DECEMBER
Bear HaxdVi City . , is •, i' INDIANAPOLIS •The 20th-Fox office has signed up 100 per cent for the Will Rogers Memorial fund . . Peter Mailers, Mailers circuit, Fort Wayne, . was in the east on a business trip and was to visit Washington before returning home . Mr. and Mrs. George Mailers, Defiance, Ohio, drive-in, were visiting in Washington . . . Clyde Nihiser and his wife, operators of the Limberlost Drive-In at Geneva, have returned from a vacation in Florida and are preparing to open the Star Theatre at Geneva . . . Mr. and Mis. Jerry Heinlein, operators of the Arcade, Gas City, visited his parents at Garrett. Clair Stucky and his wife of the Warren at Says WALLY KEMP Grand Theatre Grand Island, Neb. Warren and the Lakeland at Angola returned from an extended vacation in the east . . . William Brennen, U-I salesman, spent Thanksgiving day with his parents in Morristown. N. J. He was accompanied by his wife and baby . . . Irving Dreeben, Columbia salesman, spent Thanksgiving day with his wife in New York. She is connected with the public schools there. Sam Oshry, U-I manager, and his wife are vacationing in Greenville, S. C, and will visit friends in Atlanta, Ga.. before returning from a two-week vacation . . . Norma Lattimore, contract clerk at Warner Bros., is confined to the isolation ward at the Methodist hospi- "EVEN MORE HAPPY WITH U. F. S. THAN I ANTICIPATED" \iar'i^ Tjnlted ^^i;" ^g street 2U^9 CW;f ° 8, Misso^tfi Kansas City D. "" . ,-jependeiit vitb the 7\le - f il- »^7,;;; co^traotine ^^, " iehty
' V. 'Prisoner' Bows at 120 As Chicago Leader cmCACKJ Bu^lIlc.s8 at first run houses was Koocl- 1*^0 "•"*' bills bowod In to excellent business— the ChlciiKO with "Prisoner of Zenda." plus a stage show headed by Nat "KlnK" Cole, and the Roosevelt, with a twin bill. "Operation Secret" and "WaKon.i West " "Ivanhoe" did average In an eighth week at the Oriental and "The Snows of Klliinun- . . Jaro" did very good In a fourth week at the State-Lake. (Average Is 100) The Prisoner of Zendo (MGM), plus .h,j.v 120 ,..,,., Five Anqcis of Murder Col) 110 orand- The Devil Mokes Thre* (MGM); My Man and I MGfAi .'ri.l wk 105 McVickors The Iron Mistress (WB); You foi M« (MGM) 105 Oriental -Ivonhoc (MGM), 7th wk 100 Palace— Becousc You're Mine (MGM), 6Hi wk. . . 95 Stotc-Lokc- The Snows of Kilimoniaro (20th-Fox), 4iti wk no Roosevelt — Opcrotion Secret (WB). Wagons Wost 105 (AA) Surf—O. Henrys Full House !20th-Fox). -Ith wk. . 105 United Artists — Tlle Miroelc of Fotimo (WB), 5tti wk 100 World Plov^iousc — The Strange Ones (Tcttcl), 2nd wk 110 Woods—Konsos City Confidential (UA), 4lh wk.. . 95 Ziegtcid- -Edward ond Coroline (Lopert) 105 "The Promoter' Scores 400 In Kansas City Opening KANSAS CITY— "Tlie Piomoter" was the hottest attraction in town last week by recording 400 per cent at the Vogue, a neighborhood 500-seater specializing in art films. "The Iron Mistress" pulled 140 at the Missouri and "The Savage" hit a sinular figure In its second week at the Paramount. Kimo—A Song to Remember (Col), reissue 130 Midlond— Plymouth Adventure (MGM); Red Snow (Col), 2nd wk 90 Missouri—The Iron Mistress (WB); Army Bound MO (AA) Poromount—The Savage (Poro), 2nd wk 140 Tower, Uptown, Fairway and Granada—Monkey Business (20th-Fox); (ot the Tower and Granada only), Fargo ( AA) 1 25 Vogue—The Promoter (U-l) 400 Lower Theatre License Fee KEWANEE. ILL.—The local city council has adopted an amendment to the city ordinance governing licenses of theatres, cutting the fees in half. The council agreed that television had cut into theatre attendance. The film houses have paid a fee of 60 cents a seat, but under the amended ordinance the fee will be 30 cents a seat. First Airer for Porter County CHESTERTON, IND.—G. G. Shauer & Sons Co.. owners of two theatres in Valparaiso, have announced plans to build Porter county's first drive-in on U.S. 30 near the old Lincoln Hills golf course, four miles west of the city. Four Films Rated Adult CHICAGO—The motion picture censor board reviewed 88 pictures. (433,000 feet of film I, last month, classified for adults four foreign films. •( I.I (H'MK \ l)I>n. W — 11.1 mill l.von, tii;in,ii;f tin- I';ir^iriiiiuiil Tl,c.itrr in Kaiivi.s (ilv. liMiks nvrr an Kc.vplian displ.iy whlrh Jim Cii.stlr. Paramount I'lcturi-s. armnKrd to hasr flown t« Kansas City from Kgvpl by Tr.ini- World .\irlinps for thr run of "Clropalra." a rrrrleasiv Otlirr promotion ronsistrtl of two pony -drawn Ki>m.in-ly|H* chartots on downlown stri-els and niammoOi cutout letters for the title on (hr marqupr. Don llalpy. a.vsistant mamiRcr. aided in llie promotion. Telenews at Chicago Will Show 'Carmen' TV CHICAGO The Metropolitan Opera Co. will play a one-night engagement at the Telenews Theatre here December 11 via largescreen theatre TV. The Telenews installed Its TV equipment earlier this niontii in time to show telecasts of the presidential election. The Met's performance of Bizet's "Carmen" will be telecast in its entirety over the closed circuit of Theatre Network Television. The small, 400-seat Telenews pos.sibly will offer "Carmen" on a reserved-seat basis. Name P. G. Sklavonis FRANKFORT. IND.—P. G. SklavonLs of Chicago has k)een named manager of the Roxy and Clinton theatres, succeeding Robert Jack.son, who has been transferred to Fort Wayne to manage the Jefferson Theatre. All houses concerned are owned by the Alliance Theatre Corp. Seeks TV Permit in Kcmsas City KANSAS CITY—The FCC has received an application from the Empire Coil Co.. New Rochelle. N. Y., seeking to estabhsh a TV station here on ultrahigh frequency channel No. 25. and in St. Louis on UHP channel 30. The Empire company is a TV equipment manufacturer. It now owns video stations in Cleveland. Denver and Portland. Ore. The application is the first received for an UHF TV channel here. Four local radio stations are bidding for channels 5 and 9. both on very high frequency. Frisina Chain Purchases Drive-In at Mattoon, 111. .MATTOON. tLt, Thr Thmtra by lh« r Co. I the
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Bear HaxdVi<br />
City<br />
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INDIANAPOLIS<br />
•The 20th-Fox office has signed up 100 per<br />
cent for the Will Rogers Memorial fund<br />
. . Peter Mailers, Mailers circuit, Fort Wayne,<br />
.<br />
was in the east on a business trip and was<br />
to visit Washington before returning home .<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George Mailers, Defiance, Ohio,<br />
drive-in, were visiting in Washington . . . Clyde<br />
Nihiser and his wife, operators of the Limberlost<br />
Drive-In at Geneva, have returned from<br />
a vacation in Florida and are preparing to<br />
open the Star Theatre at Geneva . . . Mr.<br />
and Mis. Jerry Heinlein, operators of the<br />
Arcade, Gas City, visited his parents at Garrett.<br />
Clair Stucky and his wife of the Warren at<br />
Says<br />
WALLY KEMP<br />
Grand Theatre<br />
Grand Island, Neb.<br />
Warren and the Lakeland at Angola returned<br />
from an extended vacation in the east . . .<br />
William Brennen, U-I salesman, spent<br />
Thanksgiving day with his parents in Morristown.<br />
N. J. He was accompanied by his wife<br />
and baby . . . Irving Dreeben, Columbia salesman,<br />
spent Thanksgiving day with his wife in<br />
New York. She is connected with the public<br />
schools there.<br />
Sam Oshry, U-I manager, and his wife are<br />
vacationing in Greenville, S. C, and will visit<br />
friends in Atlanta, Ga.. before returning from<br />
a two-week vacation . . . Norma Lattimore,<br />
contract clerk at Warner Bros., is confined<br />
to the isolation ward at the Methodist hospi-<br />
"EVEN MORE HAPPY<br />
WITH U. F. S. THAN<br />
I ANTICIPATED"<br />
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Tjnlted ^^i;" ^g street<br />
2U^9 CW;f ° 8, Misso^tfi<br />
Kansas City D. "" .<br />
,-jependeiit<br />
vitb the<br />
7\le - f il- »^7,;;; co^traotine ^^,<br />
" iehty<br />
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