goodwill than any amount of advertising, manager John Newkirk reports. . . . “David and Bathsheba” is set to play one-week runs in eight deluxe first run suburban houses starting October 31 at $1 top. COLUMBUS “Texas Carnival” and “The Red Badge of Courage” at Loew’s Ohio proved to be the big boxoffice attraction of the week. The Palace had a good attraction in “Painting the Clouds With Sunshine” with the Broad showing “The Prince Who Was a Thief’’ and the Grand screening “Tomorrow is Another Day.” . . . First local color TV demonstration was held Saturday in 12 dealers’ showrooms. Telecast was of the North Carolina-Maryland game. . . . Central District Parking committee has recommended two downtown parking garage sites to city officials. One would be on E. Town Street in the rear of the Hartman, Grand and Ohio theatres. The other would be on E. Long Street in heart of shopping district. Total capacity of the two garages would be nearly 1,000 cars. DENVER “Desert Fox” and “Corky of Gasoline Alley” rated a moveover from the Denver and Esquire, where they turned in a good week, to the Rialto. Otherwise all first runs get new bills. “Rich, Young and Pretty” and “A Place in the Sun,” are just finishing their third week at the Broadway and Denham, respectively. Other first runs include “Adventures of Captain Fabian” and “Sea Hornet” at the Aladdin, Tabor, Webber; “The Strip” and “Red Badge of Courage” at the Orpheum; “Man With My Face” with “Three Steps North,” Paramount, and “Tony Draws a Horse” at the Vogue, where it ran two weeks. . . . Geo. (Scotty) Allan, who quit National Screen Service several months ago to go into other business, is now selling for RKO, handling the northern territory. He succeeds Frank Sheffield, who recently resigned. . . . Blackstone, the magician, goes into the Orpheum for a week. First vaudeville the city has seen in a first run house in many months. DETROIT Boxoffice business is about normal. United Artists is featuring a double bill, “Across the Wide Missouri” and “Red Badge of Courage.” Fox is doing well with “The Desert Fox” and “The Son of Dr. Jekyll.” “Texas Carnival” is at the Adams. A double bill at the Palms offers “Painting the Clouds with Sunshine” and “Three Steps North.” “A Place in the Sun” and “Two Dollar Bettor” are average at the Michigan. “David and Bathsheba” is going into a fifth week at the Madison. ... “A Streetcar Named Desire” is due at the Madison. . . . Dillon Krepps, manager of the United Artists, spoke on “Research as It Applies to the Motion Picture” at the October meeting of the Greater Detroit Motion Picture Council. HARTFORD Downtown first-runs included “Painting the Clouds with Sunshine,” Warner Strand; “Let’s Make It Legal,” Loew’s Poll ; “The Desert Fox,” Allyn ; “Little Egypt,” E. M. Loew’s. . . . Burt Jacocks, who resigned recenth^ as chief film buyer for the Warner Bros. Theatres’ New England Zone, has been named head of the newly-opened Daytz Theatre Enterprises office in New Haven. The film buying and booking service is operated by A1 and Mickey , Daytz. . . . Irving Lashin has reopened the 289-seat Devon theatre at Devon, Conn. . . . Edgar Lynch, manager of the Roger Sherman theatre. New Haven, a Warner Bros, house, is in Florida on a sick leave. . . . Mrs. Nathan Pritzker, 68, mother of Barney Tarantal, partner, Burnside theatre. East Hartford, is dead. . . . Hartford visitors : Arthur Moger, Warner Bros, exploitation department ; film players Macdonald Carey, Joyce MacKenzie, Robert Wagner, here in conjunction with opening day of “Let’s Make It Legal,” at Loew’s Poll. INDIANAPOLIS “Across the Wide Missouri” was the big money picture here, taking a fine $12,000 at Loew’s. “David and Bathsheba” fell off in its second week at the Circle, but still finished with a smash $32,000 for the engagement. Maurice Brazee, the Greater Indianapolis Circuit, announced that bigscreen television will be installed at the Indiana within 30 days. . . . Greater Indianapolis is redecorating the Lyric at an estimated cost of $50,000, besides installing new concession counters in all its houses. . . . Indianapolis Tent No. 10 of Variety voted its first annual good fellowship award, honoring the non-member who has done the most for the club, to Bill Coons, whose drug store is a film row institution. . . . William Brower, former U-I booker here, has returned to civilian status after two years overseas in the Armed Forces. . . . Visitors on the row this week: J. Griffis, Boswell; William Studebaker, Logansport; Walter Weil, Greenfield; Forrest Sanger, Veedersburg. KANSAS aTY “The Desert Fox” is at the Fox Midwest four-theatre first run group : Esquire, Fairway, Granada, Uptown. The Esquire and Granada also have “Pride of Maryland.” The Paramount had a big first week with “A Place in the Sun” and is holding it over. . . . “Texas Carnival” is at the Midland with “The Strip.” “Tales of Hoffmann” is in its fifth week at the Kimo. . . . The new art theatre in Kansas City, the Vogue, is showing “Faust and the Devil” at 85 cents, children 25 cents, students 65 cents. . . . “People Will Talk,” after a big week at the four Fox Midwest firstruns, has moved over to the Tower for another week. . . . “Painting the Clouds with Sunshine,” new at the RKO Missouri, is accompanied by “Jungle Manhunt.” . . . The KansasMissouri Theatre Association’s board of directors approved at its recent meeting the featuring of a panel discussion at its approaching convention. LOS ANGELES It was almost a clean sweep for new product at the local first-runs, with “Mr. Imperium” and “The Man with a Cloak” at Loew’s State and the Egyptian, “Detective Story” at the Fox Wilshire, “The Desert Fox” at the Los Angeles and Chinese group, “Reunion in Reno” at the United Artists circuit, “The Family Secret” and “Sunny Side of the Street” at the two Paramounts, “Saturday’s Hero” at the Pantages and Hillstreet, and “Come Fill the Cup” at the three Warner houses. ... At Warner’s Beverly Hills, “A Streetcar Named Desire” ran into its eighth week, while “David and Bathsheba” wound up a long run at the Vogue and Globe, and the Orpheum and Hawaii held “On the Loose” and “Slaughter Trail” for a second week. ... It was a third week for “Kind Lady” at the Four Star theatre, with the Fine Arts showing “The River” on a two-a-day policy. . . . The Washington theatre was closed down by Harry La Seff. . . . Off to New York on business went Sherman theatre owner Jack Grossman. . . . Assigned to the Arizona territory by United Artists was salesman W. W. McKendrick, formerly of Salt Lake City. ... In from New York for meetings with Monogram Pacific Coast division manager Harry Werthein was general sales manager Morey Goldstein, prior to a sales meeting. . . . Earl Collins and Associates have opened their Town theatre in San Fernando following a complete renovation. Hugh Prince will be their manager. . . . Booking and buying were Lloyd Miller of the 99 drive-in at Bakersfield, (Continued on page 44) 42 MOTION PICTURE HERALD, OCTOBER 27. 1951