DECEMBER
,,;;, i '- 'Andersen Is Smash at Two Theatres; Holdovers Good in Holiday Week NEW YORK—"Hans Christian Andersen" Beekman— Under the Red Sea (RKO), 2nd wk...l20 , , ,. , - , ^ i ii Broadway—This Is Cinerama (Cinerama), reserved opened to sensational business at two tnea- sects, 9th wk 1 50 tres, the Criterion, where part of the huge 105 Copitoi—The Prisoner of Zendo (mgm), 4th wk.. . ,. ^ , ^ ii_ 1. r-i- ^ Criterion Hans Christian Andersen (RKO) 175 first week gross came from the benefit open- f,^^ Arts—The Promoter (U-i), 5th wk 135 ing, which was donated to the Will Rogers 55th street— Life Begins Tomorrow (M-K), 2nd Memorial hospital, and the Paris, where the .' ' Gio*b''e— Kansas City' Confidential (UA).' ::.: .MO first week was the highest in the history Guild— Leonardo do Vinci (Picture), 2nd wk 120 , ., ,. „ „ ,j , „^„ Little Carnegie The Hour of 13 (MGM), 5th wk. . 90 of the five-year-old house. Loew's Stot^Outpost in Malaya (UA) 105 Except for "Kansas City Confidential," Mayfair—The Thief of Venice (20th-Fox) no „,ui«u u^^ *-u« Urtr.*. ^*^««;«^ TTTQQb- t.i»^/>« Tiiltf Normandie—The Mudlark (20th-Fox), reissue. ... 1 00 Which had the best opening week since July palace— it Grows on Trees (U- 1), plus vaudeville.no at the Globe, the other new pictures for Paramount—The iron Mistress (WB), plus stage Thanksgiving week were little better than p,',l;!!l'„a':,' c^hHstian Andersen' Irko): y. i'.: i i. '.mS average, including "The Thief of Venice" Radio City Music Hail—Plymouth Adventure and "niitnrv
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aalWallilrr '. "Roman H.litiav" which<br />
woA (timed, ncntui and dul.<br />
' Italian<br />
capiul He ai»o conferred .— > Boultln«.<br />
producer of "Wln«> Acroaa Um Sm." In<br />
London Leon J. Bamberier. Mle* promoUon<br />
maruMirr (or HKO, (poke at the Allied<br />
Theatre Owncru of Indlar'i ...... -..ion December<br />
2. 3 and will addrr- pendent<br />
Exhibitors o( New Encland .» .j.^^».. Otccmber<br />
8.<br />
NaU J. Illumbrrc. Unlver**! bovd chairman,<br />
left December 2 (or an extended »Ur<br />
on the coojil . , Hugh Owen. Paramount<br />
ea-stern and .w>uthem dlvUton m*na(er. U<br />
back In New York (oUowlng a two-wrek tour<br />
to the Charlotte. Jacknonvllle. New Orle*n«<br />
and Atlanlf branches . Elnleld.<br />
vice-president o( 20th Century-Pox In chuie<br />
o( publicity and advertising. Ie(t Novrmber<br />
30 (or the coa.st by plane to con(cr with<br />
Darryl P. Zanuck and Harry Brand on campaign<br />
plon-s (or (orlhcomlng releasee , . .<br />
Stanley Rubin, producer o( "My Pal Gui"<br />
(or 20th-Fox. planed to California December<br />
2 to begin preparatlon-s (or his next. "River<br />
o( No Return" . . . Arthur Canton. MOM<br />
eastern press representative, led December<br />
1 (or Philadelphia. Boston. Bu((alo and Toronto<br />
on behalf of "Million Dollar Mermaid."<br />
Tent 35 Canvasmen Are<br />
Holding Weekly Meetings<br />
NEW YORK Variety Club Tent 3j canvasmen<br />
have started weekly meeting? for<br />
the purpose of reviving Interest In the organization.<br />
"They also have engaged Albert G.<br />
Gorson. director of National Campaign Associates,<br />
to handle publicity.<br />
At the first meeting held Monday