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